Various transportation services exist, such as ride-sharing or shared taxis, in which customers receive services in a batch of flexible sizes and share fees. In this study, we conducted an equilibrium analysis of a variable batch service model in whi...
This paper presents a new method to determine the optimal batch size for applying deep learning models with time series data. A set of batch sizes is determined by considering the length of the repetition pattern of the data using the Fast Fourier Tr...
The assistances of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) and aging treatment were introduced to further improve the room-temperature mechanochemical synthesis of the quantum-sized zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanocrystals. As a result, a green strategy for s...
In recent years, deep neural networks (DNN) have been widely used in many fields. Lots of effort has been put into training due to their numerous parameters in a deep network. Some complex optimizers with many hyperparameters have been utilized to ac...
This article addresses the problem of production risk assessment in linear manufacturing systems, considering the stochastic nature of equipment downtime and variability in processing times. An original stochastic model is proposed, based on a dimens...
For classifying brain tumors with small datasets, the knowledge-based transfer learning (KBTL) approach has performed very well in attaining an optimized classification model. However, its successful implementation is typically affected by different...
We investigate the single-machine parallel-batch scheduling problem with nonidentical job sizes and rejection. In this problem, a set of jobs with different processing times and nonidentical sizes is given to be possibly processed on a parallel-batch...
In addition to the analytical challenges related to the size and complexity of biopharmaceutical drugs, the inherent variability that arises due to their manufacturing process requires monitoring throughout the production process to ensure the safety...
Ferumoxytol injection, also known as Feraheme®, is an approved IV injectable iron supplement and an experimental MRI contrast agent. Initially, it was approved as an IV bolus agent, but its use was later limited to a slow infusion drip due to hig...
Batch sizing and scheduling problems are usually tough to solve because they seek solutions in a vast combinatorial space of possible solutions. This research aimed to test and further develop a scheduling method based on a modified steady-state gene...
The shape of the crystal size distribution directly determines the quality of crystal products. It is often assumed that distributional properties of crystal size conform to the Gaussian distribution or the log normal distribution. The mean and varia...
Quasi-emulsion solvent diffusion (QESD) crystallizations can improve the micromeritic properties of drugs and excipients. A solution is dispersed in a miscible antisolvent as a transient emulsion. Using this technique, substances that normally crysta...
The Double-Disk Straight Groove Lapping (DDSGL) technique, a novel approach to batch processing of bearing rollers, achieves high dimensional consistency by removing material through size comparison between multiple rollers in the processing area. To...
Egg size is a crucial indicator for consumer evaluation and quality grading. The main goal of this study is to measure eggs’ major and minor axes based on deep learning and single-view metrology. In this paper, we designed an egg-carrying compo...
Controlling particle size is essential for crystal quality in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Several articles illustrate the potential of ultrasound to tune this particle size during the crystallization process. This paper investigates how...
Inter- and intra-batch variability of the quality attributes contribute to the uncertainty for demonstrating equivalent microstructure of post-approval changes and generic/hybrids of semisolid topical products. Selecting a representative sample size...
We examined the evolution of fenofibrate (FNB, drug) particle size distribution (PSD) during the production of nanosuspensions via wet stirred media milling (WSMM) with a cell-based population balance model (PBM). Our objective was to elucidate the p...
The transient behavior of the finite-buffer queueing model with batch arrivals and generally distributed repeated vacations is analyzed. Such a system has potential applications in modeling the functioning of production systems, computer and telecomm...
The single batch normalization (BN) method is commonly used in the instance segmentation algorithms. The batch size is concerned with some drawbacks. A too small sample batch size leads to a sharp drop in accuracy, but a too large batch may result in...
Overfitting may affect the accuracy of predicting future data because of weakened generalization. In this research, we used an electronic health records (EHR) dataset concerning breast cancer metastasis to study the overfitting of deep feedforward ne...
With the rapid economic development, manufacturing enterprises are increasingly using an efficient workshop production scheduling system in an attempt to enhance their competitive position. The classical workshop production scheduling problem is far...
Sintering of well-prepared briquetted mixtures in a shaft furnace is one of the possible methods of electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) utilization. Simultaneously, some metal oxides from exhaust gases can be separated. In this way, various metals are r...
Background: Thymoglobulin is used to prevent allograft rejection and is being explored at low doses as intervention immunotherapy in type 1 diabetes. Thymoglobulin consists of a diverse pool of rabbit antibodies directed against many different target...
Oil palm empty fruit bunch fibers (OPEFBF), in three size ranges (small: 250–450 µm, medium: 450–600 µm, large: 600–800 µm), were investigated as a filter-bed material in biofilters for the removal of organic matte...
Wafer fabrication is a capital-intensive and highly complex manufacturing process. In a wafer fabrication facility (fab), wafers are grouped as a lot to go through repeated sequences of operations to build circuitry. Lot scheduling is an important ta...
The development of new gene-editing technologies has fostered the need for efficient and safe vectors capable of encapsulating large nucleic acids. In this work we evaluate the synthesis of large-size plasmid-loaded PLGA nanoparticles by double emuls...
In this paper, we present a novel method to construct cryptographically strong bijective substitution-boxes based on the complicated dynamics of a new hyperchaotic system. The new hyperchaotic system was found to have good characteristics when compar...
In this comprehensive study, the influence of (i) material specific properties (e.g., molecular weight, zero shear viscosity, D-content) and (ii) process parameters (e.g., saturation temperature, -time, -pressure, and pressure drop rate) on the expan...
Tumors in the brain can be life-threatening, making early and precise detection crucial for effective treatment and improved patient outcomes. Deep learning (DL) techniques have shown significant potential in automating the early diagnosis of brain t...
Applying deep learning (DL) algorithms for image classification tasks becomes more challenging with insufficient training data. Transfer learning (TL) has been proposed to address these problems. In theory, TL requires only a small amount of knowledg...
Silicon nano-film is essential for the rapidly developing fields of nanoscience and flexible electronics, due to its compatibility with the CMOS process. Viscoelastic PDMS material can adhere to Si, SiO2, and other materials via intermolecular force...
Uncertainty in industrial processes is very common, but it is particularly high in the grinding process (GP), due to the set of interacting operating/design parameters. This uncertainty can be evaluated in different ways, but, without a doubt, one of...
Stress-associated changes in the mechanical properties at the single-cell level of Escherichia coli (E. coli) cultures in bioreactors are still poorly investigated. In our study, we compared peptide-producing and non-producing BL21(DE3) cells in a fe...
This contribution describes the dynamic optimization of a pharmaceuticals batch dryer. [...]
The study focused on investigating the solvent adsorption of p-Nitrophenol (PNP) onto activated carbons for wastewater treatment. It explored the influence of adsorbate concentration and adsorbent size on equilibrium isotherms and removal rates to de...
This study investigated the feasibility of applying an anaerobic step-feeding strategy to enhance the performance of granular sequencing batch reactors (GSBRs) in terms of operational stability of the cultivated mature granules and nutrient removal e...
One of the oldest and most promising applications of natural zeolites (NZs) is in water and wastewater treatment processes. Modified zeolites (MZs), with improved ion exchange and adsorption capacities, have been extensively applied to the removal of...
This paper addresses a batch loading and scheduling problem of minimizing the makespan on parallel batch processing machines. For batch loading, jobs with compatible families can be assigned to the same batch process even if they differ in size; howe...
This study investigates the performance of YOLOv8, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architecture, for multi-crop classification in a mixed farm with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imageries. Emphasizing hyperparameter optimization, specifically ba...
A single-server queuing-inventory system in which arrivals are governed by a batch Markovian arrival process and successive arrival batch sizes form a finite first-order Markov chain is considered in this paper. Service is provided in batches accordi...
Identifying and counting fish are crucial for managing stocking, harvesting, and marketing of farmed fish. Researchers have used convolutional networks for these tasks and explored various approaches to enhance network learning. Batch normalization i...
Task allocation is a critical issue of spatial crowdsourcing. Although the batching strategy performs better than the real-time matching mode, it still has the following two drawbacks: (1) Because the granularity of the batch size set obtained by bat...
The internet-of-things (also known as IoT) connects a large number of information-sensing devices to the Internet to collect all kinds of information needed in real time. The reliability of the source of a large number of accessed information tests t...
Background/Objectives: Controlling the critical quality attributes (CQAs), such as granule moisture level and particle size distribution, that impact product performance is essential for ensuring product quality in medicine manufacture. Oral solid do...
Magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles were synthesized using the chemical coprecipitation method. Several nanoparticle samples were synthesized by varying the concentration of iron salt precursors in the solution for the synthesis. Two batches of nanoparti...
This research investigates the viability of high-strength Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) sourced from demolished structures containing high-strength concrete as a substitute for natural fine aggregates (NA) in cementitious mortar applications. Con...
Remanufacturing processes are one of the key pillars of the so-called closed-cycle economy. Unfortunately, the design and organization of such processes pose a significant problem, due to, among other things, the high variability of the process as a...
Artificial neural network models for the task of detection are used in many fields and find various applications. Models of this kind require adequate computational resources and thus require adequate energy expenditure. The increase in the number of...
This paper addresses the multi-product, multi-period capacitated lot sizing problem. In particular, this work determines the optimal lot size allowing for shortages (imposed by budget restrictions), but with a penalty cost. The developed models are w...
In most of the service systems considered so far in queuing theory, no fresh customer is admitted to a batch undergoing service when the number in the batch is less than a threshold. However, a few researchers considered the case of customers accessi...
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