During the last few years, researchers in Arti cial Intelligence have become increasingly concerned with the problem of designing architectures for intelligent systems that are required to operate in complex dynamic environments. The potential applications are both diverse and economically important|for example, the management of air tra c and other transport services; the control of telecommun...

The field of computational design synthesis has been an active area of research for almost half a century. Research advances in this field have increased the sophistication and complexity of the designs that can be synthesized, and advances in the speed and power of computers have increased the efficiency with which those designs can be generated. Some of the results of this research have begun...

The need for sustainable development has been widely recognized and sustainable development has become a hot topic of various disciplines even though the role of ergonomics in it is seldom reported or considered. This study conducts a systematic survey of research publications in the fields of ergonomics and sustainable development over the past two decades (1992-2011), in order to identify the...

The European Mining Database for North Rhine Westphalia (EMD-NRW) has the objective to present information about the industrial heritage of mining in an intuitive web mapping application. With the increasing abandonment of these industrial objects, especially in the area of NRW, the digital preservation of information, locations and relations between and about these objects is important. These ...

“Recent Developments on Functional Coatings for Industrial Applications, Volume II” addresses the provision of further insights into new and emerging research assets concerning design, manufacturing, characterization optimization functional coatings industrial applications. The aim this Issue is to contribute improvement knowledge synthesis, tailoring, emphasizing its applicability in several f...