Nuclear technology industries have increased their interest in using data-driven methods to
improve safety, reliability, and availability of assets. To do so, it is important to understand …

Simulated Annealing, Its Variants and Engineering Applications Page 1 International Journal on
Artificial Intelligence Tools Vol. 25, No. 6 (2016) 1630001 (24 pages) c World Scientific …

Variations of produced power in windmills may influence the appropriate integration in
power-driven grids which may disrupt the balance between electricity demand and its …

The prediction of rock mass parameters is of great significance in ensuring the safety and
efficiency of tunnel boring machine (TBM) tunnel construction. Previous studies have …

Nuclear reactor fuel reloading optimization is a hot issue in the field of nuclear engineering.
With the reasonable rearrangement of fuel assemblies in a reactor core, the nuclear fuel …

Non-destructive estimates information on the desired properties of fruit without damaging
them. The objective of this work is to present an algorithm for the automatic and non …

Slagging is a common phenomenon interfering with the safe and efficient operation of coal-
fired boilers. Due to the lack of monitoring methods for species and temperature distribution …

Weeds might be defined as destructive plants that grow and compete with agricultural crops
in order to achieve water and nutrients. Uniform spray of herbicides is nowadays a common …

In recent years, farmers have often mistakenly resorted to overuse of chemical fertilizers to
increase crop yield. However, excessive consumption of fertilizers might lead to severe food …

In this study, hybrid models are designed to predict groundwater inflow to an advancing
open pit mine and the hydraulic head (HH) in observation wells at different distances from …