In this paper, I describe a simple functional programming language, GRL, in which most of the characteristic features of the popular behavior-based robot architectures can be concisely written as reusable software abstractions. This makes it easier to write clear, modular code, to “mix and match” arbitration mechanisms, and to experiment with variations on existing mechanisms. I describe the co...

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause enormous harm during each year. To reduce casualties and economic losses in the response phase, rescue units must be allocated and scheduled efficiently, such that it is a key issues in emergency response. In this paper, a multi-objective mix integer nonlinear programming model (MOMINLP) is proposed to minimize sum of weight...

In this paper we review research that has been done to address cellular manufacturing under conditions of multi-period planning horizons, with demand and resource uncertainties. Most traditional cell formation procedures ignore any changes in demand over time caused by product redesign and uncertainties due to volume variation, part mix variation, and resource unreliability. However in today‟s ...

The increasing concerns about the environment and the depletion of natural resources are the main drivers for the growing interest in sustainability. Manufacturing operations are frequently considered to have an adverse effect on the environment. Hence, the sustainable operation of manufacturing facilities is a vital practice to ensure sustainability. The aim of this paper is to find the optimu...

The use of Answer Set Programming (ASP) inside musical domains has been demonstrated specially in composition, but so far it hasn’t overtaken engineering areas in studio-music (post) production such as multitrack mixing for stereo imaging. This article aims to demonstrate the use of this declarative approach to achieve a well-balanced mix. A knowledge base is compiled with rules and constraints...

We investigate tactical level planning problems in float glass manufacturing. Float glass manufacturing is a process that has some unique properties such as uninterruptible production, random yields, partially controllable co-production compositions, complex relationships in sequencing of products, and substitutable products. Furthermore, changeover times and costs are very high, and production...

This paper describes a methodology for the case mix problem at the strategic level in the health care sector. Aiming to maximize hospital profits under the given resource capacity, a mathematical model is developed to produce an optimal case mix pattern and a corresponding resource allocation scheme. Two exact methods, integer linear programming and branch-and-price, are deployed to solve the c...

yoghurt is a unique fermented dairy product, consumed throughout the world and the trend ofconsumption is increasing due to its unique health benefits. yoghurt mix is often supplemented with msnf(milk solids-non-fat), it may contain as much as 5.7% unhydrolysed lactose. lactose can be hydrolysed withan enzyme lactase. deficiency of lactase in lactose-intolerant persons leads to gastrointestinal...

We propose a framework for navigation-driven evaluation of virtual mediated views. The approach is based on lazy mediators that translate incoming client navigations on a virtual XML view (or the result of an XML query) into navigations on wrapped sources or lower level mediators. Such a demand-driven approach is inevitable in order to handle up-to-date mediated views of huge Web sources or lar...

A mix network is a cryptographic construction that enables a group of players to permute and re-encrypt a sequence of ciphertexts so as to hide the relationship between input and output ciphertexts. In this paper, we propose a mix network known as Millimix. In constrast to other proposed constructions, Millimix enjoys a very high level of computational efficiency on small input batches, that is...