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Lo Cigno, Renato Antonio
PDSF Software and Tools
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The goal of this study was to examine two different software tools designed to account for the environmental impacts of remediation projects. Three case studies from the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, SC were used to exercise SiteWise (SW) and Sustainable Remediation Tool (SRT) by including both traditional and novel remediation techniques, contaminants, and contaminated media. This study combined retrospective analysis of implemented projects with prospective analysis of options that were not implemented. Input data were derived from engineering plans, project reports, and planning documents with a few factors supplied from calculations based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Conclusions drawn from software output were generally consistent within a tool; both tools identified the same remediation options as the 'best' for a given site. Magnitudes of impacts varied between the two tools, and it was not always possible to identify the source of the disagreement. The tools differed in their quantitative approaches: SRT based impacts on specific contaminants, media, and site geometry and modeled contaminant removal. SW based impacts on processes and equipment instead of chemical modeling. While SW was able to handle greater variety in remediation scenarios, it did not include a measure of the effectiveness of the scenario.
Kohn, J.; Nichols, R.; Looney, B.
Data Assimilation Tools for CO2 Reservoir Model Development � A Review of Key Data Types, Analyses, and Selected Software
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has embarked on an initiative to develop world-class capabilities for performing experimental and computational analyses associated with geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide. The ultimate goal of this initiative is to provide science-based solutions for helping to mitigate the adverse effects of greenhouse gas emissions. This Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) initiative currently has two primary focus areas�advanced experimental methods and computational analysis. The experimental methods focus area involves the development of new experimental capabilities, supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy�s (DOE) Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (EMSL) housed at PNNL, for quantifying mineral reaction kinetics with CO2 under high temperature and pressure (supercritical) conditions. The computational analysis focus area involves numerical simulation of coupled, multi-scale processes associated with CO2 sequestration in geologic media, and the development of software to facilitate building and parameterizing conceptual and numerical models of subsurface reservoirs that represent geologic repositories for injected CO2. This report describes work in support of the computational analysis focus area. The computational analysis focus area currently consists of several collaborative research projects. These are all geared towards the development and application of conceptual and numerical models for geologic sequestration of CO2. The software being developed for this focus area is referred to as the Geologic Sequestration Software Suite or GS3. A wiki-based software framework is being developed to support GS3. This report summarizes work performed in FY09 on one of the LDRD projects in the computational analysis focus area. The title of this project is Data Assimilation Tools for CO2 Reservoir Model Development. Some key objectives of this project in FY09 were to assess the current state-of-the-art in reservoir model development, the data types and analyses that need to be performed in order to develop and parameterize credible and robust reservoir simulation models, and to review existing software that is applicable to these analyses. This report describes this effort and highlights areas in which additional software development, wiki application extensions, or related GS3 infrastructure development may be warranted.
Rockhold, Mark L.; Sullivan, E. C.; Murray, Christopher J.; Last, George V.; Black, Gary D.
BTS Software Tools for Energy Efficient Buildings
A summary of the software available to building industry professionals on the Internet Web site www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/tools{_}directory.
AutoMoDe Notations, Methods, and Tools for Model-Based Development of Automotive Software
-related tasks. Recent experiences from a case study of an engine management system, specific issues related of prototypical tools is being developed which builds on the existing AutoFOCUS [HSE97] framework in order
Braun, Peter
Assessing the Potential of Developing a Tool for Residential Facility Management Using Building Information Modeling Software
in analyzing the scope of using BIM and Application Programming Interface (API) for management of maintenance in residences by the owner who are not professionally trained. The research analyzes a single, basic function of a BIM tool to determine the potential...
Madhani, Himanshu 1986-
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This project focuses on the development of a stand-alone software tool for the design and economic analysis of hybrid geothermal heat pump systems for heating-and cooling dominated buildings using solar collectors in both operating modes.
ICSE Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, 3rd June 2012 An Energy Consumption Model and Analysis Tool for Cloud Computing
system-level optimisation. Keywords-green computing; Cloud computing; energy consumption; performanceIn 1st ICSE Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, 3rd June 2012 An Energy Consumption Model and Analysis Tool for Cloud Computing Environments FeiFei Chen, Jean
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Software and Tools on Carver
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Energy Modeling Software
Information from energy simulation software is critical in the design of energy-efficient commercial buildings. The tools listed on this page are the product of Commercial Buildings Integration...
Software Interoperability Tools: Standardized Capability-Profiling Methodology ISO16100
Software Interoperability Tools: Standardized Capability-Profiling Methodology ISO16100 Michiko, email@example.com Abstract. The ISO 16100 series has been developed for Manufacturing software for developing general software applications including enterprise applications. In this paper, ISO 16100
Paris-Sud XI, Universit� de
Sandia software guidelines: Volume 5, Tools, techniques, and methodologies
This volume is one in a series of Sandia Software Guidelines intended for use in producing quality software within Sandia National Laboratories. This volume describes software tools and methodologies available to Sandia personnel for the development of software, and outlines techniques that have proven useful within the Laboratories and elsewhere. References and evaluations by Sandia personnel are included. 6 figs.
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Software Reliability Modeling James LEDOUX
Software Reliability Modeling James LEDOUX Centre de Math´ematiques INSA & IRMAR 20 Avenue des an overview of some aspects of Software Reliability (SR) engineering. Most systems are now driven by software in reliability engineering, particularly in terms of cost. But predicting software reliability is not easy
Paris-Sud XI, Université de
EISA 432 Energy Audits Best Practices: Software Tools
Five whole building analysis software tools that can aid an energy manager with fulfilling energy audit and commissioning/retro-commissioning requirements were selected for review in this best practices study. A description of each software tool is provided as well as a discussion of the user interface and level of expertise required for each tool, a review of how to use the tool for analyzing energy conservation opportunities, the format and content of reports generated by the tool, and a discussion on the applicability of the tool for commissioning.
Maryl Fisher
Tools to Boost Steam System Efficiency, Software Tools for Industry, Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) (Fact Sheet)
This fact sheet describes how the Industrial Technologies Program steam software tools can help industrial plants identify steam system improvements to save energy and money.
Sandia Modeling Tool Webinar
Hosted by the Energy Department and Western Area Power Administration, this webinar will show attendees about what collaborative, stakeholder-driven modeling is and how the modeling tools and process developed by Sandia can be used in Indian Country.
Sandia National Laboratories: CSP Software & Tools
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New Framework Transforms FAST Wind Turbine Modeling Tool (Fact Sheet)
A recent overhaul of the tool makes it a powerful, robust, and flexible modeling software to aid the development of innovative wind and water power technologies.
Continuously monitoring the beam quality in the CEBAF accelerator, a variety of beam diagnostics software created at Jefferson Lab makes a significant contribution to very high availability of the machine for nuclear physics experiments. The interface between this software and beam instrumentation hardware components is provided by a device control tool, which is optimized for beam diagnostics tasks. As a part of the device/driver development framework at Jefferson Lab, this tool is very easy to support and extend to integrate new beam instrumentation components. All device control functions are based on the configuration (ASCII text) files that completely define the used hardware interface standards (CAMAC, VME, RS-232, GPIB, etc.) and communication protocols. The paper presents the main elements of the device control tool for beam diagnostics software at Jefferson Lab.
Pavel Chevtsov
Software Modeling and Verification Professors
Software Modeling and Verification Staff · Professors Prof. Dr. Ir. Joost-Pieter Katoen Prof. em) Mark Timmer (Uni Twente, NL) Dr. Olga Tveretina (Karlsruhe University, D) Ralf Wimmer (Universität
Ábrahám, Erika
GenePRIMP: A software quality control tool
Amrita Pati of the DOE Joint Genome Institute's Genome Biology group describes the software tool GenePRIMP and how it fits into the quality control pipeline for microbial genomics. Further details regarding GenePRIMP appear in a paper published online May 2, 2010 in Nature Methods.
Amrita Pati
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Mercury reuses several external software tools developed by ORNL
Mercury reuses several external software tools developed by ORNL DAAC and other organizations-on,canopychemistryaccpclimatecollectionseoslandvalidationFIFEFIFEfollow-on fluxnethydroclimatologycollectionsmodelarchivenetprimaryproductivityNPPNBIIMAST- DCUSANPNIABINDataONEWENDI Mercury's architecture includes 1) a harvesting engine was packaged in such a way that all the Mercury projects will use the same harvester scripts, but each project
SCORE: a Scalable Concolic Testing Tool for Reliable Embedded Software
in an automated fashion. One main task of concolic testing is to extract symbolic in- formation from a concrete cases in an automated manner. An alternative approach, concolic (CONCrete + symbOLIC) [17] testing (alsoSCORE: a Scalable Concolic Testing Tool for Reliable Embedded Software Yunho Kim and Moonzoo Kim
Westinghouse Waste Simulation and Optimization Software Tool - 13493
Radioactive waste is produced during NPP operation and NPP D and D. Different kinds of waste with different volumes and properties have to be treated. Finding a technically and commercially optimized waste treatment concept is a difficult and time consuming process. The Westinghouse waste simulation and optimization software tool is an approach to study the total life cycle cost of any waste management facility. The tool enables the user of the simulation and optimization software to plan processes and storage buildings and to identify bottlenecks in the overall waste management design before starting detailed planning activities. Furthermore, application of the software enables the user to optimize the number of treatment systems, to determine the minimum design capacity for onsite storage facilities, to identify bottlenecks in the overall design and to identify the most cost-effective treatment paths by maintaining optimal waste treatment technologies. In combination with proven waste treatment equipment and integrated waste management solutions, the waste simulation and optimization software provides reliable qualitative results that lead to an effective planning and minimization of the total project planning risk of any waste management activity. (authors)
Mennicken, Kim [Westinghouse Electric Germany GmbH, Global Waste Management, Dudenstrasse 44, D-68167 Mannheim (Germany)] [Westinghouse Electric Germany GmbH, Global Waste Management, Dudenstrasse 44, D-68167 Mannheim (Germany); Aign, Joerg [Westinghouse Electric Germany GmbH, Global Waste Management, Tarpenring 6, D-22419 Hamburg (Germany)] [Westinghouse Electric Germany GmbH, Global Waste Management, Tarpenring 6, D-22419 Hamburg (Germany)
Software Tools for Technology Transfer manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor)
Software Tools for Technology Transfer manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor) Tradeoff manuscript, published in "Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT) 15, 3 (2013) 229-245" DOI : 10.1007/s
LBNL-6184E A SOFTWARE TOOL TO COMPARE MEASURED AND SIMULATED BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE DATA of California. #12;A SOFTWARE TOOL TO COMPARE MEASURED AND SIMULATED BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE DATA Tobias and simulated performance data. In context of this method, we developed a software tool that provides graphing
Cost Model and Cost Estimating Software
Broader source: Directives, Delegations, and Requirements [Office of Management (MA)]
This chapter discusses a formalized methodology is basically a cost model, which forms the basis for estimating software.
Achieving Software Quality with Testing Coverage Measures: Metrics, Tools, and Applications
Achieving Software Quality with Testing Coverage Measures: Metrics, Tools, and Applications J. R of data flow testing, describes a software testing and analysis tool called ATAC, which measures the effectiveness of testing data, and presents two case studies connecting software quality with the control
Lyu, Michael R.
Software Requirements Specification Verifiable Fuel Cycle Simulation (VISION) Model
The purpose of this Software Requirements Specification (SRS) is to define the top-level requirements for a Verifiable Fuel Cycle Simulation Model (VISION) of the Advanced Fuel Cycle (AFC). This simulation model is intended to serve a broad systems analysis and study tool applicable to work conducted as part of the AFCI (including costs estimates) and Generation IV reactor development studies.
D. E. Shropshire; W. H. West
1 A SOFTWARE TOOL FOR WEB-BASED DISTANCE LEARNING SYSTEMS DESIGN Dr. Kasim M. Al-Aubidy Computer an attempt to introduce a software tool for development of a web-based distance-learning course. The second's degree of understanding in each unit. It provides a powerful educational tool that can assist the learner
Software Tools for Technology Transfer manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor) Editorial W This marks the inaugural issue of the SpringerVerlag journal Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT. This aim goes hand in hand with the technology transfer support offered by the related Electronic Tool
Cleaveland, Rance
User Guide for the STAYSL PNNL Suite of Software Tools
The STAYSL PNNL software suite provides a set of tools for working with neutron activation rates measured in a nuclear fission reactor, an accelerator-based neutron source, or any neutron field to determine the neutron flux spectrum through a generalized least-squares approach. This process is referred to as neutron spectral adjustment since the preferred approach is to use measured data to adjust neutron spectra provided by neutron physics calculations. The input data consist of the reaction rates based on measured activities, an initial estimate of the neutron flux spectrum, neutron activation cross sections and their associated uncertainties (covariances), and relevant correction factors. The output consists of the adjusted neutron flux spectrum and associated covariance matrix, which is useful for neutron dosimetry and radiation damage calculations.
Greenwood, Lawrence R.; Johnson, Christian D.
RAVEN is a software tool under development at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) that acts as the control logic driver and post-processing tool for the newly developed Thermo-Hydraylic code RELAP- 7. The scope of this paper is to show the software structure of RAVEN and its utilization in connection with RELAP-7. A short overview of the mathematical framework behind the code is presented along with its main capabilities such as on-line controlling/monitoring and Monte-Carlo sampling. A demo of a Station Black Out PRA analysis of a simplified Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) model is shown in order to demonstrate the Monte-Carlo and clustering capabilities.
Alfonsi Andrea; Mandelli Diego; Rabiti Cristian; Joshua Cogliati; Robert Kinoshita
Tools for dynamic model development
For this thesis, several tools for dynamic model development were developed and analyzed. Dynamic models can be used to simulate and optimize the behavior of a great number of natural and engineered systems, from the ...
Schaber, Spencer Daniel
Wolf: A tool to recover dataflow oriented designs of software systems Arun Lakhotia
. It is developed using Reasoning System's Software Refinery and Mark V's Ob- jectMaker CASE-Tool Products and can recover designs for C programs. The dataflow designs are extracted using Software Refinery and displayed possible due to using Software Refinery's generic control flow graph abstractions for performing dataflow
Lakhotia, Arun
Representations, Tools, and Techniques for the Complete Integration of Software Development Documents
representations, software tools, and user interface services needed for the complete integration of all documents document and link structure with finegrained revision control, specialized 1 #12; link semantics The proposed research will identify the document representations, software tools, and user interface services
Baumgartner, Gerald
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Webinar attendees will learn what collaborative, stakeholder-driven modeling is, how the models developed have been and could be used, and how specifically this process and resulting models might...
SHMTools: a general-purpose software tool for SHM applications
This paper describes a new software package for various structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. The software is a set of standardized MATLAB routines covering three main stages of SHM: data acquisition, feature extraction, and feature classification for damage identification. A subset of the software in SHMTools is embeddable, which consists of Matlab functions that can be cross-compiled into generic 'C' programs to be run on a target hardware. The software is also designed to accommodate multiple sensing modalities, including piezoelectric active-sensing, which has been widely used in SHM practice. The software package, including standardized datasets, are publicly available for use by the SHM community. The details of this embeddable software will be discussed, along with several example processes that can be used for guidelines for future use of the software.
Harvey, Dustin [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Farrar, Charles [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Taylor, Stuart [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Park, Gyuhae [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Flynn, Eric B [UCSD; Kpotufe, Samory [UCSD; Dondi, Denis [UCSD; Mollov, Todor [UCSD; Todd, Michael D [UCSD; Rosin, Tajana S [UCSD; Figueiredo, Eloi [UNIV OF PORTO, PORTUGAL
REMES Tool-chain A Set of Integrated Tools for Behavioral Modeling and Analysis of Embedded
components, (ii) a REMES simulator to test timing and resource behavior prior to formal analysis, and (iii and Subject Descriptors I.6.4 [Computing Methodologies]: Simulation and Modeling-- Model Validation and Analysis; D.2.2 [Software Engineering]: Design Tool and Techniques General Terms Design, Performance
Becker, Steffen
Vehicle Technologies Office: Software Tools | Department of Energy
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National Laboratory. GCtool The General Computational toolkit (GCtool) is a versatile simulation software package for designing, analyzing, and comparing different power-plant...
Software-based tool path evaluation for environmental sustainability
available life cycle assessment (LCA) tools provide only aanalyses. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is generally accepted
KONG, DAEYOUNG; Seungchoun Choi; Yusuke Yasui; Sushrut Pavanaskar; Dornfeld, David; Wright, Paul
Evaluation of Software Visualization Tools: Lessons Learned Mariam Sensalire and Patrick Ogao Alexandru Telea
Evaluation of Software Visualization Tools: Lessons Learned Mariam Sensalire and Patrick Ogao future evaluators. This paper presents the lessons learned from evaluating over 20 SoftVis tools learned is shown with the hope that these lessons will be of some assistance to future SoftVis tool
Telea, Alexandru C.
DuoTracker: Tool Support for Software Defect Data Collection and Analysis
evaluate their process using either the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) [3] or the ISO 9001 standards [4 software processes. Keywords--software defects; software anomalies; defect classification; PSP; CMM; IS0-9001 is then compared against the quality models of CMM or IS0 9001. There are also improvement methods such as IDEAL [5
Dascalu, Sergiu
Addressing Domain Evolution Challenges in Model-Driven Software Product-line Architectures
Software Engineering Department Siemens Corporate Research Princeton, NJ 08540, USA lenz.gunther@siemens study that shows how a layered architecture and model-to-model transformation tool support can re- duce Transformation 1. Introduction Software product-line architectures (PLAs) [20] are a promising technology
Schmidt, Douglas C.
Supporting FPGA Microprocessors through Retargetable Software Tools \\Lambda
, flexible software envi ronment. Driving FPGA systems from ANSI C is pos sible using lcc (an ANSI C capable of supporting high level languages like ANSI C. The application specific modules are custom which enable users to combine ANSI C with applicationspecific hardware modules and obtain high levels
Nelson, Brent E.
Radiobiological modelling with MarCell software
Jones introduced a bone marrow radiation cell kinetics model with great potential for application in the fields of health physics, radiation research, and medicine. However, until recently, only the model developers have been able to apply it because of the complex array of biological and physical assignments needed for evaluation of a particular radiation exposure protocol. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the use of MarCell (MARrow CELL Kinetics) software for MS-DOS, a user-friendly computer implementation of that mathematical model that allows almost anyone with an elementary knowledge of radiation physics and/or medical procedures to apply the model. A hands-on demonstration of the software will be given by guiding the user through evaluation of a medical total body irradiation protocol and a nuclear fallout scenario. A brief overview of the software is given in the Appendix.
Hasan, J.S.; Jones, T.D.
JASPER: A PORTABLE FLEXIBLE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE TOOL KIT FOR IMAGE CODING/PROCESSING Michael D Columbia Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada E-mail: email@example.com ABSTRACT JasPer, a portable flexible open (such as JPEG 2000). JasPer is proving to be an extremely useful tool in a wide variety of applications
Adams, Michael D.
Building Energy Tools Software Directory | Open Energy Information
Open Energy Info (EERE)
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NREL: Systems Engineering - Models and Tools
and Tools The NREL Systems Engineering Initiative develops, integrates, and analyzes wind energy system models. NREL has developed an overall integrated system analysis tool...
Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) Software...
Software Verification and Validation (V&V) Plan Requirements Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) Software Verification and Validation (V&V) Plan Requirements...
Model Checking for Software Architectures
-Dulay-Eisenbach-Kramer-95] -calculus + FSP LTSA (LTL properties) #12;6EWSA 2004 (May 21-22, St Andrews, Scotland) Model
Joseph Fourier Grenoble-I, Université
A Tool to Support Knowledge Based Software Maintenance: The Software Service Jonathan I. Maletic
]: · Corrective · Perfective · Adaptive · Preventive/ Preservation Corrective maintenance is the correction, and corrective were originally used by Swanson [15]. Preventive maintenance is done to improve the future,8,14,12] and preventive maintenance is rarely done. However, it is assumed that a good software development methodology
Maletic, Jonathan I.
Proceedings of the Workshop on software tools for distributed intelligent control systems
The Workshop on Software Tools for Distributed Intelligent Control Systems was organized by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the United States Army Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The goals of the workshop were to the identify the current state of the art in tools which support control systems engineering design and implementation, identify research issues associated with writing software tools which would provide a design environment to assist engineers in multidisciplinary control design and implementation, formulate a potential investment strategy to resolve the research issues and develop public domain code which can form the core of more powerful engineering design tools, and recommend test cases to focus the software development process and test associated performance metrics. Recognizing that the development of software tools for distributed intelligent control systems will require a multidisciplinary effort, experts in systems engineering, control systems engineering, and compute science were invited to participate in the workshop. In particular, experts who could address the following topics were selected: operating systems, engineering data representation and manipulation, emerging standards for manufacturing data, mathematical foundations, coupling of symbolic and numerical computation, user interface, system identification, system representation at different levels of abstraction, system specification, system design, verification and validation, automatic code generation, and integration of modular, reusable code.
Herget, C.J. (ed.)
PET: an Interactive Software Testing Tool Elsa Gunter, Robert Kurshan, Doron Peled
PET: an Interactive Software Testing Tool Elsa Gunter, Robert Kurshan, Doron Peled Bell Laboratories 600 Mountain Ave. Murray Hill, NJ 07974 April 16, 2000 Abstract We describe here the PET (standing programs, interleaved sequences of code. The PET system calculates the exact condition to execute path
Peled, Doron A.
Software Construction and Composition Tools for Petascale Computing SCW0837 Progress Report
The majority of scientific software is distributed as source code. As the number of library dependencies and supported platforms increases, so does the complexity of describing the rules for configuring and building software. In this project, we have performed an empirical study of the magnitude of the build problem by examining the development history of two DOE-funded scientific software projects. We have developed MixDown, a meta-build tool, to simplify the task of building applications that depend on multiple third-party libraries. The results of this research indicate that the effort that scientific programmers spend takes a significant fraction of the total development effort and that the use of MixDown can significantly simplify the task of building software with multiple dependencies.
Epperly, T W; Hochstein, L
Model-based Quality Assurance of Automotive Software
Model-based Quality Assurance of Automotive Software Jan Jürjens1 , Daniel Reiss2 , David (Germany) #12;Jan Jürjens et al.: Model-based Quality Assurance of Automotive Software 2 The Problem (Meta. #12;Jan Jürjens et al.: Model-based Quality Assurance of Automotive Software 3 The Problem (Meta
Jurjens, Jan
Functional Testing Protocols for Commercial Building Efficiency Baseline Modeling Software
This document describes procedures for testing and validating proprietary baseline energy modeling software accuracy in predicting energy use over the period of interest, such as a month or a year. The procedures are designed according to the methodology used for public domain baselining software in another LBNL report that was (like the present report) prepared for Pacific Gas and Electric Company: ?Commercial Building Energy Baseline Modeling Software: Performance Metrics and Method Testing with Open Source Models and Implications for Proprietary Software Testing Protocols? (referred to here as the ?Model Analysis Report?). The test procedure focuses on the quality of the software?s predictions rather than on the specific algorithms used to predict energy use. In this way the software vendor is not required to divulge or share proprietary information about how their software works, while enabling stakeholders to assess its performance.
Jump, David; Price, Phillip N.; Granderson, Jessica; Sohn, Michael
Analyst Tools and Quality Control Software for the ARM Data System
ATK Mission Research develops analyst tools and automated quality control software in order to assist the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Quality Office with their data inspection tasks. We have developed a web-based data analysis and visualization tool, called NCVweb, that allows for easy viewing of ARM NetCDF files. NCVweb, along with our library of sharable Interactive Data Language procedures and functions, allows even novice ARM researchers to be productive with ARM data with only minimal effort. We also contribute to the ARM Data Quality Office by analyzing ARM data streams, developing new quality control metrics, new diagnostic plots, and integrating this information into DQ HandS - the Data Quality Health and Status web-based explorer. We have developed several ways to detect outliers in ARM data streams and have written software to run in an automated fashion to flag these outliers.
Moore, S.T.
Techniques and tools for measuring energy efficiency of scientific software applications
The scale of scientific High Performance Computing (HPC) and High Throughput Computing (HTC) has increased significantly in recent years, and is becoming sensitive to total energy use and cost. Energy-efficiency has thus become an important concern in scientific fields such as High Energy Physics (HEP). There has been a growing interest in utilizing alternate architectures, such as low power ARM processors, to replace traditional Intel x86 architectures. Nevertheless, even though such solutions have been successfully used in mobile applications with low I/O and memory demands, it is unclear if they are suitable and more energy-efficient in the scientific computing environment. Furthermore, there is a lack of tools and experience to derive and compare power consumption between the architectures for various workloads, and eventually to support software optimizations for energy efficiency. To that end, we have performed several physical and software-based measurements of workloads from HEP applications running on ARM and Intel architectures, and compare their power consumption and performance. We leverage several profiling tools (both in hardware and software) to extract different characteristics of the power use. We report the results of these measurements and the experience gained in developing a set of measurement techniques and profiling tools to accurately assess the power consumption for scientific workloads.
David Abdurachmanov; Peter Elmer; Giulio Eulisse; Robert Knight; Tapio Niemi; Jukka K. Nurminen; Filip Nyback; Goncalo Pestana; Zhonghong Ou; Kashif Khan
International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) 2010 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
on Environmental Modelling and Software Modelling for Environment's Sake, Fifth Biennial Meeting, Ottawa, CanadaInternational Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) 2010 International Congress-based model of human-environment interaction and conflict in East Africa using the MASON agent
George Mason University
Cost Model and Cost Estimating Software - DOE Directives, Delegations...
is basically a cost model, which forms the basis for estimating software. g4301-1chp22.pdf -- PDF Document, 190 KB Writer: John Makepeace Subjects: Administration...
Model Quality Control Matrix Tools for Defining Commissioning Process
2000 andXp. #0;?#0;? MS-Excel version is 2000 and 2002. ?The tool was developed with MS-Excel using macro program, one of the most popular software. MQC tool software _ continued Structure of MQC MatrixStructure of MQC Matrix ?CxProcess?sheet Aspects...
Nakahara, N.; Onojima, H.; Kamitani, K.
Tools for Reusing Earth Science Software Robert R. Downs", Neal F. Most#, James J. Marshall#, Chris A. Mattmann$%&
! ! ! ! Tools for Reusing Earth Science Software Robert R. Downs", Neal F. Most#, James J. Marshall.9 Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 USA email@example.com 3 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute
Mattmann, Chris
The scale of scientific High Performance Computing (HPC) and High Throughput Computing (HTC) has increased significantly in recent years, and is becoming sensitive to total energy use and cost. Energy-efficiency has thus become an important concern in scientific fields such as High Energy Physics (HEP). There has been a growing interest in utilizing alternate architectures, such as low power ARM processors, to replace traditional Intel x86 architectures. Nevertheless, even though such solutions have been successfully used in mobile applications with low I/O and memory demands, it is unclear if they are suitable and more energy-efficient in the scientific computing environment. Furthermore, there is a lack of tools and experience to derive and compare power consumption between the architectures for various workloads, and eventually to support software optimizations for energy efficiency. To that end, we have performed several physical and software-based measurements of workloads from HEP applications running o...
Abdurachmanov, David; Eulisse, Giulio; Knight, Robert; Niemi, Tapio; Nurminen, Jukka K; Nyback, Filip; Pestana, Goncalo; Ou, Zhonghong; Khan, Kashif
International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) 2012 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
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Institute for Software Technology Model-Based Testing
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Seamlessly Integrating Software & Hardware Modelling for Large-Scale Systems
Engineering, with the math- ematical modelling approach, Modelica, to address the software/hardware integration problem. The environment and hardware components are modelled in Modelica and integrated software-hardware codesign, large-scale sys- tems, Behavior Engineering, Modelica. 1. Introduction
Zhao, Yuxiao
Model-Based Quality Assurance of Automotive Software
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Green Software Services: From Requirements to Business Models
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A Model and Selected Instances of Green and Sustainable Software
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Analysis Models and Tools: Systems Analysis of Hydrogen and Fuel...
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Ziegenbein, Dirk; Freund, Ulrich; Bauer, Andreas; Romberg, Jan; Schatz, Bernhard
Model Checking for Software Architectures Radu Mateescu
] are essential engineering artifacts used in the de- sign process of complex software systems. They specify alge- bras, the most prominent ones being Wright [2] and Darwin [17]. Wright is based upon Csp, thus (configuration and coordination) and Fsp (a dialect of Csp) to describe the behaviour of individual components
Joseph Fourier Grenoble-I, Universit�
A Software Tool for Processing the Displacement Time Series Extracted from Raw Radar Data
The application of high-resolution radar waveform and interferometric principles recently led to the development of a microwave interferometer, suitable to simultaneously measuring the (static or dynamic) deflection of several points on a large structure. From the technical standpoint, the sensor is a Stepped Frequency Continuous Wave (SF-CW), coherent radar, operating in the K{sub u} frequency band.In the paper, the main procedures adopted to extract the deflection time series from raw radar data and to assess the quality of data are addressed, and the MATLAB toolbox developed is described. Subsequently, other functions implemented in the software tool (e.g. evaluation of the spectral matrix of the deflection time-histories, identification of natural frequencies and operational mode shapes evaluation) are described and the application to data recorded on full-scale bridges is exemplified.
Coppi, Francesco; Paolo Ricci, Pier [IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A., Pisa (Italy); Gentile, Carmelo [Politecnico di Milano, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Milan (Italy)
Dual-use tools and systematics-aware analysis workflows in the ATLAS Run-II analysis model
The ATLAS analysis model has been overhauled for the upcoming run of data collection in 2015 at 13 TeV. One key component of this upgrade was the Event Data Model (EDM), which now allows for greater flexibility in the choice of analysis software framework and provides powerful new features that can be exploited by analysis software tools. A second key component of the upgrade is the introduction of a dual-use tool technology, which provides abstract interfaces for analysis software tools to run in either the Athena framework or a ROOT-based framework. The tool interfaces, including a new interface for handling systematic uncertainties, have been standardized for the development of improved analysis workflows and consolidation of high-level analysis tools. This presentation will cover the details of the dual-use tool functionality, the systematics interface, and how these features fit into a centrally supported analysis environment.
FARRELL, Steven; The ATLAS collaboration
Proposal for the extension of a licence agreement for computer-aided engineering software tools and the provision of services for electronics and microelectronics design at CERN
Proposal for the extension of a licence agreement for computer-aided engineering software tools and the provision of services for electronics and microelectronics design at CERN
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Modeling of Tool Wear and Tool Fracture in Micromilling
implants. Micromilling has the potential to be the most cost effective and efficient material removal process due to ease of use and accessibility of the tools. This research analyzes vibration of a high speed spindle and then studies micromilling...
Shiosaki, Dominic
Software Model Checking: The VeriSoft Approach Patrice Godefroid
of the concurrent system specified in a (essentially finitestate) modeling language. Many properties of a model purposes. 1 Examples of tools that follow the above paradigm are CAESAR [FGM + 92], COSPAN [HK90], CWB [CPS
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THE CORALREEF SOFTWARE SUITE AS A TOOL FOR SYSTEM AND NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS 1 The CoralReef software suite as a tool for system
flexible enough for rapid in-house customization. Existing passive data collection tools are typically to real-time report gen- eration. CoralReef provides a convenient set of passive data tools for a diverse increasingly difficult and impor- tant. To this end we have created the CoralReef passive traffic monitoring
California at San Diego, University of
Commercial Building Energy Baseline Modeling Software: Performance Metrics and Method Testing with Open Source Models and Implications for Proprietary Software Testing
The overarching goal of this work is to advance the capabilities of technology evaluators in evaluating the building-level baseline modeling capabilities of Energy Management and Information System (EMIS) software. Through their customer engagement platforms and products, EMIS software products have the potential to produce whole-building energy savings through multiple strategies: building system operation improvements, equipment efficiency upgrades and replacements, and inducement of behavioral change among the occupants and operations personnel. Some offerings may also automate the quantification of whole-building energy savings, relative to a baseline period, using empirical models that relate energy consumption to key influencing parameters, such as ambient weather conditions and building operation schedule. These automated baseline models can be used to streamline the whole-building measurement and verification (M&V) process, and therefore are of critical importance in the context of multi-measure whole-building focused utility efficiency programs. This report documents the findings of a study that was conducted to begin answering critical questions regarding quantification of savings at the whole-building level, and the use of automated and commercial software tools. To evaluate the modeling capabilities of EMIS software particular to the use case of whole-building savings estimation, four research questions were addressed: 1. What is a general methodology that can be used to evaluate baseline model performance, both in terms of a) overall robustness, and b) relative to other models? 2. How can that general methodology be applied to evaluate proprietary models that are embedded in commercial EMIS tools? How might one handle practical issues associated with data security, intellectual property, appropriate testing �blinds�, and large data sets? 3. How can buildings be pre-screened to identify those that are the most model-predictable, and therefore those whose savings can be calculated with least error? 4. What is the state of public domain models, that is, how well do they perform, and what are the associated implications for whole-building measurement and verification (M&V)? Additional project objectives that were addressed as part of this study include: (1) clarification of the use cases and conditions for baseline modeling performance metrics, benchmarks and evaluation criteria, (2) providing guidance for determining customer suitability for baseline modeling, (3) describing the portfolio level effects of baseline model estimation errors, (4) informing PG&E�s development of EMIS technology product specifications, and (5) providing the analytical foundation for future studies about baseline modeling and saving effects of EMIS technologies. A final objective of this project was to demonstrate the application of the methodology, performance metrics, and test protocols with participating EMIS product vendors.
Price, Phillip N.; Granderson, Jessica; Sohn, Michael; Addy, Nathan; Jump, David
A Simulation Model for the Waterfall Software Development Life Cycle
Software development life cycle or SDLC for short is a methodology for designing, building, and maintaining information and industrial systems. So far, there exist many SDLC models, one of which is the Waterfall model which comprises five phases to be completed sequentially in order to develop a software solution. However, SDLC of software systems has always encountered problems and limitations that resulted in significant budget overruns, late or suspended deliveries, and dissatisfied clients. The major reason for these deficiencies is that project directors are not wisely assigning the required number of workers and resources on the various activities of the SDLC. Consequently, some SDLC phases with insufficient resources may be delayed; while, others with excess resources may be idled, leading to a bottleneck between the arrival and delivery of projects and to a failure in delivering an operational product on time and within budget. This paper proposes a simulation model for the Waterfall development proce...
Bassil, Youssef
Adaptive Software Testing in the Context of an Improved Controlled Markov Chain Model
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Kundu, Sukhamay
Analytical Modeling Linking the FASTSim and ADOPT Software Tools
2013 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program and Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting
Energy Analysis Models, Tools and Software Technologies - Energy Innovation
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NREL: Technology Deployment - Models and Tools
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exible enough for rapid in-house customization. Existing passive data collection tools are typically to ows analysis to real-time report gen- eration. CoralReef provides a convenient set of passive data networks has become increasingly di�?cult and impor- tant. To this end we have created the CoralReef passive
Software Testing via Model Checking Fevzi Belli, Bari Gldali
Software Testing via Model Checking Fevzi Belli, Bari Güldali University of Paderborn, Dept-5251 603445/47; Fax: +49-5251 60 3246 Abstract. Testing is a necessary, but costly process for user-centric quality control. Moreover, testing is not comprehensive enough to completely detect faults. Many formal
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Clarke, Edmund M.
Software tools for developing parallel applications. Part 2: Interactive control and performance tuning
This paper continues the discussion of parallel tool support with an overview of the current state of tools for runtime control and performance tuning. Each is discussed in terms of the programmer needs addressed, the extent to which representative current tools meet those needs, and what new levels of tool support are important if parallel computing is to become more widespread.
Brown, J. [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States); Geist, A. [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Computer Science and Mathematics Div.; Pancake, C. [Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). Dept. of Computer Science; Rover, D. [Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
0 + 0 = 1 : the appliance model of selling software bundled with hardware
The business model of selling software bundled with hardware is called the appliance model. As hardware becomes less and less expensive and open source software is being offered for free, the traditional business model of ...
Hein, Bettina
Model-driven Automated Software FMEA Neal Snooke, PhD, Aberystwyth University
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Snooke, Neal
Control of HVAC testbeds: remote access and software tools for cooperative research.
?? This thesis describes an object oriented programming software that implements a set of automatic controllers for the management-over-the-cloud of Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning� (more)
Montes Torns, Ferran
Empirical Evaluation of Defect Projection Models for Widely-deployed Production Software Systems
Ray, P.Santhanam Center for Software Engineering IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Hawthorne, NY 10532 Descriptors D.2.8 [Software Engineering]: Empirical Studies, Metrics, Reliability Engineering Keywords Defect modeling, empirical research, COTS, open source software, maintenance resource planning, software insurance
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Chapter 3: Software Architecture Modelling: Bridging Two Worlds Using Ergonomics and
Chapter 3: Software Architecture Modelling: Bridging Two Worlds Using Ergonomics and Software, · for verifying ergonomic and software properties, · for modifying and maintaining them in a productive way present a PAC-Amodeus software design solution of a WWW browser and its assessment in terms of ergonomic
Nigay, Laurence
Reduce NOx and Improve Energy Efficiency, Software Tools for Industry, Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) (Fact Sheet)
This fact sheet describes how the Industrial Technologies Program NOx and Energy Assessment Tool (NxEAT) can help petroleum refining and chemical plants improve energy efficiency.
Validated Model-Based Performance Prediction of Multi-Core Software Routers
Terms--measurement, simulation, intra-node model, re- source contention, model validation, software components. Leveraged by high flexibility and low costs of software developments in comparison with hardwareValidated Model-Based Performance Prediction of Multi-Core Software Routers Torsten Meyer1
Carle, Georg
Modelling Gaia CCD pixels with Silvaco 3D engineering software
Gaia will only achieve its unprecedented measurement accuracy requirements with detailed calibration and correction for radiation damage. We present our Silvaco 3D engineering software model of the Gaia CCD pixel and two of its applications for Gaia: (1) physically interpreting supplementary buried channel (SBC) capacity measurements (pocket-pumping and first pixel response) in terms of e2v manufacturing doping alignment tolerances; and (2) deriving electron densities within a charge packet as a function of the number of constituent electrons and 3D position within the charge packet as input to microscopic models being developed to simulate radiation damage.
Seabroke, G M; Hopkinson, G; Burt, D; Robbins, M; Holland, A
FRAMES-2.0 Software System: Linking to the Groundwater Modeling System (GMS) RT3D and MT3DMS Models
Linkages to the Groundwater Modeling System have been developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to enable the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to more realistically assess the risk to the public of radioactive contaminants at NRC-licensed sites. Common software tools presently in use are limited in that they cannot assess contaminant migration through complex natural environments. The purpose of this initiative is to provide NRC with a licensing safety-analysis tool with sufficient power, flexibility, and utility that it can serve as the primary software platform for analyzing the hazards associated with licensing actions at those �complex� sites at which the traditional tools are inappropriate. As a tool designed to realistically approximate prospective doses to the public, this initiative addresses NRC�s safety-performance goal by confirming that licensing actions do not result in undue risk to the public.
Whelan, Gene; Castleton, Karl J.; Pelton, Mitch A.
DME: Documentation Management Environment for Software Product Lines Tool Demo Proposal
Collaboration Environment (PCE) is a web portal supporting software development teams in project planning and execution. PCE facilitates sharing of project information within and across teams. In particular, PCE allows among them (e.g., tasks assigned to staff). Suppose we developed a PCE for the mass market
Jarzabek, Stan
Application of software tools for moisture Protection of buildings in different climate zones
an innovative control system using a thermal bridge, which switches the humidifier off when condensation occurs in building room Krus Martin1* , Thierry Nouidui1 and Sedlbauer Klaus1 1 Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Germany * Corresponding email: email@example.com SUMMARY The application of software
Algorithm) is a software system that provides closed-loop control to a high-output intravenous infusion pump. The system is intended to infuse fluids to resuscitate medical pa- tients who are in danger of developing, and then computes an analog output voltage to be used to control the flow rate of the infusion pump. The system must
Stark, Eugene W.
attracting the interest of both BPM researchers and BPM tool vendors. Frequently, process models can Process Management (BPM) tools as well as emerging patterns for process modeling and change. BPM processes of an enterprise. Moreover, through Web service technology, the benefits of BPM can be created
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TriBITS lifecycle model. Version 1.0, a lean/agile software lifecycle model for research-based computational science and engineering and applied mathematical software.
Software lifecycles are becoming an increasingly important issue for computational science and engineering (CSE) software. The process by which a piece of CSE software begins life as a set of research requirements and then matures into a trusted high-quality capability is both commonplace and extremely challenging. Although an implicit lifecycle is obviously being used in any effort, the challenges of this process - respecting the competing needs of research vs. production - cannot be overstated. Here we describe a proposal for a well-defined software lifecycle process based on modern Lean/Agile software engineering principles. What we propose is appropriate for many CSE software projects that are initially heavily focused on research but also are expected to eventually produce usable high-quality capabilities. The model is related to TriBITS, a build, integration and testing system, which serves as a strong foundation for this lifecycle model, and aspects of this lifecycle model are ingrained in the TriBITS system. Here, we advocate three to four phases or maturity levels that address the appropriate handling of many issues associated with the transition from research to production software. The goals of this lifecycle model are to better communicate maturity levels with customers and to help to identify and promote Software Engineering (SE) practices that will help to improve productivity and produce better software. An important collection of software in this domain is Trilinos, which is used as the motivation and the initial target for this lifecycle model. However, many other related and similar CSE (and non-CSE) software projects can also make good use of this lifecycle model, especially those that use the TriBITS system. Indeed this lifecycle process, if followed, will enable large-scale sustainable integration of many complex CSE software efforts across several institutions.
Willenbring, James M.; Bartlett, Roscoe Ainsworth (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN); Heroux, Michael Allen
Software Tools for the Analysis of the Photocathode Response of Photomultiplier Vacuum Tubes
The central institute of electronics (ZEA-2) in the Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) has developed a system to scan the response of the photocathode of photomultiplier tubes (PMT). The PMT sits tight on a supporting structure, while a blue light emitting diode is moved along its surface by two stepper motors, spanning both the x and y coordinates. All the system is located in a light-tight box made by wood. A graphical software was developed in-situ to perform the scan operations under different configurations (e.g., the step size of the scan and the number of measurements per point). During each point measurement the current output generated in the vacuum photomultiplier is processed in sequence by a pre-amplifier (mainly to convert the current signal into a voltage signal), an amplifier, and by an ADC module (typically a CAEN N957). The information of the measurement is saved in files at the end of the scan. Recently, software based on the CERN ROOT and on the Qt libraries was developed to help the user anal...
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On the Interaction between Business Models and Software Architecture in Electronic Commerce
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Dynamic wind turbine models in power system simulation tool
Dynamic wind turbine models in power system simulation tool DIgSILENT Anca D. Hansen, Florin Iov Iov, Poul Sørensen, Nicolaos Cutululis, Clemens Jauch, Frede Blaabjerg Title: Dynamic wind turbine system simulation tool PowerFactory DIgSILENT for different wind turbine concepts. It is the second
Development and application of modeling tools for sodium fast reactor inspection
To support the development of in-service inspection methods for the Advanced Sodium Test Reactor for Industrial Demonstration (ASTRID) project led by the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), several tools that allow situations specific to Sodium cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) to be modeled have been implemented in the CIVA software and exploited. This paper details specific applications and results obtained. For instance, a new specular reflection model allows the calculation of complex echoes from scattering structures inside the reactor vessel. EMAT transducer simulation models have been implemented to develop new transducers for sodium visualization and imaging. Guided wave analysis tools have been developed to permit defect detection in the vessel shell. Application examples and comparisons with experimental data are presented.
Le Bourdais, Florian; Marchand, Beno�t; Baronian, Vahan [CEA LIST, Centre de Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
EPRI PEAC Corp.: Certification Model Program and Interconnection Agreement Tools
Summarizes the work of EPRI PEAC Corp., under contract to DOE's Distribution and Interconnection R&D, to develop a certification model program and interconnection agreement tools to support the interconnection of distributed energy resources.
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A Repository for Beyond-the-Standard-Model Tools
To aid phenomenological studies of Beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM) physics scenarios, a web repository for BSM calculational tools has been created. We here present brief overviews of the relevant codes, ordered by topic as well as by alphabet.
Skands, P.; /Fermilab; Richardson, P.; Allanach, B.C.; Baer, H.; Belanger, G.; El Kacimi, M.; Ellwanger, U.; Freitas, A.; Ghodbane, N.; Goujdami, D.; Hahn, T.; Heinemeyer,; Kneur, J.-L.; Landsberg, G.; Lee, J.S.; Muhlleitner, M.; Ohl, T.; Perez, E.; Peskin, M.; Pilaftsis, A.; Plehn, T.
Extracting Business Rules from COBOL: A Model-Based Tool
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Protos: A Cross-Organizational Business Modeling Tool (Demonstration)
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Comparison of Software Models for Energy Savings from Cool Roofs Joshua Newa, William A. Millera, Yu (Joe their effects on the building's heating and cooling energy use · AtticSim is a detailed simulation program- based tool to estimate cool-roof energy savings 2 2014-08-20: The Roof Savings Calculator (RSC
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of Excellence in Modeling of IT, and the Sino- Danish Basic Research Center IDEA4CPS. Alexandre David Computer, but we get to grips with composition at the level of interfaces, be- cause this is essential for getting a useful product out of gluing components together and deploying them. In- terfaces are essentially
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models from the early stages of system development life-cycle is critical in producing reliable software
Accuracy of Contemporary Parametric Software Estimation Models: A Comparative Analysis
with delays and being costly and error- prone. Inaccurate estimation of project resources is considered as one the costs, schedule and the resources for IT projects. Software estimation is the process of predicting the effort, duration and cost required to develop a software system [2]. Estimators often rely on one or more
Tomkins, Andrew
Comparison of Software Models for Energy Savings from Cool Roofs
A web-based Roof Savings Calculator (RSC) has been deployed for the United States Department of Energy as an industry-consensus tool to help building owners, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and researchers easily run complex roof and attic simulations. This tool employs modern web technologies, usability design, and national average defaults as an interface to annual simulations of hour-by-hour, whole-building performance using the world-class simulation tools DOE-2.1E and AtticSim in order to provide estimated annual energy and cost savings. In addition to cool reflective roofs, RSC simulates multiple roof and attic configurations including different roof slopes, above sheathing ventilation, radiant barriers, low-emittance roof surfaces, duct location, duct leakage rates, multiple substrate types, and insulation levels. A base case and energy-efficient alternative can be compared side-by-side to estimate monthly energy. RSC was benchmarked against field data from demonstration homes in Ft. Irwin, California; while cooling savings were similar, heating penalty varied significantly across different simulation engines. RSC results reduce cool roofing cost-effectiveness thus mitigating expected economic incentives for this countermeasure to the urban heat island effect. This paper consolidates comparison of RSC s projected energy savings to other simulation engines including DOE-2.1E, AtticSim, Micropas, and EnergyPlus, and presents preliminary analyses. RSC s algorithms for capturing radiant heat transfer and duct interaction in the attic assembly are considered major contributing factors to increased cooling savings and heating penalties. Comparison to previous simulation-based studies, analysis on the force multiplier of RSC cooling savings and heating penalties, the role of radiative heat exchange in an attic assembly, and changes made for increased accuracy of the duct model are included.
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European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition EWEC 2003, Madrid, Spain. State-of-the-Art on Methods and Software Tools for Short-Term
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Sandia National Laboratories: develop numerical modeling tools
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A simplified software architecture for self-updating Building Information Models (BIM)
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Hopper Software and Tools
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Edison Software and Tools
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SMT-Based Bounded Model Checking for Embedded ANSI-C Software
1 SMT-Based Bounded Model Checking for Embedded ANSI-C Software Lucas Cordeiro, Bernd Fischer software written in ANSI-C in order to improve scalability and precision in a completely automatic way. We was provided for ANSI-C [5] constructs such as bit-level operations, fixed- point arithmetic, pointers (i
Safety analysis of software product lines using state-based modeling q , Josh Dehlinger a
Safety analysis of software product lines using state-based modeling q Jing Liu a , Josh Dehlinger of managing variations and their potential interactions across an entire product line currently hinders safety analysis in safety-critical, software product lines. The work described here contributes to a solution
Lutz, Robyn R.
dynamic objects and relationships; a C++ code generator to translate SBML into highly efficient simulationA SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL MODELING IN PLANTS: THE COMPUTABLE PLANT PROJECT Victoria present the software architecture of the Computable Plant Project, a multidisciplinary computationally
Mjolsness, Eric
Challenges in Using an Economic Cost Model for Software Engineering Simulation
1 Challenges in Using an Economic Cost Model for Software Engineering Simulation Emily Oh André van engineering education method of theory presented in lectures along with application of these theories dynamics underlying real-world software engineering processes. We are constructing a new approach
van der Hoek, André
Reducing Software Failures: Addressing the Ethical Risks of the Software Development By Don Gotterbarn
Reducing Software Failures: Addressing the Ethical Risks of the Software Development Lifecycle by software developers. This process also is incorporated into a software development life cycle. A tool to develop Software Development Impact Statements is also discussed. INTRODUCTION Software developers
De Montfort University
Modelling PV Deployment: A Tool Developed at CEEP to
Modelling PV Deployment: A Tool Developed at CEEP to Explore the Delaware Market Energy and the University of Delaware August 2014 #12;Center for Energy and Environmental Policy The Center for Energy in energy, environmental, and sustainable development policy. The Center serves as a University-wide forum
Delaware, University of
Modeling longitudinal spatial periodontal data: A spatially-adaptive model with tools for specifying
Modeling longitudinal spatial periodontal data: A spatially-adaptive model with tools spatial periodontal data: A spatially-adaptive model with tools for specifying priors and checking fit with spatially-varying baseline smoothing parameters, and the rectangles along the horizontal axes represent
Reich, Brian J.
Global search tool for the Advanced Photon Source Integrated Relational Model of Installed Systems (IRMIS) database.
Quock, D. E. R.; Cianciarulo, M. B.; APS Engineering Support Division; Purdue Univ.
NREL Software Models Performance of Wind Plants (Fact Sheet)
This NREL Highlight is being developed for the 2015 February Alliance S&T Meeting, and describes NREL's Simulator for Offshore Wind Farm Applications (SOWFA) software in collaboration with Norway-based Statoil, to optimize layouts and controls of wind plants arrays.
Software Dependability Evaluation Based on Markov Usage Models
characterizes the (estimated) distribution of possible uses of a given program or software system in its) reliability. As input, pre--information on failure probabili ties and losses in case of failure related be improved by the construction of a distribution with a common lower bound on state transition probabilities
Gutjahr, Walter
. The SWMF is a structured collection of software building blocks to develop components for Sun-Earth system modeling, to couple them, and to assemble them into applications. A component is created from the user
Stout, Quentin F.
Process for selecting engineering tools : applied to selecting a SysML tool.
Process for Selecting Engineering Tools outlines the process and tools used to select a SysML (Systems Modeling Language) tool. The process is general in nature and users could use the process to select most engineering tools and software applications.
De Spain, Mark J.; Post, Debra S. (Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA); Taylor, Jeffrey L.; De Jong, Kent
System Software and Tools for High Performance Computing Environments: A report on the findings of the Pasadena Workshop, April 14--16, 1992
The Pasadena Workshop on System Software and Tools for High Performance Computing Environments was held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from April 14 through April 16, 1992. The workshop was sponsored by a number of Federal agencies committed to the advancement of high performance computing (HPC) both as a means to advance their respective missions and as a national resource to enhance American productivity and competitiveness. Over a hundred experts in related fields from industry, academia, and government were invited to participate in this effort to assess the current status of software technology in support of HPC systems. The overall objectives of the workshop were to understand the requirements and current limitations of HPC software technology and to contribute to a basis for establishing new directions in research and development for software technology in HPC environments. This report includes reports written by the participants of the workshop`s seven working groups. Materials presented at the workshop are reproduced in appendices. Additional chapters summarize the findings and analyze their implications for future directions in HPC software technology development.
Sterling, T. [Universities Space Research Association, Washington, DC (United States); Messina, P. [Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (United States); Chen, M. [Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)] [and others
Using CORE Model-Based Systems Engineering Software to Support Program Management in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of the Biomass Project: Preprint
This paper describes how a model-based systems engineering software, CORE, is helping the U. S. Department of Energy's Office of Biomass Program assist with bringing biomass-derived biofuels to the market. This software tool provides information to guide informed decision-making as biomass-to-biofuels systems are advanced from concept to commercial adoption. It facilitates management and communication of program status by automatically generating custom reports, Gantt charts, and tables using the widely available programs of Microsoft Word, Project and Excel.
Riley, C.; Sandor, D.; Simpkins, P.
A new tool for accelerator system modeling and analysis
A novel computer code is being developed to generate system level designs of radiofrequency ion accelerators. The goal of the Accelerator System Model (ASM) code is to create a modeling and analysis tool that is easy to use, automates many of the initial design calculations, supports trade studies used in assessing alternate designs and yet is flexible enough to incorporate new technology concepts as they emerge. Hardware engineering parameters and beam dynamics are modeled at comparable levels of fidelity. Existing scaling models of accelerator subsystems were sued to produce a prototype of ASM (version 1.0) working within the Shell for Particle Accelerator Related Codes (SPARC) graphical user interface. A small user group has been testing and evaluating the prototype for about a year. Several enhancements and improvements are now being developed. The current version (1.1) of ASM is briefly described and an example of the modeling and analysis capabilities is illustrated.
Gillespie, G.H.; Hill, B.W. [G.H. Gillespie Associates, Inc., Del Mar, CA (United States); Jameson, R.A. [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Automated Environment Generation for Software Model Checking Oksana Tkachuk, Matthew B. Dwyer
Automated Environment Generation for Software Model Checking Oksana Tkachuk, Matthew B. Dwyer programs or about program components, an abstract model of the environment can be essential in enabling environment behavior with sound abstractions of environment implemen� tations to form a model
Pasareanu, Corina
Environmental Modelling & Software 15 (2000) 161167 www.elsevier.com/locate/envsoft
Environmental Modelling & Software 15 (2000) 161167 www.elsevier.com/locate/envsoft A fuzzy model "contaminated", defined over the set of 70 sampling sites. The higher the concentration, the higher the degree contaminated sites. The proposed fuzzy model is easy to implement and the results are directly interpretable
Kuncheva, Ludmila I.
Improve Overall Plant Efficiency and Fuel Use, Software Tools for Industry, Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) (Fact Sheet)
This fact sheet describes how the Industrial Technologies Program combined heat and power (CHP) tool can help identify energy savings in gas turbine-driven systems.
Software distribution using xnetlib
Xnetlib is a new tool for software distribution. Whereas its predecessor netlib uses e-mail as the user interface to its large collection of public-domain mathematical software, xnetlib uses an X Window interface and socket-based communication. Xnetlib makes it easy to search through a large distributed collection of software and to retrieve requested software in seconds.
Dongarra, J.J. [Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (US). Dept. of Computer Science]|[Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (US); Rowan, T.H. [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (US); Wade, R.C. [Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (US). Dept. of Computer Science
Development of Reference Models and Design Tools (LCOE Models) | Department
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Context-Bounded Model Checking of LTL Properties for ANSI-C Software
Context-Bounded Model Checking of LTL Properties for ANSI-C Software Jeremy Morse1 , Lucas Cordeiro in low-level programming languages like ANSI- C. In this paper, we describe and experiment such as ANSI-C [9, 23, 17]. In context-bounded model checking, the state spaces of such applications
Development of a new model to predict indoor daylighting : integration in CODYRUN software and validation
1 Development of a new model to predict indoor daylighting : integration in CODYRUN software in the scientific literature for determining indoor daylighting values. They are classified in three categories. The originality of our paper relies on the coupling of several simplified models of indoor daylighting
AUSTIN: A tool for Search Based Software Testing for the C Language and its Evaluation on Deployed Automotive Systems
Automotive Systems Kiran Lakhotia King's College London, CREST, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, U.K. kiran of eight nontrivial, real- world C functions drawn from three embedded automotive software modules' to real industrial code from the automotive industry (see Section V) as well as a number of open source
Singer, Jeremy
Propositional bounded model checking has been applied successfully to verify embedded software but is limited by the increasing propositional formula size and the loss of structure during the translation. These limitations can be reduced by encoding word-level information in theories richer than propositional logic and using SMT solvers for the generated verification conditions. Here, we investigate the application of different SMT solvers to the verification of embedded software written in ANSI-C. We have extended the encodings from previous SMT-based bounded model checkers to provide more accurate support for finite variables, bit-vector operations, arrays, structures, unions and pointers. We have integrated the CVC3, Boolector, and Z3 solvers with the CBMC front-end and evaluated them using both standard software model checking benchmarks and typical embedded applications from telecommunications, control systems and medical devices. The experiments show that our approach can analyze larger problems and sub...
Cordeiro, Lucas; Marques-Silva, Joao
Applications (Grid Tools)
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Buyya, Rajkumar
In recent years, the rapid expansion of wind power has resulted in a need to more accurately model the effects of wind penetration on the electricity infrastructure. GridLAB-D is a new simulation environment developed for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the Pacifi c Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), in cooperation with academic and industrial partners. GridLAB-D was originally written and designed to help integrate end-use smart grid technologies, and it is currently being expanded to include a number of other technologies, including distributed energy resources (DER). The specifi c goal of this project is to create a preliminary wind turbine generator (WTG) model for integration into GridLAB-D. As wind power penetration increases, models are needed to accurately study the effects of increased penetration; this project is a beginning step at examining these effects within the GridLAB-D environment. Aerodynamic, mechanical and electrical power models were designed to simulate the process by which mechanical power is extracted by a wind turbine and converted into electrical energy. The process was modeled using historic atmospheric data, collected over a period of 30 years as the primary energy input. This input was then combined with preliminary models for synchronous and induction generators. Additionally, basic control methods were implemented, using either constant power factor or constant power modes. The model was then compiled into the GridLAB-D simulation environment, and the power outputs were compared against manufacturers� data and then a variation of the IEEE 4 node test feeder was used to examine the model�s behavior. Results showed the designs were suffi cient for a prototype model and provided output power similar to the available manufacturers� data. The prototype model is designed as a template for the creation of new modules, with turbine-specifi c parameters to be added by the user.
Fuller, J.C.; Schneider, K.P.
Interactive software for model predictive control with simultaneous identification
This thesis is a unified practical framework in the theory of Model Predictive Control with Simultaneous Identification. The ability to change and visualize parameters on-line makes this toolbox attractive for control engineers, and for anyone...
Echeverria Del Rio, Pablo
The Use Of Computational Human Performance Modeling As Task Analysis Tool
During a review of the Advanced Test Reactor safety basis at the Idaho National Laboratory, human factors engineers identified ergonomic and human reliability risks involving the inadvertent exposure of a fuel element to the air during manual fuel movement and inspection in the canal. There were clear indications that these risks increased the probability of human error and possible severe physical outcomes to the operator. In response to this concern, a detailed study was conducted to determine the probability of the inadvertent exposure of a fuel element. Due to practical and safety constraints, the task network analysis technique was employed to study the work procedures at the canal. Discrete-event simulation software was used to model the entire procedure as well as the salient physical attributes of the task environment, such as distances walked, the effect of dropped tools, the effect of hazardous body postures, and physical exertion due to strenuous tool handling. The model also allowed analysis of the effect of cognitive processes such as visual perception demands, auditory information and verbal communication. The model made it possible to obtain reliable predictions of operator performance and workload estimates. It was also found that operator workload as well as the probability of human error in the fuel inspection and transfer task were influenced by the concurrent nature of certain phases of the task and the associated demand on cognitive and physical resources. More importantly, it was possible to determine with reasonable accuracy the stages as well as physical locations in the fuel handling task where operators would be most at risk of losing their balance and falling into the canal. The model also provided sufficient information for a human reliability analysis that indicated that the postulated fuel exposure accident was less than credible.
Jacuqes Hugo; David Gertman
Comparing Local and Global Software Effort Estimation Models Reflections on a Systematic Review
protocols. Keywords: D.2.9.b Cost estimation, project effort prediction, systematic review, empirical of practice in the form of benchmarking, assessment of current activities, estimation of future tasksComparing Local and Global Software Effort Estimation Models � Reflections on a Systematic Review
A Reliability Model for Nonhomogeneous Redundant Software Versions with Correlated Failures
A Reliability Model for Nonhomogeneous Redundant Software Versions with Correlated Failures Walter Abstract: The article develops a technique for computing the reliability (1) of a recovery block with fault{version programming, soft- ware reliability. 1 Introduction An important issue in the evaluation and optimization
An integrated life cycle quality model for general public market software products
. The requirements are built upon existing industry standards, including ISO 9001. The TL 9000 Quality System quality view of TL9000 Handbook and detailed view from ISO/IEC 1926 in the process of defining, measuring by TL9000-ISO complement model as well as by application process walk-through. Proceedings of Software
Suryn, Witold
SMT-Based Bounded Model Checking for Embedded ANSI-C Software Lucas Cordeiro University to the verification of embedded soft- ware written in ANSI-C. We have extended the encod- ings from previous SMT and linear arithmetic were considered, but no encoding was provided for ANSI-C [6] constructs such as bit
Modular Operational Test Plans for Inferences on Software Reliability Based on a Markov Model
Modular Operational Test Plans for Inferences on Software Reliability Based on a Markov Model reliabilities. An operational test procedure is considered in which only the individual modules are tested and the system is considered acceptable if, and only if, no failures are observed. The minimum number of tests
Mazumdar, Mainak
The Amulet Environment: New Models for Effective User Interface Software Development
display and editing of objects, and external analysis and control of interfaces. Amulet integratesThe Amulet Environment: New Models for Effective User Interface Software Development Brad A. Myers://www.cs.cmu.edu/~amulet Abstract The Amulet user interface development environment makes it easier for programmers to create highly
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Model Checking Large Software Specifications William Chan Richard J. Anderson Paul Beame Steve Burns
Model Checking Large Software Specifications William Chan Richard J. Anderson Paul Beame Steve methods for achieving acceptable performance, and giving a sum mary of the properties analyzed. Based.J. Anderson, P. Beame, F. Modugno, D. Notkin, and J.D. Reese are with the Department of Computer Science
Beame, Paul
Uniting software tools for the archival, management and analysis of linguistic data: lessons from developing the Language Data Repository
and data management, discuss some of the current projects and tools in each of these areas, and present a summary of work currently being conducted by the Open Language Archive Community to support open web based access to the resources available...
Audenaert, Michael Neal
for assisting teachers with performing engineering education and communicating robotics concepts to students Assistant Professor in the Depart- ment of Computer Science. Additionally, he acts as the Engineering and engineering through the use of LEGO Robotics and a new, interactive curriculum delivery tool called Robo
Using Product Specific Simulation Models in a Tool for Manual Commissioning of Air Handling Units
This short paper describes an outline of a tool for manual commissioning of air handling units. The prototype tool is implemented EES professional version that can generate standalone programs. The idea is to use the benefit of simulation models...
Eriksson, J.
of the rain- fall/pollutant relationship at the catchment scale for intelligent environmental decision support for such relationship grows with the size of drainage networks in urban catchments or with the water pollu- tion models fail to describe correctly the dynamic changes of the system for different rainfall events (e
energy utilization is one of the most important aspects of green buildings. The wind and solar energy://www.iemss.org/iemss2010/index.php?n=Main.Proceedings Modelling and control of a hybrid renewable energy system to supply demand of a green-building H. Dagdouguia,b , R. Minciardia , A. Ouammia,c , M. Robbaa , R. Sacilea
Toward a Performance/Resilience Tool for Hardware/Software Co-Design of High-Performance Computing Systems
xSim is a simulation-based performance investigation toolkit that permits running high-performance computing (HPC) applications in a controlled environment with millions of concurrent execution threads, while observing application performance in a simulated extreme-scale system for hardware/software co-design. The presented work details newly developed features for xSim that permit the injection of MPI process failures, the propagation/detection/notification of such failures within the simulation, and their handling using application-level checkpoint/restart. These new capabilities enable the observation of application behavior and performance under failure within a simulated future-generation HPC system using the most common fault handling technique.
Engelmann, Christian [ORNL] [ORNL; Naughton, III, Thomas J [ORNL
U. S. DOE petroleum software
Each year, the U.S. DOE sponsors a variety of petroleum-related research projects. Some of the past projects have resulted in development of software that is available free from the DOE's Bartlesville Project Office. This article gives an overview of the following DOE software: Black Oil Applied Simulation Tool I (BOAST II); EOR Predictive Models: CO{sub 2} Miscible Flood, Chemical Flood, Polymer Flood, In-Situ Combustion Steamflood; Horizontal/Slanted Well Model; and Miscible Applied Simulation Techniques (MASTER).
Schneider, C.E. (Conoco Inc. (US))
Enhance accuracy in Software cost and schedule estimation by using "Uncertainty Analysis and Assessment" in the system modeling process
Accurate software cost and schedule estimation are essential for software project success. Often it referred to as the "black art" because of its complexity and uncertainty, software estimation is not as difficult or puzzling as people think. In fact, generating accurate estimates is straightforward-once you understand the intensity of uncertainty and framework for the modeling process. The mystery to successful software estimation-distilling academic information and real-world experience into a practical guide for working software professionals. Instead of arcane treatises and rigid modeling techniques, this will guide highlights a proven set of procedures, understandable formulas, and heuristics that individuals and development teams can apply to their projects to help achieve estimation proficiency with choose appropriate development approaches In the early stage of software life cycle project manager are inefficient to estimate the effort, schedule, cost estimation and its development approach .This in tu...
Vasantrao, Kardile Vilas
Financial constraints in capacity planning: a national utility regulatory model (NUREG). Volume III of III: software description. Final report
This volume is the software description for the National Utility Regulatory Model (NUREG). This is the third of three volumes provided by ICF under contract number DEAC-01-79EI-10579. These three volumes are: a manual describing the NUREG methodology; a users guide; and a description of the software. This manual describes the software which has been developed for NUREG. This includes a listing of the source modules. All computer code has been written in FORTRAN.
TOOLS TO MODEL ROAD IMPACTS Providing scientific knowledge and technology to sustain
TOOLS TO MODEL ROAD IMPACTS Providing scientific knowledge and technology to sustain our nation://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE_home.shtml BACKGROUND The Rocky Mountain Research Station has a long his- tory of developing tools that meet the needs. Existing tools have been optimized to answer particular man- agement questions at specific spatial scales
Fried, Jeremy S.
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) develop a new complex modeling and analysis tool
and analysis tool capable of analyzing floating platform concepts for offshore wind turbines. The new modeling tool combines the computational methodologies used to analyze land-based wind turbines dynamic simulation tool will enable the development of cost-effective offshore technologies capable
Business Excellence '03 A Supporting Tool for Business Process Modeling Castela, Tribolet, Guerra, Lopes
Business Excellence '03 A Supporting Tool for Business Process Modeling Castela, Tribolet, Guerra, Lopes A SUPPORTING TOOL FOR BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING Nuno Castela* INESC-CEO / Instituto Politécnico de It is largely recognized that Business Process Modeling it is an increasingly task for nowadays organizations
The power tool
POWER Tool--Planning, Optimization, Waste Estimating and Resourcing tool, a hand-held field estimating unit and relational database software tool for optimizing disassembly and final waste form of contaminated systems and equipment.
EPA-GHG Inventory Targeted Data Collection Strategies and Software...
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EWEC 2006 Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition Turbine Wake Model for Wind Resource Software
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Hydrologic Modeling with Arc Hydro Tools 1 Copyright 2007 ESRI. All rights reserved. Arc Hydro
Hydrologic Modeling with Arc Hydro Tools 1 Copyright © 2007 ESRI. All rights reserved. Arc Hydro Arc Hydro: GIS in Water Resources Seminar/Workshop Gainesville, Florida November 15, 2007 Christine Dartiguenave, ESRI inc. email@example.com #12;Hydrologic Modeling with Arc Hydro Tools 2 2Arc Hydro
Kane, Andrew S.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Biosciences and Bio-Informatics (ICCBBI 2011), July 2011, Bhubaneswar, India. A Software Tool for Information Management and Data Mining of Biological Data
-Informatics (ICCBBI 2011), July 2011, Bhubaneswar, India. A Software Tool for Information Management and Data Mining resources. Understanding how organisms are able to adapt to difficult conditions and how organisms take of saving endangered species, produce effective environmental policies, and produce biological knowledge
Baranauskas, José Augusto
Appendix 3-3-The complete model formulation for detailed multiple release software product simulation model
simulation model In this appendix the model formulations for the detailed simulation model (discussed
Rahmandad, Hazhir
Hydrologic Nuclide Transport Models in Cyder, A Geologic Disposal Software Library - 13328
Component level and system level abstraction of detailed computational geologic repository models have resulted in four rapid computational models of hydrologic radionuclide transport at varying levels of detail. Those models are described, as is their implementation in Cyder, a software library of interchangeable radionuclide transport models appropriate for representing natural and engineered barrier components of generic geology repository concepts. A proof of principle demonstration was also conducted in which these models were used to represent the natural and engineered barrier components of a repository concept in a reducing, homogenous, generic geology. This base case demonstrates integration of the Cyder open source library with the Cyclus computational fuel cycle systems analysis platform to facilitate calculation of repository performance metrics with respect to fuel cycle choices. (authors)
Huff, Kathryn D. [Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave, Argonne, IL (United States)] [Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave, Argonne, IL (United States)
Application of the Software as a Service Model to the Control of Complex Building Systems
In an effort to create broad access to its optimization software, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), in collaboration with the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) and OSISoft, has recently developed a Software as a Service (SaaS) Model for reducing energy costs, cutting peak power demand, and reducing carbon emissions for multipurpose buildings. UC Davis currently collects and stores energy usage data from buildings on its campus. Researchers at LBNL sought to demonstrate that a SaaS application architecture could be built on top of this data system to optimize the scheduling of electricity and heat delivery in the building. The SaaS interface, known as WebOpt, consists of two major parts: a) the investment& planning and b) the operations module, which builds on the investment& planning module. The operational scheduling and load shifting optimization models within the operations module use data from load prediction and electrical grid emissions models to create an optimal operating schedule for the next week, reducing peak electricity consumption while maintaining quality of energy services. LBNL's application also provides facility managers with suggested energy infrastructure investments for achieving their energy cost and emission goals based on historical data collected with OSISoft's system. This paper describes these models as well as the SaaS architecture employed by LBNL researchers to provide asset scheduling services to UC Davis. The peak demand, emissions, and cost implications of the asset operation schedule and investments suggested by this optimization model are analysed.
Stadler, Michael; Donadee, Jonathan; Marnay, Chris; Mendes, Goncalo; Appen, Jan von; Megel, Oliver; Bhattacharya, Prajesh; DeForest, Nicholas; Lai, Judy
A gestalt framework for virtual machine control of automated tools
Computer aided design has become affordable and ubiquitous, in part as a result of the development of open source design software and web-based 3D modeling tools. Consequently, a broad spectrum of individuals are expressing ...
Moyer, Ilan Ellison
An Aspect Oriented Model for Software Energy Efficiency in Decentralised Servers
interests with the increasing impact of IT in energy consumption. Green-ness in software however, can Green software is a matter of concern with increasing energy bills and environmental impact, the green software research focus is mainly on energy efficiency [2][4]. Most green software techniques
Liu, Xiaodong
Quantitative Verification: Models, Techniques and Tools Marta Kwiatkowska
.g. LTSA and FDR, which analyse labelled transition system models described in a process algebra notation
Oxford, University of
Contributions to Meta-Modeling Tools and Methods
;2 Outline Product Design Environments Meta-Modeling Modelica Meta-Model Invasive Composition of Modelica Model-driven Product Design using Modelica Meta-Programming Debugging of Natural Semantics-driven product design environments Modeling and simulation Modelica Framework Objective Efficient development
Unifying Domain Ontology with Agent-Oriented Modeling of Services Key Lab. of High Confidence Software Tech.
of modeling. The architecture combines agent-oriented models of software systems in which service providers of service-oriented architectures is the dynamic service composition through discovering and invokingUnifying Domain Ontology with Agent-Oriented Modeling of Services Zhi Jin Key Lab. of High
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Cost Benefit Analysis Modeling Tool for Electric vs. ICE Airport Ground Support Equipment � Development and Results
This report documents efforts to develop a computer tool for modeling the economic payback for comparative airport ground support equipment (GSE) that are propelled by either electric motors or gasoline and diesel engines. The types of GSE modeled are pushback tractors, baggage tractors, and belt loaders. The GSE modeling tool includes an emissions module that estimates the amount of tailpipe emissions saved by replacing internal combustion engine GSE with electric GSE. This report contains modeling assumptions, methodology, a user�s manual, and modeling results. The model was developed based on the operations of two airlines at four United States airports.
James Francfort; Kevin Morrow; Dimitri Hochard
FASTBUS simulation tools
A generalized model of a FASTBUS master is presented. The model is used with simulation tools to aid in the specification, design, and production of FASTBUS slave modules. The model provides a mechanism to interact with the electrical schematics and software models to predict performance. The model is written in the IEEE std 1076-1987 hardware description language VHDL. A model of the ATC logic is also presented. VHDL was chosen to provide portability to various platforms and simulation tools. The models, in conjunction with most commercially available simulators, will perform all of the transactions specified in IEEE std 960-1989. The models may be used to study the behavior of electrical schematics and other software models and detect violations of the FASTBUS protocol. For example, a hardware design of a slave module could be studied, protocol violations detected and corrected before committing money to prototype development. The master model accepts a stream of high level commands from an ASCII file to initiate FASTBUS transactions. The high level command language is based on the FASTBUS standard routines listed in IEEE std 1177-1989. Using this standard-based command language to direct the model of the master, hardware engineers can simulate FASTBUS transactions in the language used by physicists and programmers to operate FASTBUS systems. 15 refs., 6 figs.
Dean, T.D. (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)); Haney, M.J. (Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (United States))
�Model� or �tool�? New definitions for translational research
The term �model� often describes non-human biological systems that are used to obtain a better understanding of human disorders. According to the most stringent definition, an animal �model� would display exactly the same ...
Sive, Hazel
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1 Introduction The hedonic housing price model is a powerful econometric tool for capturing
1 Introduction The hedonic housing price model is a powerful econometric tool for capturing to the advancement in spatial statistics and spatial econometrics (eg Anselin, 1988; Cliff and Ord, 1981; Griffith
Wei, Yehua Dennis
CHP Modeling as a Tool for Electric Power Utilities to Understand Major Industrial Customers
for optimum rate design. REFERENCES 1. Kumana, J D and R Nath, "Demand Side Dispatching, Part 1 - A Novel Approach for Industrial Load Shaping Applications", IETC Proceedings (March 93) 2. R Nath, D A Cerget, and E T Henderson, "Demand Side... Dispatching, Part 2 - An Industrial Application", IETC Proceedings (March 93) 3. R Nath and J D Kumana, "NOx Dispatching in Plant Utility Systems using Existing Software Tools", IETC Proceedings (April 92) 4. R Nath, J D KUJIl3I13, and J F Holiday...
Kumana, J. D.; Alanis, F. J.; Swad, T.; Shah, J. V.
dielectric spacer with dimensions of 60x10x0.6 mm3 . The EZ-FDTD model geometry is shown in Figure 4. Two. This is a structure with two ports on a double-sided copper clad FR-4 dielectric plate having the dimensions 200x150x1 copper plates were modeled as PEC, and the spacer was modeled as the Lorentzian dielectric
Koledintseva, Marina Y.
advanced modeling tool: Topics by E-print Network
. . . . 18 3.4.1 Heat Exchanger - Code description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3.4.2 Simulation ResultsADVANCED POWER PLANT MODELING WITH APPLICATIONS TO THE ADVANCED BOILING...
A constraint solver for software engineering : finding models and cores of large relational specifications
Relational logic is an attractive candidate for a software description language, because both the design and implementation of software often involve reasoning about relational structures: organizational hierarchies in the ...
Torlak, Emina, 1979-
Modeling of a digital tool to design sustainable buildings Vida Gholipour1, 2
1 Eco-Models Modeling of a digital tool to design sustainable buildings Vida Gholipour1, 2 , Jean' to help architects design more sustainable buildings is rapidly expanding. This demand has led to use and so collaborate to optimize the building design. Keywords: Eco-Models: sustainable buildings; design
Computational tools for modeling and measuring chromosome structure
DNA conformation within cells has many important biological implications, but there are challenges both in modeling DNA due to the need for specialized techniques, and experimentally since tracing out in vivo conformations ...
Ross, Brian Christopher
Dispersion model for elevated dense-gas-jet chemical releases (DOMS/DEGADIS) (for microcomputers). Software
The computer program, Ooms/DEGADIS, found on these diskettes and described in the EPA report entitled, A Dispersion Model for Elevated Dense Gas Jet Chemical Releases - Volumes 1 and 2 (EPA 450/4-88-006a and b), is a VAX-operational program designed to simulate the dispersion of heavier-than-air gases which are emitted into the atmosphere with significant velocity through elevated ports. The program incorporates the sequential execution of two models. The first one (Ooms) calculates the trajectory and dispersion of the gas plume as it falls to the ground. The second (DEGADIS) calculates the downwind dispersion of the plume after it touches the ground. Users are referred to the Preface in the User's Guide for specific instructions for program implementation...Software Description: The program is written in FORTRAN with specific intent for compilation and execution on a Digital Equipment Corporation VAX computer. Implementation of the model on any other computer system may be attempted at the risk of the user. To facilitate dissemination of the model, it is being provided on two PC-compatible diskettes. The model should be uploaded via modem from a PC terminal to host VAX computer, and several files must then be renamed prior to compilation and execution.
Guinnup, D.
Improvement of capabilities of the Distributed Electrochemistry Modeling Tool for investigating SOFC long term performance
This report provides an overview of the work performed for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) modeling during the 2012 Winter/Spring Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). A brief introduction on the concept, operation basics and applications of fuel cells is given for the general audience. Further details are given regarding the modifications and improvements of the Distributed Electrochemistry (DEC) Modeling tool developed by PNNL engineers to model SOFC long term performance. Within this analysis, a literature review on anode degradation mechanisms is explained and future plans of implementing these into the DEC modeling tool are also proposed.
Gonzalez Galdamez, Rinaldo A.; Recknagle, Kurtis P.
Foundation Heat Exchanger Model and Design Tool Development and Validation
Heat Exchangers for Residential Ground Source Heat Pump Systems - Numerical Modeling and Experimental. Fisher, J. Shonder, P. Im. 2010. Residential Ground Source Heat Pump Systems Utilizing Foundation Heat. Feasibility of foundation heat exchangers in ground source heat pump systems in the United States. ASHRAE
Using HOMER Software, NREL's Micropower Optimization Model, to Explore the Role of Gen-sets in Small Solar Power Systems; Case Study: Sri Lanka
This paper discusses using HOMER Software, NREL's Micropower Optimization Model, to explore the role of gen-sets in small solar power systems in Sri Lanka.
Givler, T.; Lilienthal, P.
Applying Reliability Models to the Space Shuttle
Applying Reliability Models to the Space Shuttle Norman F. Schneidewind Ted W. Keller #12;What are Reliability Models? Reliability Models are tools that Help Us: · Predict software Reliability. · Control software Reliability. · Assess software Reliability. This functions let an organization determine
Feitelson, Dror
OASIS4: A Coupling Software for Next Generation Earth System Modelling Ren Redler (1), Sophie Valcke (2) and Hubert Ritzdorf (3)
OASIS4: A Coupling Software for Next Generation Earth System Modelling René Redler (1), Sophie system modelling, Geosci. Model. Dev., 3, 87 104 Link https://oasistrac.cerfacs.fr Financial support R. Redler, S. Valcke and H. Ritzdorf, 2010: OASIS4 a coupling software for next generation earth
Advanced Maintenance Modelling StatAvaries : An original multinet decision support tool for
the use of the preventive maintenance strategies on the availability of the network whereas the last model and preventive maintenance actions to delays before broken rails detection and related number of missed trains (aAdvanced Maintenance Modelling 1 StatAvaries : An original multinet decision support tool
Automating Dynamic Decoupling in Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation Tools
a Modelica transla- tor. Simulation tests demonstrate the technique, and the re- alised implementation than of simulation theory. In this work we refer as "EOO Modelling Tool" to a Modelica translator, to allow exemplifying the (more general) presented ideas. For a Modelica translator, the EOO modelling
Como, Giacomo
Migrating functionality from software to hardware has historically held the promise of enhancing performance through exploiting the inherent parallel nature of hardware. Many early exploratory efforts in repartitioning ...
Preston, Keith Alan
Comparison of Software Models for Energy Savings from Cool Roofs Joshua New, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (United States)
Comparison of Software Models for Energy Savings from Cool Roofs Joshua New, Oak Ridge National consolidates comparison of RSC's projected energy savings to other simulation engines including DOE-2.1E, Attic of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO). The simulation engine used in the RSC
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, VOL. 23, NO. 6, JUNE 1997 347 The Amulet Environment: New Models for
display and editing of objects, and external analysis and control of interfaces. Amulet integrates: New Models for Effective User Interface Software Development Brad A. Myers, Member, IEEE, Richard G--The Amulet user interface development environment makes it easier for programmers to create highly
Open source software maturity model based on linear regression and Bayesian analysis
Open Source Software (OSS) is widely used and is becoming a significant and irreplaceable part of the software engineering community. Today a huge number of OSS exist. This becomes a problem if one needs to choose from such a large pool of OSS...
Zhang, Dongmin
Expansion and user study of CoolVent : inclusion of thermal comfort models in an early-design natural ventilation tool
CoolVent, a software design tool for architects, has been improved. The work of Maria- Alejandra Menchaca-B. and colleagues has been improved to include a more robust and intuitive building and window dimensioning scheme, ...
Rich, Rebecca E. (Rebecca Eileen)
SOFTWARE QUALITY & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAM: Software Configuration...
SOFTWARE QUALITY & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAM: Software Configuration Management Checklist SOFTWARE QUALITY & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAM: Software Configuration Management...
Models, Simulators, and Data-driven Resources for Oil and Natural Gas Research
DOE Data Explorer [Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)]
NETL provides a number of analytical tools to assist in conducting oil and natural gas research. Software, developed under various DOE/NETL projects, includes numerical simulators, analytical models, databases, and documentation.[copied from http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/Software/Software_main.html] Links lead users to methane hydrates models, preedictive models, simulators, databases, and other software tools or resources.
MetaGame: An Animation Tool for Model-Checking Games
MetaGame: An Animation Tool for Model-Checking Games Markus M¨uller-Olm1 and Haiseung Yoo2 1 Fern-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004 #12;164 Markus M¨uller-Olm and Haiseung Yoo careful investigation of the cause
Müller-Olm, Markus
MetaGame: An Animation Tool for ModelChecking Games
MetaGame: An Animation Tool for ModelChecking Games Markus M�?ullerOlm 1# and Haiseung Yoo 2 1, pp. 163--167, 2004. c # SpringerVerlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004 #12; 164 Markus M�?ullerOlm
HYBRID GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM SIMULATION USING VISUAL MODELING TOOL FOR HVACSIM+ M.H. Khan, 74078, USA ABSTRACT This paper presents a simulation of a hybrid ground source heat pump system, performed using a new graphical user interface for HVACSIM+. Hybrid ground source heat pump systems
Prediction of the tool displacement for robot milling applications using coupled models of an industrial
. INTRODUCTION The major fields of machining applications for industrial robots are automated pre- machining an industrial robot for milling applications inaccuracies of the serial robot kinematic, the low structuralPrediction of the tool displacement for robot milling applications using coupled models
Stryk, Oskar von
Contributions to Meta-Modeling Tools and Methods ISBN 91-85299-41-3
and simulators. This thesis presents several contributions towards this vision, in the context of the Modelica Modelica, which facilitates the development of tools for analysis, checking, querying, documentation, transformation and management of Modelica models. We have used XML Schema for the representation of the meta
Validation of Multiple Tools for Flat Plate Photovoltaic Modeling Against Measured Data
This report expands upon a previous work by the same authors, published in the 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists conference. In this validation study, comprehensive analysis is performed on nine photovoltaic systems for which NREL could obtain detailed performance data and specifications, including three utility-scale systems and six commercial scale systems. Multiple photovoltaic performance modeling tools were used to model these nine systems, and the error of each tool was analyzed compared to quality-controlled measured performance data. This study shows that, excluding identified outliers, all tools achieve annual errors within +/-8% and hourly root mean squared errors less than 7% for all systems. It is further shown using SAM that module model and irradiance input choices can change the annual error with respect to measured data by as much as 6.6% for these nine systems, although all combinations examined still fall within an annual error range of +/-8.5%. Additionally, a seasonal variation in monthly error is shown for all tools. Finally, the effects of irradiance data uncertainty and the use of default loss assumptions on annual error are explored, and two approaches to reduce the error inherent in photovoltaic modeling are proposed.
Freeman, J.; Whitmore, J.; Blair, N.; Dobos, A. P.
Games, Role-Playing, Tools and Models as a Learning Process to Simulate Groundwater Management Negotiation
Games, Role-Playing, Tools and Models as a Learning Process to Simulate Groundwater Management in answering this question at a local level. A negotiation support simulator for a regional project is proposed which includes the numerous actors involved in water resource management projects. This simulator
NIMASTEP: a software to modelize, study and analyze the dynamics of various small objects orbiting specific bodies
NIMASTEP is a dedicated numerical software developed by us, which allows one to integrate the osculating motion (using cartesian coordinates) in a Newtonian approach of an object considered as a point-mass orbiting a homogeneous central body that rotates with a constant rate around its axis of smallest inertia. The code can be applied to objects such as particles, artificial or natural satellites or space debris. The central body can be either any terrestrial planet of the solar system, any dwarf-planet, or even an asteroid. In addition, very many perturbations can be taken into account, such as the combined third-body attraction of the Sun, the Moon, or the planets, the direct solar radiation pressure (with the central body shadow), the non-homogeneous gravitational field caused by the non-sphericity of the central body, and even some thrust forces. The simulations were performed using different integration algorithms. Two additional tools were integrated in the software package; the indicator of chaos MEGNO and the frequency analysis NAFF. NIMASTEP is designed in a flexible modular style and allows one to (de)select very many options without compromising the performance. It also allows one to easily add other possibilities of use. The code has been validated through several tests such as comparisons with numerical integrations made with other softwares or with semi-analytical and analytical studies. The various possibilities of NIMASTEP are described and explained and some tests of astrophysical interest are presented. At present, the code is proprietary but it will be released for use by the community in the near future. Information for contacting its authors and (in the near future) for obtaining the software are available on the web site http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/research/projects/page_view/10278201/
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in the proposed software framework. iii #12;To my wife Heather, for all the lonely nights alone. iv #12;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Professor William H. Sanders, for technical advice and support Obal, John Sowder, Aaron Stillman, Alex Williamson, and Patrick Webster. I would also like to thank
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of
Comparison of Strong Gravitational Lens Model Software II. HydraLens: Computer-Assisted Strong Gravitational Lens Model Generation and Translation
The behavior of strong gravitational lens model software in the analysis of lens models is not necessarily consistent among the various software available, suggesting that the use of several models may enhance the understanding of the system being studied. Among the publicly available codes, the model input files are heterogeneous, making the creation of multiple models tedious. An enhanced method of creating model files and a method to easily create multiple models, may increase the number of comparison studies. HydraLens simplifies the creation of model files for four strong gravitational lens model software packages, including Lenstool, Gravlens/Lensmodel, glafic and PixeLens, using a custom designed GUI for each of the four codes that simplifies the entry of the model for each of these codes, obviating the need for user manuals to set the values of the many flags and in each data field. HydraLens is designed in a modular fashion, which simplifies the addition of other strong gravitational lens codes in th...
Lefor, Alsn T
3D Geological Modelling In Bavaria - State-Of-The-Art At A State...
has developed procedures and workflows for a variety of 3D modelling applications. With limited staffing and resources effective software tools and workflows have been developed...
Web-Based Software Vendor Management Application
At XYZ Technologies, Inc., the lack of standardized processes and tools to manage different software vendors is costing the company time and money. Visibility and the ability to track software vendor transactions are limited due to the lack of a...
Puppala, Naresh
Hanford River Protection Project Life cycle Cost Modeling Tool to Enhance Mission Planning - 13396
The Life cycle Cost Model (LCM) Tool is an overall systems model that incorporates budget, and schedule impacts for the entire life cycle of the River Protection Project (RPP) mission, and is replacing the Hanford Tank Waste Operations Simulator (HTWOS) model as the foundation of the RPP system planning process. Currently, the DOE frequently requests HTWOS simulations of alternative technical and programmatic strategies for completing the RPP mission. Analysis of technical and programmatic changes can be performed with HTWOS; however, life cycle costs and schedules were previously generated by manual transfer of time-based data from HTWOS to Primavera P6. The LCM Tool automates the preparation of life cycle costs and schedules and is needed to provide timely turnaround capability for RPP mission alternative analyses. LCM is the simulation component of the LCM Tool. The simulation component is a replacement of the HTWOS model with new capability to support life cycle cost modeling. It is currently deployed in G22, but has been designed to work in any full object-oriented language with an extensive feature set focused on networking and cross-platform compatibility. The LCM retains existing HTWOS functionality needed to support system planning and alternatives studies going forward. In addition, it incorporates new functionality, coding improvements that streamline programming and model maintenance, and capability to input/export data to/from the LCM using the LCM Database (LCMDB). The LCM Cost/Schedule (LCMCS) contains cost and schedule data and logic. The LCMCS is used to generate life cycle costs and schedules for waste retrieval and processing scenarios. It uses time-based output data from the LCM to produce the logic ties in Primavera P6 necessary for shifting activities. The LCM Tool is evolving to address the needs of decision makers who want to understand the broad spectrum of risks facing complex organizations like DOE-RPP to understand how near-term programmatic decisions affect life cycle costs and commitments. (authors)
Dunford, Gary [AEM Consulting, LLC, 1201 Jadwin Avenue, Richland, WA 99352 (United States)] [AEM Consulting, LLC, 1201 Jadwin Avenue, Richland, WA 99352 (United States); Williams, David [WIT, Inc., 11173 Oak Fern Court, San Diego, CA 92131 (United States)] [WIT, Inc., 11173 Oak Fern Court, San Diego, CA 92131 (United States); Smith, Rick [Knowledge Systems Design, Inc., 13595 Quaker Hill Cross Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959 (United States)] [Knowledge Systems Design, Inc., 13595 Quaker Hill Cross Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959 (United States)
Forest landscape models, a tool for understanding the effect of the large-scale and long-term landscape processes
Editorial Forest landscape models, a tool for understanding the effect of the large-scale and long-term landscape processes Forest landscape models have become important tools for understanding large-scale and long-term landscape (spatial) processes such as climate change, fire, windthrow, seed dispersal, insect
He, Hong S.
Master Pump Shutdown MPS Software Quality Assurance Plan (SQAP)
The MPSS Software Quality Assurance (SQAP) describes the tools and strategy used in the development of the MPSS software. The document also describes the methodology for controlling and managing changes to the software.
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (to appear). Empirical Studies of a Prediction Model for Regression Test
for Regression Test Selection Mary Jean Harrold 1 David Rosenblum 2 Gregg Rothermel 3 Elaine Weyuker 4 Abstract Regression testing is an important activity that can account for a large proportion of the cost of software maintenance. One approach to reducing the cost of regression testing is to employ a selective regression
Rothermel, Gregg
Software Framework for Advanced Power Plant Simulations
This report summarizes the work accomplished during the Phase II development effort of the Advanced Process Engineering Co-Simulator (APECS). The objective of the project is to develop the tools to efficiently combine high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models with process modeling software. During the course of the project, a robust integration controller was developed that can be used in any CAPE-OPEN compliant process modeling environment. The controller mediates the exchange of information between the process modeling software and the CFD software. Several approaches to reducing the time disparity between CFD simulations and process modeling have been investigated and implemented. These include enabling the CFD models to be run on a remote cluster and enabling multiple CFD models to be run simultaneously. Furthermore, computationally fast reduced-order models (ROMs) have been developed that can be 'trained' using the results from CFD simulations and then used directly within flowsheets. Unit operation models (both CFD and ROMs) can be uploaded to a model database and shared between multiple users.
John Widmann; Sorin Munteanu; Aseem Jain; Pankaj Gupta; Mark Moales; Erik Ferguson; Lewis Collins; David Sloan; Woodrow Fiveland; Yi-dong Lang; Larry Biegler; Michael Locke; Simon Lingard; Jay Yun
The Aerosol Modeling Testbed: A community tool to objectively evaluate aerosol process modules
This study describes a new modeling paradigm that significantly advances how the third activity is conducted while also fully exploiting data and findings from the first two activities. The Aerosol Modeling Testbed (AMT) is a computational framework for the atmospheric sciences community that streamlines the process of testing and evaluating aerosol process modules over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. The AMT consists of a fully-coupled meteorology-chemistry-aerosol model, and a suite of tools to evaluate the performance of aerosol process modules via comparison with a wide range of field measurements. The philosophy of the AMT is to systematically and objectively evaluate aerosol process modules over local to regional spatial scales that are compatible with most field campaigns measurement strategies. The performance of new treatments can then be quantified and compared to existing treatments before they are incorporated into regional and global climate models. Since the AMT is a community tool, it also provides a means of enhancing collaboration and coordination among aerosol modelers.
Fast, Jerome D.; Gustafson, William I.; Chapman, Elaine G.; Easter, Richard C.; Rishel, Jeremy P.; Zaveri, Rahul A.; Grell, Georg; Barth, Mary
Computational tool for comparison of kinematic mechanisms and commonly used kinematic models
Accurate, reliable, and reproducible methods to measure the movements of human joints have been elusive. Currently, three-dimensional recording methods are used to track the motion of one segment relative to another as the joint moves. Six parameters describe the moving segment`s location and orientation relative to the reference segment: three translations (x, y, and z) and three rotations (yaw, pitch and roll) in the reference frame. The raw data can be difficult to interpret. For this reason, several methods have been developed to measure the motion of human joints and to describe the resulting data. For example, instant helical axes or screw deviation axes (Kinzell et al., 1972), the Joint Coordinate System of Grood and Suntay (1983), and the Euler angle method have been used to describe the movements of bones relative to each other. None of these methods takes into account the physical kinematic mechanism producing the joint motion. More recently, Lupichuk (1995) has developed an algorithm to find, for an arbitrary revolute, the axis` position and orientation in three- dimensional space. Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages in analyzing joint kinematics. The authors have developed software to provide a means of comparing these methods for arbitrary, single degree of freedom, kinematic mechanisms. Our objective is to demonstrate the software and to show how it can be used to compare the results from the different kinematic models as they are applied to specific kinematic mechanisms.
Hollerbach, K.; Hollister, A.M.; Van Vorhis, R.L.
SOFTWARE QUALITY & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAM: Software Design...
SOFTWARE QUALITY & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAM: Software Design Checklist SOFTWARE QUALITY & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAM: Software Design Checklist This checklist is intended to...
This INL plan comprehensively describes the software for RELAP-7 and documents the software, interface, and software design requirements for the application. The plan also describes the testing-based software verification and validation (SV&V) process�a set of specially designed software models used to test RELAP-7.
Smith, Curtis L [Idaho National Laboratory; Choi, Yong-Joon [Idaho National Laboratory; Zou, Ling [Idaho National Laboratory
Creating a methodology and tool to capture and resolve conflicts in developing software requirements: Requirement Lifecycle Modeling Views manager (RLMV)
for change. Fig. 2. The Revision View in RLMV The purpose of the Use Case View is to describe "the behavior of the system as seen by its end users, analysts, and testers" (Booch, Jacobson, and Rumbaugh, 1999). It does not specify the organization.... . Code Implementation. . User Interface. 4 9 13 13 FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS. 16 CONCLUSION. 17 REFERENCES. APPENDIX A. 19 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE I Requirement View implemented in RLMV. . . . . PAGE 2 Revision View implemented in RLMV...
Herrera, Leeha Rae-Lyn
Logical Structure Extraction from Software Requirements Documents
Documents I. INTRODUCTION Requirements management (RM) tools store and manipu- late software requirementsLogical Structure Extraction from Software Requirements Documents Rehan Rauf, Michal Antkiewicz,mantkiew,email@example.com Abstract--Software requirements documents (SRDs) are often authored in general-purpose rich-text editors
Czarnecki, Krzysztof
Review of Quantitative Software Reliability Methods
The current U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing process for digital systems rests on deterministic engineering criteria. In its 1995 probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) policy statement, the Commission encouraged the use of PRA technology in all regulatory matters to the extent supported by the state-of-the-art in PRA methods and data. Although many activities have been completed in the area of risk-informed regulation, the risk-informed analysis process for digital systems has not yet been satisfactorily developed. Since digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems are expected to play an increasingly important role in nuclear power plant (NPP) safety, the NRC established a digital system research plan that defines a coherent set of research programs to support its regulatory needs. One of the research programs included in the NRC's digital system research plan addresses risk assessment methods and data for digital systems. Digital I&C systems have some unique characteristics, such as using software, and may have different failure causes and/or modes than analog I&C systems; hence, their incorporation into NPP PRAs entails special challenges. The objective of the NRC's digital system risk research is to identify and develop methods, analytical tools, and regulatory guidance for (1) including models of digital systems into NPP PRAs, and (2) using information on the risks of digital systems to support the NRC's risk-informed licensing and oversight activities. For several years, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has worked on NRC projects to investigate methods and tools for the probabilistic modeling of digital systems, as documented mainly in NUREG/CR-6962 and NUREG/CR-6997. However, the scope of this research principally focused on hardware failures, with limited reviews of software failure experience and software reliability methods. NRC also sponsored research at the Ohio State University investigating the modeling of digital systems using dynamic PRA methods. These efforts, documented in NUREG/CR-6901, NUREG/CR-6942, and NUREG/CR-6985, included a functional representation of the system's software but did not explicitly address failure modes caused by software defects or by inadequate design requirements. An important identified research need is to establish a commonly accepted basis for incorporating the behavior of software into digital I&C system reliability models for use in PRAs. To address this need, BNL is exploring the inclusion of software failures into the reliability models of digital I&C systems, such that their contribution to the risk of the associated NPP can be assessed.
Chu, T.L.; Yue, M.; Martinez-Guridi, M.; Lehner, J.
User's guide to DIANE Version 2. 1: A microcomputer software package for modeling battery performance in electric vehicle applications
DIANE is an interactive microcomputer software package for the analysis of battery performance in electric vehicle (EV) applications. The principal objective of this software package is to enable the prediction of EV performance on the basis of laboratory test data for batteries. The model provides a second-by-second simulation of battery voltage and current for any specified velocity/time or power/time profile. The capability of the battery is modeled by an algorithm that relates the battery voltage to the withdrawn current, taking into account the effect of battery depth-of-discharge (DOD). Because of the lack of test data and other constraints, the current version of DIANE deals only with vehicles using fresh'' batteries with or without regenerative braking. Deterioration of battery capability due to aging can presently be simulated with user-input parameters accounting for an increase of effective internal resistance and/or a decrease of cell no-load voltage. DIANE 2.1 is written in FORTRAN language for use on IBM-compatible microcomputers. 7 refs.
Marr, W.W.; Walsh, W.J. (Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). Energy Systems Div.); Symons, P.C. (Electrochemical Engineering Consultants, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (USA))
Developing decision support tools for rangeland management by combining state and transition models and Bayesian belief networks
Developing decision support tools for rangeland management by combining state and transition models 2008 Keywords: Rangeland management State and transition model Queensland Bayesian belief network Adaptive management Decision support a b s t r a c t State and transition models provide a simple
The emerging market for Web-based enterprise software
Web-based enterprise software - sometimes referred to as "Software as a Service" (SaaS) or "on demand software" - is a major wave of innovation that introduces a new technical and economic model to enterprise software. The ...
G�ldi, Andreas (Andreas Jakob)
Foundation Heat Exchanger Final Report: Demonstration, Measured Performance, and Validated Model and Design Tool
Geothermal heat pumps, sometimes called ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs), have been proven capable of significantly reducing energy use and peak demand in buildings. Conventional equipment for controlling the temperature and humidity of a building, or supplying hot water and fresh outdoor air, must exchange energy (or heat) with the building's outdoor environment. Equipment using the ground as a heat source and heat sink consumes less non-renewable energy (electricity and fossil fuels) because the earth is cooler than outdoor air in summer and warmer in winter. The most important barrier to rapid growth of the GSHP industry is high first cost of GSHP systems to consumers. The most common GSHP system utilizes a closed-loop ground heat exchanger. This type of GSHP system can be used almost anywhere. There is reason to believe that reducing the cost of closed-loop systems is the strategy that would achieve the greatest energy savings with GSHP technology. The cost premium of closed-loop GSHP systems over conventional space conditioning and water heating systems is primarily associated with drilling boreholes or excavating trenches, installing vertical or horizontal ground heat exchangers, and backfilling the excavations. This project investigates reducing the cost of horizontal closed-loop ground heat exchangers by installing them in the construction excavations, augmented when necessary with additional trenches. This approach applies only to new construction of residential and light commercial buildings or additions to such buildings. In the business-as-usual scenario, construction excavations are not used for the horizontal ground heat exchanger (HGHX); instead the HGHX is installed entirely in trenches dug specifically for that purpose. The potential cost savings comes from using the construction excavations for the installation of ground heat exchangers, thereby minimizing the need and expense of digging additional trenches. The term foundation heat exchanger (FHX) has been coined to refer exclusively to ground heat exchangers installed in the overcut around the basement walls. The primary technical challenge undertaken by this project was the development and validation of energy performance models and design tools for FHX. In terms of performance modeling and design, ground heat exchangers in other construction excavations (e.g., utility trenches) are no different from conventional HGHX, and models and design tools for HGHX already exist. This project successfully developed and validated energy performance models and design tools so that FHX or hybrid FHX/HGHX systems can be engineered with confidence, enabling this technology to be applied in residential and light commercial buildings. The validated energy performance model also addresses and solves another problem, the longstanding inadequacy in the way ground-building thermal interaction is represented in building energy models, whether or not there is a ground heat exchanger nearby. Two side-by-side, three-level, unoccupied research houses with walkout basements, identical 3,700 ft{sup 2} floor plans, and hybrid FHX/HGHX systems were constructed to provide validation data sets for the energy performance model and design tool. The envelopes of both houses are very energy efficient and airtight, and the HERS ratings of the homes are 44 and 45 respectively. Both houses are mechanically ventilated with energy recovery ventilators, with space conditioning provided by water-to-air heat pumps with 2 ton nominal capacities. Separate water-to-water heat pumps with 1.5 ton nominal capacities were used for water heating. In these unoccupied research houses, human impact on energy use (hot water draw, etc.) is simulated to match the national average. At House 1 the hybrid FHX/HGHX system was installed in 300 linear feet of excavation, and 60% of that was construction excavation (needed to construct the home). At House 2 the hybrid FHX/HGHX system was installed in 360 feet of excavation, 50% of which was construction excavation. There are six pipes in all excavations (three par
Hughes, Patrick [ORNL; Im, Piljae [ORNL
Reservoir Modeling by Data Integration via Intermediate Spaces and Artificial Intelligence Tools in MPS Simulation Frameworks
Conditioning stochastic simulations are very important in many geostatistical applications that call for the introduction of nonlinear and multiple-point data in reservoir modeling. Here, a new methodology is proposed for the incorporation of different data types into multiple-point statistics (MPS) simulation frameworks. Unlike the previous techniques that call for an approximate forward model (filter) for integration of secondary data into geologically constructed models, the proposed approach develops an intermediate space where all the primary and secondary data are easily mapped onto. Definition of the intermediate space, as may be achieved via application of artificial intelligence tools like neural networks and fuzzy inference systems, eliminates the need for using filters as in previous techniques. The applicability of the proposed approach in conditioning MPS simulations to static and geologic data is verified by modeling a real example of discrete fracture networks using conventional well-log data. The training patterns are well reproduced in the realizations, while the model is also consistent with the map of secondary data.
Ahmadi, Rouhollah, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com [Amirkabir University of Technology, PhD Student at Reservoir Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering (Iran, Islamic Republic of)] [Amirkabir University of Technology, PhD Student at Reservoir Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering (Iran, Islamic Republic of); Khamehchi, Ehsan [Amirkabir University of Technology, Faculty of Petroleum Engineering (Iran, Islamic Republic of)] [Amirkabir University of Technology, Faculty of Petroleum Engineering (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Second Level Cluster Dependencies: A Comparison of Modeling Software and Missing Data Techniques
@ 1 C A = 0 B @ G 0 0 R 1 C A . (1.9) 1. The Independence Model In the scenario where all the teachers? measurements are independent of each other and across the years, and thus there is no second level dependency (SLD....12). 2. The Correlated Cluster Model Moving from the independence model assumption to the correlated cluster model, in which the teacher?s measurements may be dependent across the years, requires the SLD to be modeled in some way. A common modeling...
Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew
Modeling with Combined Heat and Power Applications�,DG) equipment, combined heat and power (CHP), and electrical
Stadler, Michael
Mathematical models of infectious disease dynamics --transmission models --have become valuable tools for
,anoutbreakofcommunity-acquiredmeticil- lin-resistantStaphylococcusaureus(CA-MRSA).Strainsof CA-MRSA have recently emerged, and one of CA-MRSA in the Los Angeles County Jail (LACJ). We show how to design a within-jail transmission model outbreak; and, third, design effective interventions for outbreak control. The epidemiology of CAMRSA CA-MRSA
Blower, Sally
Matilda: A Distributed UML Virtual Machine for Model-Driven Software Development
is designed as a pipeline (or sequence) of plugins. Different plugins implement different functionalities in Matilda, such as importing UML models, validating UML models and construct- ing a JAST. The pipeline, called Matilda, which allows developers to design their applications as UML models and directly execute
Suzuki, Jun
Environmental Modelling & Software 15 (2000) 681692 www.elsevier.com/locate/envsoft
-scale air pollution modelling using adaptive unstructured meshes A.S. Tomlin a,* , S. Ghorai a , G. Hart of Computer Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Abstract High resolution models of air pollution but less so in meteorological and air pollution models. However, it is well known that grid resolution has
Utah, University of
Software: our quest for excellence. Honoring 50 years of software history, progress, and process
The Software Quality Forum was established by the Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Subcommittee, which serves as a technical advisory group on software engineering and quality initiatives and issues for DOE`s quality managers. The forum serves as an opportunity for all those involved in implementing SQA programs to meet and share ideas and concerns. Participation from managers, quality engineers, and software professionals provides an ideal environment for identifying and discussing issues and concerns. The interaction provided by the forum contributes to the realization of a shared goal--high quality software product. Topics include: testing, software measurement, software surety, software reliability, SQA practices, assessments, software process improvement, certification and licensing of software professionals, CASE tools, software project management, inspections, and management`s role in ensuring SQA. The bulk of this document consists of vugraphs. Selected papers have been indexed separately for inclusion in the Energy Science and Technology Database.
Virtual control system environment: A modeling and simulation tool for process control systems
The development of tools and techniques for security testing and performance testing of Process Control Systems (PCS) is needed since those systems are vulnerable to the same classes of threats as other networked computer systems. In practice, security testing is difficult to perform on operational PCS because it introduces an unacceptable risk of disruption to the critical systems (e.g., power grids) that they control. In addition, the hardware used in PCS is often expensive, making full-scale mockup systems for live experiments impractical. A more flexible approach to these problems can be provided through test beds that provide the proper mix of real, emulated, and virtual elements to model large, complex systems such as critical infrastructures. This paper describes a 'Virtual Control System Environment' that addresses these issues. (authors)
Lee, E.; Michalski, J.; Sholander, P.; Van Leeuwen, B. [Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87111 (United States)
Geodesic Bezier Curves: a Tool for Modeling on Triangulations Dimas Martinez Morera Paulo Cezar Carvalho Luiz Velho
Geodesic B´ezier Curves: a Tool for Modeling on Triangulations Dimas Mart´inez Morera Paulo Cezar is trimmed, final result. Abstract We define a new class of curves, called geodesic B´ezier curves care is taken to achieve interactive rates for modeling tasks. Keywords: Geodesic B´ezier Curve
An Approach for Detecting Inconsistencies between Behavioral Models of the Software Architecture and the Code
In practice, inconsistencies between architectural documentation and the code might arise due to improper implementation of the architecture or the separate, uncontrolled evolution of the code. Several approaches have been proposed to detect the inconsistencies between the architecture and the code but these tend to be limited for capturing inconsistencies that might occur at runtime. We present a runtime verification approach for detecting inconsistencies between the dynamic behavior of the architecture and the actual code. The approach is supported by a set of tools that implement the architecture and the code patterns in Prolog, and support the automatic generation of runtime monitors for detecting inconsistencies. We illustrate the approach and the toolset for a Crisis Management System case study.
Ciraci, Selim; Sozer, Hasan; Tekinerdogan, Bedir
Evaluating the learning effectiveness of using simulations in software project management education: results from a twice replicated experiment
Evaluating the learning effectiveness of using simulations in software project management education replicated experiment that evaluates the learning effectiveness of using a process simulation model a System Dynamics simulation model, the control group used the well-known COCOMO model as a predictive tool
Krivobokova, Tatyana
. The requirements are built upon existing industry standards, including ISO 9001. The TL 9000 Quality System quality view of TL9000 Handbook and detailed view from ISO/IEC 1926 in the process of defining, measuring by TL9000-ISO complement model as well as by application process walk-through. #12;1. Complement model
Laporte, Claude Y.
Using an Instructional Engineering Method and a Modeling Tool to Design IMS-LD Units of
-LD Units of Learning Gilbert Paquette, Ileana de la Teja, Michel Léonard, Karin Lund- gren-Cayrol, Olga designers, in that it represents a more pedagogical viewpoint than software engineering graphical languages
Producing reliable and robust software has become one of the most important software development concerns in
development concerns in recent years. Testing is a process by which software quality can be assured through the collection of infor- mation. While testing can improve software reliability, current tools typically are inflexible and have high over- heads, making it challenging to test large software projects. In this paper
Childers, Bruce
Copyright (c) Cem Kaner, Automated Testing. 1 Software Test Automation:Software Test Automation
Copyright (c) Cem Kaner, Automated Testing. 1 Software Test Automation:Software Test Automation: A RealA Real--World ProblemWorld Problem Cem Kaner, Ph.D., J.D. #12;Copyright (c) Cem Kaner, Automated Testing. 2 This TalkThis Talk The most widely used class of automated testing tools leads senior software
EXPERT TOOLS FOR QSAR ANALYSIS AND LEAD OPTIMIZATION The basic tools needed to build powerful, predictive models of biological activity (or any other property) from molecu-
EXPERT TOOLS FOR QSAR ANALYSIS AND LEAD OPTIMIZATION The basic tools needed to build powerful in SYBYL's QSAR module. These include molecular field generation tools, least-squares (PLS, PCA and SIMCA) and non-linear (hierarchical clustering) analysis tools. The most powerful of these techniques can
Ferreira, Márcia M. C.
Transient Heat and Material Flow Modeling of Friction Stir Processing of Magnesium Alloy using Threaded Tool
A three-dimensional transient computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to investigate the material flow and heat transfer during friction stir processing (FSP) in an AZ31B magnesium alloy. The material was assumed to be a non-Newtonian viscoplastic fluid, and the Zener-Hollomon parameter was used to describe the dependence of material viscosity on temperature and strain rate. The material constants used in the constitutive equation were determined experimentally from compression tests of the AZ31B Mg alloy under a wide range of strain rates and temperatures. A dynamic mesh method, combining both Lagrangian and Eulerian formulations, was used to capture the material flow induced by the movement of the threaded tool pin. Massless inert particles were embedded in the simulation domain to track the detailed history of material flow. The actual FSP was also carried out on a wrought Mg plate where temperature profiles were recorded by embedding thermocouples. The predicted transient temperature history was found to be consistent with that measured during FSP. Finally, the influence of the thread on the simulated results of thermal history and material flow was studied by comparing two models: one with threaded pin and the other with smooth pin surface.
Yu, Zhenzhen [ORNL; Zhang, Wei [ORNL; Choo, Hahn [ORNL; Feng, Zhili [ORNL
Mobile Building Energy Audit and Modeling Tools: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-11-00441
Broadly accessible, low cost, accurate, and easy-to-use energy auditing tools remain out of reach for managers of the aging U.S. building population (over 80% of U.S. commercial buildings are more than 10 years old*). concept3D and NREL's commercial buildings group will work to translate and extend NREL's existing spreadsheet-based energy auditing tool for a browser-friendly and mobile-computing platform. NREL will also work with concept3D to further develop a prototype geometry capture and materials inference tool operable on a smart phone/pad platform. These tools will be developed to interoperate with NREL's Building Component Library and OpenStudio energy modeling platforms, and will be marketed by concept3D to commercial developers, academic institutions and governmental agencies. concept3D is NREL's lead developer and subcontractor of the Building Component Library.
Brackney, L.
SAPHIRE 8 Software Project Plan
This project is being conducted at the request of the DOE and the NRC. The INL has been requested by the NRC to improve and maintain the Systems Analysis Programs for Hands-on Integrated Reliability Evaluation (SAPHIRE) tool set concurrent with the changing needs of the user community as well as staying current with new technologies. Successful completion will be upon NRC approved release of all software and accompanying documentation in a timely fashion. This project will enhance the SAPHIRE tool set for the user community (NRC, Nuclear Power Plant operations, Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) model developers) by providing improved Common Cause Failure (CCF), External Events, Level 2, and Significance Determination Process (SDP) analysis capabilities. The SAPHIRE development team at the Idaho National Laboratory is responsible for successful completion of this project. The project is under the supervision of Curtis L. Smith, PhD, Technical Lead for the SAPHIRE application. All current capabilities from SAPHIRE version 7 will be maintained in SAPHIRE 8. The following additional capabilities will be incorporated: � Incorporation of SPAR models for the SDP interface. � Improved quality assurance activities for PRA calculations of SAPHIRE Version 8. � Continue the current activities for code maintenance, documentation, and user support for the code.
Curtis L.Smith; Ted S. Wood
Automated Tuning of Optimization Software Parameters
Oct 29, 2007 ... Keywords: parameter tuning, machine learning, design of experiments, artificial intelligence. Category 1: Optimization Software and Modeling�...
Mustafa Baz
Moving from software to solutions
Like other industries, oil and gas companies are looking to computer-aided technologies to contribute to their bottom line. The question is, what can and should software vendors offer the oil and gas industry for them to achieve this goal? In order to answer this, the paper looks at the enablers of change that today's geoscience software vendors can exploit to meet these challenges, as well as at the future role of software vendors. The era of computer-aided exploration tools has somewhat changed. The oil and gas industry's concerns for cost-effectiveness demand a more holistic approach--geoscience software and services that optimize the reservoir's full life cycle. Recent advances in computing technologies and geoscience justify the oil and gas industry's expectations that software vendors deliver next-generation reservoir management solutions.
Weiss, E.
Energy Tracking Software Platform
Acceleration has created an interactive energy tracking and visualization platform that supports decreasing electric, water, and gas usage. Homeowners have access to tools that allow them to gauge their use and track progress toward a smaller energy footprint. Real estate agents have access to consumption data, allowing for sharing a comparison with potential home buyers. Home builders have the opportunity to compare their neighborhood's energy efficiency with competitors. Home energy raters have a tool for gauging the progress of their clients after efficiency changes. And, social groups are able to help encourage members to reduce their energy bills and help their environment. EnergyIT.com is the business umbrella for all energy tracking solutions and is designed to provide information about our energy tracking software and promote sales. CompareAndConserve.com (Gainesville-Green.com) helps homeowners conserve energy through education and competition. ToolsForTenants.com helps renters factor energy usage into their housing decisions.
Ryan Davis; Nathan Bird; Rebecca Birx; Hal Knowles
Environmental Modelling & Software 19 (2004) 285304 www.elsevier.com/locate/envsoft
Water Management District, Everglades Department, PO Box 24680, West Palm Beach, Florida 33416-4680, USA for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, 590 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05405-0088, USA b South Florida are formulated as STELLA models, which adds to transparency and helps reuse. Spatial transport processes
Vermont, University of
Automated Software Engineering Process Assessment: Supporting Diverse Models using an Ontology
, ISO 9001). It also provides an in-the-loop automated process assessment capability that can help, ISO 9001), and suitable performance and scalability. The approach can reduce the effort required assessment while simultaneously supporting diverse process assessment reference models (CMMI, ISO/IEC 15504
Optimization Modeling Languages Emmanuel Fragni`ere
Optimization Modeling Languages Emmanuel Fragni`ere HEC, Department of Management, University, 1999 1 #12;Abstract The access to advanced optimization software needs more and more sophisticated modeling tools. Optimization modeling languages are tools that facilitate the decision making process based
Gondzio, Jacek
Calibration and Validation of a Spar-Type Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Model using the FAST Dynamic Simulation Tool: Preprint
In 2007, the FAST wind turbine simulation tool, developed and maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), was expanded to include capabilities that are suitable for modeling floating offshore wind turbines. In an effort to validate FAST and other offshore wind energy modeling tools, DOE funded the DeepCwind project that tested three prototype floating wind turbines at 1/50th scale in a wave basin, including a semisubmersible, a tension-leg platform, and a spar buoy. This paper describes the use of the results of the spar wave basin tests to calibrate and validate the FAST offshore floating simulation tool, and presents some initial results of simulated dynamic responses of the spar to several combinations of wind and sea states.
Browning, J. R.; Jonkman, J.; Robertson, A.; Goupee, A. J.
Optimization of na�ve dynamic binary instrumentation Tools/
The proliferation of dynamic program analysis tools has done much to ease the burden of developing complex software. However, creating such tools remains a challenge. Dynamic binary instrumentation frameworks such as ...
Kleckner, Reid (Reid N.)
Fenestration Software Tools | Department of Energy
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Software-Based Challenges of Developing the Future Distribution Grid
The software that the utility industry currently uses may be insufficient to analyze the distribution grid as it rapidly modernizes to include active resources such as distributed generation, switch and voltage control, automation, and increasingly complex loads. Although planners and operators have traditionally viewed the distribution grid as a passive load, utilities and consultants increasingly need enhanced analysis that incorporates active distribution grid loads in order to ensure grid reliability. Numerous commercial and open-source tools are available for analyzing distribution grid systems. These tools vary in complexity from providing basic load-flow and capacity analysis under steady-state conditions to time-series analysis and even geographical representations of dynamic and transient events. The need for each type of analysis is not well understood in the industry, nor are the reasons that distribution analysis requires different techniques and tools both from those now available and from those used for transmission analysis. In addition, there is limited understanding of basic capability of the tools and how they should be practically applied to the evolving distribution system. The study reviews the features and state of the art capability of current tools, including usability and visualization, basic analysis functionality, advanced analysis including inverters, and renewable generation and load modeling. We also discuss the need for each type of distribution grid system analysis. In addition to reviewing basic functionality current models, we discuss dynamics and transient simulation in detail and draw conclusions about existing software?s ability to address the needs of the future distribution grid as well as the barriers to modernization of the distribution grid that are posed by the current state of software and model development. Among our conclusions are that accuracy, data transfer, and data processing abilities are key to future distribution grid modeling, and measured data sources are a key missing element . Modeling tools need to be calibrated based on measured grid data to validate their output in varied conditions such as high renewables penetration and rapidly changing topology. In addition, establishing a standardized data modeling format would enable users to transfer data among tools to take advantage of different analysis features. ?
Stewart, Emma; Kiliccote, Sila; McParland, Charles
Prediction of the Tool Displacement by Coupled Models of the Compliant Industrial Robot and the Milling Process
Prediction of the Tool Displacement by Coupled Models of the Compliant Industrial firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Using an industrial robot for machining parts provides a cost-saving and flexible alternative Interaction, Milling Process, Robot Structure 1 INTRODUCTION The major field of cutting applications
Software development for a novel WSN platform P. Vlgyesi, J. Sallai, . Ldeczi
that helps manage this com- plexity. The two main tools are a domain-specific modeling environment because joint design of hardware configuration and soft-core hosted em- bedded software is a significant for innovative design methodologies, since bound- aries between application, services, operating system
Maróti, Miklós
Ocean & Coastal Management 47 (2004) 709725 Integration of subsystems models as a tool
and US waters, and the GoMs Central Gyre, and were integrated using the Ecopath with Ecosim software that are affected, or even caught by that fishery (the by-catch), nor to the ecosystem supporting these species describing feeding interactions and fisheries impacts in a large marine ecosystem, the Gulf of Mexico Laura
Pauly, Daniel
Software Developers
Because SEED will provide a common, open-source data framework, software developers will be able to write applications that access the data in a consistent way (with proper permissions), or build functionalities onto the SEED platform in a replicable way.
MIDAS : minor incident decision analysis software
MIDAS is the minor incident decision analysis software that acts as an advisory tool for plant decision makers and operators to analyze the available decision alternatives for resolving minor incidents. The minor incidents ...
Horng, Tze-Chieh, 1964-
Evaluation of Technical Software for Microcomputers
Personal computers offer the potential for significantly easing the tasks of engineers and managers. Effective use of these powerful tools, however, requires good software. This paper describes a number of features affecting the usability...
Schmidt, P. S.; Williams, M. A.
Ring: a Unifying Meta-Model and Infrastructure for Smalltalk Source Code Analysis Tools
Brussel -- Belgium bRMoD Team -- INRIA Lille-Nord Europe Research Center Laboratoire d for version and stream of change analyses. We re-implemented three tools based on Ring to show that it can
Generalized Nets as Tools for Modeling of the Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms
are Traveling Sales- man Problem, Vehicle Routing, Minimum Spanning Tree, Constrain Satisfaction, Knapsack extensions, as Time PN, Color PNs, Stochastic PNs, Self-organizing PNs, etc. They are not only a tool
Fidanova, Stefka
SNL software manual for the ACS Data Analytics Project.
In the ACS Data Analytics Project (also known as 'YumYum'), a supercomputer is modeled as a graph of components and dependencies, jobs and faults are simulated, and component fault rates are estimated using the graph structure and job pass/fail outcomes. This report documents the successful completion of all SNL deliverables and tasks, describes the software written by SNL for the project, and presents the data it generates. Readers should understand what the software tools are, how they fit together, and how to use them to reproduce the presented data and additional experiments as desired. The SNL YumYum tools provide the novel simulation and inference capabilities desired by ACS. SNL also developed and implemented a new algorithm, which provides faster estimates, at finer component granularity, on arbitrary directed acyclic graphs.
Stearley, Jon R.; McLendon, William Clarence, III; Rodrigues, Arun F.; Williams, Aaron S.; Hooper, Russell Warren; Robinson, David Gerald; Stickland, Michael G.
A modeling approach to evaluate the impacts of water quality management plans implemented in a watershed in Texas
best management practices (BMPs) have been implemented through Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs; Best management practices Software availability Name of the software: Soil and Water Assessment Tool. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.05.013 www.elsevier.com/locate/envsoft Environmental Modelling & Software
Open Source Software: Management, Diffusion and Competition
and competitive environment such as the ICT market. 1 Introduction OSS is an alternative model of software has introduced an innovative model of software development, based on self-organized communitiesOpen Source Software: Management, Diffusion and Competition Spyridoula Lakkaé National
Kouroupetroglou, Georgios
Software Quality Assurance Plan for GoldSim Models Supporting the Area 3 and Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Sites Performance Assessment Program
This Software Quality Assurance Plan (SQAP) applies to the development and maintenance of GoldSim models supporting the Area 3 and Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Sites (RWMSs) performance assessments (PAs) and composite analyses (CAs). Two PA models have been approved by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office (NNSA/NSO) as of November 2006 for the PA maintenance work undertaken by National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec). NNSA/NSO asked NSTec to assume the custodianship of the models for future development and maintenance. The models were initially developed by Neptune and Company (N&C).
Gregory J. Shott, Vefa Yucel
Development of a tool dedicated to the evaluation of hydrogen term source for technological Wastes: assumptions, physical models, and validation
In radioactive waste packages hydrogen is generated, in one hand, from the radiolysis of wastes (mainly organic materials) and, in the other hand, from the radiolysis of water content in the cement matrix. In order to assess hydrogen generation 2 tools based on operational models have been developed. One is dedicated to the determination of the hydrogen source term issues from the radiolysis of the wastes: the STORAGE tool (Simulation Tool Of Emission Radiolysis Gas), the other deals with the hydrogen source term gas, produced by radiolysis of the cement matrices (the Damar tool). The approach used by the STORAGE tool for assessing the production rate of radiolysis gases is divided into five steps: 1) Specification of the data packages, in particular, inventories and radiological materials defined for a package medium; 2) Determination of radiochemical yields for the different constituents and the laws of behavior associated, this determination of radiochemical yields is made from the PRELOG database in which radiochemical yields in different irradiation conditions have been compiled; 3) Definition of hypothesis concerning the composition and the distribution of contamination inside the package to allow assessment of the power absorbed by the constituents; 4) Sum-up of all the contributions; And finally, 5) validation calculations by comparison with a reduced sampling of packages. Comparisons with measured values confirm the conservative character of the methodology and give confidence in the safety margins for safety analysis report.
Lamouroux, C. [CEA Saclay, Nuclear Energy Division /DANS, Department of physico-chemistry, 91191 Gif sur yvette (France); Esnouf, S. [CEA Saclay, DSM/IRAMIS/SIS2M/Radiolysis Laboratory , 91191 Gif sur yvette (France); Cochin, F. [Areva NC,recycling BU, DIRP/RDP tour Areva, 92084 Paris La Defense (France)
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Electronic authoring tools
More than a decade ago, word processing software revolutionized the way documents were prepared, and productivity was increased. But the editing and formatting capabilities of most word processors did very little to prevent errors in spelling, typing, grammar, diction, style, or organization from slipping through to the final documents. In the past few years, the number of software tools that aid the author has increased substantially. They now vary in scope from simple spelling checkers to sophisticated diction analyzers and idea processors. Moreover, writing-aid-software described in this report is now available for many types of computing systems, including personal computers, scientific workstations, and mainframes. The various pieces of software can be used in interactive or non-interactive (batch) modes.
Hurford, J.M.
A new software tool was created at Jefferson Lab to measure the emittance of the CEBAF electron beams. The tool consists of device control and data analysis applications. The device control application handles the work of wire scanners and writes their measurement results as well as the information about accelerator settings during these measurements into wire scanner data files. The data analysis application reads these files and calculates the beam emittance on the basis of a wire scanner data processing model. Both applications are computer platform independent but are mostly used on LINUX PCs recently installed in the accelerator control room. The new tool significantly simplifies beam emittance measurement procedures for accelerator operations and contributes to a very high availability of the CEBAF machine for the nuclear physics program at Jefferson Lab.
Chevtsov, Pavel; Tiefenback, Michael
Tools for charged Higgs bosons
We review the status of publicly available software tools applicable to charged Higgs physics. A selection of codes are highlighted in more detail, focusing on new developments that have taken place since the previous charged Higgs workshop in 2008. We conclude that phenomenologists now have the tools ready to face the LHC data. A new webpage collecting charged Higgs resources is presented.
Oscar St�l
Implementing Nonlinear Buoyancy and Excitation Forces in the WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Modeling Tool: Preprint
Wave energy converters (WECs) are commonly designed and analyzed using numerical models that combine multi-body dynamics with hydrodynamic models based on the Cummins Equation and linearized hydrodynamic coefficients. These modeling methods are attractive design tools because they are computationally inexpensive and do not require the use of high performance computing resources necessitated by high-fidelity methods, such as Navier Stokes computational fluid dynamics. Modeling hydrodynamics using linear coefficients assumes that the device undergoes small motions and that the wetted surface area of the devices is approximately constant. WEC devices, however, are typically designed to undergo large motions in order to maximize power extraction, calling into question the validity of assuming that linear hydrodynamic models accurately capture the relevant fluid-structure interactions. In this paper, we study how calculating buoyancy and Froude-Krylov forces from the instantaneous position of a WEC device (referred to as instantaneous buoyancy and Froude-Krylov forces from herein) changes WEC simulation results compared to simulations that use linear hydrodynamic coefficients. First, we describe the WEC-Sim tool used to perform simulations and how the ability to model instantaneous forces was incorporated into WEC-Sim. We then use a simplified one-body WEC device to validate the model and to demonstrate how accounting for these instantaneously calculated forces affects the accuracy of simulation results, such as device motions, hydrodynamic forces, and power generation.
Lawson, M.; Yu, Y. H.; Nelessen, A.; Ruehl, K.; Michelen, C.
Software Reliability Xiangyu Zhang
1 Software Reliability Xiangyu Zhang Pronounced as Shang You Zang CS590F Software Reliability Software Reliability Why Reliable Software is Important? Software bugs cost the U.S. economy about $59 in Spacecraft Accidents (http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/jsr.pdf) CS590F Software Reliability Why ? FSE'06
Zhang, Xiangyu
Software Architecture and Software Configuration Bernhard Westfechtel
the software life cycle. In addition, it supports system building (creation of derived objects from support for the management of evolving software objects throughout the whole life cycle. Several problems architectures play a central role in the development and maintenance of a software system. A software
Westfechtel, Bernhard
GridOPTICS(TM) A Novel Software Framework for Integrating Power Grid Data Storage, Management and Analysis
This paper describes the architecture and design of GridOPTICSTM, a novel software framework to integrate a collection of software tools developed by PNNL�s Future Power Grid Initiative (FPGI) into a coherent, powerful operations and planning tool for the power grid of the future. GridOPTICSTM enables plug-and-play of various analysis, modeling and visualization software tools for fast and accurate control of the power grid. To bridge the data access for different control purposes, GridOPTICSTM provides a scalable and thin layer of event processing that hides the complexity of data storage and management. The initial prototype of GridOPTICSTM was demonstrated with several use cases from PNNL�s FPGI.
Gorton, Ian; Yin, Jian; Akyol, Bora A.; Ciraci, Selim; Critchlow, Terence; Liu, Yan; Gibson, Tara D.; Purohit, Sumit; Sharma, Poorva; Vlachopoulou, Maria
Development of a Software Framework for System-Level Carbon Sequestration Risk Assessment
The overall purpose of this project was to identify, evaluate, select, develop, and test a suite of enhancements to the GoldSim software program, in order to make it a better tool for use in support of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) projects. The GoldSim software is a foundational tool used by scientists at NETL and at other laboratories and research institutions to evaluate system-level risks of proposed CCS projects. The primary product of the project was a series of successively improved versions of the GoldSim software, supported by an extensive User�s Guide. All of the enhancements were tested by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and several of the enhancements have already been incorporated into the CO{sub 2}-PENS sequestration model.
Miller, R.
Understanding the drivers affecting land use change in Ecuador: an application of the Land Change Modeler software�
in forest cover, satellite images (years 1996 and 2001) were used to produce land cover maps which were then used with the software to estimate probabilities of pixels changing from forests to other land use types. Various drivers of deforestation input...
Krishna Rajan, Dhruva
310 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RELIABILITY, VOL. 50, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2001 Framework for Modeling Software Reliability, Using
are used. From practical field studies, it is likely that we can estimate the testing efforts consumption, which can be obtained from historical records of previous releases or other similar software projects Project CUHK4432/99E. Responsible Editor: K. Kanoun S.-Y. Kuo and C.-Y. Huang are with the Electrical
Building America BEopt-CA (Ex): A Tool for Optimal Integration...
project targeted the development of a software tool, BEopt-CA (Ex) (Building Energy Optimization Tool for California Existing Homes), that aims to facilitate balanced integration...
CSP 587: Software Quality Management S. Kan, Software Quality engineering, Addison-Wesley.
CSP 587: Software Quality Management Texts S. Kan, Software Quality engineering, Addison hours · Quality Appraisal Programs 5 hours SEI's Capability Maturity Model ISO 9000 Total 45 hours CSP
Heller, Barbara
Key Attributes of the SAPHIRE Risk and Reliability Analysis Software for Risk-Informed Probabilistic Applications
The Idaho National Laboratory is a primary developer of probabilistic risk and reliability analysis (PRRA) tools, dating back over 35 years. Evolving from mainframe-based software, the current state-of-the-practice has lead to the creation of the SAPHIRE software. Currently, agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the National Aeronautics and Aerospace Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense use version 7 of the SAPHIRE software for many of their risk-informed activities. In order to better understand and appreciate the power of software as part of risk-informed applications, we need to recall that our current analysis methods and solution methods have built upon pioneering work done 30 to 40 years ago. We contrast this work with the current capabilities in the SAPHIRE analysis package. As part of this discussion, we provide information for both the typical features and special analysis capabilities which are available. We also present the application and results typically found with state-of-the-practice PRRA models. By providing both a high-level and detailed look at the SAPHIRE software, we give a snapshot in time for the current use of software tools in a risk-informed decision arena.
Curtis Smith; James Knudsen; Kellie Kvarfordt; Ted Wood
A proposed approach for developing next-generation computational electromagnetics software
Computations have become a tool coequal with mathematics and measurements as a means of performing electromagnetic analysis and design. This is demonstrated by the volume of articles and meeting presentations in which computational electromagnetics (CEM) is routinely employed to address an increasing variety of problems. Yet, in spite of the substantial resources invested in CEM software over the past three decades, little real progress seems to have been made towards providing the EM engineer software tools having a functionality equivalent to that expected of hardware instrumentation. Furthermore, the bulk of CEM software now available is generally of limited applicability to large, complex problems because most modeling codes employ a single field propagator, or analytical form, of Maxwell`s Equations. The acknowledged advantages of hybrid models, i.e., those which employ different propagators in differing regions of a problem, are relatively unexploited. The thrust of this discussion is to propose a new approach designed to address both problems outlined above, integrating advances being made in both software and hardware development. After briefly reviewing the evolution of modeling CEM software to date and pointing out the deficiencies thereof, we describe an approach for making CEM tools more truly ``user friendly`` called EMSES (Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation Environment for Systems). This will be achieved through two main avenues. One is developing a common problem-description language implemented in a visual programming environment working together with a translator that produces the specific model description needed by various numerical treatments, in order to optimize user efficiency. The other is to employ a new modeling paradigm based on the idea of field propagators to expedite the development of the hybrid models that are needed to optimize computation efficiency.
Miller, E.K.; Kruger, R.P. [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States); Moraites, S. [Simulated Life Systems, Inc., Chambersburg, PA (United States)
Computations have become a tool coequal with mathematics and measurements as a means of performing electromagnetic analysis and design. This is demonstrated by the volume of articles and meeting presentations in which computational electromagnetics (CEM) is routinely employed to address an increasing variety of problems. Yet, in spite of the substantial resources invested in CEM software over the past three decades, little real progress seems to have been made towards providing the EM engineer software tools having a functionality equivalent to that expected of hardware instrumentation. Furthermore, the bulk of CEM software now available is generally of limited applicability to large, complex problems because most modeling codes employ a single field propagator, or analytical form, of Maxwell's Equations. The acknowledged advantages of hybrid models, i.e., those which employ different propagators in differing regions of a problem, are relatively unexploited. The thrust of this discussion is to propose a new approach designed to address both problems outlined above, integrating advances being made in both software and hardware development. After briefly reviewing the evolution of modeling CEM software to date and pointing out the deficiencies thereof, we describe an approach for making CEM tools more truly user friendly'' called EMSES (Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation Environment for Systems). This will be achieved through two main avenues. One is developing a common problem-description language implemented in a visual programming environment working together with a translator that produces the specific model description needed by various numerical treatments, in order to optimize user efficiency. The other is to employ a new modeling paradigm based on the idea of field propagators to expedite the development of the hybrid models that are needed to optimize computation efficiency.
Miller, E.K.; Kruger, R.P. (Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)); Moraites, S. (Simulated Life Systems, Inc., Chambersburg, PA (United States))
A critical review on modelling formalisms and simulation tools in computational biosystems
Integration of different kinds of biological processes is an ultimate goal for whole-cell modelling. We briefly review modelling formalisms that have been used in Systems Biology and identify the criteria that must be ...
Machado, Daniel
Business Process Modeling for developing Process Oriented IT Systems Track: Business Process Management Tools and Technologies
Business Process Modeling for developing Process Oriented IT Systems Track: Business Process should be like. Therefore, business process modeling becomes a pre-requisite for system requirements, the paradigm of Business Process Management contrasts with traditional information system development, which
New Automotive Air Conditioning System Simulation Tool Developed in MATLAB/Simulink
Further improvements in vehicle fuel efficiency require accurate evaluation of the vehicle's transient total power requirement. When operated, the air conditioning (A/C) system is the largest auxiliary load on a vehicle; therefore, accurate evaluation of the load it places on the vehicle's engine and/or energy storage system is especially important. Vehicle simulation software, such as 'Autonomie,' has been used by OEMs to evaluate vehicles' energy performance. A transient A/C simulation tool incorporated into vehicle simulation models would also provide a tool for developing more efficient A/C systems through a thorough consideration of the transient A/C system performance. The dynamic system simulation software Matlab/Simulink was used to develop new and more efficient vehicle energy system controls. The various modeling methods used for the new simulation tool are described in detail. Comparison with measured data is provided to demonstrate the validity of the model.
Kiss, T.; Chaney, L.; Meyer, J.
Better IAQ through integrating design tools for the HVACindustry
There is currently no effective combination of interoperable design tools to cover all critical aspects of the HVAC design process. Existing design tools are separately available, but require expertise and operating time that is beyond the scope of a normal design project. For example, energy analysis and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools are not used in practical design, leading to poor indoor air quality and/or unnecessary energy consumption in buildings. A prototype integrated software tool for demonstration, process mapping and proof-of-concept purposes was developed under a new international, Finland/USA jointly funded development project BildIT. Individual design tools were simplified and adapted to specific applications and also integrated so that they can be used in a timely and effective manner by the designer. The core of the prototype linked together an architectural CAD system, a 3D space model, a CFD program and a building energy simulation program and it utilizes real product data from manufacturer's software. Also the complex building design, construction, maintenance and retrofit processes were mapped to get a template for the structure of the integrated design tool.
Laine, Tuomas; Kosonen, Risto; Hagstrom, Kim; Mustakallio, Panu; Yin, De-Wei; Haves, Philip; Chen, Qingyan
Workshop on Hydrologic Modeling with SWAT and Groundwater Modeling with MODFLOW (26-27 December 2014) International Conference on Modeling Tools for Sustainable Water Resources Management (28-29 December 2014)
2014) International Conference on Modeling Tools for Sustainable Water Resources Management (28 for hydrologic data analysis, pre / post processing, and hydrologic modeling Water Resources Management Water application of SWAT model for water manage- ment Prof. Upmanu Lall Columbia University, USA Prof. A.K. Gosain
Application of spheroid models to account for aerosol particle nonsphericity in remote sensing of desert dust
Mishchenko,4 Ping Yang,5 Tom F. Eck,1,6 Hester Volten,7 Olga Mun~oz,8 Ben Veihelmann,9 Wim J. van der Zande arranged into a software package, which allows fast, accurate, and flexible modeling of scattering model and explore the possibility of aerosol shape identification, the software tool has been integrated
Understanding and Improving Software Productivity
Understanding and Improving Software Productivity Walt Scacchi Institute for Software Research;2 Introduction � What affects software productivity? � Software productivity has been one of the most studied aspects of software engineering � Goal: review sample of empirical studies of software productivity
Numerical tools for musical instruments acoustics: analysing nonlinear physical models using continuation
self-sustained oscillations. Several physical models (clarinet and saxophone) are formulated the dynamical properties of self-sustained musical instruments using tra- ditional numerical techniques
Resource Planning Model: An Integrated Resource Planning and Dispatch Tool for Regional Electric Systems
This report introduces a new capacity expansion model, the Resource Planning Model (RPM), with high spatial and temporal resolution that can be used for mid- and long-term scenario planning of regional power systems. Although RPM can be adapted to any geographic region, the report describes an initial version of the model adapted for the power system in Colorado. It presents examples of scenario results from the first version of the model, including an example of a 30%-by-2020 renewable electricity penetration scenario.
Mai, T.; Drury, E.; Eurek, K.; Bodington, N.; Lopez, A.; Perry, A.
N = 4 supersymmetric mechanics: Harmonic superspace as a universal tool of model-building
We overview applications of the harmonic superspace approach in models of N = 4supersymmetric mechanics, with emphasis on some recent results.
Ivanov, E. A., E-mail: email@example.com [Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics (Russian Federation)
Regulatory tools for overcoming barriers to the resale and redevelopment of contaminated properties: A Michigan model
Potential contamination in urban industrial areas has created a significant barrier to the resale and redevelopment of prime metropolitan sites. Development is forced from existing industrial areas to ``greenfield`` sites. The State of Michigan has developed an innovative program to facilitate the redevelopment of these contaminated ``brownfield`` sites. This comprehensive program includes flexible, land-use based cleanup standards; liability protection for local units of government, covenants not to sue for buyers and potentially responsible parties and State funded grants` and loans for site investigation and reclamation. Each of these regulatory tools and their strengths and weaknesses are discussed. Several examples of the implementation of Michigan`s site reclamation program are also provided.
Lynnes, K.D. [Berlin, Lynnes and Davidson, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (United States)
A user's guide to the GoldSim/BLT-MS integrated software package:a low-level radioactive waste disposal performance assessment model.
Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory, has over 30 years experience in the assessment of radioactive waste disposal and at the time of this publication is providing assistance internationally in a number of areas relevant to the safety assessment of radioactive waste disposal systems. In countries with small radioactive waste programs, international technology transfer program efforts are often hampered by small budgets, schedule constraints, and a lack of experienced personnel. In an effort to surmount these difficulties, Sandia has developed a system that utilizes a combination of commercially available software codes and existing legacy codes for probabilistic safety assessment modeling that facilitates the technology transfer and maximizes limited available funding. Numerous codes developed and endorsed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and codes developed and maintained by United States Department of Energy are generally available to foreign countries after addressing import/export control and copyright requirements. From a programmatic view, it is easier to utilize existing codes than to develop new codes. From an economic perspective, it is not possible for most countries with small radioactive waste disposal programs to maintain complex software, which meets the rigors of both domestic regulatory requirements and international peer review. Therefore, revitalization of deterministic legacy codes, as well as an adaptation of contemporary deterministic codes, provides a credible and solid computational platform for constructing probabilistic safety assessment models. This document is a reference users guide for the GoldSim/BLT-MS integrated modeling software package developed as part of a cooperative technology transfer project between Sandia National Laboratories and the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) in Taiwan for the preliminary assessment of several candidate low-level waste repository sites. Breach, Leach, and Transport-Multiple Species (BLT-MS) is a U.S. NRC sponsored code which simulates release and transport of contaminants from a subsurface low-level waste disposal facility. GoldSim is commercially available probabilistic software package that has radionuclide transport capabilities. The following report guides a user through the steps necessary to use the integrated model and presents a successful application of the paradigm of renewing legacy codes for contemporary application.
Knowlton, Robert G.; Arnold, Bill Walter; Mattie, Patrick D.
Designing security into software
When people talk about software security, they usually refer to security applications such as antivirus software, firewalls and intrusion detection systems. There is little emphasis on the security in the software itself. ...
Zhang, Chang Tony
Designing supportability into software
Background: Despite the identification of a "software crisis" in the 1960s, large software projects are full of defects even today [19]. These defects cause the software to behave unexpectedly. The cause generally is ...
Shirolkar, Prashant A., 1973-
Sensor Node Lifetime Analysis: Models and Tools Deokwoo Jung, Thiago Teixeira, Andreas Savvides
decisions, compute energy budgets and duty-cycles, and to preform side-by-side comparison of different's average lifetime for a given event arrival rate. Through comparison of the two models and a case study & Simulation Package (MATSNL). This demonstrates the use of the models using sample applications drawn from
Teixeira, Thiago
DSMDiff: A Differentiation Tool for Domain-Specific Models Yuehua Lin1
Birmingham AL 35294-1170 {liny, gray, jouault} @ cis.uab.edu 2 ATLAS group (INRIA & LINA) University mappings and differences between domain-specific models, with facilities for graphical visualization system to trace the changes between different model versions to understand the evolution history
Gray, Jeffrey G.
Geographic information system (GIS) and simulation model for management of irrigation districts
IDMM (Irrigation District Management Model), a user friendly, GIS based, menu driven personal computer software program, was developed as a planning and management tool for improved water use and crop growth production in irrigation districts...
Nazarov, Azimjon S.
Abstract -This paper presents a methodology and a tool for the coupled magnetic-structural with semi-analytical models. For this
Abstract - This paper presents a methodology and a tool for the coupled magnetic-structural with semi-analytical models. For this coupling, the magnetic model is available; we developed the structural MODEL Magnetic fields radiated by permanent magnets and conductors are computed through Coulombian
Modifying the Soil and Water Assessment Tool to Simulate Cropland Carbon Flux: Model Development and Initial Evaluation
Climate change is one of the most compelling modern issues and has important implications for almost every aspect of natural and human systems. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model has been applied worldwide to support sustainable land and water management in a changing climate. However, the inadequacies of the existing carbon algorithm in SWAT limit its application in assessing impacts of human activities on CO2 emission, one important source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that traps heat in the earth system and results in global warming. In this research, we incorporate a revised version of the CENTURY carbon model into SWAT to describe dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM)- residue and simulate land-atmosphere carbon exchange.
Zhang, Xuesong; Izaurralde, Roberto C.; Arnold, Jeffrey; Williams, Jimmy R.; Srinivasan, Raghavan
Safety critical software development qualification
With the increasing use of digital systems in control applications, customers must acquire appropriate expectations for software development and quality assurance procedures. Purchasers and users of digital systems need to understand the benefits to the supplier of effective quality systems. These systems consist not only of procedures but tools that enable automation. Without the use of automation, quality can not be assured. A software and systems quality program starts with the documents you are very familiar with. But these documents must define more than the final system. They must address specific development environment characteristics and testing capabilities. Starting with the RFP, some of the items that should be introduced are Software Configuration Management, regression testing and defect tracking. The digital system customer is in the best position to enforce the use of software and systems quality programs by including them in project requirements as early as the Purchase Order. The customer's understanding of the full scope and implementation of a software quality program is essential to achieving the quality necessary in nuclear projects, and, incidentally, completing those projects on schedule. (authors)
Marron, J. E. [Invensys Process Systems, 33 Commercial Street, Foxboro, MA 02035 (United States)
A Micro-Grid Simulator Tool (SGridSim) using Effective Node-to-Node Complex Impedance (EN2NCI) Models
This paper presents a micro-grid simulator tool useful for implementing and testing multi-agent controllers (SGridSim). As a common engineering practice it is important to have a tool that simplifies the modeling of the salient features of a desired system. In electric micro-grids, these salient features are the voltage and power distributions within the micro-grid. Current simplified electric power grid simulator tools such as PowerWorld, PowerSim, Gridlab, etc, model only the power distribution features of a desired micro-grid. Other power grid simulators such as Simulink, Modelica, etc, use detailed modeling to accommodate the voltage distribution features. This paper presents a SGridSim micro-grid simulator tool that simplifies the modeling of both the voltage and power distribution features in a desired micro-grid. The SGridSim tool accomplishes this simplified modeling by using Effective Node-to-Node Complex Impedance (EN2NCI) models of components that typically make-up a micro-grid. The term EN2NCI models means that the impedance based components of a micro-grid are modeled as single impedances tied between their respective voltage nodes on the micro-grid. Hence the benefit of the presented SGridSim tool are 1) simulation of a micro-grid is performed strictly in the complex-domain; 2) faster simulation of a micro-grid by avoiding the simulation of detailed transients. An example micro-grid model was built using the SGridSim tool and tested to simulate both the voltage and power distribution features with a total absolute relative error of less than 6%.
Udhay Ravishankar; Milos manic
A Tool for Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) Based Design of Residential Air Source Heat Pumps
A tool for the design of air source heat pumps (ASHP) based on their life cycle climate performance (LCCP) analysis is presented. The LCCP model includes direct and indirect emissions of the ASHP. The annual energy consumption of the ASHP is determined based on AHRI Standard 210/240. The tool can be used as an evaluation tool when the user inputs the required performance data based on the ASHP type selected. In addition, this tool has system design capability where the user inputs the design parameters of the different components of the heat pump and the tool runs the system simulation software to calculate the performance data. Additional features available in the tool include the capability to perform parametric analysis and sensitivity study on the system. The tool has 14 refrigerants, and 47 cities built-in with the option for the user to add more refrigerants, based on NIST REFPROP, and cities, using TMY-3 database. The underlying LCCP calculation framework is open source and can be easily customized for various applications. The tool can be used with any system simulation software, load calculation tool, and weather and emissions data type.
Beshr, Mohamed [University of Maryland, College Park; Aute, Vikrant [University of Maryland, College Park; Abdelaziz, Omar [ORNL; Fricke, Brian A [ORNL; Radermacher, Reinhard [University of Maryland, College Park
Model membranes as a tool for biological studies and biosensor applications
The biological membrane is a fundamental cellular structure which forms the natural selective barrier separating cells from their environment. Model membranes have long been employed to study these complicated structures in controlled environments...
Armendariz, Kevin P.
Computational tools for probing interaction effects in multiple linear regression, multilevel modeling, and latent curve analysis
Simple slopes, regions of significance, and confidence bands are commonly used
to evaluate interactions in multiple linear regression (MLR) models, and the use of
these techniques has recently been extended to multilevel ...
Preacher, K. J.; Curran, Patrick J.; Bauer, D. J.
DOE Commercial Building Asset Rating: An Application of Centralized Modeling Tools
This paper presents a novel approach used to develop the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Commercial Building Asset Rating, which is intended to help building owners better understand the installed system performance and the total energy use. A simplified data collection and energy-modeling method is employed to disaggregate building energy information. Furthermore, the approach outlined will also include a mechanism for identifying energy improvement opportunities. A detailed modeling approach to formulate an Asset Rating would most likely provide the greatest flexibility and accuracy. Such an approach would, however, require a substantial amount of user investment for collecting the energy audit, data and hiring a professional to perform energy modeling and analysis. A simplified model approach requires fewer input combinations, which could reduce opportunities for error and allow an inexperienced user to quickly develop energy models. However, the accuracy of the results is often questionable. To address the above issue, the method presented in this paper separates model inputs into categories based on overall energy impact, difficulty to obtain, and variability among buildings. We outline an approach that will allow great flexibility in terms of how many and which of the different categories of variables must be found to produce an accurate energy model. The approach will allow all key variables to be inferred from some minimum set of variables while at the same time allowing a user to enter many more variables if he or she has reliable values for them. The approach outlined will also provide constant values for some variables and algorithms for finding those which are very difficult to determine in the field. The whole of this approach will reduce modeling time and expertise required while maintaining accuracy and the ability to support the variability and complexity that exist in buildings. Therefore, the goals of facilitating cost-effective investment in energy efficiency and reducing energy use in the commercial building sector are met.
Wang, Na; Gorrissen, Willy J.; Srivastava, Viraj; Taylor, Cody
Program Development Tools and Infrastructures
Exascale class machines will exhibit a new level of complexity: they will feature an unprecedented number of cores and threads, will most likely be heterogeneous and deeply hierarchical, and offer a range of new hardware techniques (such as speculative threading, transactional memory, programmable prefetching, and programmable accelerators), which all have to be utilized for an application to realize the full potential of the machine. Additionally, users will be faced with less memory per core, fixed total power budgets, and sharply reduced MTBFs. At the same time, it is expected that the complexity of applications will rise sharply for exascale systems, both to implement new science possible at exascale and to exploit the new hardware features necessary to achieve exascale performance. This is particularly true for many of the NNSA codes, which are large and often highly complex integrated simulation codes that push the limits of everything in the system including language features. To overcome these limitations and to enable users to reach exascale performance, users will expect a new generation of tools that address the bottlenecks of exascale machines, that work seamlessly with the (set of) programming models on the target machines, that scale with the machine, that provide automatic analysis capabilities, and that are flexible and modular enough to overcome the complexities and changing demands of the exascale architectures. Further, any tool must be robust enough to handle the complexity of large integrated codes while keeping the user's learning curve low. With the ASC program, in particular the CSSE (Computational Systems and Software Engineering) and CCE (Common Compute Environment) projects, we are working towards a new generation of tools that fulfill these requirements and that provide our users as well as the larger HPC community with the necessary tools, techniques, and methodologies required to make exascale performance a reality.
Schulz, M
Demonstration of Data Center Energy Use Prediction Software
This report documents a demonstration of a software modeling tool from Romonet that was used to predict energy use and forecast energy use improvements in an operating data center. The demonstration was conducted in a conventional data center with a 15,500 square foot raised floor and an IT equipment load of 332 kilowatts. It was cooled using traditional computer room air handlers and a compressor-based chilled water system. The data center also utilized an uninterruptible power supply system for power conditioning and backup. Electrical energy monitoring was available at a number of locations within the data center. The software modeling tool predicted the energy use of the data center?s cooling and electrical power distribution systems, as well as electrical energy use and heat removal for the site. The actual energy used by the computer equipment was recorded from power distribution devices located at each computer equipment row. The model simulated the total energy use in the data center and supporting infrastructure and predicted energy use at energy-consuming points throughout the power distribution system. The initial predicted power levels were compared to actual meter readings and were found to be within approximately 10 percent at a particular measurement point, resulting in a site overall variance of 4.7 percent. Some variances were investigated, and more accurate information was entered into the model. In this case the overall variance was reduced to approximately 1.2 percent. The model was then used to predict energy use for various modification opportunities to the data center in successive iterations. These included increasing the IT equipment load, adding computer room air handler fan speed controls, and adding a water-side economizer. The demonstration showed that the software can be used to simulate data center energy use and create a model that is useful for investigating energy efficiency design changes.
Coles, Henry; Greenberg, Steve; Tschudi, William
Managing the software design documents with XML Junichi Suzuki
Managing the software design documents with XML Junichi Suzuki Department of Computer Science, and addresses how we can manage the software design documents for the distributed software development. Introduction It is hard to share and manage the software design models and their documents within a distributed
Low dimensional model of heart rhythm dynamics as a tool for diagnosing the anaerobic threshold
We report preliminary results on describing the dependence of the heart rhythm variability on the stress level by using qualitative, low dimensional models. The reconstruction of macroscopic heart models yielding cardio cycles (RR-intervals) duration was based on actual clinical data. Our results show that the coefficients of the low dimensional models are sensitive to metabolic changes. In particular, at the transition between aerobic and aerobic-anaerobic metabolism, there are pronounced extrema in the functional dependence of the coefficients on the stress level. This strong sensitivity can be used to design an easy indirect method for determining the anaerobic threshold. This method could replace costly and invasive traditional methods such as gas analysis and blood tests. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
Anosov, O.L. [Institute of Physiology, Charite Humboldt-University at Berlin, Berlin, D-10117 (Germany)] [Regional. Cardio Center, Vladimir, (Russia); Butkovskii, O.Y. [Vladimir State Technical University, 87, Gorki St., Vladimir, 600026 (Russia); Kadtke, J. [Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Science University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0360 (United States); Kravtsov, Y.A. [Space Research Institute of RAS, 84/32 Profsoyuznaja St., Moscow, 117810 (Russia); Protopopescu, V. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6364 (United States)
Modelling Tools for Wind Farm Upgrading Hans Georg Beyer*, Bernhard Lange, Hans-Peter Waldl
rows (see Figure 1). They are pitch controlled variable speed turbines with a rated power of 330 kW (WT-Antipolis, France ABSTRACT: Planning of modifications of existing wind farms by adding or replacing turbines makes of the farm to that of individual turbines. Additionally, modelling has to deal with different turbine types
Heinemann, Detlev
Collaboration Leads to State-of-the-Art Energy Auditing Tool: Project Highlights (Fact Sheet)
This fact sheet describes the tablet-based simuwatt Audit tool, which uses NREL's advanced energy modeling framework and building energy audit processes, collaboration tools, in-app media, and private company concept3D's geometric capture software combined with real-time connections to large sets of standardized data to perform building energy audits faster than traditional methods. By integrating the NREL Building Component Library, utility rates, weather information, and energy conservation measures, the tool provides investment-grade audits that cost 75% less than traditional audits and stores the data in a consistent and reusable format.
Managing scientific software complexity with Bocca and CCA
In high-performance scientific software development, the emphasis is often on short time to first solution. Even when the development of new components mostly reuses existing components or libraries and only small amounts of new code must be created, dealing with the component glue code and software build processes to obtain complete applications is still tedious and error-prone. Component-based software meant to reduce complexity at the application level increases complexity to the extent that the user must learn and remember the interfaces and conventions of the component model itself. To address these needs, we introduce Bocca, the first tool to enable application developers to perform rapid component prototyping while maintaining robust software-engineering practices suitable to HPC environments. Bocca provides project management and a comprehensive build environment for creating and managing applications composed of Common Component Architecture components. Of critical importance for high-performance computing (HPC) applications, Bocca is designed to operate in a language-agnostic way, simultaneously handling components written in any of the languages commonly used in scientific applications: C, C++, Fortran, Python and Java. Bocca automates the tasks related to the component glue code, freeing the user to focus on the scientific aspects of the application. Bocca embraces the philosophy pioneered by Ruby on Rails for web applications: start with something that works, and evolve it to the user's purpose.
Benjamin, Allan A. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL); Norris, Boyana [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); Elwasif, Wael R [ORNL; Armstrong, Robert C. [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
Software Reliability Theory Michael Rung-Tsong Lyu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Software Reliability Theory Michael Rung-Tsong Lyu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; exponential order statistics; modelingm markov software reliability models; comparisons; emerging techniques Abstract Software reliability modeling has, surprisingly to many, been around since the early 1970s
Two notable modeling efforts within the Hanford Tank Waste Operations Simulator (HTWOS) are currently underway to (1) increase the robustness of the underlying chemistry approximations through the development and implementation of an aqueous thermodynamic model, and (2) add enhanced planning capabilities to the HTWOS model through development and incorporation of the lifecycle cost model (LCM). Since even seemingly small changes in apparent waste composition or treatment parameters can result in large changes in quantities of high-level waste (HLW) and low-activity waste (LAW) glass, mission duration or lifecycle cost, a solubility model that more accurately depicts the phases and concentrations of constituents in tank waste is required. The LCM enables evaluation of the interactions of proposed changes on lifecycle mission costs, which is critical for decision makers.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING COMPUTER SCIENCE ... What's the Difference? firstname.lastname@example.com www). Software Engineering covers the course content listed under Computer Science, with some additions. Software). Software Engineering students will graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng). Computer Science
Bone, Gary
Battery Ownership Model: A Tool for Evaluating the Economics of Electrified Vehicles and Related Infrastructure (Presentation)
This presentation uses a vehicle simulator and economics model called the Battery Ownership Model to examine the levelized cost per mile of conventional (CV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in comparison with the cost to operate an electric vehicle (EV) under a service provider business model. The service provider is assumed to provide EV infrastructure such as charge points and swap stations to allow an EV with a 100-mile range to operate with driving profiles equivalent to CVs and HEVs. Battery cost, fuel price forecast, battery life, and other variables are examined to determine under what scenarios the levelized cost of an EV with a service provider can approach that of a CV. Scenarios in both the United States as an average and Hawaii are examined. The levelized cost of operating an EV with a service provider under average U.S. conditions is approximately twice the cost of operating a small CV. If battery cost and life can be improved, in this study the cost of an EV drops to under 1.5 times the cost of a CV for U.S. average conditions. In Hawaii, the same EV is only slightly more expensive to operate than a CV.
O'Keefe, M.; Brooker, A.; Johnson, C.; Mendelsohn, M.; Neubauer, J.; Pesaran, A.
Verifiable Fuel Cycle Simulation Model (VISION): A Tool for Analyzing Nuclear Fuel Cycle Futures
The nuclear fuel cycle consists of a set of complex components that are intended to work together. To support the nuclear renaissance, it is necessary to understand the impacts of changes and timing of events in any part of the fuel cycle system such as how the system would respond to each technological change, a series of which moves the fuel cycle from where it is to a postulated future state. The system analysis working group of the United States research program on advanced fuel cycles (formerly called the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative) is developing a dynamic simulation model, VISION, to capture the relationships, timing, and changes in and among the fuel cycle components to help develop an understanding of how the overall fuel cycle works. This paper is an overview of the philosophy and development strategy behind VISION. The paper includes some descriptions of the model components and some examples of how to use VISION. For example, VISION users can now change yearly the selection of separation or reactor technologies, the performance characteristics of those technologies, and/or the routing of material among separation and reactor types - with the model still operating on a PC in <5 min.
Jacob J. Jacobson; Steven J. Piet; Gretchen E. Matthern; David E. Shropshire; Robert F. Jeffers; A. M. Yacout; Tyler Schweitzer
Battery Ownership Model: A Tool for Evaluating the Economics of Electrified Vehicles and Related Infrastructure; Preprint
Electric vehicles could significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and dependence on imported petroleum. However, for mass adoption, EV costs have historically been too high to be competitive with conventional vehicle options due to the high price of batteries, long refuel time, and a lack of charging infrastructure. A number of different technologies and business strategies have been proposed to address some of these cost and utility issues: battery leasing, battery fast-charging stations, battery swap stations, deployment of charge points for opportunity charging, etc. In order to investigate these approaches and compare their merits on a consistent basis, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a new techno-economic model. The model includes nine modules to examine the levelized cost per mile for various types of powertrain and business strategies. The various input parameters such as vehicle type, battery, gasoline, and electricity prices; battery cycle life; driving profile; and infrastructure costs can be varied. In this paper, we discuss the capabilities of the model; describe key modules; give examples of how various assumptions, powertrain configurations, and business strategies impact the cost to the end user; and show the vehicle's levelized cost per mile sensitivity to seven major operational parameters.
Proc. of 10th International Conf. on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, June 1998, San Francisco, California Formalizing and Integrating the Functional Model into
, Michigan 48824 fwangyi,firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract The data flow diagram (DFD), originally introduced demonstrated its usefulness in the software engineering discipline, DFDs seem to be essential to software de
Cheng, Betty H.C.
Percussion tool
DOE Patents [OSTI]
A percussion tool is described and which includes a housing mounting a tool bit; a reciprocally moveable hammer borne by the housing and which is operable to repeatedly strike the tool bit; and a reciprocally moveable piston enclosed within the hammer and which imparts reciprocal movement to the reciprocally moveable hammer.
Reed, Teddy R.
Molecular dynamics simulation: a tool for exploration and discovery using simple models
Emergent phenomena share the fascinating property of not being obvious consequences of the design of the system in which they appear. This characteristic is no less relevant when attempting to simulate such phenomena, given that the outcome is not always a foregone conclusion. The present survey focuses on several simple model systems that exhibit surprisingly rich emergent behavior, all studied by MD simulation. The examples are taken from the disparate fields of fluid dynamics, granular matter and supramolecular self-assembly. In studies of fluids modeled at the detailed microscopic level using discrete particles, the simulations demonstrate that complex hydrodynamic phenomena in rotating and convecting fluids, the Taylor-Couette and Rayleigh-B\\'enard instabilities, can not only be observed within the limited length and time scales accessible to MD, but even quantitative agreement can be achieved. Simulation of highly counterintuitive segregation phenomena in granular mixtures, again using MD methods, but now augmented by forces producing damping and friction, leads to results that resemble experimentally observed axial and radial segregation in the case of a rotating cylinder, and to a novel form of horizontal segregation in a vertically vibrated layer. Finally, when modeling self-assembly processes analogous to the formation of the polyhedral shells that package spherical viruses, simulation of suitably shaped particles reveals the ability to produce complete, error-free assembly, and leads to the important general observation that reversible growth steps contribute to the high yield. While there are limitations to the MD approach, both computational and conceptual, the results offer a tantalizing hint of the kinds of phenomena that can be explored, and what might be discovered when sufficient resources are brought to bear on a problem.
D. C. Rapaport
Model Based Commissioning Tool for Air-Conditioning Distribution Systems-APCBC
of VWV System 4. Example of VAV System 5. Conclusions 2 ESL-IC-14-09-06 Proceedings of the 14th International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations, Beijing, China, September 14-17, 2014 ? Energy consumption of air and water distribution in air...-09-06 Proceedings of the 14th International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations, Beijing, China, September 14-17, 2014 1. Issues 2. Simulation Model of Distribution System 3. Example of VWV System 4. Example of VAV System 5. Conclusions 7 ESL-IC-14...
Yoshida, H.; Noda, T.
Ecology 43:386-392. Hastie, T., and R. Tibshirani. 1990. Generalised Additive Models. Chapman and Hall, Lodon. Hutchinson, G. E. 1957. Concluding remarks. Cold Spring Harbors Symposium on Quantitative Biology 22:415-427. Iguchi, K., K. Matsuura, K. Mc... projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios. Nature 416:626-629. 23 Peterson, A. T., J. Sober?n, and V. S?nchez-Cordero. 1999. Conservatism of ecological niches in evolutionary time. Science 285:1265-1267. Peterson, A. T., D. R...
Chen, Pingfu
Development of Computational Tools for Metabolic Model Curation, Flux Elucidation and Strain Design
An overarching goal of the Department of Energy�? mission is the efficient deployment and engineering of microbial and plant systems to enable biomass conversion in pursuit of high energy density liquid biofuels. This has spurred the pace at which new organisms are sequenced and annotated. This torrent of genomic information has opened the door to understanding metabolism in not just skeletal pathways and a handful of microorganisms but for truly genome-scale reconstructions derived for hundreds of microbes and plants. Understanding and redirecting metabolism is crucial because metabolic fluxes are unique descriptors of cellular physiology that directly assess the current cellular state and quantify the effect of genetic engineering interventions. At the same time, however, trying to keep pace with the rate of genomic data generation has ushered in a number of modeling and computational challenges related to (i) the automated assembly, testing and correction of genome-scale metabolic models, (ii) metabolic flux elucidation using labeled isotopes, and (iii) comprehensive identification of engineering interventions leading to the desired metabolism redirection.
Maranas, Costas D
Final Technical Report - Center for Technology for Advanced Scientific Component Software (TASCS)
This is a final technical report for the University of Maryland work in the SciDAC Center for Technology for Advanced Scientific Component Software (TASCS). The Maryland work focused on software tools for coupling parallel software components built using the Common Component Architecture (CCA) APIs. Those tools are based on the Maryland InterComm software framework that has been used in multiple computational science applications to build large-scale simulations of complex physical systems that employ multiple separately developed codes.
Sussman, Alan [University of Maryland
Planning Tool for Strategic Evaluation of Facility Plans - 13570
Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) has developed a strategic planning tool for the evaluation of the utilization of its unique resources for processing and research and development of nuclear materials. The Planning Tool is a strategic level tool for assessing multiple missions that could be conducted utilizing the SRNL facilities and showcasing the plan. Traditional approaches using standard scheduling tools and laying out a strategy on paper tended to be labor intensive and offered either a limited or cluttered view for visualizing and communicating results. A tool that can assess the process throughput, duration, and utilization of the facility was needed. SRNL teamed with Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, to create the next generation Planning Tool. The goal of this collaboration was to create a simulation based tool that allows for quick evaluation of strategies with respect to new or changing missions, and clearly communicates results to the decision makers. This tool has been built upon a mature modeling and simulation software previously developed by NNS. The Planning Tool provides a forum for capturing dependencies, constraints, activity flows, and variable factors. It is also a platform for quickly evaluating multiple mission scenarios, dynamically adding/updating scenarios, generating multiple views for evaluating/communicating results, and understanding where there are areas of risks and opportunities with respect to capacity. The Planning Tool that has been developed is useful in that it presents a clear visual plan for the missions at the Savannah River Site (SRS). It not only assists in communicating the plans to SRS corporate management, but also allows the area stakeholders a visual look at the future plans for SRS. The design of this tool makes it easily deployable to other facility and mission planning endeavors. (authors)
Magoulas, Virginia; Cercy, Michael [Savannah River National Laboratory, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC 29808 (United States)] [Savannah River National Laboratory, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC 29808 (United States); Hall, Irin [Newport News Shipbuilding, 4101 Washington Ave., Newport News, VA 23607 (United States)] [Newport News Shipbuilding, 4101 Washington Ave., Newport News, VA 23607 (United States)
M.Sc. Thesis Project at Ericsson AB for two students Comparison of model-based testing tools based on modelling of LTE functionality
, Object Oriented programming using Java, Constraint programming, Test methodology, and Software than January 22, to Olga Grinchtein firstname.lastname@example.com #12;
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email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com Load Analyzer a Software Tool for Load Data Analysis
. The Reliability Decision Management System (RDMS) at BC Hydro consists of data models such as a load curve model, which comprises minute-based metering data of individual loads and hourly load curve data of each] at BC Hydro consists of data models such as a load curve model, which comprises minute-based metering
Wang, Ke
Processes in Securing Open Architecture Software Systems
, and development practices play in facilitating or constrain- ing these processes through the case study. Our/variants. We employ a case study focusing on an OA software system whose security must be continually sustained versus descriptive practice of these processes and tool usage in studies of conventional and open source
Engineering secure software
In recent years computer software has gained notoriety for the endemic nature of security problems in software. These problems have been exploited with malicious intent by attackers. Most attempts at fixing these problems have been after...
Jetly, Prateek
Comparative Testing of the ESL's Code-Compliant Simulation Model and the FSEC's EnergyGauge Software
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Haberl, J. S.; Liu, Z.; Kim, S.
, Polymer flooding, ASP or lower concentration flooding, and CO2). WHO SHOULD ATTEND Petroleum Engineers"LIFE OF FIELD" DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, DOE-SUPPORTED SIMULATION SOFTWARE AS A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL, and ultimately enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. DOE-developed simulation software packages
Thompson, Anne
THE SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE BASE Bertrand Meyer
knowledge base" keeps track of software components and their properties; these properties are described, implementation, testing, project management). The use of the binary relational model for describing the properties of software is hacked by a theoretical study of the relations and constraints which play
Meyer, Bertrand
National Energy Software Center
A short introduction is given to the services of the National Energy Software Library at the Argonne National Laboratory. The objectives, history, and software collection of the center are presented. Information on ordering from the software collection of the library is also included. 4 refs., 3 tabs. (DWL)
Eyberger, L.R.
DREAM tool increases space weather predictions
- 1 - DREAM tool increases space weather predictions April 13, 2012 Predicting space weather improved by new DREAM modeling tool Earth's radiation belts can now be studied with a new modeling tool DREAM comes into play. Radiation belt structure and dynamics revealed DREAM is a modeling tool
A Method and Tool Support for Model-based Semi-automated Failure Modes and Effects Analysis of Engineering Designs
and scalability of present algorithms seem to have so far limited the industrial uptake of existing automated FMEA technology. In this paper, we describe a new tool for the automatic synthesis of FMEAs which builds upon our earlier work on fault tree synthesis. The tool constructs FMEAs from engineering diagrams (e.g. developed
Papadopoulos, Yiannis
A TOOL TO MODEL SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS. D. Lario1, B. Sanahuja2;3, A.M. Heras1
across the solar corona. If the condi- tions are appropriate this shock is able to acceler- ate particles5 A TOOL TO MODEL SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS. D. Lario1, B. Sanahuja2;3, A.M. Heras1 1Space ABSTRACT Gradual solar energetic particle events pose a serious risk to spacecraft components. The origin
Sanahuja, Blai
Verification of the coupled fluid/solid transfer in a CASL grid-to-rod-fretting simulation : a technical brief on the analysis of convergence behavior and demonstration of software tools for verification.
For a CASL grid-to-rod fretting problem, Sandia's Percept software was used in conjunction with the Sierra Mechanics suite to analyze the convergence behavior of the data transfer from a fluid simulation to a solid mechanics simulation. An analytic function, with properties relatively close to numerically computed fluid approximations, was chosen to represent the pressure solution in the fluid domain. The analytic pressure was interpolated on a sequence of grids on the fluid domain, and transferred onto a separate sequence of grids in the solid domain. The error in the resulting pressure in the solid domain was measured with respect to the analytic pressure. The error in pressure approached zero as both the fluid and solids meshes were refined. The convergence of the transfer algorithm was limited by whether the source grid resolution was the same or finer than the target grid resolution. In addition, using a feature coverage analysis, we found gaps in the solid mechanics code verification test suite directly relevant to the prototype CASL GTRF simulations.
Copps, Kevin D.
GENII Version 2 Software Design Document
This document describes the architectural design for the GENII-V2 software package. This document defines details of the overall structure of the software, the major software components, their data file interfaces, and specific mathematical models to be used. The design represents a translation of the requirements into a description of the software structure, software components, interfaces, and necessary data. The design focuses on the major components and data communication links that are key to the implementation of the software within the operating framework. The purpose of the GENII-V2 software package is to provide the capability to perform dose and risk assessments of environmental releases of radionuclides. The software also has the capability of calculating environmental accumulation and radiation doses from surface water, groundwater, and soil (buried waste) media when an input concentration of radionuclide in these media is provided. This report represents a detailed description of the capabilities of the software product with exact specifications of mathematical models that form the basis for the software implementation and testing efforts. This report also presents a detailed description of the overall structure of the software package, details of main components (implemented in the current phase of work), details of data communication files, and content of basic output reports. The GENII system includes the capabilities for calculating radiation doses following chronic and acute releases. Radionuclide transport via air, water, or biological activity may be considered. Air transport options include both puff and plume models, each allow use of an effective stack height or calculation of plume rise from buoyant or momentum effects (or both). Building wake effects can be included in acute atmospheric release scenarios. The code provides risk estimates for health effects to individuals or populations; these can be obtained using the code by applying appropriate risk factors to the effective dose equivalent or organ dose. In addition, Version 2 uses cancer risk factors from Federal Guidance Report 13 to estimate risk to specific organs or tissues.
Napier, Bruce A.; Strenge, Dennis L.; Ramsdell, James V.; Eslinger, Paul W.; Fosmire, Christian J.
Object-oriented development of EMS maintenance and documentation tools
This paper describes the use of an object-oriented application framework to implement a PC-based tool kit for use by EMS software support personnel in software maintenance activities including training, documentation development, and trouble-analysis. In addition to a description of the development of the underlying code which provides the tool kit functionality, the paper describes the steps necessary to instantiate the tool kit on a given EMS subsystem.
Sanders, C.W. [Entergy Services, Inc., Pine Bluff, AR (United States). Power System Operations Dept.
From Agile Software Product Line Engineering Towards Software
construction of software applications using pre- developed assets. Agile software development (ASD) is another in this thesis: RQ1: How can software product line engineering and agile software development be combined? RQ2From Agile Software Product Line Engineering Towards Software Ecosystems Geir Kjetil Hanssen
Langseth, Helge
Generating Structurally Complex Test Cases by Data Mutation: A Case Study of Testing an Automated Modelling Tool
- 1 - Generating Structurally Complex Test Cases by Data Mutation: A Case Study of Testing Brookes University, Oxford OX33 1HX, UK Email: firstname.lastname@example.com ABSTRACT Generation of adequate test cases is difficult and expensive, especially for testing software systems whose input is structurally
5, 12291261, 2012 diagnostic tool
GMDD 5, 12291261, 2012 Community diagnostic tool A. Gettelman et al. Title Page Abstract to the corresponding final paper in GMD if available. A community diagnostic tool for Chemistry Climate Model Community diagnostic tool A. Gettelman et al. Title Page Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables
Gettelman, Andrew
CyberGIS software: a synthetic review and integration roadmap
CyberGIS defined as cyberinfrastructure-based geographic information systems (GIS) has emerged as a new generation of GIS representing an important research direction for both cyberinfrastructure and geographic information science. This study introduces a 5-year effort funded by the US National Science Foundation to advance the science and applications of CyberGIS, particularly for enabling the analysis of big spatial data, computationally intensive spatial analysis and modeling (SAM), and collaborative geospatial problem-solving and decision-making, simultaneously conducted by a large number of users. Several fundamental research questions are raised and addressed while a set of CyberGIS challenges and opportunities are identified from scientific perspectives. The study reviews several key CyberGIS software tools that are used to elucidate a vision and roadmap for CyberGIS software research. The roadmap focuses on software integration and synthesis of cyberinfrastructure, GIS, and SAM by defining several key integration dimensions and strategies. CyberGIS, based on this holistic integration roadmap, exhibits the following key characteristics: high-performance and scalable, open and distributed, collaborative, service-oriented, user-centric, and community-driven. As a major result of the roadmap, two key CyberGIS modalities gateway and toolkit combined with a community-driven and participatory approach have laid a solid foundation to achieve scientific breakthroughs across many geospatial communities that would be otherwise impossible.
Wang, Shaowen [University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Anselin, Luc [Arizona State University; Bhaduri, Budhendra L [ORNL; Cosby, Christopher [University Navstar Consortium, Boulder, CO; Goodchild, Michael [University of California, Santa Barbara; Liu, Yan [University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nygers, Timothy L. [University of Washington, Seattle
Workflow Tools
at NERSC go here. Galaxy - Galaxy is a web based workflow tool that is use by the genomics community. It allows you to define job dependencies via a web based workflow engine....
Queer Tools
Broadcast Transcript: Chindogu. Did someone say "Bless you?" No need. This is a Japanese word that means "queer tools" and it was coined to describe the Japanese penchant for unusual inventions. From toilet paper rolls that attach to the head...
Hacker, Randi; Tsutsui, William
Lifecycle Model
This chapter describes the lifecycle model used for the Departmental software engineering methodology.
Validation of a Building Simulation Tool Using Field Data for Three Identical Configuration Full-Serve Restaurants Using Different HVAC Systems
A new building application for a pre-existing HVAC software tool which calculates the benefits of desiccant-assisted HVAC equipment versus the performance of a standard vapor-compression system is used to model the monitored results, see Yborra...
Brillhart, P. L.; Worek, W. M.
Make the Most of Your Time: How Should the Analyst Work with Automated Traceability Tools?
software engineer or analyst to make decisions or judgments based on the output of an automated tool. For example, a software architect may examine the outputs of a cost benefit analysis tool to decide on a particular architecture; a project manager may examine the output of a risk assessment tool to determine what
Dekhtyar, Alexander
Conceptual Content Management for Pattern-based Software Design: An E-Learning Experience
. Modern software engineering masters its complexity problems by applying well-understood development cases for software development tools. Design patterns and their utilization constitute an increasing larger and more complex most software development paradigms agree that some planning-ahead is needed
Inventory and software distribution solutions for midsize businesses Buyer's guide: purchasing criteria
Inventory and software distribution solutions for midsize businesses Buyer's guide: purchasing criteria Select inventory and software distribution tools that simplify PC and server management. March 2006 #12;2 Creating an accurate inventory of the hardware and software used throughout your
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15 Software Product Line Engineering with the UML: Deriving Products T. Ziadi and J.-M. J�z�quel Abstract Software product line engineering introduces two new dimensions into the traditional engineering of software-based systems: the variability modeling and the product derivation. The variability gathers
A Platform for Service-Oriented Integration of Software Engineering Environments
software application development, engineering systems and tools from several sources have to cooperate application development, engineering systems and tools from sev- eral sources have to cooperate for building agile process environments. Software is in most cases no longer stand-alone and delivered as "shrink
SOFTWARE Open Access The dChip survival analysis module for microarray
survival risk, and these signatures are now increasingly being used in treatment decision for several of the existing software packages such as BRB-ArrayTools, Survival Online tool and Prediction AnalysisSOFTWARE Open Access The dChip survival analysis module for microarray data Samir B Amin1
High Temperature Borehole Televiewer software user manual
The High Temperature Borehole Televiewer is a downhole instrument which provides acoustic pictures of the borehole walls that are suitable for casing inspection and fracture detection in geothermal wells. The Geothermal Drilling Organization has funded the development of a commercial tool survivable to temperatures of 275{degree}C and pressures of 5000 psi. A real-time display on an IBM-compatible PC was included as part of the development effort. This report contains a User Manual which describes the operation of this software. The software is designed in a menu format allowing the user to change many of the parameters which control both the acquisition and the display of the Televiewer data. An internal data acquisition card digitizes the waveform from the tool at a rate of 100,000 samples per second. The data from the tool, both the range or arrival time and the amplitude of the return signal, are displayed in color on the CRT screen of the computer during the logging operation. This data may be stored on the hard disk for later display and analysis. The software incorporates many features which aid in the setup of the tool for proper operation. These features include displaying and storing the captured waveform data to check the voltage and time windows selected by the user. 17 refs., 28 figs., 15 tabs.
Duda, L.E.
Modeling of Zircon (ZrSiO{sub 4}) and Zirconia (ZrO{sub 2}) using ADF-GUI Software
Natural zircon (ZrSiO{sub 4}) has very high concentration of Uranium and Thorium of up to 5000 ppm. Radioactive decay process of alpha particles from these impurities affects some changes like several atomic displacements in the crystalline structure of zircon. The amount of track density caused by alpha particles decay process of these radioactive materials in zircon can be decreased with annealing temperatures from 700 deg. C to 980 deg. C. Recently it has been extensively studied as the possible candidate material for immobilization of fission products and actinides. Besides, zirconia (ZrO{sub 2}), product from natural zircon, is widely used in industrial field because it has excellent chemical and mechanical properties at high temperature. Dielectric constant of monoclinic, cubic and tetragonal ZrO{sub 2} can be found in the range of 22, 35 and 50 by computer simulation works. In recent years, atomistic simulations and modeling have been studied, because a lot of computational techniques can offer atomic-level approaching with minimum errors in estimations. One favorite methods is Density Functional Theory (DFT). In this study, ADF-GUI software from DFT will be used to calculate the frequency and absorption Intensity of zircon and zirconia molecules. The data from calculations will be verified with experimental works such as Raman Spectroscopy, AFM and XRD.
Lwin, Maung Tin Moe [Applied Radiation Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); Amin, Yusoff Mohd; Kassim, Hasan Abu; Kamaluddin, Burhanuddin [Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
A Scientific Trigger Unit for Space-Based Real-Time Gamma Ray Burst Detection, I - Scientific Software Model and Simulations
The on-board Scientific Trigger Unit (UTS) is designed to detect Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in real-time, using the data produced by the ECLAIRs camera, foreseen to equip the future French-Chinese satellite mission SVOM (Space-based Variable Objects Monitor). The UTS produces GRB alerts, sent to the ground for GRB follow-up observations, and requests the spacecraft slew to repoint its narrow field instruments onto the GRB afterglow. Because of the diversity of GRBs in duration and variability, two simultaneously running GRB trigger algorithms are implemented in the UTS, the so called Image Trigger performing systematic sky image reconstruction on time scales above 20 s, and the Count-Rate Trigger, selecting a time scale from 10 ms to 20 s showing an excess in count-rate over background estimate, prior to imaging the excess for localization on the sky. This paper describes both trigger algorithms and their implementation in a library, compiled for the Scientific Software Model (SSM) running on standard Linux mach...
Schanne, St�phane; Kestener, Pierre; Gros, Aleksandra; Cortial, Marin; G�tz, Diego; Sizun, Patrick; Ch�teau, Fr�d�ric; Cordier, Bertrand
The Expanded Capabilities Of The Cementitious Barriers Partnership Software Toolbox Version 2.0 - 14331
The Cementitious Barriers Partnership (CBP) Project is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) Office of Tank Waste Management. The CBP program has developed a set of integrated tools (based on state-of-the-art models and leaching test methods) that help improve understanding and predictions of the long-term structural, hydraulic and chemical performance of cementitious barriers used in nuclear applications. The CBP Software Toolbox � �Version 1.0� was released early in FY2013 and was used to support DOE-EM performance assessments in evaluating various degradation mechanisms that included sulfate attack, carbonation and constituent leaching. The sulfate attack analysis predicted the extent and damage that sulfate ingress will have on concrete vaults over extended time (i.e., > 1000 years) and the carbonation analysis provided concrete degradation predictions from rebar corrosion. The new release �Version 2.0� includes upgraded carbonation software and a new software module to evaluate degradation due to chloride attack. Also included in the newer version are a dual regime module allowing evaluation of contaminant release in two regimes � both fractured and un-fractured. The integrated software package has also been upgraded with new plotting capabilities and many other features that increase the �user-friendliness� of the package. Experimental work has been generated to provide data to calibrate the models to improve the credibility of the analysis and reduce the uncertainty. Tools selected for and developed under this program have been used to evaluate and predict the behavior of cementitious barriers used in near-surface engineered waste disposal systems for periods of performance up to or longer than 100 years for operating facilities and longer than 1000 years for waste disposal. The CBP Software Toolbox is and will continue to produce tangible benefits to the working DOE Performance Assessment (PA) community.
Burns, Heather; Flach, Greg; Smith, Frank; Langton, Christine; Brown, Kevin; Kosson, David; Samson, Eric; Mallick, Pramod
Development of HydroImage, A User Friendly Hydrogeophysical Characterization Software
HydroImage, user friendly software that utilizes high-resolution geophysical data for estimating hydrogeological parameters in subsurface strate, was developed under this grant. HydroImage runs on a personal computer platform to promote broad use by hydrogeologists to further understanding of subsurface processes that govern contaminant fate, transport, and remediation. The unique software provides estimates of hydrogeological properties over continuous volumes of the subsurface, whereas previous approaches only allow estimation of point locations. thus, this unique tool can be used to significantly enhance site conceptual models and improve design and operation of remediation systems. The HydroImage technical approach uses statistical models to integrate geophysical data with borehole geological data and hydrological measurements to produce hydrogeological parameter estimates as 2-D or 3-D images.
Mok, Chin Man [GSI Environmental] [GSI Environmental; Hubbard, Susan [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory] [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Chen, Jinsong [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory] [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Suribhatla, Raghu [AMEC E& I] [AMEC E& I; Kaback, Dawn Samara [AMEC E& I] [AMEC E& I
Software Architectural Transformation: A New Approach to Low Energy Embedded Software
-blocking #12;OS energy macro-models(1/4) Definition A function expressing the relationship between � EnergySoftware Architectural Transformation: A New Approach to Low Energy Embedded Software T.K. Tan, ARim Han #12;Contents Introduction Overview of the approach Energy minimization methodology SAG & OS energy
Bae, Doo-Hwan
A Full-Featured User Friendly CO{sub 2}-EOR and Sequestration Planning Software
A Full-Featured, User Friendly CO{sub 2}-EOR and Sequestration Planning Software This project addressed the development of an integrated software solution that includes a graphical user interface, numerical simulation, visualization tools and optimization processes for reservoir simulation modeling of CO{sub 2}-EOR. The objective was to assist the industry in the development of domestic energy resources by expanding the application of CO{sub 2}-EOR technologies, and ultimately to maximize the CO{sub 2} sequestration capacity of the U.S. The software resulted in a field-ready application for the industry to address the current CO{sub 2}-EOR technologies. The software has been made available to the public without restrictions and with user friendly operating documentation and tutorials. The software (executable only) can be downloaded from NITEC�s website at www.nitecllc.com. This integrated solution enables the design, optimization and operation of CO{sub 2}-EOR processes for small and mid-sized operators, who currently cannot afford the expensive, time intensive solutions that the major oil companies enjoy. Based on one estimate, small oil fields comprise 30% of the of total economic resource potential for the application of CO{sub 2}-EOR processes in the U.S. This corresponds to 21.7 billion barrels of incremental, technically recoverable oil using the current �best practices�, and 31.9 billion barrels using �next-generation� CO{sub 2}-EOR techniques. The project included a Case Study of a prospective CO{sub 2}-EOR candidate field in Wyoming by a small independent, Linc Energy Petroleum Wyoming, Inc. NITEC LLC has an established track record of developing innovative and user friendly software. The Principle Investigator is an experienced manager and engineer with expertise in software development, numerical techniques, and GUI applications. Unique, presently-proprietary NITEC technologies have been integrated into this application to further its ease of use and technical functionality.
Savage, Bill
Software Safety Tutorial Status Update 1 Software Safety Tutorial
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Tian, Jeff
Assessing the Importance of Nonlinearities in the Development of a Substructure Model for the Wind Turbine CAE Tool FAST: Preprint
Design and analysis of wind turbines are performed using aero-servo-elastic tools that account for the nonlinear coupling between aerodynamics, controls, and structural response. The NREL-developed computer-aided engineering (CAE) tool FAST also resolves the hydrodynamics of fixed-bottom structures and floating platforms for offshore wind applications. This paper outlines the implementation of a structural-dynamics module (SubDyn) for offshore wind turbines with space-frame substructures into the current FAST framework, and focuses on the initial assessment of the importance of structural nonlinearities. Nonlinear effects include: large displacements, axial shortening due to bending, cross-sectional transverse shear effects, etc.
Damiani, R.; Jonkman, J.; Robertson, A.; Song, H.
Performance Engineering Technology for Scientific Component Software
Large-scale, complex scientific applications are beginning to benefit from the use of component software design methodology and technology for software development. Integral to the success of component-based applications is the ability to achieve high-performing code solutions through the use of performance engineering tools for both intra-component and inter-component analysis and optimization. Our work on this project aimed to develop performance engineering technology for scientific component software in association with the DOE CCTTSS SciDAC project (active during the contract period) and the broader Common Component Architecture (CCA) community. Our specific implementation objectives were to extend the TAU performance system and Program Database Toolkit (PDT) to support performance instrumentation, measurement, and analysis of CCA components and frameworks, and to develop performance measurement and monitoring infrastructure that could be integrated in CCA applications. These objectives have been met in the completion of all project milestones and in the transfer of the technology into the continuing CCA activities as part of the DOE TASCS SciDAC2 effort. In addition to these achievements, over the past three years, we have been an active member of the CCA Forum, attending all meetings and serving in several working groups, such as the CCA Toolkit working group, the CQoS working group, and the Tutorial working group. We have contributed significantly to CCA tutorials since SC'04, hosted two CCA meetings, participated in the annual ACTS workshops, and were co-authors on the recent CCA journal paper [24]. There are four main areas where our project has delivered results: component performance instrumentation and measurement, component performance modeling and optimization, performance database and data mining, and online performance monitoring. This final report outlines the achievements in these areas for the entire project period. The submitted progress reports for the first two years describe those year's achievements in detail. We discuss progress in the last project period in this document. Deployment of our work in CCA components, frameworks, and applications is an important metric of success. We also summarize the project's accomplishments in this regard at the end of the report. A list of project publications is also given.
Malony, Allen D.
Probabilistic Software Workshop Probabilistic Software Workshop
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Tax Deduction Qualified Software
On this page you'll find information about the EnergyGauge Summit version 3.20 (incorporating DOE-2.1E (v120)) qualified computer software (buildings.energy.gov/qualified_software.html), which calculates energy and power cost savings that meet federal tax incentive requirements for commercial buildings.
On this page you'll find information about the EnergyGauge Summit version 3.22 (incorporating DOE-2.1E (v120)) qualified computer software (buildings.energy.gov/qualified_software.html), which calculates energy and power cost savings that meet federal tax incentive requirements for commercial buildings.
On this page you'll find information about the EnergyGauge Summit version 3.21 (incorporating DOE-2.1E (v120)) qualified computer software (buildings.energy.gov/qualified_software.html), which calculates energy and power cost savings that meet federal tax incentive requirements for commercial buildings.
Deep in Data: Empirical Data Based Software Accuracy Testing Using the Building America Field Data Repository: Preprint
An opportunity is available for using home energy consumption and building description data to develop a standardized accuracy test for residential energy analysis tools. That is, to test the ability of uncalibrated simulations to match real utility bills. Empirical data collected from around the United States have been translated into a uniform Home Performance Extensible Markup Language format that may enable software developers to create translators to their input schemes for efficient access to the data. This may facilitate the possibility of modeling many homes expediently, and thus implementing software accuracy test cases by applying the translated data. This paper describes progress toward, and issues related to, developing a usable, standardized, empirical data-based software accuracy test suite.
Neymark, J.; Roberts, D.
Software Services By Michal Antkiewicz
· Software Engineering Methods and processes of software development · Evolving enterprise software and Component-Based Development to Build Web Service Applications. Cupertino, CA: Rational Software Corporation Agility · New market for car loans · New business service needed Provide car loans · New software
Coating for Silicon Solar Cell by Using Silvaco Software
efficiency of SiO 2/Si3N 4silicon solar cell. The solar cell structure was modelled by using Silvaco software
A. Lennie; H. Abdullah; Z. M. Shila; M. A. Hannan
Defect Prevention and Detection in Software for Automated Test Equipment
Software for automated test equipment can be tedious and monotonous making it just as error-prone as other software. Active defect prevention and detection are also important for test applications. Incomplete or unclear requirements, a cryptic syntax used for some test applications�especially script-based test sets, variability in syntax or structure, and changing requirements are among the problems encountered in one tester. Such problems are common to all software but can be particularly problematic in test equipment software intended to test another product. Each of these issues increases the probability of error injection during test application development. This report describes a test application development tool designed to address these issues and others for a particular piece of test equipment. By addressing these problems in the development environment, the tool has powerful built-in defect prevention and detection capabilities. Regular expressions are widely used in the development tool as a means of formally defining test equipment requirements for the test application and verifying conformance to those requirements. A novel means of using regular expressions to perform range checking was developed. A reduction in rework and increased productivity are the results. These capabilities are described along with lessons learned and their applicability to other test equipment software. The test application development tool, or �application builder�, is known as the PT3800 AM Creation, Revision and Archiving Tool (PACRAT).
E. Bean
Climate simulations and projections with a super-parameterized climate model. Journal of Environmental Modeling and Software. Volume: 60. Pages: 134-152
DOE Public Access Gateway for Energy & Science Beta (PAGES Beta)
The mean climate and its variability are analyzed in a suite of numerical experiments with a fully coupled general circulation model in which subgrid-scale moist convection is explicitly represented through embedded 2D cloud-system resolving models. Control simulations forced by the present day, fixed atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration are conducted using two horizontal resolutions and validated against observations and reanalyses. The mean state simulated by the higher resolution configuration has smaller biases. Climate variability also shows some sensitivity to resolution but not as uniform as in the case of mean state. The interannual and seasonal variability are better represented in the simulation at lower resolution whereas the subseasonal variability is more accurate in the higher resolution simulation. The equilibrium climate sensitivity of the model is estimated from a simulation forced by an abrupt quadrupling of the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. The equilibrium climate sensitivity temperature of the model is 2.77 degrees C, and this value is slightly smaller than the mean value (3.37 degrees C) of contemporary models using conventional representation of cloud processes. The climate change simulation forced by the representative concentration pathway 8.5 scenario projects an increase in the frequency of severe droughts over most of the North America.
Stan, Cristiana; Xu, Li
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Survey of tools for risk assessment of cascading outages
Abstract-This paper is a result of ongoing activity carried out by Understanding, Prediction, Mitigation and Restoration of Cascading Failures Task Force under IEEE Computer Analytical Methods Subcommittee (CAMS). The task force's previous papers [1, 2] are focused on general aspects of cascading outages such as understanding, prediction, prevention and restoration from cascading failures. This is the second of two new papers, which extend this previous work to summarize the state of the art in cascading failure risk analysis methodologies and modeling tools. The first paper reviews the state of the art in methodologies for performing risk assessment of potential cascading outages [3]. This paper describes the state of the art in cascading failure modeling tools, documenting the view of experts representing utilities, universities and consulting companies. The paper is intended to constitute a valid source of information and references about presently available tools that deal with prediction of cascading failure events. This effort involves reviewing published literature and other documentation from vendors, universities and research institutions. The assessment of cascading outages risk evaluation is in continuous evolution. Investigations to gain even better understanding and identification of cascading events are the subject of several research programs underway aimed at solving the complexity of these events that electrical utilities face today. Assessing the risk of cascading failure events in planning and operation for power transmission systems require adequate mathematical tools/software.
Papic, Milorad; Bell, Keith; Chen, Yousu; Dobson, Ian; Fonte, Louis; Haq, Enamul; Hines, Paul; Kirschen, Daniel; Luo, Xiaochuan; Miller, Stephen; Samaan, Nader A.; Vaiman, Marianna; Varghese, Matthew; Zhang, Pei
SAPHIRE 8 Quality Assurance Software Metrics Report
The purpose of this review of software metrics is to examine the quality of the metrics gathered in the 2010 IV&V and to set an outline for results of updated metrics runs to be performed. We find from the review that the maintenance of accepted quality standards presented in the SAPHIRE 8 initial Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) of April, 2010 is most easily achieved by continuing to utilize the tools used in that effort while adding a metric of bug tracking and resolution. Recommendations from the final IV&V were to continue periodic measurable metrics such as McCabe's complexity measure to ensure quality is maintained. The four software tools used to measure quality in the IV&V were CodeHealer, Coverage Validator, Memory Validator, Performance Validator, and Thread Validator. These are evaluated based on their capabilities. We attempted to run their latest revisions with the newer Delphi 2010 based SAPHIRE 8 code that has been developed and was successful with all of the Validator series of tools on small tests. Another recommendation from the IV&V was to incorporate a bug tracking and resolution metric. To improve our capability of producing this metric, we integrated our current web reporting system with the SpiraTest test management software purchased earlier this year to track requirements traceability.
Kurt G. Vedros
Modeling and Simulation of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
, and fuel cell vehicles, such as electric machines, power electronics, electronic continuously variableINVITED P A P E R Modeling and Simulation of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Tools that can model embedded software as well as components, and can automate the details of electric and hybrid vehicle design
Mi, Chunting "Chris"
CCD Astronomy Software User's Guide
CCDSoft CCD Astronomy Software User's Guide Version 5 Revision 1.11 Copyright © 19922006 SantaSky Astronomy Software, and AutomaDome are trademarks of Software Bisque. WindowsTM is a trademark of Microsoft
Software quality assurance handbook
There are two important reasons for Software Quality Assurance (SQA) at Allied-Signal Inc., Kansas City Division (KCD): First, the benefits from SQA make good business sense. Second, the Department of Energy has requested SQA. This handbook is one of the first steps in a plant-wide implementation of Software Quality Assurance at KCD. The handbook has two main purposes. The first is to provide information that you will need to perform software quality assurance activities. The second is to provide a common thread to unify the approach to SQA at KCD. 2 figs.
Software Function Allocation Methodology
, 2 The Jackson Methodology 2. 1. 3 Higher Order Software 2. 1. 4 Structured Analysis and Design Technique 2. 1. 5 Software Requirements Engineering Methodology 2. 1. 6 Software Development System 2. 2 Relation to Current Research 3. SFAM... BACKGROUND 3. 1 SPAN Preconditions 3. 2 SFAM Concepts 3. 3 SFAM Environment 12 13 3. 3. 1 SPAM Decision Types 3. 3. 2 SFAM Goal 3. 3. 3 SFAM Environment Summary 13 16 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page 3. 4 SFAM Outline 17 3. 4. 1 SFAM Step...
O'Neal, Michael Ralph
Multiphase flow calculation software
Multiphase flow calculation software and computer-readable media carrying computer executable instructions for calculating liquid and gas phase mass flow rates of high void fraction multiphase flows. The multiphase flow calculation software employs various given, or experimentally determined, parameters in conjunction with a plurality of pressure differentials of a multiphase flow, preferably supplied by a differential pressure flowmeter or the like, to determine liquid and gas phase mass flow rates of the high void fraction multiphase flows. Embodiments of the multiphase flow calculation software are suitable for use in a variety of applications, including real-time management and control of an object system.
Fincke, James R. (Idaho Falls, ID)
Best practices for system dynamics model design and construction with powersim studio.
This guide addresses software quality in the construction of Powersim{reg_sign} Studio 8 system dynamics simulation models. It is the result of almost ten years of experience with the Powersim suite of system dynamics modeling tools (Constructor and earlier Studio versions). It is a guide that proposes a common look and feel for the construction of Powersim Studio system dynamics models.
Malczynski, Leonard A.
JRipples: A Tool for Program Comprehension during Incremental Change Jonathan Buckner, Joseph Buchta, Maksym Petrenko, Vclav Rajlich
development, agile development, and other software processes. Highly interactive tool JRipples provides software. They include iterative development, agile development, and software evolution. An essential task, Michigan USA 48202 firstname.lastname@example.com, {JBuchta,max,firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Incremental software change
Foundational Tools for Petascale Computing
The Paradyn project has a history of developing algorithms, techniques, and software that push the cutting edge of tool technology for high-end computing systems. Under this funding, we are working on a three-year agenda to make substantial new advances in support of new and emerging Petascale systems. The overall goal for this work is to address the steady increase in complexity of these petascale systems. Our work covers two key areas: (1) The analysis, instrumentation and control of binary programs. Work in this area falls under the general framework of the Dyninst API tool kits. (2) Infrastructure for building tools and applications at extreme scale. Work in this area falls under the general framework of the MRNet scalability framework. Note that work done under this funding is closely related to work done under a contemporaneous grant, �High-Performance Energy Applications and Systems�, SC0004061/FG02-10ER25972, UW PRJ36WV.
Miller, Barton
The Software Patent Debate�
The paper discusses the proposed European Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions and the subsequent debate that followed. Do software patents - as argued by policymakers' - result in increased innovation?...
Guadamuz, Andres
Software Quality Assurance
DOE N 251.40, dated 5/3/01, extends this directive until 12/31/01. To define requirements and responsibilities for software quality assurance (SQA) within the Department of Energy (DOE). Does not cancel other directives.
To define requirements and responsibilities for software quality assurance (SQA) within the Department of Energy (DOE). DOE N 251.40, dated 5/3/01, extends this directive until 12/31/01.
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Integrated Baseline Bystem (IBS) Version 1.03: Models guide
The Integrated Baseline System)(IBS), operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is a system of computerized tools for emergency planning and analysis. This document is the models guide for the IBS and explains how to use the emergency related computer models. This document provides information for the experienced system user, and is the primary reference for the computer modeling software supplied with the system. It is designed for emergency managers and planners, and others familiar with the concepts of computer modeling. Although the IBS manual set covers basic and advanced operations, it is not a complete reference document set. Emergency situation modeling software in the IBS is supported by additional technical documents. Some of the other IBS software is commercial software for which more complete documentation is available. The IBS manuals reference such documentation where necessary.
Unit 9: Software Economics To provide an empirical view of where the effort
amount by which cost driver can influence the software cost estimated by the model) black box #12 and rework costs � code and documentation costs � labour and capital costs � software costs by phase costs. An Important Issue � Why is it important to understand and control software costs? � software
Finkelstein, Anthony
Design tool: a software for capturing design intent
The central purpose of design is to create products that satisfy societal needs within specified constraints. This is a daunting task that involves making a large number of design decisions usually with insufficient information. This results...
Velamakanni, Ravindra
Geospatial Open Source Software As A Tool For
units #12;GeoSan by Nexus Inc. GIS for the management of city's sanytary networks: water, sewage... #12 INPE is hold responsible #12;TerraLib: open source GIS library Data management Entire data (spatial http://www.terralib.org #12;Applications built on TerraLib Cadastral Mapping Improving urban management
Software tools for elementary math education : animated mathematical proofs
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [6] has identified the learning of proofs as a critical goal for students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 (p. 56). A proof for elementary students is not the highly ...
Mwangi, Timothy M
analysis software tools: Topics by E-print Network
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ARKTOS: a knowledge engineering software tool for images
The goal of our ARKTOS project is to build an intelligent knowledge-based system to classify satellite sea ice images. It involves acquiring knowledge from sea ice experts, quantifying such knowledge as computational entities and ultimately building...
Soh, L. K.; Tsatsoulis, Costas
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Software Tool for Naval Surface Warfare Simulation and Training
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Information and interaction requirements for software tools supporting analogical design
of representation are more effective than others for certain creative tasks, affecting the quantity, quality, and diversity of ideas generated (Fischer, 1993; Yamamoto & Nakakoji, 2005; Sarkar & Chakrabarti, 2008; Cardoso & Badke-Schaub, 2011). Combining... . (2011). Fixation or Inspiration: Creative Problem Solving in Design. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 45(2), 77-82. Chakrabarti, A., Sarkar, P., Leelavathamma, B., & Nataraju, B. (2005). A functional representation for aiding biomimetic...
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Using Local and Regional Air Quality Modeling and Source Apportionment Tools to Evaluate Vehicles and Biogenic Emission Factors
and inventories of CO, NO_(x) and VOCs from on-road vehicles estimated by vehicle emission factor models and biogenic emissions of isoprene estimated by a popular biogenic emission model are evaluated using local and regional scale air quality modeling and source...
Kota, Sri H
The dc modeling program (DCMP): Version 2. 0
In this project one of the main objectives was the refinement of tools for the study of HVDC systems. The original software was prepared in project RP1964-2 (EL-4365) as power flow and stability program models for HVDC systems. In this project new modeling capabilities were added to both the power flow and stability models. Additionally, the HVDC specific model capabilities were integrated into a new program, termed the Standalone program, for use in the development and testing of HVDC models. This volume provides information on the application of the software in the form of a User's Manual.
Chapman, D.G. (Manitoba HVDC Research Centre, Winnipeg, MB (Canada))
HistFitter software framework for statistical data analysis
We present a software framework for statistical data analysis, called HistFitter, that has been used extensively by the ATLAS Collaboration to analyze big datasets originating from proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Since 2012 HistFitter has been the standard statistical tool in searches for supersymmetric particles performed by ATLAS. HistFitter is a programmable and flexible framework to build, book-keep, fit, interpret and present results of data models of nearly arbitrary complexity. Starting from an object-oriented configuration, defined by users, the framework builds probability density functions that are automatically fitted to data and interpreted with statistical tests. A key innovation of HistFitter is its design, which is rooted in core analysis strategies of particle physics. The concepts of control, signal and validation regions are woven into its very fabric. These are progressively treated with statistically rigorous built-in methods. Being capable of working with multiple data models at once, HistFitter introduces an additional level of abstraction that allows for easy bookkeeping, manipulation and testing of large collections of signal hypotheses. Finally, HistFitter provides a collection of tools to present results with publication-quality style through a simple command-line interface.
M. Baak; G. J. Besjes; D. Cote; A. Koutsman; J. Lorenz; D. Short
Mining Software Usage with the Automatic Library Tracking Database (ALTD)
Tracking software usage is important for HPC centers, computer vendors, code developers and funding agencies to provide more efficient and targeted software support, and to forecast needs and guide HPC software effort towards the Exascale era. However, accurately tracking software usage on HPC systems has been a challenging task. In this paper, we present a tool called Automatic Library Tracking Database (ALTD) that has been developed and put in production on several Cray systems. The ALTD infrastructure prototype automatically and transparently stores information about libraries linked into an application at compilation time and also the executables launched in a batch job. We will illustrate the usage of libraries, compilers and third party software applications on a system managed by the National Institute for Computational Sciences.
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Web-Based Project Management Tools
Web-Based Project Management Tools Southwest Research Institute® San Antonio, Texas #12;With more any web browser; other client software is not required because the system resides on SwRI's web server using the PIMS include: Cassini (INMS) Deep Impact THEMIS AIM STEREO IMAGE Orbital Express CHIPS
Chapman, Clark R.
Mesh component design and software integration within SUMAA3d.
The requirements of distributed-memory applications that use mesh management software tools are diverse, and building software that meets these requirements represents a considerable challenge. In this paper we discuss design requirements for a general, component approach for mesh management for use within the context of solving PDE applications on parallel computers. We describe recent efforts with the SUMAA3d package motivated by a component-based approach and show how these efforts have considerably improved both the flexibility and the usability of this software.
Freitag, L.
Common Misconceptions about Software Architecture
Common Misconceptions about Software Architecture by Philippe Kruchten Rational Fellow Rational Software Canada References to architecture are everywhere: in every article, in every ad. And we take definition of software architecture. Are we all understanding the same thing? We gladly accept that software
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Self-adaptive software needs quantitative verification at Radu Calinescu
, performance and operating cost (e.g., energy consumption) of software. These techniques include model checkingSelf-adaptive software needs quantitative verification at runtime Radu Calinescu Department 1: The world and the machine. [19, 30]. In contrast, several mathematically-based modelling
, performance and operating cost (e.g., energy consumption) of software. These techniques include model checkingSelf-adaptive software needs quantitative verification at runtime Radu Calinescu Department"#.&*#.+$ Figure 1: The world and the machine. [19, 30]. In contrast, several mathematically-based modelling
Reference management software comparison There are a number of different types of software packages that you can use to manage the bibliographic details of information and the documents you find during your degree
that you can use to manage the bibliographic details of information and the documents you find during yourReference management software comparison There are a number of different types of software packagesWorks and Reference Manager, but there are now several software packages or bookmarking tools online at no cost to you
The IceCube Data Acquisition Software: Lessons Learned during Distributed, Collaborative, Multi-Disciplined Software Development.
In this experiential paper we report on lessons learned during the development ofthe data acquisition software for the IceCube project - specifically, how to effectively address the unique challenges presented by a distributed, collaborative, multi-institutional, multi-disciplined project such as this. While development progress in software projects is often described solely in terms of technical issues, our experience indicates that non- and quasi-technical interactions play a substantial role in the effectiveness of large software development efforts. These include: selection and management of multiple software development methodologies, the effective useof various collaborative communication tools, project management structure and roles, and the impact and apparent importance of these elements when viewed through the differing perspectives of hardware, software, scientific and project office roles. Even in areas clearly technical in nature, success is still influenced by non-technical issues that can escape close attention. In particular we describe our experiences on software requirements specification, development methodologies and communication tools. We make observations on what tools and techniques have and have not been effective in this geographically disperse (including the South Pole) collaboration and offer suggestions on how similarly structured future projects may build upon our experiences.
Beattie, Keith S; Beattie, Keith; Day Ph.D., Christopher; Glowacki, Dave; Hanson Ph.D., Kael; Jacobsen Ph.D., John; McParland, Charles; Patton Ph.D., Simon
SPEE: A Secure Program Execution Environment Tool Using Static and Dynamic Code Verification
SPEE: A Secure Program Execution Environment Tool Using Static and Dynamic Code Verification Olga those using the Internet and exploiting the vul- nerabilities in the software and applications, software for software integrity protection and authentication and presents performance results. Our system architecture
Simha, Rahul
Self-assembling software generator
A technique to generate an executable task includes inspecting a task specification data structure to determine what software entities are to be generated to create the executable task, inspecting the task specification data structure to determine how the software entities will be linked after generating the software entities, inspecting the task specification data structure to determine logic to be executed by the software entities, and generating the software entities to create the executable task.
Bouchard, Ann M. (Albuquerque, NM); Osbourn, Gordon C. (Albuquerque, NM)
Modelling Tools for the Efficient Design of New Alloys C J Humphreys and H K D H Bhadeshia
will revolutionise the way gas turbine (and other) materials are developed. A wide range of computer modelling) Cluster variation method modelling of a potential new turbine disc material: NiTi/Ni2TiAl. (iii) Ab Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy University of Cambridge Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ 1
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Enhancing User Customization through Novel Software Architecture for Utility Scale Solar Siting Software
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Risk Analysis and Decision-Making Software Package (1997 Version) User Manual
This manual provides instructions for using the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) risk analysis and decision making software (1997 version) developed at BDM Petroleum Technologies by BDM-Oklahoma, Inc. for DOE, under contract No. DE-AC22-94PC91OO8. This software provides petroleum producers with a simple, handy tool for exploration and production risk analysis and decision-making. It collects useful risk analysis tools in one package so that users do not have to use several programs separately. The software is simple to use, but still provides many functions. The 1997 version of the software package includes the following tools: (1) Investment risk (Gambler's ruin) analysis; (2) Monte Carlo simulation; (3) Best fit for distribution functions; (4) Sample and rank correlation; (5) Enhanced oil recovery method screening; and (6) artificial neural network. This software package is subject to change. Suggestions and comments from users are welcome and will be considered for future modifications and enhancements of the software. Please check the opening screen of the software for the current contact information. In the future, more tools will be added to this software package. This manual includes instructions on how to use the software but does not attempt to fully explain the theory and algorithms used to create it.
Chung, F.T.H.
Nonstandard Tools for Nonsmooth Analysis
This is an overview of the basic tools of nonsmooth analysis which are grounded on nonstandard models of set theory. By way of illustration we give a criterion for an infinitesimally optimal path of a general discrete dynamic system.
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Building Design Advisor: Automated integration of multiple simulation tools K. Papamichael, J. LaPorta, H. Chauvet
LBNL-40591 Preprint Building Design Advisor: Automated integration of multiple simulation tools K Design Advisor (BDA) is a software environment that supports the integrated use of multiple analysis
Do Process-Centred Environments Deserve Process-Centred Tools?
Do Process-Centred Environments Deserve Process-Centred Tools? Wolfgang Emmerich and email@example.com Abstract. Process-centred software development environments inte- grate a process engine, which enacts a process program, with tools that automate particular tasks or provide facilities for document production
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JSATS Decoder Software Manual
The Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) Decoder is a software application that converts a digitized acoustic signal (a waveform stored in the .bwm file format) into a list of potential JSATS Acoustic MicroTransmitter (AMT) tagcodes along with other data about the signal including time of arrival and signal to noise ratios (SNR). This software is capable of decoding single files, directories, and viewing raw acoustic waveforms. When coupled with the JSATS Detector, the Decoder is capable of decoding in �real-time� and can also provide statistical information about acoustic beacons placed within receive range of hydrophones within a JSATS array. This document details the features and functionality of the software. The document begins with software installation instructions (section 2), followed in order by instructions for decoder setup (section 3), decoding process initiation (section 4), then monitoring of beacons (section 5) using real-time decoding features. The last section in the manual describes the beacon, beacon statistics, and the results file formats. This document does not consider the raw binary waveform file format.
Flory, Adam E.; Lamarche, Brian L.; Weiland, Mark A.
Software Engineering Course Notes
of too many managers is to chase away good people. 1. These roles may be split between technical with a manager. Managers have three roles in software development1: · people management · productivity management personnel research, Kristiansand, Norway. #12;22 Management Managing people Good people management
Damon, Craig A.
Software Carpentry: Lessons Learned
Over the last 15 years, Software Carpentry has evolved from a week-long training course at the US national laboratories into a worldwide volunteer effort to raise standards in scientific computing. This article explains what we have learned along the way the challenges we now face, and our plans for the future.
Greg Wilson
Wilson, Greg
IBM Software Providesacomprehensivesolutionfor
, companies must make sure that they're delivering products that meet their customers' requirements while companies address the challenges of embedded software development and delivery-- from initial product products, services and best practices to help companies define and manage their product development
CaveMan Enterprise version 1.0 Software Validation and Verification.
The U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve stores crude oil in caverns solution-mined in salt domes along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas. The CaveMan software program has been used since the late 1990s as one tool to analyze pressure mea- surements monitored at each cavern. The purpose of this monitoring is to catch potential cavern integrity issues as soon as possible. The CaveMan software was written in Microsoft Visual Basic, and embedded in a Microsoft Excel workbook; this method of running the CaveMan software is no longer sustainable. As such, a new version called CaveMan Enter- prise has been developed. CaveMan Enterprise version 1.0 does not have any changes to the CaveMan numerical models. CaveMan Enterprise represents, instead, a change from desktop-managed work- books to an enterprise framework, moving data management into coordinated databases and porting the numerical modeling codes into the Python programming language. This document provides a report of the code validation and verification testing.
Hart, David
The GRAVITY instrument software / High-level software
GRAVITY is the four-beam, near- infrared, AO-assisted, fringe tracking, astrometric and imaging instrument for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). It is requiring the development of one of the most complex instrument software systems ever built for an ESO instrument. Apart from its many interfaces and interdependencies, one of the most challenging aspects is the overall performance and stability of this complex system. The three infrared detectors and the fast reflective memory network (RMN) recorder contribute a total data rate of up to 20 MiB/s accumulating to a maximum of 250 GiB of data per night. The detectors, the two instrument Local Control Units (LCUs) as well as the five LCUs running applications under TAC (Tools for Advanced Control) architecture, are interconnected with fast Ethernet, RMN fibers and dedicated fiber connections as well as signals for the time synchronization. Here we give a simplified overview of all subsystems of GRAVITY and their interfaces and discuss two examples of...
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Modern Software Product Support Processes and the Usage of Multimedia Formats
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Toronto, University of
The Software Invention Cube: a Classification Scheme for Software Inventions
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Klint, Paul
First Annual Conference on Intelligence Analysis Methods and Tools, May 2005 PNNL-SA-44274 Top Ten Needs for Intelligence Analysis Tool Development
First Annual Conference on Intelligence Analysis Methods and Tools, May 2005 PNNL-SA-44274 Top Ten Needs for Intelligence Analysis Tool Development Richard V. Badalamente and Frank L. Greitzer Battelle implications for intelligence analysis software tool develop- ment. 1. Introduction and Background Intelligence
Energino: a Hardware and Software Solution for Energy Consumption Monitoring
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Production-Run Software Failure Diagnosis via Hardware Performance Counters
Production-Run Software Failure Diagnosis via Hardware Performance Counters Joy Arulraj Po and huge financial loss during production runs. Tools that diagnose production-run failures with low is sometimes over 100%, for concurrency-bug failure diagnosis and hence are not suitable for production
Sheridan, Jennifer
Measurement and Simulation of High-Performance Packet Processing in Software Routers
Measurement and Simulation of High-Performance Packet Processing in Software Routers Torsten Meyer1 Terms--measurement, simulation, intra-node model, re- source contention, model validation, software in comparison with hardware developments, software solutions are preferred in many scenarios. While
Modelling of the ultrasonic propagation in polycrystalline materials
. Jenson Commissariat `a l'´energie atomique, Centre de Saclay - PC120, 91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France lili designing new NDE methods. Modeling work has been underway at CEA-LIST in the software CIVA to describe such as a polycrystalline material. The objective is to develop new simulation tools based on metallurgical data input
This report describes the development of a software tool, entitled �WildFire Ignition Resistance Estimator Wizard� (WildFIRE Wizard, Version 2.10). This software was developed within the Wildfire Ignition Resistant Home Design (WIRHD) program, sponsored by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, Infrastructure Protection & Disaster Management Division. WildFIRE Wizard is a tool that enables homeowners to take preventive actions that will reduce their home�s vulnerability to wildfire ignition sources (i.e., embers, radiant heat, and direct flame impingement) well in advance of a wildfire event. This report describes the development of the software, its operation, its technical basis and calculations, and steps taken to verify its performance.
Phillips, M.; Robinson, C.; Gupta, N.; Werth, D.
Collaborative learning in software development
fields such as software process improvement, team research, organizational learning, organization scienceCollaborative learning in software development: An investigation of characteristics, prerequisites and Technology #12;[ii] Abstract Collaborative learning integrates individual and collective learning
Systems Engineering Introduction to Software Quality Management
for quality management ISO 9001:2000 is a generic model of the quality process; ISO 9001:2008 clarifies ISO 9001:2000 ISO 9001:2008 applicable to any organisation that designs, develops and maintains products (or services) ISO 9000-3 interprets 9001 for software dev. 12 Features of ISO 9001:2008 Organisational
Bryson, Joanna J.
Compositional Algorithmic Verification of Software Product Lines
, and Siavash Soleimanifard2 1 Technische Universit¨at Braunschweig, Germany email@example.com 2 Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden {dilian,email@example.com Abstract. Software product expressiveness and a clean and simple model suitable for compositional verification. We generalize a previously
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Report on High Performance Building's Energy Modeling, Physical Building Information Modeling for Solar Building Design and Simulation
This report was created for the National Science Foundation-Physical Building Information Modeling (NSF-PBIM) project. This report describes the analysis of a solar office building using the following software: the legacy tools (DOE 2.1e, the F...
Alcocer, J.; Haberl, J. S.
Monitoring Software Reliability using Statistical Process control: An MMLE approach
This paper consider an MMLE (Modified Maximum Likelihood Estimation) based scheme to estimate software reliability using exponential distribution. The MMLE is one of the generalized frameworks of software reliability models of Non Homogeneous Poisson Processes (NHPPs). The MMLE gives analytical estimators rather than an iterative approximation to estimate the parameters. In this paper we proposed SPC (Statistical Process Control) Charts mechanism to determine the software quality using inter failure times data. The Control charts can be used to measure whether the software process is statistically under control or not.
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A few elements in software development engineering education Vincent Ribaud and Philippe Saliou
education systems. The idea is that students follow through a project from A to Z, relying on an ISO9001 specification methods and associated tools within the context of an ISO 9001 quality management system, implement, test and document a software project relying on strong software engineering principles
education systems. The idea is that students follow through a project from A to Z, relying on an ISO9001 methods and associated tools within the context of an ISO 9001 quality management system; to manage, implement, test and document a software project relying on strong software engineering principles
Brest, Université de
Toward Visualization and Analysis of Traceability Relationships in Distributed and Offshore Software
Toward Visualization and Analysis of Traceability Relationships in Distributed and email@example.com Abstract. Offshore software development projects provoke new issues to the collaborative endeavor and inform the construction of more useful software development tools for offshore projects. This research
Redmiles, David F.
Demo: Logic X Logic is Apple's profession sound production software (Garageband is the consumer
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Stowell, Michael
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Knowware: the third star after Hardware and Software
This book proposes to separate knowledge from software and to make it a commodity that is called knowware. The architecture, representation and function of Knowware are discussed. The principles of knowware engineering and its three life cycle models: furnace model, crystallization model and spiral model are proposed and analyzed. Techniques of software/knowware co-engineering are introduced. A software component whose knowledge is replaced by knowware is called mixware. An object and component oriented development schema of mixware is introduced. In particular, the tower model and ladder model for mixware development are proposed and discussed. Finally, knowledge service and knowware based Web service are introduced and compared with Web service. In summary, knowware, software and hardware should be considered as three equally important underpinnings of IT industry. Ruqian Lu is a professor of computer science of the Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences. He is a fellow of Chin...
Lu, Ruqian
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Ideas for Security Assurance in Security Critical Software using Modelica
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Inventory management with dynamic Bayesian network software systems
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Barker, Jon
IBM Software Design and development
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Internal dosimetry software comparison
(ICRP) published in 1979 provided an improved approach for the assessment of internal dose. The ICRP recommendations were implemented in federal regulations promulgated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the Code of Federal Regulations (10... in the assessment of internal dose has led to the development of various computer software. In this study, several internal dosimetry codes were examined using a standard set of benchmark problems incorporating authentic exposure data. Personal computer...
Fulmer, Judith Renee
SGE: Software Presentation
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Nouanegue, H. F.; Daoud, A.; Lavigne, K.; Poulin, A.; Charette, A.; Lahala, S.; Sansregret, S.; Desbiens, G.
Software Based Barriers To Integration Of Renewables To The Future Distribution Grid
The future distribution grid has complex analysis needs, which may not be met with the existing processes and tools. In addition there is a growing number of measured and grid model data sources becoming available. For these sources to be useful they must be accurate, and interpreted correctly. Data accuracy is a key barrier to the growth of the future distribution grid. A key goal for California, and the United States, is increasing the renewable penetration on the distribution grid. To increase this penetration measured and modeled representations of generation must be accurate and validated, giving distribution planners and operators confidence in their performance. This study will review the current state of these software and modeling barriers and opportunities for the future distribution grid.
Stewart, Emma; Kiliccote, Sila
Modeling the resolution of inexpensive, novel non-seismic geophysical monitoring tools to monitor CO2 injection into coal beds
A sensitivity study of gravity and electromagnetic (EM) techniques, and amplitude vs. angle (AVA) analysis for CO{sub 2} movement in coal beds was based on the SECARB pilot test planned in the Black Warrior basin in Alabama. In the area of interest, coalbed methane is produced mainly from the Black Creek, Mary Lee, and Pratt coal zones at depths between 400 and 700 m and approximately 3 m thick on average. The permeability of coal in the Black Warrior basin decreases exponentially with depth as overburden stress increases. The permeability of the top layer is 100 mD, while the permeability of the deepest layer is around 1 mD. The pilot field test will include injecting a total of 1000 tons of CO{sub 2} into these three coal zones ({approx}300 tons to each zone). The density, sonic and resistivity well-logs from a deep disposal well a couple of miles from the pilot test site were used to create background (pre-injection) models. Our laboratory measurements of seismic velocity and electrical resistivity as a function of CO{sub 2} saturation on coal core samples were used to provide a link between the coalbed CO{sub 2} flow simulation models and the geophysical models. The sensitivity studies showed that while the response to the 300 tons of CO{sub 2} injected into a single layer wouldn't produce measurable surface response for either gravity or EM, the response due to an industrial-size injection would produce measurable surface signal for both techniques. Gravity inversion results illustrated that, provided we can collect high-quality gravity data in the field and we have some a priori information about the depth of the reservoir, we can recover the spatial location of CO{sub 2} plume correctly, although with the smoothing constraint of the inversion, the area was slightly overestimated, resulting in an underestimated value of density change. AVA analysis showed that by inverting seismic and EM data jointly, much better estimates of CO{sub 2} saturation can be obtained, especially in the third injection zone, where seismic AVA data fail to detect the high CO{sub 2} saturation. Analysis of spatial resolution and detectability limits show that gravity and EM measurements could, under certain circumstances, be used as a lower-cost alternative to seismic measurements.
Gasperikova, E.; Hoversten, G.M.
GoSam-2.0: a tool for automated one-loop calculations within the Standard Model and beyond
We present the version 2.0 of the program package GoSam for the automated calculation of one-loop amplitudes. GoSam is devised to compute one-loop QCD and/or electroweak corrections to multi-particle processes within and beyond the Standard Model. The new code contains improvements in the generation and in the reduction of the amplitudes, performs better in computing time and numerical accuracy, and has an extended range of applicability. The extended version of the "Binoth-Les-Houches-Accord" interface to Monte Carlo programs is also implemented. We give a detailed description of installation and usage of the code, and illustrate the new features in dedicated examples.
G. Cullen; H. van Deurzen; N. Greiner; G. Heinrich; G. Luisoni; P. Mastrolia; E. Mirabella; G. Ossola; T. Peraro; J. Schlenk; J. F. von Soden-Fraunhofen; F. Tramontano
A Automated Tool for Supporting FMEAs of Digital Systems
Although designs of digital systems can be very different from each other, they typically use many of the same types of generic digital components. Determining the impacts of the failure modes of these generic components on a digital system can be used to support development of a reliability model of the system. A novel approach was proposed for such a purpose by decomposing the system into a level of the generic digital components and propagating failure modes to the system level, which generally is time-consuming and difficult to implement. To overcome the associated issues of implementing the proposed FMEA approach, an automated tool for a digital feedwater control system (DFWCS) has been developed in this study. The automated FMEA tool is in nature a simulation platform developed by using or recreating the original source code of the different module software interfaced by input and output variables that represent physical signals exchanged between modules, the system, and the controlled process. For any given failure mode, its impacts on associated signals are determined first and the variables that correspond to these signals are modified accordingly by the simulation. Criteria are also developed, as part of the simulation platform, to determine whether the system has lost its automatic control function, which is defined as a system failure in this study. The conceptual development of the automated FMEA support tool can be generalized and applied to support FMEAs for reliability assessment of complex digital systems.
Yue,M.; Chu, T.-L.; Martinez-Guridi, G.; Lehner, J.
VCAT: Visual Crosswalk Analysis Tool
VCAT is a knowledge modeling and analysis tool. It was synthesized from ideas in functional analysis, business process modeling, and complex network science. VCAT discovers synergies by analyzing natural language descriptions. Specifically, it creates visual analytic perspectives that capture intended organization structures, then overlays the serendipitous relationships that point to potential synergies within an organization or across multiple organizations.
Cleland, Timothy J. [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Forslund, David W. [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Cleland, Catherine A. [Los Alamos National Laboratory
Information Visualization for Agile Software Development Teams
Information Visualization for Agile Software Development Teams Julia Paredes Department of Computer software development teams. The results of the systematic mapping show that Agile teams use visualization artifacts amongst team members. Keywords--Agile software development, information visualiza- tion, software
Maurer, Frank
Integrating agile practices into critical software development
Integrating agile practices into critical software development Katarzyna Lukasiewicz, Janusz Górski. In this text we describe our research towards introducing agile practices into critical software development processes Keywords-- safety-critical software; agile practices; software development; process improvement
MARVEL: A PC-based interactive software package for life-cycle evaluations of hybrid/electric vehicles
As a life-cycle analysis tool, MARVEL has been developed for the evaluation of hybrid/electric vehicle systems. It can identify the optimal combination of battery and heat engine characteristics for different vehicle types and performance requirements, on the basis of either life-cycle cost or fuel efficiency. Battery models that allow trade-offs between specific power and specific energy, between cycle life and depth of discharge, between peak power and depth of discharge, and between other parameters, are included in the software. A parallel hybrid configuration, using an internal combustion engine and a battery as the power sources, can be simulated with a user-specified energy management strategy. The PC-based software package can also be used for cost or fuel efficiency comparisons among conventional, electric, and hybrid vehicles.
Marr, W.W.; He, J.
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