In this paper, a virtual factory using the manufacturing message specification (MMS) companion standard is implemented. The MMS companion standard (9506-3/spl sim/9506-7) and virtual machines are designed and implemen...
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In this paper, a virtual factory using the manufacturing message specification (MMS) companion standard is implemented. The MMS companion standard (9506-3/spl sim/9506-7) and virtual machines are designed and implemented for robot, numerical controller (NC), programmable logic controller (PLC), and process control (PC). Finally, the MMS Internet monitoring system (MIMS) is developed for the testing system.
The problem of partitioning irregular graphs for parallel computations on homogeneous systems has been extensively studied. However these solutions fail when the target system architecture exhibits heterogeneity in re...
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The problem of partitioning irregular graphs for parallel computations on homogeneous systems has been extensively studied. However these solutions fail when the target system architecture exhibits heterogeneity in resource characteristics. With the emergence of technologies such as the Grid, it is imperative to study the partitioning problem in the context of distributed heterogeneous systems. In our Grid model, the system consists of processors with varying computational power that are connected via a non-uniform communication network. We present a novel multilevel partitioning algorithm, called MiniMax, for irregular graphs that takes into account issues pertinent to Grid computing environments. The proposed scheme generates and maps partitions onto a heterogeneous system with the objective of minimizing the maximum execution time of the parallel distributed application. Simulation results for both synthetic and real workloads demonstrate that MiniMax generates high quality partitions for various classes of applications targeted for parallel execution in a distributed heterogeneous environment.
In the past two decades, numerous scheduling and load balancing techniques have been proposed for locally distributed multiprocessor systems. However they all suffer from significant deficiencies when extended to a Gr...
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In the past two decades, numerous scheduling and load balancing techniques have been proposed for locally distributed multiprocessor systems. However they all suffer from significant deficiencies when extended to a Grid environment: some use a centralized approach that renders the algorithm unscalable, while others assume the overhead involved in searching for appropriate resources to be negligible. Furthermore, classical scheduling algorithms do not consider a Grid node to be N-resource rich and merely work towards maximizing the utilization of one of the resources. In this paper, we propose a new scheduling and load balancing algorithm for a generalized Grid model of N-resource nodes that not only takes into account the node and network heterogeneity, but also considers the overhead involved in coordinating among the nodes. Our algorithm is decentralized, scalable, and overlaps the node coordination time with that of the actual processing of ready jobs, thus saving valuable clock cycles needed for making decisions. The proposed algorithm is studied by conducting simulations using the Message Passing Interface (MPI) paradigm.
A significant challenge arising from today's increasing Internet traffic is the ability to flexibly incorporate intelligent control in high performance commercial network devices. The paper tackles this challenge ...
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A significant challenge arising from today's increasing Internet traffic is the ability to flexibly incorporate intelligent control in high performance commercial network devices. The paper tackles this challenge by introducing the active flow manipulation (AFM) mechanism to enhance traffic control intelligence of network devices through programmability. With AFM, customer network services can exercise active network control by identifying distinctive flows and applying specified actions to alter network behavior in real-time. These services are dynamically loaded through Openet by the CPU-based control unit of a network node and are closely coupled with its silicon-based forwarding engines, without negatively impacting forwarding performance. AFM is exposed as a key enabling technology of the programmable networking platform Openet. The effectiveness of our approach is demonstrated by four active network services on commercial network nodes.
Two types of thermal control materials developed for space use are described. These new materials are a variable emittance radiator named the Smart Radiation Device (SRD). The SRD is based on La0.825Sr0.175MnO3 and La...
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We consider situations where, in a continuous-time dynamical system, a nonchaotic attractor coexists with a nonattracting chaotic saddle, as in a periodic window. Under the influence of noise, chaos can arise. We inve...
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We consider situations where, in a continuous-time dynamical system, a nonchaotic attractor coexists with a nonattracting chaotic saddle, as in a periodic window. Under the influence of noise, chaos can arise. We investigate the fundamental dynamical mechanism responsible for the transition and obtain a general scaling law for the largest Lyapunov exponent. A striking finding is that the topology of the flow is fundamentally disturbed after the onset of noisy chaos, and we point out that such a disturbance is due to changes in the number of unstable eigendirections along a continuous trajectory under the influence of noise.
In this paper, we propose a new algorithm that aids the recovery of lost packets by generating additional duplicate ACK. It is shown that by adopting this algorithm the response time and throughput of short term burst...
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In this paper, we propose a new algorithm that aids the recovery of lost packets by generating additional duplicate ACK. It is shown that by adopting this algorithm the response time and throughput of short term bursty traffic can be improved in a wireless link with high error rate.
We define two words in a language to be connected if they express similar concepts. The network of connections among the many thousands of words that make up a language is important not only for the study of the struc...
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We define two words in a language to be connected if they express similar concepts. The network of connections among the many thousands of words that make up a language is important not only for the study of the structure and evolution of languages, but also for cognitive science. We study this issue quantitatively, by mapping out the conceptual network of the English language, with the connections being defined by the entries in a Thesaurus dictionary. We find that this network presents a small-world structure, with an amazingly small average shortest path, and appears to exhibit an asymptotic scale-free feature with algebraic connectivity distribution.
An ultrabright source of polarization-entangled photons has been realized using type-II phase matching in the spontaneous parametric down-conversion process in two cascaded crystals. The optical axes of the crystals a...
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An ultrabright source of polarization-entangled photons has been realized using type-II phase matching in the spontaneous parametric down-conversion process in two cascaded crystals. The optical axes of the crystals are aligned in such a way that the extraordinarily (ordinarily) polarized cone from one crystal overlaps with the ordinarily (extraordinarily) polarized cone from the second crystal. This spatial overlapping removes the association between the polarization and the output angle of the photons that exists in a single type-II down-conversion process. Hence, entanglement of photon pairs originating from any conjugate points on the output cones is possible if a suitable optical delay line is used. This delay line is particularly simple and easy to implement.
A new technique utilizing combination of feature extraction by change vector analysis and analysis of distances between features allows improvement in change detection of linear features such as roads and water channe...
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A new technique utilizing combination of feature extraction by change vector analysis and analysis of distances between features allows improvement in change detection of linear features such as roads and water channels. The technique reduces false detection of changes due to image calibration differences, illumination differences and misregistration. The method was applied to areas of steep climatic gradient between Mediterranean and extreme desert regions.
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