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Nowadays,it is far more common to see mobile robotics working in the industrial sphere due to the mandatory need to achieve a new level of productivity and increase profits by reducing production costs. Management scheduling and task scheduling are crucial for companies that incessantly seek to improve their processes, increase their efficiency, reduce their production time and capitalize on their infrastructure by increasing and improving production. However, when faced with the constant decrease in production cycles, management algorithms can no longer solely focus on the mere management of the resources available, they must attempt to optimize every interaction between them, to achieve maximinn efficiency for each production resource. In this paper we focus on the presentation of the new competition called Robot Factory, its environment and its main objectives, paying special attention to the scheduling algorithm developed for this specific case study. The findings from the simulation approach have allowed us to conclude that mobile robotic path planning and the scheduling of the associated tasks represent a complex problem that has a strong impact on the efficiency of the entire production process.

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This paper addresses the extension of the microgrid concept, following a massive integration of these active cells in power distribution networks, by adopting a coordinated management strategy together with distributed generation units directly connected to the medium voltage distribution network. In order to achieve this, a technical and commercial management scheme must be developed for coordinated control of a distribution system with multi-microgrids, which should take into account the specific technical capabilities and characteristics of each type of generating source. In particular, tools for coordinated voltage support and frequency control, as well as for state estimation have been developed for this type of network. Concerning voltage support, a new methodology exploiting an optimization tool based on a meta-heuristic approach was developed. For state estimation, two approaches were considered: multi-microgrid state estimation and fuzzy state estimation. Regarding frequency control, the hierarchical structure of the multi-microgrid is exploited to deal with the transition to islanded operation and load following in islanded operation. All these tools have proved to be efficient in managing the multi-microgrid system in normal interconnected mode and, in case of the frequency control, in islanded operation. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Different multiwavelength Raman fiber lasers based on a hybrid cavity setup are proposed. The lasing schemes are based in highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber loop mirrors combined with random cavities. The Hi-Bi PCF loop mirrors are characterized by an interferometric output; whereas the random mirrors are created by cooperative Rayleigh scattering due to Raman gain. This configuration allows suppression of Rayleigh associated noise growth, while taking advantage of it as an active part of the laser cavity, enhancing the achievable gain. The proposed fiber lasers present stable operation at room temperature although different output maxima and shapes depending on the fiber loop mirror/random mirror combination.

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In large scale power systems, PSS is not sufficient to damp inter-area oscillations; therefore, FACTS devices, such as SVC, which is one of the most important these devices, are typically used with PSSs. In this paper, the parameters of a power system stabiliser (PSS) and static VAR compensator (SVC) with help of a combination of a Differential Evolution algorithm (DE) and Local Search Algorithm (called the DELSA (Memetic DE algorithm)) are introduced, which are designed independently, converge to the correct and optimal solution in a small number of iterations and are attuned to damping low frequency oscillations, such as local mode oscillations, inter-area mode oscillations, other controllers modes, and modes of the generator excitation system. Suppose that the DE algorithm searches in a wide-ranging area, whereas the local search focuses on the attraction area, which probably has the optimal solution. We studied the three-area power system that was simulated in the time domain by MATLAB. © 2011 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l. - All righs reserved.

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We describe three different but related scenarios for determination of asset prices in an incomplete market: one scenario uses a market game approach whereas the other two are based on risk sharing or regret minimizing considerations.

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The tutorial presents the state-of-the-art in mobile and ubiquitous data stream mining and discusses open research problems, issues, and challenges in this area. © 2011 Authors.