Recent technical progress has made new forms of controller
implementations on computers possible. Especially the technique of Fuzzy Logic
Control has found a growing number of applications. Also the development of fast
A/D converters has made the acquisation of data with vision based systems
possible. In this project we combine...
Because of their high cost, reducing the number of boards used to fill an
order of dimension parts is an important goal in a lumber rough mill. FLCO
(Fuzzy Logic Cutting Order) is a computer program that achieves this goal.
Using the concepts of fuzzy logic control, FLCO provides a...
This document investigates, justifies, designs, and simulates the application of a fuzzy logic controller/optimizer in a sawmill bucking system application that is the first production station where stems coming from the mountains are processed in a sawmill. One of the areas of success in the application of fuzzy logic is...
The Type-II dilemma zone refers to the segment of roadway approaching an
intersection where drivers have difficulty deciding to stop or proceed through at
the onset of the circular yellow (CY) indication. Signalized intersection safety can
be improved when the dilemma zone is correctly identified and steps are taken to...
In the year 2007, the worldwide energy consumption accumulated to a total of 16.5 billion MWh. While the resources of conventional energy production cause environmental damage, renewable energy sources like solar or wind power offer a solution to substitute for coal or nuclear generated power. Countries like Denmark and Spain...
A two-channel data acquisition system for simultaneous detection and discrimination of beta particles and gamma rays has been developed. Each channel measures and analyzes the input pulses resulting from the absorption of radiation in the layers of the detector. The detector is a triple-layer phoswich (phosphor sandwich) scintillation detector followed...