Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is an innovative and competitive optimization technique for numerical optimization with real-parameter representation. This paper examines the working mechanism of PSO in a principled manner with forma analysis and investigates the applicability of PSO on the Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP). Particularly, the derived PSO operator for QAP is empirically studi...

intentional assignment of entitlements (as opposed to debts) is a legal institution which is based on the possibility of separation of entitlements from the personality of creditor and of its assignment to a third party. in the voluntary assignment of entitlements, the creditors may assign their rights to a third party. after long discussions, voluntary assignment of rights has been accepted in...

We study the probability assignment for the outcomes of time-extended measurements. We construct the class-operator that incorporates the information about a generic time-smeared quantity. These class-operators are employed for the construction of Positive-Operator-Valued-Measures for the time-averaged quantities. The scheme highlights the distinction between velocity and momentum in quantum th...

Hamiltonian lattice gauge models based on the assignment of the Heisenberg double of a Lie group to each link of the lattice are constructed in arbitrary space-time dimensions. It is shown that the corresponding generalization of the gauge-invariant Wilson line observables requires to attach to each vertex of the line a vertex operator which goes to the unity in the continuum limit.

Decision-making is a complex problem in all fields of production, because decision makers have to find the most suitable solution alternative among numerous, while limited by multiple, usually conflicting constraints. In Industry 4.0 era, one widely used production lines are U-shaped lines, which focus on elimination waste through high utilization workers. It means, that worker-machine assignme...

We present a user interface that utilizes handtracking and gesture detection to provide a natural and intuitive interface to a semi-autonomous robotic manipulation system. The developed interface leverages humans and robots for what they each do best. The robotic system performs object detection, and grasp and motion planning. The human operator oversees high-level task assignment and manages u...

In utility computing environments, multiple users and applications are served from the same r esource pool. To maintain service level objectives and maintain high levels of utilization in the resource pool, it is desirable that resources be assigne d in a manner consistent with operator policies, while ensuring that shared resources (e.g., networks) within the pool do not become bottlenecks. Th...

The output maneuvering problem involves two tasks. The first, which is the geometric task, is to force the output to converge to a desired path parametrized by a continuous scalar variable θ. The second task is to satisfy a desired speed assignment along the path. The main concern is to satisfy the geometric task. However, the speed assignment will ensure that the output follows the path with s...

We present a graph-theoretic model for the frequency assignment problem in Cellular Phone Networks: Obeying several technical and legal restrictions, frequencies have to be assigned to transceivers so that interference is as small as possible. This optimization problem is NP-hard. Good approximation cannot be guaranteed, unless P = NP . We describe several assignment heuristics. These heuristic...