Academic institutions operate in an extremely demanding and competitive environment. Some difficulties confronting most schools are delivering high-quality education to the students, developing systems for evaluating student performance, analyzing performance, and recognizing the future demands...

The Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm is a powerful and simple optimizer for solving various optimization problems. Based on the literature, DE has shown suitable performance in exploring search spaces and locating global optimums. However, it is typically slow in extracting the problem...

The original transfer-stable aggregation functions generalized the arithmetic means to finite chains. The idea of applying these functions was later demonstrated by purchasing several products depending on the quality and price of the products. This paper aims to continue this idea and show...

Internet of Things (IoT) enabled networks are highly vulnerable to cyber threats due to insecure wireless communication, resource constraint architecture, different types of IoT devices, and a high volume of sensor data being transported across the network. Therefore, IoT-compatible...

This paper proposes a simulation study to solve the optimal allocation of the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) problem in distribution networks. The effect of BESS's installation in the selected distribution networks is surveyed for a 24-hour period, where time-of-use electricity charges are...

Stress can contribute to many health problems, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. Therefore, early stress detection is essential in preventing illness and health problems. This study proposes a music experimentation approach to identify stress levels among the...

Good health is extremely important for athletes who engage in strenuous physical activities, such as football. They must develop a healthy body before participating in vigorous activities and competitions. Although researchers have presented a wide range of analytical approaches emphasizing...

Numerical algorithms and mathematical methods are regularly used in the commodities and stock markets. However, this so-called quantitative trading has been thus far limited to the paper markets, such as futures, swaps, and options, and excluded a large majority of the physical market....

Effectively managing food supply chains is critical for ensuring food security and safety. Identifying and prioritizing the criteria affecting food supply chain performance is imperative to manage uncertainty and avoid undesirable consequences in Supply Chain Management (SCM). This study aims to...

Ever since the basic Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model was introduced, several researchers and academicians extended and/or altered it, to reduce its unrealistic assumptions and make it more suitable and appropriate to the real world. The traditional EOQ Models assume constant demand and...