General Engineering | 1999 Summary of Engineering Research

General Engineering

PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA



Communications Networks
ALTMAN, E., T. BASAR, and R. SRIKANT. Robust rate control for ABR sources. IEEE INFOCOM (Apr. 1998).
DAS, A. and R. SRIKANT. Diffusion approximations for models of congestion control in high-speed networks. 37th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr. (Dec. 1998).
DASYLVA, A. and R. SRIKANT. Optimal WDM schedules for optical star networks. Intl. Symp. on Inform. Theory (Aug. 1998).
KUNNIYUR, S., R. RAVIKANTH, and R. SRIKANT. Transient behavior of real-time self-similar sources and its impact on best-effort traffic. IEEE GLOBECOM (Nov. 1998).


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Control Systems
BULLO, F and N. E. LEONARD. Motion primitives for stabilization and control of underactuated vehicles. Proc. Conf. on Nonlinear Contr. Syst. Des. (NOLCOS) (Enschede, The Netherlands, 1998) 133-138 (1998).
BULLO, F. and M. ZEFRAN. On modeling and locomotion of hybrid mechanical systems with impacts. IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr. (Tampa, Fla., 1998).


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Design and Manufacturing Systems
DAVIS, W. J. Developing an intelligent controller for integrated manufacturing resource planning. Proc. 1998 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Syst., Man and Cybernet., 710-715 (1998).
GONZALEZ, F. G. and W. J. DAVIS. Developing a physical emulator for a flexible manufacturing system. Proc. 1998 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Syst., Man and Cybernet., 1400-1405 (1998).


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Design Theory and Methodology
ALVARADO, J. and D. L. THURSTON. Microelectronics design for pollution prevention; a decision tradeoff tool. IEEE Intl. Symp. on Electron. and the Environ. (1998).
ALVARADO, J. L., D. L. THURSTON, and A. LOCASCIO. A decision tool for microelectronics manufacturing and design tradeoffs. IIE Indus. Engr. Res. Conf. (1998).
MIKULINA, J. and D. L. THURSTON. Tough choices: integration of environmental protection into design optimization. Indus. Engr. Res. Conf. (1998).
MIKULINA, J., Z. YU, and D. L. THURSTON. Uncertainty management in environmentally conscious manufacturing. IEEE Intl. Symp. on Electron. and the Environ. (1998).
POZAR, M. and H. E. COOK. On determining the relationship between vehicle value and interior noise. 1998 SAE Intl. Conf., SAE paper no. 980621 (Warrendale, Pa., Feb. 1998).


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Engineering Education
GOLDBERG, D. E., W. B. HALL, L. KRUSSOW, E. LEE, and A. WALKER. Teamwork for a quality education: low-cost effective engineering education reform through a department-wide competition of teams. 1998 ASEE Natl. Conf. (1998).


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Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
CANTU-PAZ, E. Designing efficient master-slave parallel genetic algorithms. Genetic Programming 1998: Proc. 3rd Ann. Conf., 445 (1998).
CANTU-PAZ, E. Using Markov chains to analyze a bounding case of parallel genetic algorithms. Genetic Programming 1998: Proc. 3rd Ann. Conf., 456-462 (1998).
GIGUERE, P. and D. E. GOLDBERG. Population sizing for optimum sampling with genetic algorithms: a case study of the onemax problem. Genetic Programming 1998: Proc. 3rd Ann. Conf., 496-503 (1998).
GOLDBERG, D. E. 3 lessons of genetic algorithms for computational innovation. Proc. 3rd Intl. Conf. on Hydro-informatics. 3-7 (1998). (Also reprinted in Research and Development in Expert Systems, XV, pp. 3-11).
GOLDBERG, D. E. and U. O'REILLY. Where does the good stuff go, and why? How contextual semantics influence program structure in simple genetic programming. Proc. 1st Euro. Wkshp. on Genetic Programming, 16-36 (1998).
GOLDBERG, D. E. and L. WANG. Adaptive niching via coevolutionary sharing. Genetic Algorithms and Evolut. Strategies in Engr. and Comput. Sci. (Quagliarella, Periaux, Poloni, and Winter, eds.) 21-38 (1998).
HARIK, G. R., F. G. LOBO, and D. E. GOLDBERG. The compact genetic algorithm. Proc. 1998 Int. Conf. on Evolutionary Computat., 523-528 (1998).
HORN, J. and D. E. GOLDBERG. A timing analysis of convergence to fitness sharing equilibrium. Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, 23-33 (1998).
KOZA, J. R., W. BANZHAF, K. CHELLAPILLA, K. DEB, M. DORIGO, D. B. FOGEL, M. H. GARZON, D. E. GOLDBERG, H. IBA, and R. L. RIOLO (eds.) Genetic Programming 1998: Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference (1998).
LOBO, F., K. DEB, D. E. GOLDBERG, G. HARIK, and L. WANG. Compressed introns in a linkage learning genetic algorithm. Genetic Programming 1998: Proc. 3rd Ann. Conf., 551-558 (1998).
MENGSHOEL, O. J., D. E. GOLDBERG, and D. C. WILKINS. Deceptive and other functions of unitation as Bayesian networks. Genetic Programming 1998: Proc. 3rd Ann. Conf., 559-566 (1998).
O'REILLY, U. and D. E. GOLDBERG. How fitness structure affects subsolution acquisition. Genetic Programming 1998: Proc. 3rd Ann. Conf., 269-277 (1998).
THIERENS, D., D. E. GOLDBERG, and A. G. PEREIRA. Domino convergence, drift, and the temporal-salience structure of problems. Proc. 1998 IEEE Conf. on Evolutionary Computat., 535-540 (1998).


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Microelectromechanical Systems
ALURU, N. A meshless technique for analysis of microelectromechanical switches. Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Wkshp. (Hilton Head, S. C., 1998).
ALURU, N. A particle method for analysis of microelectromechanical switches. Proc. ASME Winter Ann. Mtg., DSC-Vol. 66, 531-535 (1998).
ALURU, N. A point collocation method for meshless analysis of microelectronic and microelectromechanical devices. Proc. 6th Intl. Wkshp. on Computat. Electron., 54-57 (1998).
ALURU, N. and J. WHITE. A fast integral equation technique for analysis of microflow sensors based on drag force calculations. Proc. 1st Intl. Conf. on Modeling and Simulation of Microsyst., Semicond., Sensors and Actuators (MSM 98) 283-286 (1998).
RAMASWAMY, D., N. ALURU, and J. WHITE. A mixed rigid/elastic formulation for an efficient analysis of electromechanical systems. Proc. 1st Intl. Conf. on Modeling and Simulat. of Microsyst., Semicond., Sensors and Actuators (MSM 98), 304-307 (1998).


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Nondestructive Evaluation and Testing
REIS, H. L. M. DOS. A prototype instrument to evaluate fatigue damage in the side walls of steel belted radial truck tires. 17th Ann. Mtg. and Conf. on Tire Sci. and Technol. (Akron, Ohio, Apr. 1998).
REIS, H. L. M. DOS. A prototype instrument to evaluate fatigue damage in the side walls of steel belted radial truck tires. ASTM New Methods Seminar (Atlanta, Ga., Jun. 1998).
REIS, H. L. M. DOS and M. D. BARIGHT. Inspection of concrete bridge decks with asphalt overlays-a comparison of nondestructive evaluation methods. QNDE Mtg. (Snowbird, Utah, Jul. 1998).
REIS, H. L. M. DOS and K. A. WARMANN. Nondestructive evaluation of the residual life of steel belted radial truck tires. 8th Intl. Symp. on Nondestructive Characterization of Mater. (Boulder, Colo., Jun. 1997). Nondestructive Characterization of Materials VIII, Ed., 601-607 (1998).


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Operations Research
GONZALEZ, F. G. and W. J. DAVIS. An architecture for the distributed intelligent control of flexible manufacturing systems. Proc. 1998 Conf. on Simulat. Meth. and Appl., 106-113 (1998).
GONZALEZ, F. G. and W. J. DAVIS. Initializing on-line simulations from the state of a distributed system. 1998 Winter Simulat. Conf. (1998).
DAVIS, W. J., X. U. CHEN, and A. BROOK. Implementing on-line simulation upon the World-Wide Web. 1998 Winter Simulat. Conf. (1998).


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Robotics
BISHOP, B. E. and M. W. SPONG. Control of redundant manipulators using logic-based switching. IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr. (Tampa, Fla., Dec. 1998).
BISHOP, B. E. and M. W. SPONG. Toward uncalibrated 3D monocular visual servo. Proc. 1998 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automat. (Leuven, Belgium) 2664-2669 (1998).
FONTANO, I., R. LOZANO, and M. W. SPONG. Passivity based control of the pendubot. IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr. (Tampa, Fla., Dec. 1998).


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General Engineering | 1999 Summary of Engineering Research