Zamfirescu Bala Constantin

Publications

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Books

POP N.D., ZAMFIRESCU C.B. Programming multi-agent systems in Jade. Cluj University Press, 222 pages (in romanian), ISBN 978-973-595-874-9, 2015.

ZAMFIRESCU C.B., Iantovics B. , Duta L. A stigmergic approach to deal with uncertainty in planning the e-meeting Agenda. Advances in Computational Technologies, The Publishing House of The Romanian Academy, p. 249-257, 2012.

ZAMFIRESCU C.B., Computer integrated manufacturing, Univ. “Lucian Blaga” Sibiu Press, ISBN 978-973-739-670-9, Sibiu, 213 pg, 2008 (in Romanian).

ZAMFIRESCU C.B., GHETIU T. Developing multi-agent applications.  Univ. “Lucian Blaga” Sibiu Press, ISBN 978-973-739-671-6, 210 pg, Sibiu, 2008 (in Romanian).

ZAMFIRESCU C.B. Engineering anthropocentric group support systems. EXPERT Press, ISBN 978-973- 618-185-6, Bucuresti, 2009 (in Romanian).

ZAMFIRESCU C.B., FILIP F.G., BARBAT B.E. Future Prospects in Romania – Scenarios for the Development of Knowledge Society. In R. Campano si C. Pascu (eds), Prospects for a Knowledge-based Society in the New Member States and Candidate Countries, The Publishing House of The Romanian Academy, ISBN 973-27-1319-4, Bucharest, 2006, pp. 158-198.

ZAMFIRESCU C.B., FILIP F.G., Supporting the foresight methods for risk identification with GDSS, The Publishing House of The Romanian Academy, ISBN 973-27-1150-7, Bucharest, 2004, pp. 365-380.

Journals/LNCS

PIRVU, B.C., ZAMFIRESCU, B.C., GORECKY, D. (2015). Engineering Insights from an Anthropocentric Cyber-Physical System: A Case Study for an Assembly Station, Mechatronics, Elsevier (in press)

ZAMFIRESCU, B.C., CANDEA C, RADU C. (2014). A Stigmergic Approach for Social Interaction Design in Collaboration Engineering, Neurocomputing, Elsevier, 146, p. 151-163.

KHALID BUKHARI S.U., BRAD R., ZAMFIRESCU B.C. (2014). Fast Edge Detection Algorithm for Embedded Systems, Studies in Informatics and Control, ISSN 1220-1766, vol. 23 (2), pp. 163-170.

DUTA L.,ZAMFIRESCU, B.C., FILIP F.G (2014). Mathematical Decision Model for Reverse Supply Chains Inventory, International Journal of Computers, Communications & Control, 9(6), p. 686-693;

FRANKE, M., PIRVU, B.C., LAPPE, D.,  ZAMFIRESCU, B.C., VEIGT, M.,  KLEIN, K., HRIBERNIK, K, THOBEN, K.D., LOSKILL, M. (2014). Interaction Mechanism of Humans in a Cyber-Physical Environment. Dynamics in Logistics, Springer

ZAMFIRESCU, B.C., PARVU, B., SCHLICK, J., ZUEHLKE, D. (2013). Preliminary insides for an anthropocentric cyber-physical reference architecture of the smart factory. Studies in Informatics and Control, 22(3), 2013.

ZAMFIRESCU L., ZAMFIRESCU B.C. (2013). Goal Programming as a Decision Model for Performance-Based Budgeting, Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier,Vol. 17, 2013, Pages 426–433.

ZAMFIRESCU , C., CANDEA, C. (2013), On Interacting with Collective Knowledge of Group Facilitation, Computational Collective Intelligence. Technologies and Applications, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8083, 2013, pp 255-265, Springer.

RADU, C., CANDEA, C., CANDEA G., ZAMFIRESCU , B.C. (2014). Towards a Cloud-Based Group Decision Support System, Studies in Computational Intelligence Volume, 513, 2014, pp 187-196, Springer.

IANTOVICS B, ZAMFIRESCU B.C., MARUSTERI M. (Guest Editors). Special Issue on Advances in Soft Computing Techniques and Applications. Journal of Information Technology Research, 4 (2012), IGI Publisher.

IANTOVICS B., ZAMFIRESCU B.C. – ERMS: An Evolutionary Reorganizing Multi-Agent System. International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, vol. 9, no. 3, 2013.

ZAMFIRESCU B.C., CANDEA C. (2011). Planning in Collaborative Stigmergic Workspaces. In P. Jedrzejowicz, N. Thanh Nguyen, K. Hoang (Eds.): Computational Collective Intelligence. Technologies and Applications, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6923 Springer.

ZAMFIRESCU C., DUTA L., IANTOVICS B. – On Investigating the Cognitive Complexity of Designing the Group Decision Process. Studies in Informatics and Control, vol. 19, issue 3/2010, pp. 263-270.

ZAMFIRESCU C., DUTA L., IANTOVICS B.– The cognitive complexity in Modelling the Group Decision Process, Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (BRAIN Journal), vol 1, pp. 69-79, 2010.

ZAMFIRESCU C., FILIP F. – Swarming models for facilitating collaborative decisions, International Journal of Computers, Communications & Control, 1, 1841-1844, V(2010).

CHIRCA O., ZAMFIRESCU C. – IT Tools for Technology Foresight, Observatorio (OBS*) Journal, Vol. 2, Nr. 2, pp. 33-40, ISSN 1646-5954, OberCom, Lisbon, Portugal, 2008.

NEGULESCU S., ZAMFIRESCU C., BARBAT B. – User-Driven Heuristics for Nondeterministic Problems, Studies in Informatics and Control, Vol. 15, Nr. 3, pp. 289-296, ISSN: 1220-1766, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, 2006. .

HADELI, VALCKENAERS P., GERMAIN B., VERSTRAETE P., ZAMFIRESCU C., BRUSSEL H. – Emergent Forecasting using a Stigmergic Approach in Manufacturing Coordination and Control, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3464, pp. 210-226, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISSN 0302-9743, ISBN 3-540-26180-X, Berlin Heidelberg, 2005..

VALCKENAERS P., GERMAIN B., VERSTRAETE P., HADELI, ZAMFIRESCU C., BRUSSEL H. Ant Colony Engineering in Coordination and Control: How to Engineer an Emergent Short-Term Forecasting System. CIRP – Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Elsevier Science, Vol. 34, Nr. 2, ISSN: 0278-6125, 2005.

HADELI, VALCKENAERS P., ZAMFIRESCU C., BRUSSEL H., GERMAIN B., HOELVOET T., STEEGMANS E. – Self-organising in multi-agent coordination and control using stigmergy, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 2977, pp. 105-123, Springer-Verlag, ISSN: 0302-9743 ISBN: 3-540-21201-9, Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.

ZAMFIRESCU C., VALCKENAERS P., BRUSSEL H., GERMAIN B. – A Case Study for Modular Plant Control, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 2744, pp. 268-279, Springer-Verlag, ISSN: 0302-9743 ISBN: 3-540-40751-0, Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.

BARBAT B., ZAMFIRESCU C., NEGULESCU S. – The Best form Ants and Humans: Synergy in Agent-Based Systems, Studies in Informatics and Control, Vol. 13, Nr. 1, pp. 47-59, ISSN: 1220-1766, 2004.

VALCKENAERS P., BRUSSEL H., HADELI, BOCHMANN O, GERMAIN B., ZAMFIRESCU C., On the design of emergent systems, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 16, Nr. 4, pp. 377-393, ISSN: 0952-1976, Elsevier Science, 2003.

ZAMFIRESCU C., An Agent-Oriented Approach for Supporting Self-Facilitation in Group Decisions, Studies in Informatics and Control, Vol. 12, Nr. 2, pp. 137-148. ISSN: 1220-1766, 2004.

ZAMFIRESCU C., NEGULESCU S., DUTA L. – A bio-inspired approach to solve the route allocation problem, The Scientific Bulletin of Electrical Engineering Faculty, Vol 8, Nr. 1, pp. 109-113, ISSN 1843-6188, Valahia University of Targoviste, 2008.

ZAMFIRESCU C., NEGULESCU S., KIFOR C., OPREAN C. – A stigmergic approach to route allocation in transportation network, în Enachescu C., Iantovics B., Filip F. (Eds.), Advances in Bio-Inspired Computational Methods, pp. 162-170, ISSN 2065-0418, Petru Maior University Press, 2008.

ZAMFIRESCU C., NEGULESCU S., BARBAT B. – Manufacturing control: an approach based on emergent functionalities, Romanian Journal of Informatics and Control, Vol. 15, Nr. 1, pp. 31-41, ISSN 1220 – 1758, Bucharest, 2005. (in Romanian)

BARBAT B., NEGULESCU S., ZAMFIRESCU C. – Boosting Synergy in Agent-Based Optimisation Tools, Transactions on automatic control and computer science, Vol. 49(63), Nr. 4, pp. 119-124, ISSN 1224-600X, Scientific Bulletin of „POLITEHNICA” University of Timisoara, 2004

ZAMFIRESCU C., STAICU M., LUCA M. – SEA: Search engine agents. Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis, Technical Series. Computer Science and Automatic Control, Vol. XXIX, pp. 139-144, ISSN 1221-4949, Ed. Universitatii “L. Blaga” din Sibiu, 1999 (Revista recunoscuta C.N.C.S.I.S).

BARBAT B., ZAMFIRESCU C. – A3ckm: Anthropocentric Agent Architectures for complex knowledge management. Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis, Technical Series. Computer Science and Automatic Control, Vol. XXIX, pp. 19-25, ISSN 1221-4949, Sibiu, 1999.

Conferences

ZAMFIRESCU, C.B., PIRVU, B.C., GORECKY, D., CHAKRAVARTHY, H. (2014). Human-centred assembly: a case study for an anthropocentric cyber-physical system; 2nd International Conference on System-integrated Intelligence: New Challenges for Product and Production Engineering; Bremen, Germany, Proceedia Technology, Elsevier.

ZAMFIRESCU, C.B., PIRVU, B.C., LOSKILL, M., ZUEHLKE, D. (2014). Do Not Cancel My Race with Cyber-Physical Systems. The 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Cape Town, South Africa.

ZAMFIRESCU L., C.B. ZAMFIRESCU (2013). A Business Process Analysis Approach For Group Decisions In Performance-Based Budgeting. The 12th International Conference on Informatics in Economy (IE 2013) Education, Research & Business Technologies, Bucharest.

ZAMFIRESCU L., ZAMFIRESCU C. (2013). Goal programming as a decision model for performance-based budgeting. Information Technology and Quantitative Management, Suzhou, China.

ZAMFIRESCU C., CANDEA C. (2012). A Stigmergic Guiding System to Facilitate the Group Decision Process, 28th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, Washington DC, USA

B. IANTOVICS, M. MARUSTERI, R. KOUNTCHEV, C. ZAMFIRESCU, B. CRAINICU. Intelligent CMDS Medical Agents with Learning Capacity, Proceedings of the International Conference on Virtual learning. ICVL 2010, October 29-October 31, 2010, Targu Mures, Romania, Editors. M. Vlada, G. Albeanu, D. M. Popovici, Bucharest University Press,  ISSN 1844-8933, pp. 325-331

ZAMFIRESCU C., DUTA L., CANDEA C. (2010). Implementing the “Design for Emergence” Principle in GDSS. In A. Respício et. al (Eds.), Bridging the Socio-technical Gap in Decision Support Systems – Challenges for the Next Decade, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 212, .p. 61-72, IOS Press.

DUTA L., ZAMFIRESCU C., CIOCA M., ADDOUCH S., Integrating DSS in Public Transportation Monitoring Systems. 12th IFAC LSS Symposium, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Franta, 2010.

ZAMFIRESCU C., DUTA L., B. IANTOVIS – The cognitive complexity in modelling the group decision process. The International Symposium on Understanding Intelligent and Complex Systems, Tg. Mures, Romania, 2009.

ZAMFIRESCU C., NEGULESCU S., OPREAN C., BANCIU D. – Ant Colony Optimization for Route Allocation in Transportation Networks, Proceedings of Bio-Inspired Computational Methods Used for Complex Problem Solving (BICS 2008), American Institute of Physics Proceedings, 2009.

DUTA L., FILIP F., ZAMFIRESCU C. – Genetic Algorithms – A Decision Tool in Industrial Dissambly, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Complexity and Intelligence of the Artificial and Natural Complex Systems (CANS 2008), ISBN -13:  978-0-7695-3621-7, pp. 55-62, 2009, IEEE Computer Society Press.

GEORGESCU A., CÂNDEA C., ZAMFIRESCU C. – iGDSS – A Software Framework for Group Decision Support Systems, Proceedings of The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected Conference, The User And Future of Information and Communication Technologies, COST Action 298 Participation in the Broadband Society – European Science Foundation, Moscow, Russian Federation, ISBN: 5-901907-17-5, 2007.

CHIRCA O., ZAMFIRESCU C. – IT Tools for Technology Foresight, Proceedings of The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected Conference, The User And Future of Information and Communication Technologies, COST Action 298 Participation in the Broadband Society – European Science Foundation, Moscow, Russian Federation, ISBN: 5-901907-17-5, p 856-462, 2007.

BARBAT B., NEGULESCU S., ZAMFIRESCU C. – Human-Driven Stigmergic Control. Moving the Threshold, Proceedings of the 17th World Congress IMACS (Scientific Computation, Applied Mathematics and Simulation), N. Simonov (Ed.), ISBN 2- 915913-02-01, Paris,2005.

GERMAIN B., VALCKENAERS P., BRUSSEL H., HADELI, BOCHMANN O., ZAMFRESCU C., VERSTRAETE P. Multi-Agent Manufacturing Control: An Industrial Case Study, în Monostori L., Kadar B., Morel. G. (Eds.), Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Pergamon Press, Elsevier, pp. 207-212, ISBN: 0-08-044289-7, 2003.

GERMAIN B., ZAMFRESCU C., BOCHMANN O, VALCKENAERS P., BRUSSEL H. – Benchmarking Of Manufacturing Control Systems in Simulation, Proceedings of the 3rd IFIP International Workshop On Performance Measurement, Bergamo, Italy, pp. 357-369, 2003.

ZAMFIRESCU C., FILIP F. – Supporting Self-Facilitation in Distributed Group Decisions, Proceedings 13th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications – DEXA 2002, Aix-en-Provence, France, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 0-7695-1668-8, pp. 321-325, 2002.

ZAMFIRESCU, C., CANDEA C., LUCA S. – On Integrating Agents Into GDSS, Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications, în FIlip F., Dumitrache I., Iliescu S. (Eds.), Pergamon Press, Elsevier, pp. 231-236, ISBN: 0-08-043691-9, 2002..

VALCKENAERS, P., KOLLINGBAUM M., BRUSSEL H., BOCHMANN O., ZAMFIRESCU C. – The Design Of Multi-Agent Coordination And Control Systems Using Stigmergy, Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Emergent Synthesis, Bled (IWES 2001), Slovenia, ISBN: 961-6238-49-3, pp. 151-160, 2001.

BARBAT B., C. ZAMFIRESCU – Polymorphic Agents for Modelling E-Business Users, Proceedings of the International NAISO Congress on Information Science Innovations, Symposium on E-Business And Beyond (EBB’2001), ICSC Academic Press, pp. 1018-1024, Dubai, 2001.

BARBAT B., CÂNDEA C., ZAMFIRESCU C. – Holons and Agents in Robotic Teams. A Synergistic Approach, Proceedings of the International NAISO Congress on Information Science Innovations ISI’2001 (ENAIS’2001), ICSC Academic Press Canada/The Netherlands, Dubai, pp. 654-661, 2001.

CÂNDEA C., STAICU S., ZAMFIRESCU C. – An agent-based system for modelling the searching process on the Web, Proceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems, Portoroz, Slovenia, pp. 103 – 106, 2000.

BARBAT B., ZAMFIRESCU C., COSTACHE G. – Agent-Oriented Captology For Medical Informatics, în Hasman A., Blobel B., Dudeck J., Engelbrecht R., Gell G., Prokosch H. (Eds.) Medical Infobahn for Europe, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 77, Hanover, Germany, IOS Press, ISSN: 0926-9630 ISBN: 1-58603-063-9, pp. 465-469, 2000..

LINGURARU, M., ZAMFIRESCU C. – The Cultural Impact of Anthropocentrical Systems in Medical Decision Making, Proceedings of 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems, High Tatras, Slovakia, pp. 473-478, 1999.

ZAMFIRESCU C., FILIP F. – An agent-oriented approach to team-based manufacturing systems, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Press, Belgium, pp. 651-658, 1999.

ZAMFIRESCU C., FILIP F. – From steering to coaching: a new challenge to executive support systems, Proceedings of the Second World Manufacturing Congress, ICSC Academic Press, UK, pp. 641-647, 1999..

ZAMFIRESCU C., FILIP F. – The Coach Metaphor as Lenses for Analysing Multiple Perspectives in CSCW: Implications for System Design, Preprints of Advanced Summer Institute (ASI’99), Leuven, Belgium, pp. 121-126, 1999.

ZAMFIRESCU C., BARBAT B., FILIP F. – The “coach” metaphor in CSCW decision making systems design, în Camarinha Matos L., Afsarmanesh H., Marik V. (Eds.) Intelligent Systems for Manufacturing: Multi-Agent Systems and Virtual Organizations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN: 0-412-84670-5, pp. 241-250, 1998.