Coagulation-flocculation is the most important parts of water treatment process. Traditionally, optimum pre coagulant dosage is determined by used jar tests in laboratory. However; jar tests are time-consuming, expensive, and less adaptive to changes in raw water quality in real time. Soft computing can be used to overcome these limitations. In this paper, multi-objective evolutionary Pareto op...

Formation of spikes prevents achievement of the better material removal rate (MRR) and surface finish while using plain NaNO3 aqueous electrolyte in electrochemical machining (ECM) of die tool steel. Hence this research work attempts to minimize the formation of spikes in the selected workpiece of high carbon high chromium die tool steel using copper nanoparticles suspended in NaNO3 aqueous ele...

An inverse optimization method coupled with a multiobjective Genetic Algorithm has been applied to design a transonic wing for mid-size regional aircraft. Optimization of target pressure distributions was formulated to give minimum induced drag as well as minimum profile drag. The straight isobar pattern of pressure contours was specified on the upper surface of the wing. To design a realistic ...

Association rule mining is the most popular technique in the area of data mining. The main task of this technique is to find the frequent patterns by using minimum support thresholds decided by the user. The Apriori algorithm is a classical algorithm among association rule mining techniques. This algorithm is inefficient because it scans the database many times. Second, if the database is large...

The synthesis of the three-dimensional morphology of a building is one of the most important tasks in architecture. Space planning and morphology are of the most interesting and complex of architectural design problems. Architectural design is guided by the constraints on the spatial composition and the morphology of the final building. During the conceptual phase problems are characterised by ...

This paper examines the optimal placement of nodes for a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) designed to monitor a critical facility in a hostile region. The sensors are dropped from an aircraft, and they must be connected (directly or via hops) to a High Energy Communication Node (HECN), which serves as a relay from the ground to a satellite or a highaltitude aircraft. The sensors are assumed to hav...

A competitive co-evolutionary Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (cc-MOGA) was used to approximate a Pareto front of efficient silvicultural regimes for Eucalyptus fastigata. The three objectives to be maximised included, sawlog, pulpwood and carbon sequestration payment. Three carbon price scenarios (3CPS), i.e. NZ $25, NZ $50 and NZ $100 for a tonne of CO2 sequestered, were used to assess the ...

This article presents an effective solution method for a two-layer, NP-hard sustainable supply chain distribution model. A DoE-guided MOGA-II optimiser based solution method is proposed for locating a set of non-dominated solutions distributed along the Pareto frontier. The solution method allows decision-makers to prioritise the realistic solutions, while focusing on alternate transportation s...

Background: No standard of care for elderly patients with aggressive adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) has been established yet. We assessed the efficacy an anti-CCR4 antibody, mogamulizumab (Moga)combined biweekly cyclophosphamide (CPA), doxorubicin (DXR), vincristine (VCR), and prednisone (PSL) (Moga-CHOP-14) untreated ATL. Methods: In this phase 2 trial conducted at 21 centers in Japan, C...