Yang TIAN1, Chengcheng SONG1, Wilfrid PERRUQUETTI2 1 Sino-French Joint Laboratory of Automation and Signal Processing, Automation School of Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST) Nanjing, 210094, China tianyang@njust.edu.cn 2 LAGIS (CNRS, UMR 8219), Ecole Centrale de Lille (ECL), Villeneuve d’Ascq, 59650, France & Equipe Projet Non-A, INRIA Lille-Nord Europe wilfrid.perruquetti@ec-lille.fr …

Daniel ROJAS1, Ginno MILLÁN2, Fernando PASSOLD3, Román OSORIO4,  Claudio CUBILLOS1, Gastón LEFRANC1 Abstract: In this paper it is presented an integration of algorithms that permits maps construction and navigation of mobile robots. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithm is used based on FastSLAM method. Navigation system is based on Vector …

Marin ANDREICA1, Cornel RESTEANU2, Romică TRANDAFIR3 1 Economic Studies Academy, Bucharest, Romania mandreica@yahoo.com 2 I C I Bucharest (National Institute for R & D in Informatics) 8-10 Averescu Blvd. 011455 Bucharest 1, Romania resteanu@ici.ro 3 Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania romica@utcb.ro Abstract: Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) theory is a …

Mihai TĂLMACIU1, Victor LEPIN2 1“Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Bacău, Romania mtalmaciu@ub.ro 2 The Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus lepin@im.bas-net.by Abstract: During the last decades, numerous studies have been undertaken on the classes of net-free graphs, claw-free graphs, and the relationship between them. The …

Dan CHANG1, Baowei CHEN2, Danqing LI1, Xiaoying HAN1 1 School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University 3 Shangyuancun, Haidian District, Beijing, 100044, China dchang@bjtu.edu.cn, 11120690@bjtu.edu.cn, 12120653@bjtu.edu.cn 2 Junior College, Zhejiang Wanli University 1519 Shengmo Rd, Jinzhou District, Ningbo, 315101, China Chenbaowei-gryx@163.com Abstract: With the rapid development and wide use …

Syed Usama KHALID BUKHARI1, Remus BRAD2, Constantin BĂLĂ – ZAMFIRESCU2 1 Faculty of Engineering, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu 10, Victoriei Blvd, Sibiu 550024, Romania syedusama@gmail.com 2 Computer Science Department, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu 10, Victoriei Blvd, Sibiu 550024, Romania remus.brad@ulbsibiu.ro, constantin-bala.zamfirescu@ulbsibiu.ro Abstract: The processing of images is currently …

Yiyi ZHAO1, Gang KOU2 1 School of Economics and Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu, 611731, China 2 School of Business Administration, Southwest University of Finance and Economics of China Chengdu, 610074, China Abstract: Opinion dynamics is a complex collective behavior in human societies. When individuals …

Dinu Călin SECUI, Simona DZIŢAC, Gabriel BENDEA, Codruţa BENDEA, Cristina HORA University of Oradea University Street, Oradea, 410087, Romania csecui@uoradea.ro, gbendea@uoradea.ro, simona.dzitac@gmail.com, cbendea@uoradea.ro, chora@uoradea.ro Abstract: The paper presents a modified harmony search algorithm (MHS), useful for solving the economic dispatch (ED) problem assuming a non-linear cost function and various technical …

Carlos GUERRERO, Antoni JAUME-I-CAPÓ University of Balearic Islands Crta. Valldemossa km 7.5, Palma, E-07122, Spain carlos.guerrero@uib.es, antoni.jaume@uib.es Abstract: Motivation is essential in the learning process of university students, and teachers should have a wide range of strategies to address this issue. The emergence of social technologies has had a considerable …

Milos SUBOTIC, Milan TUBA Faculty of Computer Science, Megatrend University, 29, Bulevar Umetnosti, Belgrade, 11070, Serbia milos.subotic@gmail.com; tuba@ieee.org Abstract: Swarm intelligence metaheuristics have been successfully used for hard optimization problems. After the initial introduction phase such algorithms are further improved by modifications and hybridizations. Parallelization is usually introduced for performance …