With the recent emergence of public cloud offerings, surge computing-outsourcing tasks
from an internal data center to a cloud provider in times of heavy load-has become more …

In this paper, we make use of Home Automation techniques to design and implement a
remotely controlled, energy-efficient and highly scalable Smart Home with basic features …

Cloud computing allows the users to efficiently and dynamically provision computing
resources to meet their IT needs. Most cloud providers offer two types of payment plans to …

Collaborative robots have open new ways of designing assembly processes, thanks to their
ability to share work space with operators. not only may they support the economical …

(51) Int. Cl. and/or resources, such that the number of resources fit for G06O 10/00(2006.01)
assignment varies as the level of stress varies. Systems (52) US Cl …

A composition arranges available services resulting in a defined flow of executions. Before
the composition is carried out, a discovery service identifies candidate services. Then, a …

When a composition of Web services is designed, available services are put together to form
a defined flow of executions. In a discovery process, a trader proposes available Web …

The research will focus on investigating a more efficient alternative to solve resource-
constrained project scheduling problems (RCPSP). Also, instead of using traditional Tabu …

The invention provides in one aspect a method that includes identifying one or more rules
for execution by a rules engine in order to generate a user interface. The method further …

Many firms face practical scheduling challenges in balancing the costs of overtime against
the costs of tardiness, where tardiness costs vary by job or project. This paper addresses this …