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WSC
2001
13 years 10 months ago
An object-oriented paradigm for simulating postal distribution centers
Discrete-event simulation is an established tool for the design and management of large-scale mail sortation and distribution systems. Because the design of distribution facilitie...
K. Preston White, Brian Barney, Scott Keller, Robe...
ICRA
1998
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Biologically Inspired Robot Grasping Using Genetic Programming
This paper describes the innovative use of a genetic algorithm to solve the grasp synthesis problem for multifingered robot hands. The goal of our algorithm is to select a `best&#...
Jaime J. Fernandez, Ian D. Walker
INTERACT
2007
13 years 10 months ago
Meta-design: Expanding Boundaries and Redistributing Control in Design
Meta-design is an emerging conceptual framework aimed at defining and creating socio-technical environments as living entities. It extends existing design methodologies focused on ...
Gerhard Fischer
TSE
2010
235views more  TSE 2010»
13 years 3 months ago
DECOR: A Method for the Specification and Detection of Code and Design Smells
Abstract-- Code and design smells are poor solutions to recurring implementation and design problems. They may hinder the evolution of a system by making it hard for software engin...
Naouel Moha, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneu...
AEI
1999
134views more  AEI 1999»
13 years 8 months ago
Automatic design synthesis with artificial intelligence techniques
Design synthesis represents a highly complex task in the field of industrial design. The main difficulty in automating it is the definition of the design and performance spaces, i...
Francisco J. Vico, Francisco J. Veredas, Jos&eacut...