Special Section Industrial Informatics-based Applications and Techniques in Intelligent Automation

Guest Editorial: Special section on software engineering in industrial automation

A CCORDING to many undisputable evidences, the complexity and importance of software in industrial automation systems is growing with a tremendous rate, making software engineering one of the major activities of automation systems developers. In general, software engineering is an established discipline with its methods, traditions and curriculum. Most of its methods and tools are applicable ac...

A Special Section of Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing

Special Section: Human Factors and Automation in Vehicles HUMAN FACTORS AND AUTOMATION IN VEHICLES SPECIAL SECTION

Objective: This special section brings together diverse research regarding driver interaction with advanced automotive technology to guide design of increasingly automated vehicles. Background: Rapidly evolving vehicle automation will likely change cars and trucks more in the next 5 years than the preceding 50, radically redefining what it means to drive. Method: This special section includes 1...

A Special Section of Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing - Applications And Security in Web And Pervasive Environments

Web and Pervasive Environments (WPE) are emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm including technologies of ubiquitous computing, wireless communication and ambient intelligence to provide computing and communication services any time and anywhere. It usually refers to the creation and deployment of computing technology in such a way that it becomes an invisible part of the fabric of everyd...

Guest Editorial: Special Section on Wireless Technologies in Factory and Industrial Automation, Part I

W IRELESS technologies are nowadays in widespread use, with cellular telephony and wireless Internet access being two of the major driving forces behind this. Using wireless technologies in industrial and factory automation is also very attractive for many reasons. The wireless way of communicating makes plant setup and modification easier, cheaper and more flexible. It provides a natural appro...