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This volume contains revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers who participated in the international conference on Advances in Engineering Technologies, which was held in Hong Kong, 12-14 March, 2014. Topics covered include engineering physics, engineering mathematics, scientific computing, control theory, artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, communications systems, and industrial applications. The book offers the state of art of tremendous advances in engineering technologies and physical science and applications, and also serves as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working with/on engineering technologies and physical science and applications.

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1 Active-Force Control On Vibration of a Flexible Single-Link Manipulator Using a Piezoelectric Actuator.

2 Numerically Stable Computer Simulation of Solidification: Association Between Eigenvalues of Amplification Matrix and Size of Time Step.

3 Modelling of Process Parameters Influence On Degree Of Porosity In Laser Metal Deposition Process.

4 Statistics of End-To-End Distance of a Linear Chain Trapped In a Cubic Lattice Of Binding Centers.

5 Using Modern Multi-/Many-Core Architecture for the Engineering Simulations.

6 Viscosity Approximation Method For The Split Feasibility Problems.

7 Analytic Method for Solving Heat and Heat-Like Equations With Classical and Non Local Boundary Conditions.

8 Iterative Algorithms for the Linear Matrix Equation X+A Xa=I And Some Properties.

9 Multiobjective Fuzzy Random Linear Programming Problems Based On E-Model And V-Model.

10 Fixed Point Theorem and Stability For (A;Y;X )-Generalized Contractive Multivalued Mappings.

11 A System Development for Laboratory Assignment Problem With Rotations: A Mixed Integer Programming Approach.

12 Scheduling the Finnish Major Ice Hockey League Using the Peast Algorithm.

13 Biobjective Sightseeing Route Planning With Uncertainty Dependent on Tourist´s Tiredness Responding Various Conditions.

14 Computing the Lower And Upper Bound Prices for Multi-Asset Bermudan Options Via Parallel Monte Carlo Simulations.

15 PVT Insensitive IREF Generation.

16 Optimum Life Test Plans of Electrical Insulation for Thermal Stress Under the Arrhenius Law.

17 Charge Plasma Based Bipolar Junction Transistor on Silicon on Insulator.

18 Carbon Nanotube Based Operational Transconductance Amplifier: A Simulation Study.

19 Analytical Study and Reduction of Harmonics Issued From Led Lamps In Lighting System.

20 Simulation Study of a Novel High Performance Oxide Engineered Schottky Bipolar Transistor.

21 Two Area Load Frequency Control of Hybrid Power System Using Genetic Algorithm and Differential Evolution Tuned PID Controller In Deregulated Environment.

22 Selection of Proper Activation Functions in Back-Propagation Neural Network Algorithm for Transformer & Transmission System Protection.

23 EOS Protection For USB2 Transceiver.

24 An Embedded SIP-VOIP Service in Enhanced Ethernet Passive Optical Network.

25 Extracting Naming Concepts by Analyzing Recipes and the Modifiers in Their Titles.

26 Searching Comprehensive Web Pages of Multiple Sentiments For a Topic.

27 Analyzing Early Mentioning of Past Buzzwords For Determination of Bloggers´ Buzzword Prediction Ability.

28 An E-Commerce Recommender System Using Measures of Specialty Shops.

29 Cooking Recipe Recommendation Method Focusing on the Relationship Between User Preference and Ingredient Quantity.

30 Fast and Memory Efficient 3D-DWT Based Video Encoding Techniques With EZW Based Video Compression Mechanism.

31 PCA Based Extracting Feature Using Fast Fourier Transform For Facial Expression Recognition.
32 Support System Using Microsoft Kinect and Mobile Phone For Daily Activity of Visually Impaired.

33 Change Patterns Detection and Traceability Impact Analysis of Business Process Models.

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