At present, most vascular intervention surgical robots (VISRs) cannot achieve effective force feedback and lack regulation of the clamping guidewire. In this paper, a VISR based on is proposed. It master–slave system consisting master manipulator that flexible enough slave wire feeder can deliver Accurate established to ensure safety operation, guidewire be regulated in real time. Based dynamic...

Detailed as-built project schedules are necessary to close out construction projects, benchmarking, forecasting, dispute resolution, and improving cost estimates of future projects. Manual procedures for developments of as-built documentation is time consuming, involves numerous interfaces and human interventions. This paper presents computational framework that encompasses automated site data ...

This paper develops three mixed integer programming (MIP) models and solution methods to assist in identifying a capacity feasible master production schedule (MPS) in Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems. The initial exact model takes into account sequence-dependent setup times of both end-items and components, but is optimally solvable only for small product structures. A first approxi...

The actual ceramic tile sector needs dynamic production processes to offer its clients on-line programming. Thus, companies can manage real-time response about their services and delivery times of required products, tackling a Mass Customization process in which design and sales activities are done before the production stage. The customer service must cover all activities that can improve the ...

In this article, we approach the ExaminationTimetabling Problem (ETP) from a student-centric point of view. We allow for multiple versions of an exam to be scheduled to increase the spreading of exams for students. We propose two Column Generation (CG) algorithms. In the first approach, a column is defined as an exam schedule for every unique student group, and two Pricing Problems (PPs) are de...

We describe a graduate-level, laboratory course that is structured as “master class” in experimental research project planning and execution. Students work teams to engage topics of their choosing, ideally relevant own areas research, make use the university's shared fabrication characterization facilities. After developing plans, which includes schedule, budget, milestones, students execute th...

This paper proposes a flexible approach to bus media redundancy in Controller Area Network (CAN) fieldbuses, both to improve the bandwidth by transmitting different traffic in different channels or to promote redundancy by transmitting the same message in more than one channel. Specifically the proposed solution is discussed in the context of Flexible Time-Triggered protocol over CAN (FTTCAN) a...

Six male Wistar rats were exposed to different orders of reinforcement schedules to investigate if estimates from Herrnstein's (1970) single-operant matching law equation would vary systematically with schedule order. Reinforcement schedules were arranged in orders of increasing and decreasing reinforcement rate. Subsequently, all rats were exposed to a single reinforcement schedule within a se...