Sort-last parallel rendering is a good rendering sch.me on distributed memory multiprocessors. This paper presents an improvement on the binary-swap (BS) method, which is an efficient image compositing algorithm for s...
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Sort-last parallel rendering is a good rendering sch.me on distributed memory multiprocessors. This paper presents an improvement on the binary-swap (BS) method, which is an efficient image compositing algorithm for sort-last parallel rendering. Our compositing method uses three acceleration techniques, compared to the original BS method. Through the use of the three techniques, our method balances the compositing load among processors, exploits more sparsity of the image, and reduces the cost of communication. We also show some experimental results on a PC cluster. The results show that our method completes the image compositing faster than the original BS method, and its speedup to the original increases with the number of processors.
Low-frequency radar systems provide some attractive advantages in a few niche applications, such as foliage penetration and covert operation. In low-frequency imaging systems, data must be collected over a wide range ...
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Low-frequency radar systems provide some attractive advantages in a few niche applications, such as foliage penetration and covert operation. In low-frequency imaging systems, data must be collected over a wide range of angles to obtain cross-range resolution comparable to that obtainable from a competing small-angle high-frequency system. The reflectivity of a target varies with aspect angle;although this variation is usually ignored by traditional radar imaging algorithms, it sometimes cannot be neglected in wide-angle scenarios. To account for aspect dependence of reflectivity, time-frequency transforms have been invoked to generate a series of images corresponding to different look angles;these images may be considered individually or synthesised into a single image. A simple theoretical analysis with a point scatter illustrates why the angular dependence needs explicit consideration. The potential of time-frequency methods is illustrated via simulations.
The quality of lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterojunctions is often limited by the presence of misfit dislocations. Nanowire geometries offer the promise of creating highly mismatched, yet dislocation free hetero...
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The quality of lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterojunctions is often limited by the presence of misfit dislocations. Nanowire geometries offer the promise of creating highly mismatched, yet dislocation free heterojunctions. A simple model, based upon the critical thickness model of Matthews and Blakeslee for misfit dislocation formation in planar heterostructures, illustrates that there exists a critical nanowire radius for which a coherent heterostructured nanowire system is unstable with respect to the formation of misfit dislocations. The model indicates that within the nanowire geometry, it should be possible to create perfect heterojunctions with large lattice-mismatch.
This paper reports on the development of the Electric Power and Communication Synchronizing Simulator (EPOCHS), a distributed simulation environment. Existing electric power simulation tools accurately model power sys...
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This paper reports on the development of the Electric Power and Communication Synchronizing Simulator (EPOCHS), a distributed simulation environment. Existing electric power simulation tools accurately model power systems of the past, which were controlled as large regional power pools without significant communication elements. However, as power systems increasingly turn to protection and control systems that make use of computer networks, these simulators are less and less capable of predicting the likely behavior of the resulting power grids. Similarly, the tools used to evaluate new communication protocols and systems have been developed without attention to the roles they might play in power scenarios. EPOCHS utilizes multiple research and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems to bridge the gap. EPOCHS is also notable for allowing users to transparently encapsulate complex system behavior that bridges multiple domains through the use of a simple agent-based framework.
Thin films of low molecular weight electroluminescence (EL) materials, Alq3 (aluminum tirs-8-hydoroxyquinline), TPD (N, N′-diphenyl-N, N′-bis (3methylphenyl)-(1, 1′-biphenyle)-4, 4′-diamine) were deposited by puls...
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Thin films of low molecular weight electroluminescence (EL) materials, Alq3 (aluminum tirs-8-hydoroxyquinline), TPD (N, N′-diphenyl-N, N′-bis (3methylphenyl)-(1, 1′-biphenyle)-4, 4′-diamine) were deposited by pulsed laser ablation (PLA) method using KrF excimer laser and Nd: YAG laser. Optical absorption property, surface morphology and photoluminescence of the films were investigated. Alq3 films by Nd:YAG laser show slight absorption at around 400 nm, and TPD films by either KrF laser or Nd:YAG laser showed absorption at 320 nm and 360 nm. It was found that TPD thin films for EL devices can be deposited by PLA method usig Nd:YAG laser.
An approach is presented for the service discovery of Bluetooth application profiles during a SIP-based communication session. A system architecture and methodology is presented that leverages the IETF SIP protocol in...
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(纸本)0889863741
An approach is presented for the service discovery of Bluetooth application profiles during a SIP-based communication session. A system architecture and methodology is presented that leverages the IETF SIP protocol in order trigger a service discovery request between the end points in a session. The end points may support a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) like Bluetooth, so that the end effect is the extension of the WPAN network across the Internet in a controlled and managed manner. The result is a mechanism that can support the exchange of Bluetooth service profiles between Bluetooth devices, a Bluetooth device and a PC, and/or a Bluetooth device and an IR device located at the end points of an IP network.
The competition among wireless data service providers brings in an option for the customers to switch their providers, due to unsatisfactory service or otherwise. However, the existing resource management algorithms f...
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(纸本)9781581137538
The competition among wireless data service providers brings in an option for the customers to switch their providers, due to unsatisfactory service or otherwise. However, the existing resource management algorithms for wireless networks fail to fully capture the far-reaching impact of this competitiveness. From this perspective, we propose an integrated admission and rate control (ARC) framework for CDMA based wireless data networks. The admission control is at the session (macro) level while the rate control is at the link layer packet (micro) level. The ARC framework is based on a novel game theoretic formulation which defines non-cooperative games between the service providers and the customers. A user's decision to leave or join a provider is based on a finite set of strategies. A service provider can also construct its game strategy set so as to maximize the utility (revenue) yet attaining its target churn rate (the probability of users leaving the network). We show that the pure strategy Nash equilibrium can be established for both under-loaded and fully-loaded systems such that the providers have clearly defined admission criteria as outcome from this game. Users are categorized into multiple classes and offered differentiated services based on the price they pay and the service degradation they can tolerate. We show that the proposed ARC framework significantly increases the provider's revenue and also successfully offers differentiated QoS to the users.
Mobile computing environments have serious limitations such as small capacity of memory in spite of many advantages. To overcome these limitations of mobile environments, we propose a very reduced GIS (Geographic Info...
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(纸本)1932415041
Mobile computing environments have serious limitations such as small capacity of memory in spite of many advantages. To overcome these limitations of mobile environments, we propose a very reduced GIS (Geographic Information Service) data format for NGI(National Geography Institute) digital map of Korea, and we implement digital map guidance system which can be usable in PDA environments based on the proposed GIS data format. The implemented system is a client-oriented GIS browser that can execute most of functions in client environments and excludes receipt of digital map of another regions and information exchange such traffic information between server and clients. We suggest message format for information exchange in network module, and also include GPS procedure functions for coordinate conversion.
Studies of wearable computers have attracted public attention in these days. And one of the area of interest is the communication system adopted in those wearable computers. As an example, wearable devices which use t...
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Studies of wearable computers have attracted public attention in these days. And one of the area of interest is the communication system adopted in those wearable computers. As an example, wearable devices which use the human body as a transmission channel, have been developed. This communication system uses near field region of the electromagnetic wave generated by the device which is eventually coupled to human body by electrodes. Hence, the structure of electrodes is one of the key issues for the transmission using human body. However, little is known about the transmission mechanism of such devices in the physical layer [1-3]. In this paper, we propose calculation models of the transmitter and the receiver attached to the arm using the FDTD method. From this model, we estimated the difference in the received signal level due to the electrode structures of the transmitter and the receiver under various conditions. Moreover, in order to verify the validity of these calculation models, we compared the calculated received signal levels to the measured ones by using the biological tissue-equivalent phantom [4] with the transmitter and the receiver. The result shows a good agreement of the calculated and measured received signal levels. In addition, it is found that the GND electrode of the transmitter strengthens the generated electric field around the arm. However, the existence of a GND electrode for the receiver reduces the received signal level.
We present techniques for spectral image acquisition. The spectral domain of the images is represented by a low-dimensional component image set, which is used to obtain an efficient compression of the high-dimensional...
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We present techniques for spectral image acquisition. The spectral domain of the images is represented by a low-dimensional component image set, which is used to obtain an efficient compression of the high-dimensional spectral data. First, computational techniques to design color filters with a constraint of positive spectral values is described. Then, we present two prototypes of our spectral imaging systems that can be used to acquire the low-dimensional component image set optically through rewritable color filters. The first prototype is based on a spectral synthesizer that illuminates the sample with the light corresponding to a wanted color filter. The second prototype is based on a linear variable filter (LVF) and a liquid crystal spatial light modulator (LCSLM) that implements the rewritable color filter in front of a CCD-camera. We also show how liquid crystal tunable filter (LCTF) based system can be used to implement arbitrary color filters. The optically acquired component image set can be used for computational spectral image reconstruction or it can be directly used for pattern recognition tasks.
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