The integration of machine translation in the human translation work flow rises intriguing and challenging research issues. One of them, addressed in this work, is how to dynamically adapt phrase-based statistical MT from user post-editing. By casting the problem in the online machine learning paradigm, we propose a cache-based adaptation technique method that dynamically stores target n-gram a...

E-voting systems – the combination of vote-casting, ballot transmission and counting, auditing and monitoring systems – have been gaining much attention from the international community as a suitable solution for preventing errors issued from human reliability on vote counting. Whilst many reports have said about currently available pilots and proposals are sensible, some fundamental issues rem...

A hierarchical decomposition of a simple polygon is introduced. The hierarchy has depth O(log n), linear size, and its regions have at most three neighbors. Using this hierarchy, circular ray shooting queries in a simple polygon can be answered in O(log n) query time and O(n log n) space. If the radius of the circle is xed, the query time can be improved to O(log n) and the space to O(n).

This paper presents a mathematical model, based on the just-in-time (JIT) idea, for solving machine con ̄icts in steelmaking-continuous casting (SCC) production scheduling in the computer integrated manufacturing system (CIMS) environment. The model is developed as a non-linear model based on actual production situations, considering both punctual delivery and production operation continuity. It...

K. Grzybowska, Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan, Poland B. Gajdzik, The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Katowice, Poland Fast equipment setup in a machine on production line is the key precondition to increase the fl exibility of the production. Methodology of SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) is an exa...

Aluminium/alumina/graphite hybrid metal matrix composites manufactured using stir casting technique was subjected to machining studies to predict tool condition during machining. Fresh tool as well as tools with specific amount of wear deliberately created prior to machining experiments was used. Vibration signals were acquired using an accelerometer for each tool condition. These signals were ...

This work provides approaches to designing and fabricating soft fluidic elastomer robots. That is, three viable actuator morphologies composed entirely from soft silicone rubber are explored, and these morphologies are differentiated by their internal channel structure, namely, ribbed, cylindrical, and pleated. Additionally, three distinct casting-based fabrication processes are explored: lamin...