Unix tools as visual programming components in a GUI‐builder environment

Development environments based on ActiveX controls and JavaBeans are marketed as ‘visual programming’ platforms; in practice their visual dimension is limited to the design and implementation of an application's graphical user interface (GUI). The availability of sophisticated GUI development environments and visual component development frameworks is now providing viable platforms for implementing visual programming within general‐purpose platforms, i.e. for the specification of non‐GUI program functionality using visual representations. We describe how specially designed reflective components can be used in an industry‐standard visual programming environment to graphically specify sophisticated data transformation pipelines that interact with GUI elements. The components are based on Unix‐style filters repackaged as ActiveX controls. Their visual layout on the development environment canvas is used to specify the connection topology of the resultant pipeline. The process of converting filter‐style programs into visual controls is automated using a domain‐specific language. We demonstrate the approach through the design and the visual implementation of a GUI‐based spell‐checker. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Development of a Sensor Fusion Strategy for Robotic Application Based on Geometric Optimization

Fusion of multi-sensor information is an important technology, which is growing exponentially due to its tremendous application potential in many areas. Effective fusion of data from sensors is very critical in increasing an intelligent system's capability to accomplish complex tasks. Appropriate fusion technologies are needed to be developed specially when a system requires redundant sensors to be used. More the redundancy in sensors, more is the computational complexity for controlling the system and more is its intelligence level. This research presents a strategy developed for multiple sensor fusion, based on geometric optimization. Each sensor's uncertainty has been modeled using classical Lagrangian optimization techniques. However, the uniqueness and effectiveness of the present technique lies on the fact that starting from the optimized value as initial estimate the accuracy of the sensory information has further been improved up to any pre defined bounded range, by developing two architectures – FFA (fission–fusion architecture) and FDD (fusion in differential domain). Sufficient evidences and analyses have been provided in the paper to show its effectiveness in various applications.     

未来十年综合航电系统的发展趋向

本文主要阐述未来十年国外综合航电系统的总的发展趋向，重点介绍了在开放式系统结构的研究与应用、采用COTS技术、模块化、多传感器综合技术等方面的发展趋向。     

城市建设的休克疗法——大连现象解说

在启动大规模的现代化建设的进程中，应对发展中听中型城市实施“休克疗法”，强调性终止城市发展的无序而缓慢的自然进程。选择短暂的“回归”或“中断”历史的调整时，应以能否适当地的历史文化特质从而把握当代的发展机遇为依据。     

建筑用纺织品的性能与应用

本文系统介绍了各种建筑用纺织品在国内外的应用现状，阐述了各种建筑用纺织品的性能，指出了建筑用纺织品的发展方向和应用前景。     

一种网格结构的雷达信号处理单元

介绍了一种采用网络结构，使用五片SHARC芯片组成的相控阵雷达信号处理单元。并介绍了此单元上基于IEEE1149.1边界扫描标准的故障诊断系统。     

绿豆纤维功能饮料的工艺研究

探讨了新型保健绿豆纤维功能饮料的生产工艺,对影响产品品质的几个主要因素进行了较为深入的探讨,提出了生产绿豆纤维功能饮料的最佳工艺条件。     

负离子功能针织物在直接蒸发冷却式空调中的应用

在分析负离子净化空气的原理及环境状况与空气中负离子浓度的关系基础上,应用负离子功能粘胶长丝和涤纶短纤混纺纱针织物作为空调滤材,利用空调出风(冷风)使针织物滤材试样飘动,相互拍击摩擦,使空调出风中的氧气分子和水分发生有效电离,从而产生大量空气负离子。实验结果表明,负离子功能粘胶长丝和涤纶短纤混纺纱针织物都有释放空气负离子的功能;而且在同规格纱线的平针组织、双罗纹组织、蜂巢组织和畦编组织针织物中,畦编组织针织物释放的负离子量最大;空气相对湿度对功能材料释放负离子数量有明显影响,当相对湿度在65%~70%时释放的负离子量趋于最大。     

Ubiquitous Information Services with JAIN Platform

To provide responsive information services in a ubiquitous computing environment, service software and system development are indispensable. A component-based ubiquitous information system with a JAIN (Java APIs for Integrated Networks) platform to achieve seamless transmissions and reach-everywhere communications was designed in our research. In this development, numerous ubiquitous service modules were identified: location management, roaming, mobile IP and WAP networking. These component-based network modules were constructed using a component composition language with component specification and interface definition, running on top of a distributed service architecture using a JAIN platform to distribute the ubiquitous information services to mobile users. Two applications, Wireless-Application-Protocol (WAP) Mail and Video-on-Demand (VoD) services, show that the JAIN-like platform with the developed networking components effectively fills the gap for application developers between mobile appliances and various kinds of ubiquitous information services.