💻 computer science

Diversity-Based Fitness Regularization in Genetic Algorithms: A Methodological Audit Across Population Sizes

This paper audits a diversity-based fitness regularization method in genetic algorithms against a magnitude-matched noise control protocol, finding that its purported benefits are largely indistinguishable from unstructured noise and driven by outliers, thereby supporting the method only in a narrow regime while establishing a rigorous framework for future evaluations of inertia mechanisms.

Tilan Ukwatta2026-09-01
💻 computer science

Quantum Local Density of States for Random k-SAT: An Amplitude-Estimation Primitive and a Clause-Width Regime for Quantum Advantage

This paper introduces a quantum Local Density of States (LDOS) primitive for random k-SAT that uses amplitude estimation to efficiently estimate the residual satisfying fraction, demonstrating a quantum advantage for clause widths of four or higher while clarifying that the positivity fraction is primarily a structural counting effect rather than a signal of the freezing transition.

Michail Gerogiannis, Dimitris Ntalaperas, Nikos Konofaos2026-08-31
💻 computer science

Adaptive Reconstruction-Aware Evidence Fusion for Generalizable Diffusion-Generated Image Detection

This paper proposes an adaptive reconstruction-aware evidence fusion framework that integrates spatial discriminative and reconstruction-aware branches through anomaly-guided interaction and reliability routing to achieve robust, generalizable detection of diffusion-generated images across unseen generators and post-processing perturbations.

Song Shen, Tingnian He, Shenghui Ji, Xiaolin Wei2026-08-31
💻 computer science

Calibrated Residual Modeling for Explainable Anomaly Detection in Multivariate Sensor Streams

This paper proposes a hybrid deep statistical framework that integrates a temporal convolutional autoencoder, a probabilistic residual model, and extreme value calibration to achieve robust, interpretable, and adaptive anomaly detection in multivariate sensor streams, demonstrating superior performance and reduced detection delays across six diverse benchmarks compared to transformer and contrastive baselines.

Rui Shi2026-08-31
💻 computer science

Digital Twin Feedback for Predictive Maintenance in Industrial IoT Environments

The paper proposes the Hierarchical Sensor-Fused Edge Intelligence with Digital Twin Feedback (HSEI-DTF) framework, a multi-layered predictive maintenance system that integrates edge-based multi-modal signal processing, hybrid machine learning models, and physics-informed digital twin synchronization to significantly reduce equipment downtime and false-negative rates while achieving high accuracy and low latency in industrial IoT environments.

Megha Patil, Yogesh Bhirud, Dhanashree Barbole2026-08-31