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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Open Architecture"”.
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An Open Architecture for Versatile Machine and Actuator Control
<p>Automatic control technology increases usability, reliability and productivity in manufacturing, transportation, and climate control. There are many additional areas of modern life that could benefit through automatic control; however, current automation components are too expensive or aren't …
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Open architecture framework for improved early stage submarine design
… available of options in determining key naval architecture values, " the ability to compare and contrast said options, both by results and underlying principles/assumptions, " and an overall process for developing key naval architecture values, to be used in later stages of design, that is …
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Implementation of a hierarchical open architecture multiprocessor computer numerical controller
A hierarchical open architecture multiprocessor (ROAM) implementation of a computer numerical controller (CNC) is presented. An advanced control system consisting of a hierarchy of independent buses is developed and tested for the purposes of providing unattended intelligent machining systems. …
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An open architecture radio frequency system for electromagnetic tag detection
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.
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Improving value of strategic defense systems using modular open architecture
Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) has been deliberately pursued in Department of Defense acquisitions of military systems for the last two decades due to its ability to save cost, improve performance, and prolong system lifespan. As defense systems grow increasingly complex and expensive, the …
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An open architecture for data environments based on context interchange
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Design and fabrication of an open-architecture selective laser melting system
… of access, this thesis develops a low-cost and open-architecture laser powder bed fusion metal printer to enable the exploration of new materials and process concepts. Starting with a broad review of additive manufacturing, this thesis then explains the powder bed fusion process and reviews the …
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Design of a Modern, Low Cost, Expandable, Open Architecture Grinding Machine Control System
… to produce a modern, innovative control system architecture for the Jones & Shipman 1300X research grinder at LJMU AMTReL. The controller should be intuitive to configure and operate, and should have flexibility to allow the addition of new equipment and machining features. It would be a …
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Designing a safety management support system using open architecture databases: the requirements of information representation in the support of managers' risk-related decision-making
This research was conducted at the Space Research and Technology Centre o the European Space Agency at Noordvijk in the Netherlands. ESA is an international organisation that brings together a range of scientists, engineers and managers from 14 European member states. The motivation for the work …
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Improving the distributed evolution of software through heuristic evaluation
… properties of the software, by creating open-architecture systems. However, there are still significant usability hurdles to overcome. A developer-oriented evaluation of open architecture interfaces could help meet some of these challenges. In this thesis, I present a set of guidelines …
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ON DERIVATIVES AND DERIVATIVES PRICING
… banks deal with derivatives products: the closed architecture where a bank sources for the derivatives in-house or with internal investment banks; the open architecture where a bank can source for the derivative or its components from third parties. Because of the migration from closed …
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A Distributed Open Environment for Real-Time Applications
… offline. This fact has motivated the design of open system architecture. Open system is a hierarchical reservation-based framework that provides temporal guarantee and isolation to independently developed applications. It is now possible to decide at runtime whether an application can meet its …
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21st century manufacturing machines: Design, fabrication and controls
… new manufacturing processes, the revolution of open electronics, and the emerging internet of things will influence the design, manufacture, and control of manufacturing machines in the future. For instance, miniaturization will change manufacturing processes; additive and rapid prototyping will …
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An upgradeable agent-based model to explore non-linearity and intangibles in peacekeeping operations
… discrete event simulation. The chosen software architecture makes the model upgradeable and useful for a breadth of future applications. The modelâ s open architecture and the underlying principle of loosely coupled components make it easy to change or enhance the model. The software agentsâ …
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A LabVIEW program to obtain the initiating component of a vergence eye movement in an open-loop experiment
… The initiating component is described with open-loop control and the sustaining component is described as a closed-loop feedback control system. Previously, several languages have been utilized to develop programs to study and isolate the open-loop portion of vergence eye movements. …
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Implementation of a Laboratory Information Management System To Manage Genomic Samples
… definitions. LabWare LIMS is a Windows® based open architecture system that manages laboratory data and workflow processes. A LabWare LIMS model was developed to implement the precision aliquotting workflow using a combination of core functionality and configured code.
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Low-temperature magnetic force microscopy with a simple design: analyzing the magnetic domains of a simple hard disk drive
… samples. In addition, with its simple design and open architecture, our homebuilt LT-MFM has proved, once again, that a low cost and efficient microscope can be built with minimal loss to its magnetic domain resolution.
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DMAS:A Display Measurement and Analysis System with an object-oriented database
… using advanced data management techniques in an open architecture seems highly desirable. To create such an environment, a Display Measurement and Analysis System (DMAS) was designed and constructed using the object-oriented paradigm and object-oriented database (OODB) management techniques. The …
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A Distributed Digital Control Architecture for Power Electronics Systems
… electronics system design that is based on the open-architecture distributed digital controller and modular power electronics building blocks (PEBBs). The proposed distributed digital controller partitions the controller in three levels of control authority. The power stage controller, …
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