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Adaptive Task Allocation In Automated Vehicles, Skye Taylor, Bin Hu, Jing Chen Jan 2021

Adaptive Task Allocation In Automated Vehicles, Skye Taylor, Bin Hu, Jing Chen

Psychology: Interdisciplinary Research in Behavioral Sciences of Transportation Issues

Adaptive task allocation is used in many human-machine systems and has been proven to improve operators’ monitoring and/or performance with automated systems. However, there is little knowledge surrounding the benefits of adaptive task allocation in automated vehicles. In this study, participants were presented with media depicting driving scenarios of both low and high workload at two levels of automation. The participants reported which tasks they felt comfortable allocating to themselves or to the automated system in each driving scenario, as well as whether they would conduct the task allocation manually or have the automated system automatically allocate the tasks. The …


Complex System Governance As A Framework For Asset Management, Polinpapilinho F. Katina, James C. Pyne, Charles B. Keating, Dragan Komljenovic Jan 2021

Complex System Governance As A Framework For Asset Management, Polinpapilinho F. Katina, James C. Pyne, Charles B. Keating, Dragan Komljenovic

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Complex system governance (CSG) is an emerging field encompassing a framework for system performance improvement through the purposeful design, execution, and evolution of essential metasystem functions. The goal of this study was to understand how the domain of asset management (AsM) can leverage the capabilities of CSG. AsM emerged from engineering as a structured approach to organizing complex organizations to realize the value of assets while balancing performance, risks, costs, and other opportunities. However, there remains a scarcity of literature discussing the potential relationship between AsM and CSG. To initiate the closure of this gap, this research reviews the basics …


Generic Design Methodology For Smart Manufacturing Systems From A Practical Perspective, Part I—Digital Triad Concept And Its Application As A System Reference Model, Zhuming Bi, Wen-Jun Zhang, Chong Wu, Chaomin Luo, Lida Xu Jan 2021

Generic Design Methodology For Smart Manufacturing Systems From A Practical Perspective, Part I—Digital Triad Concept And Its Application As A System Reference Model, Zhuming Bi, Wen-Jun Zhang, Chong Wu, Chaomin Luo, Lida Xu

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

Rapidly developed information technologies (IT) have continuously empowered manufacturing systems and accelerated the evolution of manufacturing system paradigms, and smart manufacturing (SM) has become one of the most promising paradigms. The study of SM has attracted a great deal of attention for researchers in academia and practitioners in industry. However, an obvious fact is that people with different backgrounds have different expectations for SM, and this has led to high diversity, ambiguity, and inconsistency in terms of definitions, reference models, performance matrices, and system design methodologies. It has been found that the state of the art SM research is limited …


Identifying Scotomata In Hazard Identification Caused By Ignorance And Overconfidence, Allen Johanson Jan 2021

Identifying Scotomata In Hazard Identification Caused By Ignorance And Overconfidence, Allen Johanson

Masters Theses

The manufacturing and construction industries are two of the most dangerous professions, and employees are frequently exposed to hazards and hazardous conditions which can lead to serious injury or even death. An observed phenomenon, frequently called the Dunning-Kruger Effect states that unskilled people are often unaware of their shortcomings and those with the higher-level skills often underestimate their abilities. This study examines employees’ training, years of experience, and performance to gauge any correlations among these variables in the area of hazard awareness. The goal of this study is to help individuals to recognize blind spots in their knowledge to identify …


Generic Design Methodology For Smart Manufacturing Systems From A Practical Perspective. Part Ii—Systematic Designs Of Smart Manufacturing Systems, Zhuming Bi, Wen-Jun Zhang, Chong Wu, Chaomin Luo, Lida Xu Jan 2021

Generic Design Methodology For Smart Manufacturing Systems From A Practical Perspective. Part Ii—Systematic Designs Of Smart Manufacturing Systems, Zhuming Bi, Wen-Jun Zhang, Chong Wu, Chaomin Luo, Lida Xu

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

In a traditional system paradigm, an enterprise reference model provides the guide for practitioners to select manufacturing elements, configure elements into a manufacturing system, and model system options for evaluation and comparison of system solutions against given performance metrics. However, a smart manufacturing system aims to reconfigure different systems in achieving high-level smartness in its system lifecycle; moreover, each smart system is customized in terms of the constraints of manufacturing resources and the prioritized performance metrics to achieve system smartness. Few works were found on the development of systematic methodologies for the design of smart manufacturing systems. The novel contributions …


Investigation Of Anaerobic Digestion Of The Aqueous Phase From Hydrothermal Carbonization Of Mixed Municipal Solid Waste, Kameron J. Adams, Ben Stuart, Sandeep Kumar Jan 2021

Investigation Of Anaerobic Digestion Of The Aqueous Phase From Hydrothermal Carbonization Of Mixed Municipal Solid Waste, Kameron J. Adams, Ben Stuart, Sandeep Kumar

Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

In 2017, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that Americans generated over 268 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW). The majority (52%) of this waste ends up in landfills, which are the third largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions. Improvements in terms of waste management and energy production could be solved by integrating MSW processing with hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) and anaerobic digestion (AD) for converting organic carbon of MSW to fuels. The objectives of this study were to (a) investigate HTC experiments at varying temperatures and residence times (b) evaluate aqueous phase and solids properties, and (c) …


Implementation Of An Autonomous Guided Vehicle (Agv), Allen St. Myers, Alan Miller Jan 2021

Implementation Of An Autonomous Guided Vehicle (Agv), Allen St. Myers, Alan Miller

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This report thoroughly represents a proposal to AAM Metal Forming Minerva for the implementation of an AGV (Autonomous Guided Vehicle) Unit. Our recommendations are made with consideration to existing manufacturing processes and demonstrate how using an AGV would be a net positive investment for the company. By first examining the current operating costs, a three-tiered proposal is tailored based on increasing investment cost. Each tier increase encompasses the previous tiers’ proposed improvements while also growing in complexity and investment cost. The results of our research indicate that our Tier 2 proposal will provide the most benefit to our facility now …


Opportunistic Maintenance Strategy Of A Heave Compensation System For Expected Performance Degradation, Chao Zhang, Yujie Qian, Hongyan Dui, Shaoping Wang, Rentong Chen, Mileta M. Tomovic Jan 2021

Opportunistic Maintenance Strategy Of A Heave Compensation System For Expected Performance Degradation, Chao Zhang, Yujie Qian, Hongyan Dui, Shaoping Wang, Rentong Chen, Mileta M. Tomovic

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

In the marine industry, heave compensation systems are applied to marine equipment to compensate for the adverse effects of waves and the hydraulic system is usually used as the power system of heave compensation systems. This article introduces importance theory to the opportunistic maintenance (OM) strategy to provide guidance for the maintenance of heave compensation systems. The working principle of a semi-active heave compensation system and the specific working states of its hydraulic components are also first explained. Opportunistic maintenance is applied to the semi-active heave compensation system. Moreover, the joint integrated importance measure (JIIM) between different components at different …


Method For Obtaining Resource-Saving Air Filtering Materials, Xurramov Gulovich Muxtor Ph.D Docent, Xurramova Sevara Dec 2020

Method For Obtaining Resource-Saving Air Filtering Materials, Xurramov Gulovich Muxtor Ph.D Docent, Xurramova Sevara

Acta of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent

Abstract - The article discusses a method of obtaining air filtering material from natural polymer fruits of the luffa plant. The filtering material has better performance characteristics and can replace imported counterparts. The quality of air purification in the filter can be adjusted by the number of wound layers of filter material.


Solar Photovoltaic Performance Monitoring: A Bibliometric Review, Research Gaps And Opportunities, Javed Sayyad, Paresh Nasikkar Dec 2020

Solar Photovoltaic Performance Monitoring: A Bibliometric Review, Research Gaps And Opportunities, Javed Sayyad, Paresh Nasikkar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Electrical power generation has been revolutionized by growing demand and use of Renewable Energy (RE) sources such as Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) as the main electricity source in modern times. The main objective of this bibliometric analysis is to understand the scope of the literature available for SPV performance characterization. This detailed reviewed was performed on the documents related to SPV research considering all the subject categories from Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases. The patterns for the particular set of keywords were broke down with the recuperated outcomes from Scopus database in the language, publication type, year of publication, …


ℓ-Ctp: Utilizing Multiple Agents To Find Efficient Routes In Disrupted Networks, Andrew Alseth Dec 2020

ℓ-Ctp: Utilizing Multiple Agents To Find Efficient Routes In Disrupted Networks, Andrew Alseth

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Recent hurricane seasons have demonstrated the need for more effective methods of coping with flooding of roadways. A key complaint of logistics managers is the lack of knowledge when developing routes for vehicles attempting to navigate through areas which may be flooded. In particular, it can be difficult to re-route large vehicles upon encountering a flooded roadway. We utilize the Canadian Traveller’s Problem (CTP) to construct an online framework for utilizing multiple vehicles to discover low-cost paths through networks with failed edges unknown to one or more agents a priori. This thesis demonstrates the following results: first, we develop the …


Demystifying Artificial Intelligence Based Digital Twins In Manufacturing- A Bibliometric Analysis Of Trends And Techniques, Satish Kumar, Shruti Patil, Arunkumar Bongale, Ketan Kotecha, Anup Kumar M. Bongale, Pooja Kamat Nov 2020

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence Based Digital Twins In Manufacturing- A Bibliometric Analysis Of Trends And Techniques, Satish Kumar, Shruti Patil, Arunkumar Bongale, Ketan Kotecha, Anup Kumar M. Bongale, Pooja Kamat

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Nowadays, data is considered as a new life force for operations of physical systems in various domains such as manufacturing, healthcare, transportations, etc. However, the hugely generated data, which mirrors the working essence of the product life cycle, is still underutilised. Digital Twin (DT), a collective representation of active and passive captured data, is a virtual counterpart of the physical resources that could help prevent effective preventive maintenance in any applied domain. Currently, lots of research is going on about the applicability of digital twin in smart IOT based manufacturing industry 4.0 environment. Still, it lacks a formal study, which …


Influence Of Fiberboard Container Design On Compression Bulge Displacement, Koushik Saha, Shane Messner, John Dizon, Nirav Chhajed, Jay Singh Nov 2020

Influence Of Fiberboard Container Design On Compression Bulge Displacement, Koushik Saha, Shane Messner, John Dizon, Nirav Chhajed, Jay Singh

Journal of Applied Packaging Research

Bulge effect is the out-of-plane displacement of a panel of a corrugated fiberboard box from its original position. This bulge effect often is the result of excessive weight being placed on a box that rests at the bottom of a palletized load. Panels that are out-of-plane reduce the stacking strength of the box and can result in damage to products inside the containers. This study was designed to find the influence of fiberboard container design on its bulging performance when under compression. The objective of the study was to determine if change in height of a regular slotted container will …


Fusion-Features And Visual-Dictionary Image Recognition Methods For Apple Classification In Smart Manufacturing, Ahsiah Ismail Nov 2020

Fusion-Features And Visual-Dictionary Image Recognition Methods For Apple Classification In Smart Manufacturing, Ahsiah Ismail

Student Works (2020-2029)

Smart manufacturing enables an efficient manufacturing process to optimize production. The optimization is performed through data analytics that requires reliable and informative data as input. Therefore, in this research, two image recognition feature extraction methods namely Curvelet Wavelet-Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (CWGLCM) and Fuzzy-Spatial Pyramid Matching (F-SPM) are proposed to provide reliable inputs for vision-based apple classification in smart manufacturing. Feature extraction is one of the major steps that could influent the efficiency of the manufacturing process. The CW-GLCM method is a feature extraction of fusion-features with Decision Tree classifier, while the F-SPM method uses a visual-dictionary based method to …


Evaluation Of A Bulge Reduction Technology For Corrugated Fiberboard Containers Under Static Compression, Daan Peleman, Jay Singh, Koushik Saha, S. Roy Nov 2020

Evaluation Of A Bulge Reduction Technology For Corrugated Fiberboard Containers Under Static Compression, Daan Peleman, Jay Singh, Koushik Saha, S. Roy

Journal of Applied Packaging Research

This research examines the effect of top-to-bottom static compression load on the bulge of RSC containers. The study compares a control regular slotted container (RSC) constructed with corrugated fiberboard to tape-reinforced designs. The bulge reduction, achieved using various tape placements and conditioning environments, were measured. Currently, no research on the effect of reinforcement tape towards reduction in the out-of-plane displacement (bulging) of the corrugated fiberboard panels has been undertaken. Samples related to four different container designs, varying by presence, quantity and the position of the reinforcement tape on the vertical panels, were tested and analyzed. The study involved the use …


Sports Analytics: Putting The Fun Back Into Analytics, Walt Degrange Nov 2020

Sports Analytics: Putting The Fun Back Into Analytics, Walt Degrange

Operations Management Presentations

With the recent success of sports teams heavily using analytics (Dodgers, Patriots, Capitals, Warriors, Leicester City F.C.), does this mean that analytics has gained a foothold in the sports world? I use a k-means clustering model to determine if performance since 2015 in the four major US sports can support this question. And is there a career path that a high school student can use to become a sports analytics professional? This presentation attempts to answer that question by exploring all the areas of the application of analytics in sports. The final point the brief makes is that by using …


Civilian Pepper Spray For Self Defense: Understanding User Perception And Impact Of Design On User Performance, David Strybel, Anil R. Kumar Nov 2020

Civilian Pepper Spray For Self Defense: Understanding User Perception And Impact Of Design On User Performance, David Strybel, Anil R. Kumar

Faculty Publications

Pepper spray is widely used in the US, and is marketed as an effective self-defense device. While pepper spray can be useful in deterring an attacker, many pepper spray owners do not have any experience using it. There is a dearth of published studies that focus on civilian pepper-spray use, not to mention first time pepper-spray users. A study to analyze pepper-spray designs with first-time users, to see how the design, specifically the safety mechanism, affects response time and overall performance would be helpful. The study was conducted in 2 parts – a survey to understand user perception, and a …


Change Management: Increasing The Odds Of Adoption, Travis Mcneal Oct 2020

Change Management: Increasing The Odds Of Adoption, Travis Mcneal

Operations Management Presentations

With rapid changes happening all around, organizations are finding themselves in positions where they need their workforce to adapt to new ways of working (technology, structural, process). Organizations develop strategies, programs and projects intended to address these changes. Unfortunately, history is littered with strategies and programs that fail to live deliver on expected results. This has led to the recent rise and proliferation of Change Management as a practice and skill set. Often times, however, Change Management theory is given preeminence over practicality. This webinar will explore practical and actionable ways you can take to immediately increase the odds …


Resilient Design And Crisis Management, Rich Ham Sep 2020

Resilient Design And Crisis Management, Rich Ham

Operations Management Presentations

Explores the techniques to design resilience into systems, business functions, compliance, quality assurance and response to uncertainty. Includes an overview of Federal Emergency Management Agency principles in resilient design and crisis management, including implementation of National Incident Management System processes and industry standards to frame resilient design, procedures and planning documents. Learn to focus on the use of testing, exercises, and implementation of Plan, Do, Check, Act model to continually improve government, business and personal continuity through periods of cascading uncertainty.


3d Printing For Solving Part Obscolescence, Ayman G. Alqarni Sep 2020

3d Printing For Solving Part Obscolescence, Ayman G. Alqarni

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to highlight the issue of parts obsolescence and to highlight the possibility of using alternative methods to overcome parts shortage. Specifically, this thesis sought to answer the research question: is the three-dimensional printing technology (3D) an applicable approach to overcome part obsolescence. The research question was answered through data research and survey analysis. Notwithstanding, the diminished manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS) management and other existing approaches, such as forecasting, contracting, and reverse engineering (RE), were discussed briefly in the literature review and profoundly in chapter IV to differentiate among applicable existing solutions toward …


Conceptual Basis For Modeling Multi-Cordinate Mechatronic Robot Modules, Yusupbekov Azizbek Nodirbekovich, Nazarov Khayriddin Nuritdinovich, Matyokubov Nurbek Rustamovich, Temurbek Omonboyevich Rakhimov Aug 2020

Conceptual Basis For Modeling Multi-Cordinate Mechatronic Robot Modules, Yusupbekov Azizbek Nodirbekovich, Nazarov Khayriddin Nuritdinovich, Matyokubov Nurbek Rustamovich, Temurbek Omonboyevich Rakhimov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The conceptual foundations of modeling multi-coordinate mechatronic modules of robots are considered. The use of a multi-coordinate mechatronic movement module in robots made it possible to obtain at the output of one module several linear and angular coordinates, which reduces the weight and dimensions of the robot and thereby improves its dynamic characteristics. The proposed original concept of the mathematical description of a multi-coordinate mechatronic module, which is focused on displaying their structural and operating features. A structural diagram of a developed industrial robot operating in a Cartesian coordinate system and built on the basis of a multi-coordinate mechatronic module …


A Study Of Security Problems In Big Data And Their Solutions, Nozima Akhmedova Aug 2020

A Study Of Security Problems In Big Data And Their Solutions, Nozima Akhmedova

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

Statistical data on information security that concerns Big Data and is the most important for enterprises are provided. Based on this data, we studied problems such as the lack of big data practices and protection, the lack of techniques for protecting big data, the lack of standards for protecting big data, the lack of regulation of big data and ecosystems, security problems in Big Data, and proposed several proposals to improve the security of systems that use this technology.


Structural – Parametric Analysis And Synthesis Of Glass Furnace Condition Observer, Utkir Uktam O‘G‘Li Kholmanov Aug 2020

Structural – Parametric Analysis And Synthesis Of Glass Furnace Condition Observer, Utkir Uktam O‘G‘Li Kholmanov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

A modified Kalman filter of the glass cooking process is synthesized, taking into account perturbations in the form of a sequence of colored noises. The possibility of expanding this filter by noise filters to improve functioning in the presence of low-frequency disturbances is studied and a corresponding estimation scheme with additional noise filters is proposed. The results of the simulation allow us to assume that low-frequency disturbances in the glass furnace act at the input and affect the state of the control object.


Reliable Risk Assessment Method For Effective Organization Of Information Security At Enterprise, Fayzullajon Bakhtiyorovich Botirov Aug 2020

Reliable Risk Assessment Method For Effective Organization Of Information Security At Enterprise, Fayzullajon Bakhtiyorovich Botirov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The problems of the new industry 4.0 automation paradigm are considered and the latest technologies in the field of information and communication technologies that stimulate it are analyzed, including cyber-physical systems, cloud computing, the Internet of things and big data. Some methods of multidimensional, multi-faceted industrial representation and analysis of big data are proposed. The basics of big data processing using granular computing methods have been developed. Marked the emergence of the problem of creation of special cognitive tool for constructing artificial agents, understanding integrated intelligence enterprises. In the process of information protection at the enterprise, it is proposed to …


Analysis Of Information Security System Standards And Key Aspects Of Security Control, Abduhalil Abdujalilovich Ganiyev Aug 2020

Analysis Of Information Security System Standards And Key Aspects Of Security Control, Abduhalil Abdujalilovich Ganiyev

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The standards of the information security management system (IMS) are considered and the main aspects of information security management are studied, in particular the international standard ISO/IEC 27001, the Process approach to the management of IS, the stages of development of the information security management system. The measures taken for the organization of information security management systems are defined. Organizational measures include the implementation of information security management systems in the organization.


Detection Method For “Denial Of Service” Attacks On Web Applications, Azizbek Ravshonbek Ugli Ibrohimov Aug 2020

Detection Method For “Denial Of Service” Attacks On Web Applications, Azizbek Ravshonbek Ugli Ibrohimov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

A method for detecting denial-of-service attacks on web applications based on the use of a multi-layer perceptron is considered. The main issues related to the use of the neural network are described: the process of collecting and preparing statistical data, the features of forming indicators that characterize the state of the web application, as well as the issues of training and evaluating the quality of the neural network.


Optimal Ratio Of Primary And Secondary Clarifier Characteristics In Wastewater Treatment Plants, Makhsud Idrisovich Makhmudov, Zafarbek Esanovich Kuziev, Siroj Sobirovich Nurov, Sanjar Siroj Ugli Sidikov Aug 2020

Optimal Ratio Of Primary And Secondary Clarifier Characteristics In Wastewater Treatment Plants, Makhsud Idrisovich Makhmudov, Zafarbek Esanovich Kuziev, Siroj Sobirovich Nurov, Sanjar Siroj Ugli Sidikov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The issues of optimization of aerobic biological wastewater treatment processes are considered. Optimal ratios of characteristics and sizes of primary and secondary sedimentation tanks, as well as their relationship with the concentration of activated sludge by volume, are revealed. Graphical representations of the dependence of the volumes of primary, secondary and total volumes of structures on the concentration of activated sludge in cleaning processes with low and high loads are obtained. Experimental studies have shown that the concentration of activated sludge in the aeration tank and the silt index directly affect the deposition characteristics of activated sludge, in particular the …


Ecg Processing And Analysis Technique Based On Neural Network Learning Vector Quantization, Talat Madievich Magrupov, Sherzod Kalandarovich Nеmatov, Yokubjon Talatovich Talatov Aug 2020

Ecg Processing And Analysis Technique Based On Neural Network Learning Vector Quantization, Talat Madievich Magrupov, Sherzod Kalandarovich Nеmatov, Yokubjon Talatovich Talatov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The main parameters of the electrocardiogram (ECG) were processed on the basis of the neural network apparatus. A decision support algorithm for ECG analysis using a neural network for learning vector quantization is proposed. For the study was chosen such features as the duration of QRS complex, RR interval, amplitude of R-wave and the change in the slope of ST segment and heart rate, which are five inputs to the neural network learning vector quantization. Methods of pre-processing and analysis of extraction of ECG functions based on the ECG database of a medical institution in Matlab are presented. The generalized …


Capacity Transformer Of Coaxial And Cylindrical Form Of Humidity Meter, Erkin Uljaev, Utkirjon Murodillaevich Ubaydullaev, Shohrux Nurali O'G'Li Narzullaev Aug 2020

Capacity Transformer Of Coaxial And Cylindrical Form Of Humidity Meter, Erkin Uljaev, Utkirjon Murodillaevich Ubaydullaev, Shohrux Nurali O'G'Li Narzullaev

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The question of development and calculation of construction of a coaxial and cylindrical form of the capacity transformer of a humidity meter is considered. As basic data, the sizes and the materials ditches allowing to measure the humidity of different volumes of bulks from 5 to 50 gr are selected. As materials of a ditch, plastic are selected, and as tanks, the magnetizing materials are selected. It is briefly cited the advantages and disadvantages of ways to measure humidity and the basic dielectric characteristics of capacitive converters. The electrical replacement scheme of the proposed capacitive converter was provided and the …


Static Characteristics Of Thermal Humidity Converters Of Liquid Materials In Continuous Flow, N.I. Avezova, P.R. Ismatullaev, Paraxat Matyakubova Aug 2020

Static Characteristics Of Thermal Humidity Converters Of Liquid Materials In Continuous Flow, N.I. Avezova, P.R. Ismatullaev, Paraxat Matyakubova

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

Thermal systems with distributed heat sources based on a pipeline segment with radial holes are proposed for the development of designs of thermal humidity converters for liquid materials. Across the liquid flow there are tubular arguments with cylindrical heat-sensitive elements, on the surface of which the heating element winding was wound, which significantly increased their sensitivity, speed, reliability and allowed the use of standard semiconductor heat-sensitive elements.