Should I take over? Does system knowledge help drivers in making take-over decisions while driving a partially automated car?

Partially automated car systems are expected to soon become available to the public. However, in order for any of the potential benefits of automated driving to arise, the driver and car need to establish effective, efficient and satisfactory interactions. Otherwise, the driver may rely too much on the automated car system, leading to dangerous...

Design procedure for integrated microwave GaAs stacked-FET high-power amplifiers

The application of stacked-FETs in power ampli fiers allows for a supply voltage higher than supported by the breakdown voltage of a single transistor. Potential benefits of the increased supply voltage are reduced supply currents and a lower matching ratio at the output of the amplifier. Furthermore, an increased output power per chip area is...

Smart Questions: Context-dependent mobile information exchange for military operations

During military mISSIOns, mobile devices allow information exchange between distributed groups of soldiers. As the context of use changes frequently and more (unstructured) information becomes available during missions, the challenge is to ensure that the right information reaches the right recipients at the right moment. This paper presents the...

M&S as a service: Expectations and challenges

Modeling & Simulation as a Service (MSaaS) is a concept that potentially offers all kinds of possibilities to support M&S users and providers. For many reasons service-based approaches are considered to be very promising architectures for realizing next generation simulation environments. The combination of service-based approaches with ideas...

Model-based workflows for optimal long-term reservoir mangement

Life-cycle optimization is the process of finding field operation strategies that aim to optimize recovery or economic value with a long-term (years to decades) horizon. A reservoir simulation model is therefore generally appropriate and sufficient to explore the impact of different recovery scenarios. A number of challenges arise when trying to...

Real-time intelligent production monitoring of a North Sea asset

The increasing complexity of natural gas extraction because of reducing reserves, complex behavior and more intricate contractual rules (due to liberalization of the West European energy markets) creates a need for more effective production efficiency. In order to deal with these challenges Wintershall is realizing a real-time monitoring system...