Alzheimer's disease (AD) ranks among the main types of neurodegenerative disorders. Patients suffering AD should tackle serious problems since their language skills malfunction. The impact of such disorders is ref...
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) ranks among the main types of neurodegenerative disorders. Patients suffering AD should tackle serious problems since their language skills malfunction. The impact of such disorders is reflected by reduced quality and feature variation of spontaneous speech signals in speech analysis. This paper aims at assessing the variations of some specific types of these energy- and entropy-based features within the frequency range of the speech signals. In the approach followed, the wavelet-packet coefficients are utilized to extract the energy and entropy measures at every spectral sub-band in six successive levels of decomposition. However, the decomposition process conducts a set of high-dimensional feature vectors that is a challenging task for feature selection. This study suggests the application of a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii (NSGA-ii) for enhancing a group of the sub-band indexes of a wavelet-packet for which the extracted features lead to the highest diagnosis rate of the grouping of Alzheimer's and healthy individuals. The technique proposed here showed that the best overall classification results for both optimized entropy feature vs. energy are more noticeable in discriminating patients with AD from healthy subjects. It is also confirmed the significant impact of multi-objective feature selection on performance of classification (i.e., disease diagnosis) and, its conformity to the disordered nature of the biological signals could help diagnose AD in an efficient manner.
Discharging excessive pollution into rivers that exceeds their self-purification capacity decreases the quality of water and threatens the aquatic ecosystem. In such water systems, polluters and environmental protecti...
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Discharging excessive pollution into rivers that exceeds their self-purification capacity decreases the quality of water and threatens the aquatic ecosystem. In such water systems, polluters and environmental protection agencies are involved parties that often have opposite interests. This research proposes a method to enhance the water quality of rivers while satisfying the interests of both parties. It allocates waste loads to polluters and requires them to pay the treatment cost in order to remove pollution. The proposed methodology employs a combination of QUAL2Kw and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii to minimize wastewater treatment costs and dissolved oxygen violation from the standard level. The river inflow uncertainty is considered by Latin hypercube sampling to give more real insights to decision makers through a stochastic approach. As a result, the Pareto sets act as strategies that can be used to meet the objectives, but they show the contradiction between parties' interests. According to the waste load criterion, this methodology reduces waste load from 145.5 to 79, 107.15 and 115 units for dry, normal and wet months. Also, it decreases treatment cost from the range of [160,000-180,000 $] to [100,000-130,000 $] considering the water quality and dischargers' interest. According to the results, considering river inflow uncertainty can increase the concentration of dissolved oxygen even more than the standard level, and point sources treat their wastewater more than non-point ones. Generally, it is a suitable tool to find solutions for minimizing the treatment cost in favor of dischargers and improving water quality.
This study was aimed at exergetically investigating and optimizing a continuous reactor applied to valorize glycerol into solketal as a biodiesel additive with subcritical acetone in the presence of Purolite PD206. Th...
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This study was aimed at exergetically investigating and optimizing a continuous reactor applied to valorize glycerol into solketal as a biodiesel additive with subcritical acetone in the presence of Purolite PD206. The effects of reaction temperature (20-100 degrees C), acetone to glycerol molar ratio (15), feed flow rate (0.10.5 mL/min), pressure (1120 bar), and catalyst mass (0.52.5 g) were evaluated on the exergetic performance parameters of the reactor. In order to optimize the operating conditions of the reactor, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) was coupled with non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii (NSGA-ii). The ANFIS was applied to develop objective functions on the basis of the process parameters. The developed objective functions were then fed into the NSGA-ii to find the optimum operating conditions of the process by simultaneously maximizing universal and functional exergetic efficiencies and minimizing normalized exergy destruction. Overall, the process parameters significantly affected the exergetic performance of the reactor. The ANFIS approach successfully modeled the objective functions with a correlation coefficient higher than 0.99. The optimal ketalization conditions of glycerol were: reaction temperature = 40.66 degrees C, acetone to glycerol molar ratio = 4.97, feed flow rate = 0.49 mL/min, pressure = 42.31?bar, and catalyst mass = 0.50 g. These conditions could be applied in pilot- or industrial-scale reactors for converting glycerol into value-added solketal in a resource-efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally-friendly manner.
Selecting a rational distributed energy generation (DEG) project portfolio is the key to achieving the strategic objectives of energy enterprises. The complexity associated with the selection of DEG project portfolio ...
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Selecting a rational distributed energy generation (DEG) project portfolio is the key to achieving the strategic objectives of energy enterprises. The complexity associated with the selection of DEG project portfolio comes from uncertainties in decision-making environment, interactions between projects, and necessary alignment with the strategic objectives of enterprises. However, previous researches did not address the three issues simultaneously. To fill such gap, this study establishes a multi-criteria decision-making framework to select the optimal DEG project portfolio(s) under different strategic scenarios, where uncertainty and project interaction are considered. The framework consists of two stages. In the first phase, the weights of criteria are determined by the interval type-2 fuzzy analytic hierarchy process technique, and the strategic alignment indexes of each candidate distributed energy generation project are obtained using the interval type-2 fuzzy weighted averaging operator. In the second stage, considering the strategic interactions, a nonlinear 0-1 programming is formulated while satisfying the budget constraints, and the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii is utilized to obtain the optimal portfolio of DEG projects under different strategic scenarios. The proposed framework is applied in a case study to illustrate its suitability and effectiveness. The results show that the selected portfolios vary with the strategic objectives of enterprises. This research has practical applied value for project managers in project portfolio management.
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless powered communication networks (WPCNs) are promising technologies in 5G/6G wireless communications, while there are several challenges about UAV power allocation and sche...
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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless powered communication networks (WPCNs) are promising technologies in 5G/6G wireless communications, while there are several challenges about UAV power allocation and scheduling to enhance the energy utilization efficiency, considering the existence of obstacles. In this work, we consider a UAV-enabled WPCN scenario that a UAV needs to cover the ground wireless devices (WDs). During the coverage process, the UAV needs to collect data from the WDs and charge them simultaneously. To this end, we formulate a joint-UAV power and three-dimensional (3D) trajectory optimization problem (JUPTTOP) to simultaneously increase the total number of the covered WDs, increase the time efficiency, and reduce the total flying distance of UAV so as to improve the energy utilization efficiency in the network. Due to the difficulties and complexities, we decompose it into two sub optimization problems, which are the UAV power allocation optimization problem (UPAOP) and UAV 3D trajectory optimization problem (UTTOP), respectively. Then, we propose an improved non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii with K-means initialization operator and Variable dimension mechanism (NSGA-ii-KV) for solving the UPAOP. For UTTOP, we first introduce a pretreatment method, and then use an improved particle swarm optimization with Normal distribution initialization, genetic mechanism, Differential mechanism and Pursuit operator (PSO-NGDP) to deal with this sub optimiza-tion problem. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategies under different scales and settings of the networks.
This work was aimed at conducting a multi-objective exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental optimization of continuous synthesis of solketal through glycerol ketalization with acetone in the presence of ethanol as co-s...
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This work was aimed at conducting a multi-objective exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental optimization of continuous synthesis of solketal through glycerol ketalization with acetone in the presence of ethanol as co-solvent and Purolite PD206 as catalyst. Exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental performance parameters of the reactor were computed and discussed comprehensively after writing and solving their balance equations based on the experimental data. The effects of process parameters viz. ketalization temperature (T), acetone/glycerol molar ratio (X), feed flow rate (F), reaction pressure (P), and catalyst quantity (C) on the exergy-based variables were investigated in detail. The optimization process was performed based on minimizing two more important exergetic parameters, i.e., cost and environmental per unit of exergy for the product. To this end, an elaborated coupled version of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii (NSGA-ii) was employed. The ANFIS approach was used for modeling the process, while the NSGA-ii was applied for finding the optimum operating conditions of the reactor. According to the results obtained, the ANFIS approach successfully predicted both objective parameters with an R-2 higher than 0.99. The optimum ketalization conditions for solketal synthesis in the developed reactor corresponded to T = 35.1 degrees C, X = 4.5, F = 0.4 mL/min, P = 26.7 bar, and C = 2.2 g, leading to the cost and environmental impact per unit of exergy for the product of 5032.9 USD/GJ and 143.9 mPts/GJ, respectively. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The optimization operation of reservoir seasonal flood-limited water levels (FLWLs) can counterbalance hydropower generation and flood prevention in the flood season. This study proposes a multi-objective optimization...
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The optimization operation of reservoir seasonal flood-limited water levels (FLWLs) can counterbalance hydropower generation and flood prevention in the flood season. This study proposes a multi-objective optimization operation model to optimize the reservoir seasonal FLWLs for synergistically maximizing hydropower benefits and reducing flood risk. The mixed reservoirs composed of the Three Gorges Reservoir and six other reservoirs located in the upstream Yangtze River of China constitute the case study. The results showed that (1) compared with the annual FLWL scheme, the best solutions without lowering flood prevention standards could increase the seasonal FLWL values of the seven reservoirs from 1.39 to 6.51 m in the pre-flood season, from 0.13 to 1.53 m in the main-flood season, and from 0.76 to 4.36 m in the post-flood season;(2) the proposed seasonal FLWL schemes without increasing flood prevention risk could facilitate the joint operation of the mixed reservoirs to achieve 868 million kW h (5.1% improvement) in average hydroelectricity production during the flood season, meanwhile reducing 681 million kg CO2 emissions accordingly. The results support that the proposed methods can boost hydropower production to benefit China's national tactics in accomplishing peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030.
Existing method of multi-objective optimization for linear motors provides poor consideration for model robustness, thus, the models of linear motor which are implemented to multi-objective optimization may not be opt...
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Existing method of multi-objective optimization for linear motors provides poor consideration for model robustness, thus, the models of linear motor which are implemented to multi-objective optimization may not be optimal. A multi-objective optimization design combined Random Forest after hyperparameter optimization and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii (NSGA-ii) for Double-sided Linear Flux Switching Permanent Magnet motor (DLFSPMs) is proposed. The average thrust and the thrust ripple which generated by operation of DLFSPMs are selected as objectives. A machine learning algorithm, Random Forest (RF), is introduced to establish the regression models between structural parameters and performances of DLFSPMs. Furthermore, in order to improve the stability and accuracy of the regression models, a hyperparameter optimization, which is called Bayesian Optimization and HyperBand (BOHB), is proposed to search for the best hyperparametric configuration to obtain predicted performance of DLFSPMs. Moreover, the proposed BOHB-RF model is compared with the Bayesian optimization-RF (BO-RF) model and the HyperBand-RF (HB-RF) model to verify the advantages of BOHB-RF model. Then, NSGA-ii is adopted to design for multi-objective optimization of DLFSPMs to calculate Pareto front of DLFSPMs performances based on BOHB-RF models. Finally, the results of finite element analysis (FEA) prove the effectiveness and feasibility for proposed modeling and optimizing method.
Magnetic anchor and guidance system has been widely used in laparoendoscopic single-site surgery with the benefit of small wound, wide field of vision (FoV), and convenience for repeated positioning. This paper introd...
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Magnetic anchor and guidance system has been widely used in laparoendoscopic single-site surgery with the benefit of small wound, wide field of vision (FoV), and convenience for repeated positioning. This paper introduces a novel three DoF laparoscopic surgical robot (LSR) based on double-leg ultrasonic motor (DUM) which features small dimension, fast response, and high positional precision. Piezoelectric ceramic (PZT) plates can excite longitudinal and bending coupled vibration of DUM and the two phase in-plane three order bending vibration can form traveling wave to drive DUM rotor. DUM stator is optimized by non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii for good consistency of two working mode frequencies and negligible influence of adjacent interference modes on working modes, which improves motion stability and driving efficiency. The mechanical characteristic of DUM under different chamfer parameters has been studied through comparative experiments and the design of robot prototype is completed further. For clockwise and counterclockwise rotation, the maximum no-load rotary speeds are 333.75 and 335.77 rpm, and the maximum output torques are 2 and 1.6 N mm. The experimental platform for FoV measurement is built to verify that LSR can adjust the posture to obtain suitable surgical FoV, indicating that the application of DUM in LSR has significant advantages and great potential.
This paper proposes a novel metaheuristic framework using a Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm with the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii (NSGA-ii). Both algorithms are combined employing a collaborative s...
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This paper proposes a novel metaheuristic framework using a Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm with the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-ii (NSGA-ii). Both algorithms are combined employing a collaborative strategy with sequential execution, which is called DE-NSGA-ii. The DE-NSGA-ii takes advantage of the exploration abilities of the multi-objective evolutionary algorithms strengthened with the ability to search global mono-objective optimum of DE, that enhances the capability of finding those extreme solutions of Pareto Optimal Front (POF) difficult to achieve. Numerous experiments and performance comparisons between different evolutionary algorithms were performed on a referent problem for the mono-objective and multi-objective literature, which consists of the design of a double reduction gear train. A preliminary study of the problem, solved in an exhaustive way, discovers the low density of solutions in the vicinity of the optimal solution (mono-objective case) as well as in some areas of the POF of potential interest to a decision maker (multi-objective case). This characteristic of the problem would explain the considerable difficulties for its resolution when exact methods and/or metaheuristics are used, especially in the multi-objective case. However, the DE-NSGA-ii framework exceeds these difficulties and obtains the whole POF which significantly improves the few previous multi-objective studies.
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