On behalf of the Technical Program Committee, welcome to the 31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IECON is one of the foremost international conferences on the advancements of industrial electronics and its applications. It is therefore an honor and a great pleasure for us to be responsible for the Technical Program of IECON'05. It represents the integrated effort ...

in developing countries such as iran it was after economic crises and the increase in price of energy carriers and primary resources that industrial ecology was taken into consideration as a method in industrial states. 941 industrial states in iran have a high potential in creating material and energy flow networks with the industrial ecology approach to prevent massive energy loss and valuabl...

Industrial Automation has evolved from stand-alone, hard-wired relay panels to a contemporary, networked system that supports flexible manufacturing and enterprise integration. From precision control of machines and robots on the factory floor to flexible coordination of multiple cells of automation, advancements in control technologies have driven the evolution of industrial automation. The co...

industrial towns with whatever purpose, can reduce the problems in rural areas, providing employment and income for rural people and the welfare of the inhabitants of the surrounding villages to be effective. evaluation of the impact of the creation of industrial zones and rural employment status of workers, especially rural workers, the main objective of this research. this study seeks to answ...

1 Celina P. Leão , Production and System Dept., Minho University, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal, [email protected] 2 Pedro M. Silva , Industrial Electronics Dept., Minho University, Campus de Azurem, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal 3 Paulo C. Oliveira, Industrial Electronics Dept., Minho University, Campus de Azurem, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal 4 Nuno C. Carvalho, Industrial Electro...