General purpose software for probability computations?A virtual machine approach

Abstract A software package MenuCAD has been developed for the general need of designing menu-driven, user-friendly CAD computer programs. The main menu is formatted similar to the major contents in the final report of the design project including Contents, Analysis, Sample Design Cases, Illustrations and Tables, References, and Program Listings. Sub-menus are further divided into items delineating the steps involved in the design. Screen help messages are provided for design of the main menu and sub-menus interactively and for applying the arrow keys on the keyboard to select a sub-menus and a particular item in the sub-menu in order to execute a desired design step. MenuCAD builds the framework, its user has to supplement with a subroutine ExecItem for describing the special features and for directing how each design step should be executed in the project. A CAD design of four-bar linkage project is presented as a sample application of this package.

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General Purpose Software to Solve the Inverse Dynamics and Compute the Internal Efforts of Non-redundant Planar Mechanisms

Recent Advances in Mechanism Design for Robotics - Mechanisms and Machine Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-18126-4_35 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 365-375

Author(s):

Erik Macho ◽

Victor Petuya ◽

Monica Urizar ◽

Alfonso Hernandez

Keyword(s):

Inverse Dynamics ◽

General Purpose ◽

Planar Mechanisms ◽

General Purpose Software

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General Purpose Software for Fatigue Testing

Automation in Fatigue and Fracture: Testing and Analysis ◽

10.1520/stp13939s ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 18-18-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S Dharmavasan ◽

SMC Peers

Keyword(s):

Fatigue Testing ◽

General Purpose ◽

General Purpose Software

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Software for Statistical Meta-analysis

Handbook of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution ◽

10.23943/princeton/9780691137285.003.0012 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christopher H. Schmid ◽

Gavin B. Stewart ◽

Hannah R. Rothstein ◽

Marc J. Lajeunesse ◽

Jessica Gurevitch

Keyword(s):

Half Life ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Research Synthesis ◽

General Purpose ◽

User Needs ◽

Specific Information ◽

Graphical Display ◽

Web Searches ◽

General Purpose Software ◽

Over Time

To conduct a meta-analysis, a researcher will need software to perform all but the simplest calculations. Three types of software can be used, depending on user needs: a spreadsheet, a general purpose statistical package, and a program developed expressly to carry out meta-analysis. This chapter first reviews the stand-alone programs, then discusses the general purpose software, and finally briefly reviews two programs that can extract the data underlying a graphical display. Readers need to keep in mind that software features, cost, and availability all change fairly rapidly over time; while some of the specific information provided may soon be out of date, the general issues and principles discussed in choosing software for meta-analysis will have a longer half-life. Web searches, the Methods sections of recent research syntheses, and professional meetings where research synthesis results and methods are presented, are good resources for keeping up with both software availability and developments in methodology.

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Systems for Knowledge Management along the Supply Chain

Designing and Implementing Global Supply Chain Management - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9720-1.ch005 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 92-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John S. Edwards

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Systems Development ◽

General Purpose ◽

Management Systems ◽

Knowledge Management Systems ◽

Service Supply Chain ◽

Knowledge Exploration ◽

General Purpose Software

This chapter explains the role of knowledge management systems, whether technology-based or people-based, in service supply chain management. A systematic literature review was carried out to identify relevant examples of both successful and unsuccessful knowledge management systems. These are analyzed in terms of process, people and technology aspects, and the activities in the knowledge life-cycle (create, acquire, store, use, refine, transfer) that they support. These include systems used within a single organization, systems shared with supply chain partners, and systems shared with customers, the latter being the least common. Notable features are that more systems support knowledge exploitation than knowledge exploration, and that general-purpose software (e.g., internet search, database) is used more than software specific to knowledge management (e.g., data mining, “people finder”). The widespread use of mobile devices and social media offers both an opportunity and a challenge for future knowledge management systems development.

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BIBCON--A General Purpose Software System for MARC-Based Book Catalog Production

Information Technology and Libraries ◽

10.6017/ital.v6i4.5785 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 237

Author(s):

Liz Gibson

Keyword(s):

Input Data ◽

General Purpose ◽

Software System ◽

Line Printer ◽

Bibliographic Records ◽

Basic Functions ◽

General Purpose Software

The BIBCON file management system, designed for use on IBM 360 system equipment, performs two basic functions: (1) it creates MARC structured, bibliographic records from untagged input data; (2) from these records it produces page image output for book catalogs. The system accepts data from several different input devices and can produce a variety of output formats by line printer, photocomposition, or computer output microform (COM).

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