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Classification of High-Risk Paratransit Drivers Using Ensemble Machine Learning

This study utilizes a suite of machine learning algorithms, with Logistic Regression emerging as the most effective model, to classify high-risk paratransit drivers in Gazipur, Bangladesh, based on socioeconomic and operational factors, thereby offering transportation authorities a data-driven tool for targeted safety interventions.

Md Sifat Bin Siraj, Shumaila Noor, Md Emon Miah, Md Jubayadul Islam, Saifullah Mahmud, Jannatul Ferdous, Sk. Md. Ahaduz2026-08-13
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PV Defect Detection Network Equipped with Novel Decoupled Downsampling, Mixed Attention and Heterogeneous Convolution Modules

This paper proposes CCM-YOLO, a lightweight and accurate photovoltaic defect detection model utilizing visible light imaging that integrates novel decoupled downsampling, mixed attention, and heterogeneous convolution modules to significantly reduce computational cost while outperforming state-of-the-art methods in both precision and model efficiency.

Ling Zhu, Jianyu Cheng, Guangyu Liu2026-08-13
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Ancient Painting Garment Inpainting via Garment Structure Guidance and Garment Region-Reweighted Flow Matching

This paper proposes a two-stage framework combining Fashion LoRA guidance and Garment Region-Reweighted Flow Matching to address the structural and textural degradation of garments in ancient paintings, significantly improving restoration quality and providing auditable, structure-constrained digital candidates for cultural heritage preservation.

Jinjing Yu, Juan Chai, Xiyue Zhang, Rong Fu, Kaixuan Liu2026-08-13
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RAGtio: A Modular Framework for Systematic Evaluation of Hybrid Retrieval-Augmented Generation Pipelines

This paper introduces RAGtio, a modular, open-source framework built on Haystack and Qdrant that enables systematic, reproducible evaluation of hybrid RAG retrieval pipelines in the biomedical domain through dual assessment modes and accessible interfaces for both technical and non-technical users.

Annamaria Defilippo, Nicola Procopio, Pietro Hiram Guzzi, Pierangelo Veltri, Patrizia Vizza2026-08-13
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Explainable Multi-Agent AI Systems for Intelligent Software Engineering and Business Automation

This paper introduces XCognitive SwarmNet, a cognitive swarm-based multi-agent framework that integrates collaborative reasoning, explainable decision intelligence, and digital twin simulation to significantly enhance the accuracy, quality, efficiency, and transparency of AI-driven software engineering and business automation for Industry 4.0.

Aashish Baldwa, Devang Upadhyay, Premal Bhatt, Pratham Bhatt, Nebojsa Bacanin, Milica Djuric Jovicic, Bosko Nikolic2026-08-13
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Delegation-Aware Runtime Contracts for Open LLM Multi-Agent Systems: Constraint Preservation, Capability Revocation, and State Recovery

This paper introduces Delegation-Aware Runtime Contracts (DARC), a formal framework that treats authority transfer in LLM multi-agent systems as a machine-checkable process to enforce constraint preservation, capability revocation, and state recovery through deterministic runtime mediation, thereby addressing the safety risks of treating delegation as mere natural language.

Vinay Bamil2026-08-13
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Topology-Aware Structural Parsing of Hand-Drawn Diagrams via Learning-Aligned Decoding

This paper presents a two-pass framework for hand-drawn diagram parsing that combines a multi-head graph-evidence network with a deterministic assembler to effectively bridge the gap between pixel-level visual evidence and accurate structural graph recovery, achieving high performance in node detection, connector tracing, and directed link reconstruction.

Hrishikesh Vichore, Mansi Radke, Praveen Kumar2026-08-13
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Automating data splitting and hyper-parameters tuning in an Echo State Network-based model for Dynamic Aperture prediction

This paper investigates the impact of different data partitioning strategies on Echo State Network performance for predicting Dynamic Aperture in hadron storage rings, specifically exploring the automation of the training-test split boundary using the derivative of analytical scaling laws derived from the Nekhoroshev theorem.

Quentin Bruant, Barbara Dalena, Massimo Giovannozzi, Maxime Casanova2026-08-13
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Reliability-Weighted Spectral Allocation with Full Spectral Cores for Parameter-Efficient Visual Fine-Tuning

This paper proposes a reliability-weighted spectral allocation method that automatically determines task-specific parameter counts and locations using gradient-based evidence, enabling parameter-efficient visual fine-tuning with full spectral cores that outperform linear probing while requiring no user-specified rank budgets.

Ba Ty Dang, Kim Huong Tran, Thi Uyen Nguyen2026-08-13