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THIS PROPOSAL IS BROKEN INTO FOUR PROJECTS. THE FIRST PROJ-ECT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A QUICK RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR LASER DISCS THAT WILL ALLOW USERS TO RAPIDLY ACCESS LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA VIA INTERNAL COMPUTER CONTROLLED HASHING TA-BLES EITHER STORED ON THE LASER DISC OR MAINTAINED VIA MAIN-TENANCE SOFTWARE ON OTHER SOTRAGE MEDIA. THE SECON PROJECT CONSISTS OF A LIBRARY OF SUBROUTINES TO ACCESS ...

THE COMPLEXITY OF THE NEXT-GENERATION FAULT-TOLERANT ELECTRONIC SYSTEM DESIGN TASKS WILL REQUIRE INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO THE RELIABILITYPREDICTION TOOLS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RELIABILITY GOALS. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE INTEGRATION OF THE AFHRL DEVELOPED MISSION RELIABILITY MODEL (MIREM) AND THE AVAILABLE CIRCUIT DESIGN PROGRAMS IN AN ENGINEERING WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED EFF ...

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CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AUTHORING SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN PRODUCING COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING LESSONS CONTAINING SEQUENCES OF TEXT AND GRAPHICS SCREENS THROUGH WHICH THE STUDENT IS GUIDED UNTIL MASTERY IS ACHIEVED. IN A PERSONNEL TRAINING SIMULATION, FAR MORE ADVANCED CAPABILITIES ARE REQUIRED, INCLUDING MULTITASKING, COMMUNICATION WITH EXTERNAL DEVICES, HIGH SPEED DATA ANALYSIS AND GRAPHI ...

EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS ARE BEING USED TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MOST SCHOOLS NOW OWN A VCR SO THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE VIDEOS IN WITH ALL STUDENTS IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS. DESPITE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HARDWARE, TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS FIND THE CREATION OF CUSTOMIZED OR PERSONALIZED VIDEOS DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE SO THEY ARE FORCED TO USE ONLY WHAT WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN ...

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO EXPLORE THE WORTHINESS OF EMPLOYING REACTIVE PROTECTION FOR STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO THE EFFECTS OF MODERN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS. THE REACTIVE PROTECTION CONSISTS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE (HE) CHARGES EMBEDDED IN PROTECTIVE LAYERS. THE SYSTEM IS INTENDED FOR DISTRUBING THE PENETRATION CAPABILITIES OF MODERN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, CONTROLLING THE MAGNITUDE OF LOADS ...