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Advances in Production Management Systems. Innovative and Knowledge-Based Production Management in a Global-Local World: IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2014, Ajaccio, France, September 20-24, 2014, Proceedings, Part II
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Springer New York LLC
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
The three volumes IFIP AICT 438, 439, and 440 constitute the refereed proceedings of the International IFIP WG 5.7 Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2014, held in Ajaccio, France, in September ...
Energy consumption and conservation practices in Qatar - A case study of a hotel building
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
This paper considers energy conservation practices in Qatar with special emphasis on commercial buildings. Energy conservation approaches are classified into five main areas and an Energy Conservation Matrix (ECM) database ...
Routing and channel assignment in wireless cooperative networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
In recent years, cooperative communication has attracted researchers' attention as it showed a good capability to increase network performance. On the other hand, a cooperative transmission may cause more interference. ...
Siting of pv power plants on inclined terrains
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2014 , Article)
Most of the studies conducted on solar energy assessment and solar system siting focus on flat terrains that are usually difficult and expensive to acquire in urban areas. This paper investigates the possibility of using ...
Electrodeposition of Mg-Ni-Al Alloy in low temperature molten salts
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Electrochemical Society Inc.
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Mg-Ni-Al alloys were prepared in urea-acetamide-NaBr low temperature molten salts by electrodeposition method. Effects of electrodeposition parameters such as deposition temperature and time on the composition and ...
A new tracking technique for mechanical angle measurement
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
Resolvers and other types of sine/cosine encoders are used for measurement of mechanical angles. These devices produce quadrature signals in the form of sine and cosine of the unknown angle, and require converters to extract ...
Design and implementation of credit-based resource allocation protocol for DSA systems
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
This paper designs, implements, and evaluates an efficient dynamic spectrum access (DSA) protocol for cognitive radio networks. The proposed protocol relies on the concept of credit value to allocate resources among users ...
An LP model for optimizing a supply chain management system for steel company
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Newswood Limited
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
In this research, we have developed a linear programming formulation to describe Qatar steel manufacturing supply chain from suppliers to consumers. The purpose of the model is to provide answers regarding the optimal ...
Using codebooks generated from text skeletonization for forensic writer identification
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, we propose a novel approach for writer identification using codebook generation based on text skeletonization.Unlike other schemes, the skeleton in this approach is segmented at its junction pixels into ...
Semantics-based approach for dynamic evolution of trust negotiation protocols in cloud collaboration
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Springer Verlag
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Many techniques for addressing trust negotiation issues is little concerned with managing the dynamic evolution of trust negotiation protocols (policies), particularly in cases where there exist ongoing negotiations when ...