Effects of differences in office chair controls, seat and backrest angle design in relation to tasks

In this study the influence of chair characteristics on comfort, discomfort, adjustment time and seat interface pressure is investigated during VDU and non-VDU tasks: The two investigated office chairs, both designed according to European and Dutch standards are different regarding: 1) seat cushioning and shape, 2) backrest angle and 3) controls. Thirty subjects in total, both male and female, participated in two experiments: twenty in the first and ten in the second.Significant differences are found for ease of adjustment and adjustment time of controls, independent of the tasks. Related to tasks, a significant difference was found for the backrest range of motion. For non-VDU tasks a larger range of backrest motion was preferred by 70% of the subjects. The chair design differences were most clear for comfort and adjustment time of controls, followed by comfort of backrest angle. No differences are found between seat pan comfort and discomfort, first impressions and peak interface pressure.     

一种支持任务合并的交换网络实时调度策略

通过分析现有网络通信和实时系统的调度算法,在实时调度算法LSF(Least Start First)的基础上,提出支持任务合并的交换式网络实时调度策略TC-LSF(Tasks Combining-Least Start First)来保证任务在网络通信中的实时性.该算法使用任务合并策略对多个通信任务进行合并,从而节省相...     

数据库的自动化管理在动态数据Web发布中的应用

介绍了在DB／WebServer/Brower三层体系下的数据库Wed发布功能以及自动化管理任务的机制,并例示如何结合网页编程技巧,轻松地实现数据库的实时动态Web发布。     

基于RMS调度周期、非周期混合任务集的一种新方法

提出了一种利用速率单调（RMS）算法确定计算机实时系统中整个任务集优先级的新方法。该方法利用数理统计的规律克服了普通RMS算法只能对系统中周期任务进行有效调度而不能对系统中的非周期任务进行有效调度的局限,扩大了RMS算法的适用范围,简化了非周期任务的处理过程,减小了系统开销。利用该方法在先进飞机电气综合控制与管理系统中进行了整个任务集的可调度性测试、验证,并给出了任务集的实际调度的验证实例。     

基于VxWorks的MB系列智能可编程控制器设计

本文介绍了南京甫瑞自动控制有限公司最新研制的MB系列智能可编程控制器，分析了实时操作系统VxWorks的特性及其在可编程控制器中的应用，详细阐述了任务的划分、任务间通信机制的选择、中断处理程序、网络通信程序和串行口通信程序的编写等关键技术。     

Managing heterogeneous multi-system tasks to support enterprise-wide operations

The computing environment in most medium-sized and large enterprises involves old main-frame based (legacy) applications and systems as well as new workstation-based distributed computing systems. The objective of the METEOR project is to support multi-system workflow applications that automate enterprise operations. This paper deals with the modeling and specification of workflows in such applications. Tasks in our heterogeneous environment can be submitted through different types of interfaces on different processing entities. We first present a computational model for workflows that captures the behavior of both transactional and non-transactional tasks of different types. We then develop two languages for specifying a workflow at different levels of abstraction: the Workflow Specification Language (WFSL) is a declarative rule-based language used to express the application-level interactions between multiple tasks, while the Task Specification Language (TSL) focuses on the issues related to individual tasks. These languages are designed to address the important issues of inter-task dependencies, data formatting, data exchange, error handling, and recovery. The paper also presents an architecture for the workflow management system that supports the model and the languages. Recommended by: Omran Bukhres and e. Kühn     

缅怀梁思成教授的业绩

今年是清华大学建筑系奠基人梁思成教授诞辰八十五周年。回忆梁公，如在目前。追记三则关于他的大事，以深志怀念。     

Coordinated rescheduling of Bag‐of‐Tasks for executions on multiple resource providers

Metaschedulers can distribute parts of a Bag‐of‐Tasks (BoT) application among various resource providers in order to speed up its execution. The expected completion time of the user application is then calculated based on the run‐time estimates of all applications running and waiting for resources. However, because of inaccurate run time estimates, initial schedules are not those that provide users with the earliest completion time. These estimates increase the time distance between the first and last tasks of a BoT application, which increases average user response time, especially in multi‐provider environments. This paper proposes a coordinated rescheduling algorithm to handle inaccurate run‐time estimates when executing BoT applications in multi‐provider environments. The coordinated rescheduling defines which tasks can have start time updated based on the expected completion time of the entire BoT application. We have also evaluated the impact of system‐generated run‐time estimates to schedule BoT applications on multiple providers. We performed experiments using simulations and a real distributed platform, Grid'5000. From our experiments, we obtained reductions of up to 5 and 10% for response time and slowdown metrics, respectively, by using coordinated rescheduling over a traditional rescheduling solution. Moreover, coordinated rescheduling requires little modification of existing scheduling systems. System‐generated predictions, on the other hand, are more complex to be deployed and may not reduce response times as much as coordinated rescheduling. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

支持双重触发的μC/OS-II内核的设计与实现

针对当前大多数嵌入式操作系统不能同时支持时间和事件双重触发的机制,对μC/OS-II内核进行了深入研究,对μC/OS-II的调度代码进行了分析,提出了将系统内核架构设计为上下两层,以时间触发部分为上层主要模块,事件触发部分为下层基础模块的层次性架构。从而使得系统核心的调度器即可以调度TT任务也可以调度ET任务;实验证明,该方法不仅能够支持时间和事件双重触发的任务调度,而且在不影响可靠性和确定性的情况下,提高了系统的灵活性和实时性。     

浅谈《数据库应用》校本教材的开发

《数据库应用》是为数据库应用课程编写的校本教材。该教材根据课程标准进行开发,按任务进行编写,是一本基于工作过程编写的教材。本文是关于《数据库应用》校本教材开发中的一些初步认识。