Dinu Călin SECUI, Simona DZIŢAC, Gabriel Valentin BENDEA University of Oradea Romania Ioan DZIŢAC Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad & Cercetare Dezvoltare Agora (R&D Agora) Oradea, Romania Abstract: This paper aims to present and apply an algorithm based on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) for optimal allocation of capacitor banks in …
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Monitoring System for Co-generative Power Plants
Ion MICIU1, Florin HĂRŢESCU2 1 IPA SA – Automation Engineering; 169 Calea Floreasca, 14495 Bucharest, Romania ionmiciu@ipa.ro 2 I C I Bucharest (National Institute for R & D in Informatics) 8-10 Averescu Blvd. 011455 Bucharest 1, Romania flory@ici.ro Abstract: Electric power systems are an integral part of the way of …
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Marcos E. ORCHARD1, Felipe A. TOBAR1, George J. VACHTSEVANOS2 1 Electrical Engineering Department, University of Chile Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago, Chile 2 School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 777 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta GA 30332, USA Abstract: This paper presents, analyzes, and evaluates two different approaches for …
Read More »The Control of the Hyper-redundant Manipulators by Frequency Criteria
Mircea IVĂNESCU1, Mihaela Cecilia FLORESCU1, Nirvana POPESCU2, Decebal POPESCU2 1 University of Craiova, România, e-mail: ivanescu@robotics.ucv.ro 2 University “Politehnica” Bucharest, România Abstract: The control problem of hyper-redundant arms with continuum elements by frequency criteria is discussed. First, there is concern with the dynamic model of the continuum arm for the …
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Gustavo SCHLEYER, Gastón LEFRANC Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile P.O. Box 4059, Valparaíso, Chile Abstract: This paper presents a tridimensional visual servoing that gives the information of the position, height and orientation of several objects presented in the working area of a robot manipulator. With …
Read More »The Modern Development Cycle of Citizen Oriented Applications
Ion IVAN, Bogdan VINTILĂ, Cristian CIUREA, Mihai DOINEA Economic Informatics Department, Academy of Economic Studies Piata Romana 6, 010374, Bucharest, Romania Abstract: General citizen access to global computer networks’ resources is a request of the knowledge society. Applications are created for a huge target group, such as the citizens of …
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Tom PAGE Loughborough University, UK (Corresponding author) Gisli THORSTEINSSON Iceland University of Education Andrei NICULESCU “Spiru Haret” University, Romania Abstract: Problem Based Learning offers many benefits to students’ learning, however, the design and implementation of effective problem based learning (PBL) is not trivial. Central to effective implementation of PBL are …
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C. V. KIFOR, C. OPREAN, D. D. M. BANCIU “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu 10 Victoriei Blv., 550024, Sibiu, Romania Abstract: The current planning and advanced design systems of the products and processes require a higher complexity and this necessitates more than a single designer to accomplish it. The collaboration …
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Ana-Maria SUDUC, Mihai BÎZOI, Luminiţa DUŢĂ, Gabriel GORGHIU VALAHIA University of Târgovişte Bd. Carol I, Nr. 2, 130024, Târgovişte, Dâmboviţa, Romania Abstract: With the exponential development of the web, the decision-makers are likely to use the web to support their decision -making processes. In group decision-making processes supported by an …
Read More »Virtual Pheromones for Real-Time Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots
Ioan Susnea, Grigore Vasiliu, Adrian Filipescu, Adrian Radaschin Department of Automation and Industrial Informatics “Dunărea de Jos” University, Galaţi, România Abstract: This paper presents a novel implementation of the concept of “virtual pheromones” for controlling autonomous mobile robots. Instead of deploying chemicals, RFID tags, or other traceable marks in the …
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