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Research on classification and navigational risk factors of intelligent ship
Based on combing the concept and development of intelligent ship, this paper brings forward the summary and classification of intelligent ships proposed by different institutions, and the main classification schemes are compared accordingly. Then one of these classification schemes is selected to study what are the key navigational risks under each grading level, with a detailed analysis of these risk factors. Finally, the index system of navigational risk factors for intelligent ships under different classification standards is constructed to lay a foundation for a further study of intelligent ship safe navigation, and at the same time avoid some risk factors in advance for the maritime management department, ship management companies, and ship design and research institutes
Collaborative Systems, Operation and Task of the Manufacturing Execution Systems in the 21st Century Industry
Until the first two decades of the 21st century, as part of the Enterprise Resourse Planning (ERP), the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and related systems have undergone development in both complexity and efficiency. In the field of production technology, there are many sources of work nowadays to get a detailed picture of the solutions offered by MES. The purpose of this article is to give a comprehensive overview of the MES solutions that currently used in industry. In addition to the general structure of the systems and Holonic MES are briefly described. Special attencion is paid to various collaborative systems that complement the MES. The additional manufacturing tools for MES is also described shematically in this article
Generic Design Methodology for Smart Manufacturing Systems From a Practical Perspective. Part II—Systematic Designs of Smart Manufacturing Systems
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 of the presented work are at two aspects: (1) unified definitions of digital functional elements and manufacturing systems have been proposed; they are generalized to have all digitized characteristics and they are customizable to any manufacturing system with specified manufacturing resources and goals of smartness and (2) a systematic design methodology has been proposed; it can serve as the guide for designs of smart manufacturing systems in specified applications. The presented work consists of two separated parts. In the first part of paper, a simplified definition of smart manufacturing (SM) is proposed to unify the diversified expectations and a newly developed concept digital triad (DT-II) is adopted to define a generic reference model to represent essential features of smart manufacturing systems. In the second part of the paper, the axiomatic design theory (ADT) is adopted and expanded as the generic design methodology for design, analysis, and assessment of smart manufacturing systems. Three case studies are reviewed to illustrate the applications of the proposed methodology, and the future research directions towards smart manufacturing are discussed as a summary in the second part
CCTV Technology Handbook
This CCTV Technology Handbook provides emergency responders, law enforcement security managers, and other security specialists with a reference to aid in planning, designing, and purchasing a CCTV system. This handbook includes a description of the capabilities and limitations of CCTV components used in security applications
Survey of Bayesian Networks Applications to Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles
This article reviews the applications of Bayesian Networks to Intelligent
Autonomous Vehicles (IAV) from the decision making point of view, which
represents the final step for fully Autonomous Vehicles (currently under
discussion). Until now, when it comes making high level decisions for
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), humans have the last word. Based on the works cited
in this article and analysis done here, the modules of a general decision
making framework and its variables are inferred. Many efforts have been made in
the labs showing Bayesian Networks as a promising computer model for decision
making. Further research should go into the direction of testing Bayesian
Network models in real situations. In addition to the applications, Bayesian
Network fundamentals are introduced as elements to consider when developing
IAVs with the potential of making high level judgement calls.Comment: 34 pages, 2 figures, 3 table
Human–Machine Interface in Transport Systems: An Industrial Overview for More Extended Rail Applications
This paper provides an overview of Human Machine Interface (HMI) design and command systems in commercial or experimental operation across transport modes. It presents and comments on different HMIs from the perspective of vehicle automation equipment and simulators of different application domains. Considering the fields of cognition and automation, this investigation highlights
human factors and the experiences of different industries according to industrial and literature reviews. Moreover, to better focus the objectives and extend the investigated industrial panorama, the analysis covers the most effective simulators in operation across various transport modes for the training of operators as well as research in the fields of safety and ergonomics. Special focus is given
to new technologies that are potentially applicable in future train cabins, e.g., visual displays and haptic-shared controls. Finally, a synthesis of human factors and their limits regarding support for monitoring or driving assistance is propose
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