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The rapid development of cloud-native architecture has promoted the widespread application of container technology, but the optimization problems in container scheduling and resource management still face many challenges. This paper…
Farmers in developing regions like Karnataka, India, face a dual challenge: navigating extreme market and climate volatility while being excluded from the digital revolution due to literacy barriers. This paper presents a novel decision…
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Sustainable irrigation planning requires balancing economic benefits with environmental flow requirements under increasing climatic and resource constraints. Building on the irrigation optimization framework developed by Ullah and Nehring,…