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- Using Analogies: A Thinking Skill
- A good analogy does not just invoke some chance resemblance between the thing being explained and the thing introduced to explain it. It capitalizes on a deep similarity between the principles that govern the two things...A good analogy helps you think: the more you ponder it, the...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Finite Element Modelling of Moisture Absorption in Single Fiber Reinforced Composite Systems
- The absorption of water in a single-fiber reinforced epoxy-matrix composite system has been modelled successfully using the Finite Element method. The modelling was achieved by considering an analogy between mass diffusion and heat-flow. The model also assumed that polymer swelling due to water absorption was linear and analogous to thermal...
- White papers 2002-05-25
- Modelling Agent Systems Using the Hotel Analogy
- This paper looks at how a particular social analogy could be used to help the design of the environment provided by an agent support system. The paper makes use of an example of a Hotel in illustrating the social analogy. It discusses some of the implementation issues and problems that...
- White papers 2000-05-02
- A Human Organization Analogy for Self Systems
- The paper reveals that the structure and operation of human organizations, such as corporations, offer useful insights to designers of self-systems (a.k.a. self-managing or autonomic). Examples include worker/supervisor hierarchies, avoidance of micro-management, and complaint-based tuning. This paper explores the analogy, and describes the design of a self-storage system that borrows...
- White papers 2003-06-11
- Structured Analogies for Forecasting
- When people forecast, they often use analogies, but in an unstructured manner. This paper proposes a structured judgmental procedure that involves asking experts to list as many analogies as they can, rate how similar the analogies are to the target situation, and match the outcomes of the analogies with possible...
- White papers 2004-11-02
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- Analogy sues Anacad over simulator patents - Analogy Inc. sues Mentor Graphics and Anacad over analog simulation patent violations
- BEAVERTON, ORE.--Analogy last week filed an infringement lawsuit against Anacad and Mentor Graphics, charging Anacad's analog simulator violates five patents held by Analogy. Mentor was named as a defendant since it distributes Anacad software in the U.S. At press time, Anacad and Mentor declined to comment on the...
- Research articles 1993-03-29
- ANALOGY: VHDL-AMS standardisation boosts Analogy's TheHDL strategy.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 April 1999-ANALOGY: VHDL-AMS standardisation boosts Analogy's TheHDL strategy C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:050499 Analogy, Inc.'s TheHDL open simulation strategy received a significant boost from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE, when the IEEE approved the analog, mixed-signal...
- Research articles 1999-04-05
- Analogy joins scheme to unseat SPICE: graphical input option tracks SPICE alternatives from Valid and Cadence. (Cadence Design Systems Inc., Valid Logic Systems Inc.) (includes related article on Saber's time domain)
- BEAVERTON, OR--Analogy Inc this week became the third electronic design-automation software supplier to offer an alternative to the venerable, language-based SPICE analog simulator. BEAVERTON, OR--Analogy Inc this week became the third electronic design-automation software supplier to offer an alternative to the ...
- Research articles 1991-09-05
- Analogy to buy Symmetry; gets $1.26M DARPA pact - Symmetry Design Systems - Company Business and Marketing
- Beaverton, Ore.--Struggling with its market value after six months as a public EDA company, Analogy, Inc., based here, demonstrated its long term strategy for investors by following up its report of an 11 cent per share loss in the 2Q ended Sept. 30 with news of an acquisition, a $1.26...
- Research articles 1996-10-28
- China Offers Chilling Analogy on Trade War
- HONG KONG _ In analyzing the threatened trade war between the United States and China, a Chinese government-controlled newspaper this week reached for a chilling analogy. China, it said, wouldn't flinch under threat of U.S. trade sanctions any more than it did 40 years ago,...
- Research articles 1995-02-10
- Fed official's baseball analogy throws economists a curve
- WASHINGTON AFP — Comments from a Federal Reserve official -- using a baseball analogy suggesting the rate-hiking phase may be near an end -- have thrown economists and financial markets for a curve. Markets have been buzzing over the remarks, which highlight the "conundrum" of unusually low interest rates...
- Research articles 2005-06-02
- Strategy Analytics finds recent commentary on Internet stocks too simplistic; "Survival of the fittest" an inappropriate analogy.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 April 2000-STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Strategy Analytics finds recent commentary on Internet stocks too simplistic; "Survival of the fittest" an inappropriate analogy C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25042000 London -- A new report from Strategy Analytics rebuts complacent assumptions...
- Research articles 2000-04-25
- Analogy Hits Another Milestone in Its TheHDL Roll-Out; Second Generation Prototype in Beta-Test
- BEAVERTON, Ore.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 15, 1999--Analogy, Inc., (Nasdaq:ANLG) the world leader in mixed-signal and mixed-technology simulation, today announced that it has hit yet another milestone in the delivery of its mixed-signal open simulation environment outlined in its TheHDLTM strategy announced in December 1998. The milestone is the on-schedule delivery of...
- Research articles 1999-03-15
- VHDL-AMS Standardization Boosts Analogy's TheHDL Strategy
- BEAVERTON, Ore.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 5, 1999--Analogy, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ANLG) TheHDLTM open simulation strategy received a significant boost from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE when the organization approved this week the analog, mixed-signal and mixed-technology extension for VHDL. The standard has been officially designated by the IEEE's Review Committee...
- Research articles 1999-04-05
- The Assassin Analogy | BTalk Australia
- (Episode 279; 16 minutes 29) Many technical people believe that sales people are nothing more than hired guns, out to convince customers to buy what they don’t want. Yet many businesses rely on technical people to help in the sales process, either because there isn’t a dedicated sales team or...
- Blog posts 2009-07-05
- Using Analogies: A Thinking Skill
- Using Analogies: A Thinking SkillAnalogies are very helpful, but be careful...If you use an analogy that you don't think through thoroughly first you may end up confusing your audience and mixing your message. Make sure to highlight the most important simlarities and discount all other aspects of the analogy.Simple...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- How to Ask for a New Contact
- How to Ask for a New ContactWhy are we scared of cold calls?I agree with referal selling. However, I also understand the importance of cold calling. I think we need a healthy mix of both in some industries and yet I feel that lately we are being told...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- An Interview with Nick Carr
- The future of business and how it runs has a lot to do with technology. One of the nation's leading thinkers on that future is Nick Carr. Here's an excerpt of an interview I did with Carr. I've also reviewed his book "The Big Switch". Fitzgerald:...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- A Two-Way Street Will Get You There and Back Quicker
- A comment from a reader of this blog raises an important point regarding communication within a team. Following the recent post highlighting lessons that Tour De France teams can provide for business teams, a reader pointed out:“At the elite level of cycling, though, everyone is brought back to the pack...
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- The Umpire Strikes Back
- The Umpire Strikes Backyou also missed the point....The point is not that baseball is a team sport. The point is that baseball is sport where all movement is forward from base to base until the movement stops completely runner is thrown out. You might make a similar comparison...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-12
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