State of the art powertrain optimization compares the energy consumption of different powertrain configurations based on simulations with fixed driving cycles. However, this approach might not be applicable to future vehicles, since speed advisory sy...
This paper proposes an energy-efficient cluster head selection method in the wireless ad hoc network by using a hybrid quantum-classical approach. The wireless ad hoc network is divided into several clusters via cluster head selection, and the perfor...
The unprecedented growth of connected devices, together with the remarkable convergence of a wide variety of technologies, have led to an exponential increase in the services that the internet of things (IoT) can offer, all aimed at improving quality...
This paper studies the target tracking problem in wireless sensor networkswhere sensor nodes are deployed randomly. To achieve tracking accuracy constrained byenergy consumption, an energy-efficient optimization approach that enablesreorganization of...
Under the current environmental pressure, many manufacturing enterprises are urged or forced to adopt effective energy-saving measures. However, environmental metrics, such as energy consumption and CO2 emission, are seldom considered in the traditio...
Transmission power optimization is the most significant factor in prolonging the lifetime and maintaining the connection quality of wireless sensor networks. Un-optimized transmission power of nodes either interferes with or fails to link neighboring...
Designing energy-efficient electric motor is a task where multiple goals have to be achieved at once. To find the best design possible, different approaches have been developed. In part one of this multipart paper, the characteristics of the design o...
The internet of things (IoT) and industrial IoT (IIoT) play a major role in today’s world of intelligent networks, and they essentially use a wireless sensor network (WSN) as a perception layer to collect the intended data. This data is process...
The design of energy-efficient electric motor is a complex problem since diverse requirements and competing goals have to be fulfilled simultaneously. Therefore, different approaches to the design optimization of electric motors have been developed,...
Energy-efficient electric motors are gathering an increased attention since they are used in electric cars or to reduce operational costs, for instance. Due to their high efficiency, permanent-magnet synchronous motors are used progressively more. Ho...
The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) deployments has created an urgent need for energy-efficient communication strategies that can adapt to dynamic operational conditions. This study presents a novel adaptive protocol selection framework that...
This paper presents results of a study that focuses on developing a genetic algorithm (GA) for multi-criteria optimization of orthotropic, energy-efficient cementitious composite sandwich panels (CSP). The current design concept of all commercially p...
This article reviews the accomplishments of studies in which optimization tools were used to develop energy-efficient and sustainable construction schedules. With the increase in global awareness of environmental issues, the construction industry has...
In this paper, we apply a Markov decision process to find the optimal asynchronous dynamic policy of an energy-efficient data center with two server groups. Servers in Group 1 always work, while servers in Group 2 may either work or sleep, and a fast...
The limited energy supply of wireless sensor networks poses a great challenge for the deployment of wireless sensor nodes. In this paper, we focus on energy-efficient coverage with distributed particle swarm optimization and simulated annealing. Firs...
In modern surveillance systems, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been actively discussed in order to extend target monitoring areas, even for an extreme circumstances. This paper proposes an energy-efficient UAV-based surveillance syste...
Visible light communications (VLCs) utilizing multi-color light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can achieve a high modulation bandwidth and high-quality illumination compared with phosphor-converted LEDs, which have attracted much attention. However, the spec...
The study presents the design and simulation of a pneumatic drive unit intended for energy-efficient vehicle propulsion. The research focuses on developing a MATLAB 23.2/Simulink-based model that accurately represents the dynamic behavior of double-a...
In this paper, an optimization-based analysis approach is presented to cost-effectively improve the energy efficiency of residential buildings in Morocco. This study introduces a unique focus on the Moroccan context, where a comprehensive application...
Because wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been widely used in recent years, how to reduce their energy consumption and interference has become a major issue. Topology control is a common and effective approach to improve network performance, such...
Vertical addition to already-existing structures is an approach to energy-efficient building renovation. It presents an opportunity for the densification of built-up areas and the construction of new usable spaces. While many studies have dealt with...
Low-altitude cellular-enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide potential supplementary platforms to assist air-to-ground cooperative communication. This paper investigates a joint safety information interaction scheme for a UAV-enabled network...
The two-sided disassembly line is popular for its high-efficiency disassembly of large-volume end-of-life products. However, in the process of two-sided disassembly, some parts and components need to be disassembled in parallel, and the uncertainty o...
Energy has become the most expensive and critical resource for all kinds of human activities. At the same time, all areas of our lives strongly depend on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It is not surprising that energy efficiency ha...
This work presents the results of a research study focused on the development and evaluation of an algorithmic optimal control framework for energy-efficient operation of screw compressors in smart power systems. The proposed approach is based on the...
The problem of energy optimization for Internet of Things (IoT) devices is crucial for two reasons. Firstly, IoT devices powered by renewable energy sources have limited energy resources. Secondly, the aggregate energy requirement for these small and...
In wireless sensor networks (WSN), most sensor nodes are powered by batteries with limited power, meaning the quality of the network may deteriorate at any time. Therefore, to reduce the energy consumption of sensor nodes and extend the lifetime of t...
In this study, we developed an energy-efficient multi-user-associated optimization method involving a massive multi-input multi-output (M-MIMO) system-enabled Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) in Full-Duplex (FD) mode. Maximization of energy efficie...
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) has evolved into a promising technology that can relieve computing pressure on wireless devices (WDs) in the Internet of Things (IoT) by offloading computation tasks to the MEC server. Resource management and allocation ar...
Efficient train driving plays a vital role in reducing the overall energy consumption in the railway sector. An energy minimising control strategy can be computed using the framework given by optimal control theory; in particular, the Pontryagin maxi...
Vacuum-based handling, used in many applications and industries, offers great flexibility and fast handling processes. However, due to significant energy conversion losses from electrical energy to the useable suction flow, vacuum-based handling is h...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) providing additional on-demand communication and computing services have become a promising technology. However, the limited energy supply of UAVs, which constrains their service duration, has emerged as an obstacle in...
Wireless sensor network (WSN) sensor nodes should have adequate energy. Reduced energy usage is essential to maximize the endurance of WSNs. Combining WSN with a more significant energy source, a cluster head (CH), is another effective strategy for e...
The recognition of the user’s context with wearable sensing systems is a common problem in ubiquitous computing. However, the typically small battery of such systems often makes continuous recognition impractical. The strain on the battery can be red...
Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) has been enhanced to serve as a pivotal enabler for next-generation communication systems. In the context of target area detection, a UAV-SAR (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Synthetic Aperture Radar) based I...
This paper focuses on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted hybrid free-space optical (FSO)/radio frequency (RF) communication system. Considering the rate imbalance between the FSO and RF links, a buffer is employed at the UAV. Initially, theore...
The rapid advancement of low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellations and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has positioned space–air–ground integrated networks as a key enabler of large-scale IoT services. However, ensuring reliable end-to-end operat...
Heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs) have emerged as the primary solution for explosive data traffic. However, an increase in the number of base stations (BSs) inevitably leads to an increase in energy consumption. Energy efficiency (EE) has become...
This paper proposes an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted energy efficiency optimization algorithm to address the problem of energy efficiency (EE) degradation in high-speed rail communication systems caused by line-of-sight link blockages...
This article proposes an energy-efficiency strategy based on the optimization of driving patterns for an electric vehicle (EV). The EV studied in this paper is a commercial vehicle only driven by a traction motor. The motor drives the front wheels in...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) is capable of adding significant potential to the internet of thing (IoT) devices and hence smart UAV–IoT collaborative system has attracted the attention of many researchers. This system has to be energy efficien...
The conversion from building information modeling (BIM) to building energy modeling (BEM) based on the industry foundation classes (IFC) data standard is a crucial step for efficient building energy design and energy performance analysis. The scope e...
For a given timetable in urban rail transit systems, this paper presents a practical energy efficiency optimization problem that carries out adjustments to the timetable, with the goal of energy saving. We propose two strategies to address this chall...
As the world population is increasing rapidly, food and water demands are the most crucial problem for humanity. In some areas of the world, water or environment is unsuitable for plant growth; hydroponic systems can provide a suitable environment fo...
Healthy fish production requires intensive care and ensuring stable and healthy production environment inside the farm tank is a challenging task. An Internet of Things (IoT) based automated system is highly desirable that can continuously monitor th...
Implementation of energy-efficient train driving strategy is an effective method to save train traction energy consumption, which has attracted much attention from both researchers and practitioners in recent years. Reducing the unnecessary braking d...
Low-carbon sustainable development has become the consensus of manufacturing enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities. Facility layout is an essential part of manufacturing system planning. Current research has demonstrated the advantages...
Metro systems are one of the most important transportation systems in people’s lives. Due to the huge amount of energy it consumes every day, highly-efficient operation of a metro system will lead to significant energy savings. In this paper, a new i...
Because of the short distance between stations in urban rail transit, frequent braking of urban rail trains during operation will generate a large amount of regenerative braking energy. Urban rail trains can reduce their actual traction energy consum...
Wind energy (WE), which is one of the renewable energy (RE) sources for generating electricity, has been making a significant contribution to obtaining clean and green energy in recent years. Fitting an appropriate statistical distribution to the win...
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