IAENG transactions on engineering sciences special issue of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2013 [IMECS, Hong Kong, March 13-15, 2013] and World Congress on Engineering 2013 [WCE 2013, London, U.K., 3-5 July, 2013

Two large international conferences on Advances in Engineering Sciences were held in Hong Kong, March 13-15, 2013, under the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2013), and in London, U.K., 3-5 July, 2013, under the World Congress on Engineering 2013 (WCE 2013) respectively. IMECS 2013 and WCE 2013 were organized by the International Association of Engineers (IAENG). IAENG is a non-profit international association for engineers and computer scientists, which was founded in 1968. Read more... Front Cover 1 Table of contents 6 Preface 10 A new approach to constructing simultaneous prediction limits on future outcomes under parametric uncertainty of underlying models 12 Different approaches to the design of pole placement controllers for reducing the congestion control problem of TCP/IP wireless networks 26 A quantity discount pricing policy for the poultry farmer with two retailers 40 Construction of a difference scheme for a singular Cauchy problem 50 Shallow-water solutions for gravity currents in non-rectangular cross-area channels 58 On the properties of piezoelectric materials based upon orthonormal representations 72 A new approach for solving first and second order initial value problems 82 On the degree of approximation of conjugate functions in weighted Lipschitz class 92 Geometrical redundancy of street patterns based on threshold of isoperimetric ratio 102 Modelling of nonlinear diffusion phenomena on a 2D sphere and in a spherical shell 112 The Kron formalism of tensor analysis, applied to graphs, networks and antennas 120 A case study on the validation of Point CIP as a continuous improvement system 126 Optimization of a parabolic channel to generate electrical energy 134 Conceptual framework of project actors’ information delivery system 142 Experimental-analytical investigation to estimate an emission inventory from road transport sector 152 Cutting forces modeling and optimization in turning AISI D6 tool steel through experimental design analysis and soft computing 162 Lean Six Sigma in internal logistics: A case study 172 Manufacture of 3D Möbius-Listing models using mathematical equations 182 Risk evaluation of the business performance of corporate social responsibility programs in Agri-food Supply Chain network 186 Standard for uniformity in building engineering services price forecast 194 Estimating maintenance costs of a wind turbine pitch control system 204 Development of an intelligent approach to dynamic scheduling in robotic flexible assembly cells 214 Home Health Care staff scheduling: Effective grouping approaches 226 Causes of latent failures on biodiesel plants and accepted practices to diminish them 236 Cultural dynamics in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation 246 A model polythene recycling machine for economic development and pollution control 258 Multivariate control charts for short-run complex processes 266 Dimensional accuracy achievable by three-dimensional printing 274 Improved airline seat inventory control under incomplete information 280 Effects of key size and key layout on numeric data entry performance with touch screens 290 Older people’s preferences for mobile phone features 298 Evaluation of recognition threshold for discolored safety signs in terms of white pixel concentration and CIELUV color difference 306 Design study for non eLiterate user: Case of mobile phone interface 312 Facilitating the effectiveness of signs on roads 322 The efficiency of worksharing under different sizes of fixed tasks 334 Effect of processing parameters on the properties of laser metal deposited Ti6Al4V using design of experiment 342 The effect of cavity formation on the casting heat dissipation rate 352 First-principles calculations of chromium oxide containing impurities 360 New secure explicitly authenticated key agreement protocols 368 Customer-centric revenue management in Cloud Computing— insights into integration of information systems and successful growth in customer equity 380 Design, development, and evaluation of a passive RFID locator for laboratory equipment monitoring and inventory system 394 Baseball pitch classification: A Bayesian method and dimension reduction investigation 404 Categorized tip information of social media based on topic detection 412 New information search system in social networks application to disaster event analysis 422 A study on gait parameter estimation stability for the frontal view gait video data based on simulation 432 Screen confronting Two-Pair Primers from typical Genetic Algorithm to improved local search-based Genetic Algorithm 440 Content: Front Cover; Table of contents; Preface; A new approach to constructing simultaneous prediction limits on future outcomes under parametric uncertainty of underlying models; Different approaches to the design of pole placement controllers for reducing the congestion control problem of TCP/IP wireless networks; A quantity discount pricing policy for the poultry farmer with two retailers; Construction of a difference scheme for a singular Cauchy problem; Shallow-water solutions for gravity currents in non-rectangular cross-area channels On the properties of piezoelectric materials based upon orthonormal representationsA new approach for solving first and second order initial value problems; On the degree of approximation of conjugate functions in weighted Lipschitz class; Geometrical redundancy of street patterns based on threshold of isoperimetric ratio; Modelling of nonlinear diffusion phenomena on a 2D sphere and in a spherical shell; The Kron formalism of tensor analysis, applied to graphs, networks and antennas; A case study on the validation of Point CIP as a continuous improvement system Optimization of a parabolic channel to generate electrical energyConceptual framework of project actors' information delivery system; Experimental-analytical investigation to estimate an emission inventory from road transport sector; Cutting forces modeling and optimization in turning AISI D6 tool steel through experimental design analysis and soft computing; Lean Six Sigma in internal logistics: A case study; Manufacture of 3D Möbius-Listing models using mathematical equations Risk evaluation of the business performance of corporate social responsibility programs in Agri-food Supply Chain networkStandard for uniformity in building engineering services price forecast; Estimating maintenance costs of a wind turbine pitch control system; Development of an intelligent approach to dynamic scheduling in robotic flexible assembly cells; Home Health Care staff scheduling: Effective grouping approaches; Causes of latent failures on biodiesel plants and accepted practices to diminish them; Cultural dynamics in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation A model polythene recycling machine for economic development and pollution controlMultivariate control charts for short-run complex processes; Dimensional accuracy achievable by three-dimensional printing; Improved airline seat inventory control under incomplete information; Effects of key size and key layout on numeric data entry performance with touch screens; Older people's preferences for mobile phone features; Evaluation of recognition threshold for discolored safety signs in terms of white pixel concentration and CIELUV color difference Abstract: Two large international conferences on Advances in Engineering Sciences were held in Hong Kong, March 13-15, 2013, under the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2013), and in London, U.K., 3-5 July, 2013, under the World Congress on Engineering 2013 (WCE 2013) respectively. IMECS 2013 and WCE 2013 were organized by the International Association of Engineers (IAENG). IAENG is a non-profit international association for engineers and computer scientists, which was founded in 1968 Two large international conferences on Advances in Engineering Sciences were held in Hong Kong, March 13-15, 2013, under the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2013), and in London, U.K., 3-5 July, 2013, under the World Congress on Engineering 2013 (WCE 2013) respectively. IMECS 2013 and WCE 2013 were organized by the International Association of Engineers (IAENG). IAENG is a non-profit international association for engineers and computer scientists, which was founded in 1968.This volume contains 46 revised and extended research articles written