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.     

天然气长输管道泄漏的抢修与维护

分析了天然气长输过程中，由于各种原因，导致天然气长输管道出现泄漏，找出泄漏抢修的方法，指出应积极做好预防与维护工作。     

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。     

结构强度储备的评估及结构维修过程的跟踪决策

本文提出了已建成结构在服役过程中构件的强度储备比和结构整体的强度储备比的概念和定义,它们都是随结构使用和维修过程而变化的时间的函数。我们建议以实际的强度储备比作为构件和结构服役安全度的表达方式,给出了构件和结构强度储备比的具体评定方法,并以结构整体的强度储备比作为控制参数决策结构的维修过程,以求得结构全寿命维修的优化控制。本文所提出的方法适用于具有良好的结构重分析程序和精密细致的检测手段的工程。一般重要的结构工程,例如核电站、海上结构、航空航天设备等均具备上述条件。因而本文所提的方法非常实用,可以立即应用于重要的工程项目,具有重大的经济和社会效益。     

甲醇蒸汽转化炉炉管损伤分析及修复

通过对乙烯厂甲醇车间蒸汽转化炉炉管的材料成分、力学性能、金相组织等的分析，确定定其失效模式为高温蠕变损伤，找到造成及影响炉管失效的主要因素。并对炉管的修复以及预防提出了有效的方法及建议。     

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。     

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.