This paper proposes a management model for predicting failures in Datacenter infrastructure management, based on the good practices for managing IT (Information Technology) infrastructure. The model refers to a system that monitors the Datacenter and detects faults in legacy equipment, thereby, avoiding that they collapse. Based on the ITIL library, but focusing only on the most relevant module...

In automated container terminals, containers are transported between ships and storage yard by differen types of vehicles, for example, guided vehicle (AGV, yard crane (YC) and quay crane (QC). To improve the productivity of the automated container terminals, it is important to harmoniously synchronize operations of different types of container handling equipment. This paper examines the schedu...

A methodology was developed to design the number and capacity for each piece of equipment (e.g., gas engines, batteries, thermal storage tanks) in a microgrid that has a combined heat and power (CHP) system. In this design methodology, annual cost including the annual operation cost and the annual initial cost is minimized. Based on calculations using this design methodology, it is found that s...

D igital data has experienced explosive growth over the past few years and evidence suggests that this trend will continue. Whether it comes from camera phones, e-mail, or collaborative work projects, volumes of digital data are engulfing individuals’ personal and professional lives. To remain productive members of society, individuals must figure out where to put this data and how to make it u...

The impact of Information and Communication Technologies on business models is posing new challenges. It has given birth to a new set of data and related applications. Changing business needs and the explosion of digital data have also created huge demand for massive and efficient storage. Increasing costs for electronic data storage and limited funds made people to think about cloud storage. S...

Integrated scheduling of handling/storage equipment in container terminals is an NP-hard problem which has been studied during past two decades consciously. Genetic algorithms (GAs) have been applied for this optimization problem in many researches. However, the GA is vulnerable to trap in a local optima (results in premature convergence). In this paper a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is designe...