Issues in farming systems research.

Examples of Farming Systems Research at Icarda

Research Issues in Workkow Systems

Recent recession has compelled many companies to nd more eeective ways to conduct their business. One remedy suggested is to model organizational dynamics as \business processes" and provide a suitable tool support for this. In this context the buzzwords business process re-engineering and workkow have been often quoted. The basic idea in this thinking is to view the functioning of an organizat...

Long-term farming systems research in the central High Plains

In recent decades, there has been growing interest among farming and scientific communities toward integrated crop– range–livestock farming because of evidence of increased crop production, soil health, environmental services and resilience to increased climatic variability. This paper reviews studies on existing cropping systems and integrated crop– range–livestock systems across the USA which...

Research Issues in Distributed Operating Systems

As distributed computing becomes more widespread, both in high-energy physics and in other applications, centralized operating systems will gradually give way to distributed ones. In this paper we discuss some current research on five issues that are central to the design of distributed operating systems: communications primitives, naming and protection, resource management, fault tolerance, an...

Research Issues in Real-Time Database Systems

Today's real-time systems are characterized by managing large volumes of data. Efficient database management algorithms for accessing and manipulating data are required to satisfy timing constraints of supported applications. Real-time database systems involve a new research area investigating possible ways of applying database systems technology to real-time systems. Management of real-time in...