This paper will present data manipulation and statistical analysis across multiple database types and architectures using JMP. These methodologies generate advanced statistical process control strategies to detect and rectify semiconductor production tool deterioration. Examples of data analysis and presentation via JMP will be used to highlight the importance of comprehendible statistical anal...

LabVIEW and SIMULINK are two most widely used graphical programming environments for designing digital signal processing and control systems. Unlike conventional text-based programming languages such as C, C++ and MATLAB, graphical programming involves block-based code developments, allowing a more efficient mechanism to build and analyze control systems. In this paper a LabVIEW environment has...

Our efforts are directed towards the understanding of the coscheduling mechanism in a NOW system when a parallel job is executed jointly with local workloads, balancing parallel performance against the local interactive response. Explicit and implicit coscheduling techniques in a PVM-Linux NOW (or cluster) have been implemented. Furthermore, dynamic coscheduling remains an open question when pa...

This paper presents the results of an experiment in security evaluation. The system is modeled as a privilege graph that exhibits its security vuinerabilities. Quantitative measures that estimate the effort an attacker might expend to exploit these vulnerabilities to defeat the system security objectives are proposed. A set of tools has been developed to compute such measures and has been used ...

Inorganic arsenic possesses the highest toxicity threat amongst all its forms found in natural groundwater and its mobility in aquatic systems and in the soil is of great environmental concern. Besides their toxicity to humans, arsenate and arsenite are highly toxic to plants. Arsenic can only be transformed into a less-toxic material and becomes a permanent part of the environment. Thus, there...

This article reviews the most relevant techniques currently used for the evaluation of patients with multiple myeloma. Although bone marrow morphologic examination and electrophoretic analysis of the monoclonal paraprotein and conventional x-rays remain the "gold standard" techniques for fast, accurate, and cost-effective diagnosis, other assays such as molecular cytogenetics, immunophenotyping...

Human capacities to track and identify peers, products and activities have benefited from the wide proliferation of networked electronic devices; developments in smart-materials, near-field communication and computervision technology further advance these capabilities. During this investigation into The Internet of Things (IoT) a new taxonomy was created together with a set of prototype applica...

It is widely accepted that substantial reductions in maternal mortality and severe morbidity are impossible to achieve without an effective referral system for complicated cases. Early detection and referral to higher levels of care might also substantially reduce neonatal deaths due to the complications of childbirth. The general goal of such a referral system is that patients are dealt with i...

The performance of parallel and distributed systems depends significantly on how the programs’ execution is dynamically organized. Therefore, performance evaluation and efficient programming of parallel and distributed systems need the analysis of the internal behavior of such systems. For this purpose event-driven monitoring is an appropriate technique. Eventdriven monitoring reduces the dynam...