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In the presented report it is considered a scientifically substantiated criterion for assessing the “goodness” of the optimal individual preferences density distribution for a common continuous alternative. On the basis of the “Subjective Entropy Extremization Principle”, the proposed measure allows choosing the appropriate control in an active system with some elements of artificial intelligence...
Trends in aviation systems continue a natural progression towards certain characteristics: autonomy, complexity, safety-criticality. These trends are largely inevitable, as new technology offers new capabilities (e.g. advanced sensors, fast processing, and ubiquitous connectivity at low cost and high availability). However, these trends drastically intensify certain verification and validation (V&V)...
This miniworkshop focuses on diagramming as a problem solving tool. Unfortunately, many students enter engineering without valuing the use of diagrams in model-based reasoning. Too often, they see diagramming as something which is superfluous and disconnected from "real problem solving." Students often come to their first engineering course with a well-practiced strategy that uses a rote...
A National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored project was initiated in 2011 at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME), Miami University, with the aim of creating online learning modules to increase the efficacy of the coursework. The modules were designed to instil proficiency in computational and experimental analysis, and were grouped along five thematic lines in the form...
The primary goal of this mini-workshop is to assist participants in creating Inquiry Based Learning Activities (IBLAs) that promote better conceptual understanding for their students. This is part of more general goal of transforming engineering classrooms into more interactive formats that promote student engagement and lead to improved student outcomes. Specifically the workshop will introduce participants...
Understanding individual classroom culture is essential for constructing effective learning and teaching contexts. Largely underutilized in STEM classrooms to date, discourse analysis can serve as a tool to uncover, understand, and shape unique classroom culture. Used as a reflective tool, discourse analysis can enhance pedagogical understanding of quality and quantity of student participation and...
This paper describes the hands on workshop experience using a robot kit DepecaBot, as a part of a global effort of teaching robotics as a way of improving skills for students in field of computer science, electronics, and telecommunications. The Robotics Week has been taking place at the University of Alcalá since 2000. This Robotics Week comprises different activities: sumo fighting robots, autonomous...
This paper introduces the design of a distributed wireless tree-like data acquisition system based on ZigBee, including its composition and the topological structure of ZigBee network. An industrial information transmission system based on ZigBee technology with CC2530 chip is designed. In this paper, every part of the hardware connections and software design will be introduced overall framework of...
Propagation is a widespread goal of education materials development. If an educational innovation is effective in one environment, many developers want to share it with other instructors and institutions to have a larger impact and improve education more broadly. Studying the propagation process is one way to learn more about the aspects that contribute to propagation of particular educational innovations...
I often hear faculty speak of students not taking responsibility. Students who do not read the assignments, miss or turn in incomplete homework, or do not actively participating in lab assignments and still expect a good grade! Simply put, more and more students are not taking responsibility for their own learning. But I don't believe that the reason is because students don't want to do so. My question...
According to the demand of monitoring hierarchical execution process of complex product, this paper puts forward a technology about coordination of the production process associated with complex product based on Task-Kitting Process. From supervisory of complex associated production, This paper takes process-oriented multi-parametric monitored modeling and processed dynamic assembly monitoring packet...
In this study we focus on the influence of the voice of a speech corpus on the quality of text-to-speech (TTS) systems. Therefore, we selected a set of attribute scales which consists of items related to the 5 perceptual quality dimensions of TTS systems and of items which are used in studies concerning the likeability of voices. We selected 5 different voices of the TTS systems IVONA and ACAPELA...
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