network. Careful mappings that minimize v and l max can push back the point at which saturation occurs. This model can also be used determine at what levels of granularity best communication performance can be achieved. References 1] Vikram S. Adve and mary K. Vernon. Performance analysis of multiporcessor mesh intercon-nection networks with wormhole routing. 3] Suresh Chittor and Richard Enbod...

The goal of this paper is to survey the core issues in the design of schedulers for IEEE 802.16 networks and study the various techniques available in literature. Neural Networks have been utilized by researchers over the years to solve a large set of optimization problems in the field of active queue management techniques and network communication. This paper proposes a back propagation neural...

The introduction of low-profile consoles into shipboard operations room opens new possibilities to design its spatial layout. A modeling study was conducted examine six layout options by manipulating two factors: console orientation and supervisor seat assignment. quality each option evaluated algorithmically based on support operator interaction. results revealed the strengths weaknesses desig...

OBJECTIVE To present preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of the Four Habits Coding Scheme (4HCS), an instrument based on a teaching model used widely throughout Kaiser Permanente to improve clinicians' communication skills. METHODS One hundred videotaped primary care visits were coded using the 4HCS, and the data were assessed against a previously available data set for thes...

Complexity science frequently addresses the self-referential aspects of complex adaptive systems. Recent research in organization theory similarly refers to these systems as autopoietic. This paper reformulates existing theories of organizational learning and knowledge in terms of autopoietic organization theory. Within this framework, communication is the basic organizational operation. Organi...

Many robotics tasks require autonomous exploration by teams of robots. In difficult or large environments, communication drop-out complicates this task. Several approaches exist that aim to keep the team connected, but even so there is an inherent limit to the range that can be explored. In this paper we describe and examine Role-Based Exploration, an approach that uses mobile relays to ferry i...

In communication, convolution codes are extensively used for reliable data communication at receiver’s end the coded messages are decoded with Viterbi Decoders. However when the channel is noisy decoding becomes computationally complex even with enhanced Viterbi Decoder, hence it necessitates an efficient computationally less complex decoders. In this paper Viterbi Decoders are realized in BPN,...

We consider the problem of exchanging two similar strings held by different hosts with a minimum amount of communication. We reduce the problem of string reconciliation to a problem of multi-set reconciliation, for which nearly optimal solutions exist. Our approach involves transforming a string into a multi-set of substrings, which are reconciled efficiently and then put back together on a rem...

This article describes a research project in the area of cooperative telelearning. It summarizes the characteristics and results of a groupware-supported international teleseminar with 14 virtual student groups. On the basis of this field research and a theoretical model, the requirements and advantages of telepresence on effective and efficient learning are considered empirically. Thereafter, ...

People with dementia are not dying; they are experiencing changes in the brain. This paper utilizes a symbolic interaction theoretical perspective to outline communicative alternatives to polypharmacy. There is a growing interest in sociological interventions to untangle the "disordered discourses" associated with dementia. Such practices challenge common stigmas attached to dementia as an "ong...