Outputs (12)

Maintenance strategies for networked assets* (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Perez Hernandez, M., Puchkova, A., & Kumar Parlikad, A. K. (2022). Maintenance strategies for networked assets*. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.09.199

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of different maintenance strategies for a network of assets whose condition deteriorates progressively along the time. We propose both an agent-based model that considers the dynamics of data traffic... Read More about Maintenance strategies for networked assets*.

The value of information for dynamic decentralised criticality computation (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Proselkov, Y., Herrera, M., Hernandez, M. P., Kumar Parlikad, A. K., & Brintrup, A. (2022). The value of information for dynamic decentralised criticality computation. In IFAC-PapersOnLine (408-413). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.04.228

Smart manufacturing uses advanced data-driven solutions to improve performance and operations resilience requiring large amounts of data delivered quickly, enabled by telecom networks and network elements such as routers or switches. Disruptions can... Read More about The value of information for dynamic decentralised criticality computation.

Network maintenance planning via multi-agent reinforcement learning (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Thomas, J., Pérez Hernández, M., Parlikad, A. K., & Piechocki, R. (2022). Network maintenance planning via multi-agent reinforcement learning. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) (2289-2295). https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC52423.2021.9659150

Within this work, the challenge of developing maintenance planning solutions for networked assets is considered. This is challenging due to the very nature of these systems which are often heterogeneous, distributed and have complex co-dependencies b... Read More about Network maintenance planning via multi-agent reinforcement learning.

Analysing the effect of food supply chain traceability on product waste (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Glew, M. R., Perez Hernandez, M., & McFarlane, D. (2021). Analysing the effect of food supply chain traceability on product waste. In M. Fakhimi, T. Boness, & D. Robertson (Eds.), Proceedings of the Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2021 (SW21) (145-154)

This paper presents initial results from an agent-based simulation study into the impact of supply chain traceability information sharing on food waste reduction in the fresh food supply chain. Based on data collected during a 2019 study of a multi-t... Read More about Analysing the effect of food supply chain traceability on product waste.

Comparison of agent deployment strategies for collaborative prognosis (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Dhada, M., Hernandez, M. P., Salvador Palau, A., & Parlikad, A. (2021). Comparison of agent deployment strategies for collaborative prognosis. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management (ICPHM)https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPHM51084.2021.9486628

Collaborative prognosis is a technique that enables the industrial assets to learn from similar other assets in a fleet, and improve their data-driven prognosis models. When collaborative prognosis is implemented in a computationally distributed fram... Read More about Comparison of agent deployment strategies for collaborative prognosis.

An application of HRI in low-cost digital manufacturing (2020)
Conference Proceeding
De Silva, L., Hawkridge, G., Terrazas, G., Perez Hernandez, M., Thorne, A., McFarlane, D., & Tlegenov, Y. (2020). An application of HRI in low-cost digital manufacturing. In HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (71). https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378204

Digital Manufacturing (DM) broadly refers to applying digital information to enhance manufacturing processes, supply chains, products and services. In past work we proposed a low-cost DM architecture, supporting flexible integration of legacy robots.... Read More about An application of HRI in low-cost digital manufacturing.

Self-generated intent-based system (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Behazaf, M., Perez Hernandez, M., Bardwell, L., Davies, E., Broadbent, M., King, D., & Hutchison, D. (2020). Self-generated intent-based system. In 2019 10th International Conference on Networks of the Future (NoF) (138-140). https://doi.org/10.1109/NoF47743.2019.9015045

We propose an intent-based system where, on top of the user intentions, the system itself generates suitable Quality of Service and resilience parameters and may augment the intent characteristics if it detects any room for improvement. We demonstrat... Read More about Self-generated intent-based system.

Tying together solutions for digital manufacturing: Assessment of connectivity technologies & approaches (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Hawkridge, G., Hernandez, M. P., De Silva, L., Terrazas, G., Tlegenov, Y., McFarlane, D., & Thorne, A. (2019). Tying together solutions for digital manufacturing: Assessment of connectivity technologies & approaches. In 2019 24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA) (1383-1387). https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2019.8869411

This paper concerns the development of low-cost solutions to address challenges in digital manufacturing (DM). Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) are a promising approach for addressing the requirements of a low-cost DM architecture. Interaction b... Read More about Tying together solutions for digital manufacturing: Assessment of connectivity technologies & approaches.

FABIoT: A Flexible Agent-Based Simulation Model for IoT Environments (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Perez Hernandez, M., Alturki, B., & Reiff-Marganiec, S. (2019). FABIoT: A Flexible Agent-Based Simulation Model for IoT Environments. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings); IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom); IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData) (66-73). https://doi.org/10.1109/Cybermatics_2018.2018.00045

The Internet of Things aims to digitize everyday physical objects by connecting them to the internet. As a result, cyber-physical environments of multiple sizes emerge, imposing new requirements on applications and software systems in regards support... Read More about FABIoT: A Flexible Agent-Based Simulation Model for IoT Environments.

Towards a software framework for the autonomous Internet of Things (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Hernandez, M. E., Perez Hernandez, M., & Reiff-Marganiec, S. (2016). Towards a software framework for the autonomous Internet of Things. In 2016 IEEE 4th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud) (220-227). https://doi.org/10.1109/FiCloud.2016.39

IoT promises a world where Smart Objects (SO) are able to autonomously communicate and work together to make the (human) user's life easier. Popular approaches for development of IoT applications take for granted that on-object resources are evenly c... Read More about Towards a software framework for the autonomous Internet of Things.