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Analyzing the Performance and Control of a Hydronic Pavement System in a District Heating Network

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
A hydronic pavement system (HPS) is an alternative method to clear snow and ice, which avoids the use of salt, sand, and fossil fuel in conventional snow clearance, and minimizes the risk of accidents.
Stefan Blomqvist   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Energy Renovation versus Demolition and Construction of a New Building—A Comparative Analysis of a Swedish Multi-Family Building

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
This study addresses the life cycle costs (LCC) of energy renovation, and the demolition and construction of a new building. A comparison is made between LCC optimal energy renovations of four different building types with thermal performance ...
Lina La Fleur   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An improved approach for association rule mining using a multi-criteria decision support system: a case study in road safety

open access: yesEuropean Transport Research Review, 2017
Purpose Road accidents have come to be considered a major public health problem worldwide. The aim of many studies is therefore to identify the main factors contributing to the severity of crashes.
Addi Ait-Mlouk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Machine Learning-Based Relative Performance Analysis of Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline Grid-Tied PV Systems

open access: yesInternational Journal of Photoenergy, 2022
In this research study, the design and performance evaluation of grid-tied photovoltaic systems has been carried out through experimentation, HelioScope simulation, and black-box machine learning methods for data-driven artificial intelligence system ...
Asfand Yar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mining and prioritization of association rules for big data: multi-criteria decision analysis approach

open access: yesJournal of Big Data, 2017
Data mining techniques and extracting patterns from large datasets play a vital role in knowledge discovery. Most of the decision makers encounter a large number of decision rules resulted from association rules mining.
Addi Ait-Mlouk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to and drivers for environmental, energy, and water management practices in football facilities—Toward increased sustainability in the sports community

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability
IntroductionThis study explores the barriers to and drivers for implementing environmental, energy, and water management practices in football facilities, aiming to enhance sustainability within the sports community.MethodData were collected through a ...
Emma Lindkvist   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reinforcement learning applications in water resource management: a systematic literature review

open access: yesFrontiers in Water
Climate change is increasingly affecting the water cycle, with droughts and floods posing significant challenges for agriculture, hydropower production, and urban water resource management due to growing variability in the factors influencing the water ...
Linus Kåge   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The fuzzy logic controllers synthesis method in the vector control system of the wind turbine doubly-fed induction generator [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
The article is devoted to the improvement of control systems for wind turbines by developing fuzzy controllers with higher transient characteristics and low computational costs of identification in comparison with the applied PI controllers. Based on the
Uskov Andrey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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