Agents in complex, dynamic, multi-agent environments face uncertainty in the execution of their tasks, as their sensors, plans, and actions may fail unexpectedly, e.g., the weather may render a robot's camera useless, its grip too slippery, etc. The explosive number of states in such environments prohibits any resource-bounded designer from predicting all failures at design time. This situation...

The air-gap of electrical machines may become non-uniform due to low accuracy of the manufacturing machinery, in assembling processes, or by aging. Detection and monitoring of this phenomenon is very important and of interest. There are several methods to model non-uniform air-gaps and to detect them by monitoring systems. One of the most widely used methods is by the analysis of the line curre...

Considering profiles as functional variables, two control charts are proposed for their monitoring in phase II. Due to its conformity with the nature of real-world profiles, applying functional model leads to proposed control charts obtained through functional data analysis techniques with desired features. These include simplicity in calculation and possibility of using them for different prof...

Batch and semi-batch modes of production are common in a number of high value-added industries including specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biologics. Online monitoring of such processes seeks to detect run-to-run deviations, anomalies or faulty conditions by analyzing real-time measurements so that they can be corrected quickly and the batch recovered. Multivariate statistical methods h...

Background: Cloud-based glucose monitoring programs allow users with diabetes to wirelessly synchronize their glucometers to their mobile phones. They also provide visualization and remote access of their data through its mobile app. There have been very few studies evaluating their effectiveness in managing diabetes among adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Objective: The purpose of this s...

Maintaining weight loss after the initial phases of any weight loss intervention is a challenge. Rationally, it depends on how well the adherence is to the prescribed treatment. This study is to test the sustainability of an intervention in maintaining weight lost during Ramadan by using voluntary fasting. Methods: Two groups of respondents (Muslim women with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25.0 kg/m2)...