We present IPKISS, a software framework that greatly simplifies the design of nanophotonic components. In this approach, all steps in the workflow are based on a single high-level definition of the component, in a Python script. Because there is only one description, the design flow becomes less error prone due to incorrect definitions, and the overall reproducibility is greatly improved. Furth...

Current software component models insufficiently reflect the different stages of component life-cycle, which involves design, implementation, deployment, and runtime. Therefore, reasoning techniques for component-based models (e.g., protocol checking, QoS predictions, etc.) are often limited to a particular life-cycle stage. We propose modelling software components in different design stages, a...

When an aircraft component needs replacement of a serially controlled item, a maintenance officer in the U.S. navy uses the Scheduled Removal Component (SRC) card to confirm the component's life cycle, to verify that the part is ready-for-issue, and to verify how many flight-hours it still has left. Unfortunately, replacement components are often missing the SRC cards. Further, when the cards a...

climate is a multivariate system. every change in every climate variable could result in different changes in climate. recently, experts have paid extensive attention to frequency distribution sequence of climate elements. accordingly, many different indices have been defined. precipitation extremes can exhibit the phase space of climate system. a technique that can be used to analyze climate p...

World-wide water scarcity, especially in the developing world, indicates a pressing need to develop inexpensive, decentralized small-scale desalination technologies which use renewable resources of energy. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the stateof-the-art in one of the most promising of these technologies, solar-driven humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination. Previous...

Current urban water management practices aim to remove stormwater and wastewater efficiently from urban areas. An alternative approach is to consider stormwater and wastewater as a potential resource substitute for a portion of the water imported via the reticulated supply system. A holistic view of urban water resources provides the framework for the evaluation of the demand for water supply, ...