This paper aims to apply a modified current search method, adaptive current search (ACS), for assembly line balancing problems. The ACS algorithm possesses the memory list (ML) to escape from local entrapment and the adaptive radius (AR) mechanism to speed up the search process. The ACS is tested against five benchmark unconstrained and three constrained optimization problems compared with genetic algorithm (GA), tabu search (TS) and current search (CS). As results, the ACS outperforms other algorithms and provides superior results. The ACS is used to address the number of tasks assigned for each workstation, while the heuristic sequencing (HS) technique is conducted to assign the sequence of tasks for each workstation according to precedence constraints. The workload variance and the idle time are performed as the multiple-objective functions. The proposed approach is tested against four benchmark ALB problems compared with the GA, TS and CS. As results, the ACS associated with the HS technique is capable of producing solutions superior to other techniques. In addition, the ACS is an alternative potential algorithm to solve other optimization problems.

The increasing demand for multi-degree-of-freedom (DOF) actuators in a number of industries has motivated a flurry of research in the development of non-conventional actuators, spherical motor. This motor is capable of providing smooth and isotropic three-dimensional motion in a single joint. Not only can the spherical motor combine 3-DOF motion in a single joint, it has a large range of motion with no singularities in its workspace. The spherical motor, however, exhibits coupled, nonlinear and very complex dynamics that make the design and implementation of feedback controllers very challenging. The orientation-varying torque generated by the spherical motor also contributes to the challenges in controller design. This paper contributes to the on-going research effort by exploring alternate methods for nonlinear and robust controlling the motor. The robust sliding mode controller proposed in this paper is used to further demonstrate the appealing features exhibited by the spherical motor. In opposition, sliding mode controller is used in many applications especially to control of highly uncertain systems; it has two significant drawbacks namely; chattering phenomenon and nonlinear equivalent dynamic formulation in uncertain dynamic parameter. The nonlinear equivalent dynamic formulation problem and chattering phenomenon in uncertain system (e.g., spherical motor) can be solved by using artificial intelligence theorem and applied a modified linear controller to switching part of sliding mode controller. Using Lyapunov-type stability arguments, a robust modified linear fuzzy sliding mode controller is designed to achieve this objective. The controller developed in this paper is designed in a robust stabilizing torque is designed for the nominal spherical motor dynamics derived using the constrained Lagrangian formulation. The eventual stability of the controller depends on the torque generating capabilities of the spherical motor.

The human brain is one of the most complex physiological systems. Therefore, electroencephalogram (EEG) signal modeling is important to achieve a better understanding of the physical mechanisms generating these signals. The aim of this study is to investigate the application of Kalman filter and the state space model for estimation of electroencephalogram signals in a specific pathological state. For this purpose, two types of EEG signals (normal and partial epilepsy) were analyzed. The estimation performance of the proposed method on EEG signals is evaluated using the root mean square (RMS) measurement. The result of the present study shows that this model is appropriate for the analysis of EEG recordings. In fact, this model is capable of predicting changes in EEG time series with phenomena such as epileptic spikes and seizures.

Today, in computer science, a computational challenge exists in finding a globally optimized solution from an enormously large search space. Various meta-heuristic methods can be used for finding the solution in a large search space. These methods can be explained as iterative search processes that efficiently perform the exploration and exploitation in the solution space. In this context, three such nature inspired meta-heuristic algorithms namely Krill Herd Algorithm (KH), Firefly Algorithm (FA) and Cuckoo search Algorithm (CS) can be used to find optimal solutions of various mathematical optimization problems. In this paper, the proposed algorithms were used to find the optimal solution of fifteen unimodal and multimodal benchmark test functions commonly used in the field of optimization and then compare their performances on the basis of efficiency, convergence, time and conclude that for both unimodal and multimodal optimization Cuckoo Search Algorithm via Lévy flight has outperformed others and for multimodal optimization Krill Herd algorithm is superior than Firefly algorithm but for unimodal optimization Firefly is superior than Krill Herd algorithm.

Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) is a branch of AI that is employed to solving problems which emphasizes the use of previous solutions in solving similar new problems. This work presents TAMDS, a Temperament and Mood Detection system which employs Case-Based Reasoning technique. The proposed system is adapted to the field of psychology to help psychologists solve part of the problems in their complex domain. We have designed TAMDS to detect temperament and moods of individuals. A major aim of our system is to help individuals who are out of reach of a professional psychologist to manage their personality and moods because as humans, moods affect our perceptions, personal health, the way we view the world around us and the way we react to it.

Acoustic domain contains signals related to sound. Speech and music though are included in this domain, both the signals differ with various features. Features used for speech separation does not provide sufficient cue for music separation. This paper covers musical sound separation for monaural recordings. A system is proposed to classify singing voice and music from monaural recordings. For classification, time and frequency domain features along with Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) applied to input signal. Information carried by these signals permit to establish results Quantitative experimental results shows that the system performs the separation task successfully in monaural environment.

This paper presents a non traditional optimization technique, genetic algorithm to seek the optimal allocation, type and size of FACTS devices to control line flows, to maintain bus voltage to desired level and to minimize system losses. The targeted objectives are maximizing the static security margins and voltage stability while minimizing losses. Congestion management is also done by optimally placing FACTS controllers with line outage. Matlab coding has been developed for the purpose of simulation. Assessments are done on IEEE 30 bus system against different loading conditions with two FACTS devices SVC and TCSC implemented in steady state and the results verify the potency of propound algorithm to find the optimal location for power system stability.

In a heterogeneous wireless environment, one of the important aspects of seamless communication for ubiquitous computing is the dynamic selection of the best access network. The problem of access network selection has been addressed through various decision methods based on available network information. Available link bandwidth is one of the important information parameters, which can be used as criterion for network selection. In this paper, we consider available bandwidth as a dynamic parameter to select the network in heterogeneous environment. First, we propose a bootstrap approximation based technique to estimate available bandwidth and then utilize it for the selection of the best suitable network in the heterogeneous environment consisting of 2G and 3G standards based wireless networks. The proposed algorithm is implemented in temporal and spatial domains to check its robustness. Estimation time with varying size of files is used as the performance metric. Through numerical results, it is shown that the proposed algorithm gives improved performance as compared to the existing algorithm.

One of the major developments in machine learning in the past decade is the ensemble method, which finds highly accurate classifier by combining many moderately accurate component classifiers. This paper addresses using an ensemble of classification methods for data mining applications like intrusion detection, direct marketing, and signature verification. In this research work, new hybrid classification method is proposed for heterogeneous ensemble classifiers using arcing and their performances are analyzed in terms of accuracy. A Classifier ensemble is designed using a Radial Basis Function (RBF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) as base classifiers. Here, modified training sets are formed by resampling from original training set; classifiers constructed using these training sets and then combined by voting. The proposed RBF-SVM hybrid system is superior to individual approach for intrusion detection, direct marketing, and signature verification in terms of classification accuracy.

Classical sliding mode controller is robust to model uncertainties and external disturbances. A sliding mode control method with a switching control low guarantees asymptotic stability of the system, but the addition of the switching control law introduces chattering in to the system. One way of attenuating chattering is to insert a saturation function inside of a boundary layer around the sliding surface. Unfortunately, this addition disrupts Lyapunov stability of the closed-loop system. Classical sliding mode control method has difficulty in handling unstructured model uncertainties. One can overcome this problem by combining a sliding mode controller and fuzzy system together. Fuzzy rules allow fuzzy systems to approximate arbitrary continuous functions. To approximate a time-varying nonlinear system, a fuzzy system requires a large amount of fuzzy rules. This large number of fuzzy rules will cause a high computation load. The addition of an adaptive law to a fuzzy sliding mode controller to online tune the parameters of the fuzzy rules in use will ensure a moderate computational load. Refer to this research; tuning methodology can online adjust both the premise and the consequence parts of the fuzzy rules. Since this algorithm for is specifically applied to a robot manipulator.