Character loss in a conceptual computer at its input terminals is analyzed. This is first done within the classical framework in which a system must be designed to allow no loss whatsoever. The problem is then treated...
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Character loss in a conceptual computer at its input terminals is analyzed. This is first done within the classical framework in which a system must be designed to allow no loss whatsoever. The problem is then treated where a system can allow some degree of loss. To this end, a generalized mathematical model for character schemes is constructed. It is then shown that, in this framework, character arrivals can be approximated by a Poisson source, allowing the problem to be reformulated as a question in queuing theory. As such, one can solve the problem as a limiting case of a problem which has already been solved. Finally, the resulting formulas for loss are approximated by formulas which can easily be applied. Certain conclusions may readily be drawn. One is that a vastly enlarged system may be designed if one allows some trivial amount of loss. Another is that various schemes for avoiding loss, which have been used in industry, have often been unnecessary.
A mathematical model which utilizes queuing theory is devised for estimating the storage requirements of a message switching computer. Since the storage needed for a message is proportional to the message length, the ...
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A mathematical model which utilizes queuing theory is devised for estimating the storage requirements of a message switching computer. Since the storage needed for a message is proportional to the message length, the familiar derivation of a queue distribution in terms of the number of messages is not applicable. Instead the composite queue, resulting from a number of sending lines, is developed in terms of fixed size units. This is normally distributed with mean and variance given as functions of the load factors of the sending lines. Occurrences of machine failures due to insufficient storage capacity are then shown, on certain assumptions, to be exponentially distributed. The method involves bold simplifications at a number of points with resulting errors which are moderate and in the direction of safety. The application to concrete problems is illustrated.
Ever since the industrial revolution in the eighteenth century, the proportion of the population engaged in argriculture has been steadily falling while the number of industrial workers has increased; that is, until t...
Ever since the industrial revolution in the eighteenth century, the proportion of the population engaged in argriculture has been steadily falling while the number of industrial workers has increased; that is, until the mid 1960s. In 1966, employment in UK manufacturing peaked at 8.6 million and since then about two million have left the industrial sector. At one time in 1981, the engineering industry was losing 1,000 jobs a day.
Since the publication, in April, 1971, of the Data Base Task Group (DBTG) report (ref . 1 ) to the CODASYL programming Language (=COBOL) Committee (PLC) several committees and task gncups of the CODASYL organisation h...
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This study was conducted to determine the relative perceived difficulty of performing different mouse tasks (pairings of mouse actions with button combinations). Right-handed individuals with various types of computer...
This study was conducted to determine the relative perceived difficulty of performing different mouse tasks (pairings of mouse actions with button combinations). Right-handed individuals with various types of computer experience used a 3-button mouse to perform 49 simple target acquisition tasks. Perceived difficulty judgments varied with tasks. Significant groupings of tasks along the difficulty dimension were also apparent. For most mouse tasks, the left and center buttons were judged to be relatively easier to use than the right button. Additionally, chorded use of the left and center buttons was perceived to be easier than use of the right button alone. The results suggest that systems should not rely upon the right mouse button as a default setting for system-related functions. Other considerations for mouse usage are discussed.
Completely annotated lambda terms (such as are arrived at via the straightforward encodings of various types from System F) contain much redundant type information. Consequently, the completely annotated forms are alm...
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(纸本)1581139993
Completely annotated lambda terms (such as are arrived at via the straightforward encodings of various types from System F) contain much redundant type information. Consequently, the completely annotated forms are almost never used in practice, since partially annotated forms can be defined which still allow syntax directed type checking. An additional optimization that is used in some proof and type systems is to take advantage of the context of occurrence of terms to further elide type information using bidirectional type checking rules. While this technique is generally effective, we show that there exist bidirectional terms which exhibit asymptotic increases in the size of their type decorations when sequentialized into a named-form calculus (a common first step in compilation). In this paper, we introduce a refinement of the bidirectional type system based on strict logic which allows additional type decorations to be eliminated, and show that it is well-behaved under sequentialization. Copyright 2005 ACM.
This paper describes the use of a digital computer in the design of concrete mixes for large construction projects. The salient features of a program called CONMIX are outlined, the nature of input data and output arc...
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Early in the dark days of World War II, President Roosevelt asked the Navy how it would provide the thousands of ships necessary for the numerous amphibious assault landings that were being planned. At a subsequent hi...
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Early in the dark days of World War II, President Roosevelt asked the Navy how it would provide the thousands of ships necessary for the numerous amphibious assault landings that were being planned. At a subsequent high-level meeting, where John Neidermair, the Technical Director of the Preliminary Design division at BUSHIPS (Bureau of Ships-a predecessor organization to the Naval Sea systems Command-NAVSEA), created a concept design sketch of the now famous LSTs. It was this same BUSHIPS Ship Design organization that designed the US Navy Fleet which defeated the Japanese and German navies. And it was the BUSHIPS successor organization, NAVSEA, which designed the 600-ship Fleet during the President Reagan build-up of the 1980s and early 1990s. This early stage ship design capability to translate the operators' needs into technically feasible ship concepts and designs is still a core responsibility of NAVSEA. However, NAVSEA is now undertaking the grand challenge of rebuilding the Navy's ship design capabilities which were dramatically downsized during the 1990s. The Human Capital Strategy for Ship Design Acquisition Workforce Improvement is a proven road map for reconstituting the Navy's ship design capabilities and reinvigorating the naval ship design community. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and NAVSEA made significant progress in this direction by establishing the Navy's Center for Innovation in Ship Design (CISD). CISD is accelerating the career development of ship design leaders, and is paving the way for fully implementing a Human Capital Strategy for Ship Design Acquisition Workforce Improvement.
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GALLAHUE, JSTHE AUTHOR is the Department Manager of Combat Systems Engineering at Litton Industries. Data Systems Division. Prior to joining Litton Industries
he was associated with UNIVAC. Since joining the Combat Systems Community in 1959. his assignments have included operational computer programming field engineering systems engineering equipment design proposal management test engineering. and programs management. In these varied roles he supported the NTDS R&D Program NTDS Service Test Program Interim Fleet Programming Center Pacific Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship Command and Control Systems SQS-26/NTDS/UBFCS Interface Design DD 963 Class LHA 1 Class. and the DDG 993 Class.
The required configuration management and the necessary control of the Surface Ship Combat System elements demand that they be considered as integrated and tested in accordance with an integrated test plan utilizing a...
The required configuration management and the necessary control of the Surface Ship Combat System elements demand that they be considered as integrated and tested in accordance with an integrated test plan utilizing an integrated test organization. The sometimes used approach of implementing a combat system test program based upon the individual combat system elements being independent, has proven to be less than satisfactory. Then is no question that some of the early testing at the unit, subsystem, and subprogram levels can be planned and conducted independent of a specific “end-item” combat System. This paper addresses the planning and implementing of combat system test with the emphases being upon the integrated phase of test and primarily the lead ship of a class. Information is presented to facilitate planning and implementing a combat system test program including use of shore facilities and integrating these activities with shipboard activities; when to form the test organization and what types of expertise are required; what are the key technical management tools; the proofing of test documentation; the need for detailed “step-by-step” procedures and traceability of the specified requirements; how to assist Ships Force; planning and stat using the conduct of the tests; integrating computer program and special testing into the test program; and the significance of early decisions on administrative and contractual arrangements.
We introduce notions of ordinary and standard products of a-finite measures and prove their existence. This approach allows us to construct invariant extensions of ordinary and standard products of Haar measures. In p...
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We introduce notions of ordinary and standard products of a-finite measures and prove their existence. This approach allows us to construct invariant extensions of ordinary and standard products of Haar measures. In particular, we construct translation-invariant extensions of ordinary and standard Lebesgue measures on R∞ and Rogers-Fremlin measures on l∞, respectively, such that topological weights of quasi-metric spaces associated with these measures are maximal (i.e., 2c). We also solve some Fremlin problems concerned with an existence of uniform measures in Banach spaces.
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