Performing reactions in flow can offer major advantages over batch methods. However, laboratory flow chemistry processes are currently often limited to single steps or short sequences due to the complexity involved with operating a multi-step process. Using new modular components for downstream processing, coupled with control technologies, more advanced multi-step flow sequences can be realize...

Directorate, we are developing architectures for commanding and controlling a cluster of cooperating satellites through autonomous software development for the TechSat 21 program (see the “TechSat 21” sidebar starting on page 10). Many space missions require large, monolithic satellites. This often results in costly, complex, failure-prone vehicles whose physical size constraints limit their pe...

Intelligent reservoir characterization using seismic attributes and hydraulic flow units has a vital role in the description of oil and gas traps. The predicted model allows an accurate understanding of the reservoir quality, especially at the un-cored well location. This study was conducted in two major steps. In the first step, the survey compared different intelligent techniques to discover ...

Human adaptive mechatronics is intelligent electrical-mechanical systems that are able to adapt themselves to the human’s skill in various environments, and provide assistance in improving the skill, and overall operation of the combined human machine system to achieve improved performance. It is clear that humans have strong and extremely adaptive natural mechanisms that are able to accommodat...

In this paper, we present a novel approach for realising the vision of ambient intelligence in Ubiquitous Computing Environments (UCEs). This approach is based on embedding intelligent agents in UCEs. These agents are based on type-2 fuzzy systems which are able to handle the different sources uncertainty and imprecision in UCEs to give a good response. We have developed a novel system for lear...

Intelligent Environments are able to support ever-changing environmental needs by automatically and dynamically adjusting their key parameters without explicit human intervention. However, the current development of Intelligent Environments primarily focuses on the technical aspects of the physical components, and does not give sufficient consideration to the dynamic interrelationship between p...

To maintain a desired level of system performance in a dynamic environment, a vision system must be able to adapt to a wide range of operating conditions by tuning the parameters that control its multiple processing stages, choosing which vision modules to connect together, and controlling image acquisition. Knowledgebased controllers that reason over explicitly represented knowledge can be use...

C. Harrison B. Eckman R. Hamilton P. Hartswick J. Kalagnanam J. Paraszczak P. Williams This paper describes the information technology (IT) foundation and principles for Smarter Citiesi. Smarter Cities are urban areas that exploit operational data, such as that arising from traff ic congestion, power consumption statistics, and public safety events, to optimize the operation of city services. T...