Showing papers on "Methods engineering published in 2003"
TL;DR: This set of reviews gives a broad coverage of the current state of protein engineering and design, covering basic design approaches to study protein structure and function, comparisons of the strengths and limitations of screens and selections, and the application of Engineering and design to proteins of therapeutic importance.
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01 Jan 2003
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Dissertation•
01 Apr 2003
TL;DR: In this article, the authors survey the attributes of integration, intelligence and remote monitoring and compare them on the grounds of applicability and to study the effects when combined into one system.
Abstract: Some concepts of manufacturing on their own playa decisive role in manufacturing like Integration, Intelligence and Remote Monitoring. They have been tried and tested with great success in various applications in manufacturing. However, very little has been written on the synergy that is created when all three is deployed in one system. It is the aim of this work to survey the attributes of each of these key concepts, to compare them on the grounds of applicability and to study the effects when combined into one system. Final conclusions are made after the hypotheses have been validated with the aid of an experimental model. The first objective of this work is to show how many techniques such as expert systems, fuzzy logic, neural networks and genetic algorithms are used to enable systems to perform intelligently. It is accepted that the competitiveness, growth and profitability of a company in future may depend on the level of its system intelligence. This is so because an intelligent system is able to act appropriately under rapidly changing conditions of customer customisation and demands on quicker throughputs. A further objective of this work is to show how integration adds the element of synergy to a system. This is done by showing several ways of achieving integration by non-technological means like departmental consolidation, plant consolidation, product rationalisation, more flexible working practices, etc. There are as many options for integration by technical means as well, ranging from group technology to process or transfer lines, and from flexible automation such as robots through to hard automation using special-purpose machinery and transfer lines. The third objective is to show how remote monitoring enhances the capabilities of manufacturing systems by synergising with the other two key concepts. With the technology of intelligent manufacturing and integration, larger and more complex manufacturing systems are becoming a reality. However, the danger exists that the shop floor machine tools remain isolated islands of automation. Plant machinery needs to be networked III Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za
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01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a novel approach to deal with the problem of plagiarism in online learning, e.g., this paper...,.. ].
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