Browsing by Subject "Automation"

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      Analysis of traffic flow with mixed manual and semi-automated vehicles 

      Bose, Arnab; Ioannou, Petros A. (IEEE, 1999)
      While dedicated highways with fully automated vehicles is a far in the future objective, the introduction of semi-automated vehicles on current highways designed to operate with manually driven vehicles is a realistic near ...
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      Argumentation based modeling of decision aiding for autonomous agents 

      Dimopoulos, Yannis; Moraïtis, Pavlos; Tsoukiàs, A. (2004)
      Decision Aiding can be abstractly described as the process of assisting a user/client/decision maker by recommending possible courses of his action. This process has to be able to cope with incomplete and/or inconsistent ...
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      Argumentation: Reconciling human and automated reasoning 

      Kakas, Antonis C.; Michael, Loizos; Toni, F. (CEUR-WS, 2016)
      We study how using argumentation as an alternative foundation for logic gives a framework in which we can reconcile human and automated reasoning. We analyse this reconciliation between human and automated reasoning at ...
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      Atemplate-based modeling approach for system design: Theory and implementation 

      Stein, J. L.; Louca, Loucas S. (1996)
      Previous research has developed search algorithms for deducing Proper Models (minimum complexity models with physically meaningful parameters) of dynamic systems. It has also been proposed that these Proper Models can be ...
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      Automated detection of pavement patches utilizing support vector machine classification 

      Hadjidemetriou, Georgios M.; Christodoulou, Symeon E.; Vela, Patricio A. (2016)
      The efficient condition assessment of road networks is crucial to prevent pavement distresses which can cause a spectrum of detrimental effects. The need for automation of the underlying process is originated from the ...
    • Article  

      Automated guided vehicle system for two container yard layouts 

      Liu, C. -I; Jula, H.; Vukadinovic, K.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2004)
      The explosive growth in the freight volumes has put a lot of pressure on seaport authorities to find better ways of doing daily operations in order to improve the performance and to cope with avalanches of containers ...
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      Automated implementation of complex distributed algorithms specified in the IOA language 

      Georgiou, Chryssis; Lynch, N.; Mavrommatis, Panayiotis; Tauber, J. A. (2009)
      IOA is a formal language for describing Input/Output automata that serves both as a formal specification language and as a programming language (Garland et al. in http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/tds/ioa/manual.ps, 2004). The IOA ...
    • Conference Object  

      Automatic vehicle-following 

      Chien, C. C.; Ioannou, Petros A. (Publ by American Automatic Control Council, 1992)
      Vehicle following and its effects on traffic flow has been an active area of research. Human driving involves reaction times, delays and human errors that affect traffic flow adversely. One way to eliminate human errors ...
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      An automation component for cross-platform, context-aware applications development 

      Achilleos, Achilleas P.; Thoma, Marita; Kapitsaki, Georgia M.; Mettouris, Christos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (2015)
      Context-aware computing faces many challenges mainly due to the increasing number and heterogeneity of context sources, since the Internet of Things introduces billions of devices. The development of context-aware applications ...
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      Autonomous Intelligent Cruise Control 

      Ioannou, Petros A.; Chien, C. C. (1993)
      Vehicle following and its effects on traffic flow has been an active area of research. Human driving involves reaction times, delays, and human errors that affect traffic flow adversely. One way to eliminate human errors ...
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      Building energy-aware smart homes using web technologies 

      Kamilaris, Andreas; Pitsillides, Andreas; Yiallouros, M. (2013)
      New technological advancements allow the Internet to penetrate in embedded computing. IPv6 envisions to merge the physical and the digital world, through the Internet. The Web of Things interconnects the expanding ecosystem ...
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      Comparing Different Classifiers for Automatic Age Estimation 

      Lanitis, A.; Draganova, C.; Christodoulou, Chris C. (2004)
      We describe a quantitative evaluation of the performance of different classifiers in the task of automatic age estimation. In this context, we generate a statistical model of facial appearance, which is subsequently used ...
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      Comparing different technologies for containers movement in marine container terminals 

      Liu, C. I.; Jula, H.; Vukadinovic, K.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2000)
      The explosive growth of freight volumes has greatly increased the work of seaports and urged the port authorities to adopt advanced technologies to cope with the booming containerships. Automated operations providing high ...
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      Comparision of spacing and headway control laws for automatically controlled vehicles 

      Swaroop, D.; Hedrick, J. K.; Chien, C. C.; Ioannou, Petros A. (1994)
      This paper investigates two different longitudinal control policies for automatically controlled vehicles. One is based on maintaining a constant spacing between the vehicles while the other is based upon maintaining a ...
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      A Comparison of Ultrasound Intima-Media Thickness Measurements of the Left and Right Common Carotid Artery 

      Loizou, Christos P.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C.; Georghiou, N.; Griffin, Maura B.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2015)
      The intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CCA) is an established indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD). There have been reports about the difference between the left and the right sides of the CCA ...
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      Completely automated multiresolution edge snapper (CAMES): A new technique for an accurate carotid ultrasound IMT measurement and its validation on a multi-institutional database 

      Molinari, F.; Loizou, Christos P.; Zeng, G.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Liboni, W.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Suri, J. S. (2011)
      Since 2005, our research team has been developing automated techniques for carotid artery (CA) wall segmentation and intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement. We developed a snake-based technique (which we named CULEX 1,2), ...
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      Completely automated multiresolution edge snapper-A new technique for an accurate carotid ultrasound IMT measurement: Clinical validation and benchmarking on a multi-institutional database 

      Molinari, F.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Zeng, G.; Saba, L.; Acharya, U. R.; Sanfilippo, R.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Suri, J. S. (2012)
      The aim of this paper is to describe a novel and completely automated technique for carotid artery (CA) recognition, far (distal) wall segmentation, and intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement, which is a strong clinical ...
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      Creating and utilizing section-level Web service tags in service replaceability 

      Kapitsaki, Georgia M. (2017)
      Web Services are used as reusable components in different types of applications. The correct discovery, combination and sequential use are main problems in Web service-based applications. In order to solve these issues, ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Design and analysis of novel routing protocols for vehicular delay tolerant networks 

      Stavrou, Demetris (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, 2016-05)
      Τα κινούμενα ρομπότ, ως η μετέπειτα γενεά των βιομηχανικών ρομπότ που έχουν εκμοντερνίσει την βιομηχανία, έχουν εισαγάγει τεράστιες ευκαιρίες τεχνολογικής ανάπτυξης στον σύγχρονο κόσμο. Με εφαρμογές που εκτείνονται από το ...
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      Design and development of a haptic peg-board exercise for the rehabilitation of people with multiple sclerosis 

      Xydas, E. G.; Louca, Loucas S. (Affiliation: Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box: 20537, Nicosia, CyprusAffiliation: Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department, University of CyprusCorrespondence Address: Xydas, E. G.Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box: 20537, Nicosia, Cyprusemail: mep4ex01@ucy.ac.cy, 2007)
      Peg-in-Hole methods, like the Nine Hole Peg-Board Test (NHPT) and the Perdue board are widely employed for the functional assessment and therapy of the upper limbs of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Such passive devices ...