@inproceedings{17661, author = {{King, Thomas C. and Liu, Qingzhi and Polevoy, Gleb and de Weerdt, Mathijs and Dignum, Virginia and van Riemsdijk, M. Birna and Warnier, Martijn}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems}}, isbn = {{978-1-4503-2738-1}}, keywords = {{crowd-sensing, crowdsourcing, data aggregation, game theory, norms, reciprocation, self interested agents, simulation}}, pages = {{1651--1652}}, publisher = {{International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems}}, title = {{{Request Driven Social Sensing}}}, year = {{2014}}, } @inproceedings{9879, abstract = {{Application of prognostics and health management (PHM) in the field of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells is emerging as an important tool in increasing the reliability and availability of these systems. Though a lot of work is currently being conducted to develop PHM systems for fuel cells, various challenges have been encountered including the self-healing effect after characterization as well as accelerated degradation due to dynamic loading, all which make RUL predictions a difficult task. In this study, a prognostic approach based on adaptive particle filter algorithm is proposed. The novelty of the proposed method lies in the introduction of a self-healing factor after each characterization and the adaption of the degradation model parameters to fit to the changing degradation trend. An ensemble of five different state models based on weighted mean is then developed. The results show that the method is effective in estimating the remaining useful life of PEM fuel cells, with majority of the predictions falling within 5\% error. The method was employed in the IEEE 2014 PHM Data Challenge and led to our team emerging the winner of the RUL category of the challenge.}}, author = {{Kimotho, James Kuria and Meyer, Tobias and Sextro, Walter}}, booktitle = {{Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), 2014 IEEE Conference on}}, keywords = {{ageing, particle filtering (numerical methods), proton exchange membrane fuel cells, remaining life assessment, PEM fuel cell prognostics, PHM, RUL predictions, accelerated degradation, adaptive particle filter algorithm, dynamic loading, model parameter adaptation, prognostics and health management, proton exchange membrane fuel cells, remaining useful life estimation, self-healing effect, Adaptation models, Data models, Degradation, Estimation, Fuel cells, Mathematical model, Prognostics and health management}}, pages = {{1--6}}, title = {{{PEM fuel cell prognostics using particle filter with model parameter adaptation}}}, doi = {{10.1109/ICPHM.2014.7036406}}, year = {{2014}}, } @inproceedings{9884, abstract = {{So-called reliability adaptive systems are able to adapt their system behavior based on the current reliability of the system. This allows them to react to changed operating conditions or faults within the system that change the degradation behavior. To implement such reliability adaptation, self-optimization can be used. A self-optimizing system pursues objectives, of which the priorities can be changed at runtime, in turn changing the system behavior. When including system reliability as an objective of the system, it becomes possible to change the system based on the current reliability as well. This capability can be used to control the reliability of the system throughout its operation period in order to achieve a pre-defined or user-selectable system lifetime. This way, optimal planning of maintenance intervals is possible while also using the system capabilities to their full extent. Our proposed control system makes it possible to react to changed degradation behavior by selecting objectives of the self-optimizing system and in turn changing the operating parameters in a closed loop. A two-stage controller is designed which is used to select the currently required priorities of the objectives in order to fulfill the desired usable lifetime. Investigations using a model of an automotive clutch system serve to demonstrate the feasibility of our controller. It is shown that the desired lifetime can be achieved reliably.}}, author = {{Meyer , Tobias and Sextro, Walter}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the Second European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2014}}, keywords = {{self-optimization reliability adaptive}}, title = {{{Closed-loop Control System for the Reliability of Intelligent Mechatronic Systems}}}, volume = {{5}}, year = {{2014}}, } @article{9885, abstract = {{Intelligent mechatronic systems, such as self-optimizing systems, allow an adaptation of the system behavior at runtime based on the current situation. To do so, they generally select among several pre-defined working points. A common method to determine working points for a mechatronic system is to use model-based multiobjective optimization. It allows finding compromises among conflicting objectives, called objective functions, by adapting parameters. To evaluate the system behavior for different parameter sets, a model of the system behavior is included in the objective functions and is evaluated during each function call. Intelligent mechatronic systems also have the ability to adapt their behavior based on their current reliability, thus increasing their availability, or on changed safety requirements; all of which are summed up by the common term dependability. To allow this adaptation, dependability can be considered in multiobjective optimization by including dependability-related objective functions. However, whereas performance-related objective functions are easily found, formulation of dependability-related objective functions is highly system-specific and not intuitive, making it complex and error-prone. Since each mechatronic system is different, individual failure modes have to be taken into account, which need to be found using common methods such as Failure-Modes and Effects Analysis or Fault Tree Analysis. Using component degradation models, which again are specific to the system at hand, the main loading factors can be determined. By including these in the model of the system behavior, the relation between working point and dependability can be formulated as an objective function. In our work, this approach is presented in more detail. It is exemplified using an actively actuated single plate dry clutch system. Results show that this approach is suitable for formulating dependability-related objective functions and that these can be used to extend system lifetime by adapting system behavior.}}, author = {{Meyer , Tobias and Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Sextro, Walter}}, journal = {{Conference Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on System-Integrated Intelligence}}, keywords = {{Self-optimization, multiobjective optimization, objective function, dependability, intelligent system, behavior adaptation}}, pages = {{46--53}}, title = {{{Method to Identify Dependability Objectives in Multiobjective Optimization Problem}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.protcy.2014.09.033}}, volume = {{15}}, year = {{2014}}, } @inproceedings{10677, author = {{Ho, Nam and Kaufmann, Paul and Platzner, Marco}}, booktitle = {{2014 {IEEE} Intl. Conf. on Evolvable Systems (ICES)}}, keywords = {{Linux, cache storage, embedded systems, granular computing, multiprocessing systems, reconfigurable architectures, Leon3 SPARe processor, custom logic events, evolvable-self-adaptable processor cache, fine granular profiling, integer unit events, measurement infrastructure, microarchitectural events, multicore embedded system, perf_event standard Linux performance measurement interface, processor properties, run-time reconfigurable memory-to-cache address mapping engine, run-time reconfigurable multicore infrastructure, split-level caching, Field programmable gate arrays, Frequency locked loops, Irrigation, Phasor measurement units, Registers, Weaving}}, pages = {{31--37}}, title = {{{Towards self-adaptive caches: A run-time reconfigurable multi-core infrastructure}}}, doi = {{10.1109/ICES.2014.7008719}}, year = {{2014}}, } @inproceedings{13324, abstract = {{The new technological enhancements and the accessibility to varieties of online applications, enable users to collect personal data and perform self-evaluation through test, comparison and experimentation. The sparked interest in numbers and numbers as self-representative visualisations is prominent in social networking sites, which are the empirical setting for the present study. This paper sets out to establish a multi-theoretical framework which enables the investigation of emerging phenomena of the role of numbers in social networking sites. The proposed framework rests on three theoretical pillars: self-determination theory, heuristic decision making and behavioural economics. A discussion departs from these convictions to investigate user reactions and behaviour when faced with numerical representations in the SNS.}}, author = {{Sjöklint, Mimmi and Constantiou, Ioanna and Trier, Matthias}}, booktitle = {{ECIS 2013 Proceedings}}, isbn = {{9783834924421}}, keywords = {{User Behaviour, Social Networking Sites, Numerical Representations, Multi-Theoretical Framework, Quantified Self, Pointification}}, publisher = {{Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)}}, title = {{{Numerical Representations and User Behaviour in Social Networking Sites: Towards a Multi- Theoretical Research Framework}}}, year = {{2013}}, } @inproceedings{11832, abstract = {{In this paper we propose an approach to retrieve the absolute geometry of an acoustic sensor network, consisting of spatially distributed microphone arrays, from reverberant speech input. The calibration relies on direction of arrival measurements of the individual arrays. The proposed calibration algorithm is derived from a maximum-likelihood approach employing circular statistics. Since a sensor node consists of a microphone array with known intra-array geometry, we are able to obtain an absolute geometry estimate, including angles and distances. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.}}, author = {{Jacob, Florian and Schmalenstroeer, Joerg and Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold}}, booktitle = {{38th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013)}}, issn = {{1520-6149}}, keywords = {{Geometry calibration, microphone arrays, position self-calibration}}, pages = {{116--120}}, title = {{{DoA-Based Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration Using Circular Statistic}}}, doi = {{10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637620}}, year = {{2013}}, } @inproceedings{37109, abstract = {{This study examines the effect of audit on private firms’ cost of debt. We use a sample of 1,949 small private firms operating in the period 2006-2010 with optional financial statement audit. High quality data allows us to construct a more precise interest rate measure than existing studies employ. After controlling for obvious sources of demand for voluntary audits (ownership complexity, subsidiary status, bank relations), we find a robust central result that voluntary audits increase rather than decrease the cost of debt financing, contrary to several existing studies. This finding indicates that voluntary audits are generally treated as “adopting a label” and penalised by creditors, regardless of the perceived auditor quality as a result of the lemon problem in the audit market. Even Big-4 audits increase the cost of debt, likely as a result due to the lemon problem in the audit market, although the increase is smaller than for non-Big-4 audits. The results are sensitive to the estimation method used (OLS, Heckman’s two-step, PSM) and (sub-)sample selection. We show that disregarding the underlying assumptions of these estimation methods may lead to incorrect inferences. Additional analyses show that audited firms’ reported earnings are less informative about future operating performance than earnings of their unaudited counterparts. Our results also indicate that results are sensitive to cost of debt definition and this might have affected the results reported in the existing literature.}}, author = {{Kosi, Urska and Koren, Jerney and Valentincic, Aljosa}}, keywords = {{private firms, voluntary audit, cost of debt, self-selection bias, lemon problem}}, location = {{Paris, France}}, title = {{{Does Financial Statement Audit Reduce the Cost of Debt of Private Firms?}}}, year = {{2013}}, } @inproceedings{22737, author = {{Becker, Matthias and Luckey, Markus and Becker, Steffen}}, booktitle = {{{Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGSOFT Conference on Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA)}}}, isbn = {{978-1-4503-1346-9}}, keywords = {{model-driven performance engineering, self-*, Self-adaptation, software performance}}, pages = {{117--122}}, publisher = {{ACM}}, title = {{{Model-driven Performance Engineering of Self-adaptive Systems: A Survey}}}, doi = {{10.1145/2304696.2304716}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{5717, abstract = {{Although professional service providers increasingly deliver their services globally, little is known about cross-cultural differences in customers’ motivation to participate in service production. To address this lacuna, we survey a total of 2,284 banking customers in 11 countries on their motivation to provide personal information to, and follow the advice of, their service providers. We find differences in both aspects, but only the differences in providing personal information can be explained by the cultural values of uncertainty avoidance, individualism/collectivism, and masculinity/femininity. To perform certain tasks in the service process, global professional service providers should acknowledge cultural differences in customers’ motivations.}}, author = {{Schumann, Jan H and Wünderlich, Nancy and Zimmer, Marcus S}}, journal = {{Schmalenbach Business Review}}, keywords = {{Co-Production, Culture, Customer Participation, Professional Services}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{141--165}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Culture’s Impact on Customer Motivation to Engage in Professional Service Enactments.}}}, volume = {{64}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{5718, abstract = {{The role of information and communication technology for economic growth has been emphasized repeatedly. Technological breakthroughs have generated new forms of services, such as self-services or remote services. Although these encounters are qualitatively different from traditional service provision, prior service management literature thus far had paid little attention to theory development and the systematization of technology-based service encounters. To fill this research gap, the present study outlines how new types of technology-based services fit into existing service typologies and provides an extension of existing frameworks to capture their unique characteristics. These insights in turn offer managerial implications and highlight open research questions.}}, author = {{Schumann, Jan H and Wünderlich, Nancy and Wangenheim, Florian}}, journal = {{Technovation}}, keywords = {{Services, Remote services, Self-services, Technology mediation}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{133--143}}, publisher = {{Elsevier}}, title = {{{Technology Mediation in Service Delivery: A New Typology and an Agenda for Managers and Academics.}}}, volume = {{32}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{9783, abstract = {{To optimize the ultrasound irradiation for cavitation based ultrasound applications like sonochemistry or ultrasound cleaning, the correlation between cavitation intensity and the resulting effect on the process is of interest. Furthermore, changing conditions like temperature and pressure result in varying acoustic properties of the liquid. That might necessitate an adaption of the ultrasound irradiation. To detect such changes during operation, process monitoring is desired. Labor intensive processes, that might be carried out for several hours, also require process monitoring to increase their reliability by detection of changes or malfunctions during operation. In some applications cavitation detection and monitoring can be achieved by the application of sensors in the sound field. Though the application of sensors is possible, this necessitates modifications on the system and the sensor might disturb the sound field. In other applications harsh, process conditions prohibit the application of sensors in the sound field. Therefore alternative techniques for cavitation detection and monitoring are desired. The applicability of an external microphone and a self-sensing ultrasound transducer for cavitation detection were experimentally investigated. Both methods were found to be suitable and easily applicable.}}, author = {{Bornmann, Peter and Hemsel, Tobias and Sextro, Walter and Maeda, Takafumi and Morita, Takeshi}}, booktitle = {{Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2012 IEEE International}}, issn = {{1948-5719}}, keywords = {{cavitation, chemical reactors, microphones, process monitoring, reliability, ultrasonic applications, ultrasonic waves, acoustic properties, cavitation based ultrasound applications, cavitation intensity, change detection reliability, external microphone, malfunction detection reliability, nonperturbing cavitation detection, nonperturbing cavitation monitoring, process monitoring, self-sensing ultrasound transducer, sonochemical reactors, sonochemistry, ultrasound cleaning, ultrasound irradiation, Acoustics, Liquids, Monitoring, Sensors, Sonar equipment, Transducers, Ultrasonic imaging}}, pages = {{1141--1144}}, title = {{{Non-perturbing cavitation detection / monitoring in sonochemical reactors}}}, doi = {{10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0284}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{9786, abstract = {{Self-optimizing mechatronic systems are a new class of technical systems. On the one hand, new challenges regarding dependability arise from their additional complexity and adaptivity. On the other hand, their abilities enable new concepts and methods to improve the dependability of mechatronic systems. This paper introduces a multi-level dependability concept for selfoptimizing mechatronic systems and shows how probabilistic planning can be used to improve the availability and reliability of systems in the operating phase. The general idea to improve the availability of autonomous systems by applying probabilistic planning methods to avoid energy shortages is exemplified on the example of an innovative railway vehicle.}}, author = {{Klöpper, Benjamin and Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Romaus, Christoph}}, journal = {{Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics}}, keywords = {{self-optimizing systems, dependability, probabilistic planning, energy management}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{5--15}}, title = {{{Probabilistic Planning for Predictive Condition Monitoring and Adaptation Within the Self-Optimizing Energy Management of an Autonomous Railway Vehicle}}}, volume = {{24}}, year = {{2012}}, } @inproceedings{11833, abstract = {{In this paper we propose an approach to retrieve the geometry of an acoustic sensor network consisting of spatially distributed microphone arrays from unconstrained speech input. The calibration relies on Direction of Arrival (DoA) measurements which do not require a clock synchronization among the sensor nodes. The calibration problem is formulated as a cost function optimization task, which minimizes the squared differences between measured and predicted observations and additionally avoids the existence of minima that correspond to mirrored versions of the actual sensor orientations. Further, outlier measurements caused by reverberation are mitigated by a Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) approach. The experimental results show a mean positioning error of at most 25 cm even in highly reverberant environments.}}, author = {{Jacob, Florian and Schmalenstroeer, Joerg and Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold}}, booktitle = {{International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC 2012)}}, keywords = {{Unsupervised, geometry calibration, microphone arrays, position self-calibration}}, title = {{{Microphone Array Position Self-Calibration from Reverberant Speech Input}}}, year = {{2012}}, } @article{5719, abstract = {{Die Möglichkeiten der Erbringung von Dienstleistungen haben sich durch die Entwicklungen der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien stark erweitert. Unter Zuhilfenahme moderner Formen der Datenfernübertragung kann eine breite Palette von Dienstleistungen technologisch vermittelt über große Entfernungen hinweg erbracht werden. Diesen als ferngesteuerte Dienstleistungen bezeichneten Angeboten kommt in der Praxis eine immer größere Bedeutung zu. In der betriebswirtschaftlichen Literatur wurde ihnen bisher jedoch wenig Beachtung geschenkt. In diesem Überblicksartikel erfolgt daher eine erste Auseinandersetzung mit betriebswirtschaftlich relevanten Aspekten ferngesteuerter Dienstleistungen. Ausgehend von einer begrifflichen Abgrenzung und Konzeptualisierung dieses neuen Dienstleistungstypus im Abgleich mit bestehenden Systematisierungsansätzen werden die spezifischen Herausforderungen des Management und Marketing von ferngesteuerten Dienstleistungen reflektiert und sowie künftige Forschungsaufgaben abgeleitet.}}, author = {{Wünderlich, Nancy and Schumann, Jan H and Wangenheim, Florian v and Holzmüller, Hartmut H}}, journal = {{Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft}}, keywords = {{Technologieintensive Dienstleistungen, remote services, Dienstleistungstechnologien}}, number = {{9}}, pages = {{977--1001}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Management und Marketing ferngesteuerter Dienstleistungen: Konzeptionelle Verortung, betriebswirtschaftliche Herausforderungen und künftige Forschungsaufgaben.}}}, volume = {{81}}, year = {{2011}}, } @article{4551, abstract = {{An intentional positioning of optically active quantum dots using site-selective growth by a combination of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and focused ion beam (FIB) implantation in an all-ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) setup has been successfully demonstrated. A square array of periodic holes on GaAs substrate was fabricated with FIB of 30 keV ions followed by an in situ annealing step. Subsequently, the patterned holes were overgrown with an optimized amount of InAs in order to achieve site-selective growth of the QDs on the patterned holes. Under well-optimized conditions, a selectivity of single quantum dot growth in the patterned holes of 52% was achieved. Thereafter, carrier injection and subsequent radiative recombination from the positioned InAs/GaAs self-assembled QDs was investigated by embedding the QDs in the intrinsic part of a GaAs-based p–i–n junction device. Electroluminescence spectra taken at 77 K show interband transitions up to the fifth excited state from the QDs.}}, author = {{Mehta, Minisha and Reuter, Dirk and Melnikov, Alexander and Wieck, Andreas D. and Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Steffen and Baumgarten, Tim and Zrenner, Artur and Meier, Cedrik}}, issn = {{1386-9477}}, journal = {{Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures}}, keywords = {{Molecular beam epitaxy, Focused ion beam, Self-assembled quantum dot, Electroluminescence}}, number = {{10}}, pages = {{2749--2752}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{Intentionally positioned self-assembled InAs quantum dots in an electroluminescent p–i–n junction diode}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.physe.2009.12.053}}, volume = {{42}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{9760, abstract = {{Self-optimizing systems are able to adapt their behavior autonomously according to their current self-determined objectives. Unforeseen influences could lead to dependability-critical behavior of the system. Methods are required which secure self-optimizing systems during operation. These methods to increase the dependability of the system should already be taken into consideration in the design process. This paper presents a guideline for the dependability-oriented design of self-optimizing systems, which integrates established classical methods like failure mode and effects analysis as well as methods based on self-optimization. On the one hand self-optimization is used to increase the dependability of the system by integrating objectives like safety, availability, and reliability to the objectives of the system. On the other hand methods are required to ensure the self-optimization itself. As basis for this guideline serves the principle solution of the system. The six phases of the guideline extend the design process and lead to an enhanced principle solution. Additionally, the guideline illustrates phases to implement and validate the self-optimizing system. The proposed guideline is applied to an innovative rail-bound vehicle, called RailCab, which is equipped with self-optimizing function modules.}}, author = {{Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Hemsel, Tobias and Sextro, Walter and Gausemeier, Jürgen and Pook, Sebastian}}, booktitle = {{Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2010 8th IEEE International Conference on}}, keywords = {{RailCab, dependability-critical behavior, dependability-oriented design, failure mode, rail-bound vehicle, secure self-optimizing systems, self-optimizing function modules, optimisation, railways, self-adjusting systems}}, pages = {{739 --744}}, title = {{{Guideline for the dependability-oriented design of self-optimizing systems}}}, doi = {{10.1109/INDIN.2010.5549490}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{9763, abstract = {{Recent advances in information processing enable new kinds of technical systems, called self-optimizing systems. These systems are able to adapt their objectives and their behavior according to the current situation and influences autonomously. This behavior adaptation is non-deterministic and hence self-optimization is a risk to the system, e.g. if the result of the self-optimization process does not match the suddenly changed situation. In contrary, self-optimization could be used to increase the dependability by pursuing objectives like reliability and availability. In our preceding publications we introduced the so called multi-level dependability concept to cope with this new kind of systems (cf. [6]). This concept comprises the monitoring of the system behavior, the classification of the current situation, and the selection of the appropriate measure, if reliability limits are exceeded. In this paper we present for the first time experimental results. The dependability concept is implemented in the self-optimizing active guidance system of a railway vehicle. The test drives illustrate clearly that the proposed concept is able to cope with, e.g., sensor failures, and is able to increase the reliability and availability of the active guidance module.}}, author = {{Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Geisler, Jens and Sextro, Walter}}, booktitle = {{Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 2010 Proceedings - Annual}}, issn = {{0149-144X}}, keywords = {{availability, dependability concept, multilevel dependability concept, railway vehicle, reliability, self optimizing active guidance system, self optimizing railway guidance system, situation classification, system behavior monitoring, optimal control, railways, reliability theory, self-adjusting systems}}, pages = {{1 --6}}, title = {{{Increasing the reliability of a self-optimizing railway guidance system}}}, doi = {{10.1109/RAMS.2010.5448080}}, year = {{2010}}, } @inproceedings{9736, abstract = {{Self-optimizing mechatronic systems are a new class of technical systems. On the one hand, new challenges regarding dependability arise from their additional complexity and adaptivity. On the other hand, their abilities enable new concepts and methods to improve the dependability of mechatronic systems. This paper introduces a multi-level dependability concept for self-optimizing mechatronic systems and shows how planning can be used to improve the availability and reliability of systems in the operating stages.}}, author = {{Klöpper, Benjamin and Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Romaus, Christoph and Vöcking, Henner}}, booktitle = {{Computational Intelligence in Control and Automation, 2009. CICA 2009. IEEE Symposium on}}, keywords = {{multilevel dependability concept, probabilistic planning, self-optimizing mechatronic systems, systems reliability, mechatronics, planning (artificial intelligence), self-adjusting systems}}, pages = {{104 --111}}, title = {{{Probabilistic planning integrated in a multi-level dependability concept for mechatronic systems}}}, doi = {{10.1109/CICA.2009.4982790}}, year = {{2009}}, } @inproceedings{9742, abstract = {{New mechatronic systems, called self-optimizing systems, are able to adapt their behavior according to environmental, user and system specific influences. Self-optimizing systems are complex and due to their non-deterministic behavior comprise hidden risks, which cannot be foreseen in the design phase of the system. Therefore, this paper presents modifications of the current condition monitoring policy, to be able to cope with this new kind of systems. Beside avoiding critical situations evoked by self-optimization, the proposed concept uses self-optimization to increase the dependability of the system. In this case, the concept is applied to the active guidance module of an innovative rail-bound vehicle.}}, author = {{Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Sextro, Walter}}, booktitle = {{Future Computing, Service Computation, Cognitive, Adaptive, Content, Patterns, 2009. COMPUTATIONWORLD '09. Computation World:}}, keywords = {{condition monitoring, mechatronic systems, rail bound vehicle, rail guidance module, self-optimization, self-optimizing function modules, condition monitoring, mechatronics, railway rolling stock, self-adjusting systems}}, pages = {{15 --20}}, title = {{{Towards the Integration of Condition Monitoring in Self-Optimizing Function Modules}}}, doi = {{10.1109/ComputationWorld.2009.47}}, year = {{2009}}, }