An algorithm for independent component analysis using a general class of copula-based dependence criteria by Fatemeh Asadi, Hamzeh Torabi, Hossein Nadeb

“…The efficiency of Independent Component Analysis ($\rm ICA$) algorithms relies heavily on the choice of objective function and optimization algorithms. …”
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Analysis of MAXIM Application Service Quality on User Satisfaction using the E-Service Quality Method by Putri Wulandari, Nur Rachman Dzakiyullah, Asti Ratnasari, Dadang Heksaputra

“…Overall, the quality of Maxim's service towards user satisfaction is not good in terms of the variables of efficiency, system availability, responsiveness, and contact. …”
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Indirect sliding mode adaptive fractional order nonlinear observer based controller with fractional order single-ended primary inductor converter by Sena Alemu Wondimu, Desalegn Tsega Dagne, Kinde Anlay Fante

“…The SEPIC converter is non-inverting and can both step up and step down the voltage with low ripple current. It is a nonlinear variable structure that uses sliding mode control (SMC) for stable operation. …”
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Thermo-economic optimization of a hybrid solar-wind energy system for the production of clean hydrogen and electricity by Ali Bedakhanian, Akbar Maleki, Siavash Haghighat

“…The objective functions included total cost rate and total exergy efficiency. …”
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Response Surface Optimization of CuS Photocatalytic Process Using UV‐vis Irradiation for Wastewater Treatment by Caressa Munien, Emmanuel Kweinor Tetteh, Sudesh Rathilal

“…Thus, this study aimed to optimize the operating parameters of the photocatalytic degradation process using copper sulphide (CuS) and UV‐visible irradiation via response surface methodology (RSM) to determine the relationship that exists between the most significant factors and the water quality parameters. The efficiency of the CuS photocatalyst was evaluated as a function of three input variables viz. …”
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Finding the optimal probe state for multiparameter quantum metrology using conic programming by Masahito Hayashi, Yingkai Ouyang

“…The algorithm involves a conic program, which minimizes a linear objective function subject to conic constraints on a operator-valued variable. …”
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Design optimization of inner and outer‐rotor PMSGs for X‐ROTOR wind turbines by Reza Yazdanpanah, Seyed Abolfazl Mortazavizadeh, Mohammad Salehian, David Campos‐Gaona, Olimpo Anaya‐Lara

“…The GA optimization algorithm was used to find optimized designs in terms of efficiency, weight, cost, and temperature rise. In order to find the global optimization solution within the allowed variable range and in accordance with the constraints, a combined objective function has also been defined. …”
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Sexuality Assessment in Women Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer by Patricio Jaramillo Guerrero, Edison Enrique Sotalin Nivela, Eduardo Leonel Alvarado Pico

“…Nominal qualitative variables were defined to establish sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, marital status, educational level, race and occupational level) and quantitative variables to define the attributes of the members according to their situation before treatment (time elapsed since diagnosis and amount according to type of treatment). …”
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Sustainability Reporting in Value Creation: The Critical Mediation of Environmental Management Accounting by Laila Oshiana Fitria A'zizah, Nur Prasetyo Aji, Dewita Puspawati, Ovi Itsnaini Ulynnuha, Nur Andriyani

“…This study examines the essential function of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) as a mediating variable in the correlation between sustainability report disclosures and firm value. …”
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THE BONITATION METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE FERTILITY OF THE CHERNOZEM by Mariana BURCEA, Nicoleta OLTENACU

“…Statistical indicators have been determined using the functions from Excel Program, such as: average, standard deviation, coefficient of variability, annual growth rate. …”
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Optimized integration of photovoltaic systems and distribution static compensators in distribution networks using a novel discrete-continuous version of the adaptive JAYA algorithm... by Paolo Iván Cubillo-Leyton, Oscar Danilo Montoya, Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña

“…For comparison, the discrete-continuous versions of the vortex search algorithm (VSA), the sine-cosine algorithm (SCA), Phasor Particle Swarm Optimization (PPSO), New Self-Organising Hierarchical PSO (NHPSO-JTVAC), Differential Evolution (DE), Gold Search Optimization (GSO) and the classical version of JAYA are used, validating the effectiveness of our proposal on the 33- and 69-bus test systems while considering variable generation and demand. In terms of the best solution, the average solution, and the required processing times, the AJAYA-SA strategy yields the best results in both test systems, making it the most efficient method to solve the problem under study.…”
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Encapsulation Based Method for Natural Frequency Identification of Deployable Solar Arrays with Multiple Plates by Chunjuan Zhao, Xiangyu Zhao, Shanbo Chen, Jisong Yu, Lei Zhang

“…However, for the batch production of small satellites, the accuracy and efficiency of traditional ground modal testing methods are limited. …”
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Robot welding trajectory optimization based on intersecting line welds by FAN Chenhui, LIU Huan, LIU Xuan, TANG Xiang

“…ObjectiveOperational efficiency, smoothness and energy consumption have been bottlenecks in the trajectory optimization for industrial robots in the non-contact processing such as welding and painting. …”
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DESIGN OF BED SADDLE OF HIGH-SPEED PRECISION CNC LATHE BASED ON TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION by DUAN MingDe, LI Yan, GU JiaJia, ZHANG ZhuangYa

“…Firstly,according to variable density method,which makes bed saddle quality be objective function and allows stiffness as well as natural frequency to be constraint condition was established,then the best structure layout of bed saddle was acquired as a result of topology optimization.Finally,the integral design of the bed saddle was accomplished,with the basis of best structure layout of bed saddle and the requirements of the reasonable design. …”
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Associations between patient characteristics and five-year trajectories of anticholinergic drug burden in older adults in German primary care: a prospective observational cohort st... by Hans-Helmut König, Claudia Langebrake, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Martin Scherer, Gerhard Schön, Ingmar Schäfer, Dagmar Lühmann, Birgitt Wiese, Jochen Gensichen, Caroline Krüger, Horst Bickel, Angela Fuchs, Wolfgang Maier, Karola Mergenthal, Siegfried Weyerer, Daniel Tajdar, Juliane Westphal

“…Independent variables included age, sex, education (according to CASMIN), depressiveness (GDS), cognitive function (LDST), quality of life (EQ5D-3L) and the number of diseases weighted by severity. …”
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Shell and tube heat exchanger optimization: A critical literature assessment and fairness-based comparative performance analysis of meta-heuristic algorithms by Samet Gürgen

“…In order to make comparisons, the objective function, decision variables and their boundary values were taken as the same. …”
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Optimization by RSM of reinforced concrete domes with meridian ribs, under static loading. by Logzit N., Raouache E., Bentoumi M., Bentoumi A., Khababa I.

“…Ultimately, a cost-oriented objective function is derived, incorporating a load-bearing capacity coefficient. …”
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IRAQ'S AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND THE REALITY OF THE VARIABLRS AND THE RESULTS OBJECTIVE CURRICULUM AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE PERIOD (1990-2011) by Salim Al-Nuaimy, Mahasen. M Al-Jeboury

“…The research aims to formulate sober policies and practical actions contribute to adjust the course of the agricultural sector and to achieve its goals, which will make it easier to raise production and productivity, Variables of agricultural sector were agricultural work, capital accumulation agricultural, technical mechanism, technical chemical, agricultural loans, agricultural export, import of agricultural, national income, domestic consumption, the cultivatedareas, that have been expressed as (policies of productivity and investment, marketing and price) where its impact was deare on the growth of the agricultural sector and overall productivity during (1990-2010) and the development process and increase production and productivity in the agricultural sector associated with economic, social and institutional multiple and overlapping factors that effects the forms and varying proportions in its impact on agricultural output, which had been measured under function producing an aggregate of variables agricultural policy and its contribution to productivity growth as well as measuring productivity elements total (TFP) by using index (Malmaquist) depending on the (DEAP). …”
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Quality control of DEMs using check surfaces by Francisco Javier Ariza-López, José Rodríguez-Avi

“…This paper proposes the use of check surfaces or ‘patches’ for the assessment of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) elevations and derived variables (e.g. slope and aspect). We work with grid-type DEMs, and the patches are implemented through square windows of different sizes. …”
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Neuroscience-informed nomogram model for early prediction of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease by Sudharshan Putha, Swaroop Reddy Gayam, Bhavani Prasad Kasaraneni, Krishna Kanth Kondapaka, Sateesh Kumar Nallamala, Praveen Thuniki

“…The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) algorithm was applied to identify highly correlated clinical variables influencing cognitive function. Subsequently, these variables were integrated into a visualized nomogram model to facilitate early prediction of cognitive impairment (CI) risk. …”
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