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Energy and Delay Optimized Task Offloading Framework in Edge Computing Using DDPG with Dual Critic Attention and Uncertainty-Aware Experience Replay Cover

Energy and Delay Optimized Task Offloading Framework in Edge Computing Using DDPG with Dual Critic Attention and Uncertainty-Aware Experience Replay

Open Access
|Mar 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2026-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 71
Submitted on: Aug 12, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 3, 2025
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Published on: Mar 21, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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