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2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Fernández-Vara
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Peer Reviews

This Special Issue of ToDiGRA comprises works that werepresented at the workshop “Teaching Games: PedagogicalApproaches”, which took place at DiGRA 2019 in Tokyo. Thepapers presented were elaborated into articles for this issue. Theblind peer reviews, along with the revisions of the articles, tookplace during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. The workshoporganizing committee, along with the editor of this volume, wouldlike to express their thanks and appreciation to all the authors andreviewers for their work and effort during these troublesome times.This volume is dedicated to Jeff Watson, who passed away beforewe could release it.

Special Issue on Precision Positioning Technology

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 765-765
Author(s):  
Shigeka Yoshimoto ◽  
Toshiharu Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Precision Positioning ◽  
Peer Reviews ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Excellent Quality

The 4th International Conference on Positioning Technology (ICPT2010) held at Paradise Hotel Busan on November 24-26, 2010 was attended by over 100 participants, who engaged in enthusiastic and intensive discussions on positioning technologies. Dr. Toshiharu Tanaka, who coedited this special issue of IJAT, planned for papers from this conference, asked that presenters to submit papers. Some 16 papers have been submitted and given peer reviews by two reviewers. Given the excellent quality of the papers in this special issue, readers are certain to find invaluable nuggets of knowledge on positioning technologies. I would like to expressmy sincere thanks to the authors who submitted their papers to this special issue for their efforts, and to state my deep gratitude to the reviewers for valuable comments.

Special Issue on Green and Lean Production

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-541
Author(s):  
Masaru Nakano ◽  
Fumio Kojima
Keyword(s):  
Production Systems ◽  
Lean Production ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Lot Size ◽  
Peer Reviews ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Conventional Production ◽  
Green Production

Green production for a sustainable world has increased in importance as society has increased in its awareness of global warming, energy security, pollution, and the metals shortage. Lean production is a concept considered in successful manufacturing enterprises. Green and lean are often achieved together, such when both waste and energy consumption are reduced. On the other hand, the two are sometimes thought to be at odds, such as when the frequent transportation and small lot size often used in lean production consumes more energy usage than does conventional production. The integration of green and lean is familiar to those who study sustainability. The three bottom lines of sustainability are ecological, economic, and social sustainability. The ecological and economic dimensions have been discussed in the field of production systems. Proactive scenario simulation is required for the evaluation of sustainability as well as for the discussion of integrated criteria of sustainability. This special issue covers both green and lean topics in the production field. It considers the challenges that need to be addressed so that researchers and practitioners may engage in scientific and practical discussions of these topics. Six contributions from academic institutes and six contributions from manufacturing companies have been accepted. This special issue is expected to encourage both academics and practitioners to discuss future collaboration. Most contributions deal with integrated green and lean issues. Some academic papers evaluate sustainability. Case studies as technical papers or development reports have been provided by industrial contributors. Methodologies range from survey to life cycle assessment to simulation to implementation. The applications range from machine development for green production to national technical policy for sustainable manufacturing. All papers were refereed through careful peer reviews. We would like to express my sincere appreciation to the authors for their submissions and to the reviewers for their invaluable efforts, as together they made possible the publication of this special issue.

Special Issue on Human Symbiotic Systems II

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-367
Author(s):  
Yoichiro Maeda ◽  
Daisuke Katagami ◽  
Tsuyoshi Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Fuzzy Theory ◽  
Research Society ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Peer Reviews ◽  
Intelligent Robots ◽  
Human Agent ◽  
Agent Interaction ◽  
Bidirectional Interactions

In recent years, computers, artificial agents, intelligent robots, and other intelligent systems have become normal parts of our everyday lives, so high interpersonal affinity, including smooth communications and bidirectional interactions with people, have become necessary for the development of intelligent systems. “Human Symbiotic Systems” (HSS) is an area of research to study the basic principles and methods used in the designing of intelligent interaction systems, or systems with bidirectional communications based on the symbiosis and effective collaboration between people and robots, agents, computers, etc. In HSS research, the establishment of elemental technologies necessary for the realization of intelligent systems to coexist with people is a main target. The research society “Human Symbiotic Systems” was established in the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics in 2007 by the guest editors of this special issue. The HSS aims to encourage academic and industrial discussions on research of Human-Agent Interaction (HAI), Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), etc. The aim of this special issue is to activate and expand top-quality research in the area of the theory and applications of Human Symbiotic System (HSS). This special issue “Human Symbiotic Systems II” (HSS-II) is the second special feature of the HSS. The first special issue appeared as JACIII journal Vol.14, No.7 in 2010. Various technologies have been developed in the past ten years, but HSS continues to be an important area of study in the field of engineering today. For this special issue on HSS-II, 10 papers were received, and 7 papers were accepted for publication after two peer reviews each. We would like to thank the authors and referees for their great efforts. Through their contributions, this special issue was made possible and overall paper quality was improved.

Special issue “Selected Papers from 8th International Forum on Industrial Bioprocessing (IBA-IFIBiop) 2019”

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Saptoro ◽  
Zeinab Abbas Jawad ◽  
Bridgid Lai Fui Chin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Biotechnology ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
International Association ◽  
Industrial Biotechnology ◽  
Food Technology ◽  
Global Development ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
International Forum ◽  
Peer Reviews ◽  
Food Engineering

AbstractThis special issue presents a set of four selected papers from 8th International Forum on Industrial Bioprocessing (IBA-IFIBiop) 2019. The forum itself was held in Miri Sarawak, Malaysia from 1st to 5th May 2019. This symposium was co-organised by Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) Malaysia, Curtin University Malaysia and International Association of Bioprocessing-An International Forum on Industrial Bioprocessing (IBA-IFIBiop). Since the theme of 8th IBA-IFIBiop 2019 is “Bridging Sustainability and Industrial Revolution through Green Bioprocessing”, its papers are related to the latest advances and global development in the areas of bioenergy/biofuels, food technology and engineering, industrial biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, and upstream & downstream bioprocesses. This special issue collects four best papers presented at 8th IBA-IFIBiop 2019 focusing on food technology and engineering. Each paper in this special issue had undergone peer reviews to ensure its quality. We believe that this issue will serve as an essential literature leading to scientific and engineering progress in food engineering. We express our gratitude to the authors, reviewers and editors of this journal who make the publications of these papers possible.

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