Abstract: Now days with ever increasing size of the data and ever increasing method of the data collection, the amount of data is growing exponentially. With the downpour of such a huge amount of data from various sources, the use of automated systems and computer platforms is inevitable. The Humans are living in an information age, where the capabilities of the manual data manipulations have long been surpassed. Business Analytics aims to address such issues which are directly related to the interests of the Business. There are different types of problems, and for which there exist different solutions to tackle the specific problems.. This paper will help to understand the existing problem by Case Study.
Keywords: Business Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining.
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Abstract: Infinitely variable transmission eliminates clutch and gear box for automobile and gives the required torque conversions automatically. In this paper infinitely variable transmission systems have designed and modelled based on Constantaniesco torque convertor for light to medium duty vehicles. IVT includes various parts as input and output shafts, yoke, connecting link and masses. It is necessary while designing IVT to calculate the governing parameters of the model. The study also includes the comparisons of theoretical parameters with experimental parameters as speed, torque, efficiency, power etc. on performance curves. So first of all theoretical design and calculations are carried out. Then after development of experimental set up readings are taken and calculations are carried out, from which performance parameters are plotted.
Keywords: Infinite variable transmission system, torque conversion, experimental set up, performance parameters.
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Abstract: Now a day technological development in power electronics based controllers formerly known as Flexible AC Transmission Controllers (FACTS), the power system can operate with high security. These controllers help to enhance the transmission line loadings in terms of its thermal ratings. The line loadings and bus voltage profiles can be controlled using these FACTS controllers. To analyze the effect of the FACTS devices, these controllers should be incorporated in a given system and the load flow analysis is performed using Newton Raphson (NR) method. In this paper, very popularly used FACTS controllers known for Static VAr Compensator (SVC) and Thyristor Controlled Series Compensator (TCSC) are considered. The effect of these devices on system bus voltages, line power flows and system power losses is analyzed on standard test system such as HALE network and IEE-30 bus test systems are considered.
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Abstract: This paper addresses Visio and path following control problem of a nonholonomic Two-Wheeled Inverted Pendulum Mobile Robot. We propose control architecture based on two control layers. A speed inner loop control scheme is first designed based on state feedback technique to ensure stability of the inverted structure of the robot. A second outer loop control scheme is proposed to help the robot navigate along a desired path formed by a set of way points. It is designed inspiring the model predictive control technique. The elements of the predictive control, which are the cost function, controls and constraints, must be defined and specified: the use of different trajectories group in the control can adapt the behavior of the robot to different displacement phases. The obstacle detection architecture based on the attributes of color and texture has been developed to be implemented on an Raspberry PI and is designed as a generic high-speed image processing device. The optimization criteria are based on a maximization of performance in terms of image processing per second and a minimization of consumed resources. Our obstacles detection algorithm consists of three main steps: the color transformation, the calculation of the color and texture attributes and their classification.
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Abstract: Thal-pump is a type of infusion pump that is used for injecting iron chelating agent into the body of a patient suffering from Thalassemia disease. Currently the device used for treatment of Thalassemia patients in India is imported from European countries like Denmark and because of the import duty the cost of this equipment is considerably high(approx 50,000 INR) which makes it unaffordable to many hospitals in India. Similar desired output of Thal-pump has been developed by us with a total cost of 6,000 INR. The main objective of the Thal-pump is to inject the iron chelating agent at a desired rate (ranges from 0.5ml/hr to 10ml/hr) with high precision. This paper explains the working of the Thal-pump based on the application of Mechatronics wherein the injecting rate of the chelating agent depends on the stepper motor speed used. The speed of this stepper motor is controlled through circuits governed by an arduino sketch. The discharge rate of Thal-pump can be varied and because of this it has different medical applications.
Keywords: (ranges from 0.5ml/hr to 10ml/hr), (approx 50,000 INR), 6,000 INR.
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Abstract: The behaviour of pile under lateral load is studied through laboratory experiments on model cemented group of piles driven into testing tank containing dry river sand. The load-displacement diagrams were drawn to study the effect of strength comparison between the group of cemented piles and different densities of sand on the lateral load capacity of pile. It was found that the lateral load capacity of piles increases with increase in number of piles and increase in sand density. It is also found that lateral load capacity is more in high density sand as compared to that of low density sand.
Keywords: ultimate lateral load capacity, cemented pile, sand.
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Abstract: Motion Estimation plays a vital role in a motion compensated hybrid DCT video compression scheme. To reduce the computational complexity in finding the near to exact match of the block, many fast search algorithms have been proposed. This paper is survey paper in which fast block matching algorithm are categorized. Unsymmetrical multi hexagon search, Adaptive rood pattern search, Fast full search are described.
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Abstract: This paper provides a comparative analysis of performance of different controllers for magnetic levitation system. Magnetic levitation system is a highly nonlinear and unstable system and it is very challenging to develop accurate controller for the same. This paper provides mathematical model of magnetic levitation system and develops controller for the same. Two different controllers such as PID controller and fuzzy controller have been designed and simulation results have been provided.
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Abstract: Quality of concrete has been the focus of key stakeholders of the construction industry in Kenya for sometimes now after several storey buildings have collapsed. The question has been what really leads to concrete failure; quality of material used; design mix adopted; method of batching concrete; method of handling and placing. This study has set out to find whether chemical admixtures are being used in the construction industry in Kenya and their influence on quality of concrete in a bid to solve the problem. The study adopted a mixed design approach which incorporates both qualitative and quantitative elements of research. The study came to several conclusions key among them; that chemical admixture are used in the construction sector with good effect on the quality of concrete; chemical admixtures enable projects to be managed easily. The study recommended formulation of legislation to guide the use of admixtures which will lead to solving of the current challenges of counterfeit chemical admixtures, lack of proper training by contractors and lack of interest from building statutory bodies on its use.
Keywords: Quality of Concrete, Construction Chemicals, Construction Industry.
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