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Total Quality Management: Is It Real? - Is It Of Value?, Mike Graff Mar 1994

Total Quality Management: Is It Real? - Is It Of Value?, Mike Graff

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Distributed Transaction Processing In Wide Area Network, Bharat Bhargava, Yongguang Zhang Mar 1994

A Study Of Distributed Transaction Processing In Wide Area Network, Bharat Bhargava, Yongguang Zhang

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Papers: Purdue's Adapter For Parallel Execution And Rapid Synchronization, H. G. Dietz, T. Muhammad, J. B. Sponaugle, T. Mattox Mar 1994

Papers: Purdue's Adapter For Parallel Execution And Rapid Synchronization, H. G. Dietz, T. Muhammad, J. B. Sponaugle, T. Mattox

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

There are a lot of 386/486/Pentium-based personal computers (PCs) out there. They are affordable, reliable, and offer good performance. Thus, it is only natural to think of networking multiple PCs to create a high-performance parallel machine - the problem is that conventional networking systems cannot provide low latency synchronization and communication. Low latency allows fine grain parallelism; the longer the latency, the fewer the programs that can achieve good speedup through use of parallelism. Typical parallel machines constructed using PC networks (e.g., PVM software using Ethernet hardware) generally have latencies between 0.001s and 0.1s. Even the "best" commercially-available parallel computers …


Dynamic Barrier Architecture For Multi-Mode Fine-Grain Parallelism Using Conventional Processors Part I: Barrier Architecture, W. E. Cohen, H. G. Dietz, J. B. Sponaugle Mar 1994

Dynamic Barrier Architecture For Multi-Mode Fine-Grain Parallelism Using Conventional Processors Part I: Barrier Architecture, W. E. Cohen, H. G. Dietz, J. B. Sponaugle

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

Parallel computers constructed using conventional processors offer the potential to achieve large improvements in execution speed at reasonable cost, however, these machines tend to efficiently implement only coarse-grain MIMD parallelism. To achieve the best possible speedup through parallel execution, a computer must be capable of effectively using all the different types of parallelism that exist in each program. A combination of SIMD, VLIW, and MIMD parallelism, at a variety of granularity levels, exists in most applications; thus, hardware that can support multiple types of parallelism can achieve better performance with a wider range of codes. In this paper, we introduce …


Writing, Supporting, And Evaluating Tripwire: A Publically Available Security Tool, Gene H. Kim, Eugene H. Spafford Mar 1994

Writing, Supporting, And Evaluating Tripwire: A Publically Available Security Tool, Gene H. Kim, Eugene H. Spafford

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Pdelab: An Object-Oriented Framework For Building Problem Solving Environments For Pde Based Applications, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Elias N. Houstis, John. R. Rice, Ann Christine Catlin, Cheryl L. Crabill, Chi Ching Chui Mar 1994

Pdelab: An Object-Oriented Framework For Building Problem Solving Environments For Pde Based Applications, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Elias N. Houstis, John. R. Rice, Ann Christine Catlin, Cheryl L. Crabill, Chi Ching Chui

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


On The Street, Barbara Dean, Kathy Miraglia, Katina Strauch Feb 1994

On The Street, Barbara Dean, Kathy Miraglia, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Experiences With Tripwire: Using Integrity Checkers For Intrusion Detection, Gene H. Kim, Eugene H. Spafford Feb 1994

Experiences With Tripwire: Using Integrity Checkers For Intrusion Detection, Gene H. Kim, Eugene H. Spafford

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Library Profile / University Of Western Ontario, Linda Lutz, Barbara Dean Feb 1994

Library Profile / University Of Western Ontario, Linda Lutz, Barbara Dean

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


The Writing Center As Site For Cross-Language Research, Carol Severino Jan 1994

The Writing Center As Site For Cross-Language Research, Carol Severino

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.


Between Realignments And Intervention: The Belgian Franc In The European Monetary System, Kees G. Koedijk, Phillip A. Stork, Casper G. De Vries Jan 1994

Between Realignments And Intervention: The Belgian Franc In The European Monetary System, Kees G. Koedijk, Phillip A. Stork, Casper G. De Vries

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

We analyse the fuctioning of the Belgian franc in the European Monetary System between 1979 and 1991. A discrete time target zone model which captures the features displayed by the continuous time models is combined with intervention data provided by the Belgian central bank. Simple prediction formulas are derived to calculate one-week-ahead conditional probabilities on a realignment of the Belgian franc relative to the Deutsche mark. The devaluation probabilities are matched with the intervention data. We find support fo rhte notion that Belgian intervention policy was a policy of leaning against the wind.


International Human Resource Strategy And Control: The Case Of Multinationals And Their Subsidiaries, John M. Hannon, Ing-Chung Huang, Bih-Shiaw Jaw Jan 1994

International Human Resource Strategy And Control: The Case Of Multinationals And Their Subsidiaries, John M. Hannon, Ing-Chung Huang, Bih-Shiaw Jaw

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

This study examined the relationship between International Human Resource (IHR) Strategy and International Human Resource Control. To do so, Jarillo and Martinez's (1990) framework for parent--subsidiary business strategy was recast into an IHR strategy context and Snell's (1992) conceputualization of control int he supervisor--subordinate relationship was extended to the parent--subsidiary setting. Data from 100 subsidiaries and their parents shwoed that subsidiaries adopt one of three (receptive, active, or autonomous) IHR strategies. In addition, the data demonstrate that a globally integrated IHR strategy is associated with tighter control over the subsidiary's selection, performance evaluation, and reward systems and looser control over …


Customer-Driven Human Resource Policies And Practices In Japan, John M. Hannon, Yoko Sano Jan 1994

Customer-Driven Human Resource Policies And Practices In Japan, John M. Hannon, Yoko Sano

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Stylized Facts Of Nominal Exchange Rate Returns, Casper G. De Vries, K. U. Leuven Jan 1994

Stylized Facts Of Nominal Exchange Rate Returns, Casper G. De Vries, K. U. Leuven

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

This survey collects the stylized facts on nominal foreign exchange rate returns. The most salient statistical regularities: unit roots, fat tails, and volatility clusters are extensively discussed.


Financial Reporting For Foreign Exchange Derivatives, Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles A. Tritschler, Joseph H. Godwin Jan 1994

Financial Reporting For Foreign Exchange Derivatives, Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles A. Tritschler, Joseph H. Godwin

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

A major objective of the FASB's financial instruments project, inclusive of SFAS 105, SFAS 107 and SFAS 119, is to provide information useful to investors in assessing the credit and market rish associated with the use of off-balance-sheet ifnancial instruments. We survey 1992 SFAS 105 and SFAS 107 disclosures on Foreign Exchange Derivatives (FXD) to: (1) benchmark current practice by summarizing quantitative and qualitative disclosures of FXD, and (2) examine the usefulness of current disclosures in assessing market and credit rish related to FXD. In achieving these objectives, we provide insight into how leading U.S. multinationals operationalize accounting standards related …


Diversification Responses To Environmental Uncertainties, Kent D. Miller Jan 1994

Diversification Responses To Environmental Uncertainties, Kent D. Miller

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

This study develops and tests a behavioral model of diversification responses to environmental uncertainties. Regression results using an international data set provide strong support for the general proposition that uncertainties associated with different environmental components--political, government policy, macroeconomic, competitive, input, and product demand uncertainties--have different implications for firm product and international market diversification.


The Influence Of Changing Trade Patterns Of Displacements Of Labor, Jon D. Haveman Jan 1994

The Influence Of Changing Trade Patterns Of Displacements Of Labor, Jon D. Haveman

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

While there is an extensive literature detailing the change in industrial employment resulting from changes int rading patterns, there is no significant literature that translates these changes in labor demand to actual worker hardship. This study provides evidence of the labor market effects of changes in import and export competition throughout the 1980's by focusing on the level of industry displacements, workers involuntarily separated from their industry of employment, rather than changes in the level of industry employment. The results therefore shed light on the number of workers that were measureably injured by changing trade patterns. The analysis is based …


The Determinants Of Corporate Attractiveness, John Hannon, Yoko Sano Jan 1994

The Determinants Of Corporate Attractiveness, John Hannon, Yoko Sano

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

This study examines the effects of observable organizational characteristics on job seeker attributions of corporate attractiveness in Japan. Data from 11,060 Japanese university students (3,678 seniors specializing in engineering & science and 7,382 seniors majoring in liberal arts) demonstrate that a company's number of employees, an indication of job security and career potential, is related to corporate attractiveness for both groups, as hypothesized. Contrary to what was expected, the age of the firm, a surrogate for reputation and tradition, had no effect on corporate attractivenss for either group. The effects for sales, an indication of size, and profits, an indication …


Firm Strategy And Economic Exposure To Foreign Exchange Rate Movements, Kent D. Miller, Jeffrey J. Reuer Jan 1994

Firm Strategy And Economic Exposure To Foreign Exchange Rate Movements, Kent D. Miller, Jeffrey J. Reuer

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

This study examines the implications of differences in strategy and industry structure for firms' economic exposures to foreign exchange rate movements. Analysis of exchange rate data indicates previous empirical research using a single exchange rate proxy understates economic exposures. This study estimated firms' exposures using a multivariate model. The empirical evidence from U.S. manufacturing firms indicates that foreign direct investment reduces economic exposure to foreign exchange rate movements.


The Uniform Soybean Tests: Northern Region 1994, J. R. Wilcox Jan 1994

The Uniform Soybean Tests: Northern Region 1994, J. R. Wilcox

Uniform Soybean Tests Northern Region

No abstract provided.


Panglobal Distribution Of A Single Clonal Lineage Of The Irish Potato Famine Fungus, Stephen B. Goodwin, Barak A. Cohen, William E. Fry Jan 1994

Panglobal Distribution Of A Single Clonal Lineage Of The Irish Potato Famine Fungus, Stephen B. Goodwin, Barak A. Cohen, William E. Fry

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Faculty Publications

More than 300 isolates of the Irish potato famine fungus, Phytopkthora iufesns, colc In 20 countries on five ontits, were analyzed for genetic variation at the mating type and two allozyme loci. A subset of more than 200 islates was also analyzed for DNA "fingerpint" variation. A surprisng result was that a single conal ineage dominated most populaton worldwide. AD of the variation within this loneage appeared to have arisen by mitotic embinat or by mutation. In addItion to the most common cal lineage, a number of diferent, but a rtiy closely related, lineages occurred in the United States and …


1994 Directory Of Indiana State, County, City And Town Officials Responsible For Road And Street Work, Herpicc Jan 1994

1994 Directory Of Indiana State, County, City And Town Officials Responsible For Road And Street Work, Herpicc

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Directory

Contact information for agency officials and employees responsible for Indiana’s local road infrastructure.


Critical Solution Temperatures For Ten Different Non-Cfc Refrigerants With Fourteen Different Lubricants, S. C. Zoz, M. B. Pate Jan 1994

Critical Solution Temperatures For Ten Different Non-Cfc Refrigerants With Fourteen Different Lubricants, S. C. Zoz, M. B. Pate

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Results Of Soft-Optimized System Tests In Ari's R-22 Alternative Refrigerants Evaluation Program, D. S. Godwin Jan 1994

Results Of Soft-Optimized System Tests In Ari's R-22 Alternative Refrigerants Evaluation Program, D. S. Godwin

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Flow Condensation Of Pure And Oil Contaminated Refrigerant Hfc134a In A Horizontal Tube, W. Shao, E. Granryd Jan 1994

Flow Condensation Of Pure And Oil Contaminated Refrigerant Hfc134a In A Horizontal Tube, W. Shao, E. Granryd

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Performance Testing Of R-502 Replacements Based On R-32/R-125/R-134a, G. H. Haines, T. W. Dekleva, R. E. Low Jan 1994

Performance Testing Of R-502 Replacements Based On R-32/R-125/R-134a, G. H. Haines, T. W. Dekleva, R. E. Low

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of Compressor Slugging Problems, Z. Liu, W. Soedel Jan 1994

An Investigation Of Compressor Slugging Problems, Z. Liu, W. Soedel

International Compressor Engineering Conference

No abstract provided.


Wear And Tribodynamics Of A Rolling Piston Rotary Compressor, S. K. Padhy, G. O. Scheldorf Jan 1994

Wear And Tribodynamics Of A Rolling Piston Rotary Compressor, S. K. Padhy, G. O. Scheldorf

International Compressor Engineering Conference

No abstract provided.


The Unpromising Future Of Writing Centers, Terrance Riley Jan 1994

The Unpromising Future Of Writing Centers, Terrance Riley

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.


Dynamic Behavior Of A Thin Disc In A Thrust Bearing Clearance: Effects Of Solid And Fluid Friction, S. K. Padhy Jan 1994

Dynamic Behavior Of A Thin Disc In A Thrust Bearing Clearance: Effects Of Solid And Fluid Friction, S. K. Padhy

International Compressor Engineering Conference

No abstract provided.