Laguerre function has many advantages such as good approximation capability for different systems, low computational complexity and the facility of on-line parameter identification. Therefore, it is widely adopted for complex industrial process control. In this work, Laguerre function based adaptive model predictive control algorithm (AMPC) was implemented to control continuous stirred tank rea...

The evolving science of complex systems consists of many inter-related but incompletely synthesised observations and ideas accumulated over the last century. Some outstanding problems can be identified as major hurdles to be overcome. Trying to understand these ‘bottleneck problems’ in the context of human systems is particularly difficult for two major reasons: it is difficult for humans to st...

Healthy ocean ecosystems are needed to sustain people and livelihoods and to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Using the ocean sustainably requires overcoming many formidable challenges: overfishing, climate change, ocean acidification, and pollution. Despite gloomy forecasts, there is reason for hope. New tools, practices, and partnerships are beginning to transform loc...

Inefficiencies within compressed air systems (CASs) call for the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies financially viable and sustainable operations. A systematic literature review intelligent approaches CASs was carried out, in which research methodology based on PRISMA guidelines. The search out 1 November 2022 two databases: Scopus Web Science. resulted 37 papers eligible a qualitative bi...

This paper aims to analyze decision-making problems in Groupage Systems from a complexity-science perspective. Therefore, the idea of Complex Adaptive Logistics Systems (CALS) and its inherent organization principle of autonomous co-operation and control will be presented. Furthermore, Groupage systems as a way to implement collaborative transportation planning will be introduced and, in combin...

Disconnects and defects in care – such as duplication, poor integration between services or avoidable adverse events – are costly to the health system and potentially harmful to patients and families. For patients living with multiple chronic conditions, such disconnects can be particularly detrimental. Lean is an approach to optimizing value by reducing waste (eg, duplication and defects) and ...

OBJECTIVE Continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions (CASS) is believed to lower the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Animal studies to establish safety and efficacy of CASS have not been conducted. DESIGN Prospective randomized animal study. SETTING Animal-research facility at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. SUBJECTS Twenty-two sheep. INTERVENTIONS Sheep were r...

Chatbots systems, despite their popularity in today's HCI and CSCW research, fall short for one of the two reasons: 1) many systems use a rule-based dialog flow, thus they can only respond to limited number pre-defined inputs with pre-scripted responses; or 2) are designed focus on single-user scenarios, it is unclear how these may affect other users community. In this paper, we develop general...

During the last thirty years the level of interest in Complexity Science has been constantly increasing. Combining the opportunity offered by the findings of the Complexity Science with the framework of the multi-disciplinary debate on the meaning and use of diagrams, we propose a design methodology to help designers support their interventions in complex environments. The structural features a...