computer networks are growing in number and capacity, and internetworking allows users to access services globally. An inherent problem of such large networks is managing the heterogeneity of applications, hardware an...
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computer networks are growing in number and capacity, and internetworking allows users to access services globally. An inherent problem of such large networks is managing the heterogeneity of applications, hardware and supporting software. Open distributed Processing (ODP) introduces type description and type management functions as a mechanism for overcoming this heterogeneity. This paper considers issues surrounding the construction of an ODP-based type manager. It sets requirements for such a type manager and describes a canonical type model for ODP-based systems. The functionality and structure of the type manager are given and then this approach is compared with the type management facilities in existing platforms for distributed computing.
The authors consider orienting, that is, establishing and maintaining a spatial relation between a motorized pair of cameras (the eye-head system) and a static or a moving object tracked over time. Motivated by physio...
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The authors consider orienting, that is, establishing and maintaining a spatial relation between a motorized pair of cameras (the eye-head system) and a static or a moving object tracked over time. Motivated by physiological evidence, they propose a simple set of vision-based strategies aimed to perform head, eye, and body movements in a complex environment. Fixation is shown to be an essential feature in visual servoing, and is used to decouple control on head rotational degrees of freedom, making possible a metric-less approach to the orientation problem. An implementation of these strategies, using a binocular camera system mounted on a PUMA 700 robotic system, demontrated the effectiveness of the approach.< >
This paper describes a reversible letter-to-sound/sound-to-letter system based on a strategy that combines data-driven techniques with a rule-based formalism. Our approach is to provide a hierarchical analysis of a wo...
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Under current versions of the UNIX operating system, it is difficult to take advantage of the massive computing power of idle or lightly loaded workstations on a network. The authors introduce the ISIS resource manage...
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Under current versions of the UNIX operating system, it is difficult to take advantage of the massive computing power of idle or lightly loaded workstations on a network. The authors introduce the ISIS resource manager, a distributed fault-tolerant application capable of recapturing this processing power, as well as providing a transparent interface to network computing resources. They discuss the growing importance of high-speed workstation networks and the need for network management utilities and consider how advances in software technology have made it possible to easily construct a distributed fault-tolerant application to meet this need. The architecture of the resource manager is described as an example of this class of application.< >
In a distributed shared synthetic environment with provisions for high quality 3D visualization and interaction, it is possible to implement a powerful variant of a rooms/space metaphor based on the concept of presenc...
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(纸本)9780897915755
In a distributed shared synthetic environment with provisions for high quality 3D visualization and interaction, it is possible to implement a powerful variant of a rooms/space metaphor based on the concept of presence or proximity between participants in 3D space. This kind of model can be used as an interface between the user and the computer, for overview and control of applications, file systems, networks and other computer resources, as well as for communication and collaboration with other users in the networked environment. We model proximity with a geometric volume of the immediate surroundings, the aura, of the participant's representation in the synthetic environment. This proximity, or aura, is used to establish presence at meetings, to establish communication channels and to provide interaction.
The I/O subsystem in a computer system is becoming the bottleneck as a result of recent dramatic improvements in processor speeds. Disk caches have been effective in closing this gap but the benefit is restricted to t...
The aim of this paper is to discuss and present some experimental data on the use of optical, chemical and ultrasound sensors to control the motion of single and cooperating robots. The distinctive feature is that in ...
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The aim of this paper is to discuss and present some experimental data on the use of optical, chemical and ultrasound sensors to control the motion of single and cooperating robots. The distinctive feature is that in both cases the motion of the robots is not driven by a localized target (e.g. a light, or a sound) but by a concentration gradient such as the one generated by a gas leak. Experiments using a simple optical sensor reading a variable density pattern of dark spots painted on the ground plane, are presented along with experiments performed using simple chemical sensors measuring the local gradient of a substance. Different strategies are discussed based on different configurations of the sensing devices and reflexive motor controls. The goal of the experiment is to analyze the performance of simple autonomous robots in reaching the point of highest concentration (i.e. the gas leak). This performance has been analyzed for single robots and for cooperating robots using a very simple communication channel.
A general framework for dynamic stereo is proposed. It is shown that a binocular system, able to actively control the gaze of the cameras, can profitably exploit stereo and motion analysis to compute the relative orie...
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A general framework for dynamic stereo is proposed. It is shown that a binocular system, able to actively control the gaze of the cameras, can profitably exploit stereo and motion analysis to compute the relative orientation and time-to-impact with respect to the environment. The cooperative schema, in which motion and stereo vision are combined to take under control the temporal evolution of disparity, is particularly suitable for robot navigation or for tasks involving a robotic head mounted on a mobile platform. The framework takes into account tilt and pan motion of the cameras, and generic translation of the binocular system. An experiment performed on a stereo image sequence from a prototype robotic head is presented.< >
An attributed finite state machine (AFSM) model for the behavioral specification of reactive systems is introduced. The basic idea is to attach attributes to the states of state machines in order to express values of ...
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(纸本)9780818643606
An attributed finite state machine (AFSM) model for the behavioral specification of reactive systems is introduced. The basic idea is to attach attributes to the states of state machines in order to express values of system data and to define attribute computation in a functional way. A specification in an AFSM consists of a collection of state transition rules. Each of these rules specifies three aspects of a reactive system: (1) the dynamic behavior, (2) the data computation and (3) the time constraints of the reactive system. The dynamic behavior is specified by state transitions responding to external stimuli, and the data computation is performed according to functional attribute definitions. The time constraints are specified operationally in terms of the temporal relations that exist between the external stimuli and the system responses. Furthermore, the hierarchy of states based on superstates and the concurrency among independent system components, are introduced according to the method of Statecharts. These mechanisms provide an effective way to decompose and specify complex systems in a structured way. To show the effectiveness of the AFSM model, an assembly system is specified with respect to the abovementioned aspects.< >
In January 1991, the European Space Agency commissioned a study into the practicality of using process-based scheduling techniques in an on-board application environment, with Ada as the implementation language. The s...
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In January 1991, the European Space Agency commissioned a study into the practicality of using process-based scheduling techniques in an on-board application environment, with Ada as the implementation language. The short paper summarizes the results of that study.< >
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