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  • Open Access
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A Reconfigurable Hybrid ADC Using a Jump Search Algorithm

  • Sung Kwang Oh,
  • Kwang Sub Yoon and
  • Jonghwan Lee

This paper presents a reconfigurable hybrid Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) designed specifically for bio-signal processing, aiming to achieve low power consumption and high area efficiency. The proposed ADC utilizes a combination of 10-bit Most Si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,448 Views
19 Pages

This study proposes an improved bidirectional dynamic jump point search (JPS) algorithm to address key challenges in mobile robot path planning, including excessive node expansions, poor path smoothness, safety concerns, and extended search times. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,646 Views
17 Pages

Bidirectional Jump Point Search Path-Planning Algorithm Based on Electricity-Guided Navigation Behavior of Electric Eels and Map Preprocessing

  • Hao Gong,
  • Xiangquan Tan,
  • Qingwen Wu,
  • Jiaxin Li,
  • Yongzhi Chu,
  • Aimin Jiang,
  • Hasiaoqier Han and
  • Kai Zhang

The electric eel has an organ made up of hundreds of electrocytes, which is called the electric organ. This organ is used to sense and detect weak electric field signals. By sensing electric field signals, the electric eel can identify changes in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,631 Views
29 Pages

17 April 2019

An improved squirrel search algorithm (ISSA) is proposed in this paper. The proposed algorithm contains two searching methods, one is the jumping search method, and the other is the progressive search method. The practical method used in the evolutio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,544 Views
16 Pages

25 May 2018

Based on the digital surface model (DSM) and jump point search (JPS) algorithm, this study proposed a novel approach to detect the optimal seamline for orthoimage mosaicking. By threshold segmentation, DSM was first identified as ground regions and o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,728 Views
26 Pages

15 September 2023

Aimed at the problems of the Harris Hawks Optimization (HHO) algorithm, including the non-origin symmetric interval update position out-of-bounds rate, low search efficiency, slow convergence speed, and low precision, an Improved Harris Hawks Optimiz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,082 Views
17 Pages

27 June 2024

Aiming to address the A* algorithm’s issues of traversing a large number of nodes, long search times, and large turning angles in path planning, a strategy for multiple improvements to the A* algorithm is proposed. Firstly, the calculation of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,233 Views
18 Pages

13 August 2025

To improve path planning performance for mobile robots in complex environments, this study proposes a hybrid method combining an improved jump point search (JPS) algorithm with the dynamic window approach (DWA). In global planning, a quadrant pruning...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,214 Views
16 Pages

RJA-Star Algorithm for UAV Path Planning Based on Improved R5DOS Model

  • Jian Li,
  • Weijian Zhang,
  • Yating Hu,
  • Shengliang Fu,
  • Changyi Liao and
  • Weilin Yu

13 January 2023

To improve the obstacle avoidance ability of agricultural unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in farmland settings, a three-dimensional space path planning model based on the R5DOS model is proposed in this paper. The direction layer of the R5DOS intersec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,519 Views
27 Pages

4 October 2025

To address the challenges of frequent path conflicts and prolonged computation times in path planning for large-scale multi-UAV operations within urban low-altitude airspace, this study proposes a conflict-free path planning method integrating 3D Jum...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,087 Views
30 Pages

21 July 2022

As various fields and industries have progressed, the use of drones has grown tremendously. The problem of path planning for drones flying at low altitude in urban as well as mountainous areas will be crucial for drones performing search-and-rescue m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,323 Views
19 Pages

Improved Differential Evolution Algorithm for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problems

  • Prasert Sriboonchandr,
  • Nuchsara Kriengkorakot and
  • Preecha Kriengkorakot

This research project aims to study and develop the differential evolution (DE) for use in solving the flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSP). The development of algorithms were evaluated to find the solution and the best answer, and this was su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
6,586 Views
27 Pages

Survey of Lévy Flight-Based Metaheuristics for Optimization

  • Juan Li,
  • Qing An,
  • Hong Lei,
  • Qian Deng and
  • Gai-Ge Wang

5 August 2022

Lévy flight is a random walk mechanism which can make large jumps at local locations with a high probability. The probability density distribution of Lévy flight was characterized by sharp peaks, asymmetry, and trailing. Its movement pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,210 Views
21 Pages

17 September 2025

In response to the challenges of obstacle avoidance and terrain negotiation encountered by wheel-legged robots in static environments with complex obstacles, this study introduces an enhanced A* path planning algorithm that incorporates a jump-point...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
6,903 Views
32 Pages

A Bio-Inspired Method for Mathematical Optimization Inspired by Arachnida Salticidade

  • Hernán Peraza-Vázquez,
  • Adrián Peña-Delgado,
  • Prakash Ranjan,
  • Chetan Barde,
  • Arvind Choubey and
  • Ana Beatriz Morales-Cepeda

29 December 2021

This paper proposes a new meta-heuristic called Jumping Spider Optimization Algorithm (JSOA), inspired by Arachnida Salticidae hunting habits. The proposed algorithm mimics the behavior of spiders in nature and mathematically models its hunting strat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,196 Views
27 Pages

22 April 2023

To address the problems of strong coupling and large hysteresis in the temperature control of a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) process, an improved sparrow search algorithm (ISSA) is proposed to optimize the PID parameters. The improvement...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,635 Views
11 Pages

To improve the accuracy of common intelligent algorithms when identifying the parameters of geometric error in medical robots, this paper proposes an improved beetle antennae search algorithm (RWSAVSBAS). We first establish a model for the kinematic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,036 Views
25 Pages

20 September 2023

A multi-strategy crazy sparrow search algorithm (LTMSSA) for logic-tent hybrid chaotic maps is given in the research to address the issues of poor population diversity, slow convergence, and easily falling into the local optimum of the sparrow search...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,722 Views
11 Pages

1 April 2016

The fireworks algorithm (FA) is a new parallel diffuse optimization algorithm to simulate the fireworks explosion phenomenon, which realizes the balance between global exploration and local searching by means of adjusting the explosion mode of firewo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,386 Views
31 Pages

14 December 2022

The gravitational search algorithm is a global optimization algorithm that has the advantages of a swarm intelligence algorithm. Compared with traditional algorithms, the performance in terms of global search and convergence is relatively good, but t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,160 Views
21 Pages

The Search-o-Sort Theory

  • Anurag Dutta,
  • Sanjeev Kumar,
  • Deepkiran Munjal and
  • Pijush Kanti Kumar

In the modern era of informatics, where data are very important, efficient management of data is necessary and critical. Two of the most important data management techniques are searching and data ordering (technically sorting). Traditional sorting a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,909 Views
15 Pages

14 July 2023

A chaotic adaptive seeker optimization algorithm (CASOA) is proposed in this study to improve the coupling efficiency and accuracy of a butterfly optical communication laser. It primarily relies on chaotic disturbance to improve seeker search perform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,109 Views
20 Pages

ISSA-ELM: A Network Security Situation Prediction Model

  • Hongzhe Sun,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Chen Chen,
  • Zhi Li and
  • Jinjin Li

To resolve the problems of low prediction accuracy and slow convergence speed of traditional extreme learning machines in network security situation prediction methods, we combine a meta-heuristic search algorithm with neural networks and propose a p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,762 Views
31 Pages

An Improved Flow Direction Algorithm for Engineering Optimization Problems

  • Yuqi Fan,
  • Sheng Zhang,
  • Yaping Wang,
  • Di Xu and
  • Qisong Zhang

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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
2,535 Views
19 Pages

20 April 2023

To address the problems of low monitoring area coverage rate and the long moving distance of nodes in the process of coverage optimization in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), a multi-strategy improved sparrow search algorithm for coverage optimizatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,543 Views
20 Pages

This paper presents an enhanced crayfish optimization algorithm (ECOA). The ECOA includes four improvement strategies. Firstly, the Halton sequence was used to improve the population initialization of the crayfish optimization algorithm. Furthermore,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,878 Views
16 Pages

21 January 2022

Several works have shown that lightning jumps are precursors of severe weather in deep-convective thunderstorms. Since 2017, the Meteorological Service of Catalonia has operationally run an algorithm that identifies lightning jumps (LJs) in real time...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,698 Views
33 Pages

GOHBA: Improved Honey Badger Algorithm for Global Optimization

  • Yourui Huang,
  • Sen Lu,
  • Quanzeng Liu,
  • Tao Han and
  • Tingting Li

Aiming at the problem that the honey badger algorithm easily falls into local convergence, insufficient global search ability, and low convergence speed, this paper proposes a global optimization honey badger algorithm (Global Optimization HBA) (GOHB...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,027 Views
14 Pages

6 October 2023

In the face of fire in buildings, people need to quickly plan their escape routes. Intelligent optimization algorithms can achieve this goal, including the sparrow search algorithm (SSA). Despite the powerful search ability of the SSA, there are stil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,921 Views
14 Pages

23 July 2022

The location of a logistics distribution center is a complex combinatorial optimization problem, and it is difficult to achieve the best results by traditional mathematical methods. This paper proposes an improved bald eagle search applied to logisti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,353 Views
25 Pages

14 November 2022

In light of the problems of slow convergence speed, insufficient optimization accuracy and easy falling into local optima in the sparrow search algorithm, this paper proposes an adaptive sinusoidal-disturbance-strategy sparrow search algorithm (ASDSS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,645 Views
14 Pages

27 February 2023

To solve the power allocation problem of multiple relays in cooperative communication, a sparrow improvement algorithm based on small habitats is proposed. First, the small-habitat rule increases the diversity of the energy classification of communic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,833 Views
27 Pages

Multi-Strategy Bald Eagle Search Algorithm Embedded Orthogonal Learning for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Coverage Optimization

  • Haixu Niu,
  • Yonghai Li,
  • Chunyu Zhang,
  • Tianfei Chen,
  • Lijun Sun and
  • Muhammad Irsyad Abdullah

23 October 2024

Coverage control is a fundamental and critical issue in plentiful wireless sensor network (WSN) applications. Aiming at the high-dimensional optimization problem of sensor node deployment and the complexity of the monitoring area, an orthogonal learn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,067 Views
14 Pages

Multi-Start Local Search Algorithm for the Minimum Connected Dominating Set Problems

  • Ruizhi Li,
  • Shuli Hu,
  • Huan Liu,
  • Ruiting Li,
  • Dantong Ouyang and
  • Minghao Yin

3 December 2019

The minimum connected dominating set (MCDS) problem is a very significant NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem, and it has been used in many fields such as wireless sensor networks and ad hoc networks. In this paper, we propose a novel multi-st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
423 Views
25 Pages

3 December 2025

Whether an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can complete its mission successfully is determined by trajectory planning. Reasonable and efficient UAV trajectory planning in 3D environments is a complex global optimization problem, in which numerous const...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,201 Views
28 Pages

Multilevel thresholding image segmentation is one of the most widely used segmentation methods in the field of image segmentation. This paper proposes a multilevel thresholding image segmentation technique based on an improved whale optimization algo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
9,862 Views
13 Pages

12 September 2017

The Jump Point Search (JPS) algorithm is adopted for local path planning of the driverless car under urban environment, and it is a fast search method applied in path planning. Firstly, a vector Geographic Information System (GIS) map, including Glob...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,262 Views
15 Pages

5 February 2020

In this paper, an improved PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm is proposed and applied to the infrared image enhancement. The contrast of infrared image is enhanced while the image details are preserved. A new exponential center symmetry iner...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
904 Views
36 Pages

Software testing identifies potential errors and defects in software. A crucial component of software testing is integration testing, and the generation of class integration test orders (CITOs) is a critical topic in integration testing. The research...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,615 Views
46 Pages

An Enhanced Slime Mould Algorithm Combines Multiple Strategies

  • Wenqing Xiong,
  • Dahai Li,
  • Donglin Zhu,
  • Rui Li and
  • Zhang Lin

24 September 2023

In recent years, due to the growing complexity of real-world problems, researchers have been favoring stochastic search algorithms as their preferred method for problem solving. The slime mould algorithm is a high-performance, stochastic search algor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
3,947 Views
33 Pages

Research on Coverage Optimization in a WSN Based on an Improved COOT Bird Algorithm

  • Yihui Huang,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Wei Wei,
  • Tao Qin,
  • Yuancheng Fan,
  • Xuemei Luo and
  • Jing Yang

28 April 2022

To address the problems of uneven distribution and low coverage of wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes in random deployment, a node coverage optimization strategy with an improved COOT bird algorithm (COOTCLCO) is proposed. Firstly, the chaotic tent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,793 Views
29 Pages

The inverse kinematics of robotic manipulators involves determining an appropriate joint configuration to achieve a specified end-effector position. This problem is challenging because the inverse kinematics of manipulators are highly nonlinear and c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,584 Views
35 Pages

Solving UAV 3D Path Planning Based on the Improved Lemur Optimizer Algorithm

  • Haijun Liang,
  • Wenhai Hu,
  • Ke Gong,
  • Jie Dai and
  • Lifei Wang

This paper proposes an Improved Lemur Optimization algorithm (ILO), which combines the advantages of the Spider Monkey Optimization algorithm, Simulated Annealing algorithm, and Lemur Optimization algorithm. Through the use of an adaptive nonlinear d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,322 Views
28 Pages

Multi-Strategy Improved Sparrow Search Algorithm and Application

  • Xiangdong Liu,
  • Yan Bai,
  • Cunhui Yu,
  • Hailong Yang,
  • Haoning Gao,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Qing Chang and
  • Xiaodong Wen

The sparrow search algorithm (SSA) is a metaheuristic algorithm developed based on the foraging and anti-predatory behavior of sparrow populations. Compared with other metaheuristic algorithms, SSA also suffers from poor population diversity, has wea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,834 Views
27 Pages

21 April 2022

With the rapid development of the economy, the quality of power systems has assumed an increasingly prominent influence on people’s daily lives. In this paper, an improved equilibrium optimizer (IEO) is proposed to solve the optimal power flow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,729 Views
19 Pages

2 April 2019

Since an individual approach can hardly navigate robots through complex environments, we present a novel two-level hierarchical framework called JPS-IA3C (Jump Point Search improved Asynchronous Advantage Actor-Critic) in this paper for robot navigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,760 Views
18 Pages

24 June 2022

The joint scheduling optimization of hydrothermal power is one of the most important optimization problems in the power system, which is a non-linear, multi-dimensional, non-convex complex optimization problem, and its difficulty in solving is increa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,564 Views
28 Pages

Hybrid Learning Moth Search Algorithm for Solving Multidimensional Knapsack Problems

  • Yanhong Feng,
  • Hongmei Wang,
  • Zhaoquan Cai,
  • Mingliang Li and
  • Xi Li

11 April 2023

The moth search algorithm (MS) is a relatively new metaheuristic optimization algorithm which mimics the phototaxis and Lévy flights of moths. Being an NP-hard problem, the 0–1 multidimensional knapsack problem (MKP) is a classical multi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
2,904 Views
16 Pages

8 November 2022

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) path planning in complex marine environments meets many chanllenges, such as many influencing factors, complex models and the performance of the optimization algorithm to be improved. To find a path with minimum co...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,351 Views
16 Pages

8 November 2018

The traditional intelligent algorithms for the selected harmonic elimination pulse-width modulation (SHEPWM) of multilevel converters provide low convergent rate and low accuracy of solutions when solving quarter-wave symmetry nonlinear equations. To...

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