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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, Mar. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Open Source Integrated Planner for Autonomous Navigation in Highly Dynamic Environments Hatem Darweesh, Eijiro Takeuchi, Kazuya Takeda, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Adi Sujiwo, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Tetsuo Tomizawa, and Shinpei Kato	autonomous driving, path planning, open source software
8	Vol.30 No.1 (2018)	Adaptive Path Planning for Cleaning Robots Considering Dust Distribution Takahiro Sasaki, Guillermo Enriquez, Takanobu Miwa, and Shuji Hashimoto	cleaning robot, coverage path planning, region segmentation, genetic algorithm, dirt distribution
12	Vol.28 No.2 (2016)	A New Close-Loop Control Method for an Inspection Robot Equipped with Electropermanent-Magnets Pakpoom Kriengkomol, Kazuto Kamiyama, Masaru Kojima, Mitsuhiro Horade, Yasushi Mae, and Tatsuo Arai	inspection robot, electropermanent-magnet, multi-legs robot, steel structure inspection, closed-loop control method
3	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
10	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Robust and Accurate Monocular Vision-Based Localization in Outdoor Environments of Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Eijiro Takeuchi, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Hatem Darweesh, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge

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JACIII Most Downloaded Papers, Mar. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.15 No.1 (2011)	A Fuzzy Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimized TS Fuzzy Logic Congestion Controller for Wireless Local Area Networks Clement N. Nyirenda, Dawoud S. Dawoud, Fangyan Dong, Michael Negnevitsky, and Kaoru Hirota	congestion, fuzzy logic, wireless LAN, particle swarm optimization
-	Vol.22 No.2 (2018)	On the Learning Method, Properties of the Extended Functional-Type SIRMs Connected Fuzzy Inference Model and Their Application to a Medical Diagnosis System Diederik van Krieken, Hirosato Seki, and Masahiro Inuiguchi	fuzzy inference system, single input rule modules connected fuzzy inference model (SIRMs model), equivalence, learning method, medical diagnosis system
3	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	A Survey of Video-Based Crowd Anomaly Detection in Dense Scenes Junjie Ma, Yaping Dai, and Kaoru Hirota	survey, anomaly detection, dense crowd scenes, crowd density estimation, abnormal event detection
-	Vol.18 No.1 (2014)	Design and Implementation of a Prototype Cloud Video Surveillance System Yong-Hua Xiong, Shao-Yun Wan, Yong He, and Dan Su	cloud computing, video surveillance, parallel computing, distributed storage
-	Vol.22 No.2 (2018)	Optimization of Constrained SIRMs Connected Type Fuzzy Inference Model Using Two-Phase Simplex Method Takeshi Nagata, Hirosato Seki, and Hiroaki Ishii	fuzzy inference systems, Single Input Rule Modules connected fuzzy inference model (SIRMs model), constrained SIRMs model, two-phase simplex method
2	Vol.22 No.1 (2018)	Suitable Aggregation Models Based on Risk Preferences for Supplier Selection and Order Allocation Problem Sirin Suprasongsin, Pisal Yenradee, Van-Nam Huynh, and Chayakrit Charoensiriwath	fuzzy multiple objective linear programming, aggregation operators, risk preferences of decision makers, supplier selection and order allocation
8	Vol.22 No.1 (2018)	Entropy Analysis on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and its Applications in Mode Assessment on Open Communities Hang Tian, Jiaru Li, Fangwei Zhang, Yujuan Xu, Caihong Cui, Yajun Deng, and Shujun Xiao	intuitionistic fuzzy sets, interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets, entropy, uncertainty, open community
4	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications Ratchakoon Pruengkarn, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung	data mining, data mining techniques, data mining application, big data
8	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Using Data Mining on Students’ Learning Features: A Clustering Approach for Student Classification Xiaolan Zhou, Jianqi An, Xin Zhao, and Yuanxing Dong	data mining, learning features, student classification, PCA, Ward clustering
-	Vol.21 No.7 (2017)	Retinal Blood Vessel Segmentation Using Extreme Learning Machine Fan Guo, Da Xiang, Beiji Zou, Chengzhang Zhu, and Shengnan Wang	retinal image, vessel segmentation, Extreme Learning Machine (ELM), Gabor filter, Hessian matrix, bottom-hat transformation
-	Vol.21 No.4 (2017)	Design of a MIMO Levitation Controller for Maglev Transportation System Tran Huu Luat and Yong-Tae Kim	levitation control, MIMO Maglev system, PID control, force loop controller, transportation system

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JDR Most Downloaded Papers, Mar. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.13 No.2 (2018)	Study on Disaster Emergency Provisions in the Constitution of Japan as a Measure Against Huge Disasters – A Discussion Based on Initial and Emergency Responses to the Great East Japan Earthquake (Earthquake and Tsunami) – Akira Kotaki and Fumio Takeda	Great East Japan Earthquake, Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters, declaration of a state of disaster emergency, Constitution of Japan, Disaster Emergency Provisions
11	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath Japanese Islands and Surroundings Based on NIED Seismic Networks Using both Inland and Offshore Events Makoto Matsubara, Hiroshi Sato, Kenji Uehira, Masashi Mochizuki, and Toshihiko Kanazawa	seismic tomography, failed rift, offshore event, NIED S-net
1	Vol.13 No.1 (2018)	Flood Hazard Assessment of Bago River Basin, Myanmar Win Win Zin, Akiyuki Kawasaki, Wataru Takeuchi, Zin Mar Lar Tin San, Kyaw Zaya Htun, Thet Hnin Aye, and Shelly Win	Bago river basin, flood hazard map, disaster risk management
4	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Machine Learning Based Building Damage Mapping from the ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 SAR Imagery: Case Study of 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Yanbing Bai, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas and Shunichi Koshimura	2016 Kumamoto earthquake, building damage mapping, ALOS-2/PALSAR-2, synthetic aperture radar, machine learning
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2016)	Numerical Simulations of Volcanic Ash Plume Dispersal from Kelud Volcano in Indonesia on February 13, 2014 Hiroshi L. Tanaka, Masato Iguchi, and Setsuya Nakada	PUFF model, Kelud volcano, aviation safety, airborne ash density, ash dispersion

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Mar. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2018)	Control Strategy of Screw Motion During Plasticizing Phase for All-Electric Injection Molding Machine Shengrui Yu and Lanyu Zeng	injection molding, screw motion, plasticizing, biaxial simultaneous motion
1	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Flow Analysis of Insert Molding Using Injection Molding CAE Kazuto Yoshida, Kazutoshi Ootsuki, and Koichi Hirose	injection molding, insert molding, flow analysis, mold shrinkage, weld line
10	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Study on Machining Vibration Suppression with Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers: Vibration Control for Long Fin Machining Ippei Kono, Takayuki Miyamoto, Koji Utsumi, Kenji Nishikawa, Hideaki Onozuka, Junichi Hirai, and Naohiko Sugita	tuned mass damper, machining, milling, chatter

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JACIII Most Downloaded Papers, Feb. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.19 No.1 (2015)	A Robust Visual-Feature-Extraction Method for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Public Outdoor Environment Gangchen Hua and Osamu Hasegawa	computer vision, visual SLAM
4	Vol.22 No.1 (2018)	Suitable Aggregation Models Based on Risk Preferences for Supplier Selection and Order Allocation Problem Sirin Suprasongsin, Pisal Yenradee, Van-Nam Huynh, and Chayakrit Charoensiriwath	fuzzy multiple objective linear programming, aggregation operators, risk preferences of decision makers, supplier selection and order allocation
4	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	A Survey of Video-Based Crowd Anomaly Detection in Dense Scenes Junjie Ma, Yaping Dai, and Kaoru Hirota	survey, anomaly detection, dense crowd scenes, crowd density estimation, abnormal event detection
7	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications Ratchakoon Pruengkarn, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung	data mining, data mining techniques, data mining application, big data
6	Vol.22 No.1 (2018)	Basic Study of the Influence of the Manner of Grasping, Number of Contacts, and Auditory Information on Recognition of Hardness of Objects by Visually Impaired Persons Using White Canes Kiyohiko Nunokawa, Manabu Chikai, Kouki Doi, and Shuichi Ino	white cane, visual impairment, tactile information, auditory information
9	Vol.22 No.1 (2018)	Joint Aspect Discovery, Sentiment Classification, Aspect-Level Ratings and Weights Approximation for Recommender Systems by Rating Supervised Latent Topic Model Wei Ou and Van-Nam Huynh	aspect discovery, sentiment classification, aspect weight approximation, topic model
-	Vol.20 No.6 (2016)	Simulation Study on Battery State of Charge Estimation Using Kalman Filter Furqan Asghar, Muhammad Talha, Sung Ho Kim, and In-Ho Ra	electric vehicle (EV), li-ion battery, battery model, SOC estimation, kalman filter
1	Vol.20 No.2 (2016)	PSO-SVR-Based Resource Demand Prediction in Cloud Computing Zhengfa Zhu, Jun Peng, Zhuofu Zhou, Xiaoyong Zhang, and Zhiwu Huang	cloud computing, resource usage prediction, support vector regression, particle swarm optimization
-	Vol.14 No.4 (2010)	An Efficient Algorithm for Optimizing Bipartite Modularity in Bipartite Networks Xin Liu and Tsuyoshi Murata	community detection, modularity, bipartite network, graph partitioning, link mining
11	Vol.21 No.5 (2017)	A Cascade Prediction Model of CO/CO₂ in the Sintering Process Ben Xu, Xin Chen, Min Wu, and Weihua Cao	sintering process, CO/CO₂, spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (SRCC), stepwise regression analysis (SRA), back-propagation neural network (BPNN)

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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, Feb. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
3	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Open Source Integrated Planner for Autonomous Navigation in Highly Dynamic Environments Hatem Darweesh, Eijiro Takeuchi, Kazuya Takeda, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Adi Sujiwo, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Tetsuo Tomizawa, and Shinpei Kato	autonomous driving, path planning, open source software
1	Vol.29 No.6 (2017)	Development of Communication Robot for STEM Education by Using Digital Fabrication Kazuo Kadota	communication robot, STEM education, digital fabrication, educational robotics
4	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
4	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Sound Source Localization Using Deep Learning Models Nelson Yalta, Kazuhiro Nakadai, and Tetsuya Ogata	sound source localization, deep learning, deep residual networks
9	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Development of Flexible Cowl Covered Mobile Robot in Consideration with Safety and Design Property Yasunari Kakigi, Kazumichi Inoue, Masaaki Hijikata, and Koichi Ozaki	robot cowl, service robot, autonomous mobile robot, robot design, Real World Robot Challenge

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JDR Most Downloaded Papers, Feb. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.13 No.1 (2018)	Flood Hazard Assessment of Bago River Basin, Myanmar Win Win Zin, Akiyuki Kawasaki, Wataru Takeuchi, Zin Mar Lar Tin San, Kyaw Zaya Htun, Thet Hnin Aye, and Shelly Win	Bago river basin, flood hazard map, disaster risk management
-	Vol.13 No.1 (2018)	Data Communication for Efficient Water Resource Management Among Multiple Stakeholders – A Case Study in the Bago River Basin, Myanmar – Naruhiko Shirai, Seemanta Sharma Bhagabati, Akira Kodaka, Naohiko Kohtake, Akiyuki Kawasaki, Ralph Allen Acierto, and Win Win Zin	data communication, decision making, water resource management, disaster, Myanmar
-	Vol.13 No.1 (2018)	Structure Deformation Measurement with Terrestrial Laser Scanner at Pathein Bridge in Myanmar Nuntikorn Kitratporn, Wataru Takeuchi, Koji Matsumoto, and Kohei Nagai	bridge inspection, geometric measurement, terrestrial laser scanner, point cloud, 3D model
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2016)	Vulnerability to Underground Inundation and Evacuation in Densely Urbanized Area Taisuke Ishigaki, Ryuji Kawanaka, Taira Ozaki, and Keiichi Toda	underground inundation, extreme flooding, evacuation, densely urbanized area
1	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Machine Learning Based Building Damage Mapping from the ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 SAR Imagery: Case Study of 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Yanbing Bai, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas and Shunichi Koshimura	2016 Kumamoto earthquake, building damage mapping, ALOS-2/PALSAR-2, synthetic aperture radar, machine learning
6	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	NIED’s V-net, the Fundamental Volcano Observation Network in Japan Toshikazu Tanada, Hideki Ueda, Masashi Nagai, and Motoo Ukawa	V-net, volcano, observation system, NIED

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Feb. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
4	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
7	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Structure Analysis with 3D Hexahedral Meshes Generated by a Label-Driven Subdivision Bo Liu, Kenjiro T. Miura, and Shin Usuki	structure analysis, hexahedral element, label-driven subdivision
4	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
7	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.5 No.5 (2011)	Tool Posture Planning Method for Continuous 5-Axis Control Machining on Machine Tool Coordinate System to Optimize Motion of Translational Axes Jun’ichi Kaneko and Kenichiro Horio	5-axis machining, CAM, tool posture, post processing, planning, GPGPU
7	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory

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JACIII Most Downloaded Papers, Jan. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.20 No.2 (2016)	PSO-SVR-Based Resource Demand Prediction in Cloud Computing Zhengfa Zhu, Jun Peng, Zhuofu Zhou, Xiaoyong Zhang, and Zhiwu Huang	cloud computing, resource usage prediction, support vector regression, particle swarm optimization
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2006)	Application of Fuzzy Inference Method in Printing Pressure State Expectation System Jianping Jing, Yasufumi Takama, and Toru Yamaguchi	fuzzy inference method, fuzzy membership function, printing pressure control, feature abstraction, image processing
-	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	Extracting Initial Iterative Control Signal Based on Trajectory Primitives Matching and Combining Jianming Xu, Lingxin Kong, and Yaodong Wang	iterative learning control, initial iterative control signal, trajectory primitive, optimal matching and combining algorithm, combined primitive sequence
-	Vol.22 No.1 (2018)	Suitable Aggregation Models Based on Risk Preferences for Supplier Selection and Order Allocation Problem Sirin Suprasongsin, Pisal Yenradee, Van-Nam Huynh, and Chayakrit Charoensiriwath	fuzzy multiple objective linear programming, aggregation operators, risk preferences of decision makers, supplier selection and order allocation
3	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	A Survey of Video-Based Crowd Anomaly Detection in Dense Scenes Junjie Ma, Yaping Dai, and Kaoru Hirota	survey, anomaly detection, dense crowd scenes, crowd density estimation, abnormal event detection
-	Vol.22 No.1 (2018)	Enhanced Service Discovery Model for Wireless Mesh Networks Lungisani Ndlovu, Okuthe P. Kogeda, and Manoj Lall	service discovery models, QoS, ACO, PSO, WMNs
5	Vol.21 No.7 (2017)	Time-Series Data Analysis Using Sliding Window Based SVD for Motion Evaluation Yinlai Jiang, Isao Hayashi, Shuoyu Wang, and Kenji Ishida	singular value decomposition, time-series data analysis, sliding window, motion analysis, walking difficulty evaluation

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JDR Most Downloaded Papers, Jan. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2017)	Early Fire Alert System During an Evacuation with Mobile Sensing Technology Hideki Mori, Masaki Ito, and Kaoru Sezaki	participatory sensing, disaster prevention, mobile sensing.
7	Vol.8 No.5 (2013)	Effectiveness of Disaster-Based School Program on Students’ Earthquake-Preparedness Wignyo Adiyoso and Hidehiko Kanegae	school, knowledge, risk perception, awareness, attitude, disaster preparedness, earthquake
5	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Machine Learning Based Building Damage Mapping from the ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 SAR Imagery: Case Study of 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Yanbing Bai, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas and Shunichi Koshimura	2016 Kumamoto earthquake, building damage mapping, ALOS-2/PALSAR-2, synthetic aperture radar, machine learning
5	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath Japanese Islands and Surroundings Based on NIED Seismic Networks Using both Inland and Offshore Events Makoto Matsubara, Hiroshi Sato, Kenji Uehira, Masashi Mochizuki, and Toshihiko Kanazawa	seismic tomography, failed rift, offshore event, NIED S-net
1	Vol.12 No.6 (2017)	Duration of Strong Motion Exceeding Bridge Design Spectra in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Nobuoto Nojima and Taiki Yamamoto	strong motion duration, velocity response, bridge specification, design spectra, the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2015)	Flood Control Mechanism of Multiple Dams Constructed in a Series Based on Cascade Method Hideo Oshikawa and Toshimitsu Komatsu	Cascade method, flood control, dry dam, overflow, empirical formula
7	Vol.12 No.6 (2017)	Citizen Earthquake Science in Taiwan: From Science to Hazard Mitigation Wen-Tzong Liang, Jian-Cheng Lee, Kate Huihsuan Chen, and Nai-Chi Hsiao	citizen earthquake science, crowdsourcing, Taiwan Earthquake Science Information System (TESIS), earthquake school in the cloud, Taiwan
-	Vol.7 No.sp (2012)	Government’s Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Atsushi Koresawa	Great East Japan Earthquake, Hyogo Framework for Action, tsunami, response, recovery
6	Vol.12 No.4 (2017)	Real-Time Tsunami Prediction System Using DONET Narumi Takahashi, Kentaro Imai, Masanobu Ishibashi, Kentaro Sueki, Ryoko Obayashi, Tatsuo Tanabe, Fumiyasu Tamazawa, Toshitaka Baba, and Yoshiyuki Kaneda	tsunami, real-time prediction, DONET
6	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Investigation of Damages in Immediate Vicinity of Co-Seismic Faults During the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Shohei Naito, Ken Xiansheng Hao, Shigeki Senna, Takuma Saeki, Hiromitsu Nakamura, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, and Takashi Azuma	damage investigation, building damage, co-seismic fault, microtremor observation, seismic hazard assessment
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2017)	Fusion of Real-Time Disaster Simulation and Big Data Assimilation – Recent Progress Shunichi Koshimura	real-time simulation, earthquake, tsunami, high-performance computing, GIS, big data
7	Vol.9 No.3 (2014)	Radiation and Generation of Short- and Long-Period Ground Motions from the 2011 Off Tohoku, Japan, M_w9.0 Earthquake Takashi Furumura	the 2011 Off-Tohoku, Japan earthquake, K-NET, KiK-net, long-period ground motion, strong ground motion
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2016)	Object-Based Method for Estimating Tsunami-Induced Damage Using TerraSAR-X Data Hideomi Gokon, Shunichi Koshimura, and Masashi Matsuoka	Remote sensing, Building damage, Tsunami, SAR, Object-based method
-	Vol.7 No.1 (2012)	Striving to Reduce Disaster Risk: Vulnerable Communities with Low Levels of Preparedness in Indonesia Deny Hidayati	community vulnerability, preparedness, coastal areas, disaster risk reduction, earthquake and tsunami disaster
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2016)	Mechanism of Volcanic Tephra Falling Detected by X-Band Multi-Parameter Radar Satoru Oishi, Masahiro Iida, Masahide Muranishi, Mariko Ogawa, Ratih Indri Hapsari and Masato Iguchi	volcanic tephra, X-band multi-parameter radar, quantitative amount estimation, low amount of ash detection, falling model
6	Vol.7 No.1 (2012)	Slip Rate Estimation of the Lembang Fault West Java from Geodetic Observation Irwan Meilano, Hasanuddin Z. Abidin, Heri Andreas, Irwan Gumilar, Dina Sarsito, Rahma Hanifa, Rino, Hery Harjono, Teruyuki Kato, Fumiaki Kimata, and Yoichi Fukuda	Lembang dault, GPS observation, slip rate, creeping and locking
-	Vol.7 No.5 (2012)	Effective Flood Control Through Integrated and Collaborative Dam Operation at Three Dams in the Upper Nabari River Takayoshi Matsumura, Hiroshi Kamiya, and Naohiro Yoshida	effective flood control, dam operation. rainfall forecast, runoff analysis, climate change
7	Vol.8 No.5 (2013)	A New Ground Motion Prediction Equation for Japan Applicable up to M9 Mega-Earthquake Nobuyuki Morikawa and Hiroyuki Fujiwara	ground motion prediction equation, the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake, seismic hazard assessment

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jan. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Microfabricated Temperature-Sensing Devices Using a Microfluidic Chip for Biological Applications Naoki Inomata, Masaya Toda, and Takahito Ono	thermal sensor, MEMS, Micro-TAS, thermistor, mechanical resonator
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Machine Tool Energy Efficiency – A Component Mapping-Based Approach Timo Schudeleit, Simon Züst, Lukas Weiss, and Konrad Wegener	energy efficiency, machine tools, sustainable manufacturing
6	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Study on Machining Vibration Suppression with Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers: Vibration Control for Long Fin Machining Ippei Kono, Takayuki Miyamoto, Koji Utsumi, Kenji Nishikawa, Hideaki Onozuka, Junichi Hirai, and Naohiko Sugita	tuned mass damper, machining, milling, chatter
-	Vol.5 No.6 (2011)	Questionnaire Survey on Ultra-Precision Positioning Takaaki Oiwa, Masahide Katsuki, Mitsuji Karita, Wei Gao, Susumu Makinouchi, Kaiji Sato, and Yasuji Oohashi	ultra-precision positioning, questionnaire
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Graphene Nanomechanical Resonator Mass Sensing of Mixed H₂/Ar Gas Manoharan Muruganathan, Fumihiro Seto, and Hiroshi Mizuta	graphene, NEMS, resonator, inertial mass sensing
-	Vol.7 No.1 (2013)	A Determination Method of Cutting Coefficients in Ball End Milling Forces Model Hirohisa Narita	ball end mill, cutting force, cutting coefficients
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	On-Chip FRET Graphene Aptasensor Yuko Ueno and Kazuaki Furukawa	graphene, aptamer, biosensor, microchannel, fluorescence resonance energy transfer
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	MEMS Sensor Devices with a Piezo-Resistive Cantilever Kiyoshi Matsumoto and Isao Shimoyama	cantilever, sensor, piezo-resistive, MEMS
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Design of Two-Wheeled Self-Balancing Robot Based on Sensor Fusion Algorithm Jianhai Han, Xiangpan Li, and Qi Qin	PID, sensor fusion, accelerometer, gyroscope, two-wheeled self-balancing robot
6	Vol.5 No.4 (2011)	Quantitative Performance Analysis of Exoskeleton Augmenting Devices - Muscle Suit - for Manual Worker Yoshiki Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yutaka Sato, He Jiaou, Takuya Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Kobayashi	muscle suit, wearable robot, exoskeleton, McKibben artificial muscle, quantitative performance evaluation
6	Vol.7 No.3 (2013)	Effect of Carbon Fiber Orientation and Helix Angle on CFRP Cutting Characteristics by End-Milling Masahiro Hagino and Takashi Inoue	CFRP, end milling, helix angle, carbon fiber orientation, cutting force
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Advances in Noninvasive Glucose Sensing Enabled by Photonics, Acoustics, and Microwaves Takuro Tajima, Masahito Nakamura, Yujiro Tanaka, and Michiko Seyama	photoacoustic, dielectric spectroscopy, noninvasive glucose sensor, biomedical, multiphysics-based sensing
6	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	A Surface Normal On-Machine Measuring Method Using Eddy-Current (EC) Sensor Array Meng Lian, Hai Bo Liu, Yong Qing Wang, Yang Li, Xian Jun Sheng, and Ying Wei Ying	normal vector measurement, EC sensor array, inclination error, coupling interference, calibration
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	Bioanalytical Method Based on Extended-Gate Field-Effect Transistor Modified by Self-Assembled Monolayer Taira Kajisa and Toshiya Sakata	field-effect transistor, self-assembled monolayer, extended-gate
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2018)	High-Yield Bridged Assembly of ssDNA-Modified SWCNT Using Dielectrophoresis Yusuke Shiomi, Yoshikazu Hirai, Osamu Tabata, and Toshiyuki Tsuchiya	single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT), single strand DNA modification, dielectrophoresis, electroless gold deposition, back-gate type field effect transistor (FET)
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Prototype Development of a Parallel-Link Robot Actuated by Pneumatic Linear Drives with Variable Inclination Mechanisms Takahiro Kosaki, Yoshihiro Morinaga, and Manabu Sano	fluid power system, pneumatic actuator, parallel-link robot, workspace, kinematics
-	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	Improvement of the Static and Dynamic Behavior of a Milling Robot Michael Friedrich Zaeh and Oliver Roesch	milling, robot, chatter, compensation
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Integrated Chatter Monitoring Based on Sensorless Cutting Force/Torque Estimation in Parallel Turning Yuki Yamada, Takashi Kadota, Shinya Sakata, Junji Tachibana, Kenichi Nakanishi, Manabu Sawada, and Yasuhiro Kakinuma	chatter, multi-tasking machine tool, parallel turning, observer, sensorless monitoring
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	A Spherical Motor Driven by Electro-Magnets Based on Polyhedrons Akio Gofuku, Kazuki Adachi, Yuta Okido, and Tomoaki Yano	spherical motor, electro-magnetic force, dynamic simulation, basic rotation performance, five-phase alternating current

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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, Jan. 2018

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
3	Vol.29 No.6 (2017)	Development of Communication Robot for STEM Education by Using Digital Fabrication Kazuo Kadota	communication robot, STEM education, digital fabrication, educational robotics
6	Vol.23 No.3 (2011)	Realization and Safety Measures of Patient Transfer by Nursing-Care Assistant Robot RIBA with Tactile Sensors Toshiharu Mukai, Shinya Hirano, Hiromichi Nakashima, Yuki Sakaida, and Shijie Guo	nursing-care assistant robot, physical humanrobot interaction, safety measures, tactile sensor
9	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Open Source Integrated Planner for Autonomous Navigation in Highly Dynamic Environments Hatem Darweesh, Eijiro Takeuchi, Kazuya Takeda, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Adi Sujiwo, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Tetsuo Tomizawa, and Shinpei Kato	autonomous driving, path planning, open source software
-	Vol.29 No.3 (2017)	Spherical Video Stabilization by Estimating Rotation from Dense Optical Flow Fields Sarthak Pathak, Alessandro Moro, Hiromitsu Fujii, Atsushi Yamashita, and Hajime Asama	video stabilization, spherical videos, dense optical flow
6	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
4	Vol.29 No.6 (2017)	Robotics Programming Learning for Elementary and Junior High School Students Yoshihiro Ohnishi, Kimitoshi Honda, Rintaro Nishioka, Shinnosuke Mori, and Kazuo Kawada	robotics, programming, elementary school, junior high school, technology education
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Sound Source Localization Using Deep Learning Models Nelson Yalta, Kazuhiro Nakadai, and Tetsuya Ogata	sound source localization, deep learning, deep residual networks
-	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Autonomous Mobile Robot Searching for Persons with Specific Clothing on Urban Walkway Ryohsuke Mitsudome, Hisashi Date, Azumi Suzuki, Takashi Tsubouchi, and Akihisa Ohya	mobile robot, object recognition, neural network, Tsukuba Challenge
-	Vol.10 No.6 (1998)	Symbolic Analysis of Robot Base Parameter Set Using Grobner-Basis Harushisa Kawasaki and Toshimi Shimizu	Robot, Grobner base, Computer algebra, Dynamics, Maple

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8	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications Ratchakoon Pruengkarn, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung	data mining, data mining techniques, data mining application, big data
-	Vol.21 No.7 (2017)	Consistent Conjectural Variations Equilibrium in a Semi-Mixed Duopoly Vitaliy V. Kalashnikov, José G. Flores-Muñiz, Vyacheslav V. Kalashnikov, and Nataliya I. Kalashnykova	game theory, mixed duopoly, conjectural variations equilibrium (CVE), consistent conjectures, optimal socialization level
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-	Vol.17 No.4 (2013)	Spectral Classification of Oral and Nasal Snoring Sounds Using a Support Vector Machine Tsuyoshi Mikami, Yohichiro Kojima, Kazuya Yonezawa, Masahito Yamamoto, and Masashi Furukawa	support vector machine, snoring sound, sleep apnea syndrome, pattern classification
6	Vol.21 No.5 (2017)	Exploitation-Oriented Learning with Deep Learning – Introducing Profit Sharing to a Deep Q-Network – Kazuteru Miyazaki	reinforcement learning, deep learning, deep reinforcement learning, profit sharing, deep Q-network
2	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	A Survey of Video-Based Crowd Anomaly Detection in Dense Scenes Junjie Ma, Yaping Dai, and Kaoru Hirota	survey, anomaly detection, dense crowd scenes, crowd density estimation, abnormal event detection
10	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	An Adaptive Fast Charging Strategy for LiFePO4 Battery Applied to Heavy-Haul Train ECP Brake System Liran Li, Zhiwu Huang, Xiaohui Gong, Jun Peng, and Yanhui Zhou	SOC estimation, lithium battery, adaptive fast charging strategy, sliding-mode observer
-	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	Pseudospectral Real-Time Optimal Energy Control with Safety Constraints for Heavy-Haul Trains Rui Zhang, Jun Peng, Bin Chen, Hongtao Liao, and Zhiwu Huang	energy-efficient, safety, optimal control, radau pseudospectral method
10	Vol.21 No.7 (2017)	Retinal Blood Vessel Segmentation Using Extreme Learning Machine Fan Guo, Da Xiang, Beiji Zou, Chengzhang Zhu, and Shengnan Wang	retinal image, vessel segmentation, Extreme Learning Machine (ELM), Gabor filter, Hessian matrix, bottom-hat transformation
9	Vol.21 No.7 (2017)	Noise Rejection in MMMs-Induced Fuzzy Co-Clustering Katsuhiro Honda, Nami Yamamoto, Seiki Ubukata, and Akira Notsu	fuzzy clustering, co-clustering, noise rejection
-	Vol.19 No.2 (2015)	App Controllable Intelligent Desk Lamp System Yu Ping Liao, Ruei Chang Lu, Pang Tzu Liu, Jing Xiang Cao, and Ko Chi Wei	FPGA, intelligent desk lamp, image processing, 3D printer, servo motor control
3	Vol.21 No.6 (2017)	Mobile Game-Based Learning with a Mobile App: Motivational Effects and Learning Performance Yu-Lan Huang, Dian-Fu Chang, and Berlin Wu	mobile game-based learning (MGBL), mobile apps, ubiquitous learning, motivational effects, vocabulary acquisition
-	Vol.21 No.7 (2017)	An Improved Rumor Routing Protocol Based on Optimized Intersection Angle Theory and Localization Technologies in WSN Zhuang Liu, Xin Feng, Jing Zhang, Yan Liu, Jianfei Zhang, and Xin Zhang	WSN, rumor routing, intersection angle, localization, network lifecycle
9	Vol.21 No.7 (2017)	Interactive Surgery System with 3D Electromagnetic Motion Tracker for Training Surgeons in Skin Cutting Skills Needed in Total Knee Arthroplasty Yosuke Uozumi and Kouki Nagamune	total knee arthroplasty, surgical training system, computer-aided surgery

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-	Vol.12 No.6 (2017)	Duration of Strong Motion Exceeding Bridge Design Spectra in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Nobuoto Nojima and Taiki Yamamoto	strong motion duration, velocity response, bridge specification, design spectra, the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes
-	Vol.7 No.3 (2012)	Cutaneous Papillomatosis in Cattle Shinichi Hatama	bovine papillomavirus (BPV), epithelial papillomatosis, fibropapillomatosis, BPV-9
2	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Machine Learning Based Building Damage Mapping from the ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 SAR Imagery: Case Study of 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Yanbing Bai, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas and Shunichi Koshimura	2016 Kumamoto earthquake, building damage mapping, ALOS-2/PALSAR-2, synthetic aperture radar, machine learning
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Investigation of Damages in Immediate Vicinity of Co-Seismic Faults During the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Shohei Naito, Ken Xiansheng Hao, Shigeki Senna, Takuma Saeki, Hiromitsu Nakamura, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, and Takashi Azuma	damage investigation, building damage, co-seismic fault, microtremor observation, seismic hazard assessment
-	Vol.12 No.6 (2017)	A Study on the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake: Citizen’s Evaluation of Earthquake Information and Their Evacuation and Sheltering Behaviors Reo Kimura, Shoji Ohtomo, and Naoshi Hirata	random sampled questionnaire survey, pre-earthquake awareness of local active faults, victims’ post-earthquake evacuation and sheltering behavior, aftershock information
3	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Effects and Issues of Information Sharing System for Disaster Response Yuichiro Usuda, Makoto Hanashima, Ryota Sato, and Hiroaki Sano	disaster response, disaster information, information sharing, WebGIS, standardization
-	Vol.12 No.6 (2017)	The Influences of Residents’ Evacuation Patterns in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake on Public Risk Perceptions and Trust Toward Authorities Shoji Ohtomo, Reo Kimura, and Naoshi Hirata	Kumamoto earthquake, risk communication, risk perception, similarity, trust
-	Vol.12 No.6 (2017)	Citizen Earthquake Science in Taiwan: From Science to Hazard Mitigation Wen-Tzong Liang, Jian-Cheng Lee, Kate Huihsuan Chen, and Nai-Chi Hsiao	citizen earthquake science, crowdsourcing, Taiwan Earthquake Science Information System (TESIS), earthquake school in the cloud, Taiwan

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-	Vol.9 No.5 (2015)	Detection of Human Position and Motion by Thermopile Infrared Sensor Xipeng Zhang, Hiroaki Seki, and Masatoshi Hikizu	thermopile infrared sensor, human position, body orientation, steepest descent method
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.7 No.2 (2013)	Laser-Generated Surface Acoustic Wave Technique for Crack Monitoring – A Review Kun Chen, Xing Fu, Dante J. Dorantes-Gonzalez, Yanning Li, Sen Wu, and Xiaotang Hu	surface acoustic wave, laser-generated, crack monitoring, quantitative detection
1	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Precision Machining of Sintered Zirconia Ceramics by High-Speed Milling Yusuke Ito, Naohiko Sugita, Tatsuya Fujii, Toru Kizaki, and Mamoru Mitsuishi	precision cutting, ceramics, zirconia, high-speed milling
5	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.3 No.3 (2009)	Precision Positioning Control by Modeling Frictional Behaviors of Linear Ball Guideway Toshiharu Tanaka, Jiro Otsuka, and Takaaki Oiwa	precision positioning, nonlinear frictional model, bristle model, linear ball guideway, circular contouring error
10	Vol.9 No.3 (2015)	An Exact Method for Robust Capacity Requirements Planning Daisuke Morita and Haruhiko Suwa	capacity requirements planning, robust load plan, dynamic environment, uncertainty, exact method
10	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	FEM-Based Simulation for Workpiece Deformation in Thin-Wall Milling Jun Wang, Soichi Ibaraki, Atsushi Matsubara, Kosuke Shida, and Takayuki Yamada	deformation, thin wall, milling, rib
9	Vol.7 No.2 (2013)	Design of Wearable Power Assist Wear for Low Back Support Using Pneumatic Actuators Xiangpan Li, Toshiro Noritsugu, Masahiro Takaiwa, and Daisuke Sasaki	power assist wear, low back, pneumatic rubber artificial muscle, IMU, iEMG
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Effect of Tool Run-Out on Micro-Groove Milling for a Microchannel Die Kenichi Iwatsuka, Yukio Maeda, Takanori Yazawa, and Shinya Suzuki	cutting, milling, microchannel chip die, cutting force, tool run-out
-	Vol.4 No.4 (2010)	Redundant Parallel Mechanism for Haptic Applications Jumpei Arata and Hideo Fujimoto	parallel mechanism, haptic device, redundancy
-	Vol.5 No.6 (2011)	Study of a Precision Pneumatic Positioning Device Using PZT Dither Yung-Tien Liu, Kuo-Ming Chang, and Huang-Ren Lee	precision positioning, PZT dither, pneumatic actuator, Taguchi method, system identification
9	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
4	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Development of Cutting Force Prediction Method Using Motion Information from CNC Controller Tomoya Hida, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, Masaaki Kanamaru, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cutting force, prediction, CNC, NC data, motion error

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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, Dec. 2017

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6	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	Current Status and Future Trends on Robot Vision Technology Manabu Hashimoto, Yukiyasu Domae, and Shun’ichi Kaneko	robot vision, object recognition, 3D feature, industrial robot system, future trends
10	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Sliding Mode Control for Hexacopter Stabilization with Motor Failure Yi Yang, Wei Wang, Daisuke Iwakura, Akio Namiki, and Kenzo Nonami	hexacopter, fault tolerant, MRSMC, control allocation
1	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Open Source Integrated Planner for Autonomous Navigation in Highly Dynamic Environments Hatem Darweesh, Eijiro Takeuchi, Kazuya Takeda, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Adi Sujiwo, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Tetsuo Tomizawa, and Shinpei Kato	autonomous driving, path planning, open source software
11	Vol.27 No.6 (2015)	Simple Trajectory Control Method of Robot Arm Using Flexible Pneumatic Cylinders Mohd Aliff, Shujiro Dohta, and Tetsuya Akagi	pneumatic robot arm, pneumatic actuators, trajectory control, PWM control valve, flexible pneumatic cylinder
-	Vol.27 No.2 (2015)	Recognition of Center Circles for Encoded Targets in Digital Close-Range Industrial Photogrammetry Huang Xuemei, Su Xinyong, and Liu Weihong	digital close-range industrial photogrammetry, encoded target, recognition
6	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
-	Vol.29 No.6 (2017)	Development of Communication Robot for STEM Education by Using Digital Fabrication Kazuo Kadota	communication robot, STEM education, digital fabrication, educational robotics

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-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Precision Machining of Sintered Zirconia Ceramics by High-Speed Milling Yusuke Ito, Naohiko Sugita, Tatsuya Fujii, Toru Kizaki, and Mamoru Mitsuishi	precision cutting, ceramics, zirconia, high-speed milling
8	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Age of Compensation – Challenge and Chance for Machine Tool Industry Konrad Wegener, Sascha Weikert, and Josef Mayr	machine tools, accuracy, calibration, compensation, modelling, control
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Development of Tool Collision Avoidance Method Adapted to Uncut Workpiece Shape Kento Watanabe, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Kenichiro Horio	collision avoidance, tool posture, voxel representation method, five-axis machining, CAM
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1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Estimation Method of Machining Error on Low Rigidity Workpiece for Tool Posture Planning Kohei Ichikawa, Hironobu Saito, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Yuki Okuma, and Kenichiro Horio	CAM, blade cutting, FEM, simulation, low rigidity workpiece
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Development of Cutting Force Prediction Method Using Motion Information from CNC Controller Tomoya Hida, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, Masaaki Kanamaru, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cutting force, prediction, CNC, NC data, motion error
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Influence of Early-Stage Hydrolysis on Tensile Fracture Behavior of HAp/PLA Composites Interface-Controlled by Reaction Control Utilizing Photodissociable Protecting Groups Mototsugu Tanaka, Tomoyuki Takahashi, and Isao Kimpara	HAp/PLA composites, scaffold, interface control, hydrolysis, fracture behavior
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Three-Dimensional Observation of Microstructure of Bone Tissue Using High-Precision Machining Naomichi Furushiro, Hideo Yokota, Sakiko Nakamura, Kazuhiro Fujisaki, Yutaka Yamagata, Mitsunori Kokubo, Ryutaro Himeno, Akitake Makinouchi, and Toshiro Higuchi	precision machining, microstructure, bone, anisotropy, three-dimensional information
-	Vol.1 No.2 (2007)	Optimal Structure Design Methodology for Compound Multiaxis Machine Tools - II - Investigation of Basic Structure - Masamitsu Nakaminami, Tsutomu Tokuma, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Sachinori Sakashita, Toshimichi Moriwaki, and Keiichi Nakamoto	compound machine tool, structural design, box-in-box, rigidity, vibration
3	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
8	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	Development of High-Speed Processing Method to Evaluate Elastic Deformations of Workpieces Kenji Komiya, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, and Kenichiro Horio	simulation, deformation analysis, cutting force, workpiece, GPGPU
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2017)	On-Machine Estimation of Workpiece Deformation for Thin-Structured Parts Machining Koji Teramoto	workpiece deformation, workholding, on-machine estimation, thin-structured parts

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4	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Open Source Integrated Planner for Autonomous Navigation in Highly Dynamic Environments Hatem Darweesh, Eijiro Takeuchi, Kazuya Takeda, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Adi Sujiwo, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Tetsuo Tomizawa, and Shinpei Kato	autonomous driving, path planning, open source software
2	Vol.29 No.5 (2017)	Traversability-Based RRT^* for Planetary Rover Path Planning in Rough Terrain with LIDAR Point Cloud Data Reiya Takemura and Genya Ishigami	path planning, field robotics, RRT, planetary rover
8	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Robust and Accurate Monocular Vision-Based Localization in Outdoor Environments of Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Eijiro Takeuchi, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Hatem Darweesh, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
5	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Sound Source Localization Using Deep Learning Models Nelson Yalta, Kazuhiro Nakadai, and Tetsuya Ogata	sound source localization, deep learning, deep residual networks
9	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	Current Status and Future Trends on Robot Vision Technology Manabu Hashimoto, Yukiyasu Domae, and Shun’ichi Kaneko	robot vision, object recognition, 3D feature, industrial robot system, future trends
10	Vol.25 No.4 (2013)	Design, Modeling and Performance Testing of End-Effector for Sweet Pepper Harvesting Robot Hand Shivaji Bachche and Koichi Oka	gripper, cutting tool, gripper model, sweet pepper harvesting robot, gripper simulation
8	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Study on the Influence of Temperature of Extruder Head on the Strength of the FDM 3D Printing Model Hiroki Endo and Takashi Umeno	FDM, tensile strength, modeling speed, extruder head, temperature
-	Vol.28 No.3 (2016)	Drone Technology, Cutting-Edge Drone Business, and Future Prospects Kenzo Nonami	drone, mini-surveyor, drone business, cutting-edge drone technology, mini-surveyor consortium
4	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	ORB-SHOT SLAM: Trajectory Correction by 3D Loop Closing Based on Bag-of-Visual-Words (BoVW) Model for RGB-D Visual SLAM Zheng Chai and Takafumi Matsumaru	trajectory correction, loop closing, bag-of-visual-words (BoVW), 3D vocabulary, RGB-D SLAM

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8	Vol.18 No.5 (2014)	Weather Forecasting Using Artificial Neural Network and Bayesian Network Klent Gomez Abistado, Catherine N. Arellano, and Elmer A. Maravillas	artificial neural networks, backpropagation, bayesian network, weather forecast, PAG-ASA
4	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	A Survey of Video-Based Crowd Anomaly Detection in Dense Scenes Junjie Ma, Yaping Dai, and Kaoru Hirota	survey, anomaly detection, dense crowd scenes, crowd density estimation, abnormal event detection
3	Vol.21 No.5 (2017)	Modeling the Effect of Exchange Rate Liberalization on China’s Macro Economy Xiaowen Hu, Duanming Zhou, Chengchen Hu, and Fei Ai	exchange rate liberalization, a small open DSGE model, macroeconomic effects
2	Vol.21 No.6 (2017)	Mobile Game-Based Learning with a Mobile App: Motivational Effects and Learning Performance Yu-Lan Huang, Dian-Fu Chang, and Berlin Wu	mobile game-based learning (MGBL), mobile apps, ubiquitous learning, motivational effects, vocabulary acquisition
10	Vol.3 No.2 (1999)	Recursive Fuzzy Modeling Based on Fuzzy Interpolation Saeed Bagheri Shouraki and Nakaji Honda	FUZZY modeling, Linear prediction coding, Neural networks
-	Vol.11 No.8 (2007)	The Design of Central Pattern Generators Based on the Matsuoka Oscillator to Generate Rhythmic Human-Like Movement for Biped Robots Guang Lei Liu, Maki K. Habib, Keigo Watanabe, and Kiyotaka Izumi	central pattern generator (CPG), nonlinear neural oscillator, rhythmic movement, biped locomotion, biped robot.
8	Vol.14 No.4 (2010)	An Efficient Algorithm for Optimizing Bipartite Modularity in Bipartite Networks Xin Liu and Tsuyoshi Murata	community detection, modularity, bipartite network, graph partitioning, link mining
7	Vol.21 No.5 (2017)	Experimental Study on Behavior Acquisition of Mobile Robot by Deep Q-Network Hikaru Sasaki, Tadashi Horiuchi, and Satoru Kato	deep reinforcement learning, deep Q-network, mobile robot, behavior acquisition

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2	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Relationship Between b-Value Distribution and the Magma Plumbing System in and Around Mt. Tarumae, Japan Keita Chiba, Hideki Ueda, and Toshikazu Tanada	b-value, material heterogeneity, effective normal stress, magma chamber
1	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Machine Learning Based Building Damage Mapping from the ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 SAR Imagery: Case Study of 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Yanbing Bai, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas and Shunichi Koshimura	2016 Kumamoto earthquake, building damage mapping, ALOS-2/PALSAR-2, synthetic aperture radar, machine learning
13	Vol.1 No.3 (2006)	Seismic Design Codes for Buildings in Japan Hiroshi Kuramoto	the Building Standard Law of Japan, seismic design code, two-phase earthquake design, performance based earthquake design
4	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Effects and Issues of Information Sharing System for Disaster Response Yuichiro Usuda, Makoto Hanashima, Ryota Sato, and Hiroaki Sano	disaster response, disaster information, information sharing, WebGIS, standardization
12	Vol.12 No.3 (2017)	Sensitivity Analysis of Depth-Integrated Numerical Models for Estimating Landslide Movement Teuku Faisal Fathani, Djoko Legono, and Muhammad Ahnaf Alfath	landslide movement, runout distance, moving velocity, shear resistance, internal friction
10	Vol.12 No.4 (2017)	Real-Time Tsunami Prediction System Using DONET Narumi Takahashi, Kentaro Imai, Masanobu Ishibashi, Kentaro Sueki, Ryoko Obayashi, Tatsuo Tanabe, Fumiyasu Tamazawa, Toshitaka Baba, and Yoshiyuki Kaneda	tsunami, real-time prediction, DONET
6	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Simple Estimation Method for the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake’s Direct Damage Amount Qinglin Cui, Mingji Cui, Toshihisa Toyoda, and Hitoshi Taniguchi	Kumamoto Earthquake, seismic intensity scales, direct damage amount, multiple regression analysis, promptness
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2016)	Real-Time Simulation of Dynamic Traffic Flow with Traffic Data Assimilation Approach Yosuke Kawasaki, Yusuke Hara, Takuma Mitani, and Masao Kuwahara	traffic state estimation, data assimilation, kinematic wave theory, probe vehicle trajectory
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2015)	Integration of GIS with Remote Sensing and GPS for Disaster Mitigation Sikander Nawaz Khan	GPS, GIS, remote sensing, disaster mitigation

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-	Vol.4 No.4 (1992)	A Study on Optical Piezo-Electric Actuator (Response Experiments by U.V. Beam and Photo Response Model) Shinobu Hattori, Toshio Fukuda and Shigenobu Nagamori	Actuator, Optical Piezo-Electric Element, Modelling, Response, Characteristics of light beam
-	Vol.29 No.5 (2017)	Traversability-Based RRT^* for Planetary Rover Path Planning in Rough Terrain with LIDAR Point Cloud Data Reiya Takemura and Genya Ishigami	path planning, field robotics, RRT, planetary rover
-	Vol.29 No.5 (2017)	Wheel Slip Classification Method for Mobile Robot in Sandy Terrain Using In-Wheel Sensor Takuya Omura and Genya Ishigami	wheel slip classification, wheel-soil interaction, in-wheel sensor, support vector machine
2	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Open Source Integrated Planner for Autonomous Navigation in Highly Dynamic Environments Hatem Darweesh, Eijiro Takeuchi, Kazuya Takeda, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Adi Sujiwo, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Tetsuo Tomizawa, and Shinpei Kato	autonomous driving, path planning, open source software
8	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	ORB-SHOT SLAM: Trajectory Correction by 3D Loop Closing Based on Bag-of-Visual-Words (BoVW) Model for RGB-D Visual SLAM Zheng Chai and Takafumi Matsumaru	trajectory correction, loop closing, bag-of-visual-words (BoVW), 3D vocabulary, RGB-D SLAM
3	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
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1	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications Ratchakoon Pruengkarn, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung	data mining, data mining techniques, data mining application, big data
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6	Vol.21 No.5 (2017)	Modeling the Effect of Exchange Rate Liberalization on China’s Macro Economy Xiaowen Hu, Duanming Zhou, Chengchen Hu, and Fei Ai	exchange rate liberalization, a small open DSGE model, macroeconomic effects
9	Vol.21 No.5 (2017)	Exploitation-Oriented Learning with Deep Learning – Introducing Profit Sharing to a Deep Q-Network – Kazuteru Miyazaki	reinforcement learning, deep learning, deep reinforcement learning, profit sharing, deep Q-network
7	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	A Survey of Video-Based Crowd Anomaly Detection in Dense Scenes Junjie Ma, Yaping Dai, and Kaoru Hirota	survey, anomaly detection, dense crowd scenes, crowd density estimation, abnormal event detection
5	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	A Novel Micro-Pressure Power Generation System Based on Super Capacitor Energy Storage and PI Controller Zhen-Tao Liu, Hui-Ting Wang, Dan-Yun Li, Hao Zhou, and Zi-Han Zhou	pressure power generation system, piezoelectric ceramic power generation device, super capacitor, energy storage

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5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
7	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	How Lean Manufacturing Affects the Creation of Sustainable Value: An Integrated Model Barbara Resta, Stefano Dotti, Paolo Gaiardelli, and Albachiara Boffelli	lean manufacturing, environmental sustainability, social sustainability, economic sustainability, sustainable operations management
5	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
6	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.8 No.2 (2014)	Motion Analysis of a Manta Robot for Underwater Exploration by Propulsive Experiments and the Design of Central Pattern Generator Masaaki Ikeda, Shigeki Hikasa, Keigo Watanabe, and Isaku Nagai	underwater ecology investigation, autonomous underwater vehicle, fish robot, central pattern generator

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5	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Machine Learning Based Building Damage Mapping from the ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 SAR Imagery: Case Study of 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Yanbing Bai, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas and Shunichi Koshimura	2016 Kumamoto earthquake, building damage mapping, ALOS-2/PALSAR-2, synthetic aperture radar, machine learning
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2015)	Current Issues Regarding the Incident Command System in the Philippines Miho Ohara and Hisaya Sawano	Incident Command System (ICS), Republic of the Philippines, crisis management, disaster response
8	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Relationship Between b-Value Distribution and the Magma Plumbing System in and Around Mt. Tarumae, Japan Keita Chiba, Hideki Ueda, and Toshikazu Tanada	b-value, material heterogeneity, effective normal stress, magma chamber
12	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	The Standardized Disaster-Information Products for Disaster Management: Concept and Formulation Makoto Hanashima, Ryota Sato, and Yuichiro Usuda	information sharing, disaster management, disaster information, emergency response
9	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Effects and Issues of Information Sharing System for Disaster Response Yuichiro Usuda, Makoto Hanashima, Ryota Sato, and Hiroaki Sano	disaster response, disaster information, information sharing, WebGIS, standardization

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Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Control Method for Helicopters Tethered to Ground Station with Compensation for Disturbance Caused by Cable Tension Atsushi Imadu, Takanori Sakai, and Tadao Kawai	cabled helicopter, tethered helicopter, multicopter, compensation control, tension
-	Vol.24 No.1 (2012)	PDAC-Based 3-D Biped Walking Adapted to Rough Terrain Environment Tadayoshi Aoyama, Kosuke Sekiyama, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, and Toshio Fukuda	biped walking, point-contact, rough terrain
-	Vol.29 No.4 (2017)	Open Source Integrated Planner for Autonomous Navigation in Highly Dynamic Environments Hatem Darweesh, Eijiro Takeuchi, Kazuya Takeda, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Adi Sujiwo, Luis Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Tetsuo Tomizawa, and Shinpei Kato	autonomous driving, path planning, open source software
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
1	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	Current Status and Future Trends on Robot Vision Technology Manabu Hashimoto, Yukiyasu Domae, and Shun’ichi Kaneko	robot vision, object recognition, 3D feature, industrial robot system, future trends
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Fundamental Study on Road Detection Method Using Multi-Layered Distance Data with HOG and SVM Keisuke Kazama, Yasuhiro Akagi, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, and Hiroshi Mouri	autonomous vehicle, machine learning, histograms, gradients, active safety
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Autonomous Flight of Hexacopter Under Propulsion System Failure Yi Yang, Daisuke Iwakura, Akio Namiki, Kenzo Nonami, and Wei Wang	hexacopter, fault tolerant, control allocation, linear quadratic integral (LQI)
-	Vol.29 No.3 (2017)	Analysis of the Energy Loss on Quadruped Robot Having a Flexible Trunk Joint Masahiro Ikeda and Ikuo Mizuuchi	flexible trunk joint, quadruped robot, energy loss

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Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications Ratchakoon Pruengkarn, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung	data mining, data mining techniques, data mining application, big data
-	Vol.20 No.1 (2016)	Mining Visual Phrases for Visual Robot Localization Kanji Tanaka, Yuuto Chokushi, and Masatoshi Ando	long-term visual SLAM, common pattern discovery, mining visual phrases
-	Vol.18 No.5 (2014)	Artificial Neural Networks for Earthquake Anomaly Detection Aditya Sriram, Shahryar Rahanamayan, and Farid Bourennani	artificial neural networks, ANN, earthquake anomalies detection, precursor, earthquake prediction
-	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Pruned Fast Learning Fuzzy Approach for Data-Driven Traffic Flow Prediction Chengdong Li, Yisheng Lv, Jianqiang Yi, and Guiqing Zhang	traffic flow prediction, data-driven method, fuzz system, extreme learning method, fuzzy rule pruning
-	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Signal Processing on Precursory “Fingerprint” Image Pattern Feature of Yushu Earthquake Yue Yang, Wei Liu, Zuoxun Zeng, and Wei Xue	earthquake, precursory data, fingerprint
-	Vol.19 No.2 (2015)	Multi-Robot Behavior Adaptation to Humans’ Intention in Human-Robot Interaction Using Information-Driven Fuzzy Friend-Q Learning Lue-Feng Chen, Zhen-Tao Liu, Min Wu, Fangyan Dong, and Kaoru Hirota	human-robot interaction, Q-learning, behavior adaptation, intention understanding, information-driven

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Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Integrated Chatter Monitoring Based on Sensorless Cutting Force/Torque Estimation in Parallel Turning Yuki Yamada, Takashi Kadota, Shinya Sakata, Junji Tachibana, Kenichi Nakanishi, Manabu Sawada, and Yasuhiro Kakinuma	chatter, multi-tasking machine tool, parallel turning, observer, sensorless monitoring
-	Vol.7 No.2 (2013)	Laser-Generated Surface Acoustic Wave Technique for Crack Monitoring – A Review Kun Chen, Xing Fu, Dante J. Dorantes-Gonzalez, Yanning Li, Sen Wu, and Xiaotang Hu	surface acoustic wave, laser-generated, crack monitoring, quantitative detection
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Characteristics of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) and Associated Challenges – Focusing on Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Thermosetting Resins (CFRTS) for Aircraft Akihiko Kitano	carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP), carbon-fiber-reinforced thermosetting resins (CFRTS), tailor-made, aircraft, molding
-	Vol.2 No.4 (2008)	Automation and Process Management in Foundry Yoshiyuki Nagasaka	Casting, business process management, traceability, data management, automation
-	Vol.11 No.5 (2017)	Cutting Tool Edge and Textured Surface Measurements with a Point Autofocus Probe Katsuhiro Miura, Atsuko Nose, Hirofumi Suzuki, and Mutsumi Okada	point autofocus probe, cutting tool edge, precision machining, surface texture, micro-fabrication
-	Vol.5 No.3 (2011)	Process Monitoring and Control of Machining Operations Fritz Klocke, Stephan Kratz, Thomas Auerbach, Sascha Gierlings, Guido Wirtz, and Dražen Veselovac	process monitoring, process control, milling, drilling, broaching
-	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	Quick On-Machine Measurement of Ground Surface Finish Available for Mass Production Cylindrical Grinding Processes Kazuhito Ohashi, Kazuya Tan, Tomoya Ashida, and Shinya Tsukamoto	surface finish, cylindrical grinding, on-machine measurement, electromotive force, mass-production
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2016)	Temperature Variations in Drilling of CFRP/Aluminum and CFRP/Titanium Stacks Masahiko Sato, Hisataka Tanaka, and Kanae Yamamoto	CFRP--aluminum stack, CFRP--titanium stack, drilling, temperature

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JDR Most Downloaded Papers, Sep. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath Japanese Islands and Surroundings Based on NIED Seismic Networks Using both Inland and Offshore Events Makoto Matsubara, Hiroshi Sato, Kenji Uehira, Masashi Mochizuki, and Toshihiko Kanazawa	seismic tomography, failed rift, offshore event, NIED S-net
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Characteristics of Groundwater Response to Precipitation for Landslide Prevention at Kiyomizu-Dera Toru Danjo, Tomohiro Ishizawa, Masamitsu Fujimoto, Naoki Sakai, and Ryoichi Fukagawa	rainfall intensity, groundwater level, field measurement, full scale model experiment
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Real-Time Prediction Method for Slope Failure Caused by Rainfall Using Slope Monitoring Records Tomohiro Ishizawa, Toru Danjo, and Naoki Sakai	slope monitoring, slope failure, prediction method, displacement rate, rainfall
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Consideration on Utilization of Information in Disaster Response Site – Based on Information Support for 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes – Tadashi Ise, Takuya Takahashi, Ryota Sato, Hiroaki Sano, Takeshi Isono, Makoto Hanashima, and Yuichiro Usuda	disaster Information, knowledge design, knowledge, information design, DIKW model
-	Vol.12 No.5 (2017)	Investigation of Damages in Immediate Vicinity of Co-Seismic Faults During the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Shohei Naito, Ken Xiansheng Hao, Shigeki Senna, Takuma Saeki, Hiromitsu Nakamura, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, and Takashi Azuma	damage investigation, building damage, co-seismic fault, microtremor observation, seismic hazard assessment

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JDR Most Downloaded Papers, Jul.-Aug. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Simple Estimation Method for the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake’s Direct Damage Amount Qinglin Cui, Mingji Cui, Toshihisa Toyoda, and Hitoshi Taniguchi	Kumamoto Earthquake, seismic intensity scales, direct damage amount, multiple regression analysis, promptness
-	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Machine Learning Based Building Damage Mapping from the ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 SAR Imagery: Case Study of 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Yanbing Bai, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas and Shunichi Koshimura	2016 Kumamoto earthquake, building damage mapping, ALOS-2/PALSAR-2, synthetic aperture radar, machine learning
-	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	Damage of Enterprises and Their Business Continuity in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Hiroaki Maruya and Tetsuya Torayashiki	Business Continuity Management (BCM), responsibility of supply, substitute site, earthquake proof measures
-	Vol.12 No.sp (2017)	The Evacuation of Thai Citizens During Japan’s 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes: An ICT Perspective Natt Leelawat, Anawat Suppasri, Panon Latcharote and Fumihiko Imamura	2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, evacuation, foreigners, information and communication technology

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jul.-Aug. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	How Lean Manufacturing Affects the Creation of Sustainable Value: An Integrated Model Barbara Resta, Stefano Dotti, Paolo Gaiardelli, and Albachiara Boffelli	lean manufacturing, environmental sustainability, social sustainability, economic sustainability, sustainable operations management
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Line-Based Planar Structure Extraction from a Point Cloud with an Anisotropic Distribution Ryuji Miyazaki, Makoto Yamamoto, and Koichi Harada	MMS, point cloud, planar structure, boundary, region growing
3	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Study of an Underactuated Mechanical Finger Driven by Tendons Vincenzo Niola, Cesare Rossi, Sergio Savino, and Francesco Timpone	underactuated fingers, grasping devices, human hand, prosthesis
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Development of Energy-Saving Machine Tool Hisashi Ohtani	energy saving measures, gear, skiving, process consolidation
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Application of Green and Lean Production at Ricoh Andy Whyle and Rob Bland	green, lean, continuous improvement, sustainable manufacturing
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	A Novel Geometric Formula for Predicting Contractile Force in McKibben Pneumatic Muscles Guido Belforte, Terenziano Raparelli, and Silvia Alessandra Sirolli	textile pneumatic muscle, analytical model for textile actuators, geometric model for braided muscles, nonlinear actuators
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Three-Dimensional Input System Employing Pinching Gestures for Robot Design Kiyoshi Hoshino and Keita Hamamatsu	three-dimensional input system, pinching gestures, depth sensor, robot design
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Chain of Command: A Sustainable Supply Chain Management Serious Game Victor Cuesta and Masaru Nakano	serious games, sustainable supply chain management, green and lean production, risk management
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2017)	Analysis and Control of Pouring Ladle with Weir for Sloshing and Volume-Moving Vibration in Pouring Cut-Off Process Atsushi Ito, Ryosuke Tasaki, Makio Suzuki, and Kazuhiko Terashima	casting industry, automatic pouring system, sloshing, volume-moving vibration, vibration suppression control

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JACIII Most Downloaded Papers, Jul.-Aug. 2017

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-	Vol.21 No.4 (2017)	Design of a MIMO Levitation Controller for Maglev Transportation System Tran Huu Luat and Yong-Tae Kim	levitation control, MIMO Maglev system, PID control, force loop controller, transportation system
1	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications Ratchakoon Pruengkarn, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung	data mining, data mining techniques, data mining application, big data
-	Vol.21 No.4 (2017)	Swimming Style Classification Based on Ensemble Learning and Adaptive Feature Value by Using Inertial Measurement Unit Yuto Omae, Yoshihisa Kon, Masahiro Kobayashi, Kazuki Sakai, Akira Shionoya, Hirotaka Takahashi, Takuma Akiduki, Kazufumi Nakai, Nobuo Ezaki, Yoshihisa Sakurai, and Chikara Miyaji	swimming style classification, machine learning, ensemble learning, random forest, inertial measurement unit
-	Vol.21 No.4 (2017)	Image Crowd Counting Using Convolutional Neural Network and Markov Random Field Kang Han, Wanggen Wan, Haiyan Yao, and Li Hou	crowd counting, convolutional neural network, Markov random field

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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, Jul.-Aug. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	Current Status and Future Trends on Robot Vision Technology Manabu Hashimoto, Yukiyasu Domae, and Shun’ichi Kaneko	robot vision, object recognition, 3D feature, industrial robot system, future trends
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Sound Source Localization Using Deep Learning Models Nelson Yalta, Kazuhiro Nakadai, and Tetsuya Ogata	sound source localization, deep learning, deep residual networks
-	Vol.1 No.3 (1989)	Development of Mastication Robot WJ-1 Atsuo Takanishi	Mastication, Control, Jaw reflexes
-	Vol.28 No.2 (2016)	Construction Robotics Thomas Bock	construction automation, single task construction robots (STCS), robotics in construction, automated construction sites
-	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	Teleoperating Assistive Robots: A Novel User Interface Relying on Semi-Autonomy and 3D Environment Mapping Zdeněk Materna, Michal Španěl, Marcus Mast, Vítězslav Beran, Florian Weisshardt, Michael Burmester, and Pavel Smrž	human-robot interaction, user interface, teleoperation, remote manipulation

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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, May-Jun. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	Current Status and Future Trends on Robot Vision Technology Manabu Hashimoto, Yukiyasu Domae, and Shun’ichi Kaneko	robot vision, object recognition, 3D feature, industrial robot system, future trends
-	Vol.29 No.3 (2017)	Dynamically and Biologically Inspired Legged Locomotion: A Review Tetsuya Kinugasa and Yasuhiro Sugimoto	legged locomotion, passive dynamic walking, biology, CPG, gait transition
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Antagonistically Twisted Round Belt Actuator System for Robotic Joints Takahiro Inoue, Ryuichi Miyata, and Shinichi Hirai	twist drive, round belt, antagonistic configuration, robotic joint, position control

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JACIII Most Downloaded Papers, May-Jun. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
2	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications Ratchakoon Pruengkarn, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung	data mining, data mining techniques, data mining application, big data
-	Vol.20 No.3 (2016)	Evaluation of Power-Assist System by Computer Simulation Yoshiaki Taniai, Tomohide Naniwa, Yasutake Takahashi, and Masayuki Kawai	power-assist system, powered exoskeleton, evaluation, computer simulation, optimality principle
-	Vol.21 No.3 (2017)	Design of a New Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Machine Jinhua She, Fajian Wu, Toshihiro Mita, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Min Wu, and Abdullah M. Iliyasu	left-right asymmetry, human adaptation, human centered, pedaling, rehabilitation machine
-	Vol.21 No.3 (2017)	Evaluation of Swallowing Sound Using a Throat Microphone with an AE Sensor in Patients Wearing Palatal Augmentation Prosthesis Ayuko Kamiyanagi, Yuka Sumita, Manabu Chikai, Kenta Kimura, Yoshikazu Seki, Shuichi Ino, and Hisashi Taniguchi	swallowing sounds, acoustic analysis, acoustic emission (AE) sensor, cervical auscultation, palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP)
-	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Approach to Aggregation of Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarm Jose Martin Z. Maningo, Ryan Rhay P. Vicerra, Laurence A. Gan Lim, Edwin Sybingco, Elmer P. Dadios, and Argel A. Bandala	swarm robotics, aggregation behavior, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, unmanned aerial vehicle
-	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	Pilot Study on an Acoustic Measurements System of the Swallowing Function Using an Acoustic-Emissions Microphone Manabu Chikai, Ayuko Kamiyanagi, Kenta Kimura, Yoshikazu Seki, Hiroshi Endo, Yuka Sumita, Hisashi Taniguchi, and Shuichi Ino	swallowing, non-invasive measurement, aspiration pneumonitis, screening, bedside
-	Vol.21 No.3 (2017)	Multi-Level Control of Fuzzy-Constraint Propagation in Inference with Fuzzy Rule Interpolation at an Infinite Number of Activating Points Kiyohiko Uehara and Kaoru Hirota	fuzzy inference, compositional rule of inference, sparse fuzzy rules, convex fuzzy set, α-cut

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, May-Jun. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
1	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Recent Advances in Multiaxis Control and Multitasking Machining Keiichi Nakamoto and Yoshimi Takeuchi	multiaxis control, multitasking, multifunctional machine tool, CAM, complicated part
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Development of Tool Collision Avoidance Method Adapted to Uncut Workpiece Shape Kento Watanabe, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Kenichiro Horio	collision avoidance, tool posture, voxel representation method, five-axis machining, CAM
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	A Mechatronic Pneumatic Device to Improve Diastolic Function by Intermittent Action on Lower Limbs Andrea Manuello Bertetto, Silvia Meili, Carlo Ferraresi, Daniela Maffiodo, Antonio Crisafulli, and Alberto Concu	pneumatic flexible actuators, left ventricle end diastolic volume, mechatronic devices for rehabilitation, thoracic electrical bioimpedance, walking disability
-	Vol.6 No.4 (2012)	Using Intermittently Operated Oil Hydraulic Pump Unit with Accumulator to Save Energy Ken Sugimura and Katsumasa Suzuki	energy saving, oil hydraulic pump unit, accumulator, idling stop, intermittent operation
-	Vol.7 No.4 (2013)	Fast Cutter Workpiece Engagement Estimation Method for Prediction of Instantaneous Cutting Force in Continuous Multi-Axis Controlled Machining Jun’ichi Kaneko and Kenichiro Horio	multi-axis controlled machining, instantaneous cutting force, engagement, estimation, GPGPU
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Fast Estimation Method of Machinable Area of Workpiece Surface for 3+2-Axis Control Machining Using Graphics Device – Visualization Algorithm of Machinable Area and Minimum Shank Length with Texture Projection Technique – Jun’ichi Kaneko, Yuki Yamauchi, and Kenichiro Horio	5-axis control machining, CAM, tool posture, graphics hardware, GPGPU
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Development of a Rubber Soft Actuator Driven with Gas/Liquid Phase Change Hiroki Matsuoka, Takefumi Kanda, Shuichi Wakimoto, Koichi Suzumori and Pierre Lambert	actuator, gas/liquid phase change, silicone rubber, gripper
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Ultraprecision Cutting of Nickel Plated Mold for X-Ray Mirror Hirofumi Suzuki, Mutsumi Okada, Yuki Masuda, Yoshiharu Namba, Katsuhiro Miura, Shinya Morita, and Yutaka Yamagata	ultraprecision cutting, Ni-plated mold, single crystalline diamond, X-ray mirror, tool wear, surface roughness, form deviation
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	In-Process Tool Wear Detection of Uncoated Square End Mill Based on Electrical Contact Resistance Amine Gouarir, Syuhei Kurokawa, Takao Sajima, and Mitsuaki Murata	electric contact resistance, in-process monitoring, solid and throw-away square end mill, flank wear, electromotive force
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Experimental Analysis of Glass Drilling with Ultrashort Pulse Lasers Rin Shinomoto, Yusuke Ito, Toru Kizaki, Kentaro Tatsukoshi, Yasuji Fukasawa, Keisuke Nagato, Naohiko Sugita, and Mamoru Mitsuishi	ultrashort pulse laser, laser processing, glass
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Method of Planning Tool Postures for Deep Groove Machining of Complex Shapes – Development of an Automatic Planning Method that Considers the Motions of the Rotational Axis when the Tool Reverses Direction in Grooved Shapes – Kohei Ichikawa, Jun’ichi Kaneko, Masanobu Hasegawa, Takayuki Iwasaki, and Kenichiro Horio	5-axis machining, deep groove, CAM, tool posture planning
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Study of an Underactuated Mechanical Finger Driven by Tendons Vincenzo Niola, Cesare Rossi, Sergio Savino, and Francesco Timpone	underactuated fingers, grasping devices, human hand, prosthesis
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Elbow Musculoskeletal Model for Industrial Exoskeleton with Modulated Impedance Based on Operator’s Arm Stiffness Daniele Borzelli, Stefano Pastorelli, and Laura Gastaldi	arm stiffness, hill muscle model, elbow model, exoskeleton
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2017)	Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Collaborative Robotics Stefano Mauro, Stefano Pastorelli, and Leonardo Sabatino Scimmi	collaborative robotics, artificial potentials, collision avoidance algorithm, vision system

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-	Vol.12 No.3 (2017)	Exploring Elements of Disaster Prevention Consciousness: Based on Interviews with Anti-disaster Professionals Miki Ozeki, Kan Shimazaki, and Taiyoung Yi	anti-disaster consciousness
-	Vol.12 No.3 (2017)	Sensitivity Analysis of Depth-Integrated Numerical Models for Estimating Landslide Movement Teuku Faisal Fathani, Djoko Legono, and Muhammad Ahnaf Alfath	landslide movement, runout distance, moving velocity, shear resistance, internal friction
-	Vol.7 No.1 (2012)	Tsunami Evacuation Simulation for Disaster Education and City Planning Yozo Goto, Muzailin Affan, Agussabti, Yudha Nurdin, Diyah K. Yuliana, and Ardiansyah	tsunami, evacuation, simulation, multiagent model, disaster education
-	Vol.12 No.3 (2017)	Development of a Bridge Inspection Support System Using Two-Wheeled Multicopter and 3D Modeling Technology Yoshiro Hada, Manabu Nakao, Moyuru Yamada, Hiroki Kobayashi, Naoyuki Sawasaki, Katsunori Yokoji, Satoshi Kanai, Fumiki Tanaka, Hiroaki Date, Sarthak Pathak, Atsushi Yamashita, Manabu Yamada, and Toshiya Sugawara	bridge inspection, UAV, 3D point cloud data, 3D CAD model, geotagging
-	Vol.12 No.3 (2017)	Data Assimilation for Fatigue Life Assessment of RC Bridge Decks Coupled with Path-Integral-Mechanistic Model and Non-Destructive Inspection Yasushi Tanaka, Koichi Maekawa, Takuya Maeshima, Ichiro Iwaki, Takahiro Nishida, and Tomoki Shiotani	data assimilation, multi-scale analysis, AE tomography, crack pattern

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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, Mar.-Apr. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Sound Source Localization Using Deep Learning Models Nelson Yalta, Kazuhiro Nakadai, and Tetsuya Ogata	sound source localization, deep learning, deep residual networks
-	Vol.29 No.2 (2017)	Current Status and Future Trends on Robot Vision Technology Manabu Hashimoto, Yukiyasu Domae, and Shun’ichi Kaneko	robot vision, object recognition, 3D feature, industrial robot system, future trends
-	Vol.22 No.3 (2010)	Development of a Robot Balanced on a Ball - First Report, Implementation of the Robot and Basic Control - Masaaki Kumagai and Takaya Ochiai	inverted pendulum, ball balance, stepping motor, omnidirectional wheel, ballbot
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Recognition Method Applied to Smart Dump 9 Using Multi-Beam 3D LiDAR for the Tsukuba Challenge Yoshihiro Takita, Shinya Ohkawa, and Hisashi Date	Real World Robotics Challenge, mobile robot, 3D LiDAR, identification
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Pneumatically Driven Multi-DOF Surgical Forceps Manipulator with a Bending Joint Mechanism Using Elastic Bodies Kyouhei Takikawa, Ryoken Miyazaki, Takahiro Kanno, Gen Endo, and Kenji Kawashima	surgical robot, forceps manipulator, flexible mechanism, pneumatic system, wire drive robot
-	Vol.23 No.5 (2011)	Practice of School Education Using Micro Robots and Verification of its Effectiveness Daigo Misaki and Koichi Arai	education robot, micro robot, vibratory mover mechanism, continuing learning
-	Vol.23 No.5 (2011)	Street Performance Robot Contest as Practice in Creativity Education Gen Endo, Takeshi Aoki, Hideaki Suzuki, Edwardo F. Fukushima, and Shigeo Hirose	creativity education, machine creation, street performance robot contest
-	Vol.23 No.5 (2011)	Hands-on Education of Robotics Department for Four Years of College Yasuo Hayashibara, Shuro Nakajima, Ken Tomiyama, and Kan Yoneda	robotics education, practical skill, projectbased learning, robot design, curriculum
-	Vol.25 No.3 (2013)	An Approach to Rescue Robot Workshops for Kindergarten and Primary School Children Kazuo Kawada, Masayasu Nagamatsu, and Toru Yamamoto	workshop, technology education, rescue robot, kindergarten children, primary school children
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Structured Light Field Generated by Two Projectors for High-Speed Three Dimensional Measurement Akihiro Obara, Xu Yang, and Hiromasa Oku	high-speed three dimensional measurement, structured light filed, depth map
3	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Low Latency and High Quality Two-Stage Human-Voice-Enhancement System for a Hose-Shaped Rescue Robot Yoshiaki Bando, Hiroshi Saruwatari, Nobutaka Ono, Shoji Makino, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Daichi Kitamura, Masaru Ishimura, Moe Takakusaki, Narumi Mae, Kouei Yamaoka, Yutaro Matsui, Yuichi Ambe, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro, Kazuyoshi Yoshii, and Hiroshi G. Okuno	hose-shaped rescue robot, blind human-voice enhancement, search and rescue, robot audition

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JACIII Most Downloaded Papers, Mar.-Apr. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.15 No.8 (2011)	Spiral Dynamics Inspired Optimization Kenichi Tamura and Keiichiro Yasuda	metaheuristics, spiral phenomena, multipoint search, global optimization, evolutionary computation
-	Vol.19 No.1 (2015)	Bloch Sphere-Based Representation for Quantum Emotion Space Fei Yan, Abdullah M. Iliyasu, Zhen-Tao Liu, Ahmed S. Salama, Fangyan Dong, and Kaoru Hirota	quantum computation, emotion space, Bloch sphere, quantum emotion, visualization
-	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	Pilot Study on an Acoustic Measurements System of the Swallowing Function Using an Acoustic-Emissions Microphone Manabu Chikai, Ayuko Kamiyanagi, Kenta Kimura, Yoshikazu Seki, Hiroshi Endo, Yuka Sumita, Hisashi Taniguchi, and Shuichi Ino	swallowing, non-invasive measurement, aspiration pneumonitis, screening, bedside
-	Vol.18 No.2 (2014)	Multi-Channel Information Operations on Quantum Images Bo Sun, Abdullah M. Iliyasu, Fei Yan, Jesus A. Garcia Sanchez, Fangyan Dong, Awad Kh. Al-Asmari, and Kaoru Hirota	quantum computation, image processing, quantum image, color transformation, alpha blending
3	Vol.20 No.4 (2016)	Power-Regularized Fuzzy c-Means Clustering with a Fuzzification Parameter Less Than One Yuchi Kanzawa	fuzzy clustering, power regularization
-	Vol.20 No.4 (2016)	Role of Robustness Measure in Rule Induction Motoyuki Ohki, Eiji Sekiya, and Masahiro Inuiguchi	rough set, decision rule, robustness measure, recall
-	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications Ratchakoon Pruengkarn, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung	data mining, data mining techniques, data mining application, big data
3	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Pilot Study of a Tactile Measurement System Using Lateral Skin Stretch on Foot Plantar Surface Shuichi Ino, Manabu Chikai, Emi Ozawa, Tadasuke Ohnishi, and Tetsumi Honda	tactile sense, lateral skin stretch, foot, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, healthcare technology
3	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	Issues on Assistive Products from Developments to Social Acceptance: A Literature Review Isamu Kajitani	assistive products, human-centered design, technology acceptance, information asymmetry, information stickiness
-	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	Development of Web-Based Remote Speech-to-Text Interpretation System captiOnline Daisuke Wakatsuki, Nobuko Kato, Takeaki Shionome, Sumihiro Kawano, Tomoyuki Nishioka, and Ichiro Naito	remote speech-to-text interpretation, information support, hearing impaired, HTML5, WebSocket
-	Vol.21 No.2 (2017)	Development of a Communication Aid App with iOS Devices to Support Children/Persons with Speech Disabilities Improvement in Obtaining Positioning Information with iBeacon as Near Field Radio Communication Technology Tomonori Karita	voice output communication aid, user friendly, iOS device, iBeacon, speech disability

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Mar.-Apr. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Recent Advances in Multiaxis Control and Multitasking Machining Keiichi Nakamoto and Yoshimi Takeuchi	multiaxis control, multitasking, multifunctional machine tool, CAM, complicated part
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Synchronisation of Feed Axes with Differing Bandwidths Using Set Point Delay Daniel Spescha, Sascha Weikert, Oliver Zirn, and Konrad Wegener	multi-axis control, control accuracy, time synchronisation
1	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Evaluation Method for Behavior of Rotary Axis Around Motion Direction Changing Tadahiro Nishiguchi, Shogo Hasegawa, Ryuta Sato, and Keiichi Shirase	5-axis controlled machining center, rotary axis, dynamic behavior, motion direction changes, machined surface
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	A Five-Axis Machining Error Simulator for Rotary-Axis Geometric Errors Using Commercial Machining Simulation Software Soichi Ibaraki and Ibuki Yoshida	five-axis machine tools, machining error, simulator, kinematic model, machining test
3	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Linked Ball Bar for Flexible Motion Error Measurement for Machine Tools Daisuke Kono, Fumiya Sakamoto, and Iwao Yamaji	ball bar, motion error, measurement, rotary encoder, kinematic error
-	Vol.11 No.2 (2017)	Study on Machining Vibration Suppression with Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers: Vibration Control for Long Fin Machining Ippei Kono, Takayuki Miyamoto, Koji Utsumi, Kenji Nishikawa, Hideaki Onozuka, Junichi Hirai, and Naohiko Sugita	tuned mass damper, machining, milling, chatter

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JDR Most Downloaded Papers, Mar.-Apr. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2017)	Object-Based Building Damage Assessment Methodology Using Only Post Event ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 Dual Polarimetric SAR Intensity Images Yanbing Bai, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas, Hideomi Gokon, and Shunichi Koshimura	2015 Nepal earthquake, object-based building damage assessment, post-event dual-polarimetric SAR imagery, Random Forest machine learning algorithms
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2017)	Extraction of Collapsed Buildings in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Using Multi-Temporal PALSAR-2 Data Wen Liu and Fumio Yamazaki	ALOS-2 PALSAR-2, synthetic aperture radar, coherence, intensity, damage extraction
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2017)	Verification of a Method for Estimating Building Damage in Extensive Tsunami Affected Areas Using L-Band SAR Data Hideomi Gokon, Shunichi Koshimura, and Kimiro Meguro	remote sensing, building damage, tsunami, SAR, object-based method
-	Vol.12 No.2 (2017)	Wide-Area Evacuation Simulation Incorporating Rescue and Firefighting by Local Residents Toshihiro Osaragi and Takuya Oki	large earthquake, property damage, local residents, wide-area evacuation, rescue activity, firefighting activity

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JDR Most Downloaded Papers, Jan.-Feb. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2017)	Proposing A Multi-Hazard Approach to Disaster Management Education to Enhance Children’s “Zest for Life”: Development of Disaster Management Education Programs to Be Practiced by Teachers Toshimitsu Nagata and Reo Kimura	Earthquake Early Warning, tornado disaster, general policies regarding curriculum formulation, package of decision-making process, disaster response exercise
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2017)	Developing a Web-Based Supporting Application for Individual Evacuation Plans Through Hazard Risk and Geographical Analyses Munenari Inoguchi, Takahiro Sekikawa, and Keiko Tamura	community disaster management plan, evacuation route, tsunami disaster, web-based GIS, Niigata city
-	Vol.1 No.3 (2006)	Seismic Design Codes for Buildings in Japan Hiroshi Kuramoto	the Building Standard Law of Japan, seismic design code, two-phase earthquake design, performance based earthquake design
-	Vol.4 No.6 (2009)	Tsunami Bore Impingement onto a Vertical Column Halldor Arnason, Catherine Petroff, and Harry Yeh	tsunamis, bore, wake, turbulence, force, method of characteristics, cylinder, column
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2015)	Flood Control Mechanism of Multiple Dams Constructed in a Series Based on Cascade Method Hideo Oshikawa and Toshimitsu Komatsu	Cascade method, flood control, dry dam, overflow, empirical formula
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2017)	Development of a “Disaster Management Literacy Hub” for Collecting, Creating, and Transmitting Disaster Management Content to Increase Disaster Management Literacy Reo Kimura, Haruo Hayashi, Kosuke Kobayashi, Takahiro Nishino, Kenshin Urabe, and Satoshi Inoue	disaster management literacy hub (DMLH), competencies for disaster responses, education and training, instructional design (ID), learning objectives
-	Vol.7 No.sp (2012)	Government’s Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Atsushi Koresawa	Great East Japan Earthquake, Hyogo Framework for Action, tsunami, response, recovery
-	Vol.8 No.4 (2013)	The 2011 Tohoku Tsunami Flow Velocity Estimation by the Aerial Video Analysis and Numerical Modeling Satomi Hayashi and Shunichi Koshimura	the 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami, numerical modeling, tsunami flow velocity, aerial video, remote sensing
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2013)	A New Ground Motion Prediction Equation for Japan Applicable up to M9 Mega-Earthquake Nobuyuki Morikawa and Hiroyuki Fujiwara	ground motion prediction equation, the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake, seismic hazard assessment
-	Vol.9 No.6 (2014)	Development of Building Inventory Data and Earthquake Damage Estimation in Lima, Peru for Future Earthquakes Masashi Matsuoka, Shun Mito, Saburoh Midorikawa, Hiroyuki Miura, Luis G. Quiroz, Yoshihisa Maruyama, and Miguel Estrada	building inventory data, earthquake damage estimation, census data, fragility curve, socio-economic class, satellite imagery
-	Vol.11 No.3 (2016)	Quantitative Text Analysis of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 Osamu Murao and Hiroko Sakaba	IDNDR, Yokohama Strategy, ISDR, Hyogo Framework for Action 2000-2015, KH Coder
-	Vol.11 No.4 (2016)	Influence of Openings and Orientation on Tsunami Generated Forces on Buildings Chathura Manawasekara, Norimi Mizutani, and Satoru Aoki	tsunami evacuation buildings, tsunami force, building openings, building orientation
-	Vol.11 No.5 (2016)	Accuracy of Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using Operational Weather Radars: A Case Study of Heavy Rainfall on 9–10 September 2015 in the East Kanto Region, Japan Shakti P. C., Ryohei Misumi, Tsuyoshi Nakatani, Koyuru Iwanami, Masayuki Maki, Takeshi Maesaka, and Kohin Hirano	heavy rainfall, radar rainfall, rain gauge, spatial and temporal variation, frequency distribution
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2016)	Implementation of Real-Time Flood Prediction and its Application to Dam Operations by Data Integration Analysis System Yoshihiro Shibuo, Eiji Ikoma, Oliver Saavedra Valeriano, Lei Wang, Peter Lawford, Masaru Kitsuregawa, and Toshio Koike	data-archive and model integrated system, flood forecast, ensemble streamflow prediction, virtual reservoir simulator
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2017)	Efficiency Evaluation of Standard Operating Procedures in a Disaster Information System Tomohiro Kokogawa, Yuji Maeda, Fumiaki Ichinose, Masahiro Sugiyama, Tomomi Yamamoto, and Haruo Hayashi	standard operating procedures, ICS, free-style information
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2017)	Disaster Information System Using Natural Language Processing Naoko Kosaka, Akira Koyama, Tomohiro Kokogawa, Yuji Maeda, Hiroko Koumoto, Shingo Suzuki, Kenshi Yamaguchi, and Kentaro Inui	natural language processing, incident response, activity log, SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2017)	People Who Cannot Move During a Disaster – Initiatives and Examples in Japan Disaster Victim Support Eiichi Yamasaki and Haruo Hayashi	disaster victim support, vulnerability, immobility, protection of personal information
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2017)	Study on the Characteristics of Rainfall Runoff in the Kinugawa River Basin and the Evacuation Behavior of the Residents at the Time of Kanto and Tohoku Flood Disaster in September, 2015 Yoshimasa Morooka and Tadashi Yamada	flood disaster, flood simulation, rainfall-runoff analysis, evacuation behavior, kinugawa river
-	Vol.12 No.1 (2017)	Agrometeorological Disaster Grading in Guangdong Province Based on Data Mining Danni Wang, Shitai Bao, Chunlin Wang, and Chongyang Wang	fuzzy associate rule, data mining, agrometeorological disaster monitoring and early warning

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, Jan.-Feb. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest	industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, industrial internet, smart factory
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	A Study on Lot-Size Dependence of Energy Consumption per Unit of Production Throughput Considering Buffer Capacity Hironori Hibino, Masahiro Yamamoto, Makoto Yamaguchi, and Takayuki Kobayashi	manufacturing system simulation, energy consumption, buffer capacity, lot-size
-	Vol.10 No.6 (2016)	Technical Review of Laser Materials Processing in Japan Takeji Arai	laser trends, laser applications technology, laser processing, current laser development, short-pulsed laser
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Dynamic Optimization Production System Based on Simulation Integrated Manufacturing and its Application to Mass Production Masahiro Nakamura, Sei Makihara, Jun-ichi Sugiura, and Yosuke Kamioka	cyber physical system, manufacturing IoT, production simulation, dynamic optimization, parallel computing
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Cyber-Physical Product-Service Systems – Challenges for Requirements Engineering Stefan Wiesner, Eugenia Marilungo, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben	cyber-physical systems, product-service systems, cyber-physical product-service systems, requirements engineering
-	Vol.8 No.6 (2014)	Elliptical Vibration Cutting of Hardened Steel with Large Nose Radius Single Crystal Diamond Tool Yilong Wang and Eiji Shamoto	elliptical vibration cutting, hardened steel, single crystal diamond tool, minimum uncut chip thickness, ploughing
4	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.3 No.6 (2009)	Muscle Suit Development and Factory Application Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takamitsu Aida, and Takuya Hashimoto	wearable robot, power assist, McKibben artificial muscle, work-related disorder, muscle suit
-	Vol.3 No.4 (2009)	Monitoring and Control of Cutting Forces in Machining Processes: A Review Atsushi Matsubara and Soichi Ibaraki	milling, cutting force, machining process monitoring, machining process control
-	Vol.5 No.1 (2011)	Electrochemical Spark Micromachining: Present Scenario Anjali V. Kulkarni, Vijay Kumar Jain, and Krishna Avtar Misra	ECSMM, electrochemical spark micromachining, PDMS, surface treatment, surface morphology
-	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	Improved Cytocompatibility of Nanosecond-Pulsed Laser-Treated Commercially Pure Ti Surfaces Masayoshi Mizutani, Ryo Honda, Yuta Kurashina, Jun Komotori, and Hitoshi Ohmori	implant, Titanium, laser treatment, surface modification, osteoblast-like cell
-	Vol.8 No.3 (2014)	Review of Computer-Aided Process Planning Systems for Machining Operation – Future Development of a Computer-Aided Process Planning System – Mohammad Mi’radj Isnaini and Keiichi Shirase	machining operation, metal removal process, CAPP, CAD, CAM
-	Vol.9 No.2 (2015)	FEM-Based Simulation for Workpiece Deformation in Thin-Wall Milling Jun Wang, Soichi Ibaraki, Atsushi Matsubara, Kosuke Shida, and Takayuki Yamada	deformation, thin wall, milling, rib
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Fabrication and Control of Fine Periodic Surface Structures by Short Pulsed Laser Shuhei Kodama, Akihiro Shibata, Shinya Suzuki, Keita Shimada, Masayoshi Mizutani, and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa	short-pulsed laser, collisional relaxation time, effective fluence range, temperature, laser wavelength
-	Vol.11 No.1 (2017)	Evaluation of Additive Manufacturing Processes in Fabrication of Personalized Robot Shushu Wang, Rakshith Badarinath, El-Amine Lehtihet, and Vittaldas Prabhu	personalization, 3D printing, fused deposition modelling, material jetting, robot, dimensional and locational accuracy, tensile strength

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JACIII Most Downloaded Papers, Jan.-Feb. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.16 No.3 (2012)	The Analysis of Consumer Purchasing Behavior on Cosmetics Ya-Ling Wu and You-Shyang Chen	consumer, consumer behavior, consumer purchasing behavior, cosmetics
-	Vol.20 No.4 (2016)	On Fuzzy Non-Metric Model for Data with Tolerance and its Application to Incomplete Data Clustering Yasunori Endo, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Naohiko Kinoshita, and Yukihiro Hamasuna	clustering, incomplete data, non-metric model, data with tolerance
-	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Sliding Mode MPPT Controller for Photovoltaic Systems Under Partial Shading Conditions Min Ding, Yi Tang, Weihua Cao, Zhili Tan, Qingyi Wang, and Danyun Li	photovoltaic, partial shading, maximum power point tracking, boost, sliding mode variable structure control
-	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Adaptive Critic Design with Local Gaussian Process Models Wei Wang, Xin Chen, and Jianxin He	local Gaussian process, adaptive critic design, value function approximation, two-phase value iteration, reinforcement learning
-	Vol.14 No.4 (2010)	An Efficient Algorithm for Optimizing Bipartite Modularity in Bipartite Networks Xin Liu and Tsuyoshi Murata	community detection, modularity, bipartite network, graph partitioning, link mining
-	Vol.18 No.4 (2014)	Decimation-Free Directional Filter Banks for Classification and Numbering on Posterior Dental Radiography Using Mesiodistal Neck Detection Agus Zainal Arifin, Anny Yuniarti, Wijayanti Nurul Khotimah, Arya Yudhi Wijaya, Ahmad Mustofa Hadi, Naser Jawas, and Eha Renwi Astuti	mesiodistal neck, dental radiography, decimation-free directional filter banks, dental classification, dental numbering
-	Vol.19 No.1 (2015)	A Robust Visual-Feature-Extraction Method for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Public Outdoor Environment Gangchen Hua and Osamu Hasegawa	computer vision, visual SLAM
-	Vol.19 No.1 (2015)	On Cluster Extraction from Relational Data Using L₁-Regularized Possibilistic Assignment Prototype Algorithm Yukihiro Hamasuna and Yasunori Endo	assignment prototype algorithm, possibilistic clustering, L₁-regularization, sequential cluster extraction, relational data
-	Vol.20 No.4 (2016)	Power-Regularized Fuzzy c-Means Clustering with a Fuzzification Parameter Less Than One Yuchi Kanzawa	fuzzy clustering, power regularization
-	Vol.20 No.6 (2016)	Prototype Development of Image Editing Systems Available for Visually Impaired People and Consideration of Their User Interfaces Noboru Takagi, Shingo Morii, and Tatsuo Motoyoshi	tactile graphics, matrix braille display, visually impaired people, computer-aided system
-	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Intelligent Nadaboost-ELM Modeling Method for Formation Drillability Using Well Logging Data Chao Gan, Weihua Cao, Min Wu, Xin Chen, Chengda Lu, Yule Hu, and Guojun Wen	formation drillability, correlation analysis, extreme learning machine, improved Adaboost algorithm, deep area
-	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	Fuzzy Inference: Its Past and Prospects Kiyohiko Uehara and Kaoru Hirota	fuzzy inference, fuzzy logic, fuzzy control, type-2 fuzzy set, deep learning
-	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	A Pilot Study of a Tactile Measurement System Using Lateral Skin Stretch on Foot Plantar Surface Shuichi Ino, Manabu Chikai, Emi Ozawa, Tadasuke Ohnishi, and Tetsumi Honda	tactile sense, lateral skin stretch, foot, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, healthcare technology
-	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	Issues on Assistive Products from Developments to Social Acceptance: A Literature Review Isamu Kajitani	assistive products, human-centered design, technology acceptance, information asymmetry, information stickiness
-	Vol.21 No.1 (2017)	Intelligent Coordinating Control Between Burn-Through Point and Mixture Bunker Level in an Iron Ore Sintering Process Sheng Du, Min Wu, Xin Chen, Xuzhi Lai, and Weihua Cao	sintering process, coupling, burn-through point, mixture bunker level, coordinating control

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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, Jan.-Feb. 2017

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Acoustic Monitoring of the Great Reed Warbler Using Multiple Microphone Arrays and Robot Audition Shiho Matsubayashi, Reiji Suzuki, Fumiyuki Saito, Tatsuyoshi Murate, Tomohisa Masuda, Koichi Yamamoto, Ryosuke Kojima, Kazuhiro Nakadai, and Hiroshi G. Okuno	acoustic monitoring, microphone arrays, robot audition, HARKBird, the great reed warbler
2	Vol.22 No.3 (2010)	Development of a Robot Balanced on a Ball - First Report, Implementation of the Robot and Basic Control - Masaaki Kumagai and Takaya Ochiai	inverted pendulum, ball balance, stepping motor, omnidirectional wheel, ballbot
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Autonomous Flight of Hexacopter Under Propulsion System Failure Yi Yang, Daisuke Iwakura, Akio Namiki, Kenzo Nonami, and Wei Wang	hexacopter, fault tolerant, control allocation, linear quadratic integral (LQI)
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Sliding Mode Control for Hexacopter Stabilization with Motor Failure Yi Yang, Wei Wang, Daisuke Iwakura, Akio Namiki, and Kenzo Nonami	hexacopter, fault tolerant, MRSMC, control allocation
-	Vol.26 No.1 (2014)	Development of the SCARA Hiroshi Makino	assembly robot, SCARA, selective compliance
-	Vol.26 No.2 (2014)	Autonomous Navigation of a Mobile Robot Based on GNSS/DR Integration in Outdoor Environments Taro Suzuki, Mitsunori Kitamura, Yoshiharu Amano, and Nobuaki Kubo	mobile robot, GPS, GPS/DR, navigation
-	Vol.28 No.2 (2016)	Optimum Placement of Wireless Access Point for Mobile Robot Positioning in an Indoor Environment Abdul Halim Ismail, Ryosuke Tasaki, Hideo Kitagawa, and Kazuhiko Terashima	indoor positioning, location fingerprinting, wireless nodes optimization, AP placement, indoor environment
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Development of Autonomous Mobile Robot that Can Navigate in Rainy Situations Naoki Akai, Yasunari Kakigi, Shogo Yoneyama, and Koichi Ozaki	autonomous mobile robot, Real World Robot Challenge, navigation in rainy situation, influence of rain against sensors
2	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	A Suitable Design of Assist System for Human Meal by Reducing Maneuverability Variance in Workspace Kiyotaka Fukui and Katsuyoshi Tsujita	exoskeletal assist system, maneuverability variances in workspace, kinematically admissible design
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Development of an Intraoral Interface for Human-Ability Extension Robots Uori Koike, Guillermo Enriquez, Takanobu Miwa, Huei Ee Yap, Madoka Kabasawa, and Shuji Hashimoto	augmented human, assistive technologies, human-ability extension robots, intraoral interface, extended body
3	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Using Scene Matching with Local Features Toshiaki Shioya, Kazushige Kogure, Tomoyuki Iwata, and Naoya Ohta	local feature, view sequence, autonomous mobile robot, self-localization
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Community-Centric System – Support of Human Ties – Eri Sato-Shimokawara and Toru Yamaguchi	community-centric system, robotics, communications
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Design and Assessment of Sound Source Localization System with a UAV-Embedded Microphone Array Kotaro Hoshiba, Osamu Sugiyama, Akihide Nagamine, Ryosuke Kojima, Makoto Kumon, and Kazuhiro Nakadai	robot audition, sound source localization, multiple signal classification, actual environmental measurement, unmanned aerial vehicle
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Low Latency and High Quality Two-Stage Human-Voice-Enhancement System for a Hose-Shaped Rescue Robot Yoshiaki Bando, Hiroshi Saruwatari, Nobutaka Ono, Shoji Makino, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Daichi Kitamura, Masaru Ishimura, Moe Takakusaki, Narumi Mae, Kouei Yamaoka, Yutaro Matsui, Yuichi Ambe, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro, Kazuyoshi Yoshii, and Hiroshi G. Okuno	hose-shaped rescue robot, blind human-voice enhancement, search and rescue, robot audition
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	HARKBird: Exploring Acoustic Interactions in Bird Communities Using a Microphone Array Reiji Suzuki, Shiho Matsubayashi, Richard W. Hedley, Kazuhiro Nakadai, and Hiroshi G. Okuno	bird songs, localization, temporal soundscape partitioning, microphone array, HARK
-	Vol.29 No.1 (2017)	Bird Song Scene Analysis Using a Spatial-Cue-Based Probabilistic Model Ryosuke Kojima, Osamu Sugiyama, Kotaro Hoshiba, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Reiji Suzuki, and Charles E. Taylor	bird song identification, robot audition, scene understanding, probabilistic model

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JRM Most Downloaded Papers, December 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	A Study of Power-Assist Technology to Reduce Body Burden During Loading and Unloading Operations by Support of Knee Joint Motion Yoshihiko Naruoka, Naruaki Hiramitsu, and Yusuke Mitsuya	power assist, knee assist, logistics work, wearable, exoskeleton
-	Vol.22 No.3 (2010)	Development of a Robot Balanced on a Ball - First Report, Implementation of the Robot and Basic Control - Masaaki Kumagai and Takaya Ochiai	inverted pendulum, ball balance, stepping motor, omnidirectional wheel, ballbot
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Development of Autonomous Robot with Simple Navigation System for Tsukuba Challenge 2015 Yuta Kanuki and Naoya Ohta	minimal autonomous mover, 2D environment map, pyramid map matching, color image processing
1	Vol.28 No.5 (2016)	Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Performance-Driven PID Controller Toru Yamamoto, Takuya Kinoshita, Yoshihiro Ohnishi, and Sirish L. Shah	control performance assessment, performance-driven control, process control, PID control, closed-loop data
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	A Wearable Encounter-Type Haptic Device Suitable for Combination with Visual Display Shunsuke Komizunai, Keisuke Nishizaki, Kyohei Wada, Takuya Kijima, and Atsushi Konno	haptic device, encounter-type, wearable, virtual reality, interaction
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Development of an Intraoral Interface for Human-Ability Extension Robots Uori Koike, Guillermo Enriquez, Takanobu Miwa, Huei Ee Yap, Madoka Kabasawa, and Shuji Hashimoto	augmented human, assistive technologies, human-ability extension robots, intraoral interface, extended body
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Development of Autonomous Mobile Robot that Can Navigate in Rainy Situations Naoki Akai, Yasunari Kakigi, Shogo Yoneyama, and Koichi Ozaki	autonomous mobile robot, Real World Robot Challenge, navigation in rainy situation, influence of rain against sensors
-	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
2	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Error Evaluation Method of Approximated Inverse Kinematics for Parallel-Wire Driven System – Basic Study for Three-Wire Planar System – Hitoshi Kino, Nobuhiro Okubo, Toshihide Ikeda, and Hiroaki Ochi	kinematics, error, position, analysis, approximation
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Passivity-Based Tracking Control for Uncertain Nonlinear Feedback Systems Ni Bu and Mingcong Deng	passivity-based control, robust right coprime factorization, isomorphism, uncertainty
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Using Scene Matching with Local Features Toshiaki Shioya, Kazushige Kogure, Tomoyuki Iwata, and Naoya Ohta	local feature, view sequence, autonomous mobile robot, self-localization
-	Vol.28 No.6 (2016)	Needle Tip Position Accuracy Evaluation Experiment for Puncture Robot in Remote Center Control Kohei Sugiyama, Takayuki Matsuno, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Takao Hiraki, Hirotaka Nakaya, Masayuki Nakamura, Akira Yanou, and Mamoru Minami	surgical assistance robot, interventional radiology, puncture robot

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JACIII Most Downloaded Papers, December 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.17 No.5 (2013)	Fingernail Detection System Using Differences of the Distribution of the Nail-Color Pixels Noriaki Fujishima and Kiyoshi Hoshino	fingernail detection, two-step searches, differences of distribution of nail-color pixels
-	Vol.17 No.6 (2013)	Development of Ghost Controller for Ms Pac-Man Versus Ghost Team with Grammatical Evolution Kenji Tamura and Takashi Torii	evolutionary computation, grammatical evolution, ms. pac-man versus ghost team, multi-agent
-	Vol.20 No.2 (2016)	Adaptive Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control of 6-DOF Manipulator with Modified Switch Function Cong Cheng, Ru Lai, Zhen Chen, and Xiangdong Liu	nonsingular terminal sliding mode control, adaptive control, finitetime convergence, switch function
-	Vol.20 No.5 (2016)	An Interpretability-Accuracy Tradeoff in Learning Parameters of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems Yanni Wang, Yaping Dai, Yu-Wang Chen, and Witold Pedrycz	fuzzy sets, parameter learning, membership function, adaptive factors, medical diagnosis
-	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Discrete Wavelet Transfer Based BPNN for Calculating Carbon Efficiency of Sintering Process Xiaoxia Chen, Jinhua She, Xin Chen, and Min Wu	carbon efficiency, discrete wavelet transfer (DWT), back-propagation neural network (BPNN), iron ore sintering
-	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Using Data Mining on Students’ Learning Features: A Clustering Approach for Student Classification Xiaolan Zhou, Jianqi An, Xin Zhao, and Yuanxing Dong	data mining, learning features, student classification, PCA, Ward clustering
-	Vol.20 No.7 (2016)	Detecting Ellipses in Embryo Images Using Arc Detection Method with Particle Swarm for Blastomere-Quality Measurement System Aprinaldi Jasa Mantau, Anom Bowolaksono, Budi Wiweko, and Wisnu Jatmiko	arc, ellipse, embryo, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), particle swarm optimization (PSO)
-	Vol.2 No.1 (1998)	Logical Structure of Contract Law System - For Constructing a Knowledge Base of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - Hajime Yoshino	Contract, CISG, Expert system, Al, Legal knowledge, Logical structure

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IJAT Most Downloaded Papers, December 2016

Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.2 No.6 (2008)	Development of an Electrode Motion Control Device for Curved Hole Electrical Discharge Machining Tohru Ishida, Yasuhito Miyake, Koji Teramoto, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	curved hole, electrical discharge machining, water channel, servomotor, electrode motion control
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	Upgradable Design for Sustainable Manufacturer Performance and Profitability and Reduction of Environmental Load Shuho Yamada, Tetsuo Yamada, Stefan Bracke, and Masato Inoue	design for upgradability, preference set-based design, CO₂ emission, sustainability, profitability
-	Vol.2 No.6 (2008)	Creation of U-Shaped and Skewed Holes by Means of Electrical Discharge Machining Using an Improved Electrode Curved Motion Generator Tohru Ishida and Yoshimi Takeuchi	curved hole, electrical discharge machining, water channel, slider crank chain, helical compression spring
-	Vol.8 No.5 (2014)	Fundamental Study on Hole Fabrication Inside a Hole by Means of Electrical Discharge Machining Tohru Ishida, Yuichi Okahara, Masahiko Kita, Akira Mizobuchi, Keiichi Nakamoto, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	electrical discharge machining, hole, pipeline, pneumatic components, hydraulic equipment
-	Vol.3 No.1 (2009)	Tele-Inverse Manufacturing -- An International E-Waste Recycling Proposal Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Nozomu Mishima, and Shinsuke Kondoh	tele-inverse manufacturing, e-waste, recycling, remote operation
-	Vol.3 No.5 (2009)	Elementary Study on the Creation of Cross Section's Changing Holes by Means of Electrical Discharge Machining Tohru Ishida, Yuichi Mochizuki, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cross section’s changing hole, electrical discharge machining, reciprocating block slider crank mechanism
-	Vol.4 No.6 (2010)	Design and Implementation of Automatic Discharge Gap Controller for a Curved Hole Creating Microrobot with an Electrical Discharge Machining Function Tohru Ishida and Yoshimi Takeuchi	curved hole, electrical discharge machining, discharge gap, shape memory alloy, bidirectional actuator
-	Vol.5 No.1 (2011)	Integral Sliding Mode Control for Fast Tool Servo Diamond Turning of Micro-Structured Surfaces De Ping Yu, Geok Soon Hong, and Yoke San Wong	integral sliding model control, fast tool servo, diamond turning, micro-structured surfaces
-	Vol.5 No.6 (2011)	Communication Robot Based on Image Processing and Voice Recognition Noriyuki Kawarazaki and Tadashi Yoshidome	communication robot, handshaking, personal distance, natural interaction
1	Vol.8 No.1 (2014)	In-Process and On-Machine Measurement of Machining Accuracy for Process and Product Quality Management: A Review Yasuhiro Takaya	in-process measurement, on-machine measurement, manufacturing metrology, machine tools, quality management
-	Vol.8 No.4 (2014)	A Generalized Architecture for Academic and Industrial Automation and Control via Internet Ahmed O. Abdul Salam	industrial control, laboratory automation, Internet
3	Vol.9 No.4 (2015)	R-Test Analysis Software for Error Calibration of Five-Axis Machine Tools – Application to a Five-Axis Machine Tool with Two Rotary Axes on the Tool Side – Soichi Ibaraki, Yu Nagai, Hisashi Otsubo, Yasutaka Sakai, Shigeki Morimoto, and Yosuke Miyazaki	Metrology, R-test, five-axis machine tools, calibration, location error, error motion, geometric error.
-	Vol.10 No.1 (2016)	Functional Texture Design and Texturing Processes Nobuyuki Moronuki	texture, functionality, processes, top-down, bottom-up
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Ontology Modeling for Intelligent Computer-Aided Design of Apparel Products Yu Zhao, Feng Dai, Madan M. Gupta, and Wenjun Zhang	pattern, apparel, conceptual, ontology, data modeling, structure
-	Vol.10 No.2 (2016)	Development of Cutting Force Prediction Method Using Motion Information from CNC Controller Tomoya Hida, Tetsuya Asano, Chiharu Higashino, Masaaki Kanamaru, Jun’ichi Kaneko, and Yoshimi Takeuchi	cutting force, prediction, CNC, NC data, motion error
-	Vol.10 No.4 (2016)	Designing Multi-Agent Simulation with Big Time Series Data for a Global Supply Chain System Kenji Tanaka, Shen-Ming Gu, and Jing Zhang	global supply chain, multi-agent simulation, forecast, lead time, inventory
-	Vol.10 No.5 (2016)	In-Process Tool Wear Detection of Uncoated Square End Mill Based on Electrical Contact Resistance Amine Gouarir, Syuhei Kurokawa, Takao Sajima, and Mitsuaki Murata	electric contact resistance, in-process monitoring, solid and throw-away square end mill, flank wear, electromotive force

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-	Vol.1 No.3 (2006)	Seismic Design Codes for Buildings in Japan Hiroshi Kuramoto	the Building Standard Law of Japan, seismic design code, two-phase earthquake design, performance based earthquake design
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2016)	Numerical Model for Bank Erosion in the Brahmaputra River Robin K. Biswas, Atsuhiro Yorozuya, and Shinji Egashira	2D depth integrated model, bank erosion, stretchable grids, suspended sediment, brahmaputra river
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2016)	The 2015 Flood Impact due to the Overflow and Dike Breach of Kinu River in Joso City, Japan Naoko Nagumo, Miho Ohara, Daisuke Kuribayashi, and Hisaya Sawano	flood risk, Kinu River, inundation depth, Joso City
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2016)	Meteorological Drought and Flood Assessment Using the Comparative SPI Approach in Asia Under Climate Change Akira Hasegawa, Maksym Gusyev, and Yoichi Iwami	comparative SPI (cSPI), precipitation, meteorological drought, climate change, Asia
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2016)	Evaluation of Water Cycle Components with Standardized Indices Under Climate Change in the Pampanga, Solo and Chao Phraya Basins Maksym Gusyev, Akira Hasegawa, Jun Magome, Patricia Sanchez, Ai Sugiura, Hitoshi Umino, Hisaya Sawano, and Yoshio Tokunaga	drought, standardized indices, BTOP model, climate change
-	Vol.11 No.6 (2016)	Flood Risk Assessment in Asian Flood Prone Area with Limited Local Data – Case Study in Pampanga River Basin, Philippines – Miho Ohara, Naoko Nagumo, Badri Bhakta Shrestha, and Hisaya Sawano	flood, risk assessment, inundation, flood-prone area, Asia

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2	Vol.28 No.5 (2016)	Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Performance-Driven PID Controller Toru Yamamoto, Takuya Kinoshita, Yoshihiro Ohnishi, and Sirish L. Shah	control performance assessment, performance-driven control, process control, PID control, closed-loop data
-	Vol.20 No.4 (2008)	Hierarchical Implicit Feedback Structure in Passive Dynamic Walking Yasuhiro Sugimoto and Koichi Osuka	Passive Dynamic Walking, Poincaré map, stability analysis, bifurcation
-	Vol.22 No.1 (2010)	Dynamic Locomotion of Quadrupeds Tekken3&4 Using Simple Navigation Yasuhiro Fukuoka, Hiroki Katabuchi, and Hiroshi Kimura	quadruped robot, central pattern generator (CPG), dynamic walking, navigation
-	Vol.23 No.2 (2011)	3D Terrain Reconstruction by Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using SIFT-Based Monocular SLAM Taro Suzuki, Yoshiharu Amano, Takumi Hashizume, and Shinji Suzuki	SLAM, SIFT, UAV, 3D reconstruction
-	Vol.27 No.6 (2015)	Human Detection and Face Recognition Using 3D Structure of Head and Face Surfaces Detected by RGB-D Sensor Michio Tanaka, Hiroki Matsubara, and Takashi Morie	home service robot, image processing, human detection and recognition, RGB-D sensor
-	Vol.28 No.3 (2016)	Drone Technology, Cutting-Edge Drone Business, and Future Prospects Kenzo Nonami	drone, mini-surveyor, drone business, cutting-edge drone technology, mini-surveyor consortium
-	Vol.28 No.3 (2016)	Practical Applications of HORNET to Inspect Walls of Structures Yuhei Tokura, Kohei Toba, and Yogo Takada	mobile robot, operation stability, vertical wall, inspection, outdoor activity
1	Vol.28 No.4 (2016)	Monocular Vision-Based Localization Using ORB-SLAM with LIDAR-Aided Mapping in Real-World Robot Challenge Adi Sujiwo, Tomohito Ando, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, and Masato Edahiro	visual localization, autonomous vehicle, field robotics, Tsukuba Challenge
-	Vol.28 No.5 (2016)	Fictitious Reference Signal Based Real-Time Update of State Feedback Gains and its Experimental Verification Yuki Okano and Osamu Kaneko	data-driven control, fictitious reference iterative tuning, real-time control, state feedback gains, integral type servo systems
-	Vol.28 No.5 (2016)	FRIT of Internal Model Controllers for Poorly Damped Linear Time Invariant Systems: Kautz Expansion Approach Hnin Si and Osamu Kaneko	data-driven approach, fictitious reference iterative tuning (FRIT), internal model control (IMC), poorly damped systems, Kautz expansion
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Last month	Vol. No.	Title / Authors	Keywords
-	Vol.20 No.6 (2016)	Simulation Study on Battery State of Charge Estimation Using Kalman Filter Furqan Asghar, Muhammad Talha, Sung Ho Kim, and In-Ho Ra	electric vehicle (EV), li-ion battery, battery model, SOC estimation, kalman filter
-	Vol.20 No.6 (2016)	Classification of Street Lighting Conditions for a Community-Centric System Yasufumi Takama, Xiaotong Xu, Chi-Chih Yu, Yu-Sheng Chen, and Lieu-Hen Chen	street lighting conditions, street lamps, smartphones, anti-crime activity
-	Vol.20 No.6 (2016)	Personal Values-Based Item Modeling and its Application to Recommendation with Explanation Yasufumi Takama, Takayuki Yamaguchi, and Shunichi Hattori	recommender systems, personal values, item model, association rule
-	Vol.10 No.3 (2006)	Machine Vision System for Automatic Inspection of Surface Defects in Aluminum Die Casting Yakov Frayman, Hong Zheng, and Saeid Nahavandi	aluminum die casting, automatic vision inspection, genetic algorithms, surface defect recognition
-	Vol.11 No.8 (2007)	Particle Swarm Optimization for Jump Height Maximization of a Serial Link Robot Takeshi Matsui, Masatoshi Sakawa, Takeshi Uno, Kosuke Kato, Mitsuru Higashimori, and Makoto Kaneko	serial link robot, jump height maximization, nonlinear programming, particle swarm optimization
1	Vol.16 No.1 (2012)	On Kernel Fuzzy c-Means for Data with Tolerance Using Explicit Mapping for Kernel Data Analysis Yuchi Kanzawa, Yasunori Endo, and Sadaaki Miyamoto	fuzzy c-means, kernel data analysis, explicit mapping, tolerance
-	Vol.19 No.2 (2015)	Multi-Robot Behavior Adaptation to Humans’ Intention in Human-Robot Interaction Using Information-Driven Fuzzy Friend-Q Learning Lue-Feng Chen, Zhen-Tao Liu, Min Wu, Fangyan Dong, and Kaoru Hirota	human-robot interaction, Q-learning, behavior adaptation, intention understanding, information-driven
-	Vol.19 No.2 (2015)	Joint Spectrum Sensing and Data Transmission Optimization for Energy Efficiency in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: A Dynamic Cooperative Method Yi Li, Jun Peng, Fu Jiang, Kaiyang Liu, and Xiaoyong Zhang	cooperative spectrum sensing, energy efficiency, dynamic censoring, cognitive radio sensor networks
-	Vol.19 No.6 (2015)	Three Layers Framework Concept for Adjustable Artificial Intelligence Benoît Vallade, Alexandre David, and Tomoharu Nakashima	artificial intelligence, video games, optimization search algorithm, neural networks, geometry friends competition
-	Vol.20 No.6 (2016)	Predicting POI Visits in a Heterogeneous Location-Based Social Network Zih-Syuan Wang, Jing-Fu Juang, and Wei-Guang Teng	link prediction, meta-path, POI recommendation, social network analysis
-	Vol.20 No.6 (2016)	Design of Context Search Engine Based on Analysis of User’s Search Intentions Yasufumi Takama, Yanjun Zhu, Shogo Kori, Koichi Yamaguchi, Lieu-Hen Chen, and Hiroshi Ishikawa	advanced search engine, information retrieval, user behavior, temporal variation

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