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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SOFTWARE TOOLKIT THAT CAN HELP A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FABRICATION FACILITY (WAFER FAB) ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ASSET UTILIZATION AND THROUGHPUT COMBINED WITH REDUCED WORK-IN-PROGRESS, CYCLE TIMES AND TARDINESS. THE SOFTWARE TOOL WILL BE USED BY DESIGNERS OF FACTORIES TO EXPERIMENT WITH ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS AND SCHEDULING STRATEGIES ...

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RESPONSIVE AND SENSITIVE FORCE CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL FOR SOPHISTICATED ROBOT TASKS SUCH AS ASSEMBLY AND FINE MANIPULATION. HOWEVER, THIS KIND OF CONTROL IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR MANIPULATORS DRIVEN BY ELECTRIC MOTORS WITH GEARED TRANSMISSIONS, PRIMARILY DUE TO FRICTION IN THE DRIVE TRAIN. YET THESE TYPES OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE OFTEN THE MOST PRACTICAL FOR MANY APPLICATIONS. TWO PRIMARY TYPES OF CON ...

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THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL ISSUES RELATED TO AUTOMATED INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY GENERATION. THIS ANALYSIS WILL REFINE AN APPROACH TO: (1) USER INTERACTION WITH THE SEMI-AUTOMATED INTSUM DEVELOPER, (2) USE OF DYNAMIC MESSAGE DATA FROM EXISTING TACTICAL DATA SYSTEMS, (3) MATCHING POTENTIAL TACTICS WITH THE FRIENDLY MISSION AND PERCEIVED SITUATION. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A METHOD ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR PROTECTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FROM DAMAGE DUE TO THE RECEPTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES ON THEINPUT SIGNAL LINES. PROTECTION DEVICES ARE TO BE BUILT ON TO THE MONOLITHIC CHIPS CONTAINING FRAGILE RECEIVER CIRCUITS. THE RESULTS OF DAMAGE MECHANISM STUDIES ON UNPROTECTED CIRCUITS WILL BE APPLIED TO THE DESIG ...

WHILE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL TO ALL DECISION ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS EVALUATION, ITS COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS HAS BECOME A DEMANDING TASK. RECENT YEARS HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT AND SCOPE OF FIRST LEVEL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS WHILE THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING HAS DECREASED. A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CREATING ANALYTICAL INTELLIGENCE REPORTS FROM F ...

CONVENTIONAL MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (MBE) GROWTH CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE EITHER OPERATED MANUALLY OR WITH SIMPLE LINEAR CONTROLLERS USING PREDEFINED RECIPES. WE WILL SUPPLEMENT A STANDARD CONTROL SYSTEM WITH A NEURAL NETWORK BASED CONTROLLER. THE NEURAL NETWORK WILL BE TAUGHT BY GROWING GAAS/ALGAAS SUPERLATTICES USING THE CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NEURAL NETWORK WILL BE ALLOWED TO TAK ...

THIS PHASE I SBIR PROPOSAL EXPLOITS RTA'S RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS (NLD)-BASED PROCESSING METHODOLOGIES TO THE PROBLEM OF AUTOMATIC AND ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION. RTA WILL ANALYZE PROPRIETARY TECHNIQUES AND ADVANCES IN THE OPEN LITERATURE, TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF PERFORMANCE. ADDITIONALLY, RTA WILL EXTEND THE THEORETICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN TRADITIONAL NOISE CANCELLATION PROCESSING A ...