Underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs) can effectively detect and track targets and therefore play an important role in underwater detection technology. To protect a target from being detected by UASNs, a distributed barrage jamming layout strat...
The routing strategy for order picking is an important factor in the efficiency of warehouse picking, and improvements to the warehouse layout provide more routing options for picking. The number of storage locations to be visited during the picking...
The facility layout design problem is significantly relevant within the business operations strategies framework and has emerged as an alternate strategy towards supply chain sustainability. However, its wide coverage in the scientific literature has...
The Interior layout model is to optimize the arrangement position of each room to maximize the comfort and quality of life of residents. Due to the complexity of the Interior layout problem, the computation of fitness function costs lots of time. To...
This article includes the proposal of a (re)layout project as a strategy to implement Cleaner Production (CP) practices, with a furniture manufacturing company in the Brazilian municipality of Palhoça (Santa Catarina, Brazil) as a case study....
The performance of large-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants is strongly influenced by array layout parameters including module tilt angle, azimuth angle, and row spacing. These geometric variables jointly determine solar irradiance geometry, shadin...
As the integrated circuit process nodes are continuously reduced, higher complexity and accuracy requirements are imposed on the design rule checking (DRC) of standard cell layouts. Traditional manual repair methods are inefficient and prone to error...
The various applications of bearing-only sensor networks for detection and localization are becoming increasingly widespread and important. The array layout of the bearing-only sensor network seriously impacts the detection performance. This paper pr...
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are fundamental to modern AI applications but often suffer from significant memory bottlenecks due to non-contiguous access patterns during convolution operations. Although previous work has optimized data layouts...
This paper proposes an optimisation strategy for the layout design of wave energy converter (WEC) arrays. Optimal layouts are sought so as to maximise the absorbed power given a minimum q-factor, the minimum distance between WECs, and an area of depl...
Optimization of the light source layout is an important issue for indoor visible light communication systems, as it affects the received optical power distribution and user perception. In this paper, we propose a local optimization strategy for the l...
Mountainous cities are especially vulnerable to flooding and water quality degradation due to surrounding steep terrain, variable precipitation, and fragile ecosystems. Existing studies often rely on small-scale scenario simulations or computationall...
This study proposes a technique for effectively arranging irregularly shaped parts on a board using a modified genetic algorithm and image processing. This technique addresses the challenge of efficiently packing parts of the same shape and size to o...
With the expansion of Chinese university campuses, electric bikes (E-bikes) have become the most sustainable and effective commuting option because they are a flexible and energy-saving travel mode. Consequently, campus E-bike charging piles have bec...
With the rapid urbanization in China, building energy consumption has become a critical challenge for sustainable urban development. Conventional simulation methods are computationally intensive and inefficient for large-scale urban layout optimizati...
In the context of the Chinese rural revitalization strategy, the unique residential characteristics of local vernacular dwellings formed by profound historical and cultural accumulation, climate characteristics, and residential lifestyle have undergo...
As one of the most complex and critical components of spacecraft, the structural design of the curved cabin door faces two challenges. On the one hand, it is difficult to obtain innovative configurations for the cabin door in the preliminary design s...
Natural ventilation plays a crucial role in passive cooling and dehumidification in rural areas. This study uses Sville Vent as a platform to investigate the ventilation mechanism of traditional houses in Rucheng County, Hunan Province, China, from a...
Underground pedestrian streets play a crucial role in urban spatial systems, yet the positioning of atrium spaces in existing underground walkways is often determined empirically without adequate consideration of spatial rationality in relation to pu...
Urban subsurface pipeline bursts can induce catastrophic cascading effects, including ground collapse, infrastructure failure, and socioeconomic losses. However, stratum responses during the erosion cavity expansion phase and corresponding disaster m...
The Facility Layout Problem (FLP) is a challenging task with significant sustainability implications. Due to its multifaceted nature, it is classified as a non-deterministic polynomial-time (NP)-hard problem, further compounded by increasing computat...
The Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problem (WFLOP) aims to improve wind energy utilization and reduce wake-induced power losses through optimal placement of wind turbines. Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) have been widely...
Order picking is the part with the highest proportion of operation cost and time in the warehouse. The characteristics of small-batch and multi-frequency current orders reduce the applicability of the traditional layout in the warehouse. Besides this...
Order-picking is one of the most labor- and cost-intensive operations in warehouses, especially under the pressures of e-commerce growth and supply chain disruptions. Globally, order-picking accounts for 50–75% of total warehouse operating cost...
This work presents complex circuitry from subthreshold standard cell libraries created by geometric STI spacer patterning for bulk planar CMOS technology nodes. Performance/leakage granularity enhancement affords safer multi-Vt synthesis in aggressiv...
DTCO (Design–Technology Co-optimization) facilitates communication between the design and process flows, thereby expediting the cycle of the chip development pipeline. Within the DTCO framework, the development of a standard cell library, which...
With the widespread adoption of highways in the mountainous regions of southwestern China, the electricity load of numerous tunnels and service areas has increased rapidly. Constructing photovoltaic (PV) microgrids in service areas has become an impo...
The dynamics of chemical components in sediment porewater are crucial for marine ecological research, resource assessment, and environmental monitoring. A scientific sampling strategy is key to obtaining high-quality porewater. This study aims to exp...
Warehouse management is a discipline that has gained importance in recent decades. In the era of the Digital Revolution and Industry 5.0, to enable a company to attain a competitive advantage, it is necessary to identify smart improvement tools that...
Huizhou villages are representatives of traditional villages and have a high historical, cultural, and tourism value. In view of the problems of low commercial efficiency due to the small scale of commercial space and the imperfect layout in Longchua...
The thermal comfort of outdoor spaces in traditional villages must be improved because high building density combined with complex and narrow spaces leads to a poor thermal environment. In traditional villages, outdoor spaces are the most frequently...
The overall goal of urban water supply is to ensure the water quality from source to tap. As the “last mile”, the building water supply system (BWSS) is the crucial part in ensuring tap water safety, and its deteriorating water quality ha...
The wind farm layout optimization problem (WFLOP) aims to maximize wind energy utilization efficiency under different wind conditions by optimizing the spatial layout of wind turbines to fully mitigate energy losses caused by wake effects. Some high-...
The wind farm layout optimization problem (WFLOP) aims to maximize wind energy utilization efficiency and mitigate energy losses caused by wake effects by optimizing the spatial layout of wind turbines. Although Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and Particle...
It is critical for medical systems to reduce waste from medical resources. One of the reasons why patients with chronic diseases create waste is that they often forget to take their medicine. Patients pay attention to the time and amount of medicine...
The integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Digital Twin (DT) technologies offers new opportunities for enhancing reinforcement design and on-site constructability. This study addresses a current gap in DT applications by introducing a...
Aggregate masonry buildings in historic urban centers constitute tangible testimony of collective identity and historical continuity. They encompass both simple terraced configurations and more intricate clusters, which are inherently vulnerable to e...
The engine room is the core area of a ship, critical to its operation, safety, and efficiency. Currently, many researchers merely address the ship engine room layout design (SERLD) problem using optimization algorithms and independent layout strategi...
This study provides fundamental data for optimal planning by analyzing key factors influencing microclimate and building energy loads. * to provide fundamental data for optimal planning. A total of 11 apartment layout types, including tower-type, fla...
Before the construction of a bridge begins, workers arrange the necessary parts and then cut and process them. The quality of the cutting layout directly affects the material utilization rate and the efficiency of the subsequent processes. During bri...
In 3D virtual environments, effective information presentation relies on clear label layouts to annotate complex objects. As label density increases, structured and adaptive layouts become critical to prevent visual clutter and maintain clarity. Howe...
R&D strategies play a decisive role in the promotion of enterprise innovation output and innovation ability. In order to thoroughly investigate the R&D strategies of iron and steel enterprises, an R&D strategy analysis framework based on...
In this paper, several aspects were studied, including the effect of an electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise interference strategy with High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) 1.4, the analysis of a test on a printed circuit board (PCB) layou...
With the continued application of data visualization technology in sustainable development, the construction of carbon emission monitoring platforms is becoming increasingly popular in industrial parks. However, there are many kinds of such interface...
Robotic mobile fulfillment systems have become an integral part of e-commerce warehouses. The pod repositioning problem, due to its interdependence with robot task allocation strategies, poses a significant challenge that constrains system performanc...
Planning and designing factory layouts are frequently performed within virtual environments, relying on inputs from various cross-disciplinary activities e.g., product development, manufacturing process planning, resource descriptions, ergonomics, an...
In large-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants, the integration of a battery energy storage system (BESS) permits a more flexible operation, allowing the plant to support grid stability. In hybrid PV+BESS plants, the storage system can be integrated b...
Convolutional neural network (CNN) hardware acceleration is critical to improve the performance and facilitate the deployment of CNNs in edge applications. Due to its efficiency and simplicity, channel group parallelism has become a popular method fo...
The main concern of the paper is the concurrent treatment of size and layout variables in the static–dynamic coupled layout optimization of stiffened plates. As compared to size optimization alone, layout optimization is a more challenging task...
A crucial measure to accelerate the low-carbon transformation of enterprises in the industrial sector involves stringent control over carbon emissions attributed to logistics and transportation activities. In this study, a multi-objective workshop la...
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