Applied Soft Computing Technologies: The Challenge of Complexity
Applied Soft Computing Technologies: The Challenge of Complexity

Author: Ajith Abraham

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-08-11

Total Pages: 838

ISBN-13: 3540316620

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This volume presents the proceedings of the 9th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications, held on the World Wide Web in 2004. It includes lectures, original papers and tutorials presented during the conference. The book brings together outstanding research and developments in soft computing, including evolutionary computation, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and their fusion, and its applications in science and technology.

Information Technology for Balanced Manufacturing Systems
Information Technology for Balanced Manufacturing Systems

Author: Weiming Shen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-03-07

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 038736594X

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BASYS conferences were initially organized to promote the development of balanced automation systems. The first BASYS conference was successfully launched in Victoria, Brazil, in 1995. BASYS'06 is the 7th edition in this series. This book comprises three invited keynote papers and forty-nine regular papers accepted for presentation at the conference. All together, these papers will make significant contributions to the literature of Intelligent Technology for Balanced Manufacturing Systems.

Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs
Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs

Author: Toshiro Higuchi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-12-04

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 1848829914

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Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs is the proceedings of the final symposium of MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas: Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs, held in January 2010. Since the realization of next-generation actuators requires an interdisciplinary approach, the research has been organized according to a broad technological perspective that consists of: actuators for small motion of nano-meters, small-size actuators of micro-meters structures, intelligent actuators for functional motions, power actuators for large force/torque and actuators for special environments. Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs also deals with common fundamental technologies for these actuators, such as intelligent materials, machining processes, control technologies, evaluation methods, and system integration. It provides cutting-edge research for researchers, postgraduates, and practitioners in mechanical, electrical, and materials industries.

Distributed Manufacturing
Distributed Manufacturing

Author: Hermann Kühnle

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1848827075

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Changing world market conditions have forced manufacturers to apply new architectures and technologies for the design and control of manufacturing systems. Distributed Manufacturing: Paradigm, Concepts, Solutions and Examples outlines the current requirements of manufacturing systems and addresses the architectures, methodologies, and technologies developed within European research activities in response to these requirements. Distributed Manufacturing: Paradigm, Concepts, Solutions and Examples will be of interest to researchers and developers in all fields involving industrial control systems, as well as to decision-makers within industry and government organizations. The reader will gain a detailed knowledge of the current research directions in industrial control, reaching a comprehensive understanding of current advances, their expected benefits and limitations, and the possible consequences for industrial businesses.

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Emerging Databases
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Emerging Databases

Author: Wookey Lee

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-13

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 9811065209

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This proceedings volume presents selected papers from the 7th International Conference on Emerging Databases: Technologies, Applications, and Theory (EDB 2017), which was held in Busan, Korea from 7 to 9 August, 2017. This conference series was launched by the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (KIISE) Database Society of Korea as an annual forum for exploring novel technologies, applications, and research advances in the field of emerging databases. This forum has evolved into the premier international venue for researchers and practitioners to discuss current research issues, challenges, new technologies, and solutions.

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: Designing and Developing Augmented and Virtual Environments
Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: Designing and Developing Augmented and Virtual Environments

Author: Randall Shumaker

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 331907458X

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The two-volume set LNCS 8525-8526 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2014, held as part of the 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2014, in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in June 2014, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1476 papers and 220 posters presented at the HCII 2014 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4766 submissions. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. The total of 82 contributions included in the VAMR proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this two-volume set. The 39 papers included in this volume are organized in the following topical sections: interaction devices, displays and techniques in VAMR; designing virtual and augmented environments; avatars and virtual characters; developing virtual and augmented environments.

Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Sensor Networks

Author: Bhaskar Krishnamachari

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-03-02

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 3642119166

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, EWSN 2010, held in Coimbra, Portugal, in Februar 2010. The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 109 submissions. Topics of interest include hardware design and implementation, operating systems and software, middleware and macroprogramming, communication and network protocols, information and signal processing, fundamental theoretical limits and algorithms, prototypes, field experiments, testbeds, novel applications, including urban sensing, security and fault-tolerance. The papers are organized in topical sections on localization, synchronization and compression, networking, new directions, programming and architecture, as well as on link reliability.

Static Compensators (STATCOMs) in Power Systems
Static Compensators (STATCOMs) in Power Systems

Author: Farhad Shahnia

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 741

ISBN-13: 9812872817

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A static compensator (STATCOM), also known as static synchronous compensator, is a member of the flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) devices. It is a power-electronics based regulating device which is composed of a voltage source converter (VSC) and is shunt-connected to alternating current electricity transmission and distribution networks. The voltage source is created from a DC capacitor and the STATCOM can exchange reactive power with the network. It can also supply some active power to the network, if a DC source of power is connected across the capacitor. A STATCOM is usually installed in the electric networks with poor power factor or poor voltage regulation to improve these problems. In addition, it is used to improve the voltage stability of a network. This book covers STATCOMs from different aspects. Different converter topologies, output filters and modulation techniques utilized within STATCOMs are reviewed. Mathematical modeling of STATCOM is presented in detail and different STATCOM control strategies and algorithms are discussed. Modified load flow calculations for a power system in the presence of STATCOMs are presented. Several applications of STATCOMs in transmission and distribution networks are discussed in different examples and optimization techniques for defining the optimal location and ratings of the STATCOMs in power systems are reviewed. Finally, the performance of the network protection scheme in the presence of STATCOMs is described. This book will be an excellent resource for postgraduate students and researchers interested in grasping the knowledge on STATCOMs.