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The design of efficient routing algorithms is an important issue in dense ad hoc wireless networks. Previous theoretical work has shown that benefits can be achieved through the creation of a set of...
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This chapter relies on the heuristic example of learning to play the guitar to prise open the affective and embodied aspects of recovery from mental illness. Combining qualitative data derived from...
View ArticleThe costs and benefits of cost-benefit analysis as applied to environmental...
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View ArticleChain management derivatives distribution oil under uncertainty...
This chapter will address the strategic planning problem of the distribution chain of oil under uncertainty in demand. This will be formulated and solved models scholastic programming two stages...
View ArticleRole of energy storage in the power system network
Today's power system network is more complex with enhanced responsibility to maintain reliable, stable and quality supply of power at transmission and distribution level. Maintaining grid balance is a...
View ArticleColombia was passion: Commercial nationalism and the reinvention of...
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View ArticleIntangible heritage and embodiment: Japan's influence on global heritage...
This chapter traces the development of the concept of intangible heritage and how it has influenced global heritage discourse. It does so by outlining how the Convention for the Safeguarding of the...
View ArticleProgramming production refineries using programming mathematics and genetic...
This chapter will address the problem of scheduling operations in refineries. Such a problem is to define the sequence and the time of completion of each activity related to oil refining and...
View ArticleConnectivity and Security in a D2D Communication Protocol for Public Safety...
Device-to-Device (D2D) communication is an important feature for many kinds of mobile networks and in particular for the UMTS Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) cellular technology, where an underlay...
View ArticleNonlinear damping for improved transient performance in robotics force control
In order to improve the productivity of processes involving contact between robotic manipulator and workpiece, it is necessary to shorten the time for the contact force to reach the desired value. In...
View ArticleAn adaptive neural network compensator for decoupling of dynamic effect in a...
In this paper, an adaptive neural network compensator is proposed to improve the control performance of a macro-mini robotic manipulator, whereby an end effector called the mini manipulator is mounted...
View ArticleHamiltonian exploitation in underactuated robot system inversion
A new stable model inversion method extension is presented with the aim of providing solutions to the feedforward control of underactuated robots performing cyclic tasks. The method uses a boundary...
View ArticleDesigning for social play in co-located mobile games
In this paper we explore how mobile devices and co-location in mobile contexts contribute social play in game design, addressing the limited understanding of social interactivity in mobile games. Using...
View ArticleNonlinear optical signal processing in high figure of merit CMOS compatible...
Photonic integrated circuits that exploit nonlinear optics in order to generate and process signals all-optically have achieved performance far superior to that possible electronically-particularly...
View ArticleDecoupling of macro-mini manipulator using adaptive neural networks
Attaching a small manipulator (mini) with fast dynamic response at the end of a bigger manipulator (macro) with larger workspace leads to the concept of macro-mini manipulator, which is seen as a way...
View ArticleAutomated process adaptation in cyber-physical domains with the SmartPM system
Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) refer to a new generation of embedded ICT systems (PCs, smartphones, sensors, actuators, etc.) that are interconnected and collaborating to provide users with a wide range...
View ArticleImproving positioning accuracy using a general framework for macro mini...
This paper introduces a general framework for macro mini manipulator to improve the positioning accuracy of an industrial manipulator. RMRC (Resolved Motion Rate Control) is used as the controller for...
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