A capacitated location-routing problem (CLRP) is one of the new areas of research in distribution management. It consists of two problems; locating of facilities and routing of the vehicle with a specific capacity. The purpose of the CLRP is to open a set of stores, allocate customers to established deposits, and then design vehicle tours in order to minimize the total cost. In this paper, a ne...

The present paper proposes an image pickup system for coarse integral volumetric imaging (CIVI), which is a 3D display solution combining multiview technology based on integral imaging and volumetric imaging technology using multilayered panels. In order to apply CIVI display system for live action videos, an image pickup system that can obtain not only multiview image but also depth informatio...

In this article, multiple-product PVRP with pickup and delivery that is used widely in goods distribution or other service companies, especially by railways, was introduced. A mathematical formulation was provided for this problem. Each product had a set of vehicles which could carry the product and pickup and delivery could simultaneously occur. To solve the problem, two meta-heuristic methods...

The vehicle routing problem with cross-docking (VRPCD) consists in defining a set of routes that satisfy transportation requests between a set of pickup points and a set of delivery points. The vehicles bring goods from pickup locations to a cross-docking platform, where the items may be consolidated for efficient delivery. In this paper we propose a new solution methodology for this problem. I...

Cytometry is a process that allows for measuring characteristics of single biological cells [1]. In this paper we report on a novel cytometric cell detector using a DVD pickup head. The system uses a microfluidic chip with a flow cell that allows for hydrodynamic focusing of the sample flow. The reflected optical signal intensity is influenced by particles that pass the beam and is measured dir...

A laser diode package is mounted on an optical pickup head actuator. The laser diode package is used to sense the displacement of a moving target by self-mixing interference signals. A sliding mode based fuzzy control method is developed to achieve fast response of the optical pickup head actuator, which is driven in a focusing direction. Simulation results show the proposed method performs bet...

Sensitivity to disk vibration and large component number, which complicates assembly and optical alignment, are the drawbacks of traditional optical pickup systems. Here, a numerical method of designing a dual-wavelength diffractive objective lens with high numerical aperture for generating arbitrarily discrete, diffractionless beams with extended depth of focus is presented. Simulation and exp...

In this article the capacitive pickup of magnetic fluctuation probes for plasma applications is studied. The nine most commonly used probe designs are compared with respect to their capacitive pickup rejection, magnetic sensitivity, and minimum plasma disturbance. For absolute calibration, well defined electric and magnetic field fluctuations are produced separately in a Faraday cup and in a He...

In this paper we present a series of algorithms developed to detect the following guitar playing techniques : bend, hammer-on, pull-off, slide, palm muting and harmonic. Detection of playing techniques can be used to control external content (i.e audio loops and effects, videos, light events, etc.), as well as to write real-time score or to assist guitar novices in their learning process. The g...

During the 14 July 2005 encounter of Cassini with Enceladus, the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer measured strong deflections in the corotating ion flow, commencing at least 27 Enceladus radii (27 x 252.1 kilometers) from Enceladus. The Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument inferred little plasma density increase near Enceladus. These data are consistent with ion formation via charge exch...