Download or read book Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Production Research Americas written by Fernando Deschamps and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the conference and provides valuable insights into the issues facing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), particularly in the areas of sustainable operations and digitalization. It comprises a series of papers presented at the conference, covering topics such as: challenges faced by SMEs in a post-pandemic era; digitalization and its impact on SMEs; sustainable operations in SMEs; international market performance improvement in SMEs; SMEs infrastructure and integration with research, development, and innovation institutions; and SMEs participation in business networks. The papers offer a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing SMEs and provides practical solutions for those looking to help their organizations thrive in a rapidly changing business environment.

Download or read book Electronic Devices Circuits and Systems for Biomedical Applications written by Suman Lata Tripathi and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronic Devices, Circuits, and Systems for Biomedical Applications: Challenges and Intelligent Approaches explains the latest information on the design of new technological solutions for low-power, high-speed efficient biomedical devices, circuits and systems. The book outlines new methods to enhance system performance, provides key parameters to explore the electronic devices and circuit biomedical applications, and discusses innovative materials that improve device performance, even for those with smaller dimensions and lower costs. This book is ideal for graduate students in biomedical engineering and medical informatics, biomedical engineers, medical device designers, and researchers in signal processing. - Presents major design challenges and research potential in biomedical systems - Walks readers through essential concepts in advanced biomedical system design - Focuses on healthcare system design for low power-efficient and highly-secured biomedical electronics

Download or read book Advanced Mobile Robotics written by DaeEun Kim and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobile robotics is a challenging field with great potential. It covers disciplines including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, cognitive science, and social science. It is essential to the design of automated robots, in combination with artificial intelligence, vision, and sensor technologies. Mobile robots are widely used for surveillance, guidance, transportation and entertainment tasks, as well as medical applications. This Special Issue intends to concentrate on recent developments concerning mobile robots and the research surrounding them to enhance studies on the fundamental problems observed in the robots. Various multidisciplinary approaches and integrative contributions including navigation, learning and adaptation, networked system, biologically inspired robots and cognitive methods are welcome contributions to this Special Issue, both from a research and an application perspective.

Download or read book Human Inspired Dexterity in Robotic Manipulation written by Tetsuyou Watanabe and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Inspired Dexterity in Robotic Manipulation provides up-to-date research and information on how to imitate humans and realize robotic manipulation. Approaches from both software and hardware viewpoints are shown, with sections discussing, and highlighting, case studies that demonstrate how human manipulation techniques or skills can be transferred to robotic manipulation. From the hardware viewpoint, the book discusses important human hand structures that are key for robotic hand design and how they should be embedded for dexterous manipulation. This book is ideal for the research communities in robotics, mechatronics and automation. - Investigates current research direction in robotic manipulation - Shows how human manipulation techniques and skills can be transferred to robotic manipulation - Identifies key human hand structures for robotic hand design and how they should be embedded in the robotic hand for dexterous manipulation

Download or read book IoT Applications Security Threats and Countermeasures written by Padmalaya Nayak and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores modern sensor technologies while also discussing security issues, which is the dominant factor for many types of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. It also covers recent (IoT) applications such as the Markovian Arrival Process, fog computing, real-time solar energy monitoring, healthcare, and agriculture. Fundamental concepts of gathering, processing, and analyzing different Artificial Intelligence (AI) models in IoT applications are covered along with recent detection mechanisms for different types of attacks for effective network communication. On par with the standards laid out by international organizations in related fields, the book focuses on both core concepts of IoT along with major application areas. Designed for technical developers, academicians, data scientists, industrial researchers, professionals, and students, this book is useful in uncovering the latest innovations in the field of IoT.

Download or read book Human Health Engineering written by Jean-Marie Aerts and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Special Issue on human health engineering, we invited submissions exploring recent contributions to the field of human health engineering, which is the technology used for monitoring the physical or mental health status of individuals in a variety of applications. Contributions focused on sensors, wearable hardware, algorithms, or integrated monitoring systems. We organized the different papers according to their contributions to the main aspects of the monitoring and control engineering scheme applied to human health applications, including papers focusing on measuring/sensing physiological variables, contributions describing research on the modelling of biological signals, papers highlighting health monitoring applications, and finally examples of control applications for human health. In comparison to biomedical engineering, the field of human health engineering also covers applications on healthy humans (e.g., sports, sleep, and stress) and thus not only contributes to develop technology for curing patients or supporting chronically ill people, but also more generally for disease prevention and optimizing human well-being.

Download or read book Internet of Things A to Z written by Qusay F. Hassan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-05-09 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the Internet of Things’ core concepts, technologies, and applications Internet of Things A to Z offers a holistic approach to the Internet of Things (IoT) model. The Internet of Things refers to uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. Recently, there has been a rapid growth in research on IoT communications and networks, that confirms the scalability and broad reach of the core concepts. With contributions from a panel of international experts, the text offers insight into the ideas, technologies, and applications of this subject. The authors discuss recent developments in the field and the most current and emerging trends in IoT. In addition, the text is filled with examples of innovative applications and real-world case studies. Internet of Things A to Z fills the need for an up-to-date volume on the topic. This important book: Covers in great detail the core concepts, enabling technologies, and implications of the Internet of Things Addresses the business, social, and legal aspects of the Internet of Things Explores the critical topic of security and privacy challenges for both individuals and organizations Includes a discussion of advanced topics such as the need for standards and interoperability Contains contributions from an international group of experts in academia, industry, and research Written for ICT researchers, industry professionals, and lifetime IT learners as well as academics and students, Internet of Things A to Z provides a much-needed and comprehensive resource to this burgeoning field.

Download or read book 32nd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering written by Ludovic Montastruc and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 1760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 32nd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering: ESCAPE-32 contains the papers presented at the 32nd European Symposium of Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE) event held in Toulouse, France. It is a valuable resource for chemical engineers, chemical process engineers, researchers in industry and academia, students and consultants for chemical industries who work in process development and design. - Presents findings and discussions from the 32nd European Symposium of Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE) event

Download or read book Computer Safety Reliability and Security SAFECOMP 2020 Workshops written by António Casimiro and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the Workshops held in conjunction with SAFECOMP 2020, 39th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2020. The 26 regular papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions; the book also contains one invited paper. The workshops included in this volume are: DECSoS 2020: 15th Workshop on Dependable Smart Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems and Systems-of-Systems. DepDevOps 2020: First International Workshop on Dependable Development-Operation Continuum Methods for Dependable Cyber-Physical Systems. USDAI 2020: First International Workshop on Underpinnings for Safe Distributed AI. WAISE 2020: Third International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety Engineering. The workshops were held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Download or read book Limited Information Shared Control and its Applications to Large Vehicle Manipulators written by Varga, Bálint and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work focuses on the Limited Information Shared Control and its controller design using potential games. Through the developed systematic controller design, the experiments demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of this concept compared to traditional manual and non-cooperative control approaches in the application of large vehicle manipulators.

Download or read book Robot Systems for Rail Transit Applications written by Hui Liu and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robot Systems for Rail Transit Applications presents the latest advances in robotics and artificial intelligence for railway systems, giving foundational principles and running through special problems in robot systems for rail transit. State-of-the art research in robotics and railway systems is presented alongside a series of real-world examples. Eight chapters give definitions and characteristics of rail transit robot systems, describe assembly and collaborative robots in manufacturing, introduce automated guided vehicles and autonomous rail rapid transit, demonstrate inspection robots, cover trench robots, and explain unmanned aerial vehicles. This book offers an integrated and highly-practical way to approach robotics and artificial intelligence in rail-transit. - Introduces robot and artificial intelligence (AI) systems for rail transit applications - Presents research alongside step-by-step coverage of real-world cases - Gives the theoretical foundations underlying practical application - Offers solutions for high-speed railways from the latest work in robotics - Shows how robotics and AI systems afford new and efficient methods in rail transit

Download or read book Cyber Malware written by Iman Almomani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the foundational aspects of malware attack vectors and appropriate defense mechanisms against malware. The book equips readers with the necessary knowledge and techniques to successfully lower the risk against emergent malware attacks. Topics cover protections against malware using machine learning algorithms, Blockchain and AI technologies, smart AI-based applications, automated detection-based AI tools, forensics tools, and much more. The authors discuss theoretical, technical, and practical issues related to cyber malware attacks and defense, making it ideal reading material for students, researchers, and developers.

Download or read book Advances in Italian Robotics written by Giulio Rosati and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book disseminates the latest research achievements, findings, and ideas in the robotics field, with particular attention to the Italian scenario. Book coverage includes topics that are related to the theory, design, practice, and applications of robots, such as robot design and kinematics, dynamics of robots and multi-body systems, linkages and manipulators, control of robotic systems, trajectory planning and optimization, innovative robots and applications, industrial robotics, collaborative robotics, medical robotics, assistive robotics, and service robotics. Book contributions include, but are not limited to, revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers that have been presented at the 2nd International Conference of IFToMM Italy (IFIT 2018).

Download or read book Intelligent Building Control Systems written by John T. Wen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of this book will be shown how, with the adoption of ubiquituous sensing, extensive data-gathering and forecasting, and building-embedded advanced actuation, intelligent building systems with the ability to respond to occupant preferences in a safe and energy-efficient manner are becoming a reality. The articles collected present a holistic perspective on the state of the art and current research directions in building automation, advanced sensing and control, including: model-based and model-free control design for temperature control; smart lighting systems; smart sensors and actuators (such as smart thermostats, lighting fixtures and HVAC equipment with embedded intelligence); and energy management, including consideration of grid connectivity and distributed intelligence. These articles are both educational for practitioners and graduate students interested in design and implementation, and foundational for researchers interested in understanding the state of the art and the challenges that must be overcome in realizing the potential benefits of smart building systems. This edited volume also includes case studies from implementation of these algorithms/sensing strategies in to-scale building systems. These demonstrate the benefits and pitfalls of using smart sensing and control for enhanced occupant comfort and energy efficiency.

Download or read book Bringing Innovative Robotic Technologies from Research Labs to Industrial End users written by Fabrizio Caccavale and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the main achievements of the EuRoC (European Robotics Challenges) project, which ran from 1st January,2014 to 30th June 2018 and was funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. It describes not only the scientific and technological achievements of the project, but also the potential of the comparative challenge approach in robotics for knowledge advancement and technology transfer.

Download or read book Integration of Distributed Resources in Smart Grids for Demand Response and Transactive Energy written by Meng Song and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proliferation of renewable energy enhances the sustainability of power systems, but the inherent variability also poses great challenges to the planning and operation of large power grids. The corresponding electric power deficiencies can be compensated by fast ramping generators and energy storage devices. However, frequent ramp up/down power adjustments can increase the operation and the maintenance cost of generators. Moreover, storage devices are regarded as costly alternatives. Demand response (DR) and transactive energy can address this problem owing to its attractive and versatile capability for balancing the supply-demand, improving energy efficiency, and enhancing system resilience. Distributed resources are the typical participants of DR and transactive energy programs, which greatly contribute to keep the supply and demand in a balance. Thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) (i.e., air conditioners, water heaters, and refrigerators) represent an example of distributed resources, the ratio of which to the total power consumption in developed countries is up to 30%–40%. Providing tremendous potentials in adjustable power consumption, TCLs have attracted major interests in DR and transactive energy opportunities. It has highlighted the advantages of TCLs in responding to uncertainties in power systems. This book provides an insight of TCLs as typical distributed resources in smart grids for demand response and transactive energy to address the imbalance between supply and demand problems in power systems. The key points on analysis of uncertainty parameters, aggregated control models, battery modelling, multi-time scale control, transactive control and robust restoration of TCLs are all included. These are the research points of smart grids and deserve much attention. We believe this book will offer the related researcher a better understanding on the integration of distributed resources into smart grid for demand response and transactive energy. And it will be helpful to address the problems in practical projects.

Download or read book Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing written by Shanben Chen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary aim of this volume is to provide researchers and engineers from both academic and industry with up-to-date coverage of new results in the field of robotic welding, intelligent systems and automation. The book is mainly based on papers selected from the 2022 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2022) in Shanghai and Lanzhou, China. The articles show that the intelligentized welding manufacturing (IWM) is becoming an inevitable trend with the intelligentized robotic welding as the key technology. The volume is divided into four logical parts: Intelligent Techniques for Robotic Welding, Sensing of Arc Welding Processing, Modeling and Intelligent Control of Welding Processing, as well as Intelligent Control and its Applications in Engineering.