TY - JOUR A1 - Faßbender, Heinz A1 - Maneth, Sebastian T1 - A strict border for the decidability of e-unification for recursive functions / Faßbender, Heinz ; Maneth, Sebastian JF - Algebraic and logic programming : proceedings / 5th International Conference, ALP '96, Aachen, Germany, September 25 - 27, 1996. Michael Hanus ... (ed.) Y1 - 1996 SN - 3-540-61735-3 N1 - (Lecture notes in computer science ; 1139) SP - 194 EP - 208 PB - Springer CY - Berlin [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Faßbender, Heinz A1 - Bühler, Gerhard T1 - Applying Ada, Java and CORBA for making a command and control information system platform independent JF - Proceedings : (SIGAda '99) ; October 17 - 21, 1999 ; Crowne Plaza, Redondo Beach & Marine Hotel, Redondo Beach, CA, USA / ACM SIGAda Annual International Conference Y1 - 1999 SN - 1-58113-127-5 N1 - (Ada letters ; 19,3) SP - 83 EP - 88 PB - ACM CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Faßbender, Heinz A1 - Vogler, Heiko T1 - A universal unification algorithm based on unification-driven leftmost outermost narrowing JF - Acta Cybernetica. 11 (1994), H. 3 Y1 - 1994 SN - 0324-721x SP - 139 EP - 167 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zastrow, Udo T1 - Solution of plane anisotropic elastostatical boundary value problems by singular integral equations JF - Acta Mechanica. 44 (1982), H. 1-2 Y1 - 1982 SN - 1619-6937 SP - 59 EP - 71 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zastrow, Udo T1 - On the formulation of the fundamental solutions for orthotropic plane elasticity JF - Acta Mechanica. 57 (1985), H. 3-4 Y1 - 1985 SN - 1619-6937 SP - 113 EP - 122 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Wrona, Konrad T1 - Electronic Commerce Transactions in a Wireless Environment / Schuba, Marko. ; Wrona, Konrad Y1 - 1999 N1 - IWTEC ´99 SP - 1 EP - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Haverkort, Boudewijn R. A1 - Schneider, Gaby T1 - Performance evaluation of multicast communication in packet-switched networks / Schuba, Marko ; Haverkort, Boudewijn R. ; Schneider, Gaby JF - Performance Evaluation. 39 (2000), H. 1-4 Y1 - 2000 SN - 0166-5316 N1 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-5316(99)00058-9 SP - 61 EP - 80 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Wrona, Konrad T1 - Mobile Chip Electronic Commerce: Enabling Credit Card Payment for Mobile Devices / Schuba, Marko ; Wrona, Konrad Y1 - 2000 N1 - eBiz2000 Specialist Conference @ CommunicAsia2000, Singapore, June 2000 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Wrona, Konrad T1 - Security for Mobile Commerce Applications / Schuba, Marko ; Wrona, Konrad Y1 - 2001 N1 - Multimedia, Internet, Video Technologies 2001 (MIV 2001), Malta, September 1-6, 2001 ; WSEAS Conference ; World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Wrona, Konrad A1 - Zavagli, Guido T1 - Mobile Payments - State of the Art and Open Problems / Wrona, Konrad ; Schuba, Marko ; Zavagli, Guido JF - Electronic commerce : second international workshop ; proceedings / WELCOM 2001, Heidelberg, Germany, November 16-17, 2001. Ludger Fiege ... (ed.) Y1 - 2001 SN - 978-3-540-42878-7 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 2232 SP - 88 EP - 100 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Busboom, Axel A1 - Herwono, Ian A1 - Zavagli, Guido T1 - Unambiguous Device Identification and Fast Connection Setup in Bluetooth / Busboom, Axel ; Herwono, Ian ; Schuba, Marko ; Zavagli, Guido JF - European wireless 2002 : next generation wireless networks: technologies, protocols, services and applications ; technical sessions: 26 - 28 February 2002, tutorials: 25 February 2002, Centro Affari, Florence, Italy ; proceedings / sponsored by EUREL ... General chair: Luciano Lenzini Y1 - 2002 SP - 1 EP - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Claessens, J. A1 - Fuchsberger, A. A1 - Günther, C. A1 - Horn, G. A1 - Howker, K. A1 - Hulsebosch, R.J. A1 - Mitchell, C. A1 - Paterson, K. A1 - Preneel, B. A1 - Schellekens, D. A1 - Schuba, Marko T1 - Pioneering Advanced Mobile Privacy and Security Y1 - 2003 N1 - electronic proceedings of the 18th IFIP International Information Security Conference, Athens, Greece, May 2003 SP - 1 EP - 17 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hulsebosch, R. J. A1 - Günther, C. A1 - Horn, C. A1 - Holtmanns, S. A1 - Howker, K. A1 - Paterson, K. A1 - Claessens, J. A1 - Schuba, Marko ED - Mitchell, Chris J. T1 - Pioneering Advanced Mobile Privacy and Security JF - Security for mobility Y1 - 2004 SN - 9781849190886 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1049/PBTE051E_ch N1 - IEE telecommunications series ; 51 SP - 383 EP - 432 PB - Institution of Electrical Engineers CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Gerstenberger, Volker A1 - Lahaije, Paul T1 - Internet ID – Flexible Reuse of Mobile Phone Authentication Security for Service Access / Schuba, Marko ; Gerstenberger, Volker, ; Lahaije, Paul Y1 - 2004 N1 - Nordsec 2004, Helsinki ; Nordic Workshop on Secure IT-systems <9, 2004> SP - 1 EP - 7 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brück, Stefan A1 - Sorger, Ulrich A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana A1 - Stolte, Norbert T1 - Interleaving for outer convolutional codes in DS-CDMA systems JF - IEEE transactions on communications Y1 - 2000 SN - 0090-6778 VL - Vol. 48 IS - Iss. 7 SP - 1100 EP - 1107 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana T1 - Joint channel estimation and equalisation of fast time-varying frequency-selective channels JF - European transactions on telecommunications Y1 - 2008 SN - 1541-8251; 2161-3915; 1120-3862; 1124-318X VL - Vol. 19 IS - Iss. 1 SP - 1 EP - 13 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana T1 - Airport surface propagation channel in the C-Band: measurements and modeling JF - IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Y1 - 2013 SN - 0018-926x VL - Vol. 61 IS - Iss. 9 SP - 4792 EP - 4802 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Marais, Stephen A1 - Potgieter, Anet A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - RoboCup Junior: A vehicle for S&T education in Africa? Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-992-8 N1 - AFRICON, 2011 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - 20 Years of RoboCup - A Subjective Retrospection JF - KI - Künstliche Intelligenz N2 - This summer, RoboCup competitions were held for the 20th time in Leipzig, Germany. It was the second time that RoboCup took place in Germany, 10 years after the 2006 RoboCup in Bremen. In this article, we give an overview on the latest developments of RoboCup and what happened in the different leagues over the last decade. With its 20th edition, RoboCup clearly is a success story and a role model for robotics competitions. From our personal view point, we acknowledge this by giving a retrospection about what makes RoboCup such a success. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-016-0449-5 SN - 1610-1987 VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 225 EP - 232 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald A1 - McPhillips, Graeme A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Potgieter, Anet T1 - Team Zadeat 2009 : team report Y1 - 2009 VL - 6 SP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leingartner, Max A1 - Maurer, Johannes A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - Evaluation of Sensors and Mapping Approaches for Disasters in Tunnels JF - Journal of Field Robotics N2 - Ground or aerial robots equipped with advanced sensing technologies, such as three-dimensional laser scanners and advanced mapping algorithms, are deemed useful as a supporting technology for first responders. A great deal of excellent research in the field exists, but practical applications at real disaster sites are scarce. Many projects concentrate on equipping robots with advanced capabilities, such as autonomous exploration or object manipulation. In spite of this, realistic application areas for such robots are limited to teleoperated reconnaissance or search. In this paper, we investigate how well state-of-the-art and off-the-shelf components and algorithms are suited for reconnaissance in current disaster-relief scenarios. The basic idea is to make use of some of the most common sensors and deploy some widely used algorithms in a disaster situation, and to evaluate how well the components work for these scenarios. We acquired the sensor data from two field experiments, one from a disaster-relief operation in a motorway tunnel, and one from a mapping experiment in a partly closed down motorway tunnel. Based on these data, which we make publicly available, we evaluate state-of-the-art and off-the-shelf mapping approaches. In our analysis, we integrate opinions and replies from first responders as well as from some algorithm developers on the usefulness of the data and the limitations of the deployed approaches, respectively. We discuss the lessons we learned during the two missions. These lessons are interesting for the community working in similar areas of urban search and rescue, particularly reconnaissance and search. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21611 SN - 1556-4967 VL - 33 IS - 8 SP - 1037 EP - 1057 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ritz, Thomas T1 - Information Channels JF - Information Technology. Nr. 52 (2000), H. 08. Mai 2000 Y1 - 2000 SP - 15 EP - 15 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rens, Gavin A1 - Varzinczak, Ivan A1 - Meyer, Thomas A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - A Logic for Reasoning about Actions and Explicit Observations JF - AI 2010: Advances in Artificial Intelligence 23rd Australasian Joint Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December 7-10, 2010. Proceedings Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-642-17431-5 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6464 SP - 395 EP - 404 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Schiek, Burkhard T1 - The double-LNN Calibration technique for scattering parameter measurements of microstrip devices JF - Conference proceedings Y1 - 1995 N1 - European Microwave Conference <25, 1995, Bologna> SP - 343 EP - 347 PB - NEXUS House CY - Kent ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - Team Zadeat 2010 : application for participation Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger T1 - Sure Methods of On-Wafer Scattering Parameter Measurements with Self-Calibration Procedures Y1 - 1996 N1 - 46th ARFTG conference digest : November 30 - December 1. 1995, Safari Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona / Automatic RF Techniques Group. [Publ. chairman: Ed. Godshalk] SP - 136 EP - 145 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hoffmann, Andreas A1 - Rohrbach, Felix A1 - Uhl, Matthias A1 - Ceblin, Maximilian A1 - Bauer, Thomas A1 - Mallah, Marcel A1 - Jacob, Timo A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Kuehne, Alexander J. C. T1 - Atmospheric pressure plasma-jet treatment of polyacrylonitrile-nonwovens—Stabilization and roll-to-roll processing JF - Journal of Applied Polymer Science N2 - Carbon nanofiber nonwovens represent a powerful class of materials with prospective application in filtration technology or as electrodes with high surface area in batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. While new precursor-to-carbon conversion processes have been explored to overcome productivity restrictions for carbon fiber tows, alternatives for the two-step thermal conversion of polyacrylonitrile precursors into carbon fiber nonwovens are absent. In this work, we develop a continuous roll-to-roll stabilization process using an atmospheric pressure microwave plasma jet. We explore the influence of various plasma-jet parameters on the morphology of the nonwoven and compare the stabilized nonwoven to thermally stabilized samples using scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and infrared spectroscopy. We show that stabilization with a non-equilibrium plasma-jet can be twice as productive as the conventional thermal stabilization in a convection furnace, while producing electrodes of comparable electrochemical performance. KW - batteries and fuel cells KW - electrospinning KW - fibers KW - irradiation KW - porous materials Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/app.52887 SN - 0021-8995 (Print) SN - 1097-4628 (Online) N1 - Weitere Informationen: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Fördernummer: 13XP5036E. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Fördernummern: 390874152, 441209207, 327886311 VL - 139 IS - 37 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Dylla, Frank A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Specifying Multirobot Coordination in ICPGolog - From Simulation towards Real Robots / Dylla, Frank ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard Y1 - 2003 N1 - AOS-4 at IJCAI-03 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger T1 - GSOLT: the calibration procedure for all multi-port vector network analyzers JF - IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium digest : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 - 13 June 2003 ; [including: 2003 International Microwave Symposium digest, vol. 1-3, RF Integrated Circuit Symposium digest, Automatic RF Techniques Group Symposium digest . Vol. 3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-780-37696-X N1 - Nebent.: 2003 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium SP - 1815 EP - 1818 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger T1 - Microwave On-Wafer Measurements with Activ Needle Probe Tips Y1 - 1997 N1 - 47th ARFTG Conference digest : June 20 - 21, 1996, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California / Automatic RF Techniques Group. [Publication chair: Ed Godshalk SP - 208 EP - 214 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Lünebach, M. T1 - A Novel Dual-Mode-Design for Push-Push Oscillators with Improved Phase Noise Performance. Heuermann, Holger; Lünebach, M. JF - Conference proceedings : 3 - 7 October 2005, CNIT la Défense, Paris, France; [comprises the] 35th European Microwave Conference 2005 ; The European Conference on Wireless Technology 2005 ; European Radar Conference 2005 ; GAAS 2005, The European Gallium A. Vol. 1 Y1 - 2005 SN - 2-9600551-0-1 N1 - European Microwave Conference ; (35, 2005, Paris) ; European Microwave Week ; (2005, Paris) SP - 4 pp. PB - Horizon House Publ CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ritz, Thomas T1 - Modelling Production of personalized information services and their delivery on multiple distribution channels JF - Personalization Techniques in Electronic Publishing on the Web. Workshop in the Framework of the 2nd international conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and adaptive web based systems (AH2002) in Malaga (ES) Y1 - 2002 N1 - AH <2, 2002, Málaga> SP - 19 EP - 30 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald A1 - Vassos, Stavros T1 - Action-Based Imperative Programming with YAGI N2 - Many tasks for autonomous agents or robots are best described by a specification of the environment and a specification of the available actions the agent or robot can perform. Combining such a specification with the possibility to imperatively program a robot or agent is what we call the actionbased imperative programming. One of the most successful such approaches is Golog. In this paper, we draft a proposal for a new robot programming language YAGI, which is based on the action-based imperative programming paradigm. Our goal is to design a small, portable stand-alone YAGI interpreter. We combine the benefits of a principled domain specification with a clean, small and simple programming language, which does not exploit any side-effects from the implementation language. We discuss general requirements of action-based programming languages and outline YAGI, our action-based language approach which particularly aims at embeddability. Y1 - 2012 N1 - Cognitive Robotics AAAI Technical Report WS-12-06 SP - 24 EP - 31 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Hermanns, Lutz A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Comparing Sensor Fusion Techniques for Ball Position Estimation / Ferrein, Alexander ; Hermanns, Lutz ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX Y1 - 2006 SN - 978-3-540-35437-6 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 4020 SP - 154 EP - 165 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Football is coming Home / Schiffer, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - PCAR '06 Proceedings of the 2006 international symposium on Practical cognitive agents and robots Y1 - 2006 SN - 1-74052-130-7 SP - 39 EP - 50 PB - ACM CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger T1 - Multiport S-parameter calculation from two-port network analyzer measurements with or without switch matrix JF - ARFTG Conference, 2006 67th, San Francisco, CA Y1 - 2006 SN - 978-0-7803-9529-9 SP - 219 EP - 222 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Erkens, H. T1 - Novel RF switch concepts for differential wireless communications frontends. Erkens, H.; Heuermann, H. JF - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 54 (2006), H. 6, Part 1 Y1 - 2006 SN - 0018-9480 SP - 2376 EP - 2382 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger T1 - Verringerung des Phasenrauschens von Oszillatoren durch Dual-Mode-Resonatoren JF - HF-Report. 20 (2006), H. 5-6 Y1 - 2006 SN - 1431-827X SP - 43 EP - 48 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Mies, Christoph A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Repairing Decision-Theoretic Policies Using Goal-Oriented Planning / Mies, Christoph ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - KI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 31st Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2008, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 23-26, 2008. Proceedings Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-540-85844-7 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 5243 SP - 267 EP - 275 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Rens, Gavin A1 - Poel, Etienne van der T1 - A BDI agent architecture for a POMDP planner / Rens, Gavin ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Poel, Etienne van der Y1 - 2009 N1 - 9th International Symposium on Logical Formalization of Commonsense Reasoning: Commonsense 2009, Toronto, Canada, 1-3 June, 2009 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Schiek, Burkhard T1 - Calibration of network analyser measurements with leakage errors JF - Electronics letters. 30 (1994), H. 1 Y1 - 1994 SN - 0013-5194 SP - 52 EP - 53 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Limpert, Nicolas A1 - Wiesen, Patrick A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Kallweit, Stephan A1 - Schiffer, Stefan T1 - The ROSIN Project and its Outreach to South Africa JF - R&D Journal Y1 - 2019 VL - 35 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Booysen, T. A1 - Stopforth, R. T1 - Why it is harder to run RoboCup in South Africa: Experiences from German South African collaborations JF - International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems N2 - Robots are widely used as a vehicle to spark interest in science and technology in learners. A number of initiatives focus on this issue, for instance, the Roberta Initiative, the FIRST Lego League, the World Robot Olympiad and RoboCup Junior. Robotic competitions are valuable not only for school learners but also for university students, as the RoboCup initiative shows. Besides technical skills, the students get some project exposure and experience what it means to finish their tasks on time. But qualifying students for future high-tech areas should not only be for students from developed countries. In this article, we present our experiences with research and education in robotics within the RoboCup initiative, in Germany and South Africa; we report on our experiences with trying to get the RoboCup initiative in South Africa going. RoboCup has a huge support base of academic institutions in Germany; this is not the case in South Africa. We present our ‘north–south’ collaboration initiatives in RoboCup between Germany and South Africa and discuss some of the reasons why we think it is harder to run RoboCup in South Africa. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881416662789 SN - 1729-8806 VL - 13 IS - 5 SP - 1 EP - 13 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alhwarin, Faraj A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Scholl, Ingrid T1 - IR stereo kinect: improving depth images by combining structured light with IR stereo Y1 - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hüning, Felix A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Wache, Franz-Josef T1 - Wireless CAN without WLAN or Bluetooth JF - CAN Newsletter N2 - In two developed concepts, dual-mode radio enables CAN participants to be integrated wirelessly into a CAN network. Constructed from a few components, a protocol-free, real-time transmission and thus transparent integration into CAN is provided. Y1 - 2018 IS - December 2018 SP - 44 EP - 46 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Strack, Andreas A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Laser-Based Localization with Sparse Landmarks / Strack, Andreas ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX Y1 - 2006 SN - 978-3-540-35437-6 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 4020 SP - 569 EP - 576 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vorst, Phillip A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - AllemaniACs3D team description Y1 - 2006 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Qualitative World Models for Soccer Robots / Schiffer, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - Qualitative constraint calculi : application and integration ; KI 2006, 14 - 19 June 2006, Bremen, Germany ; 29th Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence ; workshop / Stefan Wölfl ... (eds.) Y1 - 2006 SN - 3-88722-666-6 SP - 3 EP - 14 PB - Univ. CY - Bremen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Ibrahim, Irfan A1 - Hillebrand, J. T1 - Vector-Signal-Generator with Two ¿¿-PLL's / Ibrahim, I. ; Hillebrand, J. ; Heuermann, H. JF - European Conference on Wireless Technologies, 2007. ECWT 2007 ; 8 - 10 October 2007 Munich, Germany Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-2-87487-003-3 SP - 1 EP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hofmann, Till A1 - Limpert, Nicolas A1 - Mataré, Victor A1 - Schönitz, Sebastian A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - The Carologistics RoboCup Logistics Team 2018 N2 - The Carologistics team participates in the RoboCup Logistics League for the seventh year. The RCLL requires precise vision, manipulation and path planning, as well as complex high-level decision making and multi-robot coordination. We outline our approach with an emphasis on recent modifications to those components. The team members in 2018 are David Bosen, Christoph Gollok, Mostafa Gomaa, Daniel Habering, Till Hofmann, Nicolas Limpert, Sebastian Schönitz, Morian Sonnet, Carsten Stoffels, and Tarik Viehmann. This paper is based on the last year’s team description. Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - A Fuzzy Set Semantics for Qualitative Fluents in the Situation Calculus / Ferrein, Alexander ; Schiffer, Stefan ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - Intelligent Robotics and Applications : First International Conference, ICIRA 2008 Wuhan, China, October 15-17, 2008 Proceedings, Part I Y1 - 2008 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 5314 SP - 498 EP - 509 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wolf, Martin R. A1 - Foltz, Christian A1 - Schlick, Christopher A1 - Luczak, Holger T1 - Empirical Investigation of a workspace model for Chemical engineers / Wolf, Martin ; Foltz, Christian ; Schlick, Christopher ; Luczak, Holger JF - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting July 2000. 44 (2000), H. 6 Y1 - 2000 N1 - Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress SP - 612 EP - 615 PB - - ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Abstracting Away Low-Level Details in Service Robotics with Fuzzy Fluents JF - Model-Driven Knowledge Engineering for Improved Software Modularity in Robotics and Automation. Workshop at European Robotics Forum 2015 Vienna, Austria, March 11-13, 2015. Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wolf, Martin R. T1 - Groupware related task design JF - ACM SIGGROUP Bulletin N2 - his report summarizes the results of a workshop on Groupware related task design which took place at the International Conference on Supporting Group Work Group'99, Arizona, from 14 th to 17 th November 1999. The workshop was addressed to people from different viewpoints, backgrounds, and domains: - Researchers dealing with questions of task analysis and task modeling for Groupware application from an academic point of view. They may contribute modelbased design approaches or theoretically oriented work - Practitioners with experience in the design and everyday use of groupware systems. They might refer to the practical side of the topic: "real" tasks, "real" problems, "real" users, etc. Y1 - 2000 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/605660.605662 SN - 2372-7403 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 5 EP - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Stolle, Reinhard A1 - Schiek, Burkhard T1 - Novel Algorithms for FMCW Range Finding with Microwaves. Stolle, R.; Heuermann, H.; Schiek, B. Y1 - 1995 N1 - Conference proceedings / IEEE NTC '95, the Microwave Systems Conference; NTC <1995, Orlando, Fla.> SP - 129 EP - 132 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Baumann, F.-M. A1 - Fauth, G. A1 - Albert, M. T1 - Results of Network Analyzer Measurements with Leakage Errors Corrected with the TMS-15-Term Procedure JF - On-Line Moisture Analysis of Raw Coal Y1 - 1994 N1 - 1993 International Symposium on On-Line Analysis of Coal : Vienna ; [proceedings]. SP - 1361 EP - 1364 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Reuter, S. A1 - Ewert, D. A1 - Jeschke, S. A1 - Pensky, D. A1 - Karras, Ulrich T1 - Proposal for advancements to the LLSF in 2014 and beyond Y1 - 2013 SP - Publ. online ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Schiek, Burkhard T1 - Results of Network Analyzer Measurements with Leakage Errors Corrected with the TMS-15-Term Procedure Y1 - 1994 N1 - 1994 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium digest : May 23 - 27, 1994, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California / H. J. Kuno, ed. SP - 1361 EP - 1364 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schopp, Christoph A1 - Britun, Nikolay A1 - Vorac, Jan A1 - Synek, Petr A1 - Snyders, Rony A1 - Heuermann, Holger T1 - Thermal and Optical Study on the Frequency Dependence of an Atmospheric Microwave Argon Plasma Jet JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Y1 - 2019 SN - 1939-9375 VL - 47 IS - 7 SP - 3176 EP - 3181 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Jacobs, Stefan A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Controlling Unreal Tournament 2004 Bots with the logic-based action language Golog / Jacobs, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - Proceedings of the First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE). Y1 - 2005 SP - 151 EP - 152 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - Looking back on 20 Years of RoboCup JF - KI - Künstliche Intelligenz Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-016-0443-y SN - 1610-1987 VL - 30 IS - 3-4 SP - 321 EP - 323 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Rens, Gavin A1 - Meyer, Thomas A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - A Logic for Specifying Partially Observable Stochastic Domains / Rens, Gavin ; Meyer, Thomas ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop pn non-Monotonic Reasoning, Action and Change (NRAC`11) Y1 - 2011 N1 - Technical Report RMIT-TR-11-02 SP - 15 EP - 22 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Schiek, Burkhard T1 - Scattering Parameter Measurements of Microstrip Devices using the Double-LNN Calibration Technique JF - Conference proceedings : [Palais des Festivals et des Congrès Cannes, France, 5 - 8 September 1994] Y1 - 1994 SN - 0-9518032-5-5 N1 - European Microwave Conference <24, 1994, Cannes> PB - Nexus Business Communications CY - Swanley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wolf, Martin R. A1 - Schlick, Christopher A1 - Springer, J. ED - Miyamoto, Hiroyuki T1 - The use of implicit communication mechanisms in desktop-teleconferencing-systems JF - Proceedings of WWDU '97 Tokyo, Fifth International Scientific Conference on Work with Display Units : November 3 - 5, 1997, Tokyo Y1 - 1997 N1 - International Scientific Conference on Work with Display Units ; International Scientific Conference on Work with Display Units ; (5 ; 1997.11.03-05 ; Tokyo) SP - 193 EP - 194 PB - - CY - Tokyo ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Holtrup, Stephan T1 - Fundamentals and ignition of a microplasma at 2.45 GHZ / Holtrup, Stephan ; Heuermann, Holger JF - European Microwave Conference, 2009 : EuMC 2009 ; Sept. 29, 2009 - Oct. 1, 2009, Rome, Italy ; part of European Microwave Week (EuMW) / sponsored by EuMA, European Microwave Association ... Endorsed by IEEE Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-1-4244-4748-0 N1 - EuMC 2009 SP - 1607 EP - 1609 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haag, S. A1 - Zontar, D. A1 - Schleupen, Josef A1 - Müller, T. A1 - Brecher, C. T1 - Chain of refined perception in self-optimizing assembly of micro-optical systems JF - Journal of sensors and sensor systems N2 - Today, the assembly of laser systems requires a large share of manual operations due to its complexity regarding the optimal alignment of optics. Although the feasibility of automated alignment of laser optics has been shown in research labs, the development effort for the automation of assembly does not meet economic requirements – especially for low-volume laser production. This paper presents a model-based and sensor-integrated assembly execution approach for flexible assembly cells consisting of a macro-positioner covering a large workspace and a compact micromanipulator with camera attached to the positioner. In order to make full use of available models from computer-aided design (CAD) and optical simulation, sensor systems at different levels of accuracy are used for matching perceived information with model data. This approach is named "chain of refined perception", and it allows for automated planning of complex assembly tasks along all major phases of assembly such as collision-free path planning, part feeding, and active and passive alignment. The focus of the paper is put on the in-process image-based metrology and information extraction used for identifying and calibrating local coordinate systems as well as the exploitation of that information for a part feeding process for micro-optics. Results will be presented regarding the processes of automated calibration of the robot camera as well as the local coordinate systems of part feeding area and robot base. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-3-87-2014 SN - 2194-878X VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - 87 EP - 95 PB - Copernicus Publ. CY - Göttingen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rietsch, Stefan H. G. A1 - Brunheim, Sascha A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Voelker, Maximilian N. A1 - Maderwald, Stefan A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Gratz, Marcel A1 - Ladd, Mark E. A1 - Quick, Harald H. T1 - Development and evaluation of a 16-channel receive-only RF coil to improve 7T ultra-high field body MRI with focus on the spine JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.27731 SN - 1522-2594 IS - Early view PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fagan, Andrew J. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Björkman-Burtscher, Isabella M. A1 - Collins, Christopher M. A1 - Kimbrell, Vera A1 - Raaijmakers, Alexander J. E. T1 - 7T MR Safety JF - Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI) Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.27319 SN - 1522-2586 VL - 53 IS - 2 SP - 333 EP - 346 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serror, Martin A1 - Hack, Sacha A1 - Henze, Martin A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Wehrle, Klaus T1 - Challenges and Opportunities in Securing the Industrial Internet of Things JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2020.3023507 SN - 1941-0050 VL - 17 IS - 5 SP - 2985 EP - 2996 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fiedler, Thomas M. A1 - Ladd, Mark E. A1 - Clemens, Markus A1 - Bitz, Andreas T1 - Safety of subjects during radiofrequency exposure in ultra-high-field magnetic resonance imaging JF - IEEE Letters on Electromagnetic Compatibility Practice and Applications N2 - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the most important medical imaging techniques. Since the introduction of MRI in the mid-1980s, there has been a continuous trend toward higher static magnetic fields to obtain i.a. a higher signal-to-noise ratio. The step toward ultra-high-field (UHF) MRI at 7 Tesla and higher, however, creates several challenges regarding the homogeneity of the spin excitation RF transmit field and the RF exposure of the subject. In UHF MRI systems, the wavelength of the RF field is in the range of the diameter of the human body, which can result in inhomogeneous spin excitation and local SAR hotspots. To optimize the homogeneity in a region of interest, UHF MRI systems use parallel transmit systems with multiple transmit antennas and time-dependent modulation of the RF signal in the individual transmit channels. Furthermore, SAR increases with increasing field strength, while the SAR limits remain unchanged. Two different approaches to generate the RF transmit field in UHF systems using antenna arrays close and remote to the body are investigated in this letter. Achievable imaging performance is evaluated compared to typical clinical RF transmit systems at lower field strength. The evaluation has been performed under consideration of RF exposure based on local SAR and tissue temperature. Furthermore, results for thermal dose as an alternative RF exposure metric are presented. Y1 - 2020 SN - 2637-6423 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/LEMCPA.2020.3029747 VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hüning, Felix A1 - Backes, Andreas T1 - Direct observation of large Barkhausen jump in thin Vicalloy wires JF - IEEE Magnetics Letters Y1 - 2020 SN - 1949-307X U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2020.3046411 VL - 11 IS - Art. 2506504 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reinhardt, T. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - El Ouardi, A. A1 - Streckert, J. A1 - Sommer, A. A1 - Lerchl, A. A1 - Hansen, V. T1 - Exposure set-ups for in vivo experiments using radial waveguides JF - Radiation Protection Dosimetry Y1 - 2007 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncm370 SN - 1742-3406 VL - 124 IS - 1 SP - 21 EP - 26 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sommer, Angela M. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Streckert, Joachim A1 - Hansen, Volkert W. A1 - Lerchl, Alexander T1 - Lymphoma development in mice chronically exposed to UMTS-modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields JF - Radiation Research Y1 - 2007 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1667/RR0857.1 SN - 1938-5404 VL - 168 IS - 1 SP - 72 EP - 80 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sukhotina, Irina A1 - Streckert, Joachim R. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Hansen, Volkert W. A1 - Lerchl, Alexander T1 - 1800 MHz electromagnetic field effects on melatonin release from isolated pineal glands JF - Journal of Pineal Research Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00284.x SN - 1600-079X VL - 40 IS - 1 SP - 86 EP - 91 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Franke, Helmut A1 - Streckert, Joachim A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Goeke, Johannes A1 - Hansen, Volkert A1 - Ringelstein, E. Bernd A1 - Nattkämper, Heiner A1 - Galle, Hans-Joachim A1 - Stögbauer, Florian T1 - Effects of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) electromagnetic fields on the blood-brain barrier in vitro JF - Radiation Research Y1 - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1667/RR3424.1 SN - 1938-5404 VL - 164 IS - 3 SP - 258 EP - 269 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wissen, M. A1 - Bogdanski, N. A1 - Scheer, H.-C. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Ahrens, G. A1 - Gruetzner, G. T1 - Implication of the light polarisation for UV curing of pre-patterned resists JF - Microelectronic Engineering Y1 - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2004.12.099 SN - 0167-9317 VL - 78-79 SP - 659 EP - 664 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ndoumbè Mbonjo Mbonjo, H. A1 - Streckert, J. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Hansen, V. A1 - Glasmachers, A. A1 - Gencol, S. A1 - Rozic, D. T1 - Generic UMTS test signal for RF bioelectromagnetic studies JF - Bioelectromagnetics Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.20007 SN - 1521-186X VL - 25 IS - 6 SP - 415 EP - 425 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sommer, Angela M. A1 - Streckert, Joachim A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Hansen, Volkert W. A1 - Lerchl, Alexander T1 - No effects of GSM-modulated 900 MHz electromagnetic fields on survival rate and spontaneous development of lymphoma in female AKR/J mice JF - BMC Cancer Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-4-77 VL - 77 IS - 4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hansen, Volkert W. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Streckert, Joachim R. T1 - RF Exposure of Biological Systems in Radial Waveguides JF - IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility Y1 - 1999 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/15.809852 SN - 1558-187X VL - 41 IS - 4 SP - 487 EP - 493 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Solbach, Klaus A1 - Gratz, Marcel A1 - Brunheim, Sascha A1 - Fiedler, Thomas M. A1 - Johst, Sören A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Shooshtary, Samaneh A1 - Abuelhaija, Asjraf A1 - Voelker, Maximilian N. A1 - Rietsch, Stefan H. G. A1 - Kraff, Oliver A1 - Maderwald, Stefan A1 - Flöser, Martina A1 - Oehmingen, Mark A1 - Quick, Harald H. A1 - Ladd, Mark E. T1 - A 32-channel parallel transmit system add-on for 7T MRI JF - Plos one Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222452 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Köhler, Klemens T1 - A conflict theory perspective of IT attacks – consequences for IT security education N2 - Cyberspace is "the environment formed by physical and non-physical components to store, modify, and exchange data using computer networks" (NATO CCDCOE). Beyond that, it is an environment where people interact. IT attacks are hostile, non-cooperative interactions that can be described with conflict theory. Applying conflict theory to IT security leads to different objectives for end-user education, requiring different formats like agency-based competence developing games. Y1 - 2020 IS - Preprint ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Eßer, Arved A1 - Eichenlaub, Tobias A1 - Schleiffer, Jean-Eric A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Rinderknecht, Stephan A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Sustainable system design of electric powertrains - comparison of optimization methods JF - Engineering Optimization N2 - The transition within transportation towards battery electric vehicles can lead to a more sustainable future. To account for the development goal ‘climate action’ stated by the United Nations, it is mandatory, within the conceptual design phase, to derive energy-efficient system designs. One barrier is the uncertainty of the driving behaviour within the usage phase. This uncertainty is often addressed by using a stochastic synthesis process to derive representative driving cycles and by using cycle-based optimization. To deal with this uncertainty, a new approach based on a stochastic optimization program is presented. This leads to an optimization model that is solved with an exact solver. It is compared to a system design approach based on driving cycles and a genetic algorithm solver. Both approaches are applied to find efficient electric powertrains with fixed-speed and multi-speed transmissions. Hence, the similarities, differences and respective advantages of each optimization procedure are discussed. KW - Powertrain KW - stochastic optimization KW - global optimization KW - genetic algorithm Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/0305215X.2021.1928660 SN - 0305-215X PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Ederer, Thorsten A1 - Lorenz, Ulf A1 - Pelz, Peter F. A1 - Pöttgen, Philipp ED - Lübbecke, Marco ED - Koster, Arie ED - Letmathe, Peter ED - Madlener, Reihard ED - Peis, Britta ED - Walther, Grit T1 - Experimental validation of an enhanced system synthesis approach JF - Operations Research Proceedings 2014 N2 - Planning the layout and operation of a technical system is a common task for an engineer. Typically, the workflow is divided into consecutive stages: First, the engineer designs the layout of the system, with the help of his experience or of heuristic methods. Secondly, he finds a control strategy which is often optimized by simulation. This usually results in a good operating of an unquestioned sys- tem topology. In contrast, we apply Operations Research (OR) methods to find a cost-optimal solution for both stages simultaneously via mixed integer program- ming (MILP). Technical Operations Research (TOR) allows one to find a provable global optimal solution within the model formulation. However, the modeling error due to the abstraction of physical reality remains unknown. We address this ubiq- uitous problem of OR methods by comparing our computational results with mea- surements in a test rig. For a practical test case we compute a topology and control strategy via MILP and verify that the objectives are met up to a deviation of 8.7%. Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-319-28695-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28697-6_1 PB - Springer CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sun, Hui A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pei, Ji A1 - Pelz, Peter F. A1 - Yuan, Shouqi T1 - Optimal booster station design and operation under uncertain load JF - Applied Mechanics and Materials N2 - Given industrial applications, the costs for the operation and maintenance of a pump system typically far exceed its purchase price. For finding an optimal pump configuration which minimizes not only investment, but life-cycle costs, methods like Technical Operations Research which is based on Mixed-Integer Programming can be applied. However, during the planning phase, the designer is often faced with uncertain input data, e.g. future load demands can only be estimated. In this work, we deal with this uncertainty by developing a chance-constrained two-stage (CCTS) stochastic program. The design and operation of a booster station working under uncertain load demand are optimized to minimize total cost including purchase price, operation cost incurred by energy consumption and penalty cost resulting from water shortage. We find optimized system layouts using a sample average approximation (SAA) algorithm, and analyze the results for different risk levels of water shortage. By adjusting the risk level, the costs and performance range of the system can be balanced, and thus the system’s resilience can be engineered KW - Stochastic Programming KW - Chance Constraint KW - Engineering Application KW - Pump System KW - Water Distribution Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.885.102 SN - 1662-7482 VL - 885 SP - 102 EP - 115 PB - Trans Tech Publications CY - Bäch ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Brötz, Nicolas A1 - Dietrich, Ingo A1 - Gally, Tristan A1 - Geßner, Felix A1 - Kloberdanz, Hermann A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Pelz, Peter Franz A1 - Schlemmer, Pia A1 - Schmitt, Andreas T1 - Resilience in mechanical engineering - a concept for controlling uncertainty during design, production and usage phase of load-carrying structures JF - Applied Mechanics and Materials N2 - Resilience as a concept has found its way into different disciplines to describe the ability of an individual or system to withstand and adapt to changes in its environment. In this paper, we provide an overview of the concept in different communities and extend it to the area of mechanical engineering. Furthermore, we present metrics to measure resilience in technical systems and illustrate them by applying them to load-carrying structures. By giving application examples from the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 805, we show how the concept of resilience can be used to control uncertainty during different stages of product life. Y1 - 2018 SN - 1662-7482 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.885.187 VL - 885 SP - 187 EP - 198 PB - Trans Tech Publications CY - Bäch ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rausch, Lea A1 - Friesen, John A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Meck, Marvin A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - A holistic concept to design optimal water supply infrastructures for informal settlements using remote sensing data JF - Remote Sensing N2 - Ensuring access to water and sanitation for all is Goal No. 6 of the 17 UN Sustainability Development Goals to transform our world. As one step towards this goal, we present an approach that leverages remote sensing data to plan optimal water supply networks for informal urban settlements. The concept focuses on slums within large urban areas, which are often characterized by a lack of an appropriate water supply. We apply methods of mathematical optimization aiming to find a network describing the optimal supply infrastructure. Hereby, we choose between different decentral and central approaches combining supply by motorized vehicles with supply by pipe systems. For the purposes of illustration, we apply the approach to two small slum clusters in Dhaka and Dar es Salaam. We show our optimization results, which represent the lowest cost water supply systems possible. Additionally, we compare the optimal solutions of the two clusters (also for varying input parameters, such as population densities and slum size development over time) and describe how the result of the optimization depends on the entered remote sensing data. KW - water supply design KW - mathematical optimization KW - slum classification KW - remote sensing Y1 - 2018 SN - 2072-4292 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020216 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 23 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Joggerst, Laura A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Pfetsch, Marc E. A1 - Schmitt, Andreas A1 - Wendt, Janine T1 - On obligations in the development process of resilient systems with algorithmic design methods JF - Applied Mechanics and Materials N2 - Advanced computational methods are needed both for the design of large systems and to compute high accuracy solutions. Such methods are efficient in computation, but the validation of results is very complex, and highly skilled auditors are needed to verify them. We investigate legal questions concerning obligations in the development phase, especially for technical systems developed using advanced methods. In particular, we consider methods of resilient and robust optimization. With these techniques, high performance solutions can be found, despite a high variety of input parameters. However, given the novelty of these methods, it is uncertain whether legal obligations are being met. The aim of this paper is to discuss if and how the choice of a specific computational method affects the developer’s product liability. The review of legal obligations in this paper is based on German law and focuses on the requirements that must be met during the design and development process. KW - legal obligations KW - product liability KW - design of technical systems KW - optimization KW - resilience Y1 - 2018 SN - 1662-7482 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.885.240 VL - 885 IS - 885 SP - 240 EP - 252 PB - Trans Tech Publications CY - Bäch ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pöttgen, Philipp A1 - Ederer, Thorsten A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Lorenz, Ulf A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Examination and optimization of a heating circuit for energy-efficient buildings JF - Energy Technology N2 - The conference center darmstadtium in Darmstadt is a prominent example of energy efficient buildings. Its heating system consists of different source and consumer circuits connected by a Zortström reservoir. Our goal was to reduce the energy costs of the system as much as possible. Therefore, we analyzed its supply circuits. The first step towards optimization is a complete examination of the system: 1) Compilation of an object list for the system, 2) collection of the characteristic curves of the components, and 3) measurement of the load profiles of the heat and volume-flow demand. Instead of modifying the system manually and testing the solution by simulation, the second step was the creation of a global optimization program. The objective was to minimize the total energy costs for one year. We compare two different topologies and show opportunities for significant savings. KW - energy transfer KW - heating system KW - programming KW - system optimization KW - technical operations research Y1 - 2015 SN - 2194-4296 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201500252 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 136 EP - 144 PB - WILEY-VCH Verlag CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Ederer, Thorsten A1 - Pöttgen, Philipp A1 - Lorenz, Ulf A1 - Pelz, Peter F. ED - Pelz, Peter F. ED - Groche, Peter T1 - Multicriterial optimization of technical systems considering multiple load and availability scenarios JF - Applied Mechanics and Materials N2 - Cheap does not imply cost-effective -- this is rule number one of zeitgeisty system design. The initial investment accounts only for a small portion of the lifecycle costs of a technical system. In fluid systems, about ninety percent of the total costs are caused by other factors like power consumption and maintenance. With modern optimization methods, it is already possible to plan an optimal technical system considering multiple objectives. In this paper, we focus on an often neglected contribution to the lifecycle costs: downtime costs due to spontaneous failures. Consequently, availability becomes an issue. KW - sustainability KW - availability KW - energy efficiency KW - mixed-integer linear programming KW - system synthesis Y1 - 2015 SN - 1660-9336 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.807.247 VL - 807 SP - 247 EP - 256 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Spiliopoulou, Myra T1 - A holistic framework for the implementation of a next generation network JF - International Journal of Business Information Systems N2 - As the potential of a next generation network (NGN) is recognised, telecommunication companies consider switching to it. Although the implementation of an NGN seems to be merely a modification of the network infrastructure, it may trigger or require changes in the whole company, because it builds upon the separation between service and transport, a flexible bundling of services to products and the streamlining of the IT infrastructure. We propose a holistic framework, structured into the layers ‘strategy’, ‘processes’ and ‘information systems’ and incorporate into each layer all concepts necessary for the implementation of an NGN, as well as the alignment of these concepts. As a first proof-of-concept for our framework we have performed a case study on the introduction of NGN in a large telecommunication company; we show that our framework captures all topics that are affected by an NGN implementation. KW - next generation network KW - telecommunication KW - NGN KW - IP-based networks KW - product bundling Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2012.046291 SN - 1746-0972 VL - 9 IS - 4 SP - 385 EP - 401 PB - Inderscience Enterprises CY - Olney, Bucks ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Winkelmann, Axel A1 - Spiliopoulou, Myra T1 - Services in electronic telecommunication markets: a framework for planning the virtualization of processes JF - Electronic Markets N2 - The potential of electronic markets in enabling innovative product bundles through flexible and sustainable partnerships is not yet fully exploited in the telecommunication industry. One reason is that bundling requires seamless de-assembling and re-assembling of business processes, whilst processes in telecommunication companies are often product-dependent and hard to virtualize. We propose a framework for the planning of the virtualization of processes, intended to assist the decision maker in prioritizing the processes to be virtualized: (a) we transfer the virtualization pre-requisites stated by the Process Virtualization Theory in the context of customer-oriented processes in the telecommunication industry and assess their importance in this context, (b) we derive IT-oriented requirements for the removal of virtualization barriers and highlight their demand on changes at different levels of the organization. We present a first evaluation of our approach in a case study and report on lessons learned and further steps to be performed. KW - Telecommunication KW - Services KW - Process virtualization KW - Product bundling KW - Transformation Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-010-0045-8 SN - 1422-8890 VL - 20 IS - 3-4 SP - 197 EP - 207 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rietsch, Stefan H. G. A1 - Pfaffenrot, Viktor A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Brunheim, Sascha A1 - Lazik-Palm, Andrea A1 - Theysohn, Jens M. A1 - Ladd, Mark E. A1 - Quick, Harald H. A1 - Kraff, Oliver T1 - An 8-channel transceiver 7-channel receive RF coil setup for high SNR ultrahigh-field MRI of the shoulder at 7T JF - Medical Physics Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.12612 SN - 0094-2405 IS - Article in press PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Johst, Sören A1 - Gratz, Marcel A1 - Völker, Maximilian N. A1 - Kraff, Oliver A1 - Abuelhaija, Ashraf A1 - Fiedler, Thomas M. A1 - Solbach, Klaus A1 - Quick, Harald H. A1 - Ladd, Mark E. T1 - Analysis of an integrated 8-Channel Tx/Rx body array for use as a body coil in 7-Tesla MRI JF - Frontiers in Physics Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2017.00017 SN - 2296-424X N1 - Article number 17 VL - 5 IS - Jun ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Katharina A1 - Forkmann, Katarina A1 - Schultz, Heidrun A1 - Gratz, Marcel A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Wiech, Katja A1 - Bingel, Ulrike T1 - Enhanced Neural Reinstatement for Evoked Facial Pain Compared With Evoked Hand Pain JF - The Journal of Pain Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2019.03.003 SN - 1526-5900 IS - In Press, Corrected Proof PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Noureddine, Yacine A1 - Kraff, Oliver A1 - Ladd, Mark E. A1 - Wrede, Karsten A1 - Chen, Bixia A1 - Quick, Harald H. A1 - Schaefers, Georg A1 - Bitz, Andreas T1 - Radiofrequency induced heating around aneurysm clips using a generic birdcage head coil at 7 Tesla under consideration of the minimum distance to decouple multiple aneurysm clips JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.27835 SN - 1522-2594 IS - Early view SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Fiedler, Thomas M. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Ladd, Mark E. A1 - Quick, Harald H. T1 - Local SAR compression with overestimation control to reduce maximum relative SAR overestimation and improve multi-channel RF array performance JF - Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine N2 - Objective In local SAR compression algorithms, the overestimation is generally not linearly dependent on actual local SAR. This can lead to large relative overestimation at low actual SAR values, unnecessarily constraining transmit array performance. Method Two strategies are proposed to reduce maximum relative overestimation for a given number of VOPs. The first strategy uses an overestimation matrix that roughly approximates actual local SAR; the second strategy uses a small set of pre-calculated VOPs as the overestimation term for the compression. Result Comparison with a previous method shows that for a given maximum relative overestimation the number of VOPs can be reduced by around 20% at the cost of a higher absolute overestimation at high actual local SAR values. Conclusion The proposed strategies outperform a previously published strategy and can improve the SAR compression where maximum relative overestimation constrains the performance of parallel transmission. Y1 - 2020 SN - 1352-8661 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-020-00890-0 IS - 34 (2021) SP - 153 EP - 164 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Tim M. A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Lorenz, Imke-Sophie A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Optimization and validation of pumping system design and operation for water supply in high-rise buildings JF - Optimization and Engineering N2 - The application of mathematical optimization methods for water supply system design and operation provides the capacity to increase the energy efficiency and to lower the investment costs considerably. We present a system approach for the optimal design and operation of pumping systems in real-world high-rise buildings that is based on the usage of mixed-integer nonlinear and mixed-integer linear modeling approaches. In addition, we consider different booster station topologies, i.e. parallel and series-parallel central booster stations as well as decentral booster stations. To confirm the validity of the underlying optimization models with real-world system behavior, we additionally present validation results based on experiments conducted on a modularly constructed pumping test rig. Within the models we consider layout and control decisions for different load scenarios, leading to a Deterministic Equivalent of a two-stage stochastic optimization program. We use a piecewise linearization as well as a piecewise relaxation of the pumps’ characteristics to derive mixed-integer linear models. Besides the solution with off-the-shelf solvers, we present a problem specific exact solving algorithm to improve the computation time. Focusing on the efficient exploration of the solution space, we divide the problem into smaller subproblems, which partly can be cut off in the solution process. Furthermore, we discuss the performance and applicability of the solution approaches for real buildings and analyze the technical aspects of the solutions from an engineer’s point of view, keeping in mind the economically important trade-off between investment and operation costs. KW - Technical Operations Research KW - MINLP KW - MILP KW - Experimental validation KW - Pumping systems Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-020-09553-4 SN - 1573-2924 VL - 2021 IS - 22 SP - 643 EP - 686 PB - Springer ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Pfetsch, Marc E. A1 - Schmitt, Andreas T1 - Algorithmic design and resilience assessment of energy efficient high-rise water supply systems JF - Applied Mechanics and Materials N2 - High-rise water supply systems provide water flow and suitable pressure in all levels of tall buildings. To design such state-of-the-art systems, the consideration of energy efficiency and the anticipation of component failures are mandatory. In this paper, we use Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming to compute an optimal placement of pipes and pumps, as well as an optimal control strategy.Moreover, we consider the resilience of the system to pump failures. A resilient system is able to fulfill a predefined minimum functionality even though components fail or are restricted in their normal usage. We present models to measure and optimize the resilience. To demonstrate our approach, we design and analyze an optimal resilient decentralized water supply system inspired by a real-life hotel building. KW - MINLP KW - Buffering Capacity KW - Uncertainty KW - Water Supply Networks KW - Booster Stations Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.885.211 SN - 1662-7482 VL - 885 SP - 211 EP - 223 PB - Trans Tech Publications CY - Bäch ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Johst, Sören A1 - Maderwald, Stefan A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Solbach, Klaus A1 - Ladd, Mark E. T1 - Mitigation of B1(+) inhomogeneity on single-channel transmit systems with TIAMO JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24453 SN - 1522-2594 VL - 70 IS - 1 SP - 290 EP - 294 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orzada, S. A1 - Maderwald, S. A1 - Poser, B. A. A1 - Johst, S. A1 - Kannengiesser, S. A1 - Ladd, M. E. A1 - Bitz, Andreas T1 - Time-interleaved acquisition of modes: an analysis of SAR and image contrast implications JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine N2 - s the magnetic field strength and therefore the operational frequency in MRI are increased, the radiofrequency wavelength approaches the size of the human head/body, resulting in wave effects which cause signal decreases and dropouts. Especially, whole-body imaging at 7 T and higher is therefore challenging. Recently, an acquisition scheme called time-interleaved acquisition of modes has been proposed to tackle the inhomogeneity problems in high-field MRI. The basic premise is to excite two (or more) different Burn:x-wiley:07403194:media:MRM23081:tex2gif-stack-1 modes using static radiofrequency shimming in an interleaved acquisition, where the complementary radiofrequency patterns of the two modes can be exploited to improve overall signal homogeneity. In this work, the impact of time-interleaved acquisition of mode on image contrast as well as on time-averaged specific absorption rate is addressed in detail. Time-interleaved acquisition of mode is superior in Burn:x-wiley:07403194:media:MRM23081:tex2gif-stack-2 homogeneity compared with conventional radiofrequency shimming while being highly specific absorption rate efficient. Time-interleaved acquisition of modes can enable almost homogeneous high-field imaging throughout the entire field of view in PD, T2, and T2*-weighted imaging and, if a specified homogeneity criterion is met, in T1-weighted imaging as well. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.23081 SN - 1522-2594 VL - 67 IS - 4 SP - 1033 EP - 1041 PB - Wiley-Liss CY - New York ER -