In this tutorial we provide answers to the top ten inputmodeling questions that new simulation users ask, point out common mistakes that occur and give relevant references. We assume that commercial input-modeling software will be used when possible, and only suggest non-commercial options when there is little else available. Detailed examples will be provided in the tutorial presentation. 1 WH...

The global thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) manufacturers concentrate in Korea, Japan and Taiwan. In view of growing rapidly of demand in the world, the competition of TFT-LCD manufacturers has been a fierce phenomenon. The most important subject for every TFT-LCD manufacturer administrator is how to make the best disposition of resources and create more and more profits. T...

BACKGROUND Existing literature showed improved swimming performances for swimmers wearing wetsuits competing under standardized conditions in races held in pools on short to middle distances. Data about the influence of wetsuits on swimming performances in long and ultra-long open-water swimming races are missing. It is unknown whether the benefit of wearing wetsuits is comparable in men and wo...

the goal in information retrieval is to enable users to automatically and accurately retrieve data relevant to their queries. One possible approach to this problem is to use the vector space model, which models documents and queries as vectors in the term space. The components of the vectors are determined by the term weighting scheme. This paper compared between a selected set from the availab...

A workshop was held to generate ideas about future enhancements to software systems designed to aid intelligence analysts in the analysis process. Workshop participants were working analysts, working members of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Field Intelligence Element. An analyst from the CounterIntelligence Program also participated in the workshop. This paper summarizes the results...

For the past six years I have been surveying training and conference audiences with the question, “How many of your organizations own some type of automated capture/playback test tool?” Capture/playback tools capture or record the actions performed during a test session into software–like scripts that can be replayed against the same or updated version of software. The idea is to be able to rep...

On May 15, 2001 ICANN announced the introduction of the biz and info generic top-level domains (gTLDs)—the first new gTLDs since the inception of the Domain Name System—aiming to “increase consumer choice and create opportunities for entities that have been shut out under the current name structure.” The biz gTLD, in particular, was to become an alternative to the popular com top-level domain. ...

The progress of astronomy leapt forward when astrophysics was added to its sub-disciplines. The science of astrophysics essentially started in the early 19th century and has advanced at a great pace, especially so in the last century. In fact we might suggest that the 20th century was an epoch of enlightenment, in which our understanding of the Universe was revolutionized. As with many of today...

In this paper, I estimate the causal effect of attending a selective college on a student’s academic performance. My results differ from previous studies, because I estimate a local effect, identified only for students who enroll in a selective college but would not have been able to without the guaranteed admissions granted to them by Texas’ Top Ten Percent Law. Differing from many previous st...