Weighted average ensemble for Cholesky-based covariance matrix estimation by Xiaoning Kang, Zhenguo Gao, Xi Liang, Xinwei Deng

“…Our key idea is to obtain different weights for different candidate estimates by minimizing an appropriate risk function with respect to the Frobenius norm. Different from the existing ensemble estimation based on the MCD, the proposed method provides a sparse weighting scheme such that one can distinguish which variable orderings employed in the MCD are useful for the ensemble matrix estimate. …”
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Measurement and analysis of technical efficiency in the production of wheat and barley crops in Erbil Governorate for the agricultural season 2020-2021 by Keshkhan Yousif Aziz

“…The study used the Cobb-Douglas production function using four traditional production factors, which are (land, labor, machinery, and fertilizers) in addition to a dummy variable (D1), which represents supplementary irrigation, to estimate the parameters of the stochastic frontier model. …”
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Analysis of Bulk Queueing Model with Load Balancing and Vacation by Subramani Palani Niranjan, Suthanthiraraj Devi Latha, Sorin Vlase, Maria Luminita Scutaru

“…Cloud computing using power BI can be analyzed based on server load balancing. The function that determines the probability of the queue size at any given time is derived for the specified queueing model using the supplementary variable technique with the remaining time as the supplementary variable. …”
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Induction Motor Geometric Parameter Optimization Using a Metaheuristic Optimization Method for High-Efficiency Motor Design by Hasbi Apaydin, Necibe Füsun Oyman Serteller, Yüksel Oğuz

“…Ten motor design parameters were used as design variables. IM efficiency was improved, as the objective function. …”
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An efficient dynamic reliability method for maglev vehicle-bridge systems and its application in random controller parameters analysis by Lidong Wang, Qingrong Li, Xun Zhang, Xiumeng Bu, Peng Hu, Yan Han

“…Then, by treating the controller parameters as normally distributed random variables, the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed reliability method were verified through comparison with the Monte Carlo method and the one-stage sampling surrogate model. …”
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An analysis of agricultural production efficiency of Yellow River Basin based on a three-stage DEA Malmquist model by Xiejun Cheng, Jinxin Bian, Dongmei He, Decai Tang

“…Abstract Agriculture functions as the cornerstone of national development, and the Yellow River Basin (YRB) plays a crucial role in China’s economy. …”
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Efficient Explainable Models for Alzheimer’s Disease Classification with Feature Selection and Data Balancing Approach Using Ensemble Learning by Yogita Dubey, Aditya Bhongade, Prachi Palsodkar, Punit Fulzele

“…Clinical data, including a range of cognitive, functional, and demographic variables, play a crucial role in Alzheimer’s disease classification. …”
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Evaluating the efficiency of emergency operation centers during pandemics: a cross-sectional study with operational managers in Iran by Majid Sartipi, Majid Sartipi, Asiye Aminafshar, Asiye Aminafshar, Abdolrazzagh Pakzad, Mohammadreza Shafiei, Hojjat Farahmandnia, Asghar Tavan

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Development of empirical correlations for sustainable breakup characterization of water and high-viscous oil sheets under acoustic perturbations using high-speed imaging by Aman Singh, Devesh T, Subhash K, Preetam Polavarapu, Jayakrishnan Rahul, Karthick S, Balaji K

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Optimization of Liquefied Air Energy Storage System Coupled with Organic Rankine Cycle by Jianshe LI, Yihua DONG, Haihua LUO

“…To construct the liquefied air energy storage model coupled with organic Rankine cycle, the system cycle efficiency and the exergy efficiency in the air energy release and generation stage are set as objective functions. …”
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Two-Dimensional Probability Models for the Weighted Discretized Fréchet–Weibull Random Variable with Min–Max Operators: Mathematical Theory and Statistical Goodness-of-Fit Analysis... by Sofian T. Obeidat, Diksha Das, Mohamed S. Eliwa, Bhanita Das, Partha Jyoti Hazarika, Wael W. Mohammed

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Consumptive Water Use and Efficiency of Irrigated U.S. Corn: Learning From Hundreds of Site‐Management‐Year Observations by Meetpal S. Kukal

“…With the largest water footprint, irrigated corn production in the U.S. must be assessed for its ETc and water use efficiency (WUE) at a scale meaningful for producers and water managers. …”
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Lightweight deep learning system for automated bone age assessment in Chinese children: enhancing clinical efficiency and diagnostic accuracy by Pang Hai, Zhang Bin, Liu Kesheng, Li Cong, Xu Fei

“…The second stage employs a modified EfficientNetB3 architecture for fine-grained epiphyseal grade classification, enhanced by the Rectified Adam (RAdam) optimizer and a composite loss function combining center loss and weighted cross-entropy to mitigate class imbalance. …”
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Biochar and its impact on soil profile and plant development by Lin Xu, Kai-Chao Wu, Zhi-Nian Deng, Cheng-Mei Huang, Krishan K. Verma, Tian Pang, Hai-Rong Huang

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Performance and variability analysis of ALD-grown wafer scale HfO2/Ta2O5-based memristive devices for neuromorphic computing by Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Deepika Yadav, Spyros Stathopoulos, Themis Prodromakis

“…Furthermore, the fabricated devices efficiently perform the synaptic functionalities in terms of potentiation (P) and depression (D), paired-pulse facilitation (PPF), and paired-pulse depression (PPD), with a least value of nonlinearity (NL) factor of 0.43 in synaptic response, which is close to the ideal value of NL in biological synapses. …”
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Efficient Frequency Management for Hybrid AC/DC Power Systems Based on an Optimized Fuzzy Cascaded PI−PD Controller by Awadh Ba Wazir, Sultan Alghamdi, Abdulraheem Alobaidi, Abdullah Ali Alhussainy, Ahmad H. Milyani

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Production Cost Efficiency and Profitability of <i>Abakaliki Rice</i> in Ihialia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria by J Egbodion, J Ahmadu

“…The study focused on the production cost efficiency and profitability of Abakaliki rice in Ihialia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria.. …”
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Production Cost Efficiency and Profitability of <i>Abakaliki Rice</i> in Ihialia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria by J Egbodion, J Ahmadu

“…The study focused on the production cost efficiency and profitability of Abakaliki rice in Ihialia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria.. …”
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Analysis of technical efficiency and socio-economic factors influencing the development of smallholder oil palm plantations in Batanghari Regency, Indonesia by Yanuar Fitri, Saidin Nainggolan

“…This study aims to analyze technical efficiency and the influence of socio-economic factors on the development of smallholder oil palm plantations. …”
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RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF TEMPERATE SILK COCOONS IN NORTH-WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION OF KASHMIR VALLEY, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA by Ruyida MUSHTAQ, Tariq Ahmed RAJA, Abida FAYAZ, Harmeet SINGH, Pervez AHMED, Mushtaq Rasool MIR, Rajesh YADAV

“…Sericulture's resource efficiency are critical for long-term growth and contributes greatly to Kashmir's rural and urban economies for sustainable livelihood and inclusive growth. …”
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