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The current opinion on the use of robots for landmine detection (2003)
Journal Article
Rajasekharan, S., & Kambhampati, C. (2003). The current opinion on the use of robots for landmine detection. Proceedings / IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 3, 4252-4257. https://doi.org/10.1109/robot.2003.1242257

Anti-Personal landmines are a significant barrier to economic and social development in a number of countries. Several sensors have been developed but each one will probably have to find, if it exists, a specific area of applicability, determined by... Read More about The current opinion on the use of robots for landmine detection.

Size exclusion chromatography and rheology of AB/AB2 hyperbranched polymers (2003)
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Kunamaneni, S., Buzza, D. M. A., Parker, D., & Feast, W. J. (2003). Size exclusion chromatography and rheology of AB/AB2 hyperbranched polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13(11), 2749-2755. https://doi.org/10.1039/b303473a

We report size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and linear shear rheology results for a series of AB/AB2 hyperbranched polyesters. For these samples, the weight average molecular weight Mw was systematically varied from 3000 to 250000 but the spacer le... Read More about Size exclusion chromatography and rheology of AB/AB2 hyperbranched polymers.

Measuring information integration model for CAD/CMM (2003)
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Ma, X., Zhang, G., Liu, S., & Wang, X. (2003). Measuring information integration model for CAD/CMM. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 16(1), 59-61. https://doi.org/10.3901/cjme.2003.01.059

A CAD/CMM workpiece modeling system based on IGES file is proposed. The modeling system is implemented by using a method of labelling the tolerance items of 3D workpiece. The concept-feature face is used in the method. Firstly the CAD data of workpie... Read More about Measuring information integration model for CAD/CMM.

Automatic Recognition for the Position and Orientation of Parts in Intelligent CMMs (2003)
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Ma, X. (2003). Automatic Recognition for the Position and Orientation of Parts in Intelligent CMMs. Yi qi yi biao xue bao = Chinese journal of scientific instrument, 24(2), 165-170. https://doi.org/10.3321/j.issn%3A0254-3087.2003.02.015

A method for automatic recognition of the position and orientation of parts based on machine vision and CAD 3D model is proposed Virtual image matching is used to confirm the position and orientation of the part By perspective imagery,virtual images... Read More about Automatic Recognition for the Position and Orientation of Parts in Intelligent CMMs.

Towards the intelligent CMM (2002)
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Zhang, G. X., Liu, S. G., Ma, X. H., Wang, J. L., Wu, Y. Q., & Li, Z. (2002). Towards the intelligent CMM. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 51(1), 437-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0007-8506%2807%2961555-8

'Intelligent' CMMs are likely to become the next generation of CMMs. In this paper the main features of an intelligent CMM are proposed. In operation, the geometric and measuring information of the part would be extracted from its CAD file. A measuri... Read More about Towards the intelligent CMM.

Recovery of distal hole axis in intramedullary nail trajectory planning (2002)
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Zhu, Y., Phillips, R., Griffiths, J. G., Viant, W., Mohsen, A., & Bielby, M. (2002). Recovery of distal hole axis in intramedullary nail trajectory planning. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 216(5), 323-332. https://doi.org/10.1243/09544110260216595

In intramedullary nail (IMN) surgical operations, one of the main efforts for surgeons is to find the axes of two distal holes. Two distal holes on an IMN, which are inside the intramedullary canal of a patient's femur, can only be seen in a lateral... Read More about Recovery of distal hole axis in intramedullary nail trajectory planning.

A multi-agent decision support system for stock trading (2002)
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Liu, K., Luo, Y., & Davis, D. N. (2002). A multi-agent decision support system for stock trading. IEEE Network, 16(1), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1109/65.980541

A distributed problem solving system can be characterized as a group of individual cooperating agents running to solve common problems. As dynamic application domains continue to grow in scale and complexity, it becomes more difficult to control the... Read More about A multi-agent decision support system for stock trading.

Control states and complete agent architectures (2001)
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Davis, D. N. (2001). Control states and complete agent architectures. Computational Intelligence, 17(4), 621-650. https://doi.org/10.1111/0824-7935.00167

This paper presents a developing concept of mind defined in terms of external and internal niches. This perspective on mind is described primarily in terms of the niche space of control states and the design space of processes that may support such p... Read More about Control states and complete agent architectures.

The intelligent technology of CMM (2001)
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Zhao, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, G., Liu, S., Wang, J., & Ma, X. (2001). The intelligent technology of CMM. Ji liang xue bao = Acta metrologica Sinica, 22(3), 164-167. https://doi.org/10.3321/j.issn%3A1000-1158.2001.03.002

The key technologies of intelligent CMM, including extracting the measuring information of a part from its CAD files, deciding measuring strategies, making algorithms of object-oriented error compensation, accuracy optimization, and collision-free me... Read More about The intelligent technology of CMM.

Numerical determination of the Titchmarsh-Weyl m-coefficient (2000)
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(2000). Numerical determination of the Titchmarsh-Weyl m-coefficient. Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics / Zhurnal Vychislitel'noi Matematiki i Matematicheskoi Fiziki, 40(1), 108-117

A numerical method for calculating the Titchmarsh-Weyl mα(λ)-coefficient for the differential equation d2y/dx2+ [1 - q(x)]y = 0 is tested for the cases q(x) = x and x2, for which mα(λ) has a known analytic form in terms of special functions. An indep... Read More about Numerical determination of the Titchmarsh-Weyl m-coefficient.

Iterative closest geometric objects registration (2000)
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Li, Q., & Griffiths, J. G. (2000). Iterative closest geometric objects registration. Computers & mathematics with applications, 40(10-11), 1171-1188. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0898-1221%2800%2900230-3

In this paper, closed-form solutions are obtained for registering two sets of line segments, triangle patches, or even general simple geometric objects that are defined by a set of ordered points. Based on these new registration approaches, the itera... Read More about Iterative closest geometric objects registration.

Implementation of IGES-based CAD/CMM Automatic Workpiece Modelling (2000)
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Zuo, Z., Ma, X., & Liu, S. (2000). Implementation of IGES-based CAD/CMM Automatic Workpiece Modelling. Aviation Precision Manufacturing Technology, 36(3), 28-33. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1003-5451.2000.03.007

In this paper,a CAD/CMM workpiece modelling system,which is based on IGES-files,is proposed.In this system,the CAD data of workpiece to be measured are extracted and recognized automatically,and the workpiece model is generated as a result of process... Read More about Implementation of IGES-based CAD/CMM Automatic Workpiece Modelling.

A stable one-step-ahead predictive control of non-linear systems (2000)
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Kambhampati, C., Mason, J. D., & Warwick, K. (2000). A stable one-step-ahead predictive control of non-linear systems. Automatica : the journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, 36(4), 485-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0005-1098%2899%2900173-9

In this paper stability of one-step ahead predictive controllers based on non-linear models is established. It is shown that, under conditions which can be fulfilled by most industrial plants, the closed-loop system is robustly stable in the presence... Read More about A stable one-step-ahead predictive control of non-linear systems.

Displacement encoder using sine micro-window grating (1999)
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Wang, C., Ma, X., Zhang, G., & Guo, S. (1999). Displacement encoder using sine micro-window grating. Acta Optica Sinica, 19(8), 1153-1157

A novel displacement encoder, employing a sine micro-window grating and featuring high quality signals free from harmonic errors, was developed. The sine micro-window grating is a special component composed of arrays of micro-elements with a sine win... Read More about Displacement encoder using sine micro-window grating.

Numerical computation and analysis of the Titchmarsh-Weyl mα(λ)  function for some simple potentials (1999)
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Witwit, M. R. M., Gordon, N. A., & Killingbeck, J. (1999). Numerical computation and analysis of the Titchmarsh-Weyl mα(λ)  function for some simple potentials. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 106(1), 131-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0427%2899%2900061-8

This article is concerned with the Titchmarsh-Weyl mα(λ) function for the differential equation d2y/dx2+[-q(x)]y=0. The test potential q(x)=x2, for which the relevant mα(λ) functions are meromorphic, having simple poles at the points =4k+1 and =4k+3,... Read More about Numerical computation and analysis of the Titchmarsh-Weyl mα(λ)  function for some simple potentials.

Point transfer matrices for the Schrödinger equation: The algebraic theory (1999)
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Gordon, N. A., & Pearson, D. B. (1999). Point transfer matrices for the Schrödinger equation: The algebraic theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics, 129(4), 717-732. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030821050001310X

This paper deals with the theory of point interactions for the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation. The familiar example of the δ5-potential V(x) = gδ(x - x 0 ), for which the transfer matrix across the singularity (point transfer matrix) is given b... Read More about Point transfer matrices for the Schrödinger equation: The algebraic theory.

Deconstruction of fractals and its implications for cartographic education (1999)
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Visvalingam, M. (1999). Deconstruction of fractals and its implications for cartographic education. The Cartographic journal, 36(1), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1179/caj.1999.36.1.15

The research reported here was designed for two reasons: firstly, to involve anyone with an interest in cartographic visualization to participate in eliciting cartographic knowledge and to provide them with the opportunity to contribute their practic... Read More about Deconstruction of fractals and its implications for cartographic education.