A max-plus system with partial synchronization is a persistent discrete event system divided into a main subsystem and a secondary subsystem such that the secondary subsystem has to adjust its behavior to the main subsystem, but the main subsystem is not affected by the secondary subsystem. A formal model based on max-plus recursive equations is presented for max-plus systems with partial synch...

Iranian bread production methods are often unsanitary, in the last decades, different attempts were made to mechanize production of Iranian breads, but a few of them, due to a variety of factors, could succeed. The aim of this study is to examine various factors affecting the system of bread production in Iran and to provide effective solutions for the development of mechanized bakeries as the ...

Reliability optimization problem has a wide application in engineering area. One of the most important problems in reliability is redundancy allocation problem (RAP). In this research, we worked on a RAP with repairable components and k-out-of-n sub-systems structure. The objective function was to maximize system reliability under cost and weight constraints. The aim was determining optimal com...

The nature of electro-optical equipment in various industries and the pursuit of the goal of reducing costs demand high reliability on the part of electro-optical systems. In this respect, reliability improvement could be addressed through a reliability allocation problem. Subsystem reliability must be increased such that the requirements as well as defined requisite functions are ensured in ac...

The lack of exibility and performance of current communication subsystems has led researchers to look for new protocol architectures. A new design philosophy, exible and eecient, referred to in the literature as function-based communication model is emerging and seems to be very promising. It consists of designing application-tailored communication subsystems adapted to the speciic requirements...