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An Assessment Of Software Safety As Applied To The Department Of Defense Software Development Process, Peter W. Colan, Robert W. Prouhet Dec 1992

An Assessment Of Software Safety As Applied To The Department Of Defense Software Development Process, Peter W. Colan, Robert W. Prouhet

Theses and Dissertations

This research analyzed the relationships between the DOD software development process, system safety requirements, and current structured software safety analysis techniques. The current state of software safety was assessed within the aerospace industry and DOD, and a training program for DOD System Safety Managers was developed. A telephone survey was conducted to gather information on current software safety analysis techniques and methodologies. Personal interviews were conducted with Aeronautical System Center System Safety Managers to gather data on job perception and perceived training needs. The results of the study indicate that the DOD guidance and policy documents needed to implement and …

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Development Of A Prototype Air Force Institute Of Technology (Afit) Research Management System (Arms), David N. Schaaf, Carl W. Scott Dec 1992

Development Of A Prototype Air Force Institute Of Technology (Afit) Research Management System (Arms), David N. Schaaf, Carl W. Scott

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this study was to design, develop, test, and evaluate an initial prototype information system to enhance the conduct and management of research in the School of Systems and Logistics at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). To accomplish this goal, the researchers developed and completed a methodology that was generally patterned after the milestones in a typical system development life cycle. The proof-of-concept nature of this research caused the researchers to also map the study's seven major objectives into a second system development model called the Spiral Model (Boehm, 1988:61). This hybrid approach provided better defined …

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An Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Air Force Information Management Officer Training Based On The Perceived Needs Of Current Information Management Officers, David P. Biros, Stewart J. Cole Dec 1992

An Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Air Force Information Management Officer Training Based On The Perceived Needs Of Current Information Management Officers, David P. Biros, Stewart J. Cole

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if the computer orientation courses provided Air Force information managers are properly focused. This study found that the courses have made the desired impact and, with minor exceptions, information managers perceive then-selves to be more knowledgeable after the training. From the results of the survey it is apparent that information managers are more knowledgeable of computers than they were in a study completed in 1988. The officers who attended training after the course was modified to include computer orientation were much more satisfied with their training than previous graduates. They indicated a …

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Automated Logistics Information Systems: A Case Study, James E. Hogue Dec 1992

Automated Logistics Information Systems: A Case Study, James E. Hogue

Theses and Dissertations

A change within the Air Force has shifted management responsibilities within the logistics community. Formerly diverse functions have come under the purview of a single manager-the Logistics Group Commander-who has inherited information systems that may riot be able to provide consolidated information for informed and accurate decision making. The purpose of this thesis was to describe the current and potential ability for three logistics information management systems to share data: Standard Base Supply System, Consolidated Aircraft Management System, and On-Line Vehicle Information Management System. A systems model was synthesized from the literature review to determine what components of a system …

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Reliability, Maintainability, And Supportability (Rms) Education In Engineering Schools, Gregory T. Hurst, Barry N. Kinter Dec 1992

Reliability, Maintainability, And Supportability (Rms) Education In Engineering Schools, Gregory T. Hurst, Barry N. Kinter

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to show how engineering schools, as a whole, perceive the role of reliability, maintainability, and supportability in the engineering field. This includes the degree to which these concepts are included in their curricula, whether industry recruiters look for reliability, maintainability, and supportability training when they visit college campuses and to what degree college faculties are teaching reliability, maintainability, and supportability. This is done through research of existing literature and the analysis of data from a survey completed by engineering schools. General analyses are presented of the overall responses and detailed analysis of contrasts and …

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Integrated Diagnostic Expert System Model (Idesm): A Model For The Conversion Of Fault Isolation Procedures Into An Integrated Diagnostic Expert System, Robert J. Lacey, Glen D. Steemson Dec 1992

Integrated Diagnostic Expert System Model (Idesm): A Model For The Conversion Of Fault Isolation Procedures Into An Integrated Diagnostic Expert System, Robert J. Lacey, Glen D. Steemson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to develop a model to convert existing hardcopy maintenance manual fault isolation procedures into electronic format and to partially automate the fault isolation process. A comprehensive model was developed which comprised four major components: user interface, expert system submodel, hypermedia submodel, and a submodel integration shell. Using this model, the F 15E nose landing gear fault isolation procedures were transformed into a rule based expert system. An existing hypermedia information base was expanded and subsequently integrated with the expert system to form the prototype application. The prototype was evaluated by engineering and maintenance personnel …

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Improving The Quality Of Machine Translations By Providing Stylistic Guidelines To Authors And Editors, Edward J. Walsh Dec 1992

Improving The Quality Of Machine Translations By Providing Stylistic Guidelines To Authors And Editors, Edward J. Walsh

Theses and Dissertations

This research sought to identify stylistic guidelines which could be used by the authors and editors of English language texts in order to improve the quality of subsequent machine translations to other languages. A literature review was conducted to provide background information and to determine what guidelines would be appropriate. Nine guidelines were developed on the basis of the review. The guidelines were then tested. They were applied to five paragraphs from a Royal Australian Air Force technical publication by the researcher and an independent volunteer. Both the resulting texts and the original paragraphs were translated into French using the …

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The Efficacy Of Group Decision Support Systems: A Field Experiment To Evaluate Impacts On Air Force Decision Makers, Benjamin C. Huff Dec 1992

The Efficacy Of Group Decision Support Systems: A Field Experiment To Evaluate Impacts On Air Force Decision Makers, Benjamin C. Huff

Theses and Dissertations

The research contributed to the study of Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) in field experiments involving real managers making real decisions. This research was conducted by the Air Force Institute of Technology with the Air Force Armstrong Laboratory to evaluate the efficacy of using GDSS technology in an Air Force decision making environment. This study compared facilitated GDSS, facilitated manual, and unfacilitated manual decision making processes. This study focused on performance and secondary outcomes resulting from GDSS effects versus process structure effects. The research evaluated two performance outcomes: GDSS efficiency in terms of decision speed and effectiveness in terms of …

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The Adaptation Of The Sei's Capability Maturity Model To The Air Force Software Acquisition Management Process, William G. Dickerhoff Jr., William J. Sommers Dec 1992

The Adaptation Of The Sei's Capability Maturity Model To The Air Force Software Acquisition Management Process, William G. Dickerhoff Jr., William J. Sommers

Theses and Dissertations

This study develops an Air Force Software Acquisition Maturity Framework (SAMF) by adapting the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) capability Maturity Model (CMM) to the Air Force software acquisition process. The SAMFs purpose is to provide the Air Force Materiel Command's product centers and program off ices with criterion to assess their software acquisition maturity in a similar fashion as the SEI's CMM provides companies a benchmark to measure their organization's software production maturity. The research was accomplished through a combination of information gathering techniques and data analysis. A literature search of documentation, both within and external to the Department of …

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Collisional Detachment Of Anions Using Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry, Kevin B. Riehl Dec 1992

Collisional Detachment Of Anions Using Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry, Kevin B. Riehl

Theses and Dissertations

Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (FTMS) is used to make energy resolved ion-neutral reaction measurements at high translational energies (up to several hundred eV). The technique is demonstrated for collisional detachment of anions, and should be easily applied to other inelastic reactions. Collisional detachment cross sections of iodine anions onto gas phase targets of neon, xenon, and trifluoromethyl iodide are measured for 1-300 eV (lab frame). Peak detachment cross sections are roughly 2, 8.5, and 7 Å2, respectively. Ion kinetic measurements show the iodine anion is unreactive in trifluoromethyl iodide at thermal energies. Positive ion chemistry is consistent with …

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Identification Of The Initial Transient In Discrete-Event Simulation Output Using The Kalman Filter, Mark A. Gallagher Dec 1992

Identification Of The Initial Transient In Discrete-Event Simulation Output Using The Kalman Filter, Mark A. Gallagher

Theses and Dissertations

Data truncation is a commonly accepted method of dealing with initialization bias in discrete-event simulation. Algorithms for determining the appropriate initial-data truncation point for univariate and multivariate output are proposed. The techniques entail averaging across replications and estimating a steady-state output model in a state-space framework. Using the estimated model, Multiple Model Adaptive Estimation (MMAE), which uses Kalman filters with different parameter vectors, is applied. Based on the filters' residuals, the conditional probabilities of each filter's specific parameter vector being correct are determined. The MMAE parameter estimates are the probabilistic- weighted average of the filters' assumed parameter vectors. The estimated …

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Mustang Daily, November 30, 1992 Nov 1992

Mustang Daily, November 30, 1992

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

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The College News 1992-11-30 Vol.14 No. 5, Students Of Bryn Mawr College Nov 1992

The College News 1992-11-30 Vol.14 No. 5, Students Of Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College News

Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with The Haverford News in 1968 to form the Bi-college News (with various titles from 1968 on). Published weekly (except holidays) during the academic year.

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 017, Number 19, November 30, 1992, Grand Valley State University Nov 1992

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 017, Number 19, November 30, 1992, Grand Valley State University

1992-1993, Volume 17

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

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Vcu Voice (1992-11-30) Nov 1992

Vcu Voice (1992-11-30)

VCU Voice, 1988-1998

VCU Today, the University’s first official administrative organ, began as a somewhat irregular monthly publication but moved to a bi-weekly newspaper format in the 1980s. The newspaper changed its name to VCU Voice in 1988 and ten years later it appeared under the title UniverCity News. As it neared the end of its run as a physical newspaper, the publication became simply VCU News. These four publications were essentially the same periodical published under different titles by the Office of University Relations. VCU News appeared online for the first time in 2002.

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Blackworld, V. 26, I. 04, State University Of New York At Stony Brook Nov 1992

Blackworld, V. 26, I. 04, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Blackworld

v. : ill. ; 38-43 cm (original analog pub.),Black world, v.26;n.4

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The Murray Ledger And Times, November 30, 1992, The Murray Ledger And Times Nov 1992

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 30, 1992, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Daily Eastern News: November 30, 1992, Eastern Illinois University Nov 1992

Daily Eastern News: November 30, 1992, Eastern Illinois University

November

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The Eastern Echo, November 30, 1992, Eastern Michigan University Nov 1992

The Eastern Echo, November 30, 1992, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

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Oxidative Mechanisms In Arterial Distension Injury: Observations Relevant To Restenosis After Angioplasty, Charles F. Babbs, Yuan Zhong Nov 1992

Oxidative Mechanisms In Arterial Distension Injury: Observations Relevant To Restenosis After Angioplasty, Charles F. Babbs, Yuan Zhong

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

Background: To explore the hypothesis that tissue iron and reactive oxygen species, including superoxide (O2), mediate acute inflammatory and late hyperplastic responses to vascular injury, we studied experimental overdistension of normal carotid and femoral arteries in dogs. Experimental design: Arterial segments isolated in situ were distended with Ringer solution at 2 atmospheres pressure. In initial experiments the arteries were excised immediately after distension and immersed in diaminobenzidine solutions containing Mn++ ions to initiate histochemical reactions for O2. In other experiments distended arterial segments were reperfused with arterial blood in the presence or absence of the iron chelator, deferoxamine, or the …

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The Murray Ledger And Times, November 28, 1992, The Murray Ledger And Times Nov 1992

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 28, 1992, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

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Ms211: Trip Report On Initial Consortium Visit To Areas Effected By Chernobyl Accident, Armin Weinberg Nov 1992

Ms211: Trip Report On Initial Consortium Visit To Areas Effected By Chernobyl Accident, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

Armin's impressions of first visit to former USSR Russia, Ukraine and Israel by our group at that time referred to as International Consortium for Research and Treatment of Radiation... sent to Admiral Zumwalt (who also traveled to Moscow and Bryansk but not to Ukraine where Armin went with Boris Yoffe, also Larry Laufman and Phil McCarthy went from Russia to Israel with our Hadassah colleagues.) See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.

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1992-11-27 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.) Nov 1992

1992-11-27 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead News Archive

Morehead News published on November 27,1992.

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The Cord Weekly (November 26, 1992) Nov 1992

The Cord Weekly (November 26, 1992)

The Cord

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Imua Polenisia (1992-11-25), Polynesian Cultural Center Nov 1992

Imua Polenisia (1992-11-25), Polynesian Cultural Center

Imua Polenisia

No abstract provided.

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Sandspur, Vol 99 No 15, November 25, 1992, Rollins College Nov 1992

Sandspur, Vol 99 No 15, November 25, 1992, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

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Carl Mcclellan, Petitioner-Appellant, V. Tamara Holden, Respondent-Appellee : Brief Of Appellee Nov 1992

Carl Mcclellan, Petitioner-Appellant, V. Tamara Holden, Respondent-Appellee : Brief Of Appellee

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (1965 –)

APPEAL FROM THE DISMISSAL OF A PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT, IN AND FOR SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, THE HONORABLE KENNETH

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Gary Levitz, Plaintiff/Appellant, Vs. Edward Warrington : Appelle's Brief Nov 1992

Gary Levitz, Plaintiff/Appellant, Vs. Edward Warrington : Appelle's Brief

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (1965 –)

No abstract provided.

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Ke Alakai, Vol. 38, No. 15 (1992-11-25), Brigham Young University Hawaii Nov 1992

Ke Alakai, Vol. 38, No. 15 (1992-11-25), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

No abstract provided.

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The Montclarion, November 25, 1992, The Montclarion Nov 1992

The Montclarion, November 25, 1992, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State College

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