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761	Towards a NMR implementation of a quantum lattice gas algorithm	Recent theoretical results suggest that an array of quantum information processors communicating via classical channels can be used to solve fluid dynamics problems. Quantum lattice-gas algorithms (QLGA) running on such architectures have been shown to solve the diffusion equation and the nonlinear Burgers equations. I...	[ "NMR implementation", "quantum lattice gas algorithm", "quantum information processors", "fluid dynamics problems", "diffusion equation", "nonlinear Burgers equations", "nuclear magnetic resonance", "two-qubit quantum information.processors" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M" ]
724	Banking on SMA funds [separately managed accounts]	From investment management to technology to back-office services, outsourcers are elbowing their way into the SMA business. Small banks are paying attention-and hoping to reap the rewards	[ "separately managed accounts", "investment management", "technology", "back-office services", "outsourcers", "small banks" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1371	Design methodology for diagnostic strategies for industrial systems	This paper presents a method for the construction of diagnostic systems for complex industrial applications. The approach has been explicitely developed to shorten the design cycle and meet some specific requirements, such as modularity, flexibility, and the possibility of merging many different sources of information....	[ "design methodology", "diagnostic strategies", "industrial systems", "modularity", "local diagnostic algorithms" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1334	A shy invariant of graphs	Moving from a well known result of P.L. Hammer et al. (1982), we introduce a new graph invariant, say lambda (G) referring to any graph G. It is a non-negative integer which is non-zero whenever G contains particular induced odd cycles or, equivalently, admits a particular minimum clique-partition. We show that).(G) ca...	[ "graph invariant", "induced odd cycles", "minimum clique-partition", "minimum clique-cover", "cardinality", "maximum stable set" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1419	PacketVideo. One step ahead of the streaming wireless market	Go beyond the hype, however, and it's clear that PacketVideo is making strides in delivering streaming multimedia content to wireless devices. For one thing, its technology, based on the industry-standard Motion Pictures Expert Group 4 (MPEG-4) video encoder/decoder, actually works as promised. Secondly, the company ha...	[ "PacketVideo", "wireless devices", "MPEG-4", "wireless device manufacturers", "content providers", "semiconductor vendors", "handheld wireless terminals", "multimedia content streaming" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
1070	Universal simulation of Hamiltonian dynamics for quantum systems with finite-dimensional state spaces	What interactions are sufficient to simulate arbitrary quantum dynamics in a composite quantum system? Dodd et al. [Phys. Rev. A 65, 040301(R) (2002)] provided a partial solution to this problem in the form of an efficient algorithm to simulate any desired two-body Hamiltonian evolution using any fixed two-body entangl...	[ "universal simulation", "Hamiltonian dynamics", "quantum systems", "quantum dynamics", "composite quantum system", "two-body Hamiltonian evolution", "fixed two-body entangling N-qubit Hamiltonian", "local unitaries", "universal quantum computation", "fixed two-body entangling N-qudit Hamiltonian",...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "M" ]
1035	H/sub 2/ optimization of the three-element type dynamic vibration absorbers	The dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) is a passive vibration control device which is attached to a vibrating body (called a primary system) subjected to exciting force or motion. In this paper, we will discuss an optimization problem of the three-element type DVA on the basis of the H/sub 2/ optimization criterion. The ...	[ "H/sub 2/ optimization", "three-element type dynamic vibration absorbers", "passive vibration control", "power spectrum response", "Voigt type dynamic vibration absorber" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
1128	The semi-algebraic theory of stochastic games	The asymptotic behavior of the min-max value of a finite-state zero-sum discounted stochastic game, as the discount rate approaches 0, has been studied in the past using the theory of real-closed fields. We use the theory of semi-algebraic sets and mappings to prove some asymptotic properties of the min-max value, whic...	[ "asymptotic behavior", "min-max value", "finite-state zero-sum discounted stochastic game", "discount rate", "uniform polynomial convergence rate", "N-stage game", "semi-algebraic set theory", "two-player zero-sum finite-state stochastic games" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "M" ]
538	Polarization of the RF field in a human head at high field: a study with a quadrature surface coil at 7.0 T	The RF field intensity distribution in the human brain becomes inhomogeneous due to wave behavior at high field. This is further complicated by the spatial distribution of RF field polarization that must be considered to predict image intensity distribution. An additional layer of complexity is involved when a quadratu...	[ "quadrature surface coil", "7.0 T", "RF field intensity distribution", "human brain", "spatial distribution", "RF field polarization", "image intensity distribution", "computer modeling", "300 MHz", "high field MRI", "high-field coil design", "whole-body MRI", "phantom samples", "segmented...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "R", "U", "M", "M", "M", "M", "M", "M", "R", "R" ]
681	Construction of information retrieval thesaurus for family planning terms using CDS/ISIS	The thesaurus as a tool for information retrieval and as an alternative to the existing scheme of classifications in information retrieval is discussed. The paper considers the emergence of the information retrieval thesaurus and its definition. Family planning is a multidisciplinary subject covering socio economic, cu...	[ "information retrieval", "thesaurus", "family planning terms", "Family Planning", "classification", "culture", "psychology", "UNISIST", "ISO 2788", "BS 5723", "CDS/ISIS software", "bibliographic databases", "socio economic field", "medicine" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "U", "R", "U" ]
1291	Taking back control [SCADA system]	Most common way to implement a SCADA system is to go outside. However, in the author's opinion, to truly take control of a SCADA project, in-house personnel should handle as much of the job as possible. This includes design, equipment specification, installation, and programming. The more of these tasks one does in-hou...	[ "SCADA", "supervisory control", "data acquisition", "in-house integration", "compatibility", "programmable logic controllers" ]	[ "P", "M", "U", "M", "U", "M" ]
1229	Dot-Net makes slow progress	Microsoft's Windows .Net Enterprise Server Release Candidate I, which was released at the end of last month, provides an early glimpse of the system that will eventually replace Windows 200 Advanced Server. The software has been improved so that Active Directory is more flexible and easier to deploy; and security, scal...	[ "Windows .Net Enterprise Server", "Active Directory", "security", "scalability" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
639	Distributed servers approach for large-scale secure multicast	In order to offer backward and forward secrecy for multicast applications (i.e., a new member cannot decrypt the multicast data sent before its joining and a former member cannot decrypt the data sent after its leaving), the data encryption key has to be changed whenever a user joins or leaves the system. Such a change...	[ "distributed servers", "large-scale secure multicast", "forward secrecy", "multicast applications", "data encryption key", "re-key messaging", "system bandwidth", "hierarchical key tree", "user traffic", "short holding time", "Internet stock quote applications", "backward secrecy", "system c...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R", "M", "M" ]
114	Cooperative three- and four-player quantum games	A cooperative multi-player quantum game played by 3 and 4 players has been studied. A quantum superposed operator is introduced in this work which solves the non-zero sum difficulty in previous treatments. The role of quantum entanglement of the initial state is discussed in detail	[ "quantum superposed operator", "quantum entanglement", "initial state", "cooperative three-player quantum games", "cooperative four-player quantum games", "nonzero sum difficulty" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "M", "R", "M" ]
957	A Blog in every law firm?	You don't know today what you'll want to know next year. Rather than trying to solve that problem, focus on providing simple tools to users that create valuable content across the firm. Individual contributions will be more visible, and you will have a searchable archive of your institutional memory and a simplified pr...	[ "law firm", "institutional memory", "weblogs", "Web site" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "U" ]
912	Grey-box model identification via evolutionary computing	This paper presents an evolutionary grey-box model identification methodology that makes the best use of a priori knowledge on a clear-box model with a global structural representation of the physical system under study, whilst incorporating accurate blackbox models for immeasurable and local nonlinearities of a practi...	[ "grey-box models", "system identification", "evolutionary algorithms", "genetic evolution", "multiobjective optimisation", "hydraulic system", "nonlinear system" ]	[ "P", "R", "M", "U", "U", "M", "R" ]
580	A genetic approach to the optimization of automatic generation control parameters for power systems	This paper presents a method based on genetic algorithm for the automatic generation control of power systems. The technique is applied to control a system, which includes two areas tied together through a power line. As a consequence of continuous load variation, the frequency of the power system changes with time. In...	[ "genetic algorithm", "power line", "continuous load variation", "frequency transients", "integral controller gains", "frequency bias factors", "power systems automatic generation control parameters optimization", "control design", "interconnected power networks", "control simulation" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "M", "M", "R" ]
1190	Buying into the relationship [business software]	Choosing the right software to improve business processes can have a huge impact on a company's efficiency and profitability. While it is sometimes hard to get beyond vendor hype about software features and functionality and know what to realistically expect, it is even more difficult to determine if the vendor is the ...	[ "business software", "functionality", "vendor relationship", "management", "software evaluation" ]	[ "P", "P", "R", "U", "M" ]
1214	Multi-agent collaboration for B2B workflow monitoring	Business-to-business (B2B) application environments are exceedingly dynamic and competitive. This dynamism is manifested in the form of changing process requirements and time constraints. However, current workflow management technologies have difficulties trying to solve problems, such as: how to deal with the dynamic ...	[ "multi-agent collaboration", "B2B workflow monitoring", "changing process requirements", "time constraints", "workflow management", "transaction risk", "business rules", "Internet", "business-to-business applications", "electronic commerce" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "U", "R", "M" ]
1251	A synergic analysis for Web-based enterprise resources planning systems	As the central nervous system for managing an organization's mission and critical business data, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system has evolved to become the backbone of e-business implementation. Since an ERP system is multimodule application software that helps a company manage its important business functions...	[ "synergic analysis", "Web-based enterprise resources planning", "Enterprise Resource Planning", "ERP", "e-business", "customer relationship management" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M" ]
604	SRP rolls out reliability and asset management initiative	Reliability planning analysis at the Salt River Project (SRP, Tempe, Arizona, US) prioritizes geographic areas for preventive inspections based on a cost benefit model. However, SRP wanted a new application system to prioritize inspections and to predict when direct buried cable would fail using the same cost benefit m...	[ "reliability planning analysis", "Salt River Project", "Tempe", "Arizona", "geographic areas", "preventive inspections", "cost benefit model", "direct buried cable", "geographical information system", "GIS", "equipment analysis execution", "wood pole", "cable replacement", "USA", "condit...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "U", "U" ]
641	Multiecho segmented EPI with z-shimmed background gradient compensation (MESBAC) pulse sequence for fMRI	A MultiEcho Segmented EPI with z-shimmed BAckground gradient Compensation (MESBAC) pulse sequence is proposed and validated for functional MRI (fMRI) study in regions suffering from severe susceptibility artifacts. This sequence provides an effective tradeoff between spatial and temporal resolution and reduces image di...	[ "multiecho segmented EPI", "z-shimmed background gradient compensation", "fMRI", "severe susceptibility artifacts", "temporal resolution", "image distortion", "signal dropout", "orbitofrontal cortex", "navigator echoes", "ghost artifacts", "event-related functional brain mapping", "gradient co...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "M", "R" ]
129	Phase conditions for Schur polynomials	The rate of change of phase of a real or complex Schur polynomial, evaluated along the unit circle traversed counterclockwise, is strictly positive. For polynomials with real coefficients, this bound can be tightened. These and some other fundamental bounds on the rate of change of phase are derived here, using the Tch...	[ "phase conditions", "Schur polynomial", "rate of change of phase", "real coefficients", "Tchebyshev representation", "phase monotonicity", "robust stability", "discrete-time control systems", "stabilization" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "U", "U", "U" ]
1115	Four-point wavelets and their applications	Multiresolution analysis (MRA) and wavelets provide useful and efficient tools for representing functions at multiple levels of details. Wavelet representations have been used in a broad range of applications, including image compression, physical simulation and numerical analysis. In this paper, the authors construct ...	[ "four-point wavelets", "multiresolution analysis", "wavelet representations", "image compression", "physical simulation", "numerical analysis", "interpolatory four-point subdivision scheme", "linear time complexity", "weight parameters", "scaling functions", "B-spline wavelets" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1150	Effect of multileaf collimator leaf width on physical dose distributions in the treatment of CNS and head and neck neoplasms with intensity modulated radiation therapy	The purpose of this work is to examine physical radiation dose differences between two multileaf collimator (MLC) leaf widths (5 and 10 mm) in the treatment of CNS and head and neck neoplasms with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Three clinical patients with CNS tumors were planned with two different MLC l...	[ "multileaf collimator leaf width", "physical dose distributions", "head and neck neoplasms", "intensity modulated radiation therapy", "10 mm", "CNS tumors", "treatment planning", "conformal radiotherapy", "parotid preservation", "5 mm", "beamlet size", "21.04 Gy", "22.36 Gy", "single fract...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "M", "U", "M" ]
997	Production capacity of flexible manufacturing systems with fixed production ratios	Determining the production capacity of flexible manufacturing systems is a very important issue in the design of such systems. We propose an approach for determining the production capacity (i.e. the maximum production rate) of a flexible manufacturing system with several part types, dedicated pallets, and fixed produc...	[ "production capacity", "flexible manufacturing systems", "fixed production ratios", "maximum production rate", "dedicated pallets", "iterative procedure", "simulation", "approximate analytical techniques", "building block performance evaluation technique", "multiple part type", "single parameter...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "R", "U", "U" ]
540	Ventilation-perfusion ratio of signal intensity in human lung using oxygen-enhanced and arterial spin labeling techniques	This study investigates the distribution of ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) signal intensity (SI) ratios using oxygen-enhanced and arterial spin labeling (ASL) techniques in the lungs of 10 healthy volunteers. Ventilation and perfusion images were simultaneously acquired using the flow-sensitive alternating inversion recov...	[ "ventilation-perfusion ratio", "signal intensity", "human lung", "arterial spin labeling techniques", "perfusion images", "flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery", "logarithmic normal distribution", "multiple inert gas elimination", "MRI", "nonsimultaneous acquisition", "oxygen-enhanced t...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "M", "U", "U", "U", "M", "M" ]
86	Laser-based internal profile measurement system	An automatic laser-based system to measure the internal profiles of various structures has been developed. The system uses a point laser source through a rotating optical device fixed on to a laser measurement meter. A notebook computer with custom software is used to control the laser meter and rotating device to esti...	[ "laser-based internal profile measurement system", "internal profiles", "point laser source", "rotating optical device", "laser meter", "rotating device", "floor tile manufacturers", "carpet venders", "building contractors", "cost estimation", "production control", "customized windowpanes", ...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1008	Quadratic programming algorithms for large-scale model predictive control	Quadratic programming (QP) methods are an important element in the application of model predictive control (MPC). As larger and more challenging MPC applications are considered, more attention needs to be focused on the construction and tailoring of efficient QP algorithms. In this study, we tailor and apply a new QP m...	[ "quadratic programming algorithms", "large-scale model predictive control", "QPSchur", "cross directional control problems", "paper machines", "object oriented implementation", "simulations", "constraint handling", "warm starts", "partial solution", "dual space Schur complement algorithm", "fl...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R" ]
719	War games: The truth [network security]	With al Qaeda on the tip of tongues around the world, find out how terror groups could target your network. What are the dangers and how do you fight them?	[ "networks", "security", "malicious attacks", "employees" ]	[ "P", "P", "U", "U" ]
1309	Transcripts: bane or boon? [law reporting]	Because judge-made law, by its very nature, is less immediately accessible than the law of codified, statutory systems, it calls for an efficient system of law reporting. Of necessity, any such system will be selective, the majority of decisions going unreported. Considerable power thereby comes to repose in the hands ...	[ "transcripts", "law reporting", "judge-made law", "judgments" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1424	FinancialContent. Credibility is king	If you went to a site named Financialcontent.com, you'd probably expect to find, well, financial content. Maybe stock prices or company earnings or market charts or economic statistics or corporate news reports. Well, you'd be partially correct. Financialcontent.com does deal in financial information, but its main obje...	[ "Financialcontent.com", "financial information", "Web sites", "aggregator", "partner sites" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
832	Senate to Powell: regulate more [FCC]	FCC Chairman Michael Powell pitched a six-step market-based recovery plan to the Senate last week, but two members of the Commerce Committee told him telecom's revival requires more reliance on regulation	[ "FCC", "recovery plan", "US Senate Commerce Committee", "telecom industry" ]	[ "P", "P", "M", "M" ]
877	What do you say? Open letters to women considering a computer science major	In the last decade we have both monitored with great interest the ratio of female to male computer science majors at our respective institutions. With each entering class, we think: "Surely, now is the time when the numbers will become more balanced." Logic tells us that this must eventually happen, because the opportu...	[ "women", "computer science majors", "female", "male", "computer science education", "gender issues" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "U" ]
698	Robust stability analysis for current-programmed regulators	Uncertainty models for the three basic switch-mode converters: buck, boost, and buck-boost are given in this paper. The resulting models are represented by linear fractional transformations with structured dynamic uncertainties. Uncertainties are assumed for the load resistance R=R/sub O/(1+ delta /sub R/), inductance ...	[ "robust stability analysis", "current-programmed regulators", "uncertainty models", "linear fractional transformations", "structured dynamic uncertainties", "load resistance", "inductance", "capacitance", "switch-mode DC-DC converters", "control analysis", "nominal model", "norm-bounded modeli...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R" ]
1288	A modal logic for indiscernibility and complementarity in information systems	In this paper, we study indiscernibility relations and complementarity relations in information systems, The first-order characterization of indiscernibility and complementarity is obtained through a duality result between information systems and certain structures of relational type characterized by first-order condit...	[ "modal logic", "indiscernibility", "complementarity", "information systems", "first-order characterization", "duality result", "relational type", "first-order conditions" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1131	A min-max theorem on feedback vertex sets	We establish a necessary and sufficient condition for the linear system {x : Hx >or= e, x >or= 0} associated with a bipartite tournament to be totally dual integral, where H is the cycle-vertex incidence matrix and e is the all-one vector. The consequence is a min-max relation on packing and covering cycles, together w...	[ "min-max theorem", "feedback vertex sets", "linear system", "bipartite tournament", "cycle-vertex incidence matrix", "all-one vector", "covering cycles", "strongly polynomial time algorithms", "feedback vertex set problem", "cycle packing problem", "necessary sufficient condition", "totally du...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R", "U", "M", "M" ]
1174	Optimization of cutting conditions for single pass turning operations using a deterministic approach	An optimization analysis, strategy and CAM software for the selection of economic cutting conditions in single pass turning operations are presented using a deterministic approach. The optimization is based on criteria typified by the maximum production rate and includes a host of practical constraints. It is shown tha...	[ "single pass turning operations", "deterministic approach", "CAM software", "economic cutting conditions", "maximum production rate", "mathematical analyses", "constrained economic trends", "cutting conditions optimization", "process planning" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "U" ]
564	Development of a computer-aided manufacturing system for profiled edge lamination tooling	Profiled edge lamination (PEL) tooling is a promising rapid tooling (RT) method involving the assembly of an array of laminations whose top edges are simultaneously profiled and beveled based on a CAD model of the intended tool surface. To facilitate adoption of this RT method by industry, a comprehensive PEL tooling d...	[ "profiled edge lamination tooling", "rapid tooling", "abrasive water jet cutting", "CAM software", "cutting trajectory algorithms", "identical equidistant profile segmentation", "adaptively vector profiles projection", "computer aided manufacturing" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M" ]
599	Keen but confused [workflow & content management]	IT users find workflow, content and business process management software appealing but by no means straightforward to implement. Pat Sweet reports on our latest research	[ "workflow", "content management", "business process management software", "research", "survey", "market overview" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "U", "U" ]
1189	CRM: approaching zenith	Looks at how manufacturers are starting to warm up to the concept of customer relationship management. CRM has matured into what is expected to be big business. As CRM software evolves to its second, some say third, generation, it's likely to be more valuable to holdouts in manufacturing and other sectors	[ "CRM", "manufacturers", "manufacturers", "customer relationship management", "manufacturing" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1230	Server safeguards tax service	Peterborough-based tax consultancy IE Taxguard wanted real-time failover protection for important Windows-based applications. Its solution was to implement a powerful failover server from UK supplier Neverfail in order to provide real-time backup for three core production servers	[ "tax consultancy", "IE Taxguard", "failover server", "Neverfail", "backup" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1275	Modeling dynamic objects in distributed systems with nested Petri nets	Nested Petri nets (NP-nets) is a Petri net extension, allowing tokens in a net marking to be represented by marked nets themselves. The paper discusses applicability of NP-nets for modeling task planning systems, multi-agent systems and recursive-parallel systems. A comparison of NP-nets with some other formalisms, suc...	[ "distributed systems", "nested Petri nets", "multi-agent systems", "recursive-parallel systems", "process algebras", "decidability", "object-oriented Petri net", "dynamic objects modelling" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
620	Adaptive image enhancement for retinal blood vessel segmentation	Retinal blood vessel images are enhanced by removing the nonstationary background, which is adaptively estimated based on local neighbourhood information. The result is a much better segmentation of the blood vessels with a simple algorithm and without the need to obtain a priori illumination knowledge of the imaging s...	[ "adaptive image enhancement", "retinal blood vessel images", "local neighbourhood information", "nonstationary background removal", "image segmentation", "personal identification", "security applications" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "U", "U" ]
1094	Efficient allocation of knowledge in distributed business structures	Accelerated business processes demand new concepts and realizations of information systems and knowledge databases. This paper presents the concept of the collaborative information space (CIS), which supplies the necessary tools to transform individual knowledge into collective useful information. The creation of 'info...	[ "distributed business structures", "accelerated business processes", "information systems", "knowledge databases", "collaborative information space", "information objects", "business process steps", "Web-based user interface", "multidimensionally hierarchical composition", "efficient knowledge all...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "M" ]
1445	Applying BGL to computational geometry	The author applies Boost Graph Library to the domain of computational geometry. First, he formulates a concrete problem in graph terms. Second, he develops a way to transform the output of an existing algorithm into an appropriate Boost Graph Library data structure. Finally, he implements two new algorithms for my Boos...	[ "computational geometry", "Boost Graph Library", "generic programming approach", "Boost libraries", "C++", "threads", "smart pointers", "graph-theoretic concepts", "directed graph", "file dependencies", "BGL graph" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "R", "U", "U", "U", "U", "M", "U", "R" ]
816	Accelerating filtering techniques for numeric CSPs	Search algorithms for solving Numeric CSPs (Constraint Satisfaction Problems) make an extensive use of filtering techniques. In this paper we show how those filtering techniques can be accelerated by discovering and exploiting some regularities during the filtering process. Two kinds of regularities are discussed, cycl...	[ "filtering techniques", "Numeric CSPs", "search algorithms", "Constraint Satisfaction Problems", "propagation", "artificial intelligence", "interval analysis", "CSPs-solving", "extrapolation methods", "pruning" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "U", "M", "U" ]
853	Virtual Development Center	The Virtual Development Center of the Institute for Women and Technology seeks to significantly enhance the impact of women on technology. It addresses this goal by increasing the number of women who have input on created technology, enhancing the ways people teach and develop technology, and developing need-based tech...	[ "Virtual Development Center", "women", "teaching", "community groups", "information technology", "gender issues", "computer science education" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "U", "M" ]
778	Access matters	Discusses accessibility needs of people with disabilities, both from the perspective of getting the information from I&R programs (including accessible Web sites, TTY access, Braille, and other mechanisms) and from the perspective of being aware of accessibility needs when referring clients to resources. Includes infor...	[ "accessibility needs", "accessible Web sites", "TTY access", "Braille", "ADA legislation", "public places", "disabled people", "information and referral programs" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "M" ]
1368	Exploratory study of the adoption of manufacturing technology innovations in the USA and the UK	Manufacturing technologies, appropriately implemented, provide competitive advantage to manufacturers. The use of manufacturing technologies across countries is difficult to compare. One such comparison has been provided in the literature with a study of US and Japanese practices in advanced manufacturing technology us...	[ "manufacturing technology innovations", "USA", "UK", "competitive advantage", "foreign direct investment", "labour productivity", "macro-economic data", "soft technologies", "just-in-time", "total quality manufacturing", "manufacturing cells" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1395	Work in progress: Developing policies for access to government information in the New South Africa	Following South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994, the SA government has adopted policies supporting freedom of expression and freedom of access to information. The Bill of Rights in the new Constitution includes a constitutional right of access to information held by the state. Since 1994 various initiatives ha...	[ "government information", "South Africa", "freedom of expression", "freedom of access to information", "Bill of Rights", "constitutional right of access", "government printing", "public information services", "Internet", "official publications depositories", "public bodies", "libraries", "go...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
785	Networking without wires	Several types of devices use radio transmitters to send data over thin air. Are WLANs, wireless local area networks, the end to all cables? Will Dalrymple weighs up the costs and benefits	[ "wireless local area networks", "costs", "benefits" ]	[ "P", "P", "P" ]
1069	Entangling atoms in bad cavities	We propose a method to produce entangled spin squeezed states of a large number of atoms inside an optical cavity. By illuminating the atoms with bichromatic light, the coupling to the cavity induces pairwise exchange of excitations which entangles the atoms. Unlike most proposals for entangling atoms by cavity QED, ou...	[ "bad cavities", "entangled spin squeezed states", "optical cavity", "coupling", "pairwise exchange", "excitations", "cavity QED", "strong coupling regime", "atom cavity coupling strength", "cavity decay rate", "atom entanglement", "bichromatic light illumination" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R" ]
893	Use of natural language processing to translate clinical information from a database of 889,921 chest radiographic reports	The aim was to evaluate translation of chest radiographic reports using natural language processing and to compare the findings with those in the literature. A natural language processor coded 10 years of narrative chest radiographic reports from an urban academic medical center. Coding for 150 reports was compared wit...	[ "natural language processing", "urban academic medical center", "pleural effusion", "stab wounds", "pneumothorax coding", "chest radiographic report database", "clinical information translation", "clinical condition frequency", "clinical condition cooccurrence", "right to left lung mass ratio", ...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R", "R", "R", "R" ]
1054	Choice preferences without inferences: subconscious priming of risk attitudes	We present a procedure for subconscious priming of risk attitudes. In Experiment 1, we were reliably able to induce risk-seeking or risk-averse preferences across a range of decision scenarios using this priming procedure. In Experiment 2, we showed that these priming effects can be reversed by drawing participants' at...	[ "choice preferences", "subconscious priming", "risk attitudes", "risk-averse preferences", "decision scenarios", "preconscious processing", "affective primacy hypothesis", "deliberative mental operations", "risk-seeking preferences" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
1011	A self-organizing context-based approach to the tracking of multiple robot trajectories	We have combined competitive and Hebbian learning in a neural network designed to learn and recall complex spatiotemporal sequences. In such sequences, a particular item may occur more than once or the sequence may share states with another sequence. Processing of repeated/shared states is a hard problem that occurs ve...	[ "self-organizing context-based approach", "robot trajectories", "Hebbian learning", "complex spatiotemporal sequences", "shared states", "synaptic weights", "Hebbian intralayer connections", "context units", "sequence states", "retrieval abilities", "sequence sampling effects", "trajectories t...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R", "M", "R", "R" ]
745	Intensity based affine registration including feature similarity for spatial normalization	This paper presents a new spatial normalization with affine transformation. The quantitative comparison of brain architecture across different subjects requires a common coordinate system. For the analysis of a specific brain area, it is necessary to normalize and compare a region of interest and the global brain. The ...	[ "intensity based affine registration", "feature similarity", "feature similarity", "spatial normalization", "affine transformation", "brain architecture", "common coordinate system", "region of interest", "global brain", "lateral ventricle", "central gray nuclei", "corpus callosum", "schizop...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
700	Digital stochastic realization of complex analog controllers	Stochastic logic is based on digital processing of a random pulse stream, where the information is codified as the probability of a high level in a finite sequence. This binary pulse sequence can be digitally processed exploiting the similarity between Boolean algebra and statistical algebra. Given a random pulse seque...	[ "digital stochastic realization", "complex analog controllers", "stochastic logic", "random pulse stream", "pulse stream", "finite sequence", "binary pulse sequence", "Boolean algebra", "statistical algebra", "random pulse sequence", "Boolean operation", "average pulse rates", "stochastic ap...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "M" ]
1355	Comparison of push and pull systems with transporters: a metamodelling approach	Analyses push and pull systems with transportation consideration. A multiproduct, multiline, multistage production system was used to compare the two systems. The effects of four factors (processing time variation, demand variation, transporters, batch size) on throughput rate, average waiting time in the system and ma...	[ "pull systems", "transporters", "metamodelling approach", "processing time variation", "demand variation", "batch size", "throughput rate", "average waiting time", "machine utilization", "performance measures", "push systems", "multiproduct multiline multistage production system" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R" ]
1310	Cat and class: what use are these skills to the new legal information professional?	This article looks at the cataloguing and classification skills taught on information studies courses and the use these skills are to new legal information professionals. The article is based on the opinions of nine new legal information professionals from both academic and law firm libraries	[ "legal information professional", "cataloguing", "classification", "information studies courses", "law firm libraries", "academic libraries" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
130	Resolution of a current-mode algorithmic analog-to-digital converter	Errors limiting the resolution of current-mode algorithmic analog-to-digital converters are mainly related to current mirror operation. While systematic errors can be minimized by proper circuit techniques, random sources are unavoidable. In this paper a statistical analysis of the resolution of a typical converter is ...	[ "resolution", "analog-to-digital converters", "circuit techniques", "statistical analysis", "CMOS technology", "current-mode ADC", "algorithmic ADC", "A/D converters", "error analysis", "tolerance analysis", "circuit analysis", "0.35 micron", "4 bit" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "M", "R", "R", "R", "U", "U" ]
973	Time-integration of multiphase chemistry in size-resolved cloud models	The existence of cloud drops leads to a transfer of chemical species between the gas and aqueous phases. Species concentrations in both phases are modified by chemical reactions and by this phase transfer. The model equations resulting from such multiphase chemical systems are nonlinear, highly coupled and extremely st...	[ "multiphase chemistry", "size-resolved cloud models", "cloud drops", "chemical species", "chemical reactions", "multiphase chemical systems", "aqueous phase chemistry", "gas phase chemistry", "approximate matrix factorization", "operator splitting", "linear algebra", "sparse Jacobians", "tim...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M" ]
936	Resonant controllers for smart structures	In this paper we propose a special type of colocated feedback controller for smart structures. The controller is a parallel combination of high-Q resonant circuits. Each of the resonant circuits is tuned to a pole (or the resonant frequency) of the smart structure. It is proven that the parallel combination of resonant...	[ "smart structures", "smart structures", "feedback controller", "high-Q resonant circuits", "resonant frequency", "actuator-sensor", "damping", "multiple resonant modes", "multimode resonances", "smart structure", "laminate beam" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "U" ]
1248	Public business libraries: the next chapter	Traces the history of the provision of business information by Leeds Public Libraries, UK, from the opening of the Public Commercial and Technical Library in 1918 to the revolutionary impact of the Internet in the 1990s. Describes how the Library came to terms with the need to integrate the Internet into its mainstream...	[ "public business libraries", "history", "Leeds Public Libraries", "Public Commercial and Technical Library", "Internet", "business information services", "company information", "market research", "marketing", "British Standards information", "press cuttings", "patents information", "governme...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R", "R" ]
658	Process pioneers [agile business]	By managing IT infrastructures along so-called 'top down' lines, organisations can streamline their business processes, eliminate redundant tasks and increase automation	[ "agile business", "managing IT infrastructures", "business processes", "increase automation" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
62	Text-independent speaker verification using utterance level scoring and covariance modeling	This paper describes a computationally simple method to perform text independent speaker verification using second order statistics. The suggested method, called utterance level scoring (ULS), allows one to obtain a normalized score using a single pass through the frames of the tested utterance. The utterance sample co...	[ "text-independent speaker verification", "utterance level scoring", "covariance modeling", "computationally simple method", "second order statistics", "normalized score", "sample covariance", "speaker covariance", "distortion measure", "distortion measure", "NIST speaker recognition evaluation",...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1149	Deterministic calculations of photon spectra for clinical accelerator targets	A method is proposed to compute photon energy spectra produced in clinical electron accelerator targets, based on the deterministic solution of the Boltzmann equation for coupled electron-photon transport in one-dimensional (1-D) slab geometry. It is shown that the deterministic method gives similar results as Monte Ca...	[ "deterministic calculations", "photon energy spectra", "clinical electron accelerator targets", "Boltzmann equation", "coupled electron-photon transport", "angular range of interest", "therapy applications", "relative energy spectra", "3-D Monte Carlo methods", "one-dimensional slab geometry", "...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "M", "M", "M", "M" ]
559	Is open source more or less secure?	Networks dominate today's computing landscape and commercial technical protection is lagging behind attack technology. As a result, protection programme success depends more on prudent management decisions than on the selection of technical safeguards. The paper takes a management view of protection and seeks to reconc...	[ "commercial technical protection", "attack technology", "management", "open source software security", "computer networks", "data security" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "M", "R", "M" ]
747	Simulation of cardiovascular physiology: the diastolic function(s) of the heart	The cardiovascular system was simulated by using an equivalent electronic circuit. Four sets of simulations were performed. The basic variables investigated were cardiac output and stroke volume. They were studied as functions (i) of right ventricular capacitance and negative intrathoracic pressure; (ii) of left ventri...	[ "simulation", "cardiovascular physiology", "diastolic function", "heart", "equivalent electronic circuit", "cardiac output", "stroke volume", "right ventricular capacitance", "negative intrathoracic pressure", "left ventricular relaxation", "heart rate", "left ventricle failure", "diastolic ...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
702	A comparison of high-power converter topologies for the implementation of FACTS controllers	This paper compares four power converter topologies for the implementation of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) controllers: three multilevel topologies (multipoint clamped (MPC), chain, and nested cell) and the well-established multipulse topology. In keeping with the need to implement very-high-power inverters,...	[ "FACTS controllers", "multilevel topologies", "multipulse topology", "inverters", "switching frequency", "device count", "DC filter ratings", "static compensator", "static synchronous series compensator", "unified power flow controller", "high-power converter topologies comparison", "multipoin...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "U", "U" ]
1357	Work sequencing in a manufacturing cell with limited labour constraints	This study focuses on the analysis of group scheduling heuristics in a dual-constrained, automated manufacturing cell, where labour utilization is limited to setups, tear-downs and loads/unloads. This scenario is realistic in today's automated manufacturing cells. The results indicate that policies for allocating labou...	[ "work sequencing", "manufacturing cell", "limited labour constraints", "group scheduling heuristics", "automated manufacturing cells", "job scheduling", "production planning", "dual-constrained automated manufacturing cell", "labour allocation policies", "efficiency oriented exhaustive group sched...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R", "M" ]
1312	Stability in the numerical solution of the heat equation with nonlocal boundary conditions	This paper deals with numerical methods for the solution of the heat equation with integral boundary conditions. Finite differences are used for the discretization in space. The matrices specifying the resulting semidiscrete problem are proved to satisfy a sectorial resolvent condition, uniformly with respect to the di...	[ "stability", "numerical solution", "heat equation", "nonlocal boundary conditions", "integral boundary conditions", "finite differences", "matrices", "semidiscrete problem", "sectorial resolvent condition", "fully discrete numerical process", "one-step methods", "maximum norm", "space discre...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
829	Santera targets independents in major strategy overhaul [telecom]	With big carriers slashing capital expense budgets, Santera Systems is broadening the reach of its next-generation switching platform to include independent telcos. This week, the vendor will announce that it has signed a deal with Kerman, Calif-based Kerman Telephone Co. Furthermore, the company is angling for inclusi...	[ "Santera Systems", "switching", "Kerman Telephone", "Rural Utilities Service" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
891	Establishing the discipline of physics-based CMP modeling	For the past decade, a physically based comprehensive process model for chemical mechanical polishing has eluded the semiconductor industry. However, a long-term collaborative effort has now resulted in a workable version of that approach. The highly fundamental model is based on advanced finite element analysis and is...	[ "CMP", "chemical mechanical polishing", "finite element analysis", "CMP process development", "physically based process model" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
1056	Eliminating recency with self-review: the case of auditors' 'going concern' judgments	This paper examines the use of self-review to debias recency. Recency is found in the 'going concern' judgments of staff auditors, but is successfully eliminated by the auditor's use of a simple self-review technique that would be extremely easy to implement in audit practice. Auditors who self-review are also less inc...	[ "self-review", "staff auditors", "audit report choices", "documentation", "audit workpapers", "senior auditors", "extended audit procedures", "legal liability", "diminished reputation", "judgment debiasing", "applied professional settings", "auditor going concern judgments", "recency debiasi...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "U", "M" ]
1013	A scalable intelligent takeoff controller for a simulated running jointed leg	Running with jointed legs poses a difficult control problem in robotics. Neural controllers are attractive because they allow the robot to adapt to changing environmental conditions. However, scalability is an issue with many neural controllers. The paper describes the development of a scalable neurofuzzy controller fo...	[ "scalable intelligent takeoff controller", "scalability", "simulated running jointed leg", "neural controllers", "changing environmental conditions", "scalable neurofuzzy controller", "takeoff phase", "running stride", "intelligent robotic control" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
60	Perceptual audio coding using adaptive pre- and post-filters and lossless compression	This paper proposes a versatile perceptual audio coding method that achieves high compression ratios and is capable of low encoding/decoding delay. It accommodates a variety of source signals (including both music and speech) with different sampling rates. It is based on separating irrelevance and redundancy reductions...	[ "perceptual audio coding", "lossless compression", "high compression ratio", "low encoding/decoding delay", "source signals", "music", "sampling rates", "redundancy reduction", "adaptive filtering", "predictive coding", "psycho-acoustically controlled adaptive linear filter", "irrelevance redu...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R" ]
132	A unified view for vector rotational CORDIC algorithms and architectures based on angle quantization approach	Vector rotation is the key operation employed extensively in many digital signal processing applications. In this paper, we introduce a new design concept called Angle Quantization (AQ). It can be used as a design index for vector rotational operation, where the rotational angle is known in advance. Based on the AQ pro...	[ "vector rotational CORDIC algorithms", "angle quantization", "digital signal processing applications", "design index", "vector rotational operation", "unified design framework", "low-latency rotational algorithms", "searching algorithms", "optimization problem", "scaling operations", "low-comple...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "M", "R", "R", "M" ]
971	Homogenization in L/sup infinity /	Homogenization of deterministic control problems with L/sup infinity / running cost is studied by viscosity solutions techniques. It is proved that the value function of an L/sup infinity / problem in a medium with a periodic micro-structure converges uniformly on the compact sets to the value function of the homogeniz...	[ "homogenization", "deterministic control", "L/sup infinity / running cost", "value function", "convergence", "cell problem", "calculus of variations", "averaging", "optimal control" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
934	Induced-shear piezoelectric actuators for rotor blade trailing edge flaps	Much of the current rotorcraft research is focused on improving performance by reducing unwanted helicopter noise and vibration. One of the most promising active rotorcraft vibration control systems is an active trailing edge flap. In this paper, an induced-shear piezoelectric tube actuator is used in conjunction with ...	[ "rotorcraft", "helicopter noise", "vibration control", "active trailing edge flap", "piezoelectric tube actuator", "lever-cusp hinge amplification device", "finite-element model", "inertial loading", "design", "shear tube actuator flap", "bench top testing", "12 inch flap", "12 inch", "ind...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R" ]
1232	Techniques for compiling and implementing all NAS parallel benchmarks in HPF	The NAS parallel benchmarks (NPB) are a well-known benchmark set for high-performance machines. Much effort has been made to implement them in High-Performance Fortran (HPF). In previous attempts, however, the HPF versions did not include the complete set of benchmarks, and the performance was not always good. In this ...	[ "compiler", "NAS parallel benchmarks", "high-performance machines", "HPF compiler", "distributed-memory parallel supercomputers" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "M" ]
1277	Dynamic modification of object Petri nets. An application to modelling protocols with fork-join structures	In this paper we discuss possibilities of modelling protocols by objects in object-based high-level Petri nets. Some advantages of dynamically modifying the structure of token objects are discussed and the need for further investigations into mathematically rigorous foundations of object net formalisms incorporating fa...	[ "dynamic modification", "object Petri nets", "protocols", "fork-join structures", "token objects", "mathematically rigorous foundations", "object net formalisms" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
622	Source/channel coding of still images using lapped transforms and block classification	A novel scheme for joint source/channel coding of still images is proposed. By using efficient lapped transforms, channel-optimised robust quantisers and classification methods it is shown that significant improvements over traditional source/channel coding of images can be obtained while keeping the complexity low	[ "still images", "lapped transforms", "block classification", "channel-optimised robust quantisers", "joint source-channel coding", "image coding", "low complexity" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "R", "R" ]
909	Influence of the process design on the control strategy: application in electropneumatic field	This article proposes an example of electropneumatic system where the architecture of the process is modified with respect to both the specifications for position and velocity tracking and a criterion concerning the energy consumption. Experimental results are compared and analyzed using an industrial bench test. For t...	[ "electropneumatic systems", "tracking", "energy consumption", "nonlinear control", "flatness theory", "positioning systems", "position control", "monovariable control", "multivariable control", "velocity control" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R", "R", "R" ]
1133	An analytic center cutting plane method for semidefinite feasibility problems	Semidefinite feasibility problems arise in many areas of operations research. The abstract form of these problems can be described as finding a point in a nonempty bounded convex body Gamma in the cone of symmetric positive semidefinite matrices. Assume that Gamma is defined by an oracle, which for any given m * m symm...	[ "analytic center cutting plane method", "semidefinite feasibility problems", "operations research", "nonempty bounded convex body", "symmetric positive semidefinite matrices", "oracle", "iteration", "approximate analytic center", "working set", "worst-case complexity", "maximum ball radius" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
1176	A summary of methods applied to tool condition monitoring in drilling	Presents a summary of the monitoring methods, signal analysis and diagnostic techniques for tool wear and failure monitoring in drilling that have been tested and reported in the literature. The paper covers only indirect monitoring methods such as force, vibration and current measurements. Signal analysis techniques c...	[ "tool condition monitoring", "drilling", "monitoring methods", "signal analysis", "diagnostic techniques", "tool wear", "failure monitoring", "indirect monitoring methods", "current measurements", "statistical parameters", "wavelet transform", "automatic diagnostic tools", "force measurement...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R", "R" ]
566	Sensing and control of double-sided arc welding process	The welding industry is driven to improve productivity without sacrificing quality. For thick material welding, the current practice is to use backing or multiple passes. The laser welding process, capable of achieving deep narrow penetration, can significantly improve welding productivity for such applications by redu...	[ "double-sided arc welding", "thick material welding", "laser welding process", "control system", "process control", "energy density", "controlled pulse keyhole" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "U", "R" ]
6	SBC gets more serious on regulatory compliance	With one eye on the past and the other on its future, SBC Communications last week created a unit it hopes will bring a cohesiveness and efficiency to its regulatory compliance efforts that previously had been lacking. The carrier also hopes the new regulatory compliance unit will help it accomplish its short-term goal...	[ "regulatory compliance", "SBC Communications", "telecom carrier" ]	[ "P", "P", "M" ]
1397	Computer program for calculating the p-value in testing process capability index C/sub pmk/	Many process capability indices, including C/sub p/, C/sub pk/, and C/sub pm/, have been proposed to provide numerical measures on the process potential and performance. Combining the advantages of these indices, Pearn et al. (1992) introduced a new capability index called C/sub pmk/, which has been shown to be a usefu...	[ "computer program", "testing process capability index", "process potential", "testing hypothesis", "natural estimator", "Maple", "in-plant applications", "preset capability requirement", "reliable decisions", "process performance", "p-value calculation" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "R" ]
787	New kit on the block [IT upgrades]	As time passes, new hardware and software replace the old. The hows are straightforward: IT resellers and consultants can help with upgrade practicalities. Will Dalrymple examines the business issues and costs involved in IT upgrades	[ "IT upgrades", "IT resellers", "consultants", "business issues", "costs", "Microsoft" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "U" ]
1096	Evaluating alternative manufacturing control strategies using a benchmark system	This paper describes an investigation of the effects of dynamic job routing and job sequencing decisions on the performance of a distributed control system and its adaptability against disturbances. This experimental work was carried out to compare the performance of alternative control strategies in various manufactur...	[ "alternative manufacturing control strategies", "benchmark system", "dynamic job routing", "job sequencing decisions", "distributed control system", "experimental test-bed", "agent-based control system", "discrete-event simulation model", "benchmark manufacturing system", "production volumes", "...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R" ]
1447	International swinging: making Swing components locale-sensitive	Although Java and its GUI library Swing provide software developers with a highly customizable framework for creating truly "international" applications, the Swing library is not sensitive to locale switches: it cannot automatically change an application's appearance to conform to the conventions of a specific locale a...	[ "Java", "GUI library", "Swing library", "locale switching", "travel dictionaries", "translation programs", "user-interface language", "MLMetalLookandFeel" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1402	Web talk is cheap	Web technology provides a wealth of opportunities for reaching potential customers. So how do you make it work for your business?	[ "website", "web chat", "collaborative browsing", "customer service representative", "call centre" ]	[ "U", "M", "U", "M", "U" ]
814	A framework for image deblurring using wavelet packet bases	We show that the average over translations of an operator diagonal in a wavelet packet basis is a convolution. We also show that an operator diagonal in a wavelet packet basis can be decomposed into several operators of the same kind, each of them being better conditioned. We investigate the possibility of using such a...	[ "image deblurring", "wavelet packet bases", "operator diagonal", "convolution", "total variation approach", "ringing", "staircasing", "deconvolution" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "U" ]
851	Unlocking the clubhouse: the Carnegie Mellon experience	In the fall of 1995, just seven of 95 students entering the undergraduate program in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University were women. In 2000, 54 of 130, or 42%, were women. What happened? This article presents a brief history of the transformation at Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science, and the rese...	[ "students", "undergraduate program", "Carnegie Mellon University", "women", "history", "research project", "computer science education", "gender issues" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M", "U" ]
84	Efficient cellular automata based versatile multiplier for GF(2/sup m/)	In this paper, a low-complexity programmable cellular automata (PCA) based versatile modular multiplier in GF(2/sup m/) is presented. The proposed versatile multiplier increases flexibility by using the same multiplier in different security environments, and it reduces the user's cost. Moreover, the multiplier can be e...	[ "cellular automata based versatile multiplier", "low-complexity programmable cellular automata", "security environments", "restricted computing environments", "smart cards", "wireless devices" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1117	An attack-finding algorithm for security protocols	This paper proposes an automatic attack construction algorithm in order to find potential attacks on security protocols. It is based on a dynamic strand space model, which enhances the original strand space model by introducing active nodes on strands so as to characterize the dynamic procedure of protocol execution. W...	[ "attack-finding algorithm", "security protocols", "dynamic strand space model", "strand space model", "state space explosion", "asynchronous composition", "strand-added on demand", "check subterms", "data subterms", "Dolve-Yao protocol" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P" ]
1152	Incorporating multi-leaf collimator leaf sequencing into iterative IMRT optimization	Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning typically considers beam optimization and beam delivery as separate tasks. Following optimization, a multi-leaf collimator (MLC) or other beam delivery device is used to generate fluence patterns for patient treatment delivery. Due to limitations and chara...	[ "intensity modulated radiation therapy", "treatment planning", "beam optimization", "beam delivery", "fluence patterns", "objective function parameters", "deliverable dose distribution", "empirical adjustment", "iterative optimization", "multileaf collimator leaf sequencing", "tumor dose", "op...	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "M", "M", "R", "U", "M", "M", "M" ]
995	Vehicle travel time models for AGV systems under various dispatching rules	The design and evaluation of AGV-based material handling systems are highly complex because of the randomness and the large number of variables involved. Vehicle travel time is a fundamental parameter for solving various flexible manufacturing system (FMS) design problems. This article presents stochastic vehicle trave...	[ "vehicle travel time", "AGV", "material handling systems", "flexible manufacturing system", "FMS", "vehicle dispatching rules", "nearest vehicle selection rule", "longest idle vehicle selection rule", "automatic guided vehicle" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "M" ]
542	The treatment of fear of flying: a controlled study of imaginal and virtual reality graded exposure therapy	The goal of this study was to determine if virtual reality graded exposure therapy (VRGET) was equally efficacious, more efficacious, or less efficacious, than imaginal exposure therapy in the treatment of fear of flying. Thirty participants (Age=39.8+or-9.7) with confirmed DSM-IV diagnosis of specific phobia fear of f...	[ "virtual reality graded exposure therapy", "imaginal exposure therapy", "phobia", "physiological feedback", "physiology", "questionnaires", "subjective ratings of anxiety", "behavioral observations", "Chi-square test", "flying fear", "patient treatment" ]	[ "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "P", "R", "M" ]

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