Flow Direction Algorithm (FDA) has better searching performance than some traditional optimization algorithms. To give the basic Flow Direction Algorithm more effective searching ability and avoid multiple local minima under the searching space, and...
The sediment transport process in watersheds is an important research component of geomorphology and surface dynamics. Previous work has inferred the spatial distribution of the sediment transport rate (STR) by the flow direction algorithm and measur...
Accurate extraction of photovoltaic (PV) model parameters is essential for reliable PV-system simulation, maximum power point tracking, fault diagnosis, and performance assessment. However, this task is a nonlinear, multimodal, and strongly coupled o...
Vector based shortest path analysis in geographic information system (GIS) is well established for road networks. Even though these network algorithms can be applied to river layers, they do not generally consider the direction of flow. This paper pr...
The urgent need for sustainable building design calls for advanced optimization methods that simultaneously address economic and environmental objectives, particularly those involving mixed discrete-continuous variables such as insulation material, h...
One of the biggest challenges in probing the atmospheric boundary layer with small unmanned aerial vehicles is the turbulent 3D wind vector measurement. Several approaches have been developed to estimate the wind vector without using multi-hole flow...
Extracting drainage networks from a digital elevation model (DEM) with massive cells is time-consuming due to depressions and flats, where flow paths to the outlet cannot be extracted using downslope gradients. Algorithms based on a priority queue ar...
In order to deal with the target recognition in the complex underwater environment, we carried out experimental research. This includes filtering noise in the feature extraction stage of underwater images rich in noise, or with complex backgrounds, a...
The internal combustion process in a boiler in power plants has a direct impact on boiler efficiency and NOx generation. The objective of this study is to propose an intelligent deep learning modeling and multi-objective optimization approach that co...
Based on Graph Balancing Theory, this study proposes an anomaly detection algorithm, the Supply Chain Proof of Relation (PoR), applied to enterprise procurement networks formalized as weighted directed graphs. A mathematical framework is constructed...
This research addresses the problem of the optimal location and sizing distributed generators (DGs) in direct current (DC) distribution networks from the combinatorial optimization. It is proposed a master–slave optimization approach in order t...
Watershed delimitation is very important in flood control management. The traditional sub-watersheds delimitated by a filling digital elevation model (DEM) may change the real sink area, such that it may not be the best choice in studies sensitive to...
Improving the performance of power systems has become a challenging task for system operators in an open access environment. This paper presents an optimization approach for solving the multi-objective scheduling problem using a modified non-dominate...
This study presents an enhanced variant of the priority-flood based algorithm proposed by Wang and Liu for treating depressions in digital elevation models (DEMs). The enhanced variant redefines spill elevation, the key concept of the original algori...
Algorithms for network flow problems, such as maximum flow, minimum cost flow, and multi-commodity flow problems, are continuously developed and improved, and so, random network generators become indispensable to simulate the functionality and to tes...
This study introduces an analytical solution for the hydraulic analysis of looped water distribution networks (WDNs). Conventional approaches to solving ∆Q equations for looped water discharge correction entail iterative hydraulic analysis to c...
Recent research has extended conventional hydrological algorithms into a hexagonal grid and noted that hydrological modeling on a hexagonal mesh grid outperformed that on a rectangular grid. Among the hydrological products, flow routing grids are the...
The medium-voltage direct-current (MVDC) ship power system has been extensively investigated and discussed in recent years. This paper presents an alternating current/direct-current (AC/DC) power flow algorithm based on complex affine arithmetic for...
As a typical single-pump multi-actuator system, the hydraulic manipulator faces the flow saturation problem when moving at a high speed to track a desired trajectory. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes a real-time anti-saturation flow opti...
We demonstrate the use of different visual aggregation techniques to obtain non-cluttered visual representations of scanpaths. First, fixation points are clustered using the mean-shift algorithm. Second, saccades are aggregated using the Attribute-Dr...
This study presents a new imaging-based algorithm for simultaneously determining multiple velocity fields from stratified crossflows optically captured in a single field of view. The concept implements an additional automatic peak finding scheme into...
The variational optical flow model is used in this work to investigate a subgrid-scale optimization approach for modeling complex fluid flows in image sequences and estimating their two-dimensional velocity fields. To solve the problem of lack of sub...
This paper investigates the application of a minimum loss path finding algorithm to determine the maximum flow in generalized networks that are characterized by arc losses or gains. In these generalized network flow problems, each arc has not only a...
In this work, we contribute to the development of numerical algorithms for the direct simulation of three-dimensional incompressible multiphase flows in the presence of multiple fluids and solids. The volume of fluid method is used for interface trac...
Navigating through complex flow fields, underwater vehicles often face insufficient thrust to traverse particularly strong current areas, necessitating consideration of the physical feasibility of paths during route planning. By constructing a flow f...
An effective and accurate power flow algorithm provides control references for active power dispatch and initial steady state operating points, used for stability analysis, short-circuit calculations, and electromagnetic transient simulations, which...
The interconnection of power and natural gas systems can improve the flexibility of system operation and the capacity of renewable energy consumption. It is necessary to consider the interaction between both, and carry out collaborative optimization...
With the continuous development of microfluidic technology, continuous-flow microfluidic biochips (CFMBs) are being increasingly used in the Internet of Things. The automation design of CFMBs has also received widespread attention. The architecture d...
The measurement of plant sap flow has long been a traditional method for quantifying transpiration. However, conventional direct measurement methods are often costly and complex, thereby limiting the widespread application of tree sap flow monitoring...
This paper demonstrates a novel flow sensor with two-dimensional 360° direction sensitivity achieved with a simple structure and a novel data fusion algorithm. Four sensing elements with roundabout wires distributed in four quadrants of a circle comp...
Chemical and electrical thrusters are generally utilized to control the attitude and orbit of spacecraft in aerospace. When they are firing, the exhaust expands into the vacuum environment, known as the vacuum plume. The plume flow can collide with s...
Debris flows are rapid, destructive landslides that pose significant risks in mountainous regions. This study presents a novel algorithm to simulate debris flow dynamics, focusing on sediment transport from 0-order basins to depositional zones. The a...
This study aims to investigate the pressure changes, bubble dynamics, and flow physics inside the U- and C-shaped pipes with four different gravitational directions. The simulation is performed using a 1D centerline-based mesh generation technique al...
Determining causal inference has become popular in physical and engineering applications. While the problem has immense challenges, it provides a way to model the complex networks by observing the time series. In this paper, we present the optimal co...
To address the limitations of individual battery thermal management technologies, this study proposes a hybrid battery thermal management system coupling static immersion cooling with refrigerant-based direct cooling. The system employs parallel uppe...
This article presents two new chemical plume tracing (CPT) algorithms for using on autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to locate hydrothermal vents. We aim to design effective CPT navigation algorithms that direct AUVs to trace emitted hydrothermal...
The behavior of turbulent flows remains a significant unsolved problem in physics. Recently, a large quantity of effort has been directed toward understanding the non-linear interactions of the different flow structures in order to address this chall...
This study proposes a simultaneous optimization model that considers flow assignment and vehicle capacity for the problem of transit network design to determine the route structure and frequencies simultaneously. The problem is focused on reducing th...
Many problems in fluid mechanics describe the change in the flow under the effect of electromagnetic forces. The present study explores the behaviour of an electric conducting, Newtonian fluid flow applying the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and ferrohyd...
A micro hydropower plant of the run-of-river type is considered to be the most cost-effective investment in developing counties. This paper presents a novel methodology to improve flow estimation, without using the flow direction curve (FDC) method,...
This paper presents a real-time, robust and low-drift depth-only SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) method for depth cameras by utilizing both dense range flow and sparse geometry features from sequential depth images. The proposed method i...
The Tesla valve is a non-moving check valve used in various industries to control fluid flow. It is a passive flow control device that does not require external power to operate. Due to its unique geometry, it causes more pressure drop in the reverse...
A flow field analysis was performed in this research using the ANSYS Fluent module, and a dynamic heat source employing UDF was constructed using the DEFINE_PROFILE macro. A VOF model was developed to track the volume fraction of each fluid throughou...
This work proposes a hybrid drive controlled configuration, using a minimum emissions search algorithm, which ensures the operation of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) in its fuel efficiency range, minimizing CO
This paper proposes a method for visualizing three-dimensional non-uniformly sampled data from multibeam echosounder systems (MBESs), aimed at addressing the requirements of monitoring complex and dynamic underwater flow fields. To tackle the challen...
In this paper, we follow the suggestions of past literature to further explore the prediction of the profitability direction by employing different machine learning algorithms, extending the research in the European setting and examining the effect o...
In the present work, ten data mining algorithms have been used to generate models capable of predicting the surface roughness of parts printed on polylactic acid (PLA) by using fused deposition modeling (FDM). The models have been trained using exper...
This paper proposes a switched-element direction finding (SEDF) system based Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation method for un-cooperative wideband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multi Linear Frequency Modulation (OFDM-LFM) radar signals. This metho...
Guaranteeing data transmission between modules is the key for application development of modular robotic systems. In a multi-channel modular robotic system, intersection modules play an essential role of communication channel selection in controlling...
Rapid detection of bursts and leaks in water distribution systems (WDSs) can reduce the social and economic costs incurred through direct loss of water into the ground, additional energy demand for water supply, and service interruptions. Many real-t...
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