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Computer Aided Improvement of Human-Centered Design Processes Abstract (2009)

Eduard Metzker, Michael Offergeld, Daimlerchrysler Ag

With the increasing relevancy of usability as a software quality factor, a growing demand for tools that support the special activities of HCD (human-centered design) processes within the industrial...

PROCEEDINGS of the Fourth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design ASSESSING DRIVERS ’ VIGILANCE STATE DURING MONOTONOUS DRIVING (2009)

Eike A. Schmidt, Wilhelm E. Kincses, Michael Schrauf, Stefan Haufe, Ruth Schubert, Gabriel Curio, ...

Summary: The differential effects of three hours of monotonous daytime driving on subjective (sleepiness, inattention, monotony), performance (choice reaction time), and physiological (EEG alpha...

Reality Interface (2008)

Desney S, Daimlerchrysler Ag

The Tiles system seamlessly blends virtual and physical objects to create a work space that combines the power and flexibility of computing environments with the comfort and familiarity of the...

Monocular Video serves RADAR-based Emergency Braking (2008)

Andreas Wedel, Uwe Franke, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract — Much work was carried out recently for emergency braking based on radar signals. The key step for emergency braking is the reliable detection of obstacles. Moving objects are verified as...

1 (2008)

Ivan Poupyrev, Desney Tan, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nobuji Tetsutani, ...

Abstract: Mixed Reality (MR) aims to create user interfaces in which interactive virtual objects are overlaid on the physical environment, naturally blending with it in real time. In this paper we...

n-grams of Seeds: A Hybrid System for Corpus-Based Text Summarization (2008)

René Schneider, Daimlerchrysler Ag

This paper presents a hybrid system for automatic text summarization which combines statistical and knowledge-based methods. In particular, it demonstrates how two corpus-based learning and indexing...

Transactions with Unknown Duration for Web Services (2008)

Patrick Sauter, Ingo Melzer, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract: Since the convergence of transactional Web Services and workflow management, human interaction can be a determining factor for the length of a distributed business-to-business transaction....

ABSTRACT (2008)

L. F. Perrone, F. P. Wiel, J. Liu, B. G. Lawson, D. M. Nicol, R. M. Fujimoto, ...

proactive control of real material flow systems. In consequence of real or potential state changes, proactive control (unlike reactive control) makes foresighted and targetoriented acting possible....

Analytical solution of non-Markovian Stochastic Petri (2008)

Felix Engelhard, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Graham Horton

This paper presents an analytical approach for the analysis of non-Markovian stochastic Petri nets. The primary aim of the presented solution method is its universal applicability. Therefore, an...

Experience (2008)

Holger Mauch, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Visiting exchange student, 1994–1995. GPA was 4.0. Research Interests My main motivation is to combine mathematical concepts and the computational power of computers to solve practical problems.

Interface (2008)

Desney S, Daimlerchrysler Ag

The Tiles system seamlessly blends virtual and physical objects to create a work space that combines the power and flexibility of computing environments with the comfort and familiarity of the...

partly funded by the German Ministry of Education and (2008)

J. Franz, Dr. Hannes Hartenstein, Bernd Bochow, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Driving means constantly changing location. This, in turn, means a constant demand for information on the current location and specifically for data on the surrounding traffic. In particular, there...

Abstract Test Case Design by Means of the CTE XL (2008)

Eckard Lehmann, Joachim Wegener, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Although black-box tests are very important for the quality assurance of software systems, only a few methods for systematic black-box test case design have found their way into the industrial world....

Moving Object Detection Between Multiple and Color Images (2008)

Emrullah Durucan, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract — There are several publications dedicated to the description and analysis of change detection between two gray-value images. This paper now introduces new methods to detect moving objects...

DESIGN OF SIMULATION-BASED EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (2008)

Ingo Hotz, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Key Words

The automotive industry is faced with an increasing severe competition. Time is an important factor at the footrace of product and process innovations. Efficient production strategies are helpful...

Weaving Intranet Relations – Managing Web Content (2008)

Ulrich Bohnacker, Lars Dehning, Jürgen Franke, Ingrid Renz, René Schneider, Daimlerchrysler Ag

We will give an overview of the WIR (Weaving Intranet Relations) system, a tool for offline computation and online retrieval of similar intranet documents. Text similarities are computed from a large...

Evolutionary Unit Testing of Object-Oriented Software Using Strongly-Typed Genetic Programming ABSTRACT (2008)

Daimlerchrysler Ag

Evolutionary algorithms have successfully been applied to software testing. Not only approaches that search for numeric test data for procedural test objects have been investigated, but also...

STEREO VISION-BASED DETECTION OF MOVING OBJECTS UNDER STRONG CAMERA MOTION (2008)

Hernán Badino, Uwe Franke, Clemens Rabe, Stefan Gehrig, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract: The visual perception of independent 3D motion from a moving observer is one of the most challenging tasks in computer vision. This paper presents a powerful fusion of depth and motion...

COMBINING AGENT-BASED SUPPLY NET SIMULATION AND CONSTRAINT TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENT SIMULATION OF SUPPLY NETWORKS USING APS SYSTEMS (2008)

S. Chick, P. J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D. J. Morrice, Hartwig Baumgaertel, Ulrich John, ...

ABSTRACT Another trend is that APS systems increasingly be-This paper introduces an approach for highly efficient simulation of supply networks in which several nodes use advanced planning and...

Evolutionary Testing in the Presence of Loop--Assigned (2008)

Flags Testability Transformation, André Baresel, David Binkley, Mark Harman, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Evolutionary testing is an eective technique for automatically generating good quality test data. However, for structural testing, the technique degenerates to random testing in the presence of ag...

Powertrain Diagnostics: A Model-Based Approach (2007)

P A Bidian, M Tatar, F Cascio, D Theseider Dupré, M Sachenbacher, R Weber, ...

This paper reports on work carried out in the project Vehicle Model Based Diagnosis (VMBD ), funded through the BriteEuRam III programme of the European Commission. The project aims at demonstrating...

On Supporting the Data Warehouse Design by Data Mining Techniques (2007)

C. Sapia, G. Höfling, M. Müller, C. Hausdorf, H. Stoyan, U. Grimmer, ...

Integration of data warehousing and data mining by applying the latter as a front end technology to the former is a known approach. Nevertheless, the data warehouse design process can also be seen as...

Forecasting the Fault Rate Behavior for Cars (2007)

Guido Lindner, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Rudi Studer, Kdd-tool Clementine

This paper describes the development of a data mining application delivering a trend prognosis of the fault rate behavior of cars. We discuss how a carefully chosen preprocessing strategy, which uses...

Designing Mixed-Initiative Dialogues among Agents (2007)

Renée Elio, Afsaneh Haddadi, Daimlerchrysler Ag

It is possible to define conversation policies, such as communication or dialogue protocols, that are based strictly on what messages and, respectively, what performatives may follow each other....

A Comparison of Routing Strategies in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (2007)

Daimlerchrysler Ag, Holger Fuler, Holger Fuler, Martin Mauve, Martin Mauve, Hannes Hartenstein, ...

In this paper we investigate the use of ad-hoc routing algorithms for the exchange of data between vehicles. There are two main aspects that are of interest in this context: the specific...

Abstract (2007)

Duncan C. Mcfarlane, Stefan Bussmann, Daimlerchrysler Ag

The field of Holonic Manufacturing was initiated in the early 1990's to address the upcoming challenges for manufacturing operations in the 21 st century. It is intended to support for highly...

3 (2007)

Martin V. Butz, David E. Goldberg, Wolfgang Stolzmann, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract. The Anticipatory Classier System (ACS) recently showed many capabilities new to the Learning Classier System eld. Due to its enhanced rule structure with an eect part, it forms an internal...

1 (2007)

Ivan Poupyrev, Desney Tan, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nobuji Tetsutani, ...

Abstract: Mixed Reality (MR) aims to create user interfaces where interactive virtual objects are overlaid on the physical environment, naturally blending with it in real time. In this paper we...

2 (2007)

Martin V. Butz, Wolfgang Stolzmann, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract. The various modications and extensions of the anticipatory classi er system (ACS) recently led to the introduction of ACS2, an enhanced and modied version of ACS. This chapter provides an...

New Cross, London (2007)

Mark Harman, Lin Hu, Rob Hierons, Chris Fox, Sebastian Danicic, Joachim Wegener, ...

Abstract Evolutionary testing is a search based approach to the automated generation of systematic test data, in which the search is guided by the test data adequacy criterion. Two problems for...

Is Pushing Constraints Deeply into the Mining Algorithms Really What We Want? An Alternative Approach for Association Rule Mining (2007)

Daimlerchrysler Ag, Ulrich G Untzer

The common approach to exploit mining constraints is to push them deeply into the mining algorithms. In our paper we argue that this approach is based on an understanding of KDD that is no longer...

Weaving Intranet Relations-- Managing Web Content (2007)

Ulrich Bohnacker, Lars Dehning, Jrgen Franke, Ingrid Renz, Ren Schneider, Daimlerchrysler Ag

We will give an overview of the WIR (Weaving Intranet Relations) system, a tool for offline computation and online retrieval of similar intranet documents. Text similarities are computed from a large...

Using Corporate Firewalls for Web Services Trust (2007)

Ingo Melzer, Mario Jeckle, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract. Web Services allow collaboration of different systems independent of their operating system or the programming languages being deployed. They enable also the integration of legacy systems...

Dedicated to Jingping Liu (2007)

Daimlerchrysler Ag, Prof Dr. -ing, Franz Kummert, ...

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performed in Vehicular Systems by (2007)

Fredrik Wigh, Supervisor Dr. Wolfgang Stolzmann, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Anders Fröberg, Phd Student, ...

Detection of driver unawareness based on long- and short-term analysis of driver lane keeping

Flexible Generation of Reports for Simulation-based Early Warning Systems using XML (2006)

Ingo Hotz, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Simulation-Based Early Warning Systems provide opportunities to control and analyze material flow systems by forecasting future system states. For this purpose a flexible reporting and extracting of...

W.: A Formal Behavioral Semantics for TestML (2006)

Jürgen Grossmann, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Alt Moabit A

Abstract — TestML is an XML-based language for the exchange of test descriptions in automotive systems design and mainly introduced through the structural definition of an XML schema as an...

A general-purpose proxel simulator for an industrial software tool (2005)

Fabian Wickborn, Graham Horton, Stefan Heller, Felix Engelhard, Daimlerchrysler Ag

At DaimlerChrysler, the reliability and safety of automobiles are analysed using simulation. While discrete-event simulation can be used for these models, this approach may not deliver accurate...

Systematic Model-Based Testing of Embedded Automotive (2005)

Mirko Conrad, Ines Fey, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Sadegh Sadeghipour

The software embedded in automotive control systems increasingly determines the functionality and properties of present-day motor vehicles. The development and test process of the systems and the...

A hybrid approach for location-based service discovery in vehicular ad hoc networks (2004)

N. Klimin, W. Enkelmann, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract — This paper deals with the design and implementation of a location-based protocol for service discovery in mobile ad hoc environments. Our approach is based on geocast addressing of...

PESOA is coordinated by (2004)

Franczyk Bogdan, Werner Andrej, Daimlerchrysler Ag

PESOA is a cooperative project supported by the federal ministry of education and research (BMBF). Its aim is the design and prototypical implementation of a process family engineering platform and...

Title (2004)

Magnus Ramstedt, Magnus Ramstedt, Supervisor Z, Ra Jansson, Johan Jonsson, ...

Language � Svenska/Swedish × � Engelska/English URL för elektronisk version

An Augmented Virtuality Approach to 3D Videoconferencing (2003)

H. Regenbrecht, C. Ott, M. Wagner, T. Lum, P. Kohler, W. Wilke, ...

This paper describes the concept, prototypical implementation, and usability evaluation of an Augmented Virtuality (AV) based videoconferencing (VC) system: "cAR/PE!". We present a...

Mobile Internet Access in FleetNet (2003)

Marc Bechler, Walter J. Franz, Lars Wolf, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract. Inter-vehicle communication systems play an important role in future road communication scenarios like FleetNet. For such communication scenarios, ad hoc networks offer a promising approach...

A Signing Proxy for Web Services Security (2003)

Ingo Melzer, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Mario Jeckle

Abstract: Web Services offer a way for very different systems to collaborate independent of the the used programming language or the involved operating systems. Their basis is the XML-based SOAP...

A post-placement side-effect removal algorithm (2002)

Mark Harman, Lin Hu, Rob Hierons, Malcolm Munro, Xingyuan Zhang, Jose Javier Dolado, ...

Side-effects are widely believed to impede program comprehension and have a detrimental effect upon software maintenance. This paper introduces an algorithm for side-effect removal which splits the...

The anticipatory classifier system and genetic generalization (2002)

Martin V. Butz, Martin V. Butz, David E. Goldberg, David E. Goldberg, Wolfgang Stolzmann, Wolfgang Stolzmann, ...

daimlerchrysler.com The anticipatory classifier system (ACS) combines the learning classifier system framework with the learning theory of anticipatory behavioral control. The result is an...

A Post-Placement Side-Effect Removal Algorithm (2002)

Mark Harman Lin, Lin Hu, Rob Hierons, Malcolm Munro, Xingyuan Zhang, Jose Javier Dolado, ...

Side-effects are widely believed to impede program comprehension and have a detrimental effect upon software maintenance.

A.: Graph Transformations for Model-based Testing (2002)

Mirko Conrad, Heiko Dörr, Ingo Stürmer, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Andy Schürr

Abstract: Model-based development uses modeling and simulation as essential means for specification, rapid prototyping, design, and realization of embedded systems. The classification-tree method...

A.: Graph Transformations for Model-based Testing (2002)

Mirko Conrad, Heiko Dörr, Ingo Stürmer, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Andy Schürr

Abstract: Model-based development uses modeling and simulation as essential means for specification, rapid prototyping, design, and realization of embedded systems. The classification-tree method...

Linguatronic: Product-level speech system for mercedes-benz car (2001)

Paul Heisterkamp, Daimlerchrysler Ag

A recent press release (Murray 2000) indicates that many car manufacturers have announced speech recognition and voiceoperated Command&Control systems for their cars, but so far have not...

When distribution is part of the semantics: A new problem class for distributed knowledge discovery (2001)

Rüdiger Wirth, Michael Borth, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract. Within a research project at DaimlerChrysler we use vehicles as mobile data sources for distributed knowledge discovery. We realized that current approaches are not suitable for our...

Datum (2001)

Sven Öberg, Sven Öberg, Supervisors Dr. Mattias Nyberg, Thomas Stutte, ...

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Disseminating messages among highly mobile hosts based on inter-vehicle communication (2000)

Linda Briesemeister, Lorenz Schäfers, Daimlerchrysler Ag

We present an approach to distributing messages among highly mobile hosts in ad hoc networks. We focus on using direct radio communication between moving vehicles on the road that requires no...

Self-organizing manufacturing control: An industrial application of agent technology (2000)

Stefan Bussmann, Klaus Schild, Daimlerchrysler Ag

We present an auction-based approach to manufacturing control. Workpieces auction off their current task, while machines bid for tasks. When awarding a machine, a workpiece takes into account not...

Holonic Production and Material Flow in Industry (2000)

Christoph Schaeffer, Fraunhofer Ipa, Jörg Sieverding, Daimlerchrysler Ag

The automotive industry is one of the most automated manufacturing industries worldwide nevertheless there is still a lot of potential for further improvements. On the given example of an existing...

Some notes on the complexity of dialogues (2000)

Jan Alexandersson, Paul Heisterkamp, Dfki Gmbh, Daimlerchrysler Ag

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we describe some complexity aspects of spoken dialogue. It is shown that, given the internal set-ting of our dialogue system, it is im-possible to test...

Case based reasoning for knowledge management in kdd projects (2000)

Kai Bartlmae, Daimlerchrysler Ag

In this paper we introduce our departments organizational and technical infrastructure for knowledge-intensive and weak-structured processes: A framework for Knowledge Management in the case of...

Role-Based Multicast in Highly Mobile but Sparsely Connected Ad Hoc Networks (2000)

Linda Briesemeister, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Abstract — We present an approach to multicasting messages among highly mobile hosts in ad hoc networks. We suggest a new definition of a role-based multicast that suits the special needs of...

Self-organizing manufacturing control: An industrial application of agent technology (2000)

Stefan Bussmann, Klaus Schild, Daimlerchrysler Ag

We present an auction-based approach to manufacturing control. Workpieces auction off their current task, while machines bid for tasks. When awarding a machine, a workpiece takes into account not...

Real and Illusory Interaction Enhance Presence in Virtual Environments (2000)

Thomas Schubert, Holger Regenbrecht, Frank Friedmann, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Interactivity of virtual environments (VEs) has been regarded a central feature of virtual reality for many years. The possibility to interact with the virtual world distinguishes VEs from a range of...

Algorithms for Association Rule Mining - A General Survey and Comparison (2000)

Jochen Hipp, Ulrich Güntzer, Gholamreza Nakhaeizadeh, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Today there are several efficient algorithms that cope with the popular and computationally expensive task of association rule mining. Actually, these algorithms are more or less described on their...

An approach for the identification of nonlinear, dynamic processes with Kalman-Filter-trained recurrent neural structures (1999)

Dipl Inform, Rainer Müller, Frank Heister, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Daimlerchrysler Ag

In this article we demonstrate the identification of a nonlinear, dynamic process with recurrent neural structures. The employed network-structure is a Recurrent Multilayer Perceptron (RMLP), which...

AST: Support for Algorithm Selection with a CBR Approach (1999)

Guido Lindner, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Rudi Studer

Providing user support for the application of Data Mining algorithms in the field of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) is an important issue. Based on ideas from the fields of statistics,...

An approach for the identification of nonlinear, dynamic processes with Kalman-Filter-trained recurrent neural structures (1999)

Frank Heister, Rainer Müller, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Daimlerchrysler Ag

In this article we demonstrate the identification of a nonlinear, dynamic process with recurrent neural structures. The employed network-structure is a Recurrent Multilayer Perceptron (RMLP),...

Carlén: Powertrain Diagnostics: A Model-Based Approach (1999)

P A Bidian, M Tatar, Daimlerchrysler Ag, M Sachenbacher, R Weber, Robert Bosch Gmbh, ...

team which focuses on the application of model-based techniques to support system analysis tasks and the development of diagnostic solutions. Fulvio Cascio has been with Fiat Reseach Center since...

Integrating machine learning and workflow management to support acquisition and adaptation of workflow models (1998)

Dimitris Karagiannis, Joachim Herbst, Joachim Herbst, Daimlerchrysler Ag, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Current workflow management systems (WFMS) offer little aid for the acquisition of workflow models and their adaptation to changing requirements. To support these activities we propose to apply...

Applying particle swarm optimization to software testing (1982)

Andreas Windisch, Daimlerchrysler Ag

Evolutionary structural testing is an approach to automatically generating test cases that achieve high structural code coverage. It typically uses genetic algorithms (GAs) to search for relevant...