...), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Optimization District heating network District heating operation Grey-box approach European Commission https://doi.org/10.3030...

...Mohammad A. Gharaibeh Purpose This study aims to model and optimize the strain concentration factor (SeCF) in orthotropic carbon/epoxy composite plates with centrally located countersunk holes under uniaxial tensile loading. The goal is to accurately predict SeCF values using artificial neural...

... measurements, this study utilizes sophisticated statistical validation through the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to determine the statistical significance of performance differences across this varied range of multi-objective optimization approaches. Findings The results demonstrate the effectiveness of NDSII...

...Primož Potočnik; Anish Nair; Andrej Jeromen; Edvard Govekar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to apply an innovative evolutionary approach based on a genetic algorithm (GA) for optimizing laser beam (LB) paths in laser-based additive manufacturing (LBAM) with the aim of minimizing deformation...

.../methodology/approach The research combines experimental data processing and computational methods to identify viscoelastic parameters and predict temperature fields within the material. A dual-annealing optimization algorithm was implemented in the software to identify viscoelastic constants and boundary...

... Optimization Petri nets Simulated annealing With the rapid development of industrial systems along with their control theory and applications, event/state estimation of discrete event systems (DESs) has become increasingly important for manufacturing systems, communication systems, and many other...

...Xiaowei Wang Purpose The fishing cat's unique hunting strategies, including ambush, detection, diving and trapping, inspired the development of a novel metaheuristic optimization algorithm named the Fishing Cat Optimizer (FCO). The purpose of this paper is to introduce FCO, offering a fresh...

... of design parameters on crashworthiness. A surrogate model-based multi-objective optimization is carried out to improve energy absorption while limiting the impact peak force. An optimal Pareto solution set is obtained. Findings Modularized honeycomb-filled crash box outperforms that of its...

... tennis table where balls collide. The study introduces the twined-reinforcement chimp optimization (TRCO) framework, which combines two novel approaches to optimize the distribution of sensor nodes. The main goal is to reduce the number of sensor units required while maintaining high accuracy...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Sustainability Optimization Numerical methods Actuators Adaptive structures “Adaptation” means that the structure is able to react to external influences, in contrast to other engineering...

... of the chips is largely dependent on the cutter spacing. Tests with varying RPM showed that an increase in RPM results in an increase in the normal force and rolling force. The cutting coefficient (CC) demonstrated a linear correlation with penetration. The optimal specific energy is achieved at an S/p ratio...

... proposes an optimal method for material handling in automobile assembly line. To solve the problem, several properties and definitions are proposed to solve the model more efficiently. Because of the non-deterministic polynomial-time-hard nature of the proposed problem, a Multi-objective Discrete...

... algorithms. In doing so round-off errors were reduced remarkably. Design/methodology/approach Five new algorithms were proposed in order to optimize the conditioning of structural matrices. Along with decreasing the size and duration of analyses, minimizing analytical errors is a critical factor...

... are required. However, the cumbersome design effort and the inherent calculus burden can be significantly reduced by using appropriate design optimization approaches as an alternative to conventional design techniques. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents an optimization-based preliminary-design...

...Camila Aparecida Diniz; Yohan Méndez; Fabrício Alves de Almeida; Sebastião Simões da Cunha Jr; G.F. Gomes Purpose Many studies only take into account the ply stacking sequence as the design variable to determine the optimal ply drop-off location; however, it is necessary to optimize other...

... probability (AP). With AP, the position of a crow is updated by considering its velocity, calculated in a similar fashion to particle swarm optimization (PSO) to enhance the exploiting capability. Without AP, the crows are subdivided into groups by considering their weights, and the crows are updated...

..., needed to be optimized to reduce the workpiece elastic deformation. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the optimized fixture layout for the machining of the engine mount bracket. Design Methodology Approach In this research work, using the finite element method (FEM), a model is developed...

..., as shown in Figure 2 . A hierarchical search data structure reduces the searching time complexity. For all samples, each key along with its location index and sample number are stored in a new file, as shown in Figure 3 . Optimization OpenMP Parallel processing Genetic network Multi-core...

...Ziqiang Fang; Songlin Peng; Jiangang Yi; Jun Du Purpose The purpose of this paper is to optimize the structure of plough blades in a ploughshare mixer using the discrete element method (DEM) simulations. Design/methodology/approach Using the validated DEM model, three numerical tests...

...Ali Kaveh; Ataollah Zaerreza Purpose This paper aims to present a new multi-community meta-heuristic optimization algorithm, which is called shuffled shepherd optimization algorithm (SSOA). In this algorithm. Design/methodology/approach The agents are first separated into multi-communities...