Cornel RESTEANU1, Constantin POPESCU2, Mădălina Ecaterina POPESCU3 Abstract: The paper presents a method for evaluating and ranking researchers affiliated with a research and development institute. The method has been applied within the Multi-Attribute Decision Making paradigm, multi-decision maker and mono-state of nature sub-paradigm. The decision-makers are several members of the institute’s …

Moon Sun SHIN1, Byung Cheol KIM2, Seon Min HWANG3, Myeong Cheol KO1 Abstract: Recently, the continually evolving robot technology has contributed to the development of a variety of robot-using service models. In particular, the robot with the artificial intelligence may be utilized in various fields of the context awareness. Conventional …

Pablo CABRERA-GUERRERO1*, Andrés MOLTEDO-PERFETTI2, Enrique CABRERA3, Fernando PAREDES4 Abstract: Vehicle routing problems (VRP) have been widely studied in literature. Heuristics as well as exact algorithms have been applied to solve this kind of problems. In this study we approximately solve the VRP with simultaneous pickup and delivery and time windows …

Boutheina SFAIHI, Sirine FEKIH, Mohamed BENREJEB Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, Laboratoire de Recherche en Automatique (LARA), B.P. 37, 1002 Tunis, Le Belvédère, Tunisia Boutheina.sfaihi@isetr.rnu.tn; Sirine.fekih@enit.rnu.tn; Mohamed.benrejeb@enit.rnu.tn Abstract: In this paper, a constructive design methodology for Finite-Time Stability (FTS) of a class of nonlinear discrete-time …

Daniel MEREZEANU*, Gheorghe VASILESCU, Radu DOBRESCU Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313, Splaiul Independentei, 060042, Romania danmerezeanu@gmail.com * Corresponding author Abstract: The main goal of the paper is to integrate three emergent technologies (Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things and Cloud Computing) in a …

Gisli THORSTEINSSON1, Andrei NICULESCU2,3 Abstract: This article highlights a research study that examined teachers’ and students’ work utilising the popular PC game Minecraft within an educational setting. The main purpose of the study was to give insights into the pedagogy of using Minecraft within such a context. Interviews were undertaken …

Irina IONIŢĂ*, Liviu IONIŢĂ Petroleum-Gas University of Ploieşti, 39, Bucureşti Blvd., Ploieşti, 100680, Romania tirinelle@yahoo.com, lionita@gmail.com * Corresponding author Abstract: Healthcare sector provides huge volume of data on patients and their illnesses, on health insurance plants, medication and treatment schedules for different diseases, on medical services and so forth. Nowadays, …

Sorin POPA1, 2*, Mircea-Florin VAIDA1 Abstract: The Enterprise Resource Planner is a half-centenary giant that gained popularity in the industry-software market segment throughout the years. Influenced by the latest technology trends, such as mobility and cloud, it keeps software integration as one of its greatest challenges. The present article introduces …

R. CAMPOS-RODRIGUEZ*, M. ALCARAZ-MEJIA ITESO University, Periferico Sur # 8585, Tlaquepaque, 45604, Mexico rcampos@iteso.mx, mildreth@iteso.mx * Corresponding author Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of the detection of sequences of event executed in a Discrete-Event System modelled by Petri Nets. The nets are equipped with output symbols that an external …

Ramona LUCA Institute of Computer Science, Romanian Academy Iasi Branch, 2 T. Codrescu Street, Iassy 700481, Romania ramona.luca@iit.academiaromana-is.ro Abstract: The paper proposes a classification method of human locomotion types from video sequences based on motion parameters clustering. A set of motion parameters is semi-automatically extracted from training video sequences that …