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In this paper, we propose a general autonomous parking system to enable drivers to get out of their cars wherever and whenever they want. We demonstrate our prototype system along with research issues, challenges, and applications.
Much has been argued about the benefits of using Scrum in software projects. This article reports a case study on an education institution's software development department through the application of certain practices of the Scrum to the software development process. The aim is to identify whether the team satisfaction is increased with the method utilization. Together with the case study, we applied...
Mobile Maintenance is currently a major issue for the future of the Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) industry. This is one of the results of a CAFM trend survey in 2013, conducted by the German Facility Management Association (Hohmann 2014). Thus, access to FM-relevant information via mobile devices gains significance. However a seamless integration of mobile devices in FM processes lacks...
In management systems, the focus is moving from managing the Quality of Service (QoS) of end-user service sessions to managing their Quality of Experience (QOE). To do this, the user experience and context of those sessions much be modelled, analysed, and optimised to ensure end user experience matches expectations as closely as possible. In this thesis, we introduce the Aesop approach, which uses...
Recently researchers have approached the problem of motion planning with topological constraints. In such problems, the inputs to the planner are source and destination points and the output is expected to be a valid path that respects the topological constraints. A concrete example of such problems — and the topic of this paper — is planning for a robot which is connected with a cable of limited...
Bridging the gap between symbolic and geometric planning has received much attention in recent years. An important issue in some of the works that combine the two approaches is finding the right balance between backtracking at the symbolic level versus at the geometric planning level. We present in this work a new approach to interleaved backtracking, where the symbolic planner backtracks to try alternative...
In this paper, we propose a general manipulation planner for dual-arm industrial manipulators. According to the context, the planner automatically determines whether both arms have to be used simultaneously or not. The approach is based on (i) the extension of an object placement algorithm previously developed in [23], and (ii) the introduction of several types of re-grasping motions dedicated to...
This paper presents a planning approach using Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) modeled as a Subsumption Architecture to generate plans for driving trains. The main idea of a planning strategy is to generate a sequence of actions for an agent, which can use these actions to change its environment. CBR allows using prior experiences for new task assignments. In the proposed ap-proach, each previous experience...
Service Innovation will be useful only if it is being accepted and being utilized by the target users. Often times, the service is invented by IT personnel rather than the real users. Hence, problem generally occurs when the service is delivered to the users. In this paper, we propose a benefit realization framework called Operation of Realizing Benefit in Information Technology (ORBIT). Since the...
In the recent past, efforts have been made to adopt immersive virtual reality (IVR) systems as a means for design reviews in factory layout planning. While several solutions for this scenario have been developed, their integration into existing planning workflows has not been discussed yet. From our own experience of developing such a solution, we conclude that the use of IVR systems—like CAVEs—is...
The composition of services in the web of objects poses important challenges concerning resources limitation, adaptability, performance and scalability. In this paper, we focus on the optimization of service selection as the key operation in dynamic service composition by using multi-agent architecture that achieves an online generation and rescheduling of the optimal services execution workflow by...
Several approaches have been used to improve online learning systems and make training more attractive and beneficial for learners. One of a prominent approach is to the e-Tutoring that can provide a personalized and continuous support aiming to increase learners' motivation, reduce feelings of isolation and avoid failure and abandonment in training. We offer in our work a support model for tutoring...
An important challenge in pervasive computing environments is to automatically enable software applications by dynamically composing services. Service composition is a way to plan a business process to fulfill business goals that cannot be achieved by individual business services. Given a representation of services in OWL-S, service composition can be modeled as an Artificial Intelligence planning...
Although organizational learning can be explained as mutual learning between an organization and the individuals in it, it has been mostly understood from the organization side. To understand how this mutual learning occurs from the side of the actual learners as the learning entity, we study how individuals learn organizational knowledge by adopting and transforming it and how they are influenced...
The widespread use of lean and agile development methods shows a fundamental shift in how organizations try to cope with complexity and volatility issues. In large-scale settings, the coordination of many people often results in a team of teams setup. We introduce the multiteam systems perspective to describe different conceptual strategy types for inter-team coordination. These types are illustrated...
The problems and challenges that arise in the task of improving discharge planning have been an area of concern for many years, including problems related to the lack of time for professionals to participate. In a county council area in South East Sweden, video conferencing was implemented in discharge planning sessions to enable distance participation. As part of a larger research study of the implementation...
In recent years increasing shares of intermittent renewable energy sources (RES) have changed the usual pattern of electricity markets especially in Western Europe. The fact that these must run capacities are offered at Zero costs over a large time per year have led to the argumentation that fossile plants like CCGT or coal power stations become economically less attractive because of the lower fullload...
Like in every process model, agile processes (e.g. Scrum, eXtreme Programming) depend on accurate estimations to enable meaningful prioritization, iteration- and release planning. The emphasis of this paper is on "Planning Poker", a widely used estimation technique in agile context. The goal is to identify inaccurate effort estimates to enable more precise project scheduling and release...
In this paper, we share our experience of developing and executing a user centered design workshop for an interdisciplinary team of policy makers, planners, funders and implementers of public private partnerships (PPPs) for programs on sustainable agricultural value chain development. For an audience who will neither practice the design profession nor tend to apply the user centered design process...
Energy-saving offices require autonomous and optimised control of integrated devices and appliances with the objective of saving energy while the occupant comfort and productivity are preserved. We propose an approach that analyses and controls an office space and accounts for the objectives of energy-saving offices. The approach considers ontology-based occupant activity recognition using simple...
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