Stochastic optimization of graphite-flax/epoxy hybrid laminated composite for maximum fundamental frequency and minimum cost

M Savran, L Aydin - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Ecological approach in automotive, aerospace and marine industries have stated that
natural fibers (especially flax) can be used as alternative reinforcing materials to glass fibers …

A novel two-swarm based PSO search strategy for optimal short-term hydro-thermal generation scheduling

G Cavazzini, G Pavesi, G Ardizzon - Energy Conversion and Management, 2018 - Elsevier
The optimal power generation of hydro-thermal systems to minimize total operating costs is
one of the most important targets in short-term hydro-thermal scheduling (STHS) and its …

Seasonal energy efficiency ratio for remote condensing units in commercial refrigeration systems

S Minetto, A Rossetti, S Marinetti - International Journal of Refrigeration, 2018 - Elsevier
Different technological solutions are nowadays available to improve energy efficiency in
centralized commercial refrigeration packs. Energy assessment of possible solutions is …

Hybrid improved cuckoo search algorithm and genetic algorithm for solving Markov-modulated demand

G Jamali, SS Sana, R Moghdani - RAIRO-Operations Research, 2018 - rairo-ro.org
One of the fundamental problems in supply chain management is to design the effective
inventory control policies for models with stochastic demands because efficient inventory …

Parameter identification of an activated sludge wastewater treatment process based on particle swarm optimization method

I Khoja, T Ladhari, A Sakly… - Mathematical Problems in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The current paper is entirely devoted to show the applicability of Particle Swarm
Optimization (PSO) algorithm as a parameter identification method for a representative …

Cuckoo search approach for parameter identification of an activated sludge process

I Khoja, T Ladhari, F M'sahli… - Computational …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A parameter identification problem for a hybrid model is presented. The latter describes the
operation of an activated sludge process used for waste water treatment. Parameter …

[HTML][HTML] Risk-Based X-bar chart with variable sample size and sampling interval

ZT Kosztyán, AI Katona - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Flexibility is increasingly important in production management, and adaptive control charts
(ie, control charts with variable sample size and/or variable sampling interval) have …

An optimal design to provide combined cooling, heating, and power of residential buildings

F Keynia - International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Providing electricity for the residential buildings which devote a high portion of energy
consumption is very crucial all over the world. Not only electrical loads but also heating and …

Hybrid revised weighted fuzzy c-means clustering with Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm for generalized multisource Weber problem

T Kucukdeniz, S Esnaf - Journal of Enterprise Information …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose hybrid revised weighted fuzzy c-means
(RWFCM) clustering and Nelder–Mead (NM) simplex algorithm, called as RWFCM-NM, for …

[PDF][PDF] Комбинированный поисковой метод решения обратной задачи кинематики многозвенного манипулятора

РТ Галемов, ГБ Масальский - Мехатроника, автоматизация …, 2018 - mech.novtex.ru
Рассматривается решение обратной задачи кинематики многозвенного манипулятора.
Данная задача является многоэкстремальной с позиционными и функциональными …