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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Meta-heuristic optimization"”.
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Water resources decision making using meta-heuristic optimization methods
… The dissertation's focus was to investigate meta-heuristic (global) optimization methods suitable for developing water resources decision support system (DSS), particularly to optimally design and operate groundwater storage and recovery projects. The effort included developing an integrated …
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Cognitive UAS Path-Planning for Large Spatial Search
… time, a pseudo-random search method, known as meta-heuristics, is used to develop a new path planning algorithm to search the field in an intelligent manner. This work develops a means of turning meta-heuristic optimization into a cognitive navigation with autonomous path-planning algorithm …
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Improvement of Work Process Performance with Task Assignments and Mental Workload Balancing
… instantaneous workload, a utilized simulation-optimization approach solves this problem. More specifically, a discrete event human performance simulation model evaluates the objective function of the problem coupled with a genetic algorithm based meta-heuristic optimization approach to search …
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Remote sensing of dynamics and aboveground biomass of seagrass in Tauranga Harbor (Bay of Plenty), New Zealand
… with a range of machine learning (ML) and meta-heuristic optimization algorithms, to develop novel and advanced techniques for remote sensing of seagrass. The work used field validation data from Tauranga Harbor, New Zealand, and specifically targeted mapping, change detection, and …
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Smart management strategies of utility-scale energy storage systems in power networks
… both distribution and transmission levels. The optimization strategies employed for ESS placement and sizing successfully improved the following aspects of power systems: performance and power quality of the distribution networks investigated, the frequency response of the transmission networks …