Using formal speciications to represent software components facilitates the determination of reusability because they more precisely characterize the functionality of the software, and the well-deened syntax makes processing amenable to automation. This paper presents an approach, based on formal methods, to the search, retrieval, and modiication of reusable software components. From a two-tier...

This paper describes how the prototype system ForMAT (Force Management and Analysis Tool) combines CBR and knowledge acquisition/engineering techniques to acquire knowledge of how military forces are deployed; and to support the creation, development, management, reuse, and modification of force deployment plans. Modification challenges are identified.

Electronic textiles (e-textiles) have attracted a significantly increasing amount of interest in recent years. A wide variety e-textile devices, systems, and applications been reported. The development smart materials devices has played critical role this rapid progress e-textiles. This article provides concise review the e-textiles their applications. It introduces three articles included issu...

Clothing textiles come under the category of other commodities pursuant to the Foods and Other Commodities Act. They require neither notification nor marketing authorisation which means that the public authorities do not have information about individual textile auxiliaries or dyes used. The working group "Health Assessment of Textile Auxiliaries and Dyes" within the working group "Textiles" of...

Wearable sensors are receiving a great deal of attention as they offer the potential to become a key technological tool for healthcare. In order for this potential to come to fruition, new electroactive materials endowing high performance need to be integrated with textiles. Here we present a simple and reliable technique that allows the patterning of conducting polymers on textiles. Electrodes...

Textiles formed a major part of any ancient Mesoamerican economy. Based on ethnohistory and iconography, the Maya were great producers of cloth for both internal and external use. However, the archaeological identification of textile production is difficult in any tropical area because of issues of preservation. This paper examines the evidence for the production and distribution of cloth that ...

—While the animation and rendering techniques used in the domain of textile simulation have dramatically evolved during the last two decades, the ability to manipulate and modify virtual textiles intuitively using dedicated ergonomic devices has been definitely neglected. The project HAPTEX combines research in the field of textile simulation and haptic interfaces. HAPTEX aims to provide a virt...