FMS layout optimization using metaheuristic
Thesis - 6 pages - Physics
Today, Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) seems to be a very promising technology as it provides flexibility, which is essential for highly competitive, dynamic and change in manufacturing environment. Layout of an industry is the key for productivity. To improve productivity, manufacturing lead...
Cost optimization of supply chain networks using particle swarm optimization
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
With increasing competitiveness in the business world, focus on supply chain has got greater attention. Therefore supply chain has to be made effective by reducing unnecessary losses occurring in the supply network. These losses are caused due to production, distribution planning and improper...
Fuzzy QFD for optimizing the engineering characteristics of a casting product
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
A casting may be defined as a metal object obtained by allowing molten metal to solidify in a mould, the shape of the object being determined by the shape of the mould cavity. Defective castings, even at advanced foundries, account for 2 to 5% and sometimes from 10 to 25% of the number of...
Artificial intelligence for classification of defects in ultrasonic testing
Tutorials/exercises - 14 pages - Computer science
A methodology is developed to detect defects in NDT of materials using an Artificial Neural Network and signal processing technique. This technique is proposed to improve the sensibility of flaw detection and to classify defects in Ultrasonic testing. Wavelet transform is used to derive a feature...
Heuristic algorithms for scheduling of a batch processor for the automobile gear manufacturing environment
Thesis - 18 pages - Mathematics
In this paper we develop a mathematical model and propose six heuristic algorithms for scheduling jobs with incompatible job families, on a singe batch processor (BP). The motivation for this paper comes from the heat treatment operation in gear manufacturing process used to manufacture...
Local short term wind speed estimation using back propagation algorithm
Thesis - 14 pages - Physics
Apart from weather forecasting, wind speed prediction is required to estimate atmospheric effects on telecommunication systems such as satellites in launch, electromagnetic signal propagation in wireless channel, inland and water vehicle navigation, air traffic control, missile guidance etc. Wind...
Genetic algorithmic approach for multi objective weighted spanning tree
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The minimum weight spanning tree is a well known problem in the networking area, having a wide range of applications. In this paper, a new approach for dealing with multi objective weighted spanning tree is proposed. The proposed method uses Genetic Algorithm to generate non dominated spanning...
Evaluating the maximum confidence of facts for information provided on the web
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The World Wide Web is an important information source for us. But, there is no guarantee for the relevance of information retrieved from the Web. The information provided by one Website may be conflicting with the information on the property of an object from other website. In this paper, we...
Water distribution system optimization using Tabu search
Thesis - 4 pages - Physics
Water distribution systems are complex interconnected networks that require extensive planning and maintenance to ensure the required quantity of water is delivered at the required demand nodes. Good maintenance practices can extend the life of water distribution system components and optimal...
Rule-extraction from support vector machines through consistency based feature selection approach
Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science
In this paper, a new approach is proposed to extract rules from the support vector machines through consistency based feature selection. To reduce the computational time and increase the performance of classification model, a two step classification approach is followed. First step includes...
Image restoration using knowledge from the image
Thesis - 3 pages - Computer science
There are various real world situations where, a portion of the image is lost or damaged which needs an image restoration. A prior knowledge of the image may not be available for restoring the image, which demands for a knowledge derivation from the image itself. Restoring the lost portions of...
Privacy preserving distributed data mining by using tree based randomization
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
Due to increasing concerns related to privacy, organizations are forced to take actions to protect the privacy of individuals when revealing customers' records during data mining activities. In this paper we present a methodology that preserves statistical relationship between attributes using...
Evaluate fuzzy-due time by using genetic learning algorithm
Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science
The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is a complex combinatorial optimization problem which can be seen as a merge of two well-known problems: the traveling sales problem (TSP) and the Bin Packing Problem (BPP). The paper will introduce the problem starting with the type time window and presented...
Transient stability improvement with unified power flow controller using fuzzy logic and Anfis approach
Thesis - 15 pages - Computer science
Transient stability is an important aspect in planning and operation of an electric power system. The application of Fuzzy logic and Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) approach to power system problems has received increased attention in recent years. This paper investigates the fuzzy...
Sensitivity based approach for congestion management in deregulated environment
Thesis - 5 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
This paper proposes a sensitivity based approach for congestion management in deregulated environment. The congestion management problem is formulated to minimize the cost of re-dispatching the participating generators subject to operational and security constraints and considering the presence...
A comparative evaluation of digital redesign techniques for LTI systems
Thesis - 7 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
In this paper, a comparative evaluation of various redesign techniques is available in the literature of LTI control system. The redesign techniques like Tustin transform, step invariant method and Euler's method are evaluated based on the Energy Resemblance Index (ERI) at different sampling...
Online inspection and pattern recognition of Jig bored holes using Mahalanobis Taguchi system
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The functional behavior of mating surfaces is substantially determined by the nature of the dimensional features characterized by the geometrical specifications and metallurgical conditions. High temperature and pressures in the zone of interaction between the mating surfaces leads to heavy...
Implementing minimum energy load balanced routing in MANETs
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) are infrastructure-less networks. The dynamic topology and multi-hop communications make routing a challenging task. Because MANET nodes are characterized with limited resources, heavily-loaded nodes may make up a bottleneck situation lowering the network...
Design and implement architecture of knowledge based system to identify water quality for irrigation in the Indian context
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Planning and management of water resources and its optimal use are a matter of urgency for most countries of the world, and even more so for India with a huge population and the need for increased food production is apparent. The suitability of water for irrigation will greatly depend on climatic...
Ways to increase the network capacity of WDM optical network
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
This article discusses the possible applications for optical networks based on wavelength division multiplexing and how they compete and complement current high speed networks (SONET, ATM). We first outline the best-case scenario for this technology and describe the spectrum of optical networks...
Analysis of FOSS: An open standard for network security and monitoring
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
The aim of the project is to provide a cost effective, secure and easy working environment over a network. This FOSS is very much helpful for educational institutes, non profit organizations and small industries. The GUI provides options to choose from monitoring, blocking, filtering and...
Study formal methods for multilingual software
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
Globalization drives the software developers to give a new face to the software through multilingualization. So multilingual software developments were put under the lime light and it got support from academic institutes and software development organizations as either commercial or research...
Evaluate stability based DSR with multiple routes in wireless network
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) algorithm finds out the shortest path of communication between a source node and a destination node based on number of hops. However, a shortest path does not necessarily guarantee a stable path. This is because, the topology of a mobile ad hoc network changes...
Review algorithms for image segmentation methods
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Image segmentation is one of the key stages in computer vision processes. Segmentation is the task of recognizing objects in an image. The rest of the image is background. Image segmentation algorithms are generally based on one of two basic properties of intensity values, discontinuity and...
An adaptive incremental fuzzy controller for output voltage regulation of boost converters
Thesis - 5 pages - Physics
In this paper an adaptive incremental fuzzy controller (IFC) for output voltage regulation (OVR) in DC-DC boost converters is proposed. The method, first determines a base duty cycle (BDC) for nominal system parameters and voltage regulation specifications, to which, fractional duty cycle...
Fuzzy modeling for sensor fault tolerant adaptive control- proposal of a general framework
Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science
In this paper an attempt is made to bring together two independently pursued research topics viz., (1) type I fuzzy modeling and (2) sensor fault tolerant adaptive control. First a brief but succinct review on type I fuzzy modeling is carried out. The same is presented under the following heads,...
Software effort estimation modeling technique for performance analysis with case studies
Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science
Software projects are controlled by time, requirements and risks. Estimation of time and resources required for a project is a challenge due to the neglected effect or under/over quantification of intangible parameters like inexperience, unclear requirements, unfamiliar technologies, development...
Study of PRSAE: Performance related software architecture engineering
Thesis - 3 pages - Computer science
Current methods for software architecture analysis often falls short of providing objective and quantitative performance information. The paper describes how to bring together techniques in software performance engineering and software architecture analysis in order to support performance-related...
Implementation and analysis of PDA algorithm for CDMA based mud under AWGN channel
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The Wireless communication system has a challenge of accommodating many users in a small area. With the advent of spread spectrum and hence CDMA, fixed bandwidth was used to accommodate many users by making use of certain coding properties over the bandwidth. However, the standardization of...
Deploy robust data transmission over the noisy channel
Thesis - 2 pages - Physics
The secret data is encrypted and permutated using the chaos method. Experiments show the good quality of the stego-image and resistant against the various noise attacks (Like Salt and Pepper). At the same time, the proposed algorithm exhibits good encryption speed, less computations and excellent...
