NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

The Business Case for SWIM – 15
The Right Radar Backup for ADS-
B – 48
Top-Down Mechanism Design Study for
Multi-UAV Search and Surveillance
– 21
SURVEYS
A Survey of Photon Mapping for Realistic
Image Synthesis – 92
The Gemini Deep Planet Survey
(GDPS) – 235
SWEDEN
Quantification of Deaths Attributed to Air
Pollution in Sweden Using Estimated
Population Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide
as Indicator – 101
SWITCHES
JADE: A Hierarchical Switch Level Timing
Simulator – 75
SWITCHING
Digitally Programmable SC-Filters Compatible
with Semi-Custom VLSI – 72
Functional Reconfiguration in Fixed-Size
VLSl Arrays – 67
Investigating the Effect of Voltage-
Switching on Low-Energy Task Scheduling
in Hard Real-Time Systems – 178
Novel Electronic Chaos Generators Using
Nonlinear Switched-Capacitor Circuits
– 71
SlCOMP: A Silicon Complier for
Switched-Capacitor Filters – 215
Switched-Capacitor Building Blocks with
Reduced Sensitivity to Finite Amplifier
Gain, Bandwidth and Offset Voltage
– 115
Timing-Controlled Switched Analog Filters
with Full Digital Programmability
– 66
Vertex Eliminations in Graphs – 121
SYLLABLES
Modeling Spectral Speech Transitions
Using Temporal Decomposition Techniques
– 205
Syllable-based Segment-Hypotheses
Generation in Fluently Spoken Speech
Using Gross Articulatory Features
– 154
SYNCHROTRONS
Application of Independent Component
Analysis for Beam Diagnosis – 192
New Correction Magnet Package for the
FERMILAB Booster Synchrotron – 198
New Pulsed Orbit Bump Magnets for the
Fermilab Booster Synchrotron – 185
Performance Calculation on Orbit feedback
for NSLS-II – 195
SYNTAX
A Formal Syntax and Semantics for the
GSPML Language – 130
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
Knowledge Based Object Detection Using
SAR Images – 43
SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS
Building Adaptive Organizations: A
Bridge from Basic Research to Operational
Exercises – 44
Model Evaluation Tool – 103
Test and Evaluation of the Smart Fuel
Cell C20-MP Direct Methanol Hybrid
Fuel Cell System as a Soldier Power
Source – 94
SYSTEM FAILURES
Vision for a future diagnostic architecture
– 141
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION
The Use of Large Adaptive Gains to
Remove the SPR Condition from Recursive
Adaptive Algorithms – 165
SYSTEMATIC ERRORS
Elimination of ‘Ghost’-Effect-Related
Systematic Errors in Metrology of X-ray
Optics with a Long Trace Profiler – 193
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Detecting Unknown Computer Viruses -
A New Approach - – 180
Extended Matrix Formulation for the
Marple Algorithm – 119
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
A Continuous Speech Dialog System for
the Oral Control of a Sonar Console
– 206
A Logical Architecture for Future Avionics
– 11
An Early Decision, Real-Time
Connected-Speech Recognizer – 177
An Integrated Turbulence Avoidance
Decision-Aid for Pilots, Dispatchers &
Controllers – 7
Certification – 128
Composition of Conditional Random
Fields for Transfer Learning – 134
In-Service Evaluation of a Prototype Turbulence
Auto-PIREP System
(TAPS) – 8
Range Enhancement to Wide Area Multilateration
Processing – 9
Safe Flight 21 Implementing Broadcast
Services – 13
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Enables
an Agile National Airspace System
- SWIM Provides the Pipeline Services
– 15
The Evolution of Test Heads in High
Frequency VLSI Test Systems – 72
The Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) System Wide Information Management
(SWIM) Program – 7
The Standalone Traffic Information Service
(TIS) Server – 4
Validation and Usability Analysis of Intelligent
Systems: An Integrated Approach
– 160
VLSI System Design Using a Macintosh
Personal Computer – 65
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
A Systematic Method for Mapping Algorithms
of Arbitrarily Large Dimensions on
to Fixed Size Systolic Arrays – 70
Integrated GPS/eLoran Systems – 4
Integration of Airport Surface Communication
Systems – 50
Validation and Usability Analysis of Intelligent
Systems: An Integrated Approach
– 160
VHF Channel Occupancy Measurements
over Core Europe – 47
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
The Business Case for SWIM – 15
The USA Air Force and the Culture of
Innovation, 1945-1965 – 144
SYSTOLIC ARRAYS
A Systematic Method for Mapping Algorithms
of Arbitrarily Large Dimensions on
to Fixed Size Systolic Arrays – 70
Configuration and Evaluation of Systolic
Array Type Convolvers – 150
Nonplanar Switchable Arrays for Signal
Processing – 69
TABLES (DATA)
Technical Equivalency Documentation
for a New Alpha Spectroscopy System
– 123
TANTALUM
a-SiGe:H Materials and Devices Deposited
by Hot Wire CVD Using a Tantalum
Filament Operated at Low Temperature
– 33
Numerical Study of On-Axis Dose Rate
from Ta and W Bremsstrahlung Converter
Targets – 199
TARGET ACQUISITION
Top-Down Mechanism Design Study for
Multi-UAV Search and Surveillance
– 21
TARGET RECOGNITION
Matching Algorithms and Feature Match
Quality Measures for Model-Based Object
Recognition with Applications to Automatic
Target Recognition – 158
TARGETS
A Frequency Domain Approach to Multiframe
Detection and Estimation of Dim
Targets – 205
Estimation of Subpixel Target Size for
Remotely Sensed Imagery – 174
Matching Algorithms and Feature Match
Quality Measures for Model-Based Object
Recognition with Applications to Automatic
Target Recognition – 158
Numerical Study of On-Axis Dose Rate
from Ta and W Bremsstrahlung Converter
Targets – 199
Parallel Scene
Generation/Electromagnetic Modeling of
Complex Targets in Complex Clutter and
Propagation Environments – 182
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