the aim of this study is to examine the effect of advertising and sales promotions on brand equity creation. regarding the research purpose, this study is applied, and in terms of data collection this study is descriptive-causal based on structural equation modeling. the research tool for data collection was a valid questionnaire and the research population included consumers of samsung brand o...

A home network system (HNS) coordinates various networked home appliances to achieve value-added services. If multiple services are executed at the same time, functional conflicts between the home appliances may occur. These are known as feature interactions (FIs) in the HNS. We have previously defined two kinds of FIs: appliance interactions and environment interactions. Environment interactio...

In this paper, a home energy management (HEM) scheme based on appliances coordination has been proposed for future smart grids. This scheme is based on communication among home appliances, a central energy management unit (EMU), smart meter and the storage unit inside home. A wireless sensor home area network (WSHAN) using ZigBee protocol is employed for relaying messages among different entiti...

A universal sensor for appliances and their location in a home environment is presented along with a brief use case scenario.

This study aims to identify processes, current situations, and issues of recycling systems for four home appliances, namely, air conditioners, television receivers, refrigerators, and washing machines, among e-wastes in China and Japan for understanding and comparison of their characteristics. In accordance with results of a literature search, review of information disclosed online, and questio...