The authors used traffic exposure data to calculate exposure-based fatal and nonfatal traffic injury rates in the United States. Nationally representative data were used to identify fatal and nonfatal traffic injuries that occurred from 1999 to 2003, and the 2001 National Household Travel Survey was used to estimate traffic exposure (i.e., person-trips). Fatal and nonfatal traffic injury rates ...

The goal of this project is to study and simulate a distributed real-time fault-tolerance web monitoring system. The method of providing fault-tolerance is to schedule multiple copies of a task on different computer nodes in a distributed computing system. A fault-tolerant system automatically recovers from a specified number of failures. If the primary task cannot be completed due to a fault, ...

A rule-based, system-level fault detection and diagnostic (FDD) method for HVAC systems was developed. It functions as an interface between multiple, equipment-specific FDD tools and a human operator. The method resolves and prioritizes conflicting fault reports from equipment-specific FDD tools, performs FDD at the system level, and presents an integrated view of an HVAC system’s fault status ...

An optimization spiking neural P system (OSNPS) provides a novel way to directly use a P system to solve optimization problems. This paper discusses the practical application of OSNPS for the first time and uses it to solve the power system fault section estimation problem formulated by an optimization problem. When the status information of protective relays and circuit breakers read from a su...

In this paper a noble method of fault locating in a radial power distribution system is discussed. Fuzzy system will ease the calculation involved. The history associated with fault occurred in power system can be effectively used as a strong database. This database will act as the trainer to the fuzzy expert system. A rich history of faulty area will enhance the performance of the fuzzy fault ...

Undersea terrain and resource exploration missions using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) require a great deal of time. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the state AUV in real time during mission. In this paper, we propose an online health-monitoring method for AUVs fault-tree analysis. The entire system divided into four subsystems. Fault trees each subsystem are designed based on inf...

Loop status monitoring involves the declaration of deterministic trends, such as oscillations and drifting, in loops that are in multi-loop plant configurations. By analysing various time domain statistics pertaining to PI/PID control loops, a trend can be recognised as one of seven categories. The scientific basis for working with the particular statistics is given and the categorisation proce...

Motorcyclists1 are the fastest-moving vulnerable road users, which made them overrepresented in injuries and fatalities. In Taiwan, motorcyclists account for approximately 60% of total fatalities each year, but little is known about prevalence risk-taking behaviors among motorcyclists. present study, a roadside observation was carried out to examine their unsafe riding behaviors, such as second...