The addition of rubber to concrete improves resistance to chloride ion attacks. Therefore,
rapidly determining the chloride permeability coefficient (DCI) of rubber concrete (RC) can …

Parameter variations adversely affect the performance of the system. Many systems are
modeled as interval systems due to the ability to handle uncertainty. In this article, the Doha …

Epilepsy is a well-known neurological disorder which affects moreover 2% of the World's
population. Irregular excessive neuronal activities to the human brain cause epileptic …

The coal reserves are lessening, and subsequently fuel prices are escalating now a days.
Therefore, an appropriate schedule of generating units for thermal energy is indispensable …

The large-scale job-shop scheduling problem (LSJSSP) is a complex scheduling problem.
Previously, although the nature-inspired algorithm, specially the swarm intelligence (SIA) …

Nature is the origin of all knowledge. Researches have built nature-inspired optimisation
(NIO) algorithms, that follow natural principles to find solutions, for the real life problems. In …

The reverse osmosis (RO) process is a well-established desalination technology, wherein
energy-efficient techniques and advanced process control methods significantly reduce …

This study proposes a hybrid time series forecast model namely a moving-window firefly
algorithm (FA)-based least squares support vector regression (MFA-LSSVR). In the …

The path planning problems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be considered as
large scale global optimisation (LSGO) problems. Collision-free and smoother flyable paths …

The main aim of this work is to design a suitable Fractional Order Proportionl Integral
Derivative (FOPID) controller with Chaotic Whale Optimization Algorithm (CWOA) for a RO …