Management in pervasive systems cannot rely on human intervention or centralised decision-making functions. It must be devolved, based on local decision-making and feedback contro...
Alberto E. Schaeffer Filho, Emil C. Lupu, Naranker...
Software intellectual property (SWIP) is a critical component of increasingly complex field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)-based system-on-chip (SOC) designs. As a result, develop...
Michael A. Gora, Abhranil Maiti, Patrick Schaumont
Existing modeling frameworks for manufacturing system control can be classified into hierarchical, heterarchical, and hybrid control frameworks. The main drawbacks of existing fram...
Sunderesh S. Heragu, Robert J. Graves, Byung-In Ki...
The increased pervasiveness of mobile devices like cell phones, PDAs, and laptops draws attention to the need for coordination among these networked devices. The very nature of the...
Batching jobs in a manufacturing system is a very common policy in most industries. The main reasons for batching are avoidance of set ups and/or facilitation of material handling...