Special issue: Biologically inspired systems and intelligent robots

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control 10(3/4) 2010

Papers from first Sino-European Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems (SEIROS’08) held in Chongqing, China, 11–13 December 2008.

• Mobile robot localisation using ZigBee wireless sensor networks and a vision sensor
• Parameter optimisation of human-simulated intelligent controller for a cart-double pendulum system
• A fast handover scheme based on multiple mobile router cooperation for a train-based mobile network
• An intelligent visual hand motion tracking system for home-based rehabilitation
• Small UAV controlled by an online adaptive fuzzy control system
• A novel information fusion based FTT algorithm for a driver fatigue monitoring system
• Distributed model predictive control for multi-agent systems with coupling constraints
• Gearbox incipient fault diagnosis using feature sample selection and principal component analysis
• Study of weak high-frequency CW signal detection based on stochastic resonance
• Real-time gait classification based on fuzzy associative memory
• Natural ceiling features based self-localisation for indoor mobile robots
• Aggregation behaviour analysis, modelling and control of anisotropic stochastic swarm systems
• Application of advanced fault diagnosis technology in electric locomotives

Special issue: Corporate responsibility innovations for sustainability

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 5(1) 2010

Papers from from the 2009 Corporate Responsibility Research Conference (CRRC 2009) held in Vaasa, Finland, 7-9 September 2009

• Designing organisational structures for corporate responsible innovation
• Consumer perception of fair trade: a cross-cultural study
• Comparative analysis of innovative CSR tools for SMEs
• Corporate responsibility reporting of biodiversity in the supply chain

Additional Papers

• Dealing with uncertainty in sustainable innovation: mainstreaming and substitution
• A community-based toolkit for designing ride-sharing services: the case of a virtual network of ride access points in Germany

Special issue: Intelligent text processing with its applications and computational linguistics

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology 38(4) 2010

• Partial retrieval of compressed semi-structured documents
• Clarification of the price fluctuation mechanism in financial markets: disparity in forecast accuracy among investors and asset price fluctuations
• SSGL: a semi-supervised grammar learner
• Persian POS tagging using probabilistic morphological analysis
• Analysis of greenhouse gases trading system using conversations among stakeholders
• Local features-based script recognition from printed bilingual document images
• Building of field association terms based on links
• Multi-page document analysis based on format consistency and clustering
• Effective extraction method of the mutual understanding gap based on the egocentrism
• An English and/or Japanese writing support tool based on a web search engine
• A schema for ontology-based concept definition and identification

Special issue: Power-efficient, high performance general purpose and application specific computing architectures

International Journal of High Performance Systems Architecture 2(3/4) 2010

• Energy efficient mapping and voltage islanding for regular NoC under design constraints
• A synergetic operating unit on NoC layer for CMP system
• Parallel processing for block ciphers on a fault tolerant networked processor array
• Network interface design based on mutual interface definition
• NCXplore: a design space exploration framework of temporal encoding for on-chip serial interconnects
• A fast MPI-based parallel framework for cycle-accurate HDL multi-parametric simulations
• Instruction set extensions for the advanced encryption standard on a multithreaded software defined radio platform
• Way adaptable D-NUCA caches
• Replica victim caching to improve cache reliability against transient errors
• A reliability model of energy-efficient parallel disk systems with data mirroring

Special issue: Extended papers from the 2008 Conference of the Hellenic Finance and Accounting Association

International Journal of Financial Services Management 4(3) 2010

The conference was held in Chania, Greece, 12–13 December 2008.

• European Union enlargement and equity cost: an empirical analysis on risk sharing and market integration
• Factors affecting expected stock returns: evidence from the secondary and tertiary sectors of the Athens stock exchange
• Towards analysing training needs: a case study in a Greek bank
• Bankruptcy prediction using auditor size and auditor opinion

Special issue: Climate change policy and regulatory strategies in the post-Kyoto Protocol Framework

Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal 7(1) 2010

• Editorial: Policy and legislative architecture to deal with climate change and sustainable development in a post-Kyoto framework
• Enhancing the sustainable development contribution of future CDM projects in Asia
• Improving the clean development mechanism with sustainability-rating and rewarding system
• Climate change and disasters: issues and measures for developing countries (a case of India)
• A review of some key climate change legislations and policies: lessons for Singapore's construction industry

Newly announced journal: International Journal of Service and Computing Oriented Manufacturing

Beginning publication in 2011, International Journal of Service and Computing Oriented Manufacturing aims to establish a bridge between manufacturing and related fields such as information systems and technology, internet, computer science, operational research and management science, in particular the field of IT services and advanced computing technologies, so as to share and disseminate knowledge in the change from production-oriented manufacturing to service-oriented manufacturing.

Special issue: Artificial intelligence applied in machining

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials 8(1/2) 2010

• Editorial: A brief overview of artificial intelligence applications in machining
• A review of artificial intelligent approaches applied to part accuracy prediction
• Development of a mathematical model for the prediction of chip formation instability and its verification by fuzzy logic with genetic algorithm
• Neural network modelling of forces and indirect prediction of tool wear in turning of grey cast iron with ceramic tool
• FNN based online monitoring of flank wear during turning of EN-31 steel
• ANN based cutting tool condition monitoring system for high-speed turning operations
• Application of neural network and evolutionary algorithm in operation sequencing using datum hierarchy trees
• Prediction and comparison of thrust force and torque in drilling of natural fibre hybrid composite using regression and artificial neural network modelling
• Investigation of optimal machining parameters for turning operation using intelligent techniques
• Data mining approach for selection of plateau honing parameters with dual objectives
• Intelligent process modelling using radial basis neural network
• Modelling of cutting forces as a function of cutting parameters in milling process using regression analysis and artificial neural network
• Intelligent selection of machining parameters in turning of Inconel-718 using multi objective optimisation coupled with MADM
• Predictive modelling of surface roughness and kerf widths in abrasive water jet cutting of Kevlar composites using neural network

Special issue: Contemporary supply chain enabling technology

International Journal of Enterprise Network Management 4(1) 2010

• RFID based vehicle toll collection system for toll roads
• A model for the study of user adoption behaviours of mobile commerce
• A heuristic to generate input sequence for simulated annealing to solve VRP
• Business model for virtual manufacturing: a human-centred and eco-friendly approach
• Development of electronic marketplace for collaborative supply chain: a conceptual framework
• A multi-criteria decision making methodology for the selection of reverse logistics operating modes
• A decision-making framework for service quality measurements in hospitals
• The trend of RFID application to the supply chain management (2009-2010): a text mining analysis

Special issue: Computational heat and mass transfer

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, an International Journal 10(4) 2010

• Recent progress in dynamic tensor diffusivity subgrid-scale modelling for LES of turbulent heat transfer
• 3D computer simulation of Rayleigh-Benard instability in a square box
• Numerical simulation of natural convection of a water-based nanofluid
• The numerical simulation of fuel-lean counterflow premixed flame with flame curvature
• Experimental and computational characterisation of atomised spray flow around a circular cylinder
• Numerical simulation of unsteady flow in a multistage centrifugal pump using sliding mesh technique
• Calculations of heat transfer in stagnation flow regions by using second-moment closure models in conjunction with the new general wall treatment
• Prediction of second-order concentration statistics for dispersing plumes in obstacle arrays

Special issue: Accounting and finance for SMEs

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 11(1) 2010

• Balancing the management control package of small, rapidly growing firms in turbulent environments
• Application of management accounting techniques in Indian small and medium hospitality enterprises: an empirical study
• The decline of bank finance for SMEs in APEC
• Micro-finance agencies and SMEs: model of explication of tacit knowledge
• The financing policy of French SMEs
• The effect of finance, knowledge and empathy gaps on the use of private equity amongst family-owned SMEs

Special issue: Business models and human capital: current issues and new challenges

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 12(2) 2010

• From single firm to network-based business model innovation
• The impact of human and social capital on the internationalisation of German consulting firms
• The issues of corporate governance in knowledge intensive entrepreneurial firms
• What's driving mobile content on the Irish telecoms value chain?
• A partnering business model for technology transfer: the case of the Muenster University of Applied Sciences
• Business incubators: new mechanism for economic/enterprise development or passing fad? Exploring complex relationship of the growing phenomenon in the context of Scotland

Special issue: Knowledge governance I

International Journal of Strategic Change Management 2(2/3) 2010

• Exploring knowledge governance
• The role of knowledge governance in strategic alliances
• Alliance structure choice in the telecommunications industry: between resource type and resource heterogeneity
• Micro-level learning and alliance portfolio performance
• Overcoming knowledge dilemmas: governing the creation, sharing and use of knowledge resources
• Governing individual knowledge-sharing behaviour
• High-performance work practices and knowledge creation in organisations
• HRM practices, innovativeness and performance: the mediating role of organisational trust

Special issue: Managing total innovation and technology-based innovation

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital 7(3/4) 2010

• Total innovation management paradigm for SMEs – an empirical study based on SME survey
• The pathway on implementation of total innovation management: with the case of SMEs
• An analysis of the complementary innovation mechanism between STI and DUI modes
• Managing radical innovations – a case study (Siemens AG)
• Comparative study on innovation resource in pharmaceutical fields: an entropy measure over patent data in China
• Open innovation and the management of intra-firm conflict
• A study on regional knowledge management model and role of government
• Measuring the impact of knowledge transfer from public research organisations: a comparison of metrics used around the world
• Emerging enterprise social software knowledge management environments: current practices and future challenges
• An empirical study on regional disparity of R&D in China
• How should we measure collaborative research and development performance?
• Empirical analysis on Chinese self-brand automobile enterprises' competitive advantage
• MNC restructuring and local economic development: the effects of horizontal versus vertical FDI in China
• Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) as a relational contract: an incomplete contracting perspective

Special issue: Service interfaces and service strategy

International Journal of Services Technology and Management 14(2/3) 2010

• The relationship-service-profit chain: conceptual framework and propositions
• Quantitative models for service quality strategy implementation
• Management of multi-purpose stadiums: importance and performance measurement of service interfaces
• Service employee behaviour: the role of compliance and risk taking
• Stereotypes of Taiwanese salespeople at the service interface
• Empowerment and role stress in the human interface between the firm and its markets
• Adoption of technologies in industrial after-sales services across cultures
• Customer interfaces in the accommodation industry – enhancing and constraining factors of IT adoption
• Self-service technology and the moderating effects of consumer characteristics

Special issue: Applications of ultra wideband systems in biomedicine

International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems 1(4) 2010

• UWB channel modelling for wireless body area networks in a hospital
• Medical applications adapting ultra wideband: a system study
• Experiences on bio-medical sensing using ultra wideband communications and radar technology
• Off-body UWB channel characterisation within a hospital ward environment
• An overview of radar based ultra wideband breast cancer detection algorithms
• Investigating a double layer Vivaldi antenna design for fixed array field measurement

Special issue: Performance assessment in environment and pollution

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management 13(2) 2010

• Assessment of geo-hazard potential and site investigations using Resistivity Imaging
• Patents as a measure for eco-innovation
• Removal of Particulate Matter (PM) and NOx from marine exhaust gas by combining electrostatic water-spraying scrubber and emulsion oil
• Water purification: a sustainable technology for rural development
• Assessment of the challenge of sustainable recycling of municipal solid waste management in India
• Quantitative analysis of automotive exhaust gas by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy
• A comparative study of the performance behaviour of adsorbent materials used for the treatment of spent cutting fluids

Special issue: Exploring new perspectives in product development

International Journal of Product Development 12(1) 2010

• Internal and external R&D collaboration as drivers of the product innovativeness of the German mechanical engineering industry
• Risk assessment method in project actor choice
• Supplier-oriented and product life cycle management framework to support virtual organisations
• Understanding the rapid evaluation of innovative ideas in the early stages of design
• Design for electronic equipment reliability in complex systems

Special issue: Advanced manufacturing technologies

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 21(1/2) 2010

Papers from the 1st International and 22nd All India Manufacturing Technology Design and Research (AIMTDR) Conference held in Roorkee, India, 21-23 December 2006.

• A novel nanofinishing process using magnetorheological abrasive polishing fluid
• Multi-response optimisation of Nd:YAG laser micro-machining of die steel using Response Surface Methodology
• Modelling and analysis on machining characteristics during pulsed Nd:YAG laser microgrooving of aluminium titanate (Al2TiO5)
• Micromachining of silicon with excimer laser in air and water medium
• Investigation into the influence of Electrochemical Micromachining (EMM) parameters on Radial Overcut through RSM-based approach
• Experimental results and analysis for Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) of aluminium metal matrix composites with powder-mixed dielectric: Lenth's method
• Surface modification of C40 steel using WC-Cu P/M green compact electrodes in EDM
• Cutting tool condition monitoring system for high-speed turning operations
• Fourier Transform based texture measures for grinding wheel condition monitoring using machine vision
• Experimental investigations to optimise step drill geometry for burr minimisation in drilling using regression model
• Tool life enhancement through nano-composite coating on the residual stress controlled cutting faces
• Investigations of the effect of injection parameters on the dimensional accuracy of wax patterns used in ceramic shell investment casting
• Modelling and control of a bio-inspired microgripper
• Performance evaluation of mixed model assembly lines
• Effect of imperfect interfaces on Elastothermodynamic Damping of fibre-reinforced MMCs

Special issue: Functionally graded materials: an integrated approach

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology 39(1/2) 2010

Includes papers from the 1st Portuguese Workshop on Functionally Graded Materials: an Integrated Approach, held in Guimarães, Portugal, 9-10 October 2008.

• In situ fabrication of Al3Ti-Al functionally graded composites by centrifugal casting
• Functionally Graded Materials: bulk processing techniques
• On the ability of producing FGMs with an AlSi12 aluminium alloy by using centrifugal casting
• Influence of solidification rates on a Directional Solidification process for the production of Functionally Graded Materials
• Design and fabrication strategy in the world of functional gradation
• Optimal design and preparation of silicon nitride ceramic radome material with gradient porous structure
• Design and preparation of flier-plate material with graded wave impedance
• Phase diagram investigation and characterisation of ternary Sn–In–Me (Me = Ag, Cu) lead-free solder systems
• Aleksandra Milosavljevic, Dragana Zivkovic, Dragan Manasijevic, Nadezda Talijan, Vladan Evaluation of particle size and shape distributions in Al-Al3Ni Functionally Graded Materials fabricated by a semi-solid forming process
• Corrosion behaviour of aluminium syntactic functionally graded composites
• Functional graded material with nano-structured coating for protection
• Structure, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of PVD gradient coatings deposited onto the X40CrMoV5-1 hot work tool steel substrate
• The reactive gas pulsing process for tuneable properties of sputter deposited titanium oxide, nitride and oxynitride coatings
• Functionally graded electroactive Poly(vinylidene fluoride) polymers
• Tribological characterisation of magnetron sputtered Ti(C, O, N) thin films
• Effect of grain size and hydrogen passivation on the electrical properties of nanocrystalline silicon films
• A study on morphological properties of laser sintered functionally graded blends of amorphous thermoplastics