Component-Based Software Development CBSD is becoming more and more important since it promotes reuse to higher levels of abstraction. As a consequence, many components are available being either Open-Source Software OSS or Commercial-Off-The-Shelf COTS. However, it is still unclear how the decision for acquiring OSS or COTS components is made...
Compact code, a short development cycle and enough reliability to keep an unmanned helicopter flying?the combination of those three seem outside the realm of possibility. Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Facility UAVRF were recently faced with just such a situation. One of the critical...
A growing number of medical devices are designed to be connected to computer networks. Many of these networked medical devices incorporate off-the-shelf software that is vulnerable to cybersecurity threats such as viruses and worms. These vulnerabilities may represent a risk to the safe and effective operation of networked medical devices...
This paper focuses on internal design and manufacture, of DC/DC converters and Purchasing off-the-shelf modules from merchant power supply companies. This paper splits these factors into two groups. The first group, referred to as cost factors, relate to the raw cost of the converter. The second group, designated experience factors,...
Medical Information Systems (MedIS1) often incorporate commercial-off-the-shelf COTS software, e.g. operating systems, browsers, databases. COTS software vendors often issue patches, also called "hotfixes" or "updates," to fix a variety of security, privacy, or stability problems. Typically, COTS software vendors' procedures for testing or updating do not address the safety and...
There is only one solution when a person can't find the e-learning programmes he or she is looking for off-the-shelf: create one's own. This is exactly what the Customer Information Group CIG - Communications & Commerce of audio-visual electronics and information technology giant Sony decided to do. What existed, it...
Knowledge@Wharton's latest Off the Shelf, posted today, reviews Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster (published in August 2007). In a review titled Illusion, Not Quality: The Transformation of the Luxury Niche into a Global Mass Market, Off the Shelf gives an extensive recap of the rise of luxury goods makers,...
The Global Position System GPS has become ubiquitous and is now viewed as the position-utility for the entire world. This paper describes about the Arc Second. It believes that as system designers realize the ease with which position information can be added to their systems, the possibilities will explode. Arc...
This paper describes the need for dynamic transient simulation of automotive air conditioning systems, the reasons why such simulations are challenging, and the applicability of a general purpose off-the-shelf thermo-hydraulic analyzer to answer such challenges. An overview of modeling methods for the basic components is presented, along with relevant approximations...
War Room Team-Based Analysis provides a new analytical paradigm for rapidly discerning trends and detecting anomalies thus leading to knowledge discovery. It furnishes a quick and low cost capability to "connect the dots". This is achieved through the custom integration of "off the shelf" tools that are configured to mirror...
When it comes to structuring an outsourcing relationship, the details make the difference between blue chip deals and fiascos. Outsourcing is not an off-the-shelf solution. Because approaches correlate to outcomes, the manner you undertake the behind-the-scenes work before an outsourcing relationship begins is crucial. This article is about starting outsourcing...
This paper deals with Computer-Aided Building Design that has evolved as fast as the technology. It started from a programming course with matrix representation of view transformations to lately, the use of off-the-shelf commercial software packages and the Internet to support project collaboration and submission. This course introduces students to...
Providing a defined contribution health plan for employees requires more than simply picking a plan off the shelf. The article emphasises that give employees access to a fund they can use for their current health care expenses or set aside for their health costs later on, and they’ll spend the...
Customer profitability as a concept is here to stay but it will be some time before there is an effective mechanism in place to manage it. These require a fundamental change to approach and process with a sophisticated reporting /analysis capability. The lack of an off-the-shelf solution coupled with the...
If a person is going to run an intranet site, then he probably needs a Content Management System CMS - a tool used to organize documents and keep track of what's where. The author has covered a plethora of such systems in previous articles, but for many businesses there can...
A manufacturer of highly automated textile machines, THEN Maschinen-und Apparatebau GmbH (Schwabisch Hall, Germany) is renowned for its technological leadership in the textile industry. This company recently converted its machines' control architecture from PLC to Lonworks, gaining many substantial benefits in the process. Lonworks networking technology is a complete, open,...
From the executive summary: ‘Many firms are finding that the most efficient and affordable way to update their IT staff's skills is through off-the-shelf or customized online training. Online learning in its many forms has steadily gained ground each year. Corporations, especially those with far-flung offices, use Virtual Private Networks...
Honeywell has taken some unique steps with the release of Experion PKS R300. With the influx of commercial off the shelf technology COTS in control hardware, it is increasingly difficult for process automation system suppliers to add value at the hardware layer of the system, particularly at the controller and...
When "Serious" project management is a critical business requirement, managers need to integrate cost, schedule and technical scope of work across the project, and apply earned value management. Learn how JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory integrated Oracle Projects with COTS (Commercial Off-The Shelf) software for schedule and cost management to provide...
Estate planning is essentially concerned with the movement of your possessions and wealth on death to those people whom you wish to benefit, in the most efficient and effective manner possible. Estate planning is very complex and few family situations can get by with an ‘off-the-shelf’ or ‘do-it-yourself’ plan. In...
