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Towards the safety of human-in-the-loop robotics: Challenges and opportunities for safety assurance of robotic co-workers' (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Eder, K., C. Harper, C., & Leonards, U. (2014). Towards the safety of human-in-the-loop robotics: Challenges and opportunities for safety assurance of robotic co-workers'. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926328

The success of the human-robot co-worker team in a flexible manufacturing environment where robots learn from demonstration heavily relies on the correct and safe operation of the robot. How this can be achieved is a challenge that requires addressin... Read More about Towards the safety of human-in-the-loop robotics: Challenges and opportunities for safety assurance of robotic co-workers'.

Design procedure of chattering attenuation sliding mode attitude control of a satellite system (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Nemati, H., & Hokamoto, S. (2014). Design procedure of chattering attenuation sliding mode attitude control of a satellite system

This study presents a design procedure for a new robust nonlinear control algorithm based on the theory of the terminal sliding mode (TSM) to control the attitude of a satellite system. Since the traditional TSM controllers include a discontinuous fu... Read More about Design procedure of chattering attenuation sliding mode attitude control of a satellite system.

MSR: Minimum-Stop Recharging Scheme for Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Khelladi, L., Djenouri, D., Lasla, N., Badache, N., & Bouabdallah, A. (2014). MSR: Minimum-Stop Recharging Scheme for Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks. https://doi.org/10.1109/UIC-ATC-ScalCom.2014.119

© 2014 IEEE. This paper deals with simultaneous energy transfer to multiple nodes for scalable wireless recharging in wireless sensor networks. All existing recharging schemes rely on the use of a mobile charger that roves the network and drops by so... Read More about MSR: Minimum-Stop Recharging Scheme for Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks.

The effect of CO2 laser irradiation on surface and dyeing properties of wool for textile design (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Morgan, L., Tyrer, J., & Kane, F. (2014). The effect of CO2 laser irradiation on surface and dyeing properties of wool for textile design. . https://doi.org/10.2351/1.5063061

The consumption of water and energy used in current dyeing and finishing processes in the textile industry pose significant environmental concern. By offering alternative solutions to traditional textile wet processing through laser technology, there... Read More about The effect of CO2 laser irradiation on surface and dyeing properties of wool for textile design.

Feasibility of using Duraform® flex lattice structures and additive manufacturing for optimising bicycle helmet design safety (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Soe, S., Robinson, M. R., Martin, P. S., Jones, M. D., & Theobald, P. (2014). Feasibility of using Duraform® flex lattice structures and additive manufacturing for optimising bicycle helmet design safety. In Sustainable Design and Manufacturing: SDM-14: Pre-Proceedings. , (278-291)

Bicycle helmets are designed to attenuate forces and accelerations experienced by the head during cycling accidents. An essential element of bicycle helmet design is, therefore, the appropriate manufacturing of energy dissipating components. The focu... Read More about Feasibility of using Duraform® flex lattice structures and additive manufacturing for optimising bicycle helmet design safety.

Sensitivity analysis of an eco-design house of quality model (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Romli, A., Prickett, P. W., Setchi, R., & Soe, S. (2014). Sensitivity analysis of an eco-design house of quality model. In SDM'14: International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing. , (488-499)

Creating a sustainable future: Solutions for the construction waste in the Greater Cairo (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Omar, H., & Dulaimi, M. (2014). Creating a sustainable future: Solutions for the construction waste in the Greater Cairo. In Smart, sustainable and healthy cities : the first international conference of the CIB Middle East and North Africa Research Network (CIB-MENA), 2014 (281-305)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes, sources of the massive quantum of construction waste generated in the densest habitation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) which is the Greater Cairo (GC). The case study approach that the... Read More about Creating a sustainable future: Solutions for the construction waste in the Greater Cairo.

Physiological inspiration for self-management in smart grid systems opportunities and challenges (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Insaurralde, C. C., & Strasser, T. (2014). Physiological inspiration for self-management in smart grid systems opportunities and challenges. https://doi.org/10.1109/smc.2014.6974498

© 2014 IEEE. Technologies, concepts and architectures for renewable energy are currently in the thick of engineering researches. Technological application examples are sustainable electric supplies and emission-free buildings where infrastructures of... Read More about Physiological inspiration for self-management in smart grid systems opportunities and challenges.

On secure, privacy-aware, and efficient beacon broadcasting among one-hop neighbors in VANETs (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Hussain, R., Rezaeifar, Z., Kim, D., Tokuta, A. O., & Oh, H. (2014). On secure, privacy-aware, and efficient beacon broadcasting among one-hop neighbors in VANETs. In 2014 IEEE Military Communications Conference (1427-1434). https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2014.236

Many Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) applications achieve a decent packet delivery ratio using mobility information in the beacon messages broadcasted to the single hop neighbours. Recently it has been found that if two VANET nodes are not within a... Read More about On secure, privacy-aware, and efficient beacon broadcasting among one-hop neighbors in VANETs.

An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Kapletia, D., Felici, M., & Wainwright, N. (2014). An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy. In M. Felici, & F. Cleary (Eds.), Cyber Security and Privacy. , (135-147). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12574-9_12

This paper is concerned with increasing the impact of publicly funded research and development (R&D) in cyber security and privacy. In the context of a high level of threat, there is a pressing need for firms and institutions to implement innovative... Read More about An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy.

A logic for context-aware non-monotonic reasoning agents (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Rakib, A., & Haque, H. M. U. (2014). A logic for context-aware non-monotonic reasoning agents. In A. Gelbukh, F. C. Espinoza, & S. N. Galicia-Haro (Eds.), Human-Inspired Computing and Its Applications (453-471). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13647-9_41

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014. We develop a logical model for resource-bounded contextaware multi-agent systems which handles inconsistent context information using non-monotonic reasoning. We extend the temporal logic CTL* wit... Read More about A logic for context-aware non-monotonic reasoning agents.

Stochastic model of TCP and UDP traffic in IEEE 802.11b/g (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Malik, M. H., Aydin, M., Shah, Z., & Hussain, S. (2014). Stochastic model of TCP and UDP traffic in IEEE 802.11b/g. In 2014 9th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. , (2170-2175). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEA.2014.6931531

© 2014 IEEE. IEEE 802.11 networks have been widely explored since last decade and IEEE802.11g was proposed to increase the data rate of wireless networks up to 54Mbps which ensure backward capability with IEEE802.11b. The main goal of increasing the... Read More about Stochastic model of TCP and UDP traffic in IEEE 802.11b/g.

Towards a design for frugal: Review of implications for product design (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pradel, P., & Adkins, D. (2014). Towards a design for frugal: Review of implications for product design.

Since 2010 the concept of frugal innovation has increasingly attracted the attention of both researchers and industry. Frugal innovation holds much promise in the rapidly changing global economy. It has been suggested that this approach needs to be u... Read More about Towards a design for frugal: Review of implications for product design.

Illumination normalization for edge-based face recognition using the fusion of RGB normalization and gamma correction (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Olisah, C., Sulong, G., Chude-Okonkwo, U. A. K., & Hashim, S. Z. M. (2014). Illumination normalization for edge-based face recognition using the fusion of RGB normalization and gamma correction. In 2013 IEEE International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications (412-416). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIPA.2013.6708042

In this paper, an illumination normalization technique for edge-based face recognition on face images with non-uniform illumination conditions, is proposed. The proposed illumination normalization technique fuses the merits of color (Red, Green and B... Read More about Illumination normalization for edge-based face recognition using the fusion of RGB normalization and gamma correction.

The Baldwin effect hinders self-adaptation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, J. (2014). The Baldwin effect hinders self-adaptation. In J. Branke, B. Filipic, J. Smith, & T. Bartz-Beielstein (Eds.), Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XIII. , (120-129). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10762-2_12

The “end-game” of evolutionary optimisation is often largely governed by the efficiency and effectiveness of searching regions of space known to contain high quality solutions. In a traditional EA this role is done via mutation, which creates a tensi... Read More about The Baldwin effect hinders self-adaptation.

Brief announcement: Game theoretical approach for energy-delay balancing in distributed duty-cycled MAC protocols of wireless networks (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Doudou, M., Ordinas, J. M., Djenouri, D., Vidal, J. G., & Badache, N. (2014). Brief announcement: Game theoretical approach for energy-delay balancing in distributed duty-cycled MAC protocols of wireless networks. https://doi.org/10.1145/2611462.2611509

Optimizing energy consumption and end-to-end (e2e) packet delay in energy constrained distributed wireless networks is a conflicting multi-objective optimization problem. This paper investigates this trade-off from a game-theoretic perspective, where... Read More about Brief announcement: Game theoretical approach for energy-delay balancing in distributed duty-cycled MAC protocols of wireless networks.

The minimum area required for children aged between 3 and 5 years old in a kindergarten (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Waldron, J., Garcia, A., Bedoya, C., Cuervo, L., Marin, L., & Morales Maya, C. (2014). The minimum area required for children aged between 3 and 5 years old in a kindergarten. In M. Soares, & F. Rebelo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014

This paper contains the first stage of a research developed by Buen Comienzo Programme, Medellin Mayor’s Office and a group of Architects, to identify the minimum area required for a child aged between 3 and 5 years old, while occupying a kindergarte... Read More about The minimum area required for children aged between 3 and 5 years old in a kindergarten.