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Multi-Agent Simulation Of Complex Heterogeneous Models In Scientific Computing, Anupam Joshi, Tzvetan Drashansky, John R. Rice, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Elias N. Houstis May 1996

Multi-Agent Simulation Of Complex Heterogeneous Models In Scientific Computing, Anupam Joshi, Tzvetan Drashansky, John R. Rice, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Dynamic Scheduling Of Process Groups, Kuei Yu Wang, Dan C. Marinescu, Octavian F. Carbunar May 1996

Dynamic Scheduling Of Process Groups, Kuei Yu Wang, Dan C. Marinescu, Octavian F. Carbunar

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


A Young-Eidson's Type Algorithm For Complex P-Cyclic Sor Spectra, S. Galanis, A. Hadijimos, D. Noutsos May 1996

A Young-Eidson's Type Algorithm For Complex P-Cyclic Sor Spectra, S. Galanis, A. Hadijimos, D. Noutsos

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


A Color-Based Technique For Measuring Visible Loss For Use In Image Data Communication, Melliyal Annamalai, Aurobindo Sundaram, Bharat Bhargava May 1996

A Color-Based Technique For Measuring Visible Loss For Use In Image Data Communication, Melliyal Annamalai, Aurobindo Sundaram, Bharat Bhargava

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Energy Formulations Of A-Splines, Chandrajit L. Bajaj, Jindon Chen, Robert J. Holt, Arun N. Netravali May 1996

Energy Formulations Of A-Splines, Chandrajit L. Bajaj, Jindon Chen, Robert J. Holt, Arun N. Netravali

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Front-Tracking Finite Difference Methods For The American Option Valuation Problem, K. N. Pantazopoulos, S. Zhang, Elias N. Houstis May 1996

Front-Tracking Finite Difference Methods For The American Option Valuation Problem, K. N. Pantazopoulos, S. Zhang, Elias N. Houstis

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Nanotechnology, Fullereness, & The Golden Mean, Loretta L. Lange May 1996

Nanotechnology, Fullereness, & The Golden Mean, Loretta L. Lange

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This article explains how nanotechnology can be used in digital art forms and how it may be used in the near future. The development of nanotechnology has led to breathroughts such as the discovery of buckyballs and fullerenes. Such concepts eventually led to the research into nanobiology. The world of nanotechnology is still considered new and all of the concepts that dabbled into this medium can be expectred to evolve as time goes by.


Artificial Love Life Is As Real As The Real Thing, Professor S. Farsad May 1996

Artificial Love Life Is As Real As The Real Thing, Professor S. Farsad

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This article explains how an experiment by two human subjects stimulates love compared to artificial life. Professor Farsad’s experiment consisted of seven procedures from Stendhal’s work on romantic love, Love (1822). Both this article and experiment aimed to answer the question; Can artificial life feel love in romance?


Rucker, Rudy Rucker May 1996

Rucker, Rudy Rucker

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In this article, Rudy Rucker shares his thoughts on hacking. He summarizes it as normal actions, such as building a car, or kneading clay. He compares hacking to things that are buildable by hand, and views creating computer programs the same way. One of the benefits of creating your own computer programs is that you can customize themn however you want. However customizing software on your own is extremely time consuming. He then goes into further detail about artificial life and how hyperspace works. Hacking bends the cyber reality that we are accustomed to, and modifying programs outside of what …


Rudy Rucker's Calife, Rudy Rucker May 1996

Rudy Rucker's Calife, Rudy Rucker

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This page performs as a guide to Rudy Rucker’s alife programs. The first page explains how to download the source codes as well as the compiled software. It is noted that the compiler used was Borland C++ 4.0. The second page performs as a list of each program and explains what they are used for. The zip files can be found at the bottom of the software download page 2.


The Simplest Subdivision Scheme For Smoothing Polyhedra, Jörg Peters, Ulrich Reif May 1996

The Simplest Subdivision Scheme For Smoothing Polyhedra, Jörg Peters, Ulrich Reif

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


The Interaction Of Intense Laser Pulses With Atomic Clusters, T. Ditmire, Thomas D. Donnelly, A. M. Rubenchik, R. W. Falcone, M. D. Perry May 1996

The Interaction Of Intense Laser Pulses With Atomic Clusters, T. Ditmire, Thomas D. Donnelly, A. M. Rubenchik, R. W. Falcone, M. D. Perry

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

We examine the interaction of intense, femtosecond laser radiation with the large (50–200 Å) clusters produced in pulsed gas jets. Both experiment and simulation show that the plasmas produced during these interactions exhibit electron temperatures far in excess of that predicted by above-threshold ionization theory for a low-density gas. Efficient heating of the clusters by the laser is followed by rapid expansion of the clusters and long-lived x-ray emission from hot, decaying, underdense plasma.


Relativistic Momentum, Paul Finkler May 1996

Relativistic Momentum, Paul Finkler

Paul Finkler Papers

Introductory treatments of relativistic dynamics rely on the invariance of momentum conservation (i.e., on the assumption that momentum is conserved in all inertial frames if it is conserved in one) to establish the relationship for the momentum of a particle in terms of its mass and velocity. By contrast, more advanced treatments rely on the transformation properties of the four-velocity and/or proper time to obtain the same result and then show that momentum conservation is invariant. Here, we will outline a derivation of that relationship that, in the spirit of the more advanced treatments, relies on an elemental feature of …


Auger Electron Spectroscopy Of Free Argon Clusters, A. Knop, D.N. Mcilroy, Peter A. Dowben, E. Ruhl May 1996

Auger Electron Spectroscopy Of Free Argon Clusters, A. Knop, D.N. Mcilroy, Peter A. Dowben, E. Ruhl

Peter Dowben Publications

Auger electron spectra and Auger yields of free argon clusters in the Ar(2p) excitation regime are reported. The Auger yield spectra show characteristic changes as a function of cluster size. The results indicate that the Auger yield signal originates primarily from the surface of the clusters. The results are compared to bulk-sensitive experimental techniques, such as total electron yields (TEY), zero kinetic energy electron (ZEKE) spectra for variable size clusters, as well as Auger yield spectra of condensed argon multilayers.


Wrestling With The Bear: A Compact Approach To Water Allocation, Jeff Boyce May 1996

Wrestling With The Bear: A Compact Approach To Water Allocation, Jeff Boyce

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Multijurisdictional Water Resources Regulation, Ray Jay Davis May 1996

Introduction: Multijurisdictional Water Resources Regulation, Ray Jay Davis

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


International Water Law And The Protection Of River System Ecosystem Integrity, A. Dan Tarlock May 1996

International Water Law And The Protection Of River System Ecosystem Integrity, A. Dan Tarlock

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


The Two Rivers And The Lands Between: Mesopotamia And The International Law Of Transboundary Waters, Joseph W. Dellapenna May 1996

The Two Rivers And The Lands Between: Mesopotamia And The International Law Of Transboundary Waters, Joseph W. Dellapenna

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


The Federal Reserved Rights Doctrine And Practicably Irrigable Acreage: Past, Present And Future, Jennele Morris O'Hair May 1996

The Federal Reserved Rights Doctrine And Practicably Irrigable Acreage: Past, Present And Future, Jennele Morris O'Hair

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Interstate Compacts That Are For The Birds: A Proposal For Reconciling Federal Wetlands Protection With State Water Rights Through Federal-Interstate Compacts, Erik G. Davis May 1996

Interstate Compacts That Are For The Birds: A Proposal For Reconciling Federal Wetlands Protection With State Water Rights Through Federal-Interstate Compacts, Erik G. Davis

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Las Vegas And The Virgin River: Cashing In On An Unclaimed Jackpot In The Southern Desert, Ryan Dennett May 1996

Las Vegas And The Virgin River: Cashing In On An Unclaimed Jackpot In The Southern Desert, Ryan Dennett

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


The Probe, Issue 165 – May 1996 May 1996

The Probe, Issue 165 – May 1996

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

The Wildlife Damage Management Professional, by Robert H. Schmidt, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan Utah 84322-5210
ADC "News on the Net" - Computer Talk on Animal Damage Control
Wildlife Population Control Strategy Publication Available
Book Review: "Eastern Coyote: The Story of Its Success." By Gerry Parker. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Press 1995 251 pp. with Index and B+W photos.
Ohio Wildlife Control Association News --Mike Dwyer, President, OWCA


Proof Strategies For Hardware Verification, Robert Eastham, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan May 1996

Proof Strategies For Hardware Verification, Robert Eastham, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan

Kno.e.sis Publications

Ascertaining correctness of digital hardware designs through simulation does not scale-up for large designs because of the sheer combinatorics of the problem. Formal verification of hardware designs holds promise because its computational complexity is of the order of number of different types of components (and not number of components in the design). This approach requires the specification of the behavior and the design in a formal language, and reason with them using a theorem prover. In this paper we attempt to develop a methodology for writing and using these specifications for some important classes of hardware circuits. We examine digital …


The Observatory That Never Was, M. Eugene Rudd May 1996

The Observatory That Never Was, M. Eugene Rudd

M. Eugene Rudd Publications

Astronomy has been taught at the University of Nebraska since it first opened its doors in 1871, but for almost half of this time the university had no telescope larger than a Cinch Brashear refractor. Goodwin DeLoss Swezey, the astronomy professor at the turn of the century, had a small observatory built on campus to house this and other astronomical instruments.
Despite Swezey's ambitions for a larger telescope, the university's resources were limited. So he proposed to build a 12-inch refractor himself with the help of Charles S. Minnich, a nearby country doctor and amateur astronomer. Not only could Minnich …


Far-Ultraviolet Stellar Photometry: Fields Centered On Ρ Ophiuchi And The Galactic Center, Edward G. Schmidt, George R. Carruthers May 1996

Far-Ultraviolet Stellar Photometry: Fields Centered On Ρ Ophiuchi And The Galactic Center, Edward G. Schmidt, George R. Carruthers

Edward Schmidt Publications

Far-ultraviolet photometry is presented for 121 objects in a 20" diameter field centered on ρ Oph and for 649 objects in a field covering the Galactic center. Broadband magnitudes with effective wavelengths of 1375 Å and 1781 Å are given. The Galactic center field overlaps two fields which were discussed in an earlier paper. Eighty-eight percent of the ultraviolet objects in the ρ Oph field were identified with visible stars using the SIMBAD database, while only 9% of the objects are blends of early-type stars too close together to separate with our resolution. The photometric calibration was studied in detail, …


Changing Source Characteristics During Multifragment Decay, T. M. Hamilton, E. Cornell, D. Fox, Y. Lou, R. T. De Souza, M. J. Huang, W. C. Hsi, C. Schwarz, C. Williams, D. R. Bowman, J. Dinius, C. K. Gelbke, T. Glasmacher, D. O. Handzy, M. A. Lisa, W. G. Lynch, Graham F. Peaslee, L. Phair, M. B. Tsang, G. Vanburen, R. J. Charity, L. G. Sobotka, A. A. Sonzogni, D. Prindle May 1996

Changing Source Characteristics During Multifragment Decay, T. M. Hamilton, E. Cornell, D. Fox, Y. Lou, R. T. De Souza, M. J. Huang, W. C. Hsi, C. Schwarz, C. Williams, D. R. Bowman, J. Dinius, C. K. Gelbke, T. Glasmacher, D. O. Handzy, M. A. Lisa, W. G. Lynch, Graham F. Peaslee, L. Phair, M. B. Tsang, G. Vanburen, R. J. Charity, L. G. Sobotka, A. A. Sonzogni, D. Prindle

Faculty Publications

The spatial-temporal extent of the emitting system for central collisions in Kr84 + Au197 at E/A = 35, 55, and 70 MeV is probed using fragment-fragment velocity correlation functions. Selection on fragment pairs of high velocity yields a stronger fragment-fragment Coulomb interaction than for inclusive fragment pairs. This result is consistent with fragment emission from a source of decreased spatial-temporal extent. The universality of this association and the effect of different selection criteria are explored. The sensitivity of the spatial-temporal extent deduced by the correlation function technique to measurement uncertainties, assumed source characteristics, and rotational effects is assessed.


Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering At Elevated Temperatures, P.T. Leung, M. H. Hider, Erik J. Sánchez May 1996

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering At Elevated Temperatures, P.T. Leung, M. H. Hider, Erik J. Sánchez

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The effect on surface-enhanced Raman scattering due to the increase in temperature of the metallic substrate is studied via a simple model for physisorbed molecules. Surface roughness is represented by a spherical or spheroidal island, and the temperature effects on the surface plasmon are accounted for via a slightly modified Ujihara model. It is found that the enhancement ratio in general decreases as substrate temperature increases. For noble metals like silver, this temperature effect is particularly pronounced at scattering frequencies close to that of the surface-plasmon resonance; and for frequencies well below the surface plasmon frequency, the enhancement ratio is …


Web Fungus, Eric Matthews May 1996

Web Fungus, Eric Matthews

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This article explains the difference between digital worms, digital virus, and a fungus in the digital realm. A virus tends to be malicious towards our machines and replicates itself just like how it does in our real counterpart. A worm tends to just keep to itself and mind it's own business in a sense.The author goes in more depth on the topic of what a digital fungus’ purpose is within the digital realm. Just as fungi tend to branch out and live off of other living things in the physical world, this metaphor is extended into the digital realm. Digital …


The Quest For The Gnarl, Rudy Rucker May 1996

The Quest For The Gnarl, Rudy Rucker

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The article describes some of the author’s own image-generating computer programs that he describes as “gnarly”. He began writing a simple spirograph program based off simple sine wave function called Spiro. Later transitioned into writing with C and better programs using more nonlinear feedback. Where Spiro is based on a simple sine wave function, Vine uses a nested sine function: the sine of the sine. The need for a more complicated computational approach lead to iteration and parallelism. Julgnarl uses Iteration and Calife uses parallelism. Calife shows one-dimensional cellular automata: spaces in which virtual computers are lined up like beads …


How I Got Gnarly, Rudy Rucker May 1996

How I Got Gnarly, Rudy Rucker

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The article describes how Rudy Rucker’s curious interest in celluar automata led to his career in mathematical computer science at San José State University. After conducting interviews on the theory of cellular automata as a freelance writer, he felt compelled to be involved in this great intellectual revolution in computer-aided experimental mathematics. Committed to reinventing himself, Rucker's interactions with mathematicians inspired him to write “Mind Tools”, a book that surveys mathematics from the standpoint that is information. After publishing his book, in 1987, he was eventually offered a position at SJSU in the Mathematics and Computer Science department. With assistance …