Hypertext in an Object-Oriented Programming Environment

An object-oriented programming (OOP) environment for developing SEMI Equipment Communication Standard (SECS) applications with the C++ and C programming languages in a Unix workstation environment is described. The system defines a set of programming objects corresponding to the standard SECS-II item types, messages and headers as well as a number of support classes and operations. Conversion between standard program datatypes and SECS-II items is transparent or explicitly managed by the developer. Within a standard framework using standard C++ input/output methods, SECS-II messages may be created, analyzed, transmitted and received between internal buffers, external files and communication channels. Classes corresponding to specific SECS stream and function codes are also available and can be incorporated easily into application code with little or no modification.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

Hardware reconfiguration of Transputer networks for distributed object-oriented programming

FoCaLiZe is an object-oriented programming environment that combines specifications, programs and proofs in the same language. This paper describes how its features can be used to formally express specifications and to develop by stepwise refinement the design and implementation of secured systems, while proving that the implementation meets its specification or design requirements. We thus obtain a modular implementation of a generic framework for the definition of security policies together with certified enforcement mechanism for these policies.

Programming large object oriented systems is a difficult task. With the help of specific programming tools integrated in a uniform programming environment, this task can be facilitated. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a programming environment for the programming language ObjTalk [Rathke, C. 86], an object oriented extension to the programming language LISP. Special attention will be given to the integration of graphical and non-graphical visual aids.

The Monitoring System developed in this study was designed to help manage the recreational forests by gathering data on visitors' profiles and their opinions about recreational use and related facilities, This data could identify for changing situations in forest recreation demand as well as providing information on planning the management and use of the forest areas in advance. The standardized questionnaire had contained visitor profiles, activities, distribution of use by area, distribution us by time, duration of the visit, expenditure of visitors and information on visitor satisfaction and motivation. Also, the questionnaire had included the evaluations visitors' perception of facilities in order to identify the importance and performance of the various facilities, such as recreational and educational facilities, accomodations, directional signs as well as infrastructure. The monitoring system was developed in the object-oriented programming (OOP) environment. Microsoft Visual Basic 6,0 for the program language, Microsoft Access, and Excel program were used to develop the system. The monitoring system was composed of data input, database, and data analysis system, Once data were put into data input system, it automatically transferred to database, and it eventually produced the results of statistical analysis with one step procedure. This study was integrated with facilities and visitor monitoring system to identify the visitor impact at the recreational forests. In addition, this monitoring system would provide necessary and useful background information for management on recreational use of natural resources in a practical manner.

Describes an architecture for implementing Electronic Meeting Systems (EMS) applications in an Object-Oriented Programming Environment. The environment is based on the C++ programming language and personal computers communicating over a local area network. An overview of C++ class concepts and terminology is included to familiarize the reader with terminology peculiar to C++ and necessary for the implementation of the design. The Object-Oriented EMS architecture is a three tier structure having layers for base classes, tools, and applications. The OO-EMS design addresses concurrency control, object addressing, duplicated objects, and broadcast communications. >

A versatile virtual transducer response curve-tracer based on PC-based data-acquisition system is presented. The measuring scheme was developed using a fourth generation graphical programming language (Test-point) and a high performance data acquisition card. The chosen framework is centered on a concurrent, time sensitive, object-oriented (OO) programming environment, which in general is suited to the construction of real time applications. The graphical programming methods allow a high degree of software modularity and provide the features needed for data acquisition, analysis, testing, simulation and modeling. The implemented functions are described and the use of the system is examined by means of some practical measurement examples. The experimental setup described in this paper can be used to obtain the response characteristics for different types of transducers and sensors. The added feature of the proposed system is its suitability for on-line as well as off-line operations to obtain the experimental data for curve-fitting based on the principle of least mean squares (LMS).

Computer programming language is the foundation of developing computer application technologies and software. C language and object-oriented programming language belong to commonly-utilized advanced computer languages, and they have certain relevance in logic. Meanwhile, they have their own advantages. In other words, C language and object-oriented programming language possess both relevance and differences in the aspects of selection and application. The work discussed the compiling essentials of C language and object-oriented programming language. Besides, the differences and applicability of those two languages in the aspect of programming were further analyzed.

This paper illustrates some specific numerical code applications using an object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm. It is the second of two papers describing OOP issues for scientific-code development. A brief description is given of an object library as well as some simple finite difference and finite element user codes based on that library. The key to efficient OOP implementation in any environment is to conceive an effective object-oriented design of the physical problem and its mathematical abstraction in the first place. This design places a premium on understanding the physical problem from the perspective of class structure, inheritance, and communication. Some of the issues that must be addressed prior to the development of a truly successful OOP environment for large-scale scientific code development and employment are discussed. Optimization issues of OOP in general and the object-oriented programming language C++ in particular are discussed. Our research suggests that there is a tremendous potential for OOP as a development environment for scientific codes.

Ambient sound plays a critical part in all media related to the moving image, video games, and live performance. It defines its place and time, temporalizes it to towards a future goal and is key in creating audience immersion and belief in what we see. The process of recording, manipulating or designing audio elements is usually handled by competent professionals. Can a different approach be had to the way we design sound ambiences and what relationship and role does ambient sound have to media such as film and games? Using object-oriented programming environment, Max/MSP, a low-cost serious gaming interface was designed and implemented – the Ambience Designer. This rids the process of its esoteric nature and together with an especially crafted tabletop interface allows amateurs to design and interact with the ambient sounds of birds, wind and traffic for home movies and indie games. The Ambience Designer removes the esoteric ways of audio design in a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and use intuitive user input that connect with our every day subjective experience of sound - such as distance, placement, and intensity - in place of parameters that only professionals could understand and use. Future developments include moving the Ambience Designer to a commercial multi touch table/tablet such as Microsoft Surface or Apple iPad which will enable us to utilise more intuitive, multi-touch gestures such as tap, scroll, pan, rotate, and pinch. The Ambience Designer was evaluated among working professionals, amateurs and the general public and initial findings were promising. During the survey, participants also suggested some future applications of the Ambience Designer, such as a creative and educational tool for children or people with special needs, for therapeutic purposes, to trigger memories in elderly, for digital storytelling and post-production sound dubbing for picture.

Efficient and extendible class scheme for the combined reaction–diffusion of multiple molecular species

A comprehensive anatomical virtual environment (AVE) of the human musculoskeletal system has been created for both biomechanics and computer-aided instruction (CAI) applications. It has been developed on the Silicon Graphics family of workstations using the Open Inventor&amp;trade; object-oriented programming environment.

The authors examine the application of knowledge-based symbolic control to the management of execution and configuration of a complex numerical control system. Symbolic processing is used to implement inference of system state and internal communication for inference and control. The flavor system provides an object-oriented programming environment in which the inference engine and knowledge base for the symbolic controller are realized. System communication is accomplished by asynchronous message passing using a mailbox facility. The particular target application considered is a software-intensive radio, which is envisioned as being digitally implemented. Symbolic processing is used to internally control the radio down to the module level. Testing is via computer emulation (Monte Carlo). >

Galileo is a flexible tool for simulation of heterogeneous real-time communication networks and for development and validation of network protocols. Galileo provides several unique features that make it particularly suitable for the simulation and analysis of networks that provide quality-of-service guarantees. First, its object-oriented programming environment provides the means for a modular, hierarchical, heterogeneous description of networks. Second, its multimedia device interface provides the tools for a qualitative analysis of network protocols. Finally, Galileo's network interface provides interaction with actual networks to access real data and simulate realistic multimedia scenarios.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

The KS 300 is a multifunctional software image analysis system using an object-oriented programming environment. The possibility of its application for the inner ear was studied by using specimens from humans and squirrel monkeys, immunostained for the brain-derived calcium-binding protein, S-100 protein. Grey images were used for measurements. The cell borders were outlined by hand, using a digitizer. The absolute grey values of the pixels changed when the brightness of the images or other conditions changed. By contrast, the relative grey values, i.e. the absolute grey values correlated to the mean grey values of the histoimage, remained constant. By utilizing these relative grey values, it was possible to compare cells both between different specimens and between different areas within the same specimen. The different grey values of spiral ganglion cells stained for S-100 protein are objective quantitative measurements and are believed to reflect differences in their function. In some regions of both human and squirrel monkey specimens, relatively intensely stained cells predominated, whereas in other regions, relatively weakly stained cells were mainly observed. Thus, our image analysis system using the relative grey values has proved suitable for quantitative analysis of immunostained specimens in order to compare them and to assess cell function.