Special Issue “Real-Time Optimization” of Processes

Special issue on real-time and ubiquitous social semantics

The Web has shifted from its initial document and librarian paradigm to an ecology of socially-generated data and services. Websites such as Twitter, Facebook, and FourSquare, emphasise the huge popularity of sharing information in real-time. In addition, the wealth and breadth of applications that exploit open social networking APIs to provide new services and functionalities are growing rapid...

Special issue: Real-Time and Embedded Computing Systems

Because of the technology convergence in computer, consumer electronics, and communication fields in the last decade, embedded computing has rapidly emerged as an important computing discipline. Currently, demands from a variety of embedded systems applications are continuously increasing and the interest in embedded computing technologies is growing very rapidly all over the world. Thus, embed...

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Special Issue on Proton Transfer Processes

It is well established that the hydrogen bond plays crucial role in many areas of physical, chemical and biological phenomena. The relevant proton transfer reactions are the simplest but very important in many chemical problems as well as in some biological processes. It appears that the low-barrier hydrogen bond (LBHB) for this displacement may play fundamental role in stabilizing intermediate...

Fuzzy Real-Time Optimization of the Tennessee Eastman Challenge Process

A Real-Time Optimization (RTO) strategy incorporating the fuzzy sets theory is developed, where the problem constraints obtained from process considerations are treated in fuzzy environment. Furthermore, the objective function is penalized by a fuzzified form of the key process constraints. To enable using conventional optimization techniques, the resulting fuzzy optimization problem is the...