{"title":"Parallel Genetic Algorithms with GPU Computing","authors":"J. Cheng, M. Gen","doi":"10.5772/intechopen.89152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89152","url":null,"abstract":"Genetic algorithms (GAs) are powerful solutions to optimization problems arising from manufacturing and logistic fields. It helps to find better solutions for complex and difficult cases, which are hard to be solved by using strict optimization methods. Accelerating parallel GAs with GPU computing have received significant attention from both practitioners and researchers, ever since the emergence of GPU-CPU heterogeneous architectures. Designing a parallel algorithm on GPU is different fundamentally from designing one on CPU. On CPU architecture, typically data or tasks are distributed across tens of threads or processes, while on GPU architecture, more than hundreds of thousands of threads run. In order to fully utilize the computing power of GPUs, the design approaches and implementation strategies of parallel GAs should be re-probed. In the chapter, a concise overview of parallel GAs on GPU is given from the perspective of GPU architecture. The concept of parallelism granularity is redefined, the aspect of data layout is discussed on how it will affect the kernel performance, and the hierarchy of threads is examined on how threads are organized in the grid and blocks to expose sufficient parallelism to GPU. Some future research is discussed. A hybrid parallel model, based on the feature of GPU architecture, is suggested to build up efficient parallel GAs for hyper-scale problems.","PeriodicalId":368450,"journal":{"name":"Industry 4.0 - Impact on Intelligent Logistics and Manufacturing","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133243439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salvador Cobos Guzman, María Dolores Cima Cabal, Francisco Machío Regidor, Lucia Alonso Virgos
{"title":"Cyber-Physical System Architecture for Minimizing the Possibility of Producing Bad Products in a Manufacturing System","authors":"Salvador Cobos Guzman, María Dolores Cima Cabal, Francisco Machío Regidor, Lucia Alonso Virgos","doi":"10.5772/intechopen.88461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88461","url":null,"abstract":"Additional information is available at the end of the chapter Abstract The new industry 4.0 requires the implementation of several cyber-physical systems to increase the level of productivity in a manufacturing system. This chapter propos‐ es an architecture of a generic manufacturing system that requires the use of techni‐ ques of agile production, lean manufacturing, and statistical approaches. The combination of the previous techniques will be implemented in the architecture pro‐ posed for minimizing the possibility of producing bad products. Thus, the cyber-physical system architecture proposed will optimize the overall system thanks to the implementation of intelligent modules and control strategies. Moreover, 10 proposed actions will be described in detail. These actions can be implemented in cyber-physi‐ cal systems that take into account five levels.","PeriodicalId":368450,"journal":{"name":"Industry 4.0 - Impact on Intelligent Logistics and Manufacturing","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122304576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Spin-Off Companies in the Technology Transfer and IS Management Potential in Developing a Sharing Economy","authors":"M. Pomffyová, M. Rostasova, V. Krajčík","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.81441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.81441","url":null,"abstract":"Additional information is available the the chapter Abstract The development of all dimensions of digitization, in particular the global Internet penetration into most business areas, creates a better condition for sharing technology. Start-up and spin-off companies, supported by university centres, directly support the transfer of the latest technology into practice. Using the model of economic manage ment, the effectiveness of such economics will be researched. Practices and recommenda - tions that should eliminate barriers to successful spin-offs and start-ups as well as SMEs doing business in competitive area will also be proposed. The assessment of the views of 189 managers of Slovak SMEs and 26 managers of IT companies creates the oppor tunity to assess the extent to which companies want to apply innovation opportunities and IT potential in practice as a driver of changes. These results will be compared with the results of similar research in the EU. The verification of the mutual dependencies of selected indicators using statistical methods and validation tools that are part of the SPSS program will be provided. Based on the synthesis of all knowledge and experience, it will be suggested to managers the ways how to apply technology transfer and regulatory treatment of sharing economy in practice as effectively as possible.","PeriodicalId":368450,"journal":{"name":"Industry 4.0 - Impact on Intelligent Logistics and Manufacturing","volume":"110 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120868558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giuseppe Pacelli, Enrico Ferrera, R. Rossini, Ilaria Bosi, C. Pastrone
{"title":"Leveraging Internet-of-Things to Support Circular Economy Paradigm in Manufacturing Industry","authors":"Giuseppe Pacelli, Enrico Ferrera, R. Rossini, Ilaria Bosi, C. Pastrone","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.80453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.80453","url":null,"abstract":"Circular economy represents a fundamental alternative to the currently predominat- ing linear economy model, while Industry 4.0 is a technological enabler to bring process innovation in the industrial domain. New economic models are needed in order to reduce material inputs and waste generation leveraging on ecodesign, recycling and reusing of products, new business models, and new technologies. Internet-of-Things and artificial intelligence can support the circular economy paradigm, through the develop ment of a marketplace for connecting buyers and sellers of manufacturing services, raw materials and products toward building global supply chains. The core component of this marketplace is a novel, agent-based, brokering module that will apply both syntactic and semantic matching in terms of manufacturing capabilities, in order to find the best possible supplier to fulfill a request for a service, raw materials or products involved in the supply chain.","PeriodicalId":368450,"journal":{"name":"Industry 4.0 - Impact on Intelligent Logistics and Manufacturing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130500673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}