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THE AUDIO-VISUAL INITIAL DEBUG (AVID) METHOD IS PROSPOSED ASA FIRST- LINE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR LOCATING ERRORS IN NEW SOURCE CODE. THE CONCEPT INVOLVES USING A COMPUTERR SPEECH SYNTHESIZER CONNECTED TO THE TERMINAL TO PROVIDE AN AUDIO PLAY-BACK OF THE SOURCE CODE WHILE AS CURRENTLY ENVISIONED IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ANALYZE AND SPEAK COMPUTER LANGUAGE. CERTAIN STANDARD AND USER-DEFINE ...

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THE PROBLEM OF PREDICTING DETECTION/IDENTIFICATION PROBABILITIES FOR A SMALL, MOBILE ICBM IS TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A SPECTRAL MODEL INCLUDING TARGET REFLECTIVITY, BACKGROUND REFLECTIVITY, SOLAR IRRADIANCE, ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE/SCATTERING, SENSOR SENSITIVITY RESPONSE, SENSOR SPECTRAL RESPONSE, AND DETECTION/IDENTIFICATION RESOLUTION CRITERIA. THE MODEL IS TO USE A FRACTAL STATISTICAL BASIS F ...

A SIMULATION APPROACH IS PROPOSED TO DETERMINE THE DEGRADING EFFECTS OF MICROJAMMERS, POSITIONED IN THE GROUND, ON ABM RADARS. UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED WORK INCLUDE THE USE OF GAUSSIAN FIELD EXPAN-SIONS TO DESCRIBE NEAR/FRESNEL/FAR FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS OR PATTERNS. ALSO UNIQUE IS THE DESCRIPTION OF IRREGULAR TERRAIN FEATURES AND RESULTING SCATTERED SIGNALS IN TERMS OF FRACTAL MATHEMATICAL MO ...

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THE CONCEPT OF EMPLOYING DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS OPERATING AT NEAR THE SPEED OF LIGHT OF DESTROY BALLISTIC MISSILES OFFERS PROMISE OF THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION FOR PROTECTION AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACKS. ALTHOUGH THE METHOD OF KILL OF DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS IS BOTH NOVEL, FAST AND LONG RANGE, THE FUNCTIONING AND CAPABILITY OF A LAYERED DEFENSE SYSTEM (LLDS) IS DEPENDENT ON SENSORS, BATTLE MANAG ...

THE ADVENT OF DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON (DEWS) HAS GENERATED NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY WARFARE. THESE NEW WEAPON CONCEPTS, RANGING FROM HIGH ENERGY LAERS TO NEUTRAL PARTICLE BEAMS, WILL, UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE SHAPE OF FUTURE STRATEGIC MISSILE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE. WHILE DEWS SHOW LITTLE PROMISE AS A DEFENSE AGAINST ATTACKING REENTRY VEHICLES, THE DEPLOYMENT OF A SYSTEM OF ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN AUTOMATED DATA BASE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WHICH CONTAINS A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF INFORMATION ON SPACECRAFT MATERIALS. SUCH A DATA BASE DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST. THE DATA BASE FILE STRUCTURE WILL INCLUDE OUTGASSING AND CONDENSATION DATA AND MATERIALS PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES. THE SYSTEM IS FOCUSED TOWARD SER ...