Improving Cost Estimates of Construction Projects Using Phased Cost Factors

Central to cost-based competition is the capability to accurately predict the cost of delivering a project. Most literature on cost estimation focuses on specific estimation methods as generic techniques and little attention has been paid to the unique requirements at each project stage. This note attempts to identify the critical factors for effective estimation at various stages of typical construction projects. Drawing from organization control theory and cost estimating literature, this note develops a theoretical framework that identifies the critical factors for effective cost estimation during each project phase of a conventional construction project. The underlying logic is that as a cost estimating effort progresses, both task programmability and output measurability improve. As a result, control effort will shift from input-oriented control to a combination of output and behavior control.     

A Critique of the ANSI Standard on Role-Based Access Control

In 2004, the American National Standards Institute approved the Role-Based Access Control standard to fulfill "a need among government and industry purchasers of information technology products for a consistent and uniform definition of role based access control (RBAC) features". Such uniform definitions give IT product vendors and customers a common and unambiguous terminology for RBAC features, which can lead to wider adoption of RBAC and increased productivity. However, the current ANSI RBAC Standard has several limitations, design flaws, and technical errors that, it unaddressed, could lead to confusions among IT product vendors and customers and to RBAC implementations with different semantics, thus defeating the standard's purpose.     

FPGA在数字通信系统中的应用

文中介绍了使用ACEXlK器件实现的一种Manchester编译码器。     

基于湿度扩散理论的混凝土早期收缩分析

混凝土早期收缩开裂是加剧混凝土劣化并导致最终失效的一个重要因素．分析混凝土早期的自由收缩量值是进行收缩开裂研究的基础。为此，基于湿度扩散理论建立了混凝士早期的自生收缩与干燥收缩计算分析模型，经实例验证，计算结果与试验结果有较好的一致性。     

特低渗油藏渗流特征及增产技术研究

从特低渗储层渗流机理研究出发，分析了其渗流规律——非达西渗流特征；根据储层中上覆岩石围压变化，通过室内试验表述了其对渗透率伤害。研究提出了改善渗流特征的注水条件、井网优化和压裂对策，可以有效提高这类油藏的开发效果。     

RD取样器及其应用

RD取样器是在APR-M2工具基础上发展起来的专用取样设备，由取样心轴、取样外筒、破裂盘、样品腔几部分组成。与RD安全循环阀配合使用，完全可以替代APR-M2工具，具有取样准确、缩短施工工期，取样过程简单、安全等特点。     

扇形段电磁搅拌对82B钢连铸坯成分和组织的影响

进行了结晶器搅拌和结晶器 +扇形段电磁搅拌连铸 82B钢 2 80mm× 380mm方坯的工业试验。结果表明 ,扇形段搅拌降低和改善了铸坯的中心偏析、疏松和夹杂物分布。 82B钢铸坯经扇形段搅拌后 ,中心部位碳含量峰值明显减小 ,碳偏析指数降低 5 7%～ 1 0 8% ,铸坯成分的方差值 (σ)减小 32 %～ 34 9%。     

“四低一高”工艺在85kA预焙槽的应用与优化

本文介绍了“四低一高”(低电解温度、低分子比、低氧化铝浓度、低阳极效应系数、高工作电压)工艺技术条件在85kA预焙槽上的应用与优化,实验证明“四低一高”工艺需要针对具体槽型进行优化设计,适宜的技术条件对提高电流效率、降低直流电耗,节能效果显著。