Autonomous multi-robot systems are restricted by their coordination ability with one another. Coordination entails the simultaneous division of tasks, the assignment of tasks, the formation of teams, the scheduling of tasks, and the routing of tasks. These activities are called task planning....

Background and objective: Teleemergency doctors support ambulance cars at the emergency site by means of telemedicine. Currently, each district has its own teleemergency doctor office (decentralized solution). This paper analyses the advantages and disadvantages of a centralized solution where...

Teleemergency doctors support ambulance cars at the emergency site by means of telemedicine. Currently, each district has its own teleemergency doctor office (decentralized solution). This paper analyses the advantages and disadvantages of a centralized solution where several teleemergency...

Container terminal performance is largely determined by its design decisions, which include the number and type of quay cranes (QCs), stack cranes (SCs), transport vehicles, vehicle travel path, and stack layout. The terminal design process is complex because it is affected by factors such as...

Temporal database is one of the most common types of databases. Portfolio management, accounting, storage, treatment management systems, aerology systems and scheduling are applications which their data have time references. Temporal nature of data and increasing size of temporal databases due...