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THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A LOW-COST, INTEGRATED, BAR CODE TECHNOLOGY BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE INSTALLED ON TRANSIT VEHICLES. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A SURVEY BASED APPLICATION FEATURE REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION, A PHYSICALLY INTEGRATED HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEM PLATFORM SPECIFICATION TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATIONS, A DETAILED APPLICATIONS SOFT ...

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AT MULTI-UNIT NUCLEAR GENRATING STATIONS, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS ARE GENERALLY LICENSED TO OPERATE ALL SIMILAR UNITS. SIMULATOR TRAINING CONDUCTED AT THE LICENSEE TRAINING FACILITY OCCURS ON ONE SIMULATOR WHICH MAY NOT EXACTLY MIMIC ANY UNIT. INADEQUATE TRAINING ON UNIT-TO-UNIT AND UNIT-TO-SIMULATOR DIFFERENCES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIMITED PER-PERSON SIMULATOR TRAINING HOURS, CAN RESULT IN INCREAS ...

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THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A MICRO-LEVEL STRATEGIC TRANSIT SIMULATION MODEL THAT QUANTIFIES THE DIFFICULT TRADEOFFS BETWEEN COST, PERFORMANCE AND TIME. THE MODEL UTILIZES SYSTEM DYNAMICS TO CAPTURE THE COMPLEX, NON-LINEAR FEEDBACK STRUCTURE THAT GOVERNS SYSTEM BEHAVIOR, INCORPORATING SUCH TRANSIT OPERATIONS AS VEHICLE MANAGEMENT, SERVICE LEVELS, FARES, RIDERSHIP, MARKETING, REVENUES, CONGESTION, POLL ...

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ECOTEK INTERNATIONAL PROPOSES AN ALL SOLID-STATE VISIBILITY MONITORING SYSETM THAT WILL BE USED TO MONITOR VISIBILITY CONDITIONS ALONG ROADWAYS AND WARN TRAVELERS OF LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MULTIPLE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS AND CONSEQUENT FATALITIES, INJURIES, AND PROPERTY DAMAGES. THE SYSTEM IS BASED ON AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO A WELL-ESTABLISHED ...

WHEN ROTATING MACHINERY DETERIORATES, VIBRTION PATTERSN CHANGE. WHEN BEARING FREQUENCIES APPEAR, THEN INCREASE IN AMPLITUDE, BEARING FAILURE LOOMS. THE SAME WITH VALVES; WHEN THEY LEAK, THEY VIBRATE. AS LEAKAGE INCREASES, THE VIBRATION PATTERN CHANGES. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS. THE KEY IS KNOWING WHERE AND HOW DEEPLY TO LOOK. THE KEY IN OLDER REACTOR PLANTS IS TO UNOBTRUSIVELY, ECONOMICALLY BACKFIT S ...

CHANGES IN PLANT STATUS, EITHER BEFORE OR DURING AN ACCIDENT SEQUENC CAN CONSIDERABLY AFFECT ITS OUTCOME; BOTH THE ACTURAL OUTCOME AND THAT PREDICTED BY PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT. IN ORDER TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS AND THEIR PROBABILITIES, THE PRA MODEL MUST CONSIDER THE DYNAMIC CHARACTER OF THE PLANT, IT'S SYSTEMS AND OPERATORS. A LIVING, DYNAMIC PRA IS ONE IN WHICH ALL T ...