The Hughes design analysis system and instructor workload in operational trainers

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Design Analysis ◽  
Analysis System

The Hughes Design Analysis System and Instructor Workload in Operational Trainers

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Design Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Workload Analysis ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Training Exercises ◽  
Operator Workload ◽  
Simulation Package

Computerized simulator trainers require varying degrees of instructor participation in training exercises and student performance evaluation. An estimation of instructor workload before the system has been fully developed is essential for an effective functional allocation of human and computer capabilities. One approach for estimating operator workload is simulation. The Hughes Design Analysis System (DAS) is an interactive and graphic simulation package. The present paper describes: (1) how DAS has been used for an instructor workload analysis, (2) the analysis method, (3) the results, and (4) the recommendations given to system designers.

IMP (Integrated Mechanisms Program), A Computer-Aided Design Analysis System for Mechanisms and Linkage

1972 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 454-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Sheth ◽  
J. J. Uicker
Keyword(s):  
Data Structure ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Design Analysis ◽  
Automatic Identification ◽  
Matrix Methods ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
Dynamic Analyses ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Aided Design

An experimental software system for automating the kinematic, static, and dynamic analyses of arbitrary mechanisms is described. The development of a comprehensive analytical technique based on network theory and matrix methods is summarized. The concept of free generalized coordinates of a mechanism and the importance of automatic identification of these coordinates at each position of the mechanism are explained. The application of the ring data structure concepts of SKETCHPAD to mechanism problems is discussed. The interactive capability of this data structure is then combined with a problem oriented language to develop a general purpose design analysis system. The application of this system to mechanism problems is illustrated by examples of varying complexity.

Automated Image Analysis Of Nuclear And Cytoplasmic Changes In Exfoliated Cells From Tracheas Treated With Carcinogen

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 220-221
Author(s):  
S.F. Stinson ◽  
J.C. Lilga ◽  
M.B. Sporn
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Pattern Analysis ◽  
Relative Proportion ◽  
Automated Image Analysis ◽  
Image Analyzer ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exfoliated Cells ◽  
Neoplastic Lesions ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Morphologic Criterion

Increased nuclear size, resulting in an increase in the relative proportion of nuclear to cytoplasmic sizes, is an important morphologic criterion for the evaluation of neoplastic and pre-neoplastic cells. This paper describes investigations into the suitability of automated image analysis for quantitating changes in nuclear and cytoplasmic cross-sectional areas in exfoliated cells from tracheas treated with carcinogen.Neoplastic and pre-neoplastic lesions were induced in the tracheas of Syrian hamsters with the carcinogen N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. Cytology samples were collected intra-tracheally with a specially designed catheter (1) and stained by a modified Papanicolaou technique. Three cytology specimens were selected from animals with normal tracheas, 3 from animals with dysplastic changes, and 3 from animals with epidermoid carcinoma. One hundred randomly selected cells on each slide were analyzed with a Bausch and Lomb Pattern Analysis System automated image analyzer.

Digital Processing of STEM Images

1981 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 236-237
Author(s):  
A. V. Crewe ◽  
M. Ohtsuki
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Assembly Language ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Digital Processing ◽  
Image Analysis System ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Dose Imaging

We have assembled an image processing system for use with our high resolution STEM for the particular purpose of working with low dose images of biological specimens. The system is quite flexible, however, and can be used for a wide variety of images.The original images are stored on magnetic tape at the microscope using the digitized signals from the detectors. For low dose imaging, these are “first scan” exposures using an automatic montage system. One Nova minicomputer and one tape drive are dedicated to this task.The principal component of the image analysis system is a Lexidata 3400 frame store memory. This memory is arranged in a 640 x 512 x 16 bit configuration. Images are displayed simultaneously on two high resolution monitors, one color and one black and white. Interaction with the memory is obtained using a Nova 4 (32K) computer and a trackball and switch unit provided by Lexidata.The language used is BASIC and uses a variety of assembly language Calls, some provided by Lexidata, but the majority written by students (D. Kopf and N. Townes).

Chemical Classification and Particle Sizing of Foundry Sands

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 388-389
Author(s):  
D.S. DeMiglio
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Energy Dispersive Spectrometer ◽  
Image Analysis System ◽  
Representative Sampling ◽  
Foundry Sands ◽  
Large Atomic Number ◽  
Backscattered Electron ◽  
Sand Particles ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Reclamation System

Much progress has been made in recent years towards the development of closed-loop foundry sand reclamation systems. However, virtually all work to date has determined the effectiveness of these systems to remove surface clay and metal oxide scales by a qualitative inspection of a representative sampling of sand particles. In this investigation, particles from a series of foundry sands were sized and chemically classified by a Lemont image analysis system (which was interfaced with an SEM and an X-ray energy dispersive spectrometer) in order to statistically document the effectiveness of a reclamation system developed by The Pangborn Company - a subsidiary of SOHIO.The following samples were submitted: unreclaimed sand; calcined sand; calcined & mechanically scrubbed sand and unused sand. Prior to analysis, each sample was sprinkled onto a carbon mount and coated with an evaporated film of carbon. A backscattered electron photomicrograph of a field of scale-covered particles is shown in Figure 1. Due to a large atomic number difference between sand particles and the carbon mount, the backscattered electron signal was used for image analysis since it had a uniform contrast over the shape of each particle.

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