A method is developed for optimization of color rendering for a light mixture. No derivatives of the rendering function are required. Constraints of correlated color temperature and approximate white can be incorporated. The method is developed based on the Complex Method with modification. It is first applicable for 3-colors light mixtures and then extended to a hierarchical and iterative stru...

Much progress has been made on optimizing plant water supply based on different methods for irrigation scheduling, in both open-field and greenhouse cultivations, such as real-time measurements of solar radiation and soil or substrate water content. However, only a limited number of methods use plant-based physiological indicators to detect plant water stress and adapt irrigation scheduling acc...

Nuclear fuel assembly consists of large number of components. In a typical 500 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water (PHWR) fuel assembly consists of 1655 components in form of pellets, tubes, spacer pads , bearing pads, endcaps and endplates. As nuclear fuel has to perform under severe operating conditions, customers insist for 100 % inspection of all these components. Human based visual inspection for ...

This paper discusses the need to go beyond individual demonstrations of sensor-based micromanipulation and to look forward to providing exible automation for microassembly of complete products. For the past several years we have been developing an architecture for tabletop precision assembly systems. The goal of our work is to improve the design, deployment, and recon guration of automated asse...

In a global energy scenario where smart grids are set to enable the transition from the traditional use of electricity to a more efficient and reliable energy systems, by combining efficient energy generation, distribution and consumption with advanced energy monitoring and control, smart street lighting systems are going to be deployed in large scale lighting systems such as city street lighti...

The subject matter of the nation is a usual staple on the menu of postcolonial Nigerian fiction. In this sense, the repertoire of Chinua Achebe’s art echoes an incurable preoccupation with Nigeria’s postcolonial condition as a nation. Also, this paper explores the centrality of intertextuality in the production of Achebe’s fiction, primarily his political novel about crisis plaguing intellectua...

The Project involved the study, both experimental and theoretical, of extreme events (EE, sometimes named Optical Rogue Waves) in two types of self-pulsing lasers: 1) all-solid-state (i.e., diode-pumped) Nd:YVO4+Cr:YAG (“slow” saturable absorber); and 2) Kerr-lens-mode locked Ti:Sapphire (“fast” saturable absorber). The main tool is the analysis of the time series of the laser pulses and of the...