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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,453 Views
37 Pages

MISAO: A Multi-Strategy Improved Snow Ablation Optimizer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning

  • Cuiping Zhou,
  • Shaobo Li,
  • Cankun Xie,
  • Panliang Yuan and
  • Xiangfu Long

14 September 2024

The snow ablation optimizer (SAO) is a meta-heuristic technique used to seek the best solution for sophisticated problems. In response to the defects in the SAO algorithm, which has poor search efficiency and is prone to getting trapped in local opti...

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  • Open Access
1,564 Views
45 Pages

Metaheuristic algorithms provide reliable and effective methods for solving challenging optimization problems. The snow ablation algorithm (SAO) performs favorably as a physics-based metaheuristic algorithm. Nevertheless, SAO has some shortcomings. S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,313 Views
30 Pages

Applying the Enhanced Snow Ablation Optimizer to Generate Data Flow-Based Test Data

  • Chongyang Jiao,
  • Qinglei Zhou,
  • Wenning Zhang and
  • Chunyan Zhang

20 December 2024

Software quality can be effectively ensured by software testing. The creation of test data is a key component of software testing automation. One unresolved issue is how to automatically create test data sets for the data flow coverage criterion. Sea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
933 Views
41 Pages

Fuzzy-Based Fitness–Distance Balance Snow Ablation Optimizer Algorithm for Optimal Generation Planning in Power Systems

  • Muhammet Demirbas,
  • Serhat Duman,
  • Burcin Ozkaya,
  • Yunus Balci,
  • Deniz Ersoy,
  • M. Kenan Döşoğlu,
  • Ugur Guvenc,
  • Bekir Emre Altun,
  • Hasan Uzel and
  • Enes Kaymaz

9 June 2025

Economic dispatch (ED) is one of the most important problems in terms of energy planning, management, and operation in power systems. This study presents a snow ablation optimizer (SAO) algorithm developed with the fuzzy-based fitness–distance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
758 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Keyword Ranked Search on Encrypted Cloud Data Based on Snow Ablation Optimizer

  • Huiyan Chen,
  • Shuncong Tan,
  • Xing Ma,
  • Xi Lin and
  • Yunfei Yao

2 July 2025

The idea of multi-keyword ranked search over encrypted cloud data has attracted considerable attention in recent studies, as it allows users to securely and efficiently retrieve highly relevant results. Traditional methods improve search efficiency b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
645 Views
24 Pages

22 September 2025

Given the strong coupling between electricity flow and carbon flow, promoting the low-carbon transformation of the energy sector is a crucial measure to actively responding to climate challenges. As a pivotal hub linking the electricity market with t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
1,712 Views
21 Pages

4 September 2024

To enhance the stability of photovoltaic power grid integration and improve power prediction accuracy, a photovoltaic power prediction method based on an improved snow ablation optimization algorithm (Good Point and Vibration Snow Ablation Optimizer,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,859 Views
31 Pages

19 August 2024

The increase in installed PV capacity worldwide and the intermittent nature of solar resources highlight the importance of power prediction for grid integration of this technology. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an effective prediction model,...

  • Article
  • Open Access

An Improved SAO Used for Global Optimization and Economic Power Load Forecasting

  • Lang Zhou,
  • Yaochun Shao,
  • HaoXiang Zhou and
  • Yangjian Yang

3 February 2026

Short-term electricity load forecasting has become increasingly challenging due to growing demand volatility, nonlinear load patterns, and the dynamic penetration of renewable energy sources. Conventional forecasting models often suffer from sensitiv...

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  • Open Access
694 Views
17 Pages

9 July 2025

To enhance the accuracy of short-term wind power forecasting, this study proposes a hybrid model combining Northern Goshawk Optimization (NGO)-optimized Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) and an Improved Snow Ablation Optimizer (ISAO)-optimized Lon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,662 Views
18 Pages

29 August 2025

Runoff prediction plays a critical role in water resource management and flood mitigation. Traditional runoff prediction methods often rely on single-layer optimization frameworks that process the data without decomposition and employ relatively simp...

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  • Open Access
738 Views
31 Pages

20 September 2025

With increasing urbanization and population growth, the volume of municipal solid waste (MSW) continues to rise. Efficient and environmentally responsible waste processing has become a core issue in sustainable development. Incineration plays a key r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,211 Views
16 Pages

Prediction of Energy Consumption in a Coal-Fired Boiler Based on MIV-ISAO-LSSVM

  • Jiawang Zhang,
  • Xiaojing Ma,
  • Zening Cheng and
  • Xingchao Zhou

19 February 2024

Aiming at the problem that the energy consumption of the boiler system varies greatly under the flexible peaking requirements of coal-fired units, an energy consumption prediction model for the boiler system is established based on a Least-Squares Su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
827 Views
44 Pages

13 October 2025

In a global industrial landscape where the digital economy accounts for over 40% of total output, cloud computing technology is reshaping business models at a compound annual growth rate of 19%. This trend has led to an increasing number of cloud com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,485 Views
19 Pages

Temperature-Influenced SOC Estimation of LiFePO4 Batteries in Hybrid Electric Tractors Based on SAO-LSTM Model

  • Yiwei Wu,
  • Xiaohui Liu,
  • Jingyun Zhang,
  • Mengnan Liu,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Xiaoxiao Du and
  • Xianghai Yan

LiFePO4 batteries are widely used in hybrid electric tractors due to their high energy density, stable working voltage, low self-discharge rate, long cycle life, absence of memory effect, environmental friendliness, and flexible sizing. Accurate Stat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,394 Views
24 Pages

21 May 2019

Understanding the snow accumulation and melting process is of great significance for the assessment and regulation of water resources and the prevention of meltwater flooding, especially for the semiarid region in the Manas River Basin. However, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,900 Views
18 Pages

An Integrated Shadow-Adjusted Snow-Aging Index for Alpine Regions

  • Haixing Li,
  • Jinrong Liu,
  • Xiangxu Bu,
  • Xuezhi Feng and
  • Pengfeng Xiao

15 April 2020

Detecting the variations in snow cover aging over undulating alpine regions is challenging owing to the complex snow-aging process and shadow effect from steep slopes. This study proposes a novel snow-cover status index, namely shadow-adjusted snow-a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,966 Views
21 Pages

8 September 2024

Snow detection is imperative in remote sensing for various applications, including climate change monitoring, water resources management, and disaster warning. Recognizing the limitations of current deep learning algorithms in cloud and snow boundary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
10,096 Views
30 Pages

Real-Time Alpine Measurement System Using Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Sami A. Malek,
  • Francesco Avanzi,
  • Keoma Brun-Laguna,
  • Tessa Maurer,
  • Carlos A. Oroza,
  • Peter C. Hartsough,
  • Thomas Watteyne and
  • Steven D. Glaser

9 November 2017

Monitoring the snow pack is crucial for many stakeholders, whether for hydro-power optimization, water management or flood control. Traditional forecasting relies on regression methods, which often results in snow melt runoff predictions of low accur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,321 Views
19 Pages

10 September 2024

Radar point clouds will experience variations in density, which may cause incorrect alerts during clustering. In turn, it will diminish the precision of the decision-level fusion method. To address this problem, a target detection algorithm based on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,327 Views
23 Pages

Growth Optimizer Algorithm for Economic Load Dispatch Problem: Analysis and Evaluation

  • Ahmed Ewis Shaban,
  • Alaa A. K. Ismaeel,
  • Ahmed Farhan,
  • Mokhtar Said and
  • Ali M. El-Rifaie

18 November 2024

The Growth Optimizer algorithm (GO) is a novel metaheuristic that draws inspiration from people’s learning and introspection processes as they progress through society. Economic Load Dispatch (ELD), one of the primary problems in the power syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
576 Views
26 Pages

26 December 2025

Glacier surface albedo controls solar energy absorption and Arctic mass balance, yet comprehensive modelling approaches remain limited. This study develops and validates multiple modelling frameworks for glacier albedo prediction using automatic weat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,523 Views
17 Pages

Assessment of Contemporary Antarctic GIA Models Using High-Precision GPS Time Series

  • Wenhao Li,
  • Fei Li,
  • C.K. Shum,
  • Chanfang Shu,
  • Feng Ming,
  • Shengkai Zhang,
  • Qingchuan Zhang and
  • Wei Chen

22 February 2022

Past redistributions of the Earth’s mass resulting from the Earth’s viscoelastic response to the cycle of deglaciation and glaciation reflect the process known as glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA). GPS data are effective at constraining...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,199 Views
21 Pages

11 August 2024

Runoff is greatly influenced by changes in climate conditions. Predicting runoff and analyzing its variations under future climates are crucial for ensuring water security, managing water resources effectively, and promoting sustainable development w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
5,933 Views
35 Pages

7 March 2020

Mountain glaciers are excellent indicators of climate change and have an important role in the terrestrial water cycle and food security in many parts of the world. Glaciers are the major water source of rivers and lakes in the Nyainqentanglha Mounta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,269 Views
34 Pages

Identification of Pepper Leaf Diseases Based on TPSAO-AMWNet

  • Li Wan,
  • Wenke Zhu,
  • Yixi Dai,
  • Guoxiong Zhou,
  • Guiyun Chen,
  • Yichu Jiang,
  • Ming’e Zhu and
  • Mingfang He

6 June 2024

Pepper is a high-economic-value agricultural crop that faces diverse disease challenges such as blight and anthracnose. These diseases not only reduce the yield of pepper but, in severe cases, can also cause significant economic losses and threaten f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
680 Views
24 Pages

2 January 2026

The rapid development of intelligent transportation systems and autonomous driving technologies has made visual perception a key component in ensuring safety and improving efficiency in complex traffic environments. As a core task in visual perceptio...