a tandem agv configuration connects all cells of a manufacturing area by means of non-overlapping, sin-gle-vehicle closed loops. each loop has at least one additional p/d station, provided as an interface between adjacent loops. this study describes the development of three tabu search algorithms for the design of tandem agv systems. the first algorithm was developed based on the basic definiti...

A tandem AGV configuration connects all cells of a manufacturing area by means of non-overlapping, sin-gle-vehicle closed loops. Each loop has at least one additional P/D station, provided as an interface between adjacent loops. This study describes the development of three tabu search algorithms for the design of tandem AGV systems. The first algorithm was developed based on the basic definiti...

The tandem loop with multiple vehicles (TLMV) configuration is proposed as a new and effective alternative for automated guided vehicle systems. The TLMV configuration is useful for a large scale manufacturing environment since it can easily accommodate expansion or upgrade while still being less sensitive to vehicle failure than the tandem loop (single vehicle) configuration. Simulation result...

ABSTRACT Flying snakes flatten their body to form a roughly triangular cross-sectional shape, enabling lift production and horizontal acceleration. While gliding, they also assume an S-shaped posture, which could promote aerodynamic interactions between the fore aft body. Such have been studied experimentally; however, very coarse models of snake's shape were used, effects measured only for dow...

Very low energy collision-induced dissociation of the deprotonated molecules of glycosyl esters of nucleoside pyrophosphates results in distinct fragmentation patterns that depend on the cis-trans configuration of the phosphodiester and 2″-hydroxyl groups of the glycosyl residue. In tandem mass spectrometry, sugar nucleotides with cis configuration produce only one, very abundant fragment that ...

In this paper, we present a method for integrating possible prior knowledge (such as phonetic and lexical knowledge), as well as acoustic context (e.g., the whole utterance) in the phone posterior estimation, and we propose to use the obtained posteriors as complementary posterior features in Tandem ASR configuration. These posteriors are estimated based on HMM state posterior probability defin...

Our primary goal is to increase the stabilized efficiency of thin film silicon solar cells in the substrate (nip) configuration by using textured substrates and tandem structures, based on amorphous (a-Si:H) and microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H). In order to reduce costs of mass-produced thin film solar modules, special attention has been paid in developing processes compatible with plastic fo...