Reliability has become a significant challenge for system design in new process technologies. Higher integration levels dramatically increase power densities, which leads to high...
In this paper we describe a methodology that includes the complementary use of simulated annealing and response surface methodology (RSM). The methodology was developed for analys...
This paper proposes a new methodology for coordinating multi-robot teams in the execution of cooperative tasks. It is based on a dynamic role assignment mechanism in which the rob...
Luiz Chaimowicz, Mario Fernando Montenegro Campos,...
Despite the extensive use of the agent technology in the Supply Chain Management field, its integration with Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) tools still represents a promis...
Luis Antonio de Santa-Eulalia, Sophie D'Amours, Je...
In business today, re-engineering has taken a great deal of the cost out of internal corporate processes. Our factories and internal support organizations have become much more ef...