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...

We analyze the use of ℓ1-norm and Total Variation regularization within a model of road design to obtain sensible vertical alignments. With a dataset of twenty-three roads, we present a heuristic for choosing regularization parameters, and obtain cost bounds to establish a suitable choice for...

Although the practicability of using wavelet neural networks (WNNs) in nonlinear function approximation has been addressed extensively, selecting the optimal number of hidden nodes and their appropriate initial locations remains a great challenge for WNNs' initialization. The cuckoo search...

Listeriosis is a life-threatening illness that can be spread through contaminated food. The bacteria responsible for this disease is Listeria monocytogenes. The annual incidence rate ranges from less than one to more than ten per one million persons in different parts of the world. Despite the...

Plasma arc cutting (PAC) has evolved as an efficient process to cut complex profiles on many hard-to-machine engineering materials due to its many advantages, like higher dimensional accuracy, higher productivity, and the capability to cut thick materials. Optimization of this process is...

Purpose This paper aims to present a literature review of the most recent optimisation methods applied to Credit Scoring Models (CSMs). Design/methodology/approach The research methodology employed technical procedures based on bibliographic and exploratory analyses. A traditional investigation...

Disasters can be caused by humans or natural hazards, and they impact the vulnerability of communities worldwide. This study considers disasters caused by humans, including the rescue operation taken post-accidents. The objective of the research is to minimise time and cost to save people's...

This study is concerned with applying fractional calculus in modelling tuberculosis (TB) transmission dynamics. A new six-dimensional fractional-order mathematical model in the sense of the Caputo derivative operator is formulated to capture memory effects in the spread process of tuberculosis....