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CICDWOA: A Collective Cognitive Sharing Whale Optimization Algorithm with Cauchy Inverse Cumulative Distribution for 2D/3D Path Planning and Engineering Design Problems

Junhao Wei, Yanxiao Li, Seyedali Mirjalili, Dexing Yao, Yifu Zhao, Haochen Li, Xudong Ye, Zikun Li, Qingyang Xu, Baili Lu, Ngai Cheong, Dengcheng Yang, Sio-Kei Im, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang · 2026

The Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) has shown strong optimization ability but still suffers from premature convergence and weak search diversity. To address these issues, this paper proposes an enh…

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Detection and Classification of Cetacean Echolocation Clicks using Image-based Object Detection Methods applied to Advanced Wavelet-based Transformations

Christopher Hauer · 2026

A challenge in marine bioacoustic analysis is the detection of animal signals, like calls, whistles and clicks, for behavioral studies. Manual labeling is too time-consuming to process sufficient data…

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A Comprehensive Review of Bio-Inspired Approaches to Coordination, Communication, and System Architecture in Underwater Swarm Robotics

Shyalan Ramesh, Scott Mann, Alex Stumpf · 2026

The increasing complexity of marine operations has intensified the need for intelligent robotic systems to support ocean observation, exploration, and resource management. Underwater swarm robotics of…

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Real-time Remote Tracking and Autonomous Planning for Whale Rendezvous using Robots

Sushmita Bhattacharya, Ninad Jadhav, Hammad Izhar, Karen Li, Kevin George, Robert Wood, Stephanie Gil · 2025

We introduce a system for real-time sperm whale rendezvous at sea using an autonomous uncrewed aerial vehicle. Our system employs model-based reinforcement learning that combines in situ sensor data w…

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NAWOA-XGBoost: A Novel Model for Early Prediction of Academic Potential in Computer Science Students

Junhao Wei, Yanzhao Gu, Ran Zhang, Mingjing Huang, Jinhong Song, Yanxiao Li, Wenxuan Zhu, Yapeng Wang, Zikun Li, Zhiwen Wang, Xu Yang, Ngai Cheong · 2025

Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) suffers from limited global search ability, slow convergence, and tendency to fall into local optima, restricting its effectiveness in hyperparameter optimization fo…

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An Enhanced Whale Optimization Algorithm with Log-Normal Distribution for Optimizing Coverage of Wireless Sensor Networks

Junhao Wei, Yanzhao Gu, Ran Zhang, Yanxiao Li, Wenxuan Zhu, Jinhong Song, Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Ngai Cheong · 2025

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are essential for monitoring and communication in complex environments, where coverage optimization directly affects performance and energy efficiency. However, traditi…

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WhaleVAD-BPN: Improving Baleen Whale Call Detection with Boundary Proposal Networks and Post-processing Optimisation

Christiaan M. Geldenhuys, Gunther Tonitz, Thomas R. Niesler · 2025

While recent sound event detection (SED) systems can identify baleen whale calls in marine audio, challenges related to false positive and minority-class detection persist. We propose the boundary pro…

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Dynamic State Estimation of Power System Utilizing Cauchy Kernel-Based Maximum Mixture Correntropy UKF over Beluga Whale-Bat Optimization

Duc Viet Nguyen, Haiquan Zhao, Jinhui Hu · 2025

Non-Gaussian noise, outliers, sudden load changes, and bad measurement data are key factors that diminish the accuracy of dynamic state estimation in power systems. Additionally, unscented Kalman filt…

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Whale Optimization Algorithms based fractional order fuzzy PID controller for Depth of Anesthesia

Amin Behboudifar, Chen Jing · 2025

One of the most important surgical factors is Depth of Anesthesia (DOA) control in patients. The main problem is to overcome the uncertainty and nonlinearity of the system, due to different physiologi…

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LLM-Enhanced Feature Engineering for Multi-Factor Electricity Price Predictions

Haochen Xue, Chenghao Liu, Chong Zhang, Yuxuan Chen, Angxiao Zong, Zhaodong Wu, Yulong Li, Jiayi Liu, Kaiyu Liang, Zhixiang Lu, Ruobing Li, Jionglong Su · 2025

Accurately forecasting electricity price volatility is crucial for effective risk management and decision-making. Traditional forecasting models often fall short in capturing the complex, non-linear d…

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Epidemic Forecasting with a Hybrid Deep Learning Method Using CNN-LSTM With WOA-GWO Parameter Optimization: Global COVID-19 Case Study

Mousa Alizadeh, Mohammad Hossein Samaei, Azam Seilsepour, Alireza Monavarian, Mohammad TH Beheshti · 2025

Effective epidemic modeling is essential for managing public health crises, requiring robust methods to predict disease spread and optimize resource allocation. This study introduces a novel deep lear…

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Utility-Scale Bifacial Solar Photovoltaic System: Optimum Sizing and Techno-Economic Evaluation

Sharaf K. Magableh, Caisheng Wang, Feng Lin · 2024

Classical monofacial solar photovoltaic systems have gained prevalence and are widely reported in the literature because they have a lower initial cost compared with bifacial systems. However, limited…

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Automatic Detection and Annotation of Sperm Whale Codas

Guy Gubnitsky, Yaly Mevorach, Shane Gero, David F. Gruber, Roee Diamant · 2024

A key technology in sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) monitoring is the identification of sperm whale communication signals, known as codas. In this paper we present the first automatic coda detect…

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Whale Optimization Algorithm-based Fractional Order Fuzzy Type-II PI Control for Modular Multilevel Converters

Mohammad Ali Labbaf-Khaniki, Mohammad Manthouri, Amin Hajizadeh · 2024

Designing a robust controller for Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs) is crucial to ensure stability and optimal dynamic performance under various operating conditions, including faulty and disturbed…

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Synchronization and Control of Chaotic Spur Gear System Using Type-II Fuzzy Controller Optimized via Whale Optimization Algorithm

Farnaz Rezay Morsagh, Mehdi Siahi, Soudabeh Soleymani · 2024

Interval type-II Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) assumes a crucial role in determining the coefficients of the PID controller, thereby augmenting the controller's flexibility. Controlling chaotic systems…

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Object-Centric Instruction Augmentation for Robotic Manipulation

Junjie Wen, Yichen Zhu, Minjie Zhu, Jinming Li, Zhiyuan Xu, Zhengping Che, Chaomin Shen, Yaxin Peng, Dong Liu, Feifei Feng, Jian Tang · 2024

Humans interpret scenes by recognizing both the identities and positions of objects in their observations. For a robot to perform tasks such as \enquote{pick and place}, understanding both what the ob…

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Detecting the presence of sperm whales echolocation clicks in noisy environments

Guy Gubnitsky, Roee Diamant · 2023

Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) navigate underwater with a series of impulsive, click-like sounds known as echolocation clicks. These clicks are characterized by a multipulse structure (MPS) tha…

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Robotic Barrier Construction through Weaved, Inflatable Tubes

H. J. Kim, H. Abdel-Raziq, X. Liu, A. Y. Siskovic, S. Patil, K. H. Petersen, H. L. Kao · 2023

In this article, we present a mechanism and related path planning algorithm to construct light-duty barriers out of extruded, inflated tubes weaved around existing environmental features. Our extruded…

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Digital Filters for Instantaneous Frequency Estimation

Hugh Lachlan Kennedy · 2023

This technical note is on digital filters for the high-fidelity estimation of a sinusoidal signal's frequency in the presence of additive noise. The complex noise is assumed to be white (i.e. uncorrel…

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Open-World Object Manipulation using Pre-trained Vision-Language Models

Austin Stone, Ted Xiao, Yao Lu, Keerthana Gopalakrishnan, Kuang-Huei Lee, Quan Vuong, Paul Wohlhart, Sean Kirmani, Brianna Zitkovich, Fei Xia, Chelsea Finn, Karol Hausman · 2023

For robots to follow instructions from people, they must be able to connect the rich semantic information in human vocabulary, e.g. "can you get me the pink stuffed whale?" to their sensory observatio…

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