In this study, several improvements are proposed for improved whisper-island detection within normally phonated audio streams. Based on our previous study, an improved feature, which is more sensitive to vocal effort change points between whisper and neutral speech, is developed and utilized in vocal effort change point(VECP) detection and vocal effort classification. Evaluation is based on the...

The manufacturing industry is currently undergoing rapid changes because of the rapid growth of advanced technologies in information systems and networks, which allow for collaboration around the world. This combination of the latest information technologies and advanced manufacturing networks has led to the growth of a new manufacturing model known as Cloud Manufacturing. Because Cloud Manufac...

In the mid-to-large volume manufacturing operations, a Single Part Manufacturing System (SPMS) is usually used to produce one part model. As the progress of manufacturing technologies, modern manufacturing systems such as reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS), are more capable of producing a family of part models, such a system is often referred to as a Multiple Parts Manufacturing System ...

Intelligent Manufacturing System (IMS) shall be considered as a system integrated with different intelligent subsystems, which completes the distributed solution procedure on the basis of exchanging large quantities of materials, energy and information. Any intelligent manufacturing process selfregulates and self-controls itself in manufacturing the products within the design specifications. It...

The development of architectures for control systems has been an active area of research for at least twenty years. This research has produced many different architectures which use different terminologies and address different issues. In order to analyse existing architectures and to determine issues that must be addressed in defining a new one, a common terminology for discussing architecture...

Eine der Aufgaben eines ME-Systems (Manufacturing Execution Systems) stellt die Feinplanung und –steuerung der Produktion dar. ME-Systeme werden in der IT-Infrastruktur eines Unternehmens zwischen dem ERP-System und dem Shop-Floor angesiedelt und bilden hier einen geschlossenen Regelkreis. Die Feinplanungsaufgabe besteht darin, den Produktionsplan permanent an die Veränderungen aus dem ERP-Syst...

We extend our previous work of applying automated negotiation to two self-interested agents each with a local but linked production scheduling problem by including multiple agents. To this end, we first present a negotiation protocol built on existing work in the multi-agent negotiation literature before turning to upgrade the two negotiation strategies proposed in the previous work. The first ...

The manufacturing enterprises are now experiencing high pressure of competition. In addition, the advancement in computer software, hardware, networks, information technologies and integration has been gradually reshaping the manufacturing companies by shifting from the industrial age to the information and knowledge era. Due to these elevated competitiveness and advanced computer technology, a...

As a result of increasing global industrial competition, it has become essential for world economies to implement an effective industrial strategy that reliably and quickly addresses sudden changes in product design. An emerging strategy that might enable industries to cope with rapidly changing product specifications is based on reconfiguring the manufacturing systems. In this paper, the autho...

The multi-objective optimization problem is the main purpose of generating an optimal set of targets known as Pareto optimal frontier to be provided the ultimate decision-makers. The final selection of point of Pareto frontier is usually made only based on the goals presented in the mathematical model to implement the considered system by the decision-makers. In this paper, a mathematical model...