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TWO KEY PROBLEMS FOR BUILDING PRACTICAL YET GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-BASED PLANNING APPLICATIONS ARE 1) REPRESENTING THE PLAN AND 2) PROJECTING THE PROBABLE EFFECTS OF EXECUTING THE PLAN. BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS REQUIRE TECHNIQUES FOR REASONING ABOUT THE FUTURE. THE REPRESENTATION AND THE PROJECTION PROBLEMS BOTH NEED TO BE SOLVED FOR THE PARTIAL AND ABSTRACT PLANS THAT WILL BE GENERATED AT INTERMEDIATE S ...

THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE RESEARCH IS TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP A CONCURRENT GOAL-DIRECTED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE THAT IS SUITABLE FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEM REAL-TIME MISSION PLANNING. THIS LANGUAGE IS DESIGNATED THE PROCEDURAL REASONING LANGUAGE (PRL) SINCE IT MIXES TRADITIONAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FEATURES WITH GOAL-DIRECTED REASONING CONSTRUCTS IN A PROCEDURAL FORMAT. PRL IS A VISUAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE TH ...

FUNCTIONAL ILLITERACY MEANS BEING UNABLE TO ADDRESS AND MAILA LETTER OR TO RECEIVE CHANGE AND A RECEIPT AND DETERMINE THAT IS CORRECT. IT MEANS BEING UNABLE TO READ AND UNDER- STAND A CLASSIFIED AD, TO USE A ROAD MAP CORRECTLY, AND TO READ STREET SIGNS. FUNCTIONAL ILLITERACY IS THE INABILITY TO COMPUTE THAT ONE'S PAYCHECK IS CORRECT AND IN MANY CASES FUNCTIONAL ILLITERACY CAUSES ON NOT TO BE ABLE ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH FOCUSES ON A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF AUGMENTING A COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCT- IONAL PACKAGE IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION FOR ADULT LITERACY STUDENTS WITH AUDIO SUPPORT. THIS AUGMENTATION IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE USE OF A UNIQUE COMPUTER-INTERFACABLE AUDIOTAPE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT TEAM UNDER ANOTHER FEDERAL CONTRACT. THIS TEC ...

IN PHASE I, THE INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AT ALGAAS/GAAS INTERFACES BY ELECTRON BEAM ELECTRO-REFLECTANCE (EBER) IS PROPOSED, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF QUANTUM WELL AND HEMT STRUCTURES. THESE INTERFACES HAVE BEEN STUDIED BY RELATED TECHNIQUES, AND HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO POSSESS UNIQUE SPECTRAL FEATURES. NONETHELESS, BOTH FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT ...

THE EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HAD LED TO APPLICATIONSAND OPERATING SYSTEMS REQUIRING THE USE OF A MOUSE AS THE OPTIMUM INPUT METHOD. A VARIETY OF ALTERNATE KEYBOARD INPUT METHODS CURRENTLY EXIST TO ASSIST THE DISABLED INDIVIDUAL INACCESSING COMPUTERS, BUT MOST DON'T SUPPORT MOUSE FUNCTIONS.THE ALTERNATE INPUT DEVICE MOUSE EMULATOR (C), AID-ME(C), WOULD PROVIDE THE LINK BETWEEN THESE ALTERNA ...

RESPITE CARE IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE CARING FOR A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. IN SPITE OF THE NEEDMANY RESPITE PROGRAMS ARE UNDER UTILIZED. REASONS FOR THIS INCLUDE: 1) A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE WAY SERVICES ARE ORG- ANIZED AND FAMILY NEED; AND 2) A LACK OF AWARENESS BY FAMI- LIES OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES AND HOW BEST TO USE THEM. ALSO, MANY FAMILIES MAY NOT BE COMFORTABL ...

THE CLOSED-CAPTIONING CONSUMER DECODERS (TELE-CAPTION I&II) ARE HIGHLY DEVELOPED UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN QUANTITY PRODUCTION. TELE-CAPTION II HAS BEEN MARKETED AT ABOUT $200RETAIL. COST REDUCTION FOR A REPLACEMENT DECODER WILL REQUIRE COST REDUCTIONS IN EACH OF THE SUB-UNIT COMPONENTS SUCH AS TUNER, IF-DEMODULATOR, IN THE DECODER CIRCUITS AND UL APPROVALS AS WELL. THE USE OF A CONSUMER/VIDEO ...

IN VIEW OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFIED MAGNITUDE MEASURES FOR SEISMIC ESTIMATION OF THE YIELDS OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS THE STATISTICAL PROCEDURES FOR VERIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH TEST BAN TREATIES WILL BE RECAST IN A MULTIVARIATE FRAMEWORK. THIS WILL BE DONE BY CONSIDERING YIELD CLUSTERING, DATA CENSORING, CORRELATIONS AND STOCHASTIC TEST SITE BIAS TERMS. THE POSSIBLE EFFORT OF LOWERING TREATY TH ...

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF INNOVATIVE FLAMEHOLDER DESIGNS TO ENHANCE MIXING IN A SUPERSONIC COMBUSTION RAMJET (SCRAMJET) ENGINE IS PROPOSED. IN A SCRAMJET ENGINE OPERATING AT HYPERSONIC FLIGHT SPEEDS,THE SHORTER RESIDENCE TIME AND DECREASED MIXING RATE CAUSE DETERIORATION IN THE COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY AS COMPARED WITH LOWER SPEEDS. TWO CONFIGURATIONS RECENTLY DEVELOPED TO PROMOTE RAPID MIXING ...