During the past decades bananas were imported to Europe in reefer vessels. Often, these vessels returned to Central America empty. This resulted in high carbon emissions and high costs. Therefore, importers switched to reefer containers which are shipped to Europe by liner cargo services....

This article derives a mathematical model and compares different soft-computing techniques for control of a highly dynamic ball and beam system. The techniques which were incorporated for control of proposed system were fuzzy logic, proportional-integral-derivative (PID), adaptive neuro fuzzy...

In today’s extremely competitive marketplace, firms are facing the need to meet orexceed increasing customer expectations while cutting costs to stay competitive in aglobal market. To develop competitive advantage in this business climate, companiesmust make informed decisions regarding their...