Keywords: Control & Political Stability, Control and Automation to Improve Stability, Social Networks
Abstract: Papers suggest the mechanism for the cost reduction by the belief control. It suggested the mechanism that could be usefull to reduve costs and satisfy all these requirements just by belief control, though belief control is a hard problem itself. Authors consider the market of manufactures with utility function as in Cournot competition with quadratic costs. Authors make suggestions on beliefs and knowledge of agents weaker in terms of common knowledge and found domains of parameters where utility increases and where it decreases when we change the beliefs of players. These results provide important insights into the properties of information control for the chosen games. The stability restrictions are restrictions on the utility functions by observability and exceeding minimal value.

Keywords: Control & Political Stability, Control and Automation to Improve Stability, Sustainable Design and Control
Abstract: The paper considered 3 models of decision-making about voting for or against a politician in a digital society. These models correspond to different levels of voter awareness with random interference. In 1st model the decision making problem is solved for an experienced voter who knows the Bayesian characteristics of interference. In 2nd model a less experienced voter makes decisions using the recommendations of experts. To determine the optimal parameter of the decision rule, a stochastic approximation is proposed. In 3rd model asymmetric awareness of voter and politician about socio-political potential is considered. In this case, an unscrupulous politician may understate the socio-political indicator in order to maximize own goal function. That shifts an estimation of decision rule parameter. The voter is considered as apprentice using the recommendations of the mentor (i.e. expert not aware of that potential) for estimation and voting under uncertainty caused by both random interference and politician unwanted activity. Apprentice's estimation and voting procedures constitute the voting mechanism. The set of politician choices has been determined, at which the maximum of his goal function is achieved with this voting mechanism. Sufficient conditions are proved for the synthesis of the optimal voting mechanism, in which politician chooses the socio-political indicator equal to the potential. So the optimal parameter of the decision rule is determined. Obtained results are illustrated by the example of a union of regional states governed by politicians elected by local societies.

Keywords: Control & Political Stability, Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability, Innovation Management
Abstract: The paper describes the features of the stage of goal-setting of the development of knowledge-intensive industries, which is associated with the identification of technological areas of advanced development. The decision support scheme is based on the regular use of the principles of e-expertise to solve the problems of analyzing the acceptability of a system of indicators of development programs and the formation of priorities and tasks of managing the creation of a scientific and technical reserve. Addition of basic multicriteria analysis technics with cognitive modelling helps to analyze a strategy of one industry in conjunction with other related direction of science-technical development. The paper consists of three parts: discussion of particularities of goal-setting tasks on the illustrative example, description of decision support scheme combining multicriteria evaluation method with an evaluation of influences on cognitive-map-based-model, an illustrative example description.

Keywords: Control & Political Stability, Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability, Technology in Post-conflict Regions
Abstract: Exploring the relationship between the role of institutions and economic performance has been an area of much research in the political economy. There is a rich literature on Solow growth model linking institutions with better economic performance, extended growth model, endogenous growth model, and extended endogenous growth model. However, this assumption may not hold in developing countries. The role of regulatory institutions and the institutional setting are supposed to lead to higher levels of growth through improving productivity and foreign direct investment. This article makes an attempt to test the role of institutions in economic performance in Western Balkans. The methodological approach used is in the article is based on econometric analysis of the correlation between institutions and economic performance. The analysis is based on the data on the quality of institutions index of the World Bank and economic growth figures between 2006-2016. Our econometric analysis suggests that there is a strong causal link between the quality of governance and economic performance in Western Balkans

Keywords: Control & Political Stability, Social Networks, Cross-cultural Aspects of Engineering
Abstract: Through of a series of publications Arnett describes the period of the post teen to mid second twenties in the life of a person as emerging adult period. It is a period of development distinguished by unique features that include feeling in-between, identity exploration, a focus on the self, instability, and possibilities. This article argues that cultural beliefs and norms about socialization and social relationships are likely to affect the meaning and developmental patterns of emerging adulthood. More traditional, nonwestern cultures may have a shortened period of emerging adulthood, or no emerging adulthood at all, because these cultures tend to place greater emphasis on practices that lead to an earlier transition to adulthood. The purpose of this study was to examine emerging adulthood in the Greek culture, including 1) the types of criteria Greek students deem necessary for becoming an adult, 2) the types of behaviours are engaging in, 3) identity-related issues, and 4) other aspects of Greek culture. The research approach is utilizing a target group of 205 Greek students of the University of Patras from Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Control and Automation to Improve Stability, Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Abstract: This paper presents a neuro-fuzzy structure of a decoupling fuzzy neural PID controller with self-tuning parameters. This structure is appropriate for heating, ventilation and air conditioning HVAC nonlinear plants. The main advantage here is that the equation of classical PID control with decoupling coefficients are used as a Sugeno function into the consequent part of the fuzzy rules. Hence, the designed decoupling fuzzy PID controller could be viewed as a natural similarity to the conventional PID controller with decoupling elements. A benchmark HVAC system with temperature and humidity control is considered to illustrate the benefits of the design paradigm. The performance of this set up was studied for reference tracking and disturbance rejection cases. Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed control system.

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Control and Automation to Improve Stability, Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Abstract: Data streams are collected from the real time operation of complex machines, plants and other technological systems. The collected information could be further used for different purposes, such as performance evaluation, anomaly detection, change detection or fault diagnosis of the operating systems. The analysis of the data streams is done by a calculation tool for estimating the similarity level between pairs of given chunks of data from the data stream, considered as data clouds. One of these data cloud represents a prerecorded (previously known) abnormal operation of the system, while the other data cloud represents a current (still unknown) behavior of the system. Then the similarity analysis will show how close the two data clouds are. In this paper we propose a novel method for similarity analysis that uses two types of models called Data Cloud Model (DCM) and Window Cloud Model (WCM). The DCM is obtained from the data cloud that represents a previously known operation of the system, while the WCM is obtained from the newly collected data cloud from the data stream, called window data cloud. Both data clouds have an equal length (number of data). The algorithms for creating the DCM and WCM are explained in the paper. The DCM consists of Active Grid cells that represent approximately the data density within the known data cloud. The WCM estimates the data density at the same active grid cells, but based on the data from the new window data cloud. Both densities are represented as two Histograms that are compared to each other in order to calculate the similarity level as a value between 0.0 and 1.0. Another problem discussed in the paper is finding a plausible method for detection of significant changes in the data streams. Here the moving window technique is used for collecting series of subsequent data clouds. Then two procedures of moving windows are run in parallel, each of them with different window lengths, in order to calculate the center-of-gravity of the respective data in a real time. The difference between the results of the two moving windows is used as an estimate of the change in the process operation. The technologies in the paper are explained on a real data stream from a plant.

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability, Human Aspects of Safety and Risk Engineering
Abstract: Railway transportation as a system element of an integrated intellectual production system is considered. The models of cargo turnover planning under uncertainty of execution of contracts on shipment and supply of manufactured products are formalized. The models and methods of ensuring the stability of rail transport under cargo turnover uncertainty are proposed. The formal statement of task, characteristics of uncertainty and methods based on probabilistic scheme, the scheme of "Game with Nature" and a zero-sum game with an active enemy are reviewed. The methods of risk assessment in the implementation of the developed cargo turnover plan are proposed.

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Mechatronic Systems and Robotics
Abstract: The future operational use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) depends on the level of safety that can be achieved during the flight. Sensing the environment, detecting and avoiding obstacles remains a challenging task. This paper describes the system architecture of a demonstrator using stereo cameras for obstacle detection and avoidance. Furthermore, monocular cameras and Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) are used for pose estimation and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms.

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Mechatronic Systems and Robotics
Abstract: A precise gestural control interface of a four-wheel mobile robot is presented. The introduced hand gesture based concept of human - mobile robot interaction is inspired by the approaches of Cyber-physical systems, which combine cyber and physical world solutions. The goal is to create an effective human-machine interface that will allow more intuitive interaction between the operator and the robot. Thus, a human operator can initiate and control various maneuvers via specific hand gestures. A KUKA youBot omnidirectional mobile platform and a Leap Motion Sensor have been used to implement and evaluate the proposed gestural control strategy.

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Mechatronic Systems and Robotics, Robotics and Handling Devices
Abstract: this research presents investigation of the typical steps required for successful completion of the typical tasks of the personal service robots. It proposes how those steps can be structured and integrated within a self-learning expert system. There have been conducted real experiments on a personal service robot. The results of those experiments concluded that by using an intelligent control mode the overall user experience is improving. With the incorporated mode the robot will be easily operated by an elderly or inexperienced people.

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Models & Simulation, Innovation Management
Abstract: This article explores the benefits of using neural networks in order to process a large amount of data for different scientific research. The study of sales of goods and services of the regions of the Russian Federation for 2018 is presented as an example confirming the feasibility of using specified method. A brief review of used software, “Deductor”, and data mining tool, self-organizing Kohonen maps (TSO) is presented, and the methodology of neural network modelling of trading activity is also described. The research is limited by the reviewed specter of goods in sales, based on the data obtained from the state statistics website. As a result, the main directions of sales industries in different regions are established, and the main sales centers in Russia are identified. Successful analysis of the dynamics of sales of goods and services will help to establish the direction of development of different regions and to increase the volume of services for consumption.

Keywords: Control & Political Stability, Sustainable Design and Control
Abstract: In this paper, we described the principles, functions and mechanisms of integrating society into control and development processes through the system of ontologies. The paper presents the methodological foundations and mechanisms for the inclusion of society in the improvement of control and development processes, including strategic goal-setting and the development of strategies and strategic audit. The possibilities of using these ideas in the system of distributed centers of social systems control are considered. To address the current issues, the proposed approach can assist in developing, on the basis of direct democracy, new mechanisms for increasing social responsibility and international stability, overcoming market egoism and corruption.

Keywords: Decision Support Systems for SME’s
Abstract: Abstract: The article provides an analysis of various ideas about the future world and about the features of the new Great Transformation of the world. It considers the results of the social revolutions of the last decades of Naim Moises, which radically changed the behavior of society and created new conditions for the activities of state institutions and society. It is proposed to include in their number a revolution of mass Internet use in the world of recent years. The main attention in the article is devoted to the analysis of the achieved adaptation of Russians to the Internet and its use in active social activities. The results of studies of the influence of the new communication environment of young active Internet users on the formation of their own value system in which the motivations of internal success prevails are presented. It is shown that they form the tradition of prioritizing the use of smart solutions in resolving emerging problems and in carrying out socially significant activities that contribute to the evolution of public institutions, policy and society.

Keywords: Decision Support Systems for SME’s, Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Control & Political Stability
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) approaches and methods have been developed since the beginning of the last century. This paper identifies three stages in the history of AI development: classical, non-classical, and post-non-classical, where each stage includes the capabilities of the previous one. Classical and non-classical approaches include logical constructions, deep learning, genetic and ant algorithms, denotative (formalised) semantics and ontologies. Post-non-classical approaches aim to embrace latent parts of consciousness by indirect methods, including convergent approaches, quantum semantics, topologies and category theories, inverse problem solving, cognitive modelling and the like. The convergent approach takes into account the collective unconscious and can help to enrich conceptual models with cognitive (non-formalised) semantics. The continual power of cognitive semantics is tens of orders of magnitude greater than that of denotative semantics, but there are as yet no methods for using this potential. Examples of the real practical implementation of the components of post-non-classical AI approaches are given, and a design for a digital platform is suggested.

Keywords: Decision Support Systems for SME’s, Control & Political Stability, Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Abstract: This paper discusses the principle of self-development in the context of the post-non-classical paradigm and researches the related ontological problems to improve the mechanisms of international stability. The aim of the study is to determine the form of the principle of self-development. The research procedure consists of three parts: the essence of the principle of self-development in the post-non-classical discourse of civilizations, ontological generalization of the principle of self-development, moral generalization of the principle of self-development in Russian modern science. The method of research is hermeneutical-phenomenological and structuralist complex and basic principles of Synergetics. The main result of the research is the substantiation of the new form of the principle of self-development - post-non-classical discourse of civilizations. Post-non-classical discourse of civilizations is one of the possible ways to improve the mechanisms of international stability, which is quite relevant for TECIS. The ontology of management in hybrid reality environments is substantiated, which can be an important component of IFAC activities. The theoretical and practical significance of post-non-classical discourse of civilizations consists in substantiating new principles of management and communication in polysubject environments.

Keywords: Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability
Abstract: The study raises the question of a new subjectivity as the property of “the digital world”, with its dominant strive to leave a “digital footprint”. Rapid development of digital technologies and massive implementation of intellectual systems bring significant changes to the pace of life, contemporary life practices and orientations. The purpose of the article is to identify the transformations of the modern person as a result of impact of digital world. The study relies on the works by Western scholars: R.F Geyer, John Dewey, B. Koh, V. Miller, M. Spitzer. The article reveals anthropological foundations of digital alienation, concentrated around the pressing need to acquire and continuously improve personal "digital skills". The innovative term "digital skills" emphasizes which skills are seen as primary and necessary in the 21st century. The author focuses on “the sociality of network” as the “invisible layer” of modernity, which largely determines people’s behavior. A resident of the digital era appears as an agent of networking possibilities, which generate a peculiar type of rationality, giving preference to superficially "scanned" information. Digital alienation makes people disconnected from reality, makes their values and aspirations dependent on the digital world. The article analyses such concepts as “digital persona”, “digital shadow” (or “data shadow”), “double updating”, “content viewers” and “borrowed knowledge”. The concept of convergence points to the symbiosis of subjects of natural-physical type and Artificial Intelligence (AI), artificial super intelligence (ASI). The article shows that the digital world generated the need for a new profession "data scientist" and strengthened the value of an expert who theoretically interprets the data. The author comes to the following conclusions. Firstly, digital environment generates a situation, when the actor of the digital world is entirely guided by an information system of values. Secondly, the growing degree of dependence on information technologies generates a new kind of "interactive" loneliness, as well as a new type of the person - "homo solus". Thirdly, it should be emphasized that the information contained in the Web does not automati

Keywords: Social Networks, Sustainable Design and Control
Abstract: The trivial thesis about the collapse of the policy of multiculturalism has not abolished the essence of the multicultural environment in the countries of the modern world. Moreover, the trend towards an increase in the number of "non-titular" ethnic groups, which is rapidly changing the stable images of culture, has received more and more pronounced development. This creates challenges, adequate management responses to which in the transitive society require flexible invariance of mechanisms and predictive assessments of the consequences of control actions. In the context of growing global political instability, the inability of existing government institutions to minimize social risks is becoming increasingly evident. In the article we emphasize that the key cultural space where the most effective models of polycultural interaction can be developed is the education system. We draw attention to the fact that the institutional function of the education system is changing – from the mission of the enlightened mind to the actor of the financial market. We believe that the ultimate success of reforms is determined not by financial capital, but by socio-cultural capital. The meaning of the reforms is the ability to build such value systems that allow to accumulate experience of social and cultural solidarity, to motivate and support the desire of people to self-development and self-improvement. As well as in the civil participation of people in state and municipal control, in adjusting the activities of traditional democratic and administrative institutions and creating new opportunities to solve the most pressing problems of our time.

Keywords: Biomedical Systems
Abstract: Entropy has been widely referred to as a measure of biological order. The validity of this notion is discussed in conjunction with its relation to the spontaneous creation of order. Information theory offers a quantitative method for characterization of order, however, it is not fundamentally connected to formalisms of irreversible thermodynamics, and it is severely limited because the meaning and value of the information is neglected (Smith, 1975). The paper presents an entropy approach to quantitative de-scription of living matter development as a process of gathering information. The presentation is accom-panied by a thorough analysis of related themes of (Pashchenko, 2001, 2007) relating to the notion of entropy and some attempts of its generalizations.

Keywords: Tele-medical Systems, Biomedical Systems, Intelligent Systems and Applications
Abstract: The presented investigation demonstrates the results of tests of abilities for classification of reflected spectra from human cutaneous lesions. Typical peculiarity for these spectra is big deviation for collections obtained from healthy skin areas and from lesions with same diagnoses. Two different approaches are used to ascertain similarity: calculation of the distance to the point of full identity in area of chromaticity and neural network identification. The test is provided on data from patients with different histologically fixed diagnoses. Each diagnose is presented by etalon distribution. The test samples are preliminary processed transforming the distributions to normalized spectra, which are ratio between spectra measured from healthy and damaged skin. The etalon distributions are extracted by averaging the ratio-spectra. Methods are compared by criterion of number coincidence of histological and classified diagnoses.

Keywords: Tele-medical Systems, Human Aspects of Safety and Risk Engineering
Abstract: ICT has covered most of the industries are also playing a very important role in health care. In this paper, I propose the drafting and implementation of the Health System Strategy, based on ICT solutions, as well as in this document will be proposed the steps for the establishment and development of the health information system, which provides access to electronic health records to support decision-making in healthcare institutions, including human resource management, patient management, disease management, health status management, pharmaceutical management, and participation in open market The health information system is the establishment of a standardized interchange platform of patient’s data, through network infrastructure, hardware equipment ,and software solutions. Below is the strategy, I will try to visualize the architecture of the eHealth Information System. For us, it is very important to emphasize the life cycle of different entities and their interactions in the ecosystem of all the interoperable architecture, which is the basis for the proposed strategy. The information system architecture feasibility analysis is based on a personalized medical system, and interoperable between different modules or data.

Keywords: Models & Simulation, Tele-medical Systems, Biomedical Systems
Abstract: The impact of social well-being and health is a priority today in both Kosovo and developing countries. Emergency Departments in Kosovo for a long time are struggling for long waiting times for patients as well as delays and obstacles in health services. Healthcare systems are usually characterized by its complexity due to the variability and stochastic nature of the various processes involved in the flow of patient staff and supportive resources. To increase the use of existing human and technological resources and reduce patient waiting during this work, a methodology of system improvement has been used that involves simulating discrete events and analyzing the process. The use of different methodologies and tools to support the decision-making process is a key issue. This research presents a new approach to healthcare services in which Discrete Simulation Simulation and Multi-Objective Optimization Simulation are used. The methodology applied for the analysis of the improvement of the health care system in an Emergency Department at the Regional Hospital of Peja. As a result, decision-makers are given a set of almost optimal solutions and rules that significantly reduce the length of stay and the waiting time for emergency department patients. Fit solutions include the optimal number of resources and the required level of improvement in key processes at the Emergency Department. In the end, will be presented and discussed over the benefits achieved by applying this methodology, which has proved to be very valuable to support decision-making in designing and improving the complex healthcare system.

Keywords: Cost Oriented Automation(COA)
Abstract: The need for new high precision and innovative manufacturing techniques is indispensable to provide cost-oriented manufacturing with high accuracy especially at the nano scale production concurrent with the latest developments from nano to pico and femto technologies. Advanced technology applications with a broad range of areas and products have been focusing on micro-, nano- pico- and femto-technology developments by means of the multi-disciplinary expertise. The advanced manufacturing industry integrating the intelligent automation solutions requires intelligent quality system for their operation. Metrology as the measurement science provides the functional methodology for quality control under the defined specifications and standards. The development and integration of advanced production and metrology technologies, which are driven by digitization, information and communication applications from design to manufacturing and service, provide cost-oriented manufacturing with the increasing quality of the products and processes in the new era “Industrie 4.0”. The focus is on a framework of comprehensive and appropriate strategies and models that meet the requirements of an integrated management system to meet the challenges of continuous improvement.

Keywords: Cost Oriented Automation(COA)
Abstract: The article explores the possibility of using digital signal processing units DSP48 ** embedded in the Xilinx devices of FPGA devices of Xilinx to implement PID regulators. Examples of its practical implementation are provided.

Keywords: Cost Oriented Automation(COA)
Abstract: Currently, industrial automation systems are most often used with closed hardware and software. Creating such systems requires relatively large costs. This is a problem when designing control systems with a limited budget, which are created, for example, in developing countries or small businesses. Currently, there have been opportunities to create low-cost automation systems by using solutions distributed on the basis of open-source and open-hardware. The work reviews the most important solutions and presents examples of their use in automation systems.

Keywords: Robotics and Handling Devices, Mechatronic Systems and Robotics
Abstract: The article deals with a special type of transporting machine - a suspended belt conveyor. The paper presents the researches aimed at reducing the cost of conveyor transport by optimizing the mass of metal structure. An algorithm has been developed for carrying out an optimal design of a metal structure for a conveyor with a suspension belt, which allows to automate the procedure for obtaining an optimal mass version of a metal structure for a conveyor. A technical and economic comparison of the result, obtained during the optimal design with the existing version of the suspended belt conveyor, has been conducted. The material savings, and, consequently, the cost of conveyor transport, are quantitatively shown when the optimal design of the metal structure of the suspended belt conveyor is carried out at the initial stage.

Keywords: Cost Oriented Automation(COA), Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Intelligent Systems and Applications
Abstract: The mining industry is confronted with a number of technological challenges along the entire production value chain. There is a need for innovative production solutions to bring the next digital generation to the raw material field. Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are today the mega trends in the field of process automation. The smart factory of the future will be based on these new technological tools and is centered on the use of cyber-physical systems. New process control and production management theories are also looked for. In this paper the architecture of the plant automation is studied emphasizing on the future automation systems in context of minerals engineering. The state of the art applications of the new technological tools in mining industry are presented and discussed. The paper is concluded with a discussion on new research directions in process system engineering motivated by system architectural innovations and Industry 4.0.

Keywords: Cost Oriented Automation(COA), SME-oriented Automation
Abstract: Abstract: Modern maintenance is continually concerned with the issue of cost. Equally, there is a need to capture tacit information from an aging workforce. The computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) is an essential part of both these aims, but can it be considered a cost-oriented measure in its own right? This paper examines the role of a CMMS in cost-oriented maintenance as both a decision-making tool and data repository, in the context of an Irish medical device production facility.

Keywords: Cost Oriented Automation(COA), SME-oriented Automation
Abstract: Abstract: In industry, an increased need for further education past the traditional apprenticeship is recognised. There is a known issue with aging maintenance workforce and loss of tacit knowledge through retirement. This paper investigates the skills and knowledge required for the modern maintenance workplace and how this might be implemented in a technician population. Potential educational and pedagogical solutions are offered in this paper, as well as a practical example. Finally, a specific course of learning is suggested.

Keywords: Cost Oriented Automation(COA), Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Innovation Management
Abstract: This paper presents a summary analysis of urban water supply problems faced by Chinese cities and global practices of using tech-driven solutions for reducing adverse environmental impacts and improving water and energy efficiency in water supply and sewage disposal systems. Urbanization has the potential to facilitate the modernization of urban water supply management systems, helping improve water quality for urban residents in China. Improving intelligent water supply management systems, in particular using alternative water sources, has the potential to ensure the sustainable management of water.

Keywords: Mechatronic Systems and Robotics, Robotics and Handling Devices
Abstract: This paper presents an overview of some of the most popular and cost effective single board computers in the scope of usage in the educational service robots. Data and analysis of the general performance and power consumption of the embedded systems is measured and presented. The aim is to study the available platforms and their optimal usage in the ROS enabled robots. Also an overview on the available peripherals of the different boards is presented.

Keywords: Mechatronic Systems and Robotics, Robotics and Handling Devices, Models & Simulation
Abstract: The aim of this paper is the design, simulation, construction and programming of a self-balancing (inverted pendulum) mobile robot, capable of obstacle avoidance through the MPU6050 sensor, and ultrasonic sensor. The robot will only use a MPU6050 sensor for evaluating and navigating the terrain, a triple axis accelerometer and gyro for calculating angular velocities and accelerations, and Arduino. The design of the robot is performed in CAD-Inventor and Fusion360. The simulation is done mainly on Matlab. The mechanical parts have been printed at the 3D printer that we developed at our university. The modeling of the robot is performed using the inverted pendulum as a reference and a space state model of the robot is generated. This comes as a natural requirement in order to use the Linear Quadratic Regulator and Kalman filter, as the main process controller of this system. The required states are obtained by processing the MPU6050 sensor. This information is used to calculate the feedback controller gains, in order to have an overall better system response. The application of the algorithm after some of the examinations made has shown precision in detecting objects and finding the path for the fastest time.

Keywords: Mechatronic Systems and Robotics, SME-oriented Automation, Retrofitting of Automation Devices
Abstract: In this paper, we present the design and implementation of an ultra-compact laser diode driver that is intended for use in positioning laser units for industrial machinery and in battery-powered portable laser units. The driver provides enough current to operate almost all laser diodes in a TO-18 housing (diameter 5.6mm) and many of the bigger diodes in a TO-5 housing (diameter 9mm). In addition to a highly efficient current regulation, the driver includes a thermal protection of the laser diode via an NTC thermistor and a current modulation input, which can be used to control the current from an external microcontroller, e.g. a microcontroller integrated in an industrial machine. The experimental results show that the driver works accurately and reliably with various laser diodes. It can be integrated successfully in positioning laser units and in portable laser units designed for short-time or continuous operation.

Keywords: Mechatronic Systems and Robotics, Young Engineers in Control, Sustainable Design and Control
Abstract: Mechatronic systems represent the interaction in real automation applications of the mechanical systems and the electronic control. Modular mechatronic systems implementation results not only in the improvement the system abilities but also in savings of time to market because of the possibility to select, wire and adjust fewer components. The usage of programmable logic controllers (PLC) for the core of the modular system has been accepted as a general approach in the industry automation. The goal of the presented research is to develop a reliable electronic system and proper assignments for practice in the mechatronic field including real components – PLCs, motors, motor drives and sensors. The practical implementation of the laboratory set-up is explained. Some software examples are presented.

Keywords: Robotics and Handling Devices, Mechatronic Systems and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Abstract: This paper considers robotic platform navigation in terms of logistics, movement and track routing within indoor environments. Smart navigation and platform routing using a neural network are investigated. The paper discusses environment modeling with Unity ML software suite in static (prefabricated) and dynamically generated environments. Along with reinforcement learning, a procedural generation approach and it's possible industrial applications are considered. The proposed algorithm for environment generation is characterized by higher performance comparing to analogues and allows to avoid model overfitting.

Keywords: Robotics and Handling Devices, SME-oriented Automation, Automation and Control in Oil and Gas Industry
Abstract: The stock market is changing rapidly as it is effected by different factors. The total revenue shares and the total costs are important aspects that have had a great impact on the stock exchange. The main problems that shareholders are facing today is the ability to predict the market and where to invest. An economic model that is efficient and simple will help shareholders to predict the market, enhancing a better understanding to which companies they should invest in order to have a better profit. The coded mathematical model that is automated based on a machine learning techniques is introduced and applied to the above mentioned problem. The model is able to increase its deterministic automated value.

Keywords: Stock, Market, Shares, Revenue, Machine Learning

Keywords: Mechatronic Systems and Robotics
Abstract: The paper discusses the technical problems, which are related to the application of the inverter configurations for electrotechnological purpose with power-limiting property. The examined capacitor voltage clamped dual half-bridge series-resonant inverter (CVCDHB-SRI) is a part of the class of inverters with improved load characteristics, which are characterized by stability in the operation of the power circuit, the power consumption is constant and independent from changes in the load. The present paper extends the investigation of the electromagnetic processes in steady-state mode of CVCDHB-SRI that supplies two different loads. A unified approach is introduced in the analysis of processes in steady-state mode, as well as, expressions for determination of the currents through the power devices and the resonant circuit components are obtained. A modified control technique for operating loads with different frequency and power is also discussed. Thus, the additional current overload of some of the transistors in the circuit is avoided. The commutation mechanism of the transistors enables zero-voltage and zero-current switching conditions. This results in increases the efficiency of the system and improves power quality and reduces the overall cost. The results of the analysis are confirmed by simulating with OrCad Pspice.

Keywords: Models & Simulation
Abstract: Motion and behavior of the particles during mechanical alloying in attritor mill were studied using EDEM® - Discrete Element Method software. The attempt was made to provide a small – scale simulation of mechanical alloying in the attritor mill. The particles and balls motion inside the mill were modeled using Hertz-Mindlin-no slip. The observed area was divided into ten sections in vertical direction, from the bottom to the top of the mill, in order to describe behavior of the particles. It was noticed that at the beginning of simulation of the mechanical alloying powders and balls are present in almost all sections evenly. With increasing the simulation time, smaller particles become more active in the sections closer to the bottom of the mill due to energy loss. On the other hand, bigger particles move up to 40% of mill height indicating lower energy level comparing to one at the beginning of the simulation but higher energy compared to particles with a smaller radius. It was noted that number of contacts between particles and balls depends on particle radius, while the bigger particle radius the higher number of contacts can be achieved.

Keywords: Models & Simulation
Abstract: Hydraulic excavator is a heavy duty machine that is generally employed in constructional and mining works for digging, carrying and sometimes leveling of bulk materials. It consists of several components such as the engine house, boom, arm, bucket, swing bearing, carriage etc. Bulk materials can differ in composition, geometrical shape, texture etc. Examples of which are; soil, gravels, quarry rocks, free flowing particles and more. Handling of this kind of materials in many applications is challenging and therefore demands a special tool – excavators. Excavators are thus, designed with well-equipped handling systems to serve this purpose. While these materials interact – by exerting pressures and forces - with the excavator parts, they consequently diminish the machine performance. Having insight on how bulk materials interact with machine elements is therefore crucial, and will serve as an incentive for engineers to ensure optimal design for durable and efficient performance of the machine. In this paper, a research is conducted to investigate the effect of Bulk Material Interactions on the excavator bucket. The excavator is designed with Autodesk Inventor software and simulated in EDEM bulk material simulation environment, the results of the total pressures and compressive forces acting on the bucket was imported into Ansys mechanical to check for deformations and available stresses. The simulation results from EDEM and ANSYS showed that the bucket suffered deformation and stresses with maximum recordings of 0.55145mm and 138.75MPa respectively. These effects are quite significant and so the design could be re-evaluated to optimize the model’s strength.

Keywords: Models & Simulation
Abstract: In this study, we investigate the problem of accelerating distributed algorithms for solving linear equations over multi-agent networks. While almost all distributed algorithms in the literature assume that the equations are not shared with the neighboring agents, it is shown that the assumption is not restrictive, and an algorithm has been proposed which can be used to determine the equations of the neighbors. We also present a numerical example to illustrate that the convergence rate of a distributed algorithm can be significantly improved by using the proposed algorithm.

Keywords: Models & Simulation, Intelligent Systems and Applications, Sustainable Design and Control
Abstract: Abstract. Concrete and reinforced concrete structures occupy more than 60% of the constructed and newly constructed buildings and structures. However, the mechanics of destruction of inhomogeneous bodies is studied much less than in the case of homogeneous (quasi-homogeneous) materials. The complexity of the problem is due to the complexity of concrete, the influence of the properties of its constituent materials, so it is important to select criteria that could comprehensively characterize the basic parameters of concrete. It is known that the phenomena of deformation and destruction of concrete and reinforced concrete is a complex multistage process studied by structural mechanics of reinforced concrete . One of the main mechanical characteristics of structural materials, which characterizes the resistance of a material to the formation and development of cracks, is the critical intensity factor KIC of stresses with normal separation. To determine the KIC, it is necessary to extract samples from the test design, which in most cases is expensive or not possible. The available experimental data on the resistance of concrete to crack propagation relate mainly to laboratory specimens. In this article, we will discuss the method of determining the power and energy characteristics of concrete on a flat surface of the structures used.

Keywords: Models & Simulation, Sustainable Design and Control, Cost Oriented Automation(COA)
Abstract: The aim of this article is to present a methodology and an approach for energy efficiency optimization for buildings, connected in microgrids. The initial investment costs for the building and the energy costs are optimized while the environmental pollution is minimized at the same time. A bi-criterion optimization problem is formulated. It is solved by a multi-objective genetic algorithm in MATLAB. The possibilities of the approach are illustrated by the optimization of the energy efficiency of a group of three-storey houses connected in a microgrid. The obtained results demonstrate that the proposed approach could be implemented for different real problems concerning the buildings energy efficiency and may be helpful for construction managers, architects and decision makers in this area.

Keywords: Models & Simulation, Intelligent Systems and Applications, Open Innovatin and Applications
Abstract: On the basis of theoretical principles of the theory of degradation, equations of the energy distribution of behavior of object over time are obtained. These equations formed the basis of the simplest models of the behavior of object. The paper considers the analysis of models obtained on a time scale. The issues of transformation of the object diagram with aging and repeated loading are considered. Based on the study of experimental data using the provisions of the theory of degradation, a curve of a decrease in the power of object in time was obtained. The theory of degradation made it possible to reveal the presence of potential difference of the operation of object for each point of the diagram of its work. Considering the interaction of potentials described by tangential and secant modules, a conflict of modules is revealed. An analysis of the conflict of the modules made it possible to evaluate the distribution of energy of object at any stage of its loading. The analysis is performed on the example of an object - concrete. For example, the theoretical values of limiting deformations of standard concrete under prolonged loading are obtained.

Keywords: Innovation Management, Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability
Abstract: Hypereutectic aluminum-silicon AlSi18 alloy is modified with a conventional modifier - phosphorus (P) and through a simultaneous introduction of a conventional modifier (P) and nanomodifier - nanodiamonds (ND) into the melt. Their influence on the microstructure and the mechanical properties of the alloy has been investigated. It is found that the structure was modified and the mechanical properties of the alloy are increased. The impact of the two modifiers is discussed, both on the modification of the primary silicate crystals and on the eutectic of the investigated alloy.

Keywords: Social Networks
Abstract: In situations in which decision makers spend much of their time in different social networks, a natural question arises: how different opinions affect the certainty of choice? Using data from an economic experiment, this publication shows that if the decision makers are presented only with specific aggregate level of information they become less uncertain about their choice. However, introducing a social network, that allows decision makers to share opinions about the current economic situation, increases their level of uncertainty. Information entropy is used as a measure of certainty of economic choice.

Keywords: Social Networks, Decision Support Systems for SME’s, Human Aspects of Safety and Risk Engineering
Abstract: Abstract: The scope of this study is to determine if the information technology can affects people’s behavior and or opinion. A way to identify it is using a tool to collect answers using or not using the technology. How? Making surveys. Nowadays there are 2 main categories of survey administration. The traditional paper data collection method and the relatively new web-based method. Although the two acquisition processes are completely different, each one has its own advantages and disadvantages, facility or difficulty, adoption or not. The scope of this paper is to study factors that affect each survey type and find the preferable questionnaire administration method. To compare survey media, responses from University students were taken. We tried to investigate the reliability, honesty, item mean, response rate, completeness of data, and also made factor analysis comparisons across survey media. The experiment was applied on the same audience and theme, using different methods. From the data analyses the results between paper and online media in this experiment appear to be major, and seem to have a significant effect on overall results. The majority of differences found on questions related with personal criticism (where anonymity plays a significant role), and on response rates.

Keywords: Social Networks, Innovation Management
Abstract: Considering that day-by-day consumers have become part of not only the buying process, but also the design and distribution, it has become a challenge to develop products/services that meet differentiated consumer demands. Usage of Social Networks has redefined lifestyle and culture, and firms are finding it difficult to understand their customers. The interactive nature of social networks has established a two-way communication among individuals and firms. The main objective of this study is to understand the effect of Social Networks (Digital Marketing) on Customer Behavior, meanwhile analyzing customer loyalty, tolerance and experimenting in complex buying. This research suggests that companies should focus on customer engagement and online presence in order to serve customers and satisfy their needs. The study has been conducted by collecting primary data through questionnaires. Statistical analysis, correlation and regression, with SPSS Statistics were used during the research.