COVID-era trick could transform drug and chemical discovery

Laboratories turned to a smart workaround when COVID‑19 testing kits became scarce in 2020. They mixed samples from several ...

Eye for trouble: Automated counting for chromosome issues under the microscope

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...
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Reinforcement Learning Assisting Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Scheduling Distributed Assembly Flowshops With Batch Delivery

Abstract: In response to escalating market demands, we extend the distributed assembly flowshop problems (DAFSPs) by incorporating batch delivery, optimizing both total energy consumption (TEC) and ...
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Ensemble Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and Q-Learning for Multi-Objective Distributed Heterogeneous Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Sequence-Dependent Setup Time

Abstract: As the global economy develops and people's awareness of environmental protection increases, the efficient scheduling of production lines in workshops has received more and more attention.