Computational Simulation as an Organizational Prototyping Tool

Column Stores as an IR Prototyping Tool

We make the suggestion that instead of implementing custom index structures and query evaluation algorithms, IR researchers should simply store document representations in a column-oriented relational database and write ranking models using SQL. For rapid prototyping, this is particularly advantageous since researchers can explore new ranking functions and features by simply issuing SQL queries...

Nest: A Network Simulation and Prototyping Tool

This paper describes Nest, a testbed which provides a simulated network environment for developing and analyzing distributed systems and algorithms. Nest has a number of interesting features, including a transparent implementation of lightweight processes under UNIX, and a distributed monitoring facility with a graphical user interface.

An Intelligent Winch Prototyping Tool

In this paper we present a recently developed intelligent winch prototyping tool for optimising the design of maritime winches, continuing our recent line of work using artificial intelligence for intelligent computer-automated design of offshore cranes. The tool consists of three main components: (i) a winch calculator for determining key performance indicators for a given winch design; (ii) a...

Chapter 1. Computational Prototyping Computational Prototyping

Graduate Students C. Coelho, Research Assistant (Graduated), EECS, B. Kim, Research Assistant, S. Kuo, Research Assistant (Graduated), EECS, J.H. Lee, Research Assistant, EECS, L. Proctor, Research Assistant, ME, H. Reid, Research Assistant, Physics, L.H. Tan, SMA Student, D. Vasilyev, Research Assistant, EECS, L. Zhang, Research Assistant, EECS, Xu Song, Research Assistant (Graduated), CDO, Br...

Tourism as an Economic Develpment Tool