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33 Citations
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29 July 2014

The smart grid concept has emerged as a result of the requirement for renewable energy resources and application of new techniques. It is proposed as a practical future form of power distribution system. Evaluating the reliability of smart grids is o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,558 Views
15 Pages

29 April 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine have forced students to use distance learning. Modern information technologies have enabled global e-learning usage but also revealed a lack of personalization and adaptation in the learning process when compared...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in the Field of Cloud Computing and Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,000 Views
12 Pages

RETRACTED: Power Cable Status Evaluation Method Based on Electrical Tree Growth and Data Association Rules

  • Leixiong Wang,
  • Bo Wang,
  • Hengrui Ma,
  • Jiaxing Zhang and ,
  • Yifan He,
  • Hongxia Wang and
  • Hanqi Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 October 2023

The partial discharge (PD) analysis method has remained one of the key technologies for cable condition assessment to diagnose cable operation state. In this paper, two power cable status evaluation methods are proposed based on electrical tree growt...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,083 Views
23 Pages

A Deep Learning-Based Approach to Apple Tree Pruning and Evaluation with Multi-Modal Data for Enhanced Accuracy in Agricultural Practices

  • Tong Hai,
  • Wuxiong Wang,
  • Fengyi Yan,
  • Mingyu Liu and ,
  • Chengze Li,
  • Shengrong Li,
  • Ruojia Hu and
  • Chunli Lv
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 May 2025

A deep learning-based tree pruning evaluation system is proposed in this study, which integrates hyperspectral images, sensor data, and expert system rules. The system aims to enhance the accuracy and robustness of tree pruning tasks through multimod...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Deep and Machine Learning in Crop Monitoring and Management)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,849 Views
17 Pages

Tree Selection of Vernicia montana in a Representative Orchard Cluster Within Southern Hunan Province, China: A Comprehensive Evaluation Approach

  • Juntao Liu,
  • Zhexiu Yu,
  • Xihui Li,
  • Ling Zhou and ,
  • Ruihui Wang and
  • Weihua Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 July 2025

With the objective of identifying superior Vernicia montana trees grounded in phenotypic and agronomic traits, this study sought to develop and implement a comprehensive evaluation method which would provide a practical foundation for future clonal b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Dendrological Research: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Dendrology Branch of the Chinese Society of Forestry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,118 Views
32 Pages

24 June 2024

The concept of Multifunctional Territorialized Agrifood Systems (MTASs) arose as an alternative to global hegemonic models in the 21st century. This study intends to identify the main ecosystem values and services generated by the MTAS of the carob t...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,324 Views
20 Pages

8 May 2024

Spatial planning, a policy instrument for creating sustainable environments that meet the needs of the current and future generations, has been implemented extensively worldwide. However, it is difficult for urban planners to thoroughly determine the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Urban Planning and Regional Development)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,117 Views
10 Pages

17 December 2022

Background: Understanding balance ability and assessing the risk of possible falls are very important for elderly rehabilitation. The Mini-Balanced Evaluation System Test (Mini-BESTest) is an important survey for older adults to evaluate subject bala...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Trends and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
657 Views
37 Pages

Evaluation Trees and Normalisation for Proposition Algebra

  • Jan A. Bergstra,
  • Alban Ponse and
  • Daan J. C. Staudt

12 January 2026

Proposition algebra is based on Hoare’s conditional, a ternary connective comparable to if–then–else and used in the context of propositional logic. Conditional statements are composed from atomic propositions (propositional variabl...

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  • Open Access
203 Views
27 Pages

10 October 2026

Photovoltaic (PV) plants on legacy monitoring often expose only a cumulative energy counter and partial weather channels, without geolocation or forecasts. We quantify what such data alone can forecast. On two plants (711 and 998 kWp, 18 months), the...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,580 Views
13 Pages

Sight versus Sound: Do Visual Assessments of Dead Standing Trees Reflect Acoustic Nondestructive Evaluations of Wood Quality?

  • Tyler J. Hovde,
  • John W. Forsman,
  • Robert J. Ross,
  • Mark Rudnick and ,
  • Xinfeng Xie,
  • Xiping Wang and
  • Yvette L. Dickson
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 October 2022

The forest industry typically uses visual appearance to evaluate the wood quality when salvaging dead standing trees. We investigated whether the visual appearance of white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) defoliated by the spruce budworm (Chorist...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood: In-Forest Wood Quality Assessments)
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  • Open Access
319 Views
31 Pages

Evaluating an Artificial Immune System-Evolved Decision-Tree Ensemble for Chest X-Ray Classification

  • Abdulaziz A. Alsulami,
  • Qasem Abu Al-Haija,
  • Ahmad J. Tayeb,
  • Badraddin Alturki and ,
  • Ali Alqahtani and
  • Nayef Alqahtani
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 September 2026

Timely and accurate classification of lung diseases from chest X-ray images remains an important healthcare challenge. Machine-learning and deep-learning methods can support automated classification, but their evaluation may be affected by class imba...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Methods for Biomedical Data Processing, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,783 Views
19 Pages

10 May 2023

To produce high-quality crops, not only excellent cultivation techniques but also accurate nutrient management techniques are important. In recent years, many nondestructive tools such as the chlorophyll meter “SPAD” and the leaf nitrogen...

(This article belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
164 Citations
18,599 Views
21 Pages

6 September 2018

We use freely available Sentinel-2 data and forest inventory data to evaluate the potential of different machine-learning approaches to classify tree species in two forest regions in Bavaria, Germany. Atmospheric correction was applied to the level 1...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,471 Views
35 Pages

Evaluation of Simulation Framework for Detecting the Quality of Forest Tree Stems

  • Anwar Sagar,
  • Kalle Kärhä,
  • Kalervo Järvelin and
  • Reza Ghabcheloo

18 June 2025

The advancement of harvester technology increasingly relies on automated forest analysis within machine operational ranges. However, real-world testing remains costly and time-consuming. To address this, we introduced the Tree Classification Framewor...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,642 Views
20 Pages

7 November 2024

This study evaluated whether tree object segmentation using remote sensing techniques could be effectively conducted according to the green structures of urban forests. The remote sensing techniques used were handheld LiDAR and UAV-based photogrammet...

(This article belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
  • Review
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
21 Citations
4,249 Views
16 Pages

30 May 2024

(1) The early assessment of wood quality, even while trees are standing, provides significant benefits for forest management, sales efficiency, and market diversification. Its definition cannot be in absolute terms but must always be linked to the ma...

(This article belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
86 Citations
9,624 Views
15 Pages

Evaluation of Tree Species for Biomass Energy Production in Northwest Spain

  • Pedro Álvarez-Álvarez,
  • Consuelo Pizarro,
  • Marcos Barrio-Anta,
  • Asunción Cámara-Obregón and ,
  • Julio Luis María Bueno,
  • Ana Álvarez,
  • Inés Gutiérrez and
  • David F. R. P. Burslem
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

23 March 2018

Three types of forest stands (chestnut coppice, maritime pine stands, and poplar and willow short-rotation woody crops (SRWC)) were evaluated to determine their potential for energy production. The properties of the main aboveground biomass fractions...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,952 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of Factors Affecting Tree and Shrub Bark’s Antioxidant Status

  • Nadezhda Golubkina,
  • Ulyana Plotnikova,
  • Vladimir Lapchenko,
  • Helene Lapchenko and ,
  • Sergey Sheshnitsan,
  • Zarema Amagova,
  • Visita Matsadze,
  • Tatiana Naumenko,
  • Natalia Bagrikova and
  • Gianluca Caruso
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

4 October 2022

The importance of using the barks of trees and shrubs as powerful natural antioxidants suggests the necessity to evaluate the effect of different environmental factors on bark extracts’ quality. The determination of total antioxidant activity (...

(This article belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,175 Views
14 Pages

30 April 2021

Urban forest is a dynamic urban ecosystem that provides critical benefits to urban residents and the environment. Accurate mapping of urban forest plays an important role in greenspace management. In this study, we apply a deep learning model, the U-...

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  • Open Access
2,478 Views
21 Pages

5 February 2024

A system has been developed to remotely, continuously, and quantitatively measure the physiological activity of trees. The developed tree physiological activity monitoring (TPAM) system is equipped with electrical impedance, temperature, and light in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 12th International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation (IMETI 2023))
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,275 Views
18 Pages

Disjoint Spanning Tree Based Reliability Evaluation of Wireless Sensor Network

  • Sonam Lata,
  • Shabana Mehfuz,
  • Shabana Urooj,
  • Asmaa Ali and
  • Nidal Nasser

29 May 2020

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are becoming very common in numerous manufacturing industries; especially where it is difficult to connect a sensor to a sink. This is an evolving issue for researchers attempting to contribute to the proliferation of...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,714 Views
17 Pages

31 May 2019

Following the frequent and harmful collapses of trees that have plagued the municipal territory of Rome in recent years, a protocol of understanding was initiated between the Department of Environmental Protection of ROMA CAPITALE, the American Unive...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Progress in Ground Penetrating Radar Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,744 Views
13 Pages

Evaluation of Wood Anatomical Properties from 18 Tree Species in the Subtropical Region of China

  • Yunpeng Wang,
  • Yiping Wang,
  • Le Shen,
  • Zhaoxiang Wu and ,
  • Huihu Li,
  • Miao Hu,
  • Qiaoli Liu,
  • Caihui Chen,
  • Xiaokang Hu and
  • Yongda Zhong
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

29 November 2023

The subtropical region of China possesses abundant broad-leaf tree species resources; however, the anatomical properties and microstructure of the wood are still unclear, which restricts the processing and utilization of wood. In this study, 14 broad...

(This article belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,095 Views
16 Pages

Towards an Efficient Privacy-Preserving Decision Tree Evaluation Service in the Internet of Things

  • Lin Liu,
  • Jinshu Su,
  • Baokang Zhao,
  • Qiong Wang and ,
  • Jinrong Chen and
  • Yuchuan Luo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

6 January 2020

With the fast development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, normal people and organizations can produce massive data every day. Due to a lack of data mining expertise and computation resources, most of them choose to use data mining service...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Asymmetry Applications for Internet of Things Security and Privacy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,129 Views
10 Pages

Simulation and Evaluation of Heat Transfer Inside a Diseased Citrus Tree during Heat Treatment

  • Shirin Ghatrehsamani,
  • Yiannis Ampatzidis,
  • John K. Schueller and
  • Reza Ehsani

Heat treatment has been applied in previous studies to treat diseased plants and trees affected by heat-sensitive pathogens. Huanglongbing (HLB) is a heat-sensitive pathogen and the optimal temperature–time for treating HLB-affected citrus tree...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evaluation of New Technological Solutions in Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,374 Views
9 Pages

22 July 2020

To evaluate the risk of a pipe in the water supply network of Beijing, we used the accident records of the gridding urban management (GUM) system. In addition, road and building information derived from a three-dimensional (3D) electronic map was als...

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  • Open Access
1,823 Views
18 Pages

All About Multiparametric MRI Evaluation in Biliary Tree Complications After Liver Transplant

  • Adrian Dumitru Dijmărescu,
  • Cristina Dumitrescu,
  • Cristina Alexandra Nicolae,
  • Robert Mihai Enache and
  • Ioana Gabriela Lupescu

Background/Objectives: To present, discuss, and illustrate the role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MPMRI) in the evaluation of biliary tree (BT) complications after liver transplantation (LT) as an integrated part into the multidiscip...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in the Diagnosis and Management of Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,135 Views
16 Pages

14 March 2017

Bent trees have been observed during the early years in juvenile plantations (less than 5 years-old) of Tectona grandis in Costa Rica. The relationship between bending and the morphological characteristics of the trees was explored. An evaluation of...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,699 Views
13 Pages

Gaming Tree Based Evaluation Model for Badminton Tactic Benefit Analysis and Prediction

  • Wenming Liu,
  • Yifan Zhu,
  • Wenxia Guo,
  • Xinyuan Wang and
  • Songkun Yu

21 June 2023

Badminton tactics refer to the techniques and strategies employed by players to win a match. Analyzing these tactics can help players improve their performance and outsmart their opponents. To study the tactics of top players, we use a gaming tree to...

(This article belongs to the Collection Computer Science in Sport)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,700 Views
19 Pages

27 August 2023

The rapid technological advancements in the current modern world bring the attention of researchers to fast and real-time healthcare and monitoring systems. Smart healthcare is one of the best choices for this purpose, in which different on-body and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Enabled Smart Sensing Technologies for Human-Centered Healthcare Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,559 Views
16 Pages

Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Oleuropein from the Olive Tree (Olea europaea)

  • Pradeep Subedi,
  • Rocío Rivera Rodríguez,
  • Pariksha Thapa,
  • Daniel Lantvit and
  • Jeremy James Johnson

In this study, the pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics of oleuropein present in the olive tree (Olea europaea) were determined. We developed and validated a highly sensitive ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectromet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,184 Views
16 Pages

27 February 2023

Due to the rapid development of machine-learning technology, companies can build complex models to provide prediction or classification services for customers without resources. A large number of related solutions exist to protect the privacy of mode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,032 Views
14 Pages

7 November 2017

The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate electrical tree degradation for cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cable insulation for three difference models. In order to show the distribution characteristics using phase resolved partial discharge (PD)...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Views
37 Pages

CPU-GPU Performance Evaluation of Lightweight Tree-Based Machine Learning for IoT Anomaly Detection

  • Parisa Rahimi,
  • Didar Nanakaly,
  • Amit Kumar Singh,
  • Seyedali Pourmoafi and ,
  • Xiaohang Wang and
  • Alexios Mylonas
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The increasing complexity of Internet of Things (IoT) environments necessitates efficient and reliable anomaly detection. This study experimentally evaluates established tree-based machine-learning models instead of proposing a new detection algorith...

  • Article
  • Open Access
202 Citations
17,106 Views
21 Pages

20 June 2020

Forecasting the direction and trend of stock price is an important task which helps investors to make prudent financial decisions in the stock market. Investment in the stock market has a big risk associated with it. Minimizing prediction error reduc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning on Scientific Data and Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,374 Views
14 Pages

Automated Transformation from Competency List to Tree: Way to Competency-Based Adaptive Knowledge E-Evaluation

  • Asta Margienė,
  • Simona Ramanauskaitė,
  • Justas Nugaras and
  • Pavel Stefanovič

1 February 2022

E-learning is rapidly gaining its application. While actively adapting student-oriented learning with the competency evaluation model, the standard of competency support in existing e-learning systems is not implemented and varies. This complicated i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,580 Views
21 Pages

This paper presents a phased fault tree analysis (phased-FTA)-based approach to evaluate the performability of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in real time. AUVs carry out a wide range of missions, including surveying the marine environment, se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Marine Vehicles, Automation and Robotics—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,063 Views
18 Pages

14 November 2023

Loss of forest cover and derived effects on forest ecosystems services has led to the establishment of land management policies and forest monitoring systems, and consequently to the demand for accurate and multitemporal data on forest extent and str...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lidar for Environmental Remote Sensing: Theory and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
118 Citations
15,027 Views
19 Pages

Urban trees can significantly improve the outdoor thermal environment, especially in subtropical zones. However, due to the lack of fundamental evaluations of numerical simulation models, design and modification strategies for optimizing the thermal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Design and City Microclimates)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,772 Views
19 Pages

3-30-300 Benchmark: An Evaluation of Tree Visibility, Canopy Cover, and Green Space Access in Nagpur, India

  • Shruti Ashish Lahoti,
  • Manu Thomas,
  • Prajakta Pimpalshende,
  • Shalini Dhyani and ,
  • Mesfin Sahle,
  • Pankaj Kumar and
  • Osamu Saito
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Urban green spaces (UGSs) are vital in enhancing environmental quality, social well-being, and climate resilience, yet their distribution and accessibility remain uneven in many rapidly urbanizing cities. The 3–30–300 rule offers a struct...

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  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,950 Views
22 Pages

27 August 2019

Judging and predicting tree suitability is of great significance in the cultivation and management of forests. Background and Objectives: Due to the diversity of tree species for afforestation in China and the lack of experts or the limitations of ex...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Decision Support to Address Multiple Ecosystem Services in Forest Management Planning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,918 Views
10 Pages

Clinical and Microbiological Evaluation of 0.2% Tea Tree Oil Mouthwash in Prevention of Dental Biofilm-Induced Gingivitis

  • Adarsha Mahapatra,
  • Saurav Panda,
  • Margherita Tumedei,
  • Sital Panda and ,
  • Abhaya Chandra Das,
  • Manoj Kumar and
  • Massimo Del Fabbro
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

28 March 2025

Background: Dental biofilm-induced gingivitis is a prevalent condition caused by dental plaque accumulation. Chlorhexidine mouthwash is a gold standard for plaque control but is associated with adverse effects such as tooth staining and altered taste...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Oral Microbiology and Related Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,956 Views
15 Pages

25 February 2018

Certification by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) remains rare among forest management units (FMUs) in natural tropical forests, presenting a challenge for impact evaluation. We demonstrate application of the synthetic control method (SCM) to eva...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,261 Views
23 Pages

Multi-Indicator Heuristic Evaluation-Based Rapidly Exploring Random Tree Algorithm for Robot Path Planning in Complex Environments

  • Wenqiang Wu,
  • Chuixin Kong,
  • Zhongmin Xiao,
  • Qianping Huang and ,
  • Mingfeng Yu and
  • Zhiye Ren
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 March 2025

This paper introduces a multi-indicator heuristic evaluation-based rapidly exploring random tree (MIHE-RRT) algorithm to address the key challenges of robot path planning in complex environments. The core innovation lies in a novel dual optimization...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climbing Robots and Autonomous Systems: Mechanisms, Intelligence, and Real-World Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,980 Views
30 Pages

Functional and Antioxidant Evaluation of Two Ecotypes of Control and Grafted Tree Tomato (Solanum betaceum) at Different Altitudes

  • Elena Coyago-Cruz,
  • Aida Guachamin,
  • Gabriela Méndez,
  • Melany Moya and ,
  • Aníbal Martínez,
  • William Viera,
  • Jorge Heredia-Moya,
  • Elena Beltrán,
  • Edwin Vera and
  • Michael Villacís
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

20 September 2023

Tree tomato (Solanum betaceum) is susceptible to nematode attack; for this reason, grafting is used as an alternative to reduce this impact. In this study, the bioactive compounds of the fruit (shell, pulp, and seed jelly) of two tree tomato ecotypes...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Foods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,032 Views
17 Pages

8 June 2018

The paper presents an original method for the evaluation of bark structure characteristics of tree trunks on the basis of terrestrial laser scanning data. Measurements testing the method proposed were performed in laboratory conditions for trunks of...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,206 Views
14 Pages

26 July 2022

Preventing land desertification is one of the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations, which can effectively promote the sustainable development of desert greening. Currently, tree plantation is the most effective way to achieve this g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,695 Views
23 Pages

9 May 2022

Solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation is growing rapidly in China. Accurate estimation of solar energy resource potential (Rs) is crucial for siting, designing, evaluating and optimizing PV systems. Seven types of tree-based ensemble models,...

(This article belongs to the Topic Artificial Intelligence and Computational Methods: Modeling, Simulations and Optimization of Complex Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
7,424 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Urban Tree Leaf Biomass-Potential, Physico-Mechanical and Chemical Parameters of Raw Material and Solid Biofuel

  • Krzysztof Mudryk,
  • Marcin Jewiarz,
  • Marek Wróbel,
  • Marcin Niemiec and
  • Arkadiusz Dyjakon

4 February 2021

The paper presents the results of research aimed at evaluating the possibility of using selected tree leaf species to produce solid biofuels. The possibility of production of qualitative solid biofuels from urban tree leaves meets the expectations of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomass Pretreatment and Optimisation of Biofuel Production Processes)

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