Agile command and control (C2) systems allow users to draw upon diverse resources to solve complex problems. This paper describes data provenance technology being developed to support shared understanding of information and to better equip users to assess the suitability of shared information. We describe a provenance system, PLUS, and show how it can be used to assist in assessing trust and sy...

The radiosity method is a simulation method from computer graphics to visualize the global illumination in scenes containing diiuse objects within an enclosure. A variety of realizations (including parallel approaches) were proposed to achieve a high eeciency while guaranteeing the same accuracy of the graphical representation. The hierarchical radiosity method reduces the computational costs c...

Dent, Humphreys, and Braithwaite (2011) showed substantial costs to search when a moving target shared its color with a group of ignored static distractors. The present study further explored the conditions under which such costs to performance occur. Experiment 1 tested whether the negative color-sharing effect was specific to cases in which search showed a highly serial pattern. The results s...

MOTIVATION Microarray experiments using probes covering a whole transcriptome are expensive to initiate, and a major part of the costs derives from synthesizing gene-specific PCR primers or hybridization probes. The high costs may force researchers to limit their studies to a single organism, although comparing gene expression in different species would yield valuable information. RESULTS We ...

Misuse and overuse of medical imaging have gained widespread attention due to rising costs, radiation exposure risks, and limited comparative effectiveness evidence. Involving patients in shared decision making offers an opportunity to more clearly define risks and benefits, thus allowing patients to consider both personal values and the best available evidence.

This paper introduces design and basic performance of the DSM(distributed shared memory) system on a cluster of clusters. Networking devices such as Myrinet have improved the performance of cluster systems significantly. In addition to that, such kind of network devices introduced a new hierarchical architecture; a multi-cluster, a cluster of high-performance clusters. To ease the difficulty of...