A Preliminary Study on Gum Arabic as a Binder in Preparation of Starch Based Edible Plastic

This research emphasizes on synthesizing edible plastic using a one pot method by adding starch, gum Arabic as theb binder and sugar (sorbitol and glycerol). In order to get the right composition, the ratio of each ingredient was varied. The FTIR spectroscopy was used to characterize the structure and composition of the sample produced

A multiobjective simulated Kalman filter optimization algorithm

This paper presents a new multiobjective type optimization algorithm known as a Multiobjective Optimization Simulated Kalman Filter (MOSKF). It is a further enhancement of a single-objective Simulated Kalman Filter (SKF) optimization algorithm. A synergy between SKF and Non-dominated Solution (NS) approach is introduced to formulate the multiobjective type algorithm. SKF is a random based optimization algorithm inspired from Kalman Filter theory. A Kalman gain is formulated following the prediction, measurement and estimation steps of the Kalman filter design. The Kalman gain is utilized to introduce a dynamic step size of a search agent in the SKF algorithm. A Non-dominated Solution (NS) approach is utilized in the formulation of the multiobjective strategy. Cost function value and diversity spacing parameters are taken into consideration in the strategy. Every single agent carries those two parameters in which will be used to compare with other solutions from other agents in order to determine its domination. A solution that has a lower cost function value and higher diversity spacing is considered as a solution that dominates other solutions and thus is ranked in a higher ranking. The algorithm is tested with various multiobjective benchmark functions and compared with Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm 2 (NSGA2) multiobjective algorithm. Result of the analysis on the accuracy tested on the benchmark functions is tabulated in a table form and shows that the proposed algorithm outperforms NSGA2 significantly. The result also is presented in a graphical form to compare the generated Pareto solution based on proposed MOSKF and original NSGA2 with the theoretical Pareto solution

A review on control of robotic manipulator for performing grading and sorting of rotational symmetric products

This paper presents a literature review on the common control systems that have been used for robotic manipulators with a very higher concern on PID and active force control (AFC).The control of manipulator is divided into two main systems, namely are linear and non-linear control systems. A nonlinear system is used to overcome un-modeled dynamics, variable payload, fiction and disturbance torque, variation, and noise. PID controller has enhanced the performance of the manipulator in certain cases such as reducing system vibration and maintaining the tracking errors of the manipulator. On the other hand, AFC is a robust and much viable controller in comparison with others ordinary strategies in controlling dynamical systems such as robotic manipulato