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Item Autonomic computing: A fuzzy control approach towards application development(IGI Global, 2011) Harish, H.S.; Chandra Sekaran, K.C.Autonomic computing (Salehie & Tahvildari, 2005) is a new paradigm to design, develop, deploy, and manage systems by taking inspiration from strategies used by biological systems. An autonomic system has four major characteristics: self-configure, self-heal, self-optimize, and self-protect. The autonomic computing architecture provides a blueprint for developing feedback control loops for self-managing systems. This observation suggests that control theory might provide guidance as to the structure of and requirements for autonomic managers. E-commerce is an area where an Autonomic Computing system could be very effectively deployed. E-commerce has created demand for high quality information technology services, and businesses seek ways to improve the quality of service in a cost-effective way. Properly adjusting tuning parameters for best values is time-consuming and skills-intensive. This chapter describes simulation environments to implement approaches to automate the tuning of MaxClients parameter of Apache web server using fuzzy controllers. These are illustrations of the self-optimizing characteristic of an autonomic computing system. © 2012, IGI Global.Item Effect of Diethyl Ether on the Performance and Emission of a 4 - S Di Diesel Engine(SAE International, 2004) Mohanan, P.; Kapilan, N.; Reddy, R.P.Dimethyl Ether (DME), the methanol analog to Diethyl Ether (DEE), was recently reported as a low emission, high quality diesel fuel replacement. Literature review indicates that significant work is not carried out with respect to its performance analysis and in regard to pollution levels. In the present work, the effect of DEE on the performance and emissions of a four-stroke direct injection diesel engine have been studied. Tests were conducted on the diesel engine with different blends of DEE and diesel as fuel. Test results show that 5 % DEE blend gives better performance and low emissions compared to other blends of DEE and diesel fuel. Hence, 5 % DEE can be blended with diesel fuel to improve the performance and to reduce emissions of the diesel engine. © 2003 SAE International.Item Design and Evaluation of Hydro-Pneumatic Friction Damper Suspension System(IGI Global, 2012) Gorabal, S.V.; Kurbet, S.N.; Appukuttan, K.K.Perceived comfort level and ride stability are the two most important factors in the evaluation of suspension system in a mobile vehicle. It is extremely difficult to simultaneously maintain a high standard of vehicle ride, handling and body control in the vehicle by using conventional passive suspension system. However, the use of active suspensions would result in better comforts than the passive ones. This paper presents the design and analysis of a pneumatic friction damper and hydro-pneumatic friction damper. A non-linear quarter car model is developed, which includes pneumatic actuation by pressure regulation. The performance of the proposed model was assessed in terms of level of vibration reduction. Simulations on a prototype model show that the proposed system has good performance and robustness. © 2013 by IGI Global.Item Classification of cardiac abnormalities using heart rate signals: A comparative study(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007) Acharya, R.; Kannathal, N.; Subbanna Bhat, P.S.; Suri, J.S.; Min, L.C.; Spaan, J.A.E.[No abstract available]Item Proactive models for mitigating internet denial-of-service/distributed denial-of-service attacks(World Scientific Publishing Co., 2010) Nagesh, H.R.; Chandra Sekaran, K.C.The enormous growth of the Internet has had a huge impact on users' daily lives, providing us with a wealth of information easily and conveniently.At the same time, this accessibility has made the Internet an easy target for users who wish to disrupt the flow of information or exploit the Web for personal gain. Those who compromise the flow of information or access information in an unauthorized manner are called attackers.Many tools are now available for attackers to test the vulnerability of Internet. © 2010 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All Rights Reserved.Item Visualization of cardiac health using electrocardiograms(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007) Acharya, R.; Subbanna Bhat, P.S.; Niranjan, U.C.; Kannathal, N.; Min, L.C.; Suri, J.S.The chapter discusses an efficient and novel method to assist the physician to visualize voluminous cardiac data acquired over several hours. The system uses different colors to identify different types of cardiogram signals. In the display strategy each ECG beat is represented by a grid. The visualization strategy is hierarchical; that is, it provides for viewing of data from different level of abstraction, and the physician can have a top down approach to narrow down the time interval and signal details. This display strategy is extended to sector graph, with a menu driven hierarchical display strategy, which progressively unfolds greater details for chosen intervals. Provision is made for changing the parameters of classification, and thus the physician has the option for fine tuning the classification. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.Item Development of probabilistic simulation model for production optimization in open pit mines(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011) Raj, M.G.; Vardhan, H.; Rao, Y.V.Large mechanized open pit operations can become more efficient and competitive without additional costs by improving the productivity of the existing machinery. This can be achieved by ensuring higher availability and utilization of the equipment The present paper deals with truck dispatch system using a variety of strategies to enhance the production capacity of a given set of equipment (shovels and trucks) by way of continuous dispatching of trucks. A discrete event probabilistic simulation program has been developed to demonstrate the production potential of an operating mine. It can accommodate any number of shovels and trucks of different capacities. The characteristic features of each truck and shovel can be individually specified to reflect the reality of actual working conditions. The model was tested on a hypothetical mine and a real case to verify the logic used in the program development. Subsequently, the model was implemented in two real mines to investigate the production potential. It was observed that substantial scope exists for productivity improvement when the mines were operating on a flexible mode. © 2012 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.Item Wetting kinetics and quench severity of selected vegetable oils for heat treatment(CRC Press, 2010) Prabhu, K.N.[No abstract available]Item Reef-an ecofriendly and cost effective hard option for coastal conservation(Springer Netherlands, 2008) Shirlal, K.G.; Rao, S.; Radheshyam, B.; Ganesh, V.Rubble mound breakwaters are the structures which are meant to reflect and dissipate energy of the wind generated waves and thereby to prevent their incidence on water area intended to protect. Submerged breakwater with its crest at or below still water level (SWL) can cause substantial wave attenuation and can be effectively used in places where tidal variations are small and only partial protection from waves is required, like harbour entrance, beach protection, small craft harbours etc. © 2008 Springer Netherlands.Item Chalcones: Possible new materials for third-order nonlinear optics(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011) Kiran, A.J.; Chandrasekharan, K.; Kalluraya, B.; Shashikala, H.D.'Search for potential materials' for third-order nonlinear optics has been of continuing interest in recent years. In this context, organic molecules are increasingly being recognized as the materials of the future because their molecular nature combined with the versatility of synthetic chemistry can be used to alter and optimize molecular structure to maximize third order nonlinear response. Chalcones have received considerable interest as materials for second-order nonlinear optical applications due to their ability to crystallize in noncentrosymmetric structure and their blue light transmittance. Being charge transfer compounds, chalcones can also possess large thirdorder nonlinearities due to their π-conjugated structure. In this article, we discuss the structure-nonlinear response relationship among a few chalcones and the possibility of using them for third-order applications. A meager or no work, to our knowledge, has been done so far on these molecules in this regard. Z-scan and degenerate four-wave mixing techniques were employed to investigate third-order optical nonlinearities of chalcone derivatives. Some of these molecules possess large χ (3) of magnitude as high as 10-12 esu and exhibit strong optical limiting properties. Possible mechanisms that are responsible for optical limiting property of these molecules have been discussed. . © 2011 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.