959 resultados para Computer software Reusability
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This paper shows the impact of the atomic capabilities concept to include control-oriented knowledge of linear control systems in the decisions making structure of physical agents. These agents operate in a real environment managing physical objects (e.g. their physical bodies) in coordinated tasks. This approach is presented using an introspective reasoning approach and control theory based on the specific tasks of passing a ball and executing the offside manoeuvre between physical agents in the robotic soccer testbed. Experimental results and conclusions are presented, emphasising the advantages of our approach that improve the multi-agent performance in cooperative systems
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El proyecto será desarrollado en base al modelo ecológico del desarrollo humano, (Bronfenbrenner, 1999) partiendo desde la explicación y conceptualización del modelo en términos generales, guiando la investigación hacia un ámbito organizacional en donde se podrá aplicar la teoría descrita por Bronfenbrenner y así, determinar cuál es la estructura y funcionalidad de los sistemas en el modelo además de establecer qué utilidad tiene en entornos empresariales por medio del análisis de los múltiples sistemas, relaciones, interacciones y efectos que tienen y que desarrollan las empresas u organizaciones en el transcurso de su vida. A lo largo de la investigación se hará referencia a diferentes conceptos relacionados tanto con el modelo como con el mundo en que se desarrollan las organizaciones, tales como clusters, sistemas, sectores, estrategias, marketing relacional, comunidad, interacciones, influencias, entre otros; los cuales permitirán acercar lo mayor posible el modelo de Bronfenbrenner al mundo empresarial y lograr desarrollar de mejor manera la intención de aplicar el modelo al mundo organizacional.
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En el Centre d'Investigació en Robòtica Submarina (CIRS) de la Universitat de Gironaes disposa de diferents robots submarins els quals utilitzen una arquitectura software anomenada Component Oriented Layered-based Architecture for Autonomy ( COLA2 ), la qual ha estat desenvolupada per estudiants i professors del mateix centre. Per tal de fer aquesta arquitectura més accessible per a professors i estudiant d’altres centres la COLA2 s’està adaptant al Robot Operative System (ROS) que és un framework genèric per al desenvolupament d’aplicacions amb robots. Aquest projecte pretén dissenyar un comportament per al robot Girona500 que estigui desenvolupat dins la versió ROS de l’arquitectura COLA2. El comportament haurà de fer mantenir una determinada posició al robot amb informació visual de la càmera del robot i amb dades de navegació. La tasca de mantenir la posició es de vital importància per a poder realitzar intervencions submarines que requereixen de precisió i, precisament, el medi on es treballa no ajuda
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El grup de Visió per Computador i Robòtica (VICOROB) disposa de varis robots submarins per a la recerca i inspecció subaquàtica. Recentment s’ha adquirit un sensor sonar d’escombrat lateral el qual s’utilitza per realitzar imatges acústiques del fons marí quan aquest es mou principalment a velocitat constant i mantenint el rumb. Els robots del grup VICOROB estan equipats amb diferents tipus de sensors i càmeres per analitzar el fons marí. Aquest sensors són de gran qualitat i permeten conèixer de manera bastant satisfactòria l’entorn a les proximitats del robot. Freqüentment però, aquest sensors estant sotmesos a diferents restriccions depenent de la seva naturalesa de funcionament, de tal manera que es necessària la seva combinació per resoldre determinats problemes en diferents situacions. Amb aquest projecte, es pretén integrar un nou sistema de captura d’imatges sonores del fons marí, en un dels robots. Amb la integració d’aquest nou sensor, s’espera obtenir una opció alternativa els sistemes actuals que pugui aportar informació addicional sobre el fons. Aquest sistema podrà ser utilitzat per realitzar tasques per les quals els altres sensors no estant preparats o bé per complementar informació d’altres sensor
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Avui en dia, una bona il·luminació vial és molt important, tant per als conductors com per als vianants. Els fanals o conjunts òptics estan compostos per una font de llum que és la làmpada, el reflector i la carcassa que els protegeix. Trobar la forma exacta d’un reflector amb unes propietats òptiques en particular és de gran importància en el sector luminotècnic. En aquest projecte es vol dissenyar i desenvolupar una sistema capaç d’ajudar a obtenir el reflector adequat, un programari que permeti dissenyar un reflector a partir d’una boca qualsevol, i mitjançant una làmpada, capturar la intensitat de llum que el reflector projecta sobre al terra o una superfície del carrer. L’aplicació desenvolupada vol facilitar el procés de selecció d’un bon reflector als enginyers luminotècnics
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Una empresa destinada al sector de la informàtica vol crear un nou producte basat en PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), per tal d’oferir noves prestacions als clients actuals, així com poder ampliar la cartera de clients. El producte està destinat a clients de servei tècnic d’instal·lacions (gas, llum, aigua...), els quals tenen diferents tècnics que, basant-se en una ruta establerta, realitzen tasques de manteniment i reparació de les diferents instal·lacions dels clients. Utilitzant la tecnologia .NET amb l’entorn de desenvolupament Visual Studio 2005 i base de dades SQL Server 2005, s’ha creat una aplicació per a PDA que permeti la informatització de tots els processos de gestió de rutes per part dels tècnics
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En aquest projecte es desenvolupa el maquinari i el programari d'un centre multimèdia. Aquest és un sistema elemental, capaç de reproduir i copiar fitxers d'imatge, so i vídeo provinents del mateix sistema, d'un dispositiu extern com per exemple un disc òptic o una memòria flash, i també d'altres sistemes connectats en xarxa. El programari és de codi obert, està desenvolupat per funcionar amb el sistema operatiu Linux i està implementat amb Java. Es realitza una aplicació escalable per facilitar l’addició de funcionalitats.
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Ubiquitous healthcare is an emerging area of technology that uses a large number of environmental and patient sensors and actuators to monitor and improve patients’ physical and mental condition. Tiny sensors gather data on almost any physiological characteristic that can be used to diagnose health problems. This technology faces some challenging ethical questions, ranging from the small-scale individual issues of trust and efficacy to the societal issues of health and longevity gaps related to economic status. It presents particular problems in combining developing computer/information/media ethics with established medical ethics. This article describes a practice-based ethics approach, considering in particular the areas of privacy, agency, equity and liability. It raises questions that ubiquitous healthcare will force practitioners to face as they develop ubiquitous healthcare systems. Medicine is a controlled profession whose practise is commonly restricted by government-appointed authorities, whereas computer software and hardware development is notoriously lacking in such regimes.
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Casson and Wadeson (International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1998, 5, pp. 5-27) have modelled the dialogue, or conversation, which customers have with their suppliers in order to convey their requirements, while taking production implications into account. They showed that this has important implications for the positioning of the boundaries of the firm. Unfortunately, their model has the restriction that communication is only costly in the direction of customer to supplier. This paper extends their model by introducing two-way communication costs. It shows that the level of communication cost in the direction of supplier to customer is a key additional factor in determining the nature of the dialogue that takes place. It also shows that this has important additional implications for the positioning of the boundaries of the firm. Custom computer software development is used as an example of an application of the theory.
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For many years, drainage design was mainly about providing sufficient network capacity. This traditional approach had been successful with the aid of computer software and technical guidance. However, the drainage design criteria had been evolving due to rapid population growth, urbanisation, climate change and increasing sustainability awareness. Sustainable drainage systems that bring benefits in addition to water management have been recommended as better alternatives to conventional pipes and storages. Although the concepts and good practice guidance had already been communicated to decision makers and public for years, network capacity still remains a key design focus in many circumstances while the additional benefits are generally considered secondary only. Yet, the picture is changing. The industry begins to realise that delivering multiple benefits should be given the top priority while the drainage service can be considered a secondary benefit instead. The shift in focus means the industry has to adapt to new design challenges. New guidance and computer software are needed to assist decision makers. For this purpose, we developed a new decision support system. The system consists of two main components – a multi-criteria evaluation framework for drainage systems and a multi-objective optimisation tool. Users can systematically quantify the performance, life-cycle costs and benefits of different drainage systems using the evaluation framework. The optimisation tool can assist users to determine combinations of design parameters such as the sizes, order and type of drainage components that maximise multiple benefits. In this paper, we will focus on the optimisation component of the decision support framework. The optimisation problem formation, parameters and general configuration will be discussed. We will also look at the sensitivity of individual variables and the benchmark results obtained using common multi-objective optimisation algorithms. The work described here is the output of an EngD project funded by EPSRC and XP Solutions.
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In the past, the focus of drainage design was on sizing pipes and storages in order to provide sufficient network capacity. This traditional approach, together with computer software and technical guidance, had been successful for many years. However, due to rapid population growth and urbanisation, the requirements of a “good” drainage design have also changed significantly. In addition to water management, other aspects such as environmental impacts, amenity values and carbon footprint have to be considered during the design process. Going forward, we need to address the key sustainability issues carefully and practically. The key challenge of moving from simple objectives (e.g. capacity and costs) to complicated objectives (e.g. capacity, flood risk, environment, amenity etc) is the difficulty to strike a balance between various objectives and to justify potential benefits and compromises. In order to assist decision makers, we developed a new decision support system for drainage design. The system consists of two main components – a multi-criteria evaluation framework for drainage systems and a multi-objective optimisation tool. The evaluation framework is used for the quantification of performance, life-cycle costs and benefits of different drainage systems. The optimisation tool can search for feasible combinations of design parameters such as the sizes, order and type of drainage components that maximise multiple benefits. In this paper, we will discuss real-world application of the decision support system. A number of case studies have been developed based on recent drainage projects in China. We will use the case studies to illustrate how the evaluation framework highlights and compares the pros and cons of various design options. We will also discuss how the design parameters can be optimised based on the preferences of decision makers. The work described here is the output of an EngD project funded by EPSRC and XP Solutions.
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O presente trabalho objetivou estudar a uniformidade de distribuição da calda de pulverização contendo herbicidas, em culturas perenes arbustivas, utilizando combinações de pontas de pulverização em barra lateral protegida, conduzida a pequena distância do alvo, na linha de culturas perenes arbustivas. Para isso, foi desenvolvido um programa computacional que permite simular a sobreposição do leque de pulverização, da porção protegida da barra e do leque formado pela ponta de pulverização do bico mais extremo da barra, de modo diferente dos demais programas. Após a seleção das melhores combinações de pontas de pulverização por meio de simulação dos padrões de deposição da pulverização das pontas individuais e dos coeficientes de variação menores que 10%, algumas dessas combinações foram testadas em campo, aplicando-se um herbicida sistêmico (glyphosate) e outro com ação de contato (paraquat). Os resultados indicaram que o programa computacional desenvolvido pode constituir-se em um auxiliar valioso para a seleção das melhores combinações de pontas de pulverização. em aplicações tanto do herbicida glyphosate quanto do paraquat, com volumes de calda mais reduzidos,abaixo de 100 L ha-1, destacaram-se como arranjos mais eficientes: a) pontas TT110015 distanciadas de 52,5 cm entre si, combinadas com a ponta TK-0,5 na extremidade da barra a 50 cm do último bico, operando na velocidade de 5 km h-1 e pressão de 103 kPa (15 lbf pol-2), com distância de caminhamento do tronco da árvore de 20 cm ; b) pontas SMCE2 distanciadas de 15 cm entre si, combinadas com a ponta TK-0,5 na extremidade da barra de 20 cm do último bico, operando na velocidade de 4 km h-1 e pressão de 414 kPa (60 lbf pol-2), com distância de caminhamento do tronco da árvore de 30 cm ; e c) pontas TLX-2 distanciadas de 15 cm entre si, combinadas com a ponta TK-0,5 na extremidade da barra de 20 cm do último bico, operando à velocidade de 5 km h-1 e pressão de 414 kPa (60 lbf pol-2), com distância de caminhamento do tronco da árvore de 30 cm. A velocidade de deslocamento do pulverizador de 5 km h-1 proporcionou melhores condições para que os herbicidas estudados apresentassem melhor controle de plantas daninhas, quando comparada com a velocidade de deslocamento do pulverizador de 4 km h-1.