Aquaponics Automation – Design Techniques

Fixture Design Automation and Optimization Techniques: Review and Future Trends

Fixture design is crucial part of manufacturing process. Fixture design is a critical design activity process, in which automation plays an integral role in linking computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD). This paper presents a literature review in computer aided fixture design (CAFD) in terms of automation and optimization techniques over the past decades. First, the...

Array Design Automation Techniques

Integration of Design Modeling Techniques: Operations Automation Systems Scenario

This paper presents an application scenario in which knowledge-based and object oriented modeling techniques are applied and used in the analysis and design of complex, computer-based systems. The methodology is presented in the context of an operations automation and information management system in the electric utility operations problem domain. This system is referred to as OAS, for Operatio...

Global Placement Techniques for VLSI Physical Design Automation

VLSI physical design automation plays a vital role as we move to deep sub-micron designs below 0.18 microns. Power dissipation, performance and area are dominated by interconnections between elements in the circuit under consideration. Global Placement followed by iterative improvement placement (detailed placement) is the most robust, simple and successful approach in solving the placement pro...

Design Automation and Test Techniques for Microfluidic Biochips

Microfluidics-based biochips, also referred to as lab-on-a-chip (LoC), are devices that integrate fluid-handling functions such as sample preparation, analysis, separation, and detection. This emerging technology combines electronics with biology to open new application areas including point-of-care diagnosis, on-chip DNA analysis, and automated drug discovery. As digital microfluidic biochips ...