The FfMP (Fault-Tolerant Multiprocessor) is one of two central aircraft fault-tolerant architectures now in the prototype phase under NASA Langley Research Center sponsorship. 1,2 The intended application of the computer includes such critical real-time tasks as "fly-by-wire" active control and completely automatic Category III landings (zero visibility and zero ceiling) of commercial aircraft....

Job scheduling policies for HPC centers have been extensively studied in the last few years, specially backfilling based policies. Almost all of these studies have been done using simulation tools. All the existent simulators use the runtime (either estimated or real) provided in the workload as a basis of their simulations. In our previous work we analyzed the impact on system performance of c...

This study highlights the necessity of distinguishing the use of the formal-informal joint channel from the sole reliance on either the formal or informal job search channel. I first used interview data collected in three Chinese cities as well as ethnographic case studies in the existing literature to illustrate a typology of the distribution of job search behavior, by focusing on the match be...

This paper examines mental and physical pressures that workers bear at work. The authors discuss how on the-job stress affects a person's capabilities and productivity, and how such pressures lend to higher incidences of accidents at work. The paper also discuss methods of reducing job-related stress and increasing productivity. An intervention was conducted amongst workers in a private firm. I...

there is no doubt that people need counseling. the variety of problems that persons are faced with during their lives such as disturbances, maladjustments in family, school, college, factory, organization and society financial, social, educational, vocational, personal, health,marriage problems the discrepancy between the abilities and skills with the branches of education, especially with job ...

This report describes exploratory developments on laboratory models of automated training subsystems for Information Systems. Such subsystems could provide future Information Systems with the capability to train their users on-the-job. The report outlines on-going studies concerned with (1) the unique training requirements in advanced Information Systems; (2) new training concepts and technique...