High-alkali coal can cause slagging and fouling and impact the operational lifespan of the boilers. Traditional single-indicator methods often yield inconsistent results when evaluating the slagging risk of high-alkali coal. In this study, six coal s...
This study establishes a sensitivity evaluation system based on the E-TOPSIS method and combines it with the MORIME algorithm for the optimization design of the frame. First, a three-dimensional model and a finite element analysis model of the frame...
The development of cross-border e-commerce is generally faced with problems such as high freight, long transportation time, and low service level. However, overseas warehouses can effectively solve the above problems to a certain extent, and they can...
Driven by the shipping industry’s pressing need to reduce its environmental impact, methanol has emerged as a promising marine fuel. Methanol-diesel dual-fuel (DF) engines present a viable solution, yet their optimization is challenging due to...
Identifying groundwater potential zones in a basin and developing a sustainable management plan is becoming more important, especially where surface water is scarce. The main aim of the study is to prepare the groundwater potential maps (GWPMs) consi...
The rapid growth of e-commerce has created substantial environmental impacts, driving the need for advanced optimization models to enhance supply chain sustainability. As consumer preferences shift toward environmental responsibility, organizations m...
This study aims to enhance the effectiveness of the failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) method. Traditional FMEA, relying solely on the risk priority number (RPN), neglects uncertainties and the ambiguity in decision-makers’ assessments. Th...
Education has changed dramatically due to the severe global pandemic COVID-19, with the phenomenal growth of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. E-learning is revolutionizing education systems, as it remains...
Crowdsourcing has become an important tool for gathering knowledge for urban planning problems. The questions posted to the crowd for urban planning problems are quite different from the traditional crowdsourcing models. Unlike the traditional crowds...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic has forced most industries to embrace an online platform utilizing technological breakthroughs, it has significantly impacted our daily lives. Businesses that use marketplaces to sell and trade products to customers while...
According to the established model of a single resonance energy selective electron refrigerator with heat leakage in the previous literature, this paper performs multi-objective optimization with finite-time thermodynamic theory and NSGA-II algorithm...
Transport is recognized as a major energy consumer and environment pollutant. Recently scholars have paid considerable attention to the evaluation of transport energy and environmental efficiency (EEE). In this paper, the non-radial Data Envelopment...
Early senescence of alpine pasture grass, manifested as rapid yellowing at the onset of autumn on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, constrains the sustainable development of grassland animal husbandry. Breeding stay-green forage germplasm is key to mi...
Estimating maximum possible rainfall is of great value for flood prediction and protection, particularly for regions, such as Canada, where urban and fluvial floods from extreme rainfalls have been known to be a major concern. In this study, a method...
To support refined water quality evaluation and short-term early warning in multi-section river systems, this study developed three percentile-based composite indices: the Water Quality Index (WQI), the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to...
To maximize its synergetic effect across the cycle from prevention to response to post-crime management, crime prevention requires a balanced combination of spatial urban design and advanced crime prevention technologies for crime prediction and real...
Simulating high-intensity rainfall events that trigger local floods using a Numerical Weather Prediction model is challenging as rain-bearing systems are highly complex and localized. In this study, we analyze the performance of the Weather Research...
The remarkable developments in renewable energy at the global scale have paved the way for a sustainable future and cleaner environment. As a fundamental element of this renewable energy revolution, wind energy has received tremendous attention world...
A fuzzy set extension known as the hesitant fuzzy set (HFS) has increased in popularity for decision making in recent years, especially when experts have had trouble evaluating several alternatives by employing a single value for assessment when work...
As the acquisition unit of gas information, the sensor array directly determines the overall performance of the electronic nose system (E-nose). This paper proposed a new method for optimizing the sensor array. Firstly, four evaluation indicators (se...
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) measures manufacturing productivity as the product of Availability (A), Performance (P), and Quality (Q). Despite its widespread adoption, the classical OEE formula embeds a structural limitation, i.e., the three...
The performance of a piezoelectric actuator for active noise cancellation depends primarily on the quality of the actuator material and its design approach, i.e., single-layer or multi-layer actuators, stacks, benders, or amplified actuators. In this...
Traditional Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods have now become outdated; therefore, most researchers are focusing on more robust hybrid MCDM models that combine two or more MCDM techniques to address decision-making problems. The authors a...
The development of the Internet is a key revolution of the 20th century. The Internet has led to a boom in e-commerce. Online shopping is generally the most popular shopping option for consumers. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has r...
The AHP–GTMA (analytic hierarchy process and graph theory and matrix approach) has been applied to select the best paper shredder before a company was making a bulk purchase order. However, there is a question as to whether one such relatively...
Digital technology is leading the transformation of business models into sustainable ones, expanding and changing the competitiveness scenario. This paper aims to promote a new sustainable retailer model shaped by contingent free shipping theory and...
The complexity of assessment is a significant problem in designing renewable energy source (RES) products, especially when one wants to take into account their various aspects, e.g., technical, environmental, or social. Hence, the aim of the research...
Runway incursions (RIs) have emerged as a major threat to airport surface safety, driven by the coupled influence of human, equipment, environmental, and management factors. Conventional assessment methods struggle to simultaneously capture the fuzzi...
Improving the emergency response effectiveness of coal mines in response to water hazard accidents not only plays a vital part in minimizing the resultant losses, but also functions as an important index for evaluating the emergency response capabili...
WRF is used to simulate eight extreme precipitation events that occurred over the regions of Schleswig–Holstein and Baden–Wurttemberg in Germany. The events were chosen from the German Weather Service (DWD) catalog and exceeded the DWD&rs...
This study develops a comprehensive framework for assessing the sustainability performance of wind power systems integrated with hydrogen storage (WPCHS). Unlike previous works that mainly emphasized economic or environmental indicators, our approach...
Evaluation of the performance of the parameterization schemes used in the WRF model is assessed for temperature and precipitation over Europe at 36 km by 36 km grid resolution using gridded data from the ECA & D 0.25° regular grid. Simulations ar...
With the increase in the global aging population, the demand for elderly-friendly game products is growing rapidly. To address existing limitations, particularly in user demand extraction and design parameter setting, this study proposed a design fra...
Groundwater is one of the most important natural resources, as it regulates the earth’s hydrological system. The Damghan sedimentary plain area, located in the region of a semi-arid climate of Iran, has very critical conditions of groundwater d...
Digital small and medium-sized enterprises (digital SMEs) in emerging market economies operate in disruption-biased environments where interruptions can quickly deteriorate operational reliability and long-term performance. Existing studies insuffici...
To address the inherent limitations of qualitative hygiene inspections, this study establishes a structured MCDM framework to evaluate kitchen hygiene management in Taiwan’s catering industry by integrating the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)...
The demands for energy in general and electrical power in particular in the process of industrialization–modernization in Vietnam are increasing. Although other renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power have been prioritized, they c...
This paper proposes a multi-criteria decision-making approach for the multimodal routing problem (MRP) of bulk transportation in Thailand to minimize the total cost, transportation time, and total carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) emissions simultaneo...
The aim of the research is to assess the technical, environmental, and legal suitability of mining areas for dual purposes: both mineral exploitation and solar energy production. A comprehensive analysis of the Croatian legislative framework in the a...
The development of a concrete mixture design process for high-quality concrete production with sustainable values is a complex process because of the multiple required properties at the green/hardened state of concrete and the interdependency of conc...
This work presents a comprehensive structure for evaluating the sustainability of machining processes. Industries can contribute towards developing a sustainable future by using algorithms that evaluate the sustainability of their processes. Inspired...
In recent years, research on applications of three-way decision (e.g., TWD) has attracted the attention of many scholars. In this paper, we combine TWD with multi-attribute decision-making (MADM). First, we utilize the essential idea of TOPSIS in MAD...
Global climate change and rapid urbanization have brought unprecedented environmental challenges, especially in rapidly expanding cities like Xi’an, posing potential challenges to sustainable development if not accompanied by adequate greenery,...
Rapid urbanization in plateau mountain regions exacerbates the tension between rigid resource demands and fragile ecological carrying capacities. Enhancing the resilience of the Water–Energy–Food (W–E–F) nexus is therefore ess...
Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) mix design requires simultaneous consideration of mechanical performance, environmental impacts, and economic costs, yet these objectives are often evaluated separately. This study developed an integrated framework c...
Oat is a dual-purpose crop valued for both grain and forage. The stay-green (SG) trait, which delays leaf senescence and prolongs photosynthesis, has been shown to increase yield and quality in several crop species, yet its performance across diverse...
The automotive industry is a key pillar of many national economies, and automotive body manufacturing is among the most complex production processes. In the automotive body manufacturing process, quality control and safety assurance are of paramount...
The worldwide need for energy as well as environmental challenges have promoted the creation of sustainable power solutions. The combination of different working fluids is used for an organic Rankine cycle-powered vapor compression cycle (ORC-VCC) to...
Mobile payments and e-commerce, along with credit cards, have become deeply embedded in people’s daily business and economic activities. However, the increase in transaction volume has also led to a rise in fraudulent activities. To address cha...
As one of the most important applications in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, the video-on-demand (VoD) system freely supports video cassette recorder (VCR) operation for users. However, the users may experience significant playback delay after frequent...
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