InterCriteria Analysis of the Evaporation Parameter Influence on Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm: A Workforce Planning Problem

Roeva, Olympia; Fidanova, Stefka; Ganzha, Maria

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58884-7_5

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“…A sufficiently high consonance degree is assumed as a possible indicator for elimination [21,22]. The opportunity that ICrA provides has been used to find reliable solutions for different tasks [23][24][25] and in various scientific fields [26][27][28][29].…”

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How to Optimize the Experimental Protocol for Surface EMG Signal Measurements Using the InterCriteria Decision-Making Approach

Angelova,

Raikova

2024

Applied Sciences

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The InterCriteria decision-making approach, known as InterCriteria analysis (ICrA), was applied here to optimize the experimental protocol when the surface electromyography (EMG) signals of upper arm human muscles are recorded. Ten healthy subjects performed cycling movements in the sagittal plane with and without added weight for ten, six, two, and one second, respectively, for each active phase. The EMG signals from six muscles or parts of muscles, namely m. deltoideus pars clavicularis and pars spinata, m. brachialis, m. anconeus, m. biceps brachii, and m. triceps brachii caput longum, were recorded. ICrA was used on the obtained data to find correlations between the sixteen different phases, eight for elbow flexion and eight for elbow extension. Based on the obtained results, we proposed an optimized experimental protocol (OEP) that omits slower and more difficult tasks while saving crucial data. The optimized protocol consists of seven, instead of ten, tasks and takes three minutes less than the time taken for the full experimental protocol (FEP). The lower number of movements in the OEP could prevent physical and psychical fatigue, discomfort, or even pain in the investigated subjects. In addition, the time to train subjects, as well as the time to process the surface EMG data, can be significantly reduced.

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