Symmetries are inherent in systems that consist of several interchangeable objects or components. When reasoning about such systems, big computational savings can be obtained if t...
Scan based or Line Sweep methods are a traditional mechanism to traverse the physical layout, or artwork of a microchip. These traversals are incremental in nature. They typically...
It is becoming more important to design systems capable of performing high-level management and control tasks in interactive dynamic environments. At the same time, it is difficul...
This paper analyzes the way in which the London Ambulance Service (LAS) recovered from the events of October 1992, when it implemented a computer aided despatch system (LASCAD) th...
Giddens' structuration theory (ST) offers an account of social life in terms of social practices developing and changing over time and space, which makes no attempt to direct...