@misc{11972, abstract = {{As companies increasingly adopt software applications to improve business efficiency, often digitization gaps arise when legacy systems fail to integrate with new applications. These gaps often result in redundant task execution across incompatible systems. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) emerges as a solution by automating such tasks. However, selecting the right processes that will be subjected to RPA is crucial to avoid failures and resource waste. Therefore, this paper introduces a four-stage method to evaluate processes for RPA suitability, grounded on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). By systematically analyzing scientific literature and incorporating weights from RPA experts, this paper sheds light on the complex nature of process selection criteria for RPA. Tested in a company, the method facilitates the process selection, indicating its practical applicability.}}, author = {{Meyer, Frederic and Hinrichsen, Sven and Padoano, Elio}}, booktitle = {{Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED2024): Future Trends and Applications}}, editor = {{Ahram, Tareq and Karwowski, Waldemar and Etinger, Darko and Mijač, Tea }}, isbn = {{978-1-964867-34-2}}, issn = {{2771-0718}}, keywords = {{Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Evaluation Method, MCDM, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Selection Criteria, Systematic Literature Review (SLR)}}, location = {{Split}}, publisher = {{AHFE International}}, title = {{{A Structured Method for the Selection of Business Processes Suitable for Robotic Process Automation}}}, doi = {{10.54941/ahfe1005524}}, volume = {{158}}, year = {{2024}}, } @inbook{11402, abstract = {{In diesem Artikel geht es um die Bedeutung von Selbstbildung im Hochschulstudium und wie Studierende ihre Fähigkeit zur Selbstbildung verbessern können. Der Artikel diskutiert verschiedene Lehrmethoden und Initiativen, die dazu beitragen können, die Selbstkompetenzförderung strukturell zu verankern. Es werden auch adaptive, lernzielorientierte Kurse vorgestellt, die den Einsatz von Algorithmen der künstlichen Intelligenz nutzen, um Studierenden hochgradig individualisierte Bildungswege zu ermöglichen. Der Artikel schließt mit einer Diskussion darüber, wie die Hochschuldidaktik dazu beitragen kann, die Selbstbildungskompetenz der Studierenden zu fördern. (Autor); This article is about the importance of self-education in higher education and how students can improve their ability to self-educate. The article discusses various teaching methods and initiatives that can help to structurally embed self-education. It also presents adaptive learning goal-oriented courses that leverage the use of artificial intelligence algorithms to provide students with highly individualized educational pathways. The article concludes with a discussion of how higher education didactics can help promote students’ self-education skills.}}, author = {{Schmohl, Tobias and Go, Stefanie}}, booktitle = {{(Selbst-)Lernkompetenzen Studierender stärken: Unterstützungsangebote – Beratung – Lernräume. Sammelband zur Fachtagung "(Selbst-)Lernunterstützung an Hochschulen – wieso noch mal?" am 15. und 16.10.2020 an der Technischen Universität Kaiserslautern}}, editor = {{Haberer, Monika and Günther, Dorit and Köhler , Janina }}, keywords = {{Selbstbildung, Studium, Selbstkompetenz, Lehrmethode, Adaptiver Unterricht, Künstliche Intelligenz, Hochschuldidaktik, Lerngegenstand, Wissen, Bildungsbiografie, Hochschule, Student, Self-education, Academic studies, Teaching method, Artificial intelligence, University didactics, Knowledge, School career, Higher education institute, Male student}}, pages = {{35--45}}, publisher = {{Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Zentrum für Innovation und Digitalisierung in Studium und Lehre (ZIDiS) }}, title = {{{Selbstbildung als Proprium akademischer Didaktik? Ein kritischer Zwischenruf}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.25656/01:27948}}, year = {{2023}}, } @misc{11656, abstract = {{Natural ventilation in a building is an effective way to achieve acceptable indoor air quality. Ventilation dilutes contaminants such as bioeffluents generated by occupants, substances emitted from building materials, and the water vapor generated by occupants’ activities. In a building that requires heating and cooling, adequate ventilation is crucial to minimize energy consumption while maintaining healthy indoor air quality. However, measuring the actual magnitude of the natural ventilation rate, including infiltration through the building envelope and airflow through the building openings, is not always feasible. Although international and national standards suggested the required ventilation rates to maintain acceptable indoor air quality in buildings, they did not offer action plans to achieve or evaluate those design ventilation rates in buildings in use. In this study, the occupant-generated carbon dioxide (CO2) tracer gas decay method was applied to estimate the ventilation rates in an office room in Seoul, South Korea, from summer to winter. Using the method, real-time ventilation rates can be calculated by monitoring indoor and outdoor CO2 concentrations without injecting a tracer gas. For natural ventilation in the test room, 145 mm-diameter circular openings on the fixed glass were used. As a result, first, the indoor CO2 concentrations were used as an indicator to evaluate how much the indoor air quality deteriorated when all the windows were closed in an occupied office room compared to the international standards for indoor air quality. Moreover, we found out that the estimated ventilation rates varied depending on various environmental conditions, even with the same openings for natural ventilation. Considering the indoor and outdoor temperature differences and outdoor wind speeds as the main factors influencing the ventilation rates, we analyzed how they affected the ventilation rates in the different seasons of South Korea. When the wind speeds were calm, less than 2 m/s, the temperature difference played as a factor that influenced the estimated ventilation rates. On the other hand, when the temperature differences were low, less than 3 °C, the wind speed was the primary factor. This study raises awareness about the risk of poor indoor air quality in office rooms that could lead to health problems or unpleasant working environments. This study presents an example of estimating the ventilation rates in an existing building. By using the presented method, the ventilation rate in an existing building can be simply estimated while using the building as usual, and appropriate ventilation strategies for the building can be determined to maintain the desired indoor air quality.}}, author = {{Seol, Hyeonji and Arztmann, Daniel and Kim, Naree and Balderrama, Alvaro}}, booktitle = {{Sustainability}}, issn = {{2071-1050}}, keywords = {{natural ventilation, occupant-generated CO2 tracer gas method, ventilation rates, infiltration rates}}, number = {{13}}, publisher = {{MDPI AG}}, title = {{{Estimation of Natural Ventilation Rates in an Office Room with 145 mm-Diameter Circular Openings Using the Occupant-Generated Tracer-Gas Method}}}, doi = {{10.3390/su15139892}}, volume = {{15}}, year = {{2023}}, } @misc{10602, abstract = {{The anatomical structure of oil palm wood is only to a limited extent comparable to common wood species used in construction. Typical for monocotyledons, the material is composed of high density vascular bundles and a parenchymatous tissue of lower density. In three experiment sets, the local and global moduli of elasticity (MOE) and the flexural strength of oil palm wood based GLT are determined using FEM and various influencing parameters are investigated in a sensitivity analysis. Furthermore, the application of densified tension lamellas is studied. The results of the modelling are compared with the results from mechanical tests. Significant differences, mainly attributed to the specific parameters of the selected material, are observed. The results of this preliminary study serve as a starting point for computer-aided optimisation and modelling of other oil palm-based products.}}, author = {{Hackel, Martin}}, booktitle = {{Timber for a livable future : World Conference on Timber Engineering : WCTE 2023 : 19-22 June 2023, Oslo, Norway }}, editor = {{Nyrud, Anders Q. }}, isbn = {{978-1-7138-7329-7}}, keywords = {{Oil palm wood, finite element method (FEM), GLT, modulus of elasticity, flexural strength}}, location = {{Oslo (Norwegen)}}, publisher = {{Curran Associates, Inc.}}, title = {{{FLEXURAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM WOOD BASED GLUE LAMINATED TIMBER USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD}}}, doi = {{10.52202/069179-0088}}, year = {{2023}}, } @misc{10786, abstract = {{The anatomical structure of oil palm wood is only to a limited extent comparable to common wood species used in construction. Typical for monocotyledons, the material is composed of high density vascular bundles and a parenchymatous tissue of lower density. In three experiment sets, the local and global moduli of elasticity (MOE) and the flexural strength of oil palm wood based GLT are determined using FEM and various influencing parameters are investigated in a sensitivity analysis. Furthermore, the application of densified tension lamellas is studied. The results of the modelling are compared with the results from mechanical tests. Significant differences, mainly attributed to the specific parameters of the selected material, are observed. The results of this preliminary study serve as a starting point for computer-aided optimisation and modelling of other oil palm-based products.}}, author = {{Hackel, Martin}}, booktitle = {{World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023)}}, keywords = {{Oil palm wood, finite element method (FEM), GLT, modulus of elasticity, flexural strength}}, location = {{Oslo (Norwegen)}}, pages = {{647--656}}, publisher = {{World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023)}}, title = {{{FLEXURAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM WOOD BASED GLUE LAMINATED TIMBER USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD}}}, doi = {{10.52202/069179-0088}}, year = {{2023}}, } @misc{9204, abstract = {{The development of autonomous vehicles and the integration of new information and communication technologies are making the reliability of electrical systems and components in modern vehicles increasingly important. Electrical connectors are a crucial component in an electrical on-board system. They are exposed to a wide variety of influences by the environment and operating conditions. Thus, the degradation of electrical connectors can occur. Material and surface analysis methods are the tools used to analyze the degradation mechanisms in connectors after lifetime tests, as well as in field operations. Within the framework of this study, a wide variety of methods from the analytical scope are presented and discussed. The connector surfaces degraded by different failure mechanisms are analyzed using various material and surface analysis methods. The quality and the nature of the analyses results obtained from various analysis methods are compared. Also, this study deals with the benefits and limitations, as well as the effort and the specific challenges of different material and surface analytical methods for the evaluation of failure mechanisms from the point of view of a material and surface analyst.}}, author = {{Kolmer, Philipp and Shukla, Abhay Rammurti and Song, Jian}}, booktitle = {{Technologies : open access journal}}, issn = {{2227-7080 }}, keywords = {{electrical connector, failure modes, wear, fretting corrosion, analysis, material, method}}, number = {{6}}, pages = {{124}}, publisher = {{MDPI}}, title = {{{Methods of Material and Surface Analysis for the Evaluation of Failure Modes for Electrical Connectors}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies10060124}}, volume = {{10}}, year = {{2022}}, } @inproceedings{1903, abstract = {{Because of the trend towards smaller batch sizes and customer-specific products, employees in assembly have to absorb and process more and more information. With the help of assistance systems, the process of information absorption and processing can be designed in a more economical and human-oriented way. Despite the potentials of such systems, companies pay too little attention to the informational design of assembly systems, resulting in a number of significant deficits in information management. To identify such deficits in operational practice, a questionnaire has been developed. This allows the potential use of informational assistance systems for an assembly system to be estimated. In this article, results from an exploratory factor analysis of the developed instrument will be presented and interpreted as a basis for the further development of the questionnaire.}}, author = {{Bendzioch, Sven and Hinrichsen, Sven and Adrian, Benjamin and Bornewasser, Manfred}}, booktitle = {{Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction AHFE 2019}}, editor = {{Nunes, Isabel L.}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-20039-8}}, keywords = {{Complexity evaluation, Manual assembly, Questionnaire, Work analysis method, Assistance systems, Exploratory factor analysis}}, location = {{Washington D.C., USA}}, pages = {{3--11}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Method for Measuring the Application Potential of Assembly Assistance Systems}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20040-4_1}}, volume = {{959}}, year = {{2020}}, } @inproceedings{594, abstract = {{Due to steadily increased demand for customized products, as well as their enhanced complexity and shorter product lifecycles, companies in all industries require a reliable prediction of the expected product development costs from the very start of product realization. Incorrectly estimated project costs may lead to serious consequences in the course of a development project. For example, offers are most often based on such early cost estimations and consequently, a major safety margin has to be added, which may result in the refusal of an order. A too low estimation of the costs of aproduct development project, on the other hand, may result in a loss for the project.In this paper, a software tool is presented for the prediction of product development costs which offers the user the ability to create a more accurate prediction of project costs on the basis of a minimum of retrograde project information. By combining a parametric cost model and cost result with stochastic character, based on the Monte Carlo method, in one software system, it is possible to significantly improve projectcost estimations.}}, author = {{Otte, Andreas and Scheideler, Eva and Villmer, Franz-Josef}}, booktitle = {{Department of Production Engineering and Management}}, editor = {{Villmer, Franz-Josef and Padoano, Elio}}, isbn = {{978-3-946856-00-9}}, keywords = {{Cost prediction, Product realization projects, Monte Carlo method, Parametric cost model, Software tool}}, location = {{Lemgo}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{281--292}}, title = {{{Project Cost Estimator - A Parameter-Based Tool to Predict Product Realization Costs at a Very Early Stage}}}, year = {{2016}}, } @inproceedings{2128, abstract = {{We present the concept of a perceptive motor in terms of a cyber-physical system (CPS). A model application monitoring a knitting process was developed, where the take-off of the produced fabric is controlled by an electric motor. The idea is to equip a synchronous motor with a smart camera and appropriate image processing hard- and software components. Subsequently, the characteristics of knitted fabric are analysed by machine-learning (ML) methods. Our concept includes motor-current analysis and image processing. The aim is to implement an assistance system for the industrial large circular knitting process. An assistance system will help to shorten the retrofitting process. The concept is based on a low cost hardware approach for a smart camera, and stems from the recent development of image processing applications for mobile devices [1–4].}}, author = {{Vukovic, Kristijan and Simonis, Kristina and Dörksen, Helene and Lohweg, Volker}}, booktitle = {{Conference on Machine Learning for Cyber-Physical Systems (ML4CPS)}}, keywords = {{Assistance System, Euler Number, Synchronous Motor, Image Processing System, Image Processing Method}}, title = {{{Efficient Image Processing System for an Industrial Machine Learning Task}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-662-48838-6_8}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{2312, author = {{Barthold, Franz-Joseph and Materna, Daniel}}, issn = {{1097-0207}}, journal = {{International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering}}, keywords = {{extended finite element method, structural optimisation, sensitivity analysis}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{209--234}}, publisher = {{Wiley Online Library}}, title = {{{A modified extended finite element method approach for design sensitivity analysis}}}, doi = {{10.1002/nme.4930}}, volume = {{104}}, year = {{2015}}, } @inproceedings{2070, abstract = {{A Two-Layer Conflict Solving data fusion approach is proposed in this work, with an aim to provide another approach to data fusion community. Since the evidence of Dempster-Shafer Theory, algorithms for combining pieces of evidence have drawn a considerable attention from data fusion researchers, along with many alternatives invented. However, none of these approaches receive an agreement for being able to perform very successfully in all scenarios and hence this topic is still in hot discussion. Therefore, the suggested approach in this work will contribute as a novel method and present its own merits. }}, author = {{Li, Rui and Lohweg, Volker}}, keywords = {{fusion community, data fusion researcher, dempster-shafer theory, many alternative, novel method, considerable attention, hot discussion, suggested approach}}, title = {{{A Novel Data Fusion Approach using Two-Layer Conflict Solving}}}, year = {{2008}}, }