Automation and Computing.

Cloud Computing Automation: Integrating USDL and TOSCA

Standardization efforts to simplify the management of cloud applications are being conducted in isolation. The objective of this paper is to investigate to which extend two promising specifications, USDL and TOSCA, can be integrated to automate the lifecycle of cloud applications. In our approach, we selected a commercial SaaS CRM platform, modeled it using the service description language USDL...

Embedded Computing: New Directions in Architecture and Automation

embedded computing, special-purpose architectures, customization, custom architectures, off-theshelf customizable systems, FPGA, automation, architecture synthesis, hardwaresoftware co-design, processor-compiler codesign, frameworks, constructors, constructors, design space exploration, PICO, system synthesis, VLIW synthesis, nonprogrammable accelerator synthesis, cache hierarchy synthesis With...

Automation , Computing and Manufacturing for New Economic Growth

This paper is dealing with a new research and development platform for the development of Factory of the Future Production System, referred to as ZIMS (Zilina Intelligent Manufacturing System). ZIMS is a new, open and collaborative environment, supporting creativity, inventing new solutions and their practical implementation in the form of new innovative products. ZIMS is based on holonic based...

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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...