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Long short-term memory neural network and improved particle swarm optimization–based modeling and scenario analysis for municipal solid waste generation in Shanghai, China
Accurate estimations of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation are vital to effective MSW management systems. While various single-point estimation approaches have been developed, the non-linearity and multipl...
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An ACO-based heuristic approach for a route and speed optimization problem in home health care with synchronized visits and carbon emissions
The growing concern about the influences of anthropogenic pollutions has forced researchers and scholars to study the environmental concerns. This paper addresses a joint daily route and speed optimization pro...
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Open AccessAb initio determination of crystal stability of di-p-tolyl disulfide
With the rapid growth of energy demand and the depletion of existing energy resources, the new materials with superior performances, low costs and environmental friendliness for energy production and storage a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Exact Method for a Green Vehicle Routing Problem with Traffic Congestion
This paper addresses a time-dependent green vehicle routing problem (TDGVRP) with the consideration of traffic congestion. In this work, the objective is to optimize the vehicle routing plan, with the goal of ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for a Transportation Problem in Home Health Care with the Consideration of Carbon Emissions
Home health care (HHC) companies provide the care service for the patients at their homes in order to help them recover from illness or injury. Since transportation cost is one of the largest operating costs i...
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CO Hydrogenation to C2-oxygenates over Rh–Mn–Li/SiO2 Catalyst: Effects of Support Pretreatment with nC1–C5 Alcohols
The effects of support pretreatment with nC1–C5 alcohols on the performance of Rh–Mn–Li/SiO2 catalyst in the synthesis of C2-oxygenates from syngas have been investigated by CO hydrogenation reaction, transmissio...
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Enhanced ethanol production inside carbon-nanotube reactors containing catalytic particles
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have well-defined hollow interiors and exhibit unusual mechanical and thermal stability as well as electron conductivity1. This opens intriguing possibilities to introduce other matter int...
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Synthesis and Surface Characteristics of Zirconia and Modified Zirconia: Performance of CO Hydrogenation
ZrO2-A and ZrO2-B catalysts were prepared by two different coprecipitation methods and their performance of CO hydrogenation was studied. The results indicated that ZrO2 and Li-, Pd- and Mn-modified ZrO2 catalyst...