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Book Special Section on the 2014 CASE Conference part 2 and Special Section on the 2015 International Conference on Cyber Physical Systems

Download or read book Special Section on the 2014 CASE Conference part 2 and Special Section on the 2015 International Conference on Cyber Physical Systems written by Fan-Tien Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Advances on Mechanics Design Engineering and Manufacturing

Download or read book Advances on Mechanics Design Engineering and Manufacturing written by Benoit Eynard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 1208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers papers presented at the International Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (JCM 2016), held on 14-16 September, 2016, in Catania, Italy. It reports on cutting-edge topics in product design and manufacturing, such as industrial methods for integrated product and process design; innovative design; and computer-aided design. Further topics covered include virtual simulation and reverse engineering; additive manufacturing; product manufacturing; engineering methods in medicine and education; representation techniques; and nautical, aeronautics and aerospace design and modeling. The book is divided into eight main sections, reflecting the focus and primary themes of the conference. The contributions presented here will not only provide researchers, engineers and experts in a range of industrial engineering subfields with extensive information to support their daily work; they are also intended to stimulate new research directions, advanced applications of the methods discussed, and future interdisciplinary collaborations.

Book Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association IEA 2018

Download or read book Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association IEA 2018 written by Sebastiano Bagnara and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 1071 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), held on August 26-30, 2018, in Florence, Italy. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology and behavioral science, it provides researchers and practitioners alike with a comprehensive, timely guide on human factors and ergonomics. It also offers an excellent source of innovative ideas to stimulate future discussions and developments aimed at applying knowledge and techniques to optimize system performance, while at the same time promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of individuals. The proceedings include papers from researchers and practitioners, scientists and physicians, institutional leaders, managers and policy makers that contribute to constructing the Human Factors and Ergonomics approach across a variety of methodologies, domains and productive sectors. This volume includes papers addressing the following topics: Ergonomics in Manufacturing, Agriculture, Building and Construction, and Mining, and Human Factors and Sustainable Development.

Book Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering

Download or read book Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering written by Juan Carlos Figueroa-García and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-02 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2016, held in Bogotá, Colombia, in September 2016. The 35 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 128 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on computer science; computational intelligence; simulation systems; fuzzy sets and systems; power systems; miscellaneous applications.

Book Path Planning of Cooperative Mobile Robots Using Discrete Event Models

Download or read book Path Planning of Cooperative Mobile Robots Using Discrete Event Models written by Cristian Mahulea and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an integrated presentation for path planning and motion control of cooperative mobile robots using discrete-event system principles Generating feasible paths or routes between a given starting position and a goal or target position—while avoiding obstacles—is a common issue for all mobile robots. This book formulates the problem of path planning of cooperative mobile robots by using the paradigm of discrete-event systems. It presents everything readers need to know about discrete event system models—mainly Finite State Automata (FSA) and Petri Nets (PN)—and methods for centralized path planning and control of teams of identical mobile robots. Path Planning of Cooperative Mobile Robots Using Discrete Event Models begins with a brief definition of the Path Planning and Motion Control problems and their state of the art. It then presents different types of discrete models such as FSA and PNs. The RMTool MATLAB toolbox is described thereafter, for readers who will need it to provide numerical experiments in the last section. The book also discusses cell decomposition approaches and shows how the divided environment can be translated into an FSA by assigning to each cell a discrete state, while the adjacent relation together with the robot's dynamics implies the discrete transitions. Highlighting the benefits of Boolean Logic, Linear Temporal Logic, cell decomposition, Finite State Automata modeling, and Petri Nets, this book also: Synthesizes automatic strategies based on Discrete Event Systems (DES) for path planning and motion control and offers software implementations for the involved algorithms Provides a tutorial for motion planning introductory courses or related simulation-based projects using a MATLAB package called RMTool (Robot Motion Toolbox) Includes simulations for problems solved by methodologies presented in the book Path Planning of Cooperative Mobile Robots Using Discrete Event Models is an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate students and college and university professors in the areas of robotics, artificial intelligence, systems modeling, and autonomous control.

Book Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management written by Wickramasinghe, Nilmini and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective healthcare delivery is a vital concern for citizens and communities across the globe. The numerous facets of this industry require constant re-evaluation and optimization of management techniques. The Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on emerging strategies and methods for delivering optimal healthcare opportunities and solutions. Highlighting issues relating to decision making, process optimization, and technological applications, this book is ideally designed for policy makers, administrators, students, professionals, and researchers interested in achieving superior healthcare solutions.

Book The 21st Century Industrial Robot When Tools Become Collaborators

Download or read book The 21st Century Industrial Robot When Tools Become Collaborators written by Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to discuss the technical and ethical challenges posed by the present technological framework and to highlight the fundamental role played by human-centred design and human factors in the definition of robotic architectures for human–robot collaboration. The book gives an updated overview of the most recent robotic technology, conceived and designed to collaborate with human beings in industrial working scenarios. The technological development of robotics over the last years and the fast evolution of AI, machine learning and IoT have paved the way for applications that extend far beyond the typical use of robots performing repetitive tasks in exclusive spaces. In this new technological paradigm that is expected to drive the robotics market in the coming years, robots and workers will coexist in the same workplace, sharing not only this lived space, but also the roles and functions inherent to a process of production, merging the benefits of automated and manual performing. However, having robots cooperating in real time with workers, responding in a physical, psychological and social adequate way, requires a human-centred design that not only calls for high safety standards regulating the quality of human–robot interaction, but also demands the robot's fine-grained perception and awareness of the dynamics of its surrounding environment, namely the behaviours of their human peers—their expected actions/responses—fostering the necessary collaborative efforts towards the accomplishment of the tasks to be executed.

Book Flexible Robotics in Medicine

Download or read book Flexible Robotics in Medicine written by Hongliang Ren and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flexible Robotics in Medicine: A Design Journey of Motion Generation Mechanisms and Biorobotic System Development provides a resource of knowledge and successful prototypes regarding flexible robots in medicine. With specialists in the medical field increasingly utilizing robotics in medical procedures, it is vital to improve current knowledge regarding technologies available. This book covers the background, medical requirements, biomedical engineering principles, and new research on soft robots, including general flexible robotic systems, design specifications, design rationale, fabrication, verification experiments, actuators and sensors in flexible medical robotic systems. Presenting several projects as examples, the authors also discuss the pipeline to develop a medical robotic system, including important milestones such as involved regulations, device classifications and medical standards. Covers realistic prototypes, experimental protocols and design procedures for engineering flexible medical robotics Covers the full product development pipeline for engineering new flexible robots for medical applications, including design principles and design verifications Includes detailed information for application and development of several types of robots, including Handheld Concentric-Tube Flexible Robot for Intraocular Procedures, a Preliminary Robotic Surgery Platform with Multiple Section Tendon-Driven Mechanism, a Flexible Drill for Minimally Invasive Transoral Surgical Robotic System, Four-Tendon-Driven Flexible Manipulators, Slim Single-port Surgical Manipulator with Spring Backbones and Catheter-size Channels, and much more

Book Biomass and Solar Powered Sustainable Digital Cities

Download or read book Biomass and Solar Powered Sustainable Digital Cities written by O. V. Gnana Swathika and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-09-11 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and edited by a team of experts in the field, this groundbreaking new volume from Wiley-Scrivener offers the latest trends, processes, and breakthroughs in biomass and solar-powered technologies aimed at marching toward sustainable digital cities. This exciting new volume includes the research contribution of experts in solar and biomass-powered digital cities, incorporating sustainability by embedding computing and communication in day-to-day smart city applications. This book will be of immense use to practitioners in industries focusing on adaptive configuration and optimization in smart city systems. A wide array of smart city applications is also discussed with suitable use cases. The contributors to this book include renowned academics, industry practitioners, and researchers. Through case studies, it offers a rigorous introduction to the theoretical foundations, techniques, and practical solutions in this exciting area. Building smart cities with effective communication, control, intelligence, and security is discussed from societal and research perspectives. Whether for the veteran engineer, new hire, or student, this is a must-have volume for any library.

Book Artificial Intelligence in Diffusion MRI

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence in Diffusion MRI written by Mohammad Shehab and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the use of artificial intelligence to address a specific problem in the brain – the orientation distribution function. It discusses three aspects: (i) Preparing, enhancing and evaluating one of the cuckoo search algorithms (CSA); (ii) Describing the problem: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is used for non-invasive investigations of anatomical connectivity in the human brain, while Q-ball imaging (QBI) is a diffusion MRI reconstruction technique based on the orientation distribution function (ODF), which detects the dominant fiber orientations; however, ODF lacks local estimation accuracy along the path. (iii) Evaluating the performance of the CSA versions in solving the ODF problem using synthetic and real-world data. This book appeals to both postgraduates and researchers who are interested in the fields of medicine and computer science.

Book Urban Energy Systems for Low Carbon Cities

Download or read book Urban Energy Systems for Low Carbon Cities written by Ursula Eicker and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an increase of global energy demand arising in urban settlements, the key challenges for the urban energy transition include analysis of energy efficiency options and the potential of renewable energy systems within the existing building stock, making cities a key actor in the transition success. In Urban Energy Systems for Low Carbon Cities, indicators to evaluate urban energy performance are introduced and the status quo of monitoring and efficiency valuation schemes are discussed. The book discusses advances on the state-of-the-art of research in a number of key areas: Energy demand and consumption mapping and monitoring Optimization of design and operation of urban supply and distribution systems Integration of renewable energy and urban energy network models Demand side management strategies to better match renewable supply and demand and increase flexibilities With innovative modelling methods this book gives a real bottom-up modelling approach used for the simulation of energy consumption, energy conversion systems and distribution networks using engineering methods. Provides support and guidance on the energy transition issues relating to energy demand, consumption mapping and monitoring Includes examples from case study cities, including Vienna, Geneva, New York and Stuttgart Analyzes the potential of energy management strategies in urban areas

Book Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge Based Systems

Download or read book Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge Based Systems written by Joao Paulo Carvalho and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two volume set (CCIS 610 and 611) constitute the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2016, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in June 2016. The 127 revised full papers presented together with four invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on fuzzy measures and integrals; uncertainty quantification with imprecise probability; textual data processing; belief functions theory and its applications; graphical models; fuzzy implications functions; applications in medicine and bioinformatics; real-world applications; soft computing for image processing; clustering; fuzzy logic, formal concept analysis and rough sets; graded and many-valued modal logics; imperfect databases; multiple criteria decision methods; argumentation and belief revision; databases and information systems; conceptual aspects of data aggregation and complex data fusion; fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic; decision support; comparison measures; machine learning; social data processing; temporal data processing; aggregation.