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  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,370 Views
20 Pages

Minimization of Torque Ripple in the Brushless DC Motor Using Constrained Cuckoo Search Algorithm

  • Łukasz Knypiński,
  • Sebastian Kuroczycki and
  • Fausto Pedro García Márquez

18 September 2021

This paper presents the application of the cuckoo search (CS) algorithm in attempts to the minimization of the commutation torque ripple in the brushless DC motor (BLDC). The optimization algorithm was created based on the cuckoo’s reproductive behav...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environment and Electrical Engineering-Edition 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,128 Views
18 Pages

The photovoltaic (PV) energy storage (ES) inverter is an effective way to solve the problems of energy shortage and environment pollution. However, when considering the constraints such as economic benefits and power supply reliability, the energy op...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
268 Views
8 Pages

In this study, the transition of intersection coordination models was explored using a Dynamic Game framework. The performance limitations of traditional static models, which define payoffs based on fixed geometric conflicts, were also investigated t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,908 Views
22 Pages

10 November 2024

To address the issue of size effects in axisymmetric deformation of small-scale solids, this work proposes a 4-node 12-DOF element for axisymmetric problems based on the consistent couple stress theory (CCST), following the framework of the unsymmetr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
806 Views
42 Pages

15 June 2026

In this paper, an Adaptive Improved Cuckoo-Catfish Optimizer (AICCO) is proposed for smooth and collision-free mobile robot path planning in static and dynamic environments. The proposed AICCO enhances the original Cuckoo-Catfish Optimizer (CCO) by i...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensors and Control in Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,471 Views
18 Pages

25 November 2020

A numerical method based on the Pontryagin maximum principle for solving an optimal control problem with static and dynamic phase constraints for a group of objects is considered. Dynamic phase constraints are introduced to avoid collisions between o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control, Optimization, and Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,926 Views
12 Pages

22 June 2018

This study aims to provide an optimization model for operational efficiency in individual firms with cap-and-trade carbon emissions regulation. In addition, this study assumes that customers’ demand takes a probability distribution. Under this...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Supply Chain System Design and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,564 Views
24 Pages

21 May 2019

The paper presents issues of optimisation of a wind power plant–energy storage system (WPP-ESS) arrangement operating in a specific geographical location. An algorithm was developed to minimise the unit discounted cost of electricity generation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
4,453 Views
17 Pages

Hybrid Path Planning Using a Bionic-Inspired Optimization Algorithm for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

  • Sarada Prasanna Sahoo,
  • Bikramaditya Das,
  • Bibhuti Bhusan Pati,
  • Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez and
  • Isaac Segovia Ramirez

This research presents a hybrid approach for path planning of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). During path planning, static obstacles affect the desired path and path distance which result in collision penalties. In this study, the merits of gr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI for Navigation and Path Planning of Marine Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,249 Views
20 Pages

10 September 2025

Gliders are engineless aircraft capable of maintaining altitude for extended periods and achieving long ranges. This paper presents an optimal aerodynamic design method for flying wing gliders, leveraging a combination of artificial neural networks (...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,682 Views
13 Pages

Noise, vibration and harshness analyses are of great interest for the latest developments of the gearboxes of electric vehicles. Gearboxes are now the main source of vibrations, since electric powertrains are much quieter than internal combustion eng...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,075 Views
30 Pages

30 May 2025

The advancement of topology optimization (TO) and additive manufacturing (AM) has significantly enhanced structural design flexibility and the potential for lightweight structures. However, challenges such as intermediate density, mesh dependency, ch...

(This article belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,815 Views
15 Pages

Analysis and Numerical Simulation of the Behavior of Composite Materials with Natural Fibers Under Quasi-Static Frictional Contact

  • Mirela Roxana Apsan,
  • Ana Maria Mitu,
  • Nicolae Pop,
  • Tudor Sireteanu and ,
  • Vicentiu Marius Maxim and
  • Adrian Musat
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This paper analyzed the behavior of polymer composite materials reinforced with randomly oriented short natural fibers (hemp, flax, etc.) subjected to external stresses under quasistatic contact conditions with dry Coulomb friction. We presumed the c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Characterization and Modeling of Composites, 4th Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
4,997 Views
31 Pages

25 January 2022

Optimal power flow (OPF) is one of the most significant electric power network control and management issues. Adding unreliable and intermittent renewable energy sources to the electrical grid increase and complicates the OPF issue, which calls for u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,035 Views
21 Pages

Reinforcement Learning-Driven Prosthetic Hand Actuation in a Virtual Environment Using Unity ML-Agents

  • Christian Done,
  • Jaden Palmer,
  • Kayson Oakey,
  • Atulan Gupta and ,
  • Constantine Thiros,
  • Janet Franklin and
  • Marco P. Schoen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Modern myoelectric prostheses remain difficult to control, particularly during rehabilitation, leading to high abandonment rates in favor of static devices. This highlights the need for advanced controllers that can automate some motions. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,153 Views
20 Pages

Dynamic Weight Model Predictive Control for Longitudinal Adaptive Cruise Systems in Electric Vehicles

  • Wentian Wei,
  • Lan Li,
  • Qiyuan Li,
  • Song Zhang and ,
  • Chaoqun Fan and
  • Lizhe Liang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 June 2025

This paper proposes a dynamic weight model predictive control (DWMPC) strategy for adaptive cruise control (ACC) in pure electric vehicles, aiming to enhance robustness, energy efficiency, and ride comfort under complex traffic conditions. Unlike con...

(This article belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
3,662 Views
18 Pages

2 August 2022

Maintenance, particularly preventive maintenance, is a crucial measure to ensure the operational reliability, availability, and profitability of complex industrial systems such as nuclear asset, wind turbines, railway trains, etc. Powered by the cont...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data-Driven Methods and Artificial Intelligence in Reliability and Maintenance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
27,146 Views
29 Pages

Toward a More Complete, Flexible, and Safer Speed Planning for Autonomous Driving via Convex Optimization

  • Yu Zhang,
  • Huiyan Chen,
  • Steven L. Waslander,
  • Tian Yang and ,
  • Sheng Zhang,
  • Guangming Xiong and
  • Kai Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

6 July 2018

In this paper, we present a complete, flexible and safe convex-optimization-based method to solve speed planning problems over a fixed path for autonomous driving in both static and dynamic environments. Our contributions are five fold. First, we sum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances on Vehicular Networks: From Sensing to Autonomous Driving)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,218 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
668 Views
36 Pages

Existing cross-chain bridges over-rely on static collateralization and post-event penalties, leaving them vulnerable to concealed on–off attacks and rational group collusion. To address these limitations, this paper proposes a Dynamic Trust Eva...

(This article belongs to the Section Blockchain Infrastructures and Enabled Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
533 Views
25 Pages

A New Hybrid Method: CDRL-QNN for Stable IoT Intrusion Detection

  • Muhammed Yusuf Küçükkara,
  • Furkan Atban and
  • Cüneyt Bayılmış

9 May 2026

The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has increased the risk of large-scale Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. In high-availability IoT environments, the operational costs of false positives and false negatives are asymmetric...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Modern Methods and New Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,297 Views
22 Pages

28 January 2024

This research proposes a novel approach to global path and resource planning for lunar rovers. The proposed method incorporates a range of constraints, including static, time-variant, and path-dependent factors related to environmental conditions and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research in Intelligent Autonomous Mobile Robots System, Learning and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
661 Views
23 Pages

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) has garnered significant attention in autonomous systems due to its ability to predict future states and manage complex vehicle dynamics. However, the adaptability of existing NMPC methods is constrained by h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Control and Mechatronics for Automotive Systems (AUTOTRONICS))
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,269 Views
21 Pages

18 March 2026

Aerial docking is a crucial capability for extending the autonomy and functionality of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), yet practical and robust docking mechanisms remain underdeveloped. Mid-air recovery also enables flexible multi-UAV cooperation ac...

(This article belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,191 Views
26 Pages

18 April 2025

Inland waterway navigation involves complex traffic conditions with frequent multi-ship encounters. Benefiting from its straightforward structure and robust adaptability, reinforcement learning has found applications in navigation. This article propo...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
476 Views
33 Pages

17 July 2026

In the context of increasingly frequent and highly unpredictable unconventional emergencies and growing supply chain uncertainty, traditional static reward-and-punishment mechanisms often fail to curb enterprises’ speculative stockpiling, leadi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operation and Supply Chain Risk Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
929 Views
30 Pages

A Fairness-Aware and Interpretable Model for Recidivism Prediction

  • Stamatis Chatzistamatis,
  • George E. Tsekouras,
  • Anastasios Rigos,
  • Alvaro Garcia-Recuero and ,
  • Eleni Valari,
  • Andreas Siafakas and
  • Konstantinos Kotis
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 June 2026

Recidivism prediction is increasingly embedded in criminal justice decision-making, yet most deployed systems remain opaque and have been shown to exhibit discriminatory behavior against certain demographic groups. This paper presents a fairness-awar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,382 Views
27 Pages

29 August 2022

Smooth power injection is one of the possible services that modern wind farms could provide in the not-so-far future, for which energy storage is required. Indeed, this is one among the three possible operations identified by the International Energy...

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

Coupled CFD and Physics-Based Digital Shadow Framework for Oil-Flooded Screw Compressors: Rotor Geometry Sensitivity, Transient Pulsation Response, and Annual Climate Penalties

  • Dinara Baskanbayeva,
  • Kassym Yelemessov,
  • Lyaila Sabirova,
  • Sanzhar Kalmaganbetov and ,
  • Yerzhan Sarybayev and
  • Darkhan Yerezhep
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 March 2026

Screw compressors are critical equipment in oil and gas production and transportation, where efficiency losses caused by rotor geometry, inlet pressure pulsations, and harsh climatic conditions can accumulate into substantial annual energy penalties...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Rotating Machinery: Design, Modeling, Manufacturing, Testing, and Operation, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,849 Views
38 Pages

4 April 2026

The paper introduces a computationally efficient semantic-aware route planning framework for indoor mobile robots, designed for real-time execution on resource-constrained edge hardware (Raspberry Pi 5, CPU-only). The proposed architecture fuses mono...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sensing, Control and Path Planning for Robotic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,270 Views
20 Pages

21 April 2026

Point-the-bit rotary steerable systems (RSSs) achieve trajectory build-up through the coupled action of internal steering offset, bit attitude change, bottom hole assembly (BHA) flexure, and nonlinear wellbore interaction. Unlike conventional rigid o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Oil and Gas Drilling Processes: Control and Optimization, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
6,497 Views
20 Pages

1 March 2023

To solve the multimodal transport route optimization problem considering carbon emission, the vehicle speed has time-varying characteristics, and the customer has a time window limit. The carbon emission of multimodal transport system is affected by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,564 Views
15 Pages

The proposed 8-Transistor (8T) Physically Unclonable Function (PUF), in conjunction with the power gating technique, can significantly accelerate a single evaluation cycle more than 100,000 times faster than a 6-Transistor (6T) Static Random-Access M...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ultra-Low-Power ICs for the Internet of Things (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
726 Views
36 Pages

31 December 2025

Target assignment is a core issue in command and control, aiming to rationally distribute targets among multiple coordinated operational units based on battlefield conditions to maximize overall operational effectiveness. This study proposes a target...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,284 Views
18 Pages

Dynamic Line Rating and Transformer-Life-Loss-Related Unit Commitment Under Extreme High-Temperature Conditions

  • Hong Zhou,
  • Liang Lu,
  • Ke Yang,
  • Li Shen and ,
  • Yiyu Wen and
  • Qing Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 October 2025

The increasing frequency of extreme high-temperature events has led to deteriorating thermal stability in power transmission lines and accelerated life of transformers. Conventional unit commitment (UC) employs static line rating (SLR) and neglects t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Power System Dynamics, Stability, Control and Dispatch with Large-Scale Renewable Energy Penetrated, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,367 Views
36 Pages

This study proposes an Index-Based Neural Network (IBNN) framework for the static analysis of truss structures, employing a Lagrangian dual optimization technique grounded in the force method. A truss is a discrete structural system composed of linea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Structural Techniques for Seismic and Wind Resilience: Innovations in Safety and Performance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
395 Views
24 Pages

The extensive deployment of the Power Internet of Things (PIoT) relies on dual-mode communication (HPLC + HRF) for robust data acquisition. However, under massive bursty traffic, conventional static MAC superframe scheduling struggles to reconcile hi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Networked Systems and Communication Protocols)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,834 Views
20 Pages

18 March 2019

As air pollution characterized by fine particulate matter has become one of the most serious environmental issues in China, a critical understanding of the behavior of major pollutant is increasingly becoming very important for air pollution preventi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Air Quality Assessment Standards and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries)
  • Article
  • Open Access
299 Views
54 Pages

22 September 2026

Coordinated multi-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) planning requires the joint consideration of spatial paths, flight speeds, arrival times, and separation constraints. This study develops an improved whale optimization algorithm (IWOA) for offline pa...

(This article belongs to the Section Biological Optimisation and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
740 Views
27 Pages

16 April 2026

This paper presents a symmetric positive definite (SPD) coupling between the boundary element method (BEM) and the finite element method (FEM) in the framework of the numerical manifold method (NMM) for two-dimensional linear elastic static problems....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Applied Continuous Mechanics, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,219 Views
28 Pages

31 March 2026

Fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks must simultaneously satisfy stringent latency targets, high user density, and energy-aware operation across heterogeneous services. Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RAN) provide architectural flexibility through ce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,255 Views
27 Pages

Practical Design of Lattice Cell Towers on Compact Foundations in Mountainous Terrain

  • Oleksandr Kozak,
  • Andrii Velychkovych and
  • Andriy Andrusyak

8 October 2025

Cell towers play a key role in providing telecommunications infrastructure, especially in remote mountainous regions. This paper presents an approach to the efficient design of 42-metre-high cell towers intended to install high-power equipment in rem...

(This article belongs to the Section Chemical, Civil and Environmental Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
678 Views
16 Pages

To address the problems of state estimation bias, dynamic threat response lag, and insufficient safety margin in formation coordination caused by the mismatch between the three-dimensional continuous motion model and the discrete sampling characteris...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
502 Views
33 Pages

15 May 2026

Autonomous ground vehicle navigation in dynamic real-world environments demands path planning systems that simultaneously accommodate real-time environmental hazards and diverse user-defined objectives requirements that classical algorithms, with the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
709 Views
44 Pages

Integrated Drought Resilience in Foxtail Millet: From Molecular Regulation and Multi-Omics to Climate-Resilient Breeding

  • Gan Liu,
  • Shaohua Li,
  • Qi He,
  • Chirui Zhang and ,
  • Jun Zhang and
  • Zhong Tang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 July 2026

Climate change and the increasing frequency of extreme temperatures pose severe threats to global agricultural productivity, making the breeding of water-efficient crops a critical imperative. Originating from arid regions, foxtail millet serves as a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,990 Views
20 Pages

6 October 2022

This paper focuses on the dynamic workforce scheduling and routing problem for the maintenance work of harvesters in a sugarcane harvesting operation. Technician teams categorized as mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical teams are assumed to have dif...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Planning and Scheduling in City Logistics Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
682 Views
20 Pages

Parallel discrete-event simulation (PDES) of register-transfer-level (RTL) designs on multi-socket NUMA platforms demand dynamic load balancing to mitigate barrier-induced tail latency. However, the ultra-fine event granularity of RTL simulation make...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Enhanced Mixed-Signal Simulation and EDA for Integrated Circuit Design Using CMOS Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
378 Views
19 Pages

Addressing the dual threats of malicious jamming and time-varying fading faced by wireless communication links in complex dynamic electromagnetic adversarial environments, existing intelligent anti-jamming methods predominantly focus on single-dimens...

(This article belongs to the Section Information and Communication Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
771 Views
29 Pages

Real-world IoT network security generates traffic at big-data scale with extreme class imbalance, temporal non-stationarity, and continuously evolving attack strategies that overwhelm static supervised classifiers. This paper presents a cognitive com...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Models and Cognitive Computing: Innovations from Algorithms to Intelligent Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
603 Views
22 Pages

The deployment of object detection models on resource-constrained edge devices remains a substantial challenge, primarily because conventional static networks expend the same worst-case computational cost on every input, regardless of intrinsic diffi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Implementation of Neural Network Models on Resource-Constrained Devices)

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