Water Resource Sustainable Utilization (WRSU) is becoming increasingly important, given growing water resource shortages and widening gaps between water supply and demand. Most existing studies have focused on WRSU levels without a dedicated strategy...
Specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) are key leaf functional traits commonly used to reflect tree resource utilization strategies and predict forest ecosystem responses to environmental changes. Previous research on tree resour...
How to maximize the advantages of in-network caching under limited cache space has always been a key issue in information-centric networking (ICN). Replica placement strategies aim to fully utilize cache resources by optimizing the location and quant...
In ecosystems where multiple carnivores coexist, interspecific interactions are crucial in shaping behavioral adaptations and resource utilization strategies. This study examines the competitive dynamics between Indian leopards (Panthera pardus fusca...
The large-scale surface hardening has changed the urban environment and affected the normal growth of urban plants. However, it is still unclear how the urban hardened surface affects the functional urban plant traits. To explore whether the urban ha...
The ecosystem of the water level fluctuation (WLF) zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) is highly vulnerable and sensitive due to its unique cyclical flooding and drought conditions. The ecological impact of biological invasion in this area is pa...
In the dynamic contemporary business environment, the efficient optimization of organizational operations is crucial for companies to maintain competitiveness and secure enduring success. To achieve this goal, organizations can leverage a range of el...
Leaf functional traits in drylands are sensitive to environmental changes, which are closely related to plant growth strategies and resource utilization ability and can reflect the balance of substance synthesis and water loss. However, the influence...
Objectives: To analyze variations in patient characteristics, treatment patterns, clinical manifestations, clinical outcomes (i.e., response, flares and flare-free survival in HES; remission, relapses and relapse-free survival in EGPA; and overall su...
The rational allocation and utilization of key corporate resources is the key to the success of collaborative innovation projects. Finding an optimal strategy for the allocation and utilization of key resources is of great significance for promoting...
High input costs and poor management options have resulted in a large rice yield gap. Thus, there is a need to reduce production costs and improve resource-use efficiency by using new cultivation techniques at different locations. The objective of th...
With the growing global emphasis on renewable energy, the issue of renewable energy consumption has emerged as a hot topic of current research. In response to the volatility and uncertainty in the process of renewable energy consumption, this study p...
Toona sinensis is an important “vegetable and timber” tree species that is widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia. An efficient mechanism for preserving and utilizing germplasm resources is crucial for speeding up the process...
Firework-related injuries remain a serious public health issue in Germany, especially during New Year’s Eve. While many injuries are minor, the misuse of illegal or homemade fireworks can cause severe trauma resembling military combat injuries...
This work presents a comparison between several task distribution methods for load balancing with the help of an original implementation of a solution based on a multi-agent system. Among the original contributions, one can mention the design and imp...
To address the contradiction between the widespread prevalence of selenium deficiency and the growing demand for selenium-enriched fruits, this study utilized phosphate tailings (industrial solid waste), wood vinegar (a by-product of forestry process...
Karst landforms, which account for approximately 15% of the world’s total land area, are mainly concentrated in low latitudes, including Southeast Asia, the European Mediterranean, the east coast of North America, the west coast of South Americ...
Mackerel (Auxis thazard), a tropical dark-fleshed fish, is currently a viable resource for the manufacture of surimi, but the optimal washing procedure for more efficient use of this particular species is required right away. Washing is the most crit...
A mega constellation of Nano/microsatellites is the contemporary solution for global-level Earth observation demands. However, as most of the images taken by Earth-observing satellites are covered by clouds, storing and downlinking these images resul...
The fast development of connected vehicles with support for various V2X (vehicle-to-everything) applications carries high demand for quality of edge services, which concerns microservice deployment and edge computing. We herein propose an efficient r...
This work focuses on the enhancement of the charging reliability of both scheduled (SEVs) and opportunistic (UEVs) electric vehicle (EV) users in an EV fast charging station (FCS). The proposed charging coordination strategies allow UEVs to exploit u...
Strengthening the resource utilization of construction waste can improve the environment, alleviate resource shortage, and build a harmonious ecological environment between man and nature. Prospect theory was integrated into trilateral evolutionary g...
In the power grid, inspection robots enhance operational efficiency and safety by inspecting power lines for information sharing and interaction. Edge computing improves computational efficiency by positioning resources close to the data source, supp...
In this short paper, we discuss the problem of resource allocation for cloud computing. The cloud provides a variety of resources for users based on their requirements. Thus, one of the main issues in cloud computing is to design an efficient resourc...
The increasing demand for smart vehicles with many sensing capabilities will escalate data traffic in vehicular networks. Meanwhile, available network resources are limited. The emergence of AI implementation in vehicular network resource allocation...
The key challenge with the rapid proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) is to optimally manage the available energy charging resources at EV fast-charging stations (FCSs). Furthermore, the rapid deployment of fast-charging stations provides a viabl...
The rapid development of mobile communications and the continuous growth of service needs lead to an increase in the number of base stations (BSs). Through virtualization and cloud technology, virtual Baseband Units (BBUs) are deployed on a virtual m...
There are multiple types of services in the Internet of Things, and existing access control methods do not consider situations wherein the same types of services have multiple access options. In order to ensure the QoS quality of user access and real...
With the simultaneous increase in wastewater generation and wastewater treatment rates in China, the annual production of residual sewage sludge (RSS) has been steadily rising, exceeding 70 million tons with an 80% moisture content. The sustainable r...
Task offloading and resource allocation are the major elements of edge computing. A reasonable task offloading strategy and resource allocation scheme can reduce task processing time and save system energy consumption. Most of the current studies on...
Wild food plants (WFPs) are consumed by the indigenous communities in various parts of the world for food, nutrition, and medicinal purposes. They are usually collected from the wild and sometimes grown in the vicinity of the forests and the dwelling...
Recent advances in information technology and the boom in social media provide firms with easy access to the data of consumers’ preferences and their social interactions. To characterize marketing resource allocation in networks, this paper dev...
Desert plants develop unique functional traits and resource utilization strategies under environmental stress, among which, water and nitrogen utilization strategies are the key resource utilization strategies for desert plants. Research on plant wat...
The SDGS repeatedly emphasizes the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide. The strategic utilization of straw resources to curtail open-air burning not only epitomizes optimal resource deployment but also constitutes a...
Unmanned aircraft systems are expected to provide both increasingly varied functionalities and outstanding application performances, utilizing the available resources. In this paper, we explore the recent advances and challenges at the intersection o...
Current cloud resource configuration schemes at the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) levels often result in frequent Quality of Service (QoS) violations, low resource utilization, and inadequate revenue assurance fo...
In dynamic environments characterized by information asymmetry, swarm robots encounter significant challenges in efficiently collaborating to complete tasks. This study investigates the effects of factors such as resource information, shared costs, t...
The construction process of offshore wind farms involves multiple complexities, which is very complex to be scheduled manually, and the coordinating and optimized scheduling not only decreases project construction costs but also increases the constru...
Coal gangue is a kind of typical by-product emitted during the coal mining and washing process. With the increase in coal resource utilization, a large amount of coal gangue was not reasonably utilized, causing environmental pollution and resource wa...
Task offloading in satellite networks, which involves distributing computational tasks among heterogeneous satellite nodes, is crucial for optimizing resource utilization and minimizing system latency. However, existing approaches such as static offl...
This study aims to explore the relationship between the utilization of scientific and technological information resources and breakthrough innovation in enterprises, examining the moderating role of strategic aggressiveness in this relationship. Base...
As the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) continues to rise, the pressure on charging station resources has intensified, particularly under high-load conditions, where limited charging infrastructure struggles to meet the growing demand. Issues such...
The mega-low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation is pivotal for the future of satellite Internet and 6G networks. In the mega-LEO satellite constellation system (MLSCS), which is the spatial distribution of satellites, global users, and their s...
There are conflicts between the increasingly complex operational requirements and the slow rate of system platform upgrading, especially in the industry of railway transit-signaling systems. We attempted to address this problem by establishing a mode...
With the rapid development of communication and the rise of new network services, the resource provisioning of the optical access network becomes more significant than before, especially under the multiple-domain networking situation with the require...
The recycling and utilization of biomass and organic wastes have emerged as effective strategies for saving energy and resources [...]
With the continuous development of animal husbandry, the harmless handling and resource utilization of livestock manure has gradually become a bottleneck problem in sustainable agriculture and livestock production in China. This study evaluates the p...
To address the issue of resource allocation optimization in autonomous swarm robots during emergency situations, this paper abstracts the problem as a two-stage extended game. In this game, participants are categorized as either resource-providing ro...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms serve as a dynamic platform for diverse missions, including communication relays, search and rescue operations, and environmental monitoring. The success of these operations crucially depends on the resilience of...
There are numerous idle electric vehicle (EV) resources in urban distribution networks, which hold significant potential for emergency power supply support following network failures. Based on this, a proactive power supply support strategy is propos...
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