Edited by Matt hias Schmidt
Contents
Part 1
Applied Computing Techniques 1
Next Generation Self-learning Style
in Pervasive Computing Environments 3
Kaoru Ota, Mianxiong Dong,
Long Zheng, Jun Ma, Li Li,
Daqiang Zhang and Minyi Guo
Automatic Generation of Programs 17
Ondřej Popelka and Jiří Štastný
Application of Computer Algebra into
the Analysis of a Malaria Model using MAPLE™ 37
Davinson Castaño Cano
Understanding Virtual Reality Technology:
Advances and Applications 53
Moses Okechukwu Onyesolu and Felista Udoka Eze
Real-Time Cross-Layer Routing
Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks 71
Khaled Daabaj and Shubat Ahmeda
Innovations in Mechanical Engineering 95
Experimental Implementation
of Lyapunov based MRAC for Small
Biped Robot Mimicking Human Gait 97
Pavan K. Vempaty, Ka C. Cheok, and Robert N. K. Loh
Performance Assessment of Multi-State
Systems with Critical Failure Modes:
Application to the Flotation Metallic Arsenic Circuit 113
Seraphin C. Abou
Applied Computing Techniques 1
Next Generation Self-learning Style
in Pervasive Computing Environments 3
Kaoru Ota, Mianxiong Dong,
Long Zheng, Jun Ma, Li Li,
Daqiang Zhang and Minyi Guo
Automatic Generation of Programs 17
Ondřej Popelka and Jiří Štastný
Application of Computer Algebra into
the Analysis of a Malaria Model using MAPLE™ 37
Davinson Castaño Cano
Understanding Virtual Reality Technology:
Advances and Applications 53
Moses Okechukwu Onyesolu and Felista Udoka Eze
Real-Time Cross-Layer Routing
Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks 71
Khaled Daabaj and Shubat Ahmeda
Innovations in Mechanical Engineering 95
Experimental Implementation
of Lyapunov based MRAC for Small
Biped Robot Mimicking Human Gait 97
Pavan K. Vempaty, Ka C. Cheok, and Robert N. K. Loh
Performance Assessment of Multi-State
Systems with Critical Failure Modes:
Application to the Flotation Metallic Arsenic Circuit 113
Seraphin C. Abou
Object Oriented Modeling
of Rotating Electrical Machines 135
Christian Kral and Anton Haumer
Mathematical Modelling
and Simulation of Pneumatic Systems 161
Djordje Dihovicni and Miroslav Medenica
Longitudinal Vibration of Isotropic Solid Rods:
From Classical to Modern Theories 187
Michael Shatalov, Julian Marais,
Igor Fedotov and Michel Djouosseu Tenkam
A Multiphysics Analysis of Aluminum Welding
Flux Composition Optimization Methods 215
Joseph I. Achebo
Estimation of Space Air Change Rates and CO2
Generation Rates for Mechanically-Ventilated Buildings 237
Xiaoshu Lu, Tao Lu and Martti Viljanen
Decontamination of Solid and Powder
Foodstuffs using DIC Technology 261
Tamara Allaf, Colette Besombes,
Ismail Mih, Laurent Lefevre and Karim Allaf
of Rotating Electrical Machines 135
Christian Kral and Anton Haumer
Mathematical Modelling
and Simulation of Pneumatic Systems 161
Djordje Dihovicni and Miroslav Medenica
Longitudinal Vibration of Isotropic Solid Rods:
From Classical to Modern Theories 187
Michael Shatalov, Julian Marais,
Igor Fedotov and Michel Djouosseu Tenkam
A Multiphysics Analysis of Aluminum Welding
Flux Composition Optimization Methods 215
Joseph I. Achebo
Estimation of Space Air Change Rates and CO2
Generation Rates for Mechanically-Ventilated Buildings 237
Xiaoshu Lu, Tao Lu and Martti Viljanen
Decontamination of Solid and Powder
Foodstuffs using DIC Technology 261
Tamara Allaf, Colette Besombes,
Ismail Mih, Laurent Lefevre and Karim Allaf
Dynamic Analysis of a DC-DC Multiplier Converter 285
J. C. Mayo-Maldonado, R. Salas-Cabrera, J. C. Rosas-Caro,
H. Cisneros-Villegas, M. Gomez-Garcia, E. N.Salas-Cabrera,
R. Castillo-Gutierrez and O. Ruiz-Martinez
Computation Time Efficient Models
of DC-to-DC Converters for Multi-Domain Simulations 299
Johannes V. Gragger
How to Prove Period-Doubling Bifurcations
Existence for Systems of any Dimension -
Applications in Electronics and Thermal Field 311
Céline Gauthier-Quémard
Advances in Applied Modeling 335
Geometry-Induced Transport Properties
of Two Dimensional Networks 337
Zbigniew Domański
J. C. Mayo-Maldonado, R. Salas-Cabrera, J. C. Rosas-Caro,
H. Cisneros-Villegas, M. Gomez-Garcia, E. N.Salas-Cabrera,
R. Castillo-Gutierrez and O. Ruiz-Martinez
Computation Time Efficient Models
of DC-to-DC Converters for Multi-Domain Simulations 299
Johannes V. Gragger
How to Prove Period-Doubling Bifurcations
Existence for Systems of any Dimension -
Applications in Electronics and Thermal Field 311
Céline Gauthier-Quémard
Advances in Applied Modeling 335
Geometry-Induced Transport Properties
of Two Dimensional Networks 337
Zbigniew Domański
New Approach to a Tourist Navigation System
that Promotes Interaction with Environment 353
Yoshio Nakatani, Ken Tanaka and Kanako Ichikawa
Logistic Operating Curves in Theory and Practice 371
Peter Nyhuis and Matthias Schmidt
Lütkenhöner’s „Intensity Dependence
of Auditory Responses“: An Instructional Example
in How Not To Do Computational Neurobiology 391
Lance Nizami
A Warning to the Human-Factors Engineer: False Derivations
of Riesz’s Weber Fraction, Piéron’s Law, and Others
Within Norwich et al.’s Entropy Theory of Perception 407
Lance Nizami
A Model of Adding Relations in Two Levels of a Linking
Pin Organization Structure with Two Subordinates 425
Kiyoshi Sawada
The Multi-Objective Refactoring Set Selection
Problem - A Solution Representation Analysis 441
Camelia Chisăliţă-Creţu
that Promotes Interaction with Environment 353
Yoshio Nakatani, Ken Tanaka and Kanako Ichikawa
Logistic Operating Curves in Theory and Practice 371
Peter Nyhuis and Matthias Schmidt
Lütkenhöner’s „Intensity Dependence
of Auditory Responses“: An Instructional Example
in How Not To Do Computational Neurobiology 391
Lance Nizami
A Warning to the Human-Factors Engineer: False Derivations
of Riesz’s Weber Fraction, Piéron’s Law, and Others
Within Norwich et al.’s Entropy Theory of Perception 407
Lance Nizami
A Model of Adding Relations in Two Levels of a Linking
Pin Organization Structure with Two Subordinates 425
Kiyoshi Sawada
The Multi-Objective Refactoring Set Selection
Problem - A Solution Representation Analysis 441
Camelia Chisăliţă-Creţu