Static and dynamic numerical device modeling based on dot product evaluation of multidimensional Bernstein polynomial interpolants to evaluate device operating characteristics is presented as an alternative to analyti...
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Static and dynamic numerical device modeling based on dot product evaluation of multidimensional Bernstein polynomial interpolants to evaluate device operating characteristics is presented as an alternative to analytical modeling and table look-up modeling schemes that have been proposed. The model formulation satisfies the requirements imposed by the algebraic-differential equation solution algorithms of most simulators, namely continuity of the output variables and preservation of the monotonicity and concavity or convexity of the data. It is to be noted, however, that those are necessary but not sufficient conditions. Simulator convergence is improved by treating the intrinsic node charges as state variables and using their variations over iteration steps as an iteration criterion along with the node voltage variation checks. MOSFET is taken as a benchmark device. Experimental results to illustrate the effect of the basic premises of the numerical model on simulation performance are presented.< >
In this note we discuss a quadratic tracking problem for systems described by infinite dimensional evolution equations. We present theoretical results for feedback controls as well as general approximation results. Ap...
In this note we discuss a quadratic tracking problem for systems described by infinite dimensional evolution equations. We present theoretical results for feedback controls as well as general approximation results. applications to a problem arising in active noise suppression are given.
This paper describes a modularized AI system being built to help improve electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) among shipboard topside equipment and their associated systems. CLEER is intended to act as an easy to use i...
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This paper describes a modularized AI system being built to help improve electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) among shipboard topside equipment and their associated systems. CLEER is intended to act as an easy to use integrator of existing expert knowledge and pre-existing data bases and large scale analytical models. Due to these interfaces; to the need for portability of the software; and to artificial intelligence related design requirements (such as the need for spatial reasoning, expert data base management, model base management, track-based reasoning, and analogical (similar ship) reasoning) it was realized that traditional expert system shells would be inappropriate, although relatively off-the-shelf AI technology could be incorporated. In the same vein, the rapid prototyping approach to expert system design and knowledge engineering was not pursued in favor of a rigorous systems engineering methodology. The critical design decisions affecting CLEER's development are summarized in this paper along with lessons learned to date all in terms of “how,” “why,” and “when” specific features are being developed.
Methods are proposed for efficient computation of numerical algorithms on a wide variety of MIMD machines. These techniques reorganize the data dependency patterns so that the processor utilization is imporved. The mo...
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Methods are proposed for efficient computation of numerical algorithms on a wide variety of MIMD machines. These techniques reorganize the data dependency patterns so that the processor utilization is imporved. The model problem examined finds the time-accurate solution to a parabolic partial differential equation discretized in space and implicitly marched forward in time. The algorithms investigated are extensions of Jacobi and SOR. The extensions consist of iterating over a window of several timesteps, allowing efficient overlap of computation with communication. The methods suggested here increase the degree to which work can be performed while data are communicated between processors. The effect of the window size and of domain partitioning on the system performance is examined both analytically and experimentally by implementing the algorithm on a simulated multiprocessor system.
The problem of calculating the stability of steady state solutions of differential equations is treated. Leading eigenvalues (i.e., having maximal real part) of large matrices that arise from discretization are to be ...
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A method for accurately solving inviscid compressible flow in the subcritical and supercritical regimes about complex configurations is presented. The method is based on the use of unstructured triangular meshes in tw...
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A method is given for parallelizing the problems of directed graphs on a single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) machine model that uses only nearest-neighbor connections for communication and has no facility for loca...
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A method is given for parallelizing the problems of directed graphs on a single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) machine model that uses only nearest-neighbor connections for communication and has no facility for local indirect addressing. Each vertex of the graph is assigned to a processor in the machine. Rules for labeling are introduced that support the use of a simple algorithm for movement of data along the edges of the graph. Additional algorithms are defined for addition and deletion of edges. Modifying or adding a new edge takes the same time as parallel traversal. This combination of architecture and algorithm defines a system that is relatively simple to build and can do fast graph processing. All edges can be traversed in parallel in time O(T), where T is empirically proportional to the average path length in the embedding times the average degree of the graph. An extension to the above method is presented which allows for enhanced performance by allowing some broadcasting capabilities.< >
A parameter estimation technique for boundary integral equations of the second kind is developed. The output least-squares-identification technique using the spline collocation method is considered. The convergence an...
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A parameter estimation technique for boundary integral equations of the second kind is developed. The output least-squares-identification technique using the spline collocation method is considered. The convergence analysis for the numerical method is discussed. The results are applied to boundary parameter estimations for two-dimensional Laplace and Helmholtz equations.< >
The author presents results of a software reliability experiment that investigates the feasibility of a new error detection method. The method can be used as an acceptance test and is solely based on empirical data ab...
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The author presents results of a software reliability experiment that investigates the feasibility of a new error detection method. The method can be used as an acceptance test and is solely based on empirical data about the behavior of internal states of a program. The experimental design uses the existing environment of a multiversion experiment and used the launch interceptor problem as a model problem. This allows the controlled experimental investigation of versions with well-known single and multiple faults, and the availability of an oracle permits the determination of the error detection performance of the test. Fault-interaction phenomena are observed that have an amplifying effect on the number of error occurrences. Preliminary results indicate that all faults examined so far are detected by the acceptance test. This shows promise for further investigations and for the use of this test method in other applications.< >
The authors address the issue of solving the time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on the Connection Machine 2, for the problem of transition to turbulence on the steady flow in a channel. The spectral...
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The authors address the issue of solving the time-dependent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on the Connection Machine 2, for the problem of transition to turbulence on the steady flow in a channel. The spectral algorithm used serially requires O(N/sup 4/) operations; using the massive parallelism of the CM it becomes an O(N/sup 2/) problem, then solving the equations on an N*N*N grid. Preliminary timings of the code, written in Lisp, are included and compared with a corresponding code optimized for the Cray-2 for a 128*128*101 grid.< >
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