Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is one of the most prevalent and fatal diseases influencing people on a larger that remains dormant until irreversible damage has been done to an individual's kidney. Progression of CKD is related to a variety of great complications, including increased incidence of...

The generation of huge data with high velocity creates alteration in the distribution of the stream data, which is defined as the concept of drifts. The concept drifts negatively influence the classification accuracy and the stability of the data streams. Numerous machine learning-based models...

Discrete choice models have been widely used to model individuals' decision-making processes in numerous contexts. Given that people's tastes and preferences over alternative shopping destinations vary for reasons not necessarily observed by demographic characteristics, more intricate modeling...

The transmission lines are used for power distribution across large distances. Different parameters affect the power transmission efficiency, and the quality of service. Furthermore, the transmission system parameter estimation is crucial for power flow analysis, electric power system expansion...

Adopting the permissible delay method by suppliers offers ample opportunity to overcome the burden of holding costs from retailers. This compensates retailers against the competitive situation as an alternative to price discounts. We present an inventory model for a finite time horizon for...

The increasing violent episodes in Mexico suggest a worrying trend. What is more, worrying the majority of the Mexican population is their perception of insecurity and desperation. Public security must be reinforced and strengthened to combat the upward trend of violence in the country. However,...

Computer-aided diagnostic systems developed with Artificial Intelligence (AI) are a major advancement in healthcare analytics, assisting radiologists with a second opinion on cancer diagnosis. In this study, we explore two modalities of breast images, ultrasound, and histology, for their...

Within the water industry, some water companies provide both water and sanitation services whereas other just water services. Assuming a common technology of different types of water companies may lead to biased estimates of performance. To deal with the problem of incomparability of...

Assessment of alternative banking systems is a difficult problem with multiple and conflicting criteria. This study proposes a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model for evaluating alternative social banking systems (with no interest charges) using a T-Spherical fuzzy Decision-Making Trial...

Experts often have unequal authority levels in organizations. However, this has rarely been considered reasonably in solving problems in the manufacturing system. In addition, a fuzzy collaborative estimation method can be more flexible and effective if experts have unequal authority levels. We...