Implicit Runge-Kutta methods are considered which combine the single-implicitness or diagonal-implicitness property with a zero first row in the coefficient matrix. Acceptable stability for stiff problems is retained by requiring the last stage of a step to be identical to the output value. This requirement, which corresponds to the FSAL property for explicit Runge-Kutta methods, allows the met...

This paper focuses on the merits of Dirk Geeraerts in field (diachronic) lexical semantics. The article highlights Geeraerts’ work prototypes and metaphor. Some most illuminating case-studies are reviewed a number characteristic features this part identified presented.

My research interests lie in the area of Collaborative User Interfaces for Smart Spaces. Generally these interfaces are multimodal with a special focus on voice as one the major modalities. For me these interfaces should have a good user experience on the one hand and a good developer experience on the other hand. Dialog systems that are easy to implement most likely rely on a finite state mach...

Much has been said and published about the advantages and disadvantages of the ISO 9000 family for the software industry. However, there is very little empirical evidence to what extent software process improvements have really been achieved via ISO 9000. This paper presents results of two surveys among European software houses. One of the targets of the studies was to find out whether software...

Metallography, SEM-EDS, and Raman Micro-Spectroscopy analysis were conducted on bronze dirk, sword, mirror excavated from the pit tomb No. 1-1 at 12th Point of Osong Site in Cheongju to study manufacturing techniques corrosion properties. The sword are judged be binary alloys Cu(79.16∼79.89 wt%)-Sn (19.12∼20.34 wt%). microstructure is a cast structure composed δ phase (α+δ) eutectoid, no heat t...