Most modern aircraft as well as other complex machinery are equipped with diagnostics systems for their major subsystems. During operation, sensors provide important status information about a subsystem (e.g., the engine), and this information is used to detect and diagnose faults. Typically, FDDR (fault detection, diagnosis, and recovery) or IVHM (Integrated Vehicle Health Management) systems ...

The traditional boundaries between the computer, TV/Film industries and telecommunications, are blurring. Therein lies the focus of MPEG-4: the convergence of common applications of the above mentioned three industries. MPEG-4 aims to satisfy the new requirements and expectations, by providing an audio visual coding standard allowing for interactivity, high compression and universal accessibili...

Component-based software development is becoming more generalized, representing a considerable efficient design for the embedded industry. The perspective of reduced development costs and shorter life cycles acts as a motivation for this expansion. However, several technical issues remain unsolved before embedded software component’s industry reaches the maturity exhibited by other hardware com...

Singapore enjoys the advantages of a conscientious and highly skilled workforce in the service and manufacturing software industries. Government institutions such as the National Computer Board (NCB) and the Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) have highly qualified in-hourse software support and development personnel. The majority of software developed in Singapore in the commercial sector is applicat...

The development and use of programmable measurement systems have been widely explored. The possibility of modifying the measurement procedure simply by changing the algorithm executed by the computer-based architecture without replacing the hardware components makes the experimental activity easier. Virtual measurement systems have been introduced to simplify the design, implementation and use ...