Systems Approaches in Computer Science and Mathematics (eBook)

Proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Systems Research and Cybernetics

G.E. Lasker (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
687 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
9781483149813 (ISBN)

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Applied Systems and Cybernetics, Volume V: Systems Approaches in Computer Science and Mathematics covers the proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Systems Research and Cybernetics. This book discusses trends and advances in the application of systems science and cybernetics to various fields. This volume reviews the systems approaches in computer science and mathematics and concentrates on several major areas of systems research in computer science and theoretical and applied mathematics. This book will be of great interest to computer scientists interested in the development of the theories and applications of computer science.

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Front Cover 1
Systems Approaches in Computer Science and Mathematics 
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Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
PREFACE 20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 28
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF AUTHORS 31
INDEX OF MAJOR SUBJECT AREAS 34
PART I: NATIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS 35
CHAPTER 1. INFORMATION AS A NATIONAL ECONOMIC RESOURCE 35
INTRODUCTION 35
THE DUAL NATURE OF STI 36
FAST–DIFFUSING STI 37
SLOW–DIFFUSING STI 38
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 41
REFERENCES 41
CHAPTER 2. INFORMATION-BASED MEASURES OF SOCIETY AN INDEX OF THE INFORMATION UTILIZATION POTENTIAL
NEED FOR AN INFORMATION-SPECIFIC MEASURE OF THE COUNTRIES 42
PREVIOUS WORKS ON INDICATORS OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION 43
STATISTICS ON THE INFORMATION SECTOR 44
PROBLEMS OF CALCULATING INFORMATION INDICATORS 44
PROPOSED CALCULATION METHOD FOR THE IUP 45
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IUP 45
PRELIMINARY RESULTS 46
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 48
REFERENCES 48
CONCLUSIONS 49
CHAPTER 3. MEASURING THE NATIONAL INFORMATION ECONOMY 51
INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS 51
THE INPUT-OUTPUT STUDY 52
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN INFORMATION GOODS AND SERVICES 52
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 54
REFERENCES 54
CHAPTER 4. INFORMATION SERVICES OF EGYPT OUTLINE OF PROJECT ISE
INTRODUCTION 55
METHODOLOGY OF PHASE I 57
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS 58
SYSTEM DESIGN 60
REFERENCES 62
CHAPTER 5. NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN SAUDI ARABIA 63
ISSUE 63
OPTIONS 64
SAUDI ARABIAN DEVELOPMENTS 69
DISCUSSION 74
REFERENCES 74
PART II: DATABASE SYSTEMS 75
CHAPTER 6. THE IMPACT OF AUXILIARY INFORMATION AND UPDATE OPERATIONS ON DATABASE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE* 75
INTRODUCTION 75
CLASSIFICATION OF DATABASE MACHINE ORGANIZATIONS 76
PROBLEMS WITH DIRECTORY-LESS DATABASE MACHINES 76
A SIMD MACHINE ARCHITECTURE - DBC 77
UPDATE QUERY MODIFIER 78
THE NOTION OF UPDATE BLOCKING 78
CONCLUSIONS 81
REFERENCES 82
CHAPTER 7. AN INTRODUCTION TO SABRE, A MULTI PROCESSOR DATA BASE COMPUTER 83
INTRODUCTION 83
SABRE OBJECTIVES 84
SABRE BASIC CONCEPTS 86
SABRE ARCHITECTURE 88
CONCLUSION 91
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 91
REFERENCES 91
CHAPTER 8. ON THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF DATABASE MACHINE RESEARCH 93
INTRODUCTION 93
DESCRIBING INFORMATION PROCESSING TASKS 94
A KNOWLEDGE–BASED RETRIEVAL LANGUAGE 94
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC: THE ESSENTIAL INTERMEDIARY 95
THE DATABASE MACHINE AS A LOGIC ENGINE 96
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 97
REFERENCES 97
CHAPTER 9. ANALYSIS OF BACKEND DATABASE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES 98
INTRODUCTION 98
EVALUATION OF THE ARCHITECTURES 99
ADDITIONAL EVALUATION 106
CONCLUSION 107
REFERENCES 107
CHAPTER 10. METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FOR DATA MODELLING CONCEPTS IN RM/T's DATA BASE DESIGN 109
INTRODUCTION 109
SELF DESCRIBING ASPECT IN RM/T AND GAMMA-0 110
CLASS RELATIONS AND P-RELATIONS 112
ASSOCIATIONS 113
CONCLUSION 114
REFERENCES 114
CHAPTER 11. ON THE SEMANTICS OF DATA DEPENDENCIES IN RELATIONAL DATA BASES 115
INTRODUCTION 115
SEMANTICS OF DEPENDENCIES 116
NORMALIZATION 118
CONCLUDING REMARKS 120
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 120
REFERENCES 121
CHAPTER 12. RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS ON THE INFOPLEX INTELLIGENT MEMORY SYSTEM (IMS) PROJECT 122
INTRODUCTION 122
THE INFOPLEX IMS ARCHITECTURE 123
THE INFOPLEX IMS STORAGE HIERARCHY 124
INFOPLEX STORAGE HIERARCHY PERFORMANCE MODEL 126
CONCLUSION 126
REFERENCES 127
CHAPTER 13. DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED MEDICAL DATABASE 128
INTRODUCTION 128
LOGICAL STRUCTURE 128
PHYSICAL IMPLEMENTATION 129
MEDICAL APPLICATION 130
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 131
REFERENCES 131
APPENDIX 1 131
APPENDIX 2 132
CHAPTER 14. A NETWORK STRUCTURE STUDY OF THE ERRORS IN DATABASES 133
INTRODUCTION 133
DATABASE BACKGROUND 133
RESULTS FROM GRAPHS AND NETWORKS 133
COMBINED RESULTS 134
CONCLUSIONS 139
REFERENCES 139
CHAPTER 15. DATA BASE ALERTERS AND MESSAGE FILTERS 140
INTRODUCTION 140
SPECIFICATION OF USER MODELS 141
DECOMPOSITION OF USER MODELS 142
FUZZY MESSAGE FILTERS 143
REFERENCES 144
PART III: COMPUTERS, MICROCOMPUTERS AND MICROPROCESSORS 145
CHAPTER 16. COMPUTERS: TECHNOLOGICAL MIRACLE AND SOCIETAL FAILURE? 145
INTRODUCTION 145
WORK AND COMPUTERS 146
PRIVACY AND COMPUTERS 147
CRIME AND COMPUTERS 148
INFORMATION POLLUTION AND COMPUTERS 149
CONCLUDING COMMENTS 150
REFERENCES 151
CHAPTER 17. INFORMATICS AS A SYSTEM-SCIENCE 152
CHAPTER 18. VIDEOTEX, CYBERNETICS, AND HUC 160
INTRODUCTION 161
DEFINITIONS 161
APPLICATIONS 162
CONCLUSION 167
REFERENCES 167
CHAPTER 19. AN OPTION FOR A MICROCOMPUTER COURSE IN THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT AT THE FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNAM 168
PREFACE 168
APPROACH 168
PROGRAM'S STRUCTURE 168
AUXILIARIES 169
BIBLIOGRAPHY 170
CHAPTER 20. PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF THE IMPACT OF MICROCOMPUTERS ON HUMAN LIFE 171
INTRODUCTION 171
COMPUTER BASICS 172
BRIEF HISTORY OF MICROPROCESSORS 172
CURRENT APPLICATIONS 173
DISCUSSION 176
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 177
REFERENCES 177
CHAPTER 21. MICROPROCESSOR APPLICATIONS TO ASSIST IN REPERTORY GRID ELICITATION AND TERMINATION 178
CONCLUSIONS 182
PART IV: COMPUTER SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY 183
CHAPTER 22. THE FUTURE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS EFFECTS ON COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT 183
INTRODUCTION 183
TOOLS OF THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS 183
THE EFFECT OF TOOLS ON THE SEP 185
CONCLUSION: CREATING AND OPERATING AN SSF 187
CHAPTER 23. INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING AS A CAD TASK SOME REMARKS ON SYSTEM STRUCTURES, PREREQUISITES, AND IMPLICATIONS
INTRODUCTION 189
ON PROGRAM DESIGN 190
STRUCTURE OF AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM 191
SUPPORT FOR DIALOGUE DESIGN 191
LITERATURE REFERENCES 192
CHAPTER 24. TOPCAG: TOP-DOWN COMPUTER-AIDED GRAPHICS 194
WHAT IS TOP-DOWN COMPUTER-AIDED GRAPHICS? 194
PRESENTATION OF A TOPCAG SYSTEM 195
THE INCLUSION PROCESS 195
THE PROCESSING OF AN EXISTING GRAPHICS 197
IMPLEMENTATION 198
CONCLUSION 198
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 198
REFERENCES 198
CHAPTER 25. SOME SYSTEMS FOR MODELING COMPUTER SECURITY REQUIREMENTS 199
INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF SOME PREVIOUS MODELS 199
REFERENCES 216
PART V: DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES 217
CHAPTER 26. TRANSPORTABILITY OF DATA AND RELATED SOFTWARE IN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MODELING 217
INTRODUCTION 217
THE CANONIFIER PROGRAM 218
FORTRAN SOURCE OPTIMIZER 218
SHELL IMPLEMENTATION 220
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 220
REFERENCES 221
CHAPTER 27. A NETWORK EDITOR AND SHELL PROGRAM FOR ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLANNING 222
INTRODUCTION 222
THE NETWORK EDITOR 222
THE SHELL PROGRAM 225
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 226
REFERENCES 226
CHAPTER 28. ROCKWELL AIM 65/AIM 680 APPLICATIONS IN DISTRIBUTED PROCESS CONTROL 227
INTRODUCTION 227
TYPICAL AIM 65/AIM 680 PROCESS CONTROL APPLICATIONS 228
CONCLUSIONS 231
REFERENCES 231
PART VI: NATURAL AND COMPUTER LANGUAGES 232
CHAPTER 29. IDENTIFYING ASPECTS OF HUMAN LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO AID IN COMPUTER PROCESSING OF HUMAN LANGUAGE 232
HUMAN LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND ACQUISITION 232
STRICTLY LEARNED 233
BIOLOGICALLY DEFINED AND STRUCTURED, GENETICALLY PREPROGRAMMED 233
STRUCTIONAL-FUNCTIONAL 233
DEFINING AN ACTIVITY AREA: MAPPING 234
A. SIMPLIFICATION - WRITTEN COMMUNICATION 234
B. SIMPLIFICATION - USING EXISTING DBMS FACILITIES 235
C. SIMPLIFICATION - QUERIES ONLY 235
F. SIMPLIFICATION - INTERNAL VOCABULARY REDUCTION 235
REFERENCES 236
CHAPTER 30. SPEAKEASY – AN EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM, DESIGNED BY ITS USERS 237
INTRODUCTION 237
HISTORY 238
THE LANGUAGE DESIGN 238
THE SYSTEM DESIGN 239
DOCUMENTATION 240
EXAMPLES OF SPEAKEASY 240
IT CONTINUES 242
CHAPTER 31. ON THE PROBLEM OF THE MATHEMATICAL THEORIZATION OF HUMAN SYSTEMS DYNAMICS* 243
OVERVIEW 243
NATURAL LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION 243
DERIVATION OF THE MINKOWSKI GEODESIC 246
REFERENCES 247
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE 247
CHAPTER 32. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN NATURAL AND COMPUTER LANGUAGE 248
Introduction 248
Describing Knowledge in LESK An Example
Current Applications and Status of LESK 252
Future Applications of LESK and Their Social Implications. 252
Related Research 253
Concluding Remarks 253
Acknowledgements 254
References 254
CHAPTER 33. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RECURSIVE MODEL OF WORD STRUCTURE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 255
INTRODUCTION 255
METHODS 255
OBSERVATIONS & RESULTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 260
REFERENCES 260
CHAPTER 34. DESIGN ISSUES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS 262
DESIGN ISSUES 262
A PRELIMINARY IMPLEMENTATION 266
SUMMARY 267
REFERENCES 267
PART VII: MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION 269
CHAPTER 35. MAN–COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS BY VOICE 269
INTRODUCTION 269
COMPUTER PRODUCTION OF VOICE 270
MAN–COMPUTER COMMUNICATION BY VOICE 271
SPEECH AIDS FOR THE VISUALLY-HANDICAPPED 272
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 272
REFERENCES 272
CHAPTER 36. PRAGMATICS OF INFORMATION AND MAN-MACHINE COOPERATION 274
THE NATURE OF INFORMATION 274
PRAGMATIC ASPECTS OF INFORMATION 277
COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE 278
REFERENCES 280
CHAPTER 37. ON THE USER INTERFACE OF COMPUTING SOFTWARE 281
INTRODUCTION 281
MAN–MACHINE INTERFACE 282
SOME OLD VIEWS THAT ARE DETRIMENTAL TO MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE 282
MAN–MAN INTERFACE 284
CHAPTER 38. BUILDING USER INTERFACES WITH AN EXTENSIBLE LANGUAGE SYSTEM 286
INTRODUCTION 286
LANGUAGE 287
W.H.O. EXAMPLE 288
GENERAL ADVANTAGES 289
IMPLEMENTATION 289
CONCLUSION 290
CHAPTER 39. SEMIOTICS IN THE REAL WORLD: MAKING INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS ACCESSIBLE TO IDEOGRAPHIC-LANGUAGE USERS 291
INTRODUCTION 291
SEMIOTIC CLASSIFICATION OF MAN-COMPUTER DIALOGUE 292
CODING IDEOGRAPHS 293
DEALING WITH THE METALINGUISTIC MODE 294
IMPLEMENTATION AND CONCLUSIONS 294
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 295
REFERENCES 295
CHAPTER 40. TOWARDS A PROGRAMMER'S ASSISTANT FOR NOVICE USERS 296
1.0 INTRODUCTION 296
2. Representation 297
3. Modelling Dialogues 300
4. A Partial Example 302
A: MISSING STATEMENT NUMBER? 302
REFERENCES 304
CHAPTER 41. MESSAGES FROM SYSTEMS TO USERS: A PROPOSAL FOR STANDARDIZATION 306
INTRODUCTION 306
BACKGROIMD 307
IMPLEMENTATION 310
REFERENCES 310
PART VIII: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATA THEORY 311
CHAPTER 42. A MICROCOMPUTER BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY 311
INTRODUCTION 311
THE HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 312
THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION 312
REFERENCES 315
CHAPTER 43. DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF AN IMAGE GENERATOR WITH INFORMATION EXCHANGE 316
INTRODUCTION 316
ARRANGEMENTS 317
EFFICIENCY OF IMAGE CREATION AND REQUIRED TIME 318
ILLUSTRATION 319
CONCLUDING REMARKS 320
COORDINATION OF TWO ADJACENT SERVICE NETWORKS 321
REFERENCES 324
CHAPTER 44. KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES BASED ON GENERAL AUTOMATA COMPARED WITH OTHER TYPES 325
INTRODUCTION 325
SEMANTIC NETS 326
CONCEPTUAL DEPENDENCY NETS 327
GENERAL AUTOMATA GRAPHS 329
CONCLUSION 332
REFERENCES 333
CHAPTER 45. FORMAL NEURONS TO SYNTHESIZE ARBITRARY PROBABILISTIC AUTOMATA 335
INTRODUCTION 335
A FORMULATION OF THE THEORY 336
CONCLUSION 338
REFERENCES 339
PART IX: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL 340
CHAPTER 46. HOW PERSONAL COMPUTERS WILL AFFECT THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTERS 340
Teaching a computer to teach 341
REFERENCES 344
CHAPTER 47. ACCESSIBILITY OF LOCAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 345
INTRODUCTION 345
REFERENCES 348
CHAPTER 48. SPRINT -A SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL IN LAW 349
INTRODUCTION 349
LEGAL-THEORETICAL STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 350
EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATION 351
CHAPTER 49. RETRIEVAL ASPECTS OF THE UNIVERSAL RELATION FOR ATTRIBUTE-ORIENTED QUERY LANGUAGES 353
INTRODUCTION 353
GENERAL CONCEPT OF A DATA BASE SYSTEM 354
THE CONCEPTUAL LEVEL OF THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 354
THE EXTERNAL LEVEL OF THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 355
THE INTERNAL LEVEL OF THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 356
REFERENCES 358
CHAPTER 50. NEED OF A RELIABLE MESSAGE IN BIBLIOINFORMATICS RETRIEVAL 359
INTRODUCTION 359
IMPLEMENTATION OF BIBLIOINFORMATICS 360
CONCLUSIONS 361
REFERENCES 361
CHAPTER 51. APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS APPROACH TO AUTOMATIC INTERPRETATION OF FREE TEXT DOCUMENTS 362
INTRODUCTION 362
A SYSTEMIC APPROACH 363
FORMALIZATION 363
APPLICATION : FREE TEXT ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL REPORTS 365
REFERENCES 366
CHAPTER 52. SOME ASPECTS IN THE DESIGN OF AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR TERMINOLOGY SERVICES "TERMSERVICE" 367
INTRODUCTION 367
FUNCTIONS AND USERS OF THE PROJECT 368
METHODOLOGY OF THE LINGUISTIC DESIGN 368
STRUCTURE OF THE DICTIONARY ENTRY 368
STAGES OF REALIZATION OF THE PROJECT 369
PART X: WORD PROCESSING 370
CHAPTER 53. A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO WORD PROCESSING 370
INTRODUCTION 370
DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION 370
THE USER INTERFACE 371
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORGANISATION 371
WORD PROCESSING AS A SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEM 372
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 374
REFERENCES 374
PART XI: PATTERN RECOGNITION AND SCENE ANALYSIS 375
CHAPTER 54. AUTOMATIC INTERPRETATION OF SYMBOLIC DATA ON MAPS AND ENGINEERING DRAWINGS 375
1. INTRODUCTION 375
2. DATA REPRESENTATION 376
3. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 377
4. SEQUENTIAL PRECLASSIFICATION 378
5. FINAL CLASSIFICATION STAGE 379
6. CONCLUSION 379
7. REFERENCES 379
CHAPTER 55. VISUAL OBJECT ISOLATION AND RECOGNITION BY A CAMERA-COMPUTER SYSTEM 380
INTRODUCTION 380
BASIC OPERATIONS 381
APLICATIONS 382
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 385
REFERENCES 385
CHAPTER 56. A MICROCOMPUTER-BASED LETTER RECOGNIZER: DISCUSSION OF SOME PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS AND RESULTS OBTAINED WITH AN 8085 386
INTRODUCTION 386
THE PROBLEM OF SEPARATING LETTERS 386
COMMENTS ON A DISTANCE MATCH 389
CONCLUSIONS 390
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 390
REFERENCES 390
CHAPTER 57. USE OF A RANGEFINDER FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL SCENE ANALYSIS 391
INTRODUCTION 391
CONCLUSIONS 394
REFERENCES 395
CHAPTER 58. A Recursive Algorithm for Smoothing by Spline Functions* 396
INTRODUCTION 396
PROBLEM FORMULATION 397
RECURSIVE ALGORITHM 399
SIMULATION RESULTS 401
CONCLUSION 402
REFERENCES 402
PART XII: SIMULATION METHODOLOGY 403
CHAPTER 59. EXPERIMENTAL OPTIMIZATION BY SIMULATION TECHNIQUE 403
1 - INTRODUCTION 404
2 - MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION 404
3 - EXPERIMENTAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES 408
4 - THE PROPOSED SIMULATION MODEL 411
5 - EXPERIMENTATION 412
6. CONCLUSION 419
REFERENCES 419
CHAPTER 60. SIMBAS 422
CHAPTER 61. ON THE ESTIMATION OF A DISCRETE PARAMETER IN THE M/M/m/n QUEUEING SYSTEM 425
INTRODUCTION 425
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION OF m 426
THE DIRECT METHOD FOR ESTIMATING m 426
PROPERTIES OF mT 429
REFERENCES 431
CHAPTER 62. SIMULATING NEW MATERIALS PROCESSES REQUIRED FOR THE REALIZATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE 432
INTRODUCTION 432
APPROACH TO COMPUTER SIMULATION 433
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS 435
REFERENCES 435
CHAPTER 63. A SIMULATION MODEL FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA 437
INTRODUCTION 437
PROBLEM AREA 438
REFERENCE MODE 438
SYSTEM STRUCTURE 439
THE SIMULATION APPROACH 440
REFERENCES 441
PART XIII: HUMAN FACTORS 442
CHAPTER 64. COMPUTER ANGST 442
INTRODUCTION 442
THE GROTESQUE 443
COMPUTERS AS FREAKS 443
ANGST 444
IMPACT OF COMPUTER ANGST 445
CONCLUSION 445
REFERENCES 446
CHAPTER 65. USER SATISFACTION AND TELEPROCESSING 447
INTRODUCTION 447
PRESENT STATE OF THE ART 448
TOOLS FOR MEASURING AND IMPROVING USER SATISFACTION 449
CONCLUSION 450
REFERENCES 450
CHAPTER 66. USER- AND ADMINISTRATOR- FRIENDLY ARCHITECTURE FOR INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 452
1. INTRODUCTION 452
2. REQUIREMENTS FOR FRIEND 453
3. DOWNWARD MAPPING 455
4. UPWARD MAPPING 457
5. CONCLUSION 458
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 458
REFERENCES 458
CHAPTER 67. COMFUTERESE AND THE INFORMATION BARRIER 459
CHAPTER 68. VIDEODISC: A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR HUMAN FACTORS 464
INTRODUCTION 464
COMPUTER SYSTEM HUMAN FACTORS 465
VIDEODISC TECHNOLOGY 465
CAI-VIDEODISC HUMAN FACTORS 466
VIDEODISC QUERY LANGUAGE 467
SUMMARY 467
REFERENCES 468
CHAPTER 69. Human Factors Issues in Office Information Systems 472
INTRODUCTION 472
DATA MODELS 473
QUERY LANGUAGES' 474
COMMUNICATION 474
INTERACTION 475
SUMMARY 476
REFERENCES 476
CHAPTER 70. HUMAN PRODUCTION AND DETECTION OF ERRORS IN DATA SYSTEMS 477
INTRODUCTION 477
PRODUCTION AND INSPECTION 478
EXPERIMENT 479
COST EFFECTIVENESS 481
CONCLUSION 482
ACKNOWLEGMENTS 482
REFERENCES 482
PART XIV: CAI AND EDUCATION 484
CHAPTER 71. THE MAKING OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WRITER 484
A NEW NEED FOR PROGRAM WRITERS 485
SUBJECT MATTER CONTENT 486
CLARITY OF PROGRAM OBJECTIVES 486
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LEARNING PROCESS 487
KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 488
WHO ARE THE AUTHORS? 488
REFERENCES 489
CHAPTER 72. CAI SYSTEMS AND TEACHING MATERIAL PORTABILITY 490
INTRODUCTION 490
FUTURE CAI SYSTEMS 491
THE APPROACH OF COMES 493
REFERENCES 495
CHAPTER 73. FORESTS OF ORIENTED TREES AS METASTRUCTURES FOR A CAI SYSTEM 496
INTRODUCTION 496
METASTRUCTURE 497
NODE STRUCTURE 498
EXAMPLE 499
LITERATURE CITED 500
CHAPTER 74 TEACHING STATISTICS AND COMPUTERS 501
Data Generator 502
Test Construction 502
Test Administration 503
Text and Information Transmission 503
Numbers Cruncher 503
Test Correction 503
Calculator 504
PART XV: COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES 505
CHAPTER 75. THE ESTATE OF THE ART: ASKING MORE OF COMPUTERS IN THE HUMANITIES IN THE EIGHTIES 505
CHAPTER 76. FRENCH SYMBOLIST LITERARY THEORY AND COMPUTER-AIDED ANALYSIS OF NOVELS 510
INTRODUCTION 510
VOYAGE AU BOUT DE LA NUIT 511
LA JALOUSIE 512
L'IMMORALISTE 513
CONCLUSION 515
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 515
REFERENCES 515
CHAPTER 77. VERBS: AN AFFORDABLE APPROACH TO COMPUTER-AIDED STUDIES OF NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES 516
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 521
REFERENCES 521
CHAPTER 78. THE IDEA BEHIND COMPUTER STYLISTICS 522
TEXT 522
REFERENCES 527
CHAPTER 79. STATISTICAL SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF MUSIC. 528
1. INTRODUCTION 528
2. CLUSTER ANALYSIS 529
3. CLASSIFICATION OF SONGS BY TONAL DENSITY 530
4. CLASSIFICATION OF SONGS BY INTERVAL DENSITY 531
5. COMBINED TONAL/INTERVAL DENSITY ANALYSIS 531
6. CONCLUSIONS 532
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 532
REFERENCES 532
CHAPTER 80. COMPUTERIZED CONTENT ANALYSIS OF NARRATIVE IN ANNUAL REPORTS: A COMPUTER IN THE HUMANITIES LOOKS AT THE CORPORATE WORD 539
INTRODUCTION 539
CONTENT ANALYSIS 540
MATERIALS FOR STUDY AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS 541
CRITIQUE AND FUTURE PLANS 543
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 544
REFERENCES 544
CHAPTER 81. A TYPOLOGY OF MELODIC CONTOURS IMPLEMENTED BY COMPUTER 545
INTRODUCTION 545
CONCLUSION 548
REFERENCES 550
CHAPTER 82. STATISTICS AND THE COMPUTER IN FORMULA ANALYSIS OF SERBOCROATIAN HEROIC VERSE 551
INTRODUCTION 551
THE "ORAL-FORMULAIC THEORY" 551
REPLICATION OF ANALYSIS OF CONTROL 552
SAMPLE SIZE 553
INCREASED SAMPLE SIZE 553
CONCLUSION 554
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 554
REFERENCES 554
CHAPTER 83. THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN THE NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 556
INTRODUCTION 556
ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC PERFORMANCE 557
REFERENCES 561
CHAPTER 84. TRENDS IN SOVIET CYBERNETICS 562
INTRODUCTION 562
PART XVI: MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING 567
CHAPTER 85. NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING: A SURVEY OF ITS USE IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE1 567
INTRODUCTION 567
SOLUTION METHODS FOR THE NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM 568
REFERENCES 575
CHAPTER 86. A MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL WELL SUITED FOR USE IN THE ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF ENERGY SYSTEMS 578
INTRODUCTION 578
THE MODEL 578
CONCLUSION 582
REFERENCES 582
CHAPTER 87. SOLVING A CAPITAL/TECHNOLOGY CONSTRAINT PROBLEM BY IMPLICIT ENUMERATION* 583
INTRODUCTION 583
PROBLEM FORMULATION 584
BRANCH AND BOUND METHOD 585
REFERENCES 587
CHAPTER 88. IDENTIFICATION OF STOCHASTIC PARAMETER INEQUALITIES 588
INTRODUCTION 588
FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM 589
METHODS AND ALGORITHMS 590
ON THE MODELING OF THE KINETICS OF GROWTH OF NOT-TREATED TUMOUR SPO IN A MOUSE 592
CONCLUSION 593
REFERENCES 593
PART XVII: MODELING AND CONTROL OF LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS 594
CHAPTER 89. LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS: STRUCTURE, STABILITY, RELIABILITY 594
SUMMARY 594
1. RESEARCH DESCRIPTION 595
2. FUTURE RESEARCH 599
3. PUBLICATIONS 600
CHAPTER 90. STABILITY OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS WITH FINITE DIMENSIONAL COMPENSATORS VIA SINGULAR PERTURBATION METHODS 602
1.0 INTRODUCTION 602
2.0 REDUCED-ORDER MODELING OF DPS: A SINGULAR PERTURBATIONS FORMULATION 603
3.0 FINITE DIMENSIONAL COMPENSATORS FOR DPS 604
4.0 CLOSED-LOOP STABILITY FOR THE DPS WITH A FINITE-DIMENSIONAL COMPENSATOR 605
5.0 CONCLUSIONS 606
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 606
CHAPTER 91. A SYSTEM ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING THE BEHAVIOUR OF LARGE SCALE POWER SYSTEMS UNDER SMALL PERTURBATIONS 609
INTRODUCTION 609
THE METHOD'S ALGORITHM 609
THE CRITICAL PARAMETERS IDENTIFICATION 611
PARAMETERS OPTIMIZATION 611
APPLIED STUDIES ON A COMPLEX POWER NETWORK STRUCTURE 612
REFERENCES 613
CHAPTER 92. STABILITY ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 614
INTRODUCTION 614
NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS 614
SYSTEM STABILITY 616
CONCLUTIONS 618
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 618
REFERENCES 618
CHAPTER 93. COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS: IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL 619
SUMMARY 619
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 620
REFERENCES 620
CHAPTER 94 A COMPENSATION METHOD FOR SLOWLY TIME-VARYING DISCRETE DYNAMIC SYSTEMS 621
INTRODUCTION 621
GENERAL EXPRESSION FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PERTURBATIONS IN THE PARAMETERS OF A SAMPLED DATA SYSTEM. 622
DYNAMIC CALCULATION OF THE SAMPLING INTERVAL BY EMPLOYING AN "ADAPTIVE REFERENCE MODEL IN THE SAMPLING PERIOD". 623
APPLICATION OF AN EXTERNAL ADDITIONAL INPUT 623
CONCLUSION 624
REFERENCES 625
CHAPTER 95. DESCRIBING FUNCTION METHODS FOR HIGH-ORDER HIGHLY NONLINEAR SYSTEMS 626
INTRODUCTION 626
QUASILINEARIZATION/DESCRIBING FUNCTION METHODS 627
References 631
CHAPTER 96. SOME RECENT QUALITATIVE RESULTS ON MODELS BASED ON DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS* 633
SUMMARY 633
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 634
REFERENCES 634
CHAPTER 97. GUARANTEED ULTIMATE BOUNDEDNESS CONTROL FOR UNCERTAIN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS 635
REFERENCES 636
CHAPTER 98. ON THE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 637
INTRODUCTION 637
BRANCHES OF STEADY STATE SOLUTIONS 638
STEADY STATE BIFURCATION POINTS 638
HOPF BIFURCATION POINTS 638
BRANCHES OF PERIODIC SOLUTIONS 639
DISCRETIZATION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION 639
PLOTTING AND RESTART INFORMATION 640
A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE 640
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 641
REFERENCES 641
CHAPTER 99. REAL-TIME SOLUTION OF STIFF LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS 642
INTRODUCTION 642
STIFF DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS 642
SOLUTION METHOD 643
SOLUTION TECHNIQUE 644
PROBLEM SOLVING CAPABILITIES 646
CONCLUSIONS 646
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 646
REFERENCES 646
CHAPTER 100. FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURES OF ALGORITHMIC SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION 647
SCOPE OF ALGORITHMS FOR CONTROLLING PROCESSES OF A PLANT 647
BASIC STRUCTURES OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL ALGORITHMS 648
REFERENCES 652
PART XVIII: STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES 653
CHAPTER 101. ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY OF A CLASS OF STOCHASTIC INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS 653
INTRODUCTION 653
NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS 654
STOCHASTIC STABILITY 654
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 655
ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY 656
CONCLUSIONS 657
REFERENCES 657
CHAPTER 102. STOCHASTIC STABILITY OF A CLASS OF DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS 658
INTRODUCTION 658
NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS 658
STOCHASTIC STABILITY 659
STOCHASTIC DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS 660
EXPONENTIAL STABILITY RESULT 661
CONCLUSIONS 662
REFERENCES 662
CHAPTER 103. ON THE CHOICE OF THE NUMBER OF INTEGRATIONS IN ARIMA MODELS 663
INTRODUCTION 663
STATIONARITY OF A TIME-SERIES 663
ESTIMATION OF THE NUMBER OF INTEGRATIONS 664
EXAMPLE I: POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES 666
EXAMPLE 2: THE SLANT RANGE OF A SATELLITE 666
CONCLUSIONS 666
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 668
REFERENCES 668
CHAPTER 104. STOCHASTIC MODEL RELATING HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE TO THAT IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING 669
INTRODUCTION 669
FORMS OF THE MODEL 670
DETERMINATION OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE MODELS 671
RESULTS FOR THE FIRST-ORDER MODEL 671
RESULTS FOR THE SECOND-ORDER MODEL 673
CONCLUSIONS 674
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 675
REFERENCES 675
CHAPTER 105. NEARLY-COMPLETELY DECOMPOSABLE STOCHASTIC PROCESSES 676
INTRODUCTION 676
FINITE IRREDUCIBLE MARKOV CHAIN 677
INFINITE TRANSIENT MARKOV CHAIN 678
REFERENCES 679
PART XIX: SPECIAL MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES 680
CHAPTER 106. CLASSIFICATIONS ENDOWED BY TRANSFER OF STRUCTURES 680
1. STRUCTURE ENDOWED WITH l.h.c. 680
2 - STRUCTURE ENDOWED WITH u.h.c 683
BIBLIOGRAPHY 684
CHAPTER 107. A NEW LATTICE THEORETICAL METHOD IN THE SYSTEM RESEARCH 685
1.The general structure-lattice 685
2.The study of modularity and distributivity conditions for the general structure-lattice 686
REFERENCES 687
CHAPTER 108. THE APPLICATION OF THE CONCEPT OF COMPLEX SPACE/TIME TO A MODEL OF ELECTRIC CHARGE 688
INTRODUCTION 688
THE MODULUS 689
RELATIVITY 691
CHARGE 692
CONCLUSION 692

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-13: 9781483149813 / 9781483149813