Problems in nuclear engineering–such as reactor core design–involve a multitude of design
variables including fuel or assembly configurations; all of which require careful …

Water systems planners have long recognized the need for robust solutions capable of
withstanding deviations from the conditions for which they were designed. Robustness …

Ensemble learning methods have already shown to be powerful techniques for creating
classifiers. However, when dealing with real-world engineering problems, class imbalance …

Streamflow series forecasting composes a fundamental step in planning electric energy
production for hydroelectric plants. In Brazil, such plants produce almost 70% of the total …

In this paper a set of optimally balanced tuning rules for fractional-order proportional-integral-
derivative controllers is proposed. The control problem of minimizing at once the integrated …

A hydraulic turbine regulating system (HTRS) is one of the most important components of
hydropower plant, which plays a key role in maintaining safety, stability and economical …

Short-term forecasting plays an important role in the economic area. Several studies have
been carried, where models with good forecast capacity, focusing on accuracy or stability …

Multi-criteria design techniques applied to the analysis of shading devices of buildings have
arisen as useful tools for architects. Even though several techniques have been applied to …

Soft sensors are mathematical models that estimate hard-to-measure variables given easy-
to-measure ones. This field of study has given the industry a valuable tool to enable a better …

This work aims to reduce the global resource consumption in an industrial evaporation
network by better tasks management and coordination. The network works in continuous …