In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in high
speed data transmission through fading dispersive channel, such as
shortwave ionospheric propagation. Fading dispersive channel is usually
best described ...
Object-Oriented Heterogeneous Distributed Database
Management Systems (OOHDDBMS) are used to handle databases using
the object-oriented programming (OOP) philosophy in a wide range
of application domain, such as, running ...
Adaptive arrays are currently the subject of extensive
investigations, as a means for reducing the vulnerability of the
reception of desired signals to the presence of interference signals
in radar, sonar, seismic and ...
Robots have played a dominant role in the recent trends
towards automation during the past decade. The applications of
robots will be virtually unlimited in the future inview of their
flexibilities. However, present ...
Surface Acoustic Wave ( SAW ) devices are finding
applications in many diverse electronic equipment. Analysis and
synthesis of any operational device ( like a SAW device )
associated with a complicated physics can be ...
This thesis addresses the techniques for the design of
reliable fault-tolerant multistage interconnection networks
(MINs) used in multiprocessor systems. Statically as well as
dynamically reroutable MINs are studied. ...
The work presented in this dissertation, entitled "Perform
ance Trade-offs in Low-Loss Surface Acoustic Wave Transducers" is
concerned with the development of Uni-Directlonal Transducers
(UDTs).
These UDTs are used in ...
Expert Systems, also called as Intelligent Systems or Knowledge Based
Computer Systems, are the best known manifestations of Artificial
Intelligence. It is envisaged that they will be able to solve problems in
areas ...
One of the most impressive engineering achievements
of the past decade has been the remarkable progress in
lightwave transmission technology. This is largely because
of excellent characteristics of optical fibers, low ...
This thesis addresses the problem of static task allocation
in distributed computer systems. Task allocation is the problem
of assigning a set of interdependent tasks, which address a
common goal, to the set of processors ...
Functional languages, due to their straightforward declarative way
of expression, are finding favour as an elegant programming
medium. Further, their properties of referential transparency and
freedom from side-effects ...
This thesis is devoted towards enhancement of testability by reducing
aliasing errors in BIST environment. Towards this direction of achieving higher
testability goals, mechanisms which effect the fault-coverage when an ...
It is an application oriented thesis with the aim of developing
new edge detection algorithms within the frame work of image
analysis, an application area of digital image processing. Image
Analysis primarily centers ...
Semiconductor superlattices and quantum-well heterostructures form an
important class of electronic and optoelectronic materials since the properties
of these layered structures are in many ways superior to those of bulk ...
In this dissertation conventional Inter-Digital
Transducer (IDT), Quadrature Phase Unidirectional Trans
ducer (QPUDI), Three Phase Uni-Directional Transducer
(TPUDT), unweighted Group-type Uni-Directional Trans
ducer ...
This thesis is an attempt towards the development of a new
Petri net extension, the Advanced Petri Wet. It is a more
powerful modelling and analysis tool th^n conventional Petri
7)ets, which have some inherent limitations, ...
Tightly connected multiprocessor systems (MPSs) are
Characterized by the presence of several autonomous processors
sharing multiple memory modules via some interconnection network.
Since both the basic elements, processors ...
Expert systems are computer programs designed
to emulate the logic and reasoning processes, human experts
would use to solve a problem in their field of expertise.
Interest in the area has grown rapidly with the ...
In recent years the growth and or deposition of
insulating films on the surface of a semiconductor material
has received considerable attention as it is used for
passivation, masking, isolation, dielectric purposes ...
Recent years have seen growing interest in the modeling
(representation, manipulation and display) of solid objects with
a computer. Three dimensional object modeling is essential for
computer graphics, CAD/CAM systems, ...