scholarly journals REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING BY ALLOCATING LOG-DECKS USING MULTI-OBJECTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM IN WESTERN AMAZON

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Antonio Isaac Júnior ◽  
Bruno Henrique Groenner Barbosa ◽  
Lucas Rezende Gomide ◽  
Natalino Calegario ◽  
Evandro Orfanó Figueiredo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Evolutionary Algorithm ◽  
Management Unit ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
The Road ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Management Alternative ◽  
Reduced Impact Logging

ABSTRACT To reduce the damage caused by logging in the Amazon rainforest, new metaheuristics have been implemented and tested to ensure the sustainability of this economic segment. Therefore, this study aimed to compare alternatives for road sizing and log deck allocation. In a forest management unit, the skidding to log decks was evaluated in two different areas. To determine the skidding/log deck relation, georeferenced points were generated equally spaced every 50 m. In area 1, the Integer Linear Programming (ILP) model and the Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm (MOEA) were compared. In area 2, only the MOEA was considered. In both areas, these models were also compared to the current planning used in the forest management unit. Solutions were then generated to identify the best management alternative. In both areas, the MOEA showed greater efficiency regarding the processing time, as well as the reduction of log decks number and the road sizing. The multi-objective evolutionary approach assists the decision-making process, due to the presentation of alternatives based on Pareto-optimal solutions, making the choice more flexible and well supported.

Multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on neighborhood

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1570-1574
Author(s):  
Mi-qing LI ◽  
Jin-hua ZHENG ◽  
Biao LUO ◽  
Jun WU ◽  
Shi-hua WEN
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Algorithm ◽  
Multi Objective

scholarly journals A Multi Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for the Parameters Extraction of Organic Thin Film Transistors Models

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 939
Author(s):  
Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello ◽  
Davide Ruggiero ◽  
Leopoldo Angrisani ◽  
Enzo Caputo ◽  
Francesco de Pandi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Evolutionary Algorithm ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Organic Transistors ◽  
Organic Thin Film ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Application Fields ◽  
Channel Lengths ◽  
P Type

Thanks to their peculiar features, organic transistors are proving to be a valuable alternative to traditional semiconducting devices in several application fields; however, before releasing their exploitation, simulating their behaviour through adequate circuital models could be advisable during the design stage of electronic circuits and/or boards. Consequently, accurately extracting the parameter value of those models is fundamental to developing useful libraries for hardware design environments. To face the considered problem, the authors present a method based on successive application of Single- and Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for the optimal tuning of model parameters of organic transistors on thin film (OTFT). In particular, parameters are first roughly estimated to assure the best fit with the experimental transfer characteristics; the estimates are successively refined through the multi-objective strategy by also matching the values of the experimental mobility. The performance of the method has been assessed by estimating the parameters value of both P-type and N-type OTFTs characterized by different values of channel lengths; the obtained results evidence that the proposed method can obtain suitable parameters values for all the considered channel lengths.

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