The design optimization of a direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator (DDPMSG) is of great significance for wind turbines because of its unique advantages. This paper proposes a two-stage model to realize m...
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The design optimization of a direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator (DDPMSG) is of great significance for wind turbines because of its unique advantages. This paper proposes a two-stage model to realize multi-objective design optimization for a 6 MW DDPMSG. In the first stage, a surrogate optimized response surface model based on an improved sparrow search algorithm (ISSA) was established for modeling the cogging torque and generator efficiency. In the second-stage model, a multi-objective optimization model is proposed to optimize the cogging torque and generator efficiency of the DDPMSG. Finally, the proposed two-stage model was used for a 6 MW DDPMSG design optimization, and the simulation results demonstrated the superiority and rationality of the proposed model. In the first-stage model, the proposed surrogate model based on the ISSA had a better modeling accuracy and lower errors. Compared with traditional response surface models and correlation analysis models, the proposed optimized surrogate model reduced errors in the cogging torque by 34.63% and 42.97%, respectively, while the errors in the efficiency models were reduced by 12.92% and 60.78%, respectively, which indicates the superiority of the first-stage model. In the second stage, compared with the single-objective optimization model, the multi-objective optimization model achieved a trade-off optimization between the cogging torque and the efficiency. Compared with the cogging torque optimization model, the proposed model optimized the efficiency by 101.41%. Compared with the efficiency optimization model, the proposed model reduced the cogging torque by 16.67%. These results verified the superiority and rationality of the second-stage model.
The increasing reliance on electric micro-mobility vehicles (EMVs) in the delivery industry necessitates efficient battery-swapping infrastructure. This study presents a framework that predicts battery-swapping needs ...
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The increasing reliance on electric micro-mobility vehicles (EMVs) in the delivery industry necessitates efficient battery-swapping infrastructure. This study presents a framework that predicts battery-swapping needs for EMVs using a simulation model that considers the entire travel chain of activities. We propose a multi-objective optimization model to strategically determine battery-swapping station locations, balancing construction and transit costs. Utilizing the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm ii (NSGA-ii), we identified 35 nondominated solutions within the Pareto front. For Nanjing City, our model indicated that the construction of an optimal network could be achieved with costs ranging from 2.85 to 4.94 million Yuan, corresponding to battery-swapping trip costs between 9700 and 197,000 Yuan. The simulation predicted a daily battery-swapping demand of 675 instances, with peak hours at 11:00 a.m. (301 swaps) and 5:00 p.m. (198 swaps). Sensitivity analysis showed that reducing the charging period from 3 h to 1 h could decrease construction costs by 1.55 million Yuan on average, while maintaining a consistent battery-swapping travel cost of around 23,000 Yuan. Additionally, a 5 % increase in battery-swapping penetration rate led to an average increase of 480,000 Yuan in construction costs and 847 Yuan in travel costs. This study integrates demand forecasting and infrastructure optimization, providing actionable insights for planning and managing battery-swapping stations.
The pursuit of studying the quadratic minimum spanning tree (QMST) problem has captivated numerous academics because of its distinctive characteristic of taking into account the cost of interaction between pairs of ed...
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The pursuit of studying the quadratic minimum spanning tree (QMST) problem has captivated numerous academics because of its distinctive characteristic of taking into account the cost of interaction between pairs of edges. A QMST refers to the minimum spanning tree, which is a graph that is both acyclic and minimally connected. It also includes the interaction cost between a pair of edges in the minimum spanning tree. These interaction costs can occur between any pair of edges, whether they are adjacent or non-adjacent. In the QMST problem, our objective is to minimize both the cost of the edges and the cost of interactions. This eventually classifies the task as NP-hard. The interaction costs, sometimes referred to as quadratic costs, inherently exhibit a contradictory relationship with linear edge costs when solving a multi-objective problem that aims to minimize both linear and quadratic costs simultaneously. This study addresses the bi-objective adjacent only quadratic minimum spanning tree problem (AQMSTP) by incorporating the uncertain nature of the linear and quadratic costs associated with the problem. The focus is on the interaction costs between adjacent edges. Consequently, we have introduced a multi-objective problem called the uncertain adjacent only quadratic minimum spanning tree problem (mUAQMSTP) and formulated it using the uncertain chance-constrained programming technique. Afterwards, two MOEAs-non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm ii (NSGAii) and duplicate elimination non-dominatedsorting evolutionary algorithm (DENSEA)-and the traditional multi-objective solution approach, the global criterion method, are employed to solve the deterministic transformation of the model. Finally, we provide a suitable numerical illustration to substantiate our suggested framework.
An improved solution methodology is proposed in this paper for the urban transit routing problem (UTRP). This methodology includes a procedure for the generation of improved initial solutions as well as improved metah...
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An improved solution methodology is proposed in this paper for the urban transit routing problem (UTRP). This methodology includes a procedure for the generation of improved initial solutions as well as improved metaheuristic search approaches, involving the use of hyperheuristics to manage search operators in both trajectory-based and population-based metaheuristics. The UTRP variant considered in this paper is that of deciding upon efficient bus transit routes. The design criteria embedded in our UTRP model are the simultaneous minimisation of the expected average passenger travel time and minimisation of the system operator's cost (measuring the latter as the sum total of all route lengths in the system). The model takes as input an origin-destination demand matrix for a pre-specified set of bus stops, along with an underlying road network structure, and returns as output a set of bus route trade-off solutions. The decision maker can then select one of these route sets subjectively, based on the desired degree of trade-off between the aforementioned transit system design criteria. This bi-objective minimisation problem is solved approximately in three distinct stages - a solution initialisation stage, an intermediate analysis stage, and an iterative metaheuristic search stage during which high-quality trade-off solutions are sought. A novel procedure is introduced for the solution initialisation stage, aimed at effectively generating high-quality initial feasible solutions. Two metaheuristics are implemented to solve instances of the problem, namely a dominance-based multi-objective simulated annealing algorithm and an improved non-dominatedsortinggeneticalgorithm, each equipped with a hyperheuristic capable of managing the perturbation operators employed. Various novel operators are proposed for these metaheuristics, of which the most noteworthy take into account the demand of passengers.
The integrity and authenticity of electronic patient records (EPRs) are essential concerns in the healthcare industry. To address these concerns, this paper introduces a novel, robust watermarking scheme using integer...
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The integrity and authenticity of electronic patient records (EPRs) are essential concerns in the healthcare industry. To address these concerns, this paper introduces a novel, robust watermarking scheme using integer wavelet transform -singular value decomposition (IWT-SVD). The proposed scheme is divided into logo embedding and EPR text embedding, aiming to mitigate false -positive issues and maintain EPR integrity and authenticity. In the first part, medical image and watermark logo are encrypted using DMA (Diffused Mandelbrot set -Arnold map) to enhance security. Further, the encrypted medical image is segmented into four subbands (CA, CH, CV, CD) by one -level IWT transform. Then SVD is applied on sub -band CD to extract the principal component (PC), where the encrypted logo is embedded due to its higher magnitudes, thereby mitigating false -positive errors. Embedding the encrypted logo into the hybrid IWT-SVD domain enhances security and robustness. Moreover, for embedding, multiple optimal embedding factors (MOEFs) are determined through non -dominatedsortinggeneticalgorithmii (NSGA-ii) to balance imperceptibility and robustness. In the second part, EPR text is embedded into watermarked logo using SVD to verify authenticity. The performance of the proposed scheme is validated on standard medical image datasets against various attacks in terms of SSIM, PSNR, BER, and NC. The proposed scheme improves PSNR values by 48.44% and 19.66% for grayscale and color images, respectively. Similarly, NC values are also improved by 10%-12% for grayscale and color images. Therefore, the proposed scheme enhances security, imperceptibility, and robustness while reducing complexity compared to the state-of-the-art schemes. Moreover, it is also false -positive -free and maintain integrity simultaneously.
In this paper, a comprehensive investigation of the design and analysis of Ti-6Al-4V hip joint implants using generative design and topology optimization, along with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), an additive manufac...
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In this paper, a comprehensive investigation of the design and analysis of Ti-6Al-4V hip joint implants using generative design and topology optimization, along with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), an additive manufacturing technique, has been presented. The study employed the NSGA-iigeneticalgorithm for generative design, enabling the generation of diverse optimized designs and topology optimization with the solid isotropic material penalization approach, efficiently reducing implant mass of the design space by up to 75% while maintaining structural integrity. Finite element analysis revealed comparable von Mises stress and deformation levels between geometries obtained with generative design and topology optimization. However, the combined approach exhibited superior performance, namely, topology optimization followed by generative design, with a 40% reduction in deformation and a 15% reduction in von Mises stress compared to conventional models. LPBF simulations demonstrated the superiority of the optimized geometries, with a 30% reduction in thermal stress and a 66% reduction in deformation compared to conventional designs. It is observed that design input for generative design significantly impacts the output design. Also, geometry has a notable impact on the quality of the printed part.
Due to the increasing penetration of photovoltaic (PV) power systems in active distribution networks (ADNs), PV power fluctuations may result in significant voltage variations of ADNs. Therefore, this paper proposes a...
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Due to the increasing penetration of photovoltaic (PV) power systems in active distribution networks (ADNs), PV power fluctuations may result in significant voltage variations of ADNs. Therefore, this paper proposes a voltage regulation method for ADNs to minimize the operational losses while keeping the nodal voltages within the limit with the reduced PV power curtailment and the reduced switching numbers of on-load tap changers (OLTCs) and capacitor banks (CBs). Meanwhile, the proposed voltage regulation method also aims to minimize the reactive power flowing through OLTCs, and to minimize the switching numbers of substation CBs. In this study, the centralized voltage regulation is performed based on the worst voltage variation scenarios of ADNs, where a multi-objective mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINP) model with time-varying decision variables is established. The MINP model is solved using the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm ii (NSGA-ii), and a practical decision-making algorithm is developed to select the best solution from the Pareto optimal set. Moreover, the decentralized voltage regulation aims at mitigating real-time nodal voltage variations via adjusting the real-time active and reactive power of each PV plant. Several simulations and comparisons are carried out on a modified IEEE 33-node system to verify the effectiveness of the proposed methods, and to compare with some previous voltage regulation methods. Simulation results show that the proposed voltage regulation methods can not only effectively control voltage variations of ADNs but also improve the economics of ADNs, substations, and PV plants.
There has been a rapid increase in usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in different application areas that are unfriendly to humans. These UAVs have been used in Aerial Mesh Networks (AMNs) that act as backbone n...
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There has been a rapid increase in usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in different application areas that are unfriendly to humans. These UAVs have been used in Aerial Mesh Networks (AMNs) that act as backbone network to support communication in a post-disaster scenario. However, there may be limited available number of UAV nodes that need to be utilized efficiently to improve the performance of such networks. Here, we consider three important objectives of the network i.e. target coverage, Quality of Service and energy consumption by the network that need to be optimized efficiently to improve the performance. Yet, it is a grueling task to optimize all of these conflicting objectives at the same time, which is affected by the height of UAVs. To optimize more than one conflicting objectives, we used metaheuristic based multi-objective optimization algorithms i.e. Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO), non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm ii (NSGA-ii), Strength Pareto Evolutionary algorithm 2 (SPEA2) and Pareto Envelope-based Selection algorithmii (PESA-ii), which suggest the optimal placement of UAVs. These algorithms are compared based on four performance metrics i.e. generational distance, diversification metric, spread of non-dominant solutions and percentage of domination in three different scenarios. The rigorous experiments are performed by each algorithm in small, medium and large-scale scenarios to compare their results. The ANOVA's validation test suggests that SPEA2 performs better than others in small-scale scenarios while NSGA-ii performs better than others in medium and large-scale scenarios. However, MOPSO has lowest average execution time, after that NSGA-ii, then PESA-ii and then SPEA2.
The tractor is one of the most frequently used equipment in agricultural production, and its mass production is the general trend. With the continuous advancement of the global industrialization process, the importanc...
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The tractor is one of the most frequently used equipment in agricultural production, and its mass production is the general trend. With the continuous advancement of the global industrialization process, the importance of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine in the entire industrial production has become more and more prominent, and the application of CNC machine in tractor manufacturing has greatly improved production efficiency. This article takes the headstock of a single-sided horizontal CNC boring machine dedicated to processing tractor 6-cylinder engine cylinders as the research objective, takes the key parameters of the gear train in the headstock as the optimization design variables, constructs constraints, such as modulus, tooth width, etc., establishes a multi-objective optimization mathematical model, uses the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm ii (NSGA-ii) to process the model and obtains the Pareto solution set through multiple iterations. The optimization results show that the volume, center distance and the reciprocal of coincidence degree of the main shaft 1 transmission group are reduced in varying degrees. Finally, it is compared with the weighted sum method and geneticalgorithm (GA) to highlight the superiority of NSGA-ii.
This study investigates a new aircraft flight trajectory optimisation method, derived from the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm ii method used for multi-objective optimisations. The new method determines, in pa...
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This study investigates a new aircraft flight trajectory optimisation method, derived from the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm ii method used for multi-objective optimisations. The new method determines, in parallel, a set of optimal flight plan solutions for a flight. Each solution is optimal (requires minimum fuel) for a Required Time of Arrival constraint from a set of candidate time constraints selected for the final waypoint of the flight section under optimisation. The set of candidate time constraints is chosen so that their bounds are contiguous, i.e. they completely cover a selected time domain. The proposed flight trajectory optimisation method may be applied in future operational paradigms, such as Trajectory-Based Operations/free flight, where aircraft do not need to follow predetermined routes. The intended application of the proposed method is to support Decision Makers in the planning phase when there is a time constraint or a preferred crossing time at the final point of the flight section under optimisation. The Decision Makers can select, from the set of optimal flight plans, the one that best fits their criteria (minimum fuel burn or observes a selected time constraint). If the Air Traffic Management system rejects the flight plan, then they can choose the next best solution from the set without having to perform another optimisation. The method applies for optimisations performed on lateral and/or vertical flight plan components. Seven proposed method variants were evaluated, and ten test runs were performed for each variant. For five variants, the worst results yielded a fuel burn less than 90kg (0.14%) over the 'global' optimum. The worst variant yielded a maximum of 321kg (0.56%) over the 'global' optimum.
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