The Application of Minicomputers to Problems of Information Retrieval

Although minicomputers can be used in many types of information retrieval facilities, this paper deals primarily with bibliographic reference re- trieval systems. There are two main reasons why it is attractive to consider using a minicomputer for on-line applications: (1) the relatively low cost and (2) the hardware and software provided.published or submitted for publicatio

Special Libraries, December 1977

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Digital document imaging systems: An overview and guide

This is an aid to NASA managers in planning the selection of a Digital Document Imaging System (DDIS) as a possible solution for document information processing and storage. Intended to serve as a manager's guide, this document contains basic information on digital imaging systems, technology, equipment standards, issues of interoperability and interconnectivity, and issues related to selecting appropriate imaging equipment based upon well defined needs

NBS monograph

From Introduction: "This is the second in a series of reports concerned with research and development requirements and areas of continuing concern in the computer and information sciences and technologies.

Earth resources technology satellite operations control center and data processing facility. Book 2 - Systems studies Final report

Systems analysis for ERTS NASA Data Processing Facility system and subsystem

Special Libraries, Summer 1987

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Special Libraries, Summer 1987

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Application of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (Atm) technology to Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (Pacs): A survey

Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (R-ISDN) provides a range of narrowband and broad-band services for voice, video, and multimedia. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) has been selected by the standards bodies as the transfer mode for implementing B-ISDN; The ability to digitize images has lead to the prospect of reducing the physical space requirements, material costs, and manual labor of traditional film handling tasks in hospitals. The system which handles the acquisition, storage, and transmission of medical images is called a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The transmission system will directly impact the speed of image transfer. Today the most common transmission means used by acquisition and display station products is Ethernet. However, when considering network media, it is important to consider what the long term needs will be. Although ATM is a new standard, it is showing signs of becoming the next logical step to meet the needs of high speed networks; This thesis is a survey on ATM, and PACS. All the concepts involved in developing a PACS are presented in an orderly manner. It presents the recent developments in ATM, its applicability to PACS and the issues to be resolved for realising an ATM-based complete PACS. This work will be useful in providing the latest information, for any future research on ATM-based networks, and PACS

Object identification for robotic applications using expert systems

The objective of this project is to develop an intelligent machine vision system for robotic applications to identify engineering tools and components; The imaging system consists of a 2-D digital camera and an ultrasonic range sensor attached to the robot end effector. Images of the target objects are captured by the camera. The images are then processed to remove the signal noise and to extract the object boundary; One major objective is to develop object feature descriptions which are invariant to scaling, translation or orientation. Efficient data reduction to an array of fewer than 25 numbers is achieved by the use of Fourier and regional descriptors. One of the array elements, object thickness, is determined directly from ultrasound range measurement; An expert system was successfully developed to classify the objects based on their descriptors. The knowledge base consists of rules for searching and pattern matching. The sensors were integrated to form a working vision system for the PUMA 500 robot. The performance of the vision system was tested with a set of objects. The expert system was found to be efficient, successful, and reliable in identifying all tested objects even with signal noise being present