Saroj Lamichhane¹, Roseline Mostafa², Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan^2,*, Dayakar G. Devaru³

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.10, pp. 2743-2767, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.051035

Abstract Building energy performance is a function of numerous building parameters. In this study, sensitivity analysis on twenty parameters is performed to determine the top three parameters that have the most significant impact on the energy performance of buildings. Actual data from two fully operational commercial buildings were collected and used to develop a building energy model in the Quick Energy Simulation Tool (eQUEST). The model is calibrated using the Normalized Mean Bias Error (NMBE) and Coefficient of Variation of Root Mean Square Error (CV(RMSE)) method. The model satisfies the NMBE and CV(RMSE) criteria set by… More > Graphic Abstract

Dayong Wang^1,*, Kamalrulnizam Bin Abu Bakar¹, Babangida Isyaku²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.80, No.2, pp. 2065-2080, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.051944

Abstract The rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology has led to a significant increase in the computational task load of Terminal Devices (TDs). TDs reduce response latency and energy consumption with the support of task-offloading in Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC). However, existing task-offloading optimization methods typically assume that MEC’s computing resources are unlimited, and there is a lack of research on the optimization of task-offloading when MEC resources are exhausted. In addition, existing solutions only decide whether to accept the offloaded task request based on the single decision result of the current time slot,… More >

Bingfei Fu^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.80, No.1, pp. 1407-1424, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.052656

Abstract Discovering floating wastes, especially bottles on water, is a crucial research problem in environmental hygiene. Nevertheless, real-world applications often face challenges such as interference from irrelevant objects and the high cost associated with data collection. Consequently, devising algorithms capable of accurately localizing specific objects within a scene in scenarios where annotated data is limited remains a formidable challenge. To solve this problem, this paper proposes an object discovery by request problem setting and a corresponding algorithmic framework. The proposed problem setting aims to identify specified objects in scenes, and the associated algorithmic framework comprises pseudo… More >

Yong Qin^1,2, Xiaoyu Li^1,2, Yanhong Wu^1,2, Hai Wang³, Guiqi Han^1,2,3, Zhuyun Yan^1,2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.1, pp. 119-135, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.046075

Abstract Root exudates serve as crucial mediators for information exchange between plants and soil, and are an important evolutionary mechanism for plants’ adaptation to environmental changes. In this study, 15 different abiotic stress models were established using various stress factors, including drought (D), high temperature (T), nitrogen deficiency (N), phosphorus deficiency (P), and their combinations. We investigated their effects on the seedling growth of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge and the activities of Solid-Urease (S-UE), Solid-Nitrite Reductase (S-NiR), Solid-Nitrate Reductase (S-NR), Solid-Phosphotransferase (S-PT), and Solid-Catalase (S-CAT), as well as the contents of polysaccharides in the culture medium. The results… More >

Salam Al-E’mari¹, Yousef Sanjalawe^2,*, Ahmad Al-Daraiseh³, Mohammad Bany Taha⁴, Mohammad Aladaileh²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.1, pp. 1-41, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.043627

Abstract Amid the landscape of Cloud Computing (CC), the Cloud Datacenter (DC) stands as a conglomerate of physical servers, whose performance can be hindered by bottlenecks within the realm of proliferating CC services. A linchpin in CC’s performance, the Cloud Service Broker (CSB), orchestrates DC selection. Failure to adroitly route user requests with suitable DCs transforms the CSB into a bottleneck, endangering service quality. To tackle this, deploying an efficient CSB policy becomes imperative, optimizing DC selection to meet stringent Quality-of-Service (QoS) demands. Amidst numerous CSB policies, their implementation grapples with challenges like costs and availability.… More >

Qifen Li, Xiaoxiao Yan^*, Yongwen Yang, Liting Zhang, Yuanbo Hou

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.7, pp. 3177-3191, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.027749

Abstract Microbial Electrolytic Cell (MEC) is an electrochemical reaction device that uses electrical energy as an energy input and microorganisms as catalysts to produce fuels and chemicals. The regenerative electrochemical system is a MEC improvement system for methane gas produced by biological carbon sequestration technology using renewable energy sources to provide a voltage environment. In response to the influence of fluctuating disturbances of renewable electricity and the long system start-up time, this paper analyzes the characteristics of two strategies, regulating voltage parameter changes and activated sludge pretreatment, on the methane production efficiency of the renewable gas… More >

Yan Du^1,2, Shibin Zhang^1,2,*, Guogen Wan^1,2, Daohua Zhou³, Jiazhong Lu^1,2, Yuanyuan Huang^1,2, Xiaoman Cheng⁴, Yi Zhang⁴, Peilin He⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.3, pp. 5743-5759, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035919

Abstract Nowadays, industrial control system (ICS) has begun to integrate with the Internet. While the Internet has brought convenience to ICS, it has also brought severe security concerns. Traditional ICS network traffic anomaly detection methods rely on statistical features manually extracted using the experience of network security experts. They are not aimed at the original network data, nor can they capture the potential characteristics of network packets. Therefore, the following improvements were made in this study: (1) A dataset that can be used to evaluate anomaly detection algorithms is produced, which provides raw network data. (2)… More >

Zhifang Liao¹, Bolin Zhang¹, Xuechun Huang¹, Song Yu^1,*, Yan Zhang²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.1, pp. 687-704, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.027466

Abstract Currently, open-source software is gradually being integrated into industrial software, while industry protocols in industrial software are also gradually transferred to open-source community development. Industrial protocol standardization organizations are confronted with fragmented and numerous code PR (Pull Request) and informal proposals, and different workflows will lead to increased operating costs. The open-source community maintenance team needs software that is more intelligent to guide the identification and classification of these issues. To solve the above problems, this paper proposes a PR review prediction model based on multi-dimensional features. We extract 43 features of PR and divide… More >

Waleed Akbar, Afaq Muhammad, Wang-Cheol Song^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 3743-3759, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.036440

Abstract Data is growing quickly due to a significant increase in social media applications. Today, billions of people use an enormous amount of data to access the Internet. The backbone network experiences a substantial load as a result of an increase in users. Users in the same region or company frequently ask for similar material, especially on social media platforms. The subsequent request for the same content can be satisfied from the edge if stored in proximity to the user. Applications that require relatively low latency can use Content Delivery Network (CDN) technology to meet their… More >

Fei Zeng¹, Zhinong Wei¹, Haiteng Han^1,*, Yang Chen²

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.5, pp. 1067-1080, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.022479

Abstract A blockchain-based power transaction method is proposed for Active Distribution Network (ADN), considering the poor security and high cost of a centralized power trading system. Firstly, the decentralized blockchain structure of the ADN power transaction is built and the transaction information is kept in blocks. Secondly, considering the transaction needs between users and power suppliers in ADN, an energy request mechanism is proposed, and the optimization objective function is designed by integrating cost aware requests and storage aware requests. Finally, the particle swarm optimization algorithm is used for multi-objective optimal search to find the power More >