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Chapter and Conference Paper
Studies of the Usability of Satellite Images in the Identification of Forest Stands in Slovakia
This article was created on the basis of the Silvanus (H2020) and Hysped (ERDF) projects. Its aim was to examine the possibilities of using satellite images for the identification of forest types in Slovakia a...
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Article
Open AccessAn agent-based algorithm resembles behaviour of tree-dwelling bats under fission–fusion dynamics
Utilization of computational approach in the study of social behaviour of animals is increasing and we attempted such an approach in our study of tree-dwelling bats. These bats live in highly dynamic fission–f...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Swarm Algorithm Inspired by Tree-Dwelling Bats. Experiments and Evaluations
The paper describes a new swarm based algorithm inspired by the behaviour of tree bats. The algorithm is designed to search through unknown environment and look for objects of interest. Individual robotic swar...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
SkyBat: A Swarm Robotic Model Inspired by Fission-Fusion Behaviour of Bats
An agent based model - SkyBat, based on long-term observation of bats behaviour under fission-fusion dynamics, is presented in this paper. The agents cooperate while searching for specific targets of interest ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Self-adapting Method for 3D Environment Exploration Inspired by Swarm Behaviour
A problem of finding an optimal size of a swarm of robots in a way of effective cooperation is not an easy task to solve. There are many factors, which influence the optimal size of the robotic swarm. Among ma...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Approaches to Meeting Fluctuating Natural Gas Quality in Large Bore Engine Applications
State-of-the-art large bore gas engines for power generation are traditionally designed for long-term operation at high load. They run at high power density and high engine efficiency, which is guaranteed as l...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
LDM Compact – an efficient methodology for the development of combustion concepts for non-natural gas
World energy demand is escalating as the global population and wealth in emerging markets continues to grow. At the time this publication is being written, the price of fossil fuels, especially oil and gas, is...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Control and Coordination System Supported by Biologically Inspired Method for 3D Space “Proof of Concept”
This paper presents a control strategy for a swarm of mobile/flying robots operated in 3D space. The described biologically inspired method was developed to solve exploration or monitoring tasks. We discuss a ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Distributed Multi-agent System for Area Coverage Tasks: Architecture and Development
The article aims to present a new concept in mobile robotics – swarm robotics. It gives an overview of related research in coordination of mobile robots in a group and presents recent research activities in sw...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Ensuring Sustainable Development of Simultaneous Online Transcription Services for People with Hearing Impairment in the Czech Republic
Real-time speech transcription is a service of potentially tremendous positive impact on quality of life of the hearing-impaired. Nevertheless there is a total lack of government funding for these assistive se...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cloud-Based Assistive Speech-Transcription Services
Real-time speech transcription is a service of potentially tre- mendous positive impact on quality of life of the hearing-impaired. Recent advances in technologies of mobile networks, cloud services, speech tr...
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Chapter
Cooperation Particle Swarm Optimization with Discrete Events Systems by Dynamical Rescheduling
Currently, materials flow optimization and creating of optimal schedule are one of the main tasks of all companies for increase of competitiveness. A schedule problem in a manufacturing company is characterize...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
E-Scribe: Ubiquitous Real-Time Speech Transcription for the Hearing-Impaired
Availability of real-time speech transcription anywhere, anytime, represents a potentially life-changing opportunity for the hearing-impaired to improve their communication capability. We present e-Scribe, a p...
