This paper tries to define and exampJify the concept of "integration" in the context of soflware development support environments. TIle benefits of tight integration are discussed, together with different approaches on how to achieve this properlY under the constraint of having to include existing software components and tools. The paper finally reports on the initial experience gained in build...

Many multimedia presentation applications involve retrieval of objects from more than one collaborating server. For instance, we can consider distributed video servers where blocks of movies are distributed over a set of servers. Here, blocks of a movie from different video servers have to be retrieved and presented continuously without any gaps in the presentation. Such applications first need...

This paper discusses an approach to software architecture based on concepts from parameter-ized programming, particularly its language of \mod-ule expressions." A module expression describes the architecture of a system as an interconnection of component modules, and executing the expression actually builds the system. Language features include: modules parameterized by theories, which declare ...

A decade ago, a new type of self-organization process was observed in the bulk of SiO2 glass after irradiation with ultrashort laser pulses [1]. Under certain irradiation conditions, highly ordered nanostructures with features smaller than 20 nm could be formed in the irradiated volume. The sub-wavelength arrangement of these structures results in form birefringence, which was recently exploite...

Quadratic stochastic progr ms (QSP) with recourse ca be formulate s nonlinear co ve progr mming probl ms. By attaching a Larange ultiplier vector to the nonlinear convex program, we rewrite the problem as a ystem of nonsmooth equations. We co sid a Newton-like method for solving he system and establish global c nverg nce a d l c superlinear co vergence of the method. Several methods f r special...

Water color, often quantified using the Forel-Ule Index (FUI), is a crucial parameter for assessing water quality and ecological health of coastal waters. However, there limited research on spatiotemporal variations FUI associated influencing factors in Bohai Yellow Seas. In this study, we utilized multi-sensor satellite datasets to retrieve monthly products Seas spanning period from September ...

The Yangtze River is the third longest river in world. Monitoring and protecting its water quality are important for economic social development. Water clarity (Secchi disk depth, SDD) an reference index evaluating quality. In this study, Sentinel-2 multispectral instrument (MSI) remote sensing images were utilized together with Forel-Ule (FUI) hue angle α to construct SDD retrieval model, whic...