0026-2714/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2012.03.026 ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (W Embedding passive components into multilayer printed wiring boards (PWBs) meet electronic device requirements concerning the necessity of saving the surface board area for active elements, reducing board’s size, improving de...

A balloon borne stabilized platform has been developed for a remotely operated altitude-azimuth pointing of a millimeter wave telescope system. A modeling and controller design of the azimuth point system of the platform ispresented. Simulation results show that the system is capable of continuous operation with pointing rms to better than 0.01 deg. Ground testing results show continuous operat...

With respect to the long-life missions associated with NASA’s X2000 Advanced Deep-Space System Development Program, reliability implies a system’s continuous operation for many years in an unsurveyed radiation-intense environment. Further, the stringent constraints on the mass of a spacecraft and the power on-board create unprecedented challenges on the means for achieving the ultra-high missio...

Since the beginning, with Sputnik in 1957 and Explorer in 1958, space missions have gone farther and have become more and more demanding in data return to enable far more ambitious science goals. This is particularly so for probes in deep space—at the Moon and farther. In the 1960s and 1970s, the missions were planet flybys, which typically have short encounter periods. Then the missions progre...

The main contribution of this paper is to present a novel method for automatic 3D face recognition based on sampling a 3D mesh structure in the presence of noise. A structured light method using line projection is employed where a 3D face is reconstructed from a single 2D shot. The process from image acquisition to recognition is described with focus on its real-time operation. Recognition resu...

This paper examines serial strategic innovation as a basis of sustainable competitive advantage through a longitudinal case study of Proctor and Gamble (P&G) from its inception through 2008. For over 170 years P&G has been in continuous operation in the consumer products industry, growing to become a multi-billion dollar global corporation. Over its history, P&G has pioneered a series of strate...

Hybrid evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are effective optimization methods that combine multiple EAs. We propose several hybrid EAs by combining some recently-developed EAs with a biogeography-based hybridization strategy. We test our hybrid EAs on the continuous optimization benchmarks from the 2013 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) and on some real-world traveling salesman problems. The...

With the advent of the smart energy grid – an energy transportation and distribution network being combined with an IT network for its monitoring and control – information security has gained tremendous importance for energy distribution and energy automation systems. Integrated security functionality is crucial to ensure a reliable and continuous operation of the smart energy grid. Further sec...

In this paper, we propose initial steps towards multi-modal driver stress (distraction) detection in urban driving scenarios involving multi-tasking, dialog system conversation, and medium-level cognitive tasks. The goal is to obtain a continuous operation-mode detection employing driver’s speech and CAN-Bus signals, with a direct application for an intelligent human-vehicle interface which wil...