Robots behaviors can be implemented as a fuzzy rules set that mimic expert knowledge in speciic tasks, but complex behavior generation need huge implementation eeorts. This can be overcome by decomposing tasks in simpler behaviors that are easier to design and tune independently. Present work shows a complex navigational behavior to follow wall avoiding obstacles, obtained combining several sim...

The goals of antitrust law continue to be debated because there is no single goal that is unambiguously correct. There is one goal, however, that now commands wider support than any other: protecting consumers and small suppliers from anticompetitive conduct—conduct that creates market power, transfers wealth from consumers or small suppliers, and fails to provide them with compensating benefit...

The commonly stated motivation for golden parachutes (GP) was to provide managers the incentive to maximize shareholder wealth without concerns of job loss from change of control. But critics have argued that they create the incentive to run down a firm and make it a takeover target, especially in the case of poorly performing firms that require considerable turnaround effort. Such concerns led...

background: there can be little doubt that the construction is the most hazardous industry in the worldwide. this study was designed to modeling the factors affecting unsafe behavior from the perspective of safety supervisors. methods: the qualitative research was conducted to extract a conceptual model. a structural model was then developed based on a questionnaire survey (n=266) by two stage ...

In view of the ever-increasing air traffic, much attention in air-traffic-management research has been given to improving arrival and departure efficiency. As air traffic begins and ends at the airport, the issues of taxi delays and ground-operation incursions become more pressing. This paper considers the surface-traffic problem at major airports and envisions a collaborative traffic and aircr...