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

Reading for Professional Purposes

‘Reading for Professional Purposes’ is intended for the students who study the English of Economic Cybernetics for their professional needs. It integrates and develops the students’ linguistic competence in business reading and writing."Професійно орієнтоване читання" призначене для студентів, які вивчають англійську мову для економічної кібернетики. Посібник інтегрує та розвиває лінгвістичну компетенцію студентів у діловому читанні та письмі

A control methodology for automated manufacturing

The application of computers in the manufacturing industry has substantially altered the control procedures used to program a whole manufacturing process. Currently, one the problems which automated manufacturing systems are experiencing is the lack of a good overall control system. The subject of this research has been centred on the identification of the problems involved in current methods of control and their advantages and disadvantages in an automated manufacturing system. As a result, a different type of control system has been proposed which distributes both the control and the decision making. This control model is an hybrid of hierarchical and hierarchical control systems which takes advantage of the best points offered by both types of control structures. The Durham FMS rig has been used as a testbed for an automated manufacturing system to which the hybrid control system has been applied. The implementation of this control system would not have been possible without the design and development of a System Integration Tool (SIT). The system is capable of real-time scheduling of the system activities. Activities within the system are monitored in real-time and a recording of the system events is available, which allows the user to analyse the activities of the system off-line. A network independent communication technique was developed for the Durham FMS which allowed the manufacturing cells to exercise peer-to-peer communication. The SIT also allowed the integration of equipment from different vendors in the FMS

Service-oriented models for audiovisual content storage

What are the important topics to understand if involved with storage services to hold digital audiovisual content? This report takes a look at how content is created and moves into and out of storage; the storage service value networks and architectures found now and expected in the future; what sort of data transfer is expected to and from an audiovisual archive; what transfer protocols to use; and a summary of security and interface issues

Reading for Professional Purposes

‘Reading for Professional Purposes’ is intended for the students who study the English of Economic Cybernetics for their professional needs. It integrates and develops the students’ linguistic competence in business reading and writing."Професійно орієнтоване читання" призначене для студентів, які вивчають англійську мову для економічної кібернетики. Посібник інтегрує та розвиває лінгвістичну компетенцію студентів у діловому читанні та письмі