Issue 10 Volume 41 May 16, 2003

DECISION MAKING
Exploration of Advanced Probabilistic
and Stochastic Design Methods – 10
Reinforcement Learning for Weakly-
Coupled MDPs and an Application to
Planetary Rover Control – 172
Reregistration Eligibility Decision for
Acephate. (Includes Acephate
Facts) – 29
Transition-Independent Decentralized
Markov Decision Processes – 183
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Evaluation of a Dispatcher’s Route Optimization
Decision Aid to Avoid Aviation
Weather Hazards – 5
DECISION THEORY
Decision-Theoretic Control of Planetary
Rovers – 19
Self-Directed Cooperative Planetary
Rovers – 172
Symbolic Heuristic Search for Factored
Markov Decision Processes – 182
DECONTAMINATION
The Removal of Silicone Contaminants
from Spacecraft Hardware – 19
DEEP WATER
Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of
Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and
Benthic Ecology. Interim Report -
Year 2 – 146
DEFECTS
Cu(In,Ga)Se(2) Thin-Film Evolution During
Growth: A Photoluminescense
Study – 50
DEFORMABLE MIRRORS
Micromachined Deformable Mirrors for
Beam Control and Imaging Applications
– 206
DEFORMATION
Study of High Strain Rate Response of
Composites – 102
DEGRADATION
NMR Guided Design of Endcaps With
Improved Oxidation Resistance – 51
DELAMINATING
Surface Cracking and Interface Reaction
Associated Delamination Failure of Thermal
and Environmental Barrier Coatings
– 101
DENSITY (MASS/VOLUME)
New Form of High Energy Density Matter
– 190
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID
Conductance of Dry DNA: Role of Environment
– 200
DEPLETION
Total Ionizing Dose Effects in MOS Oxides
and Devices – 210
DEPLOYMENT
Servicing and Deployment of National
Resources in Sun-Earth Libration Point
Orbits – 226
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DEPOSITION
Deposition of Binary and Ternary Oxide
Thin Films of Trivalent Metals by Atomic
Layer Epitaxy – 78
Heat Transfer and Deposition Behavior
of Hydrocarbon Rocket Fuels – 213
Optimal Substrate Preheating Model for
Thermal Spray Deposition of Thermosets
Onto Polymer Matrix Composites – 32
DESCENT
Flow Past a Descending Balloon – 4
DESIGN ANALYSIS
150 Passenger Commercial Aircraft – 9
A Program to Detect and Characterize
Extra-Solar Giant Planets – 156
Criteria for the Design of GalnP/GaAs/Ge
Triple-Junction Cells top Optimize Their
Performance – 121
Design Study of a Synthetic Thinned
Aperture Radiometer for Hurricane Impact
Prediction – 89
Development of an Electrostatic Energy
Analyzer (ESA) for EQUARS Scientific
Satellite – 21
Preliminary Design and Analysis of the
GIFTS Instrument Pointing System
– 86
PV-Wirefree: Redesigning and Innovating
Grid-Connected PV-Systems – 117
Woelter Instrument Optical Design
– 208
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION
150 Passenger Commercial Aircraft – 9
Aerodynamic Drag and Drag Reduction:
Energy and Energy Savings (Invited)
– 2
Exploration of Advanced Probabilistic
and Stochastic Design Methods – 10
Generalized Extremal Optimization: A
New Stochastic Algorithm for Optimal
Design – 183
Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,
Volume 26, No. 1, January
2003 – 62
Statistical Evaluation and Improvement
of Methods for Combining Random and
Harmonic Loads – 96
Using Plate Finite Elements for Modeling
Fillets in Design, Optimization, and Dynamic
Analysis – 102
DESIGN
Design and Evaluation of System Configurations
for an EUV Mask Inspection
Microscope. Report 3 for AIM Design
Study – 92
Hybrid Residual Flexibility/Mass-Additive
Method for Structural Dynamic Testing
– 95
DESORPTION
Application of Matrix-Assisted Laser
Desorption/ionization to On-line Aerosol
Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry – 92
DESTRUCTIVE TESTS
A Survey of Research Performed at
NASA Langley Research Center’s Impact
Dynamics Research Facility – 14
DETECTION
A Wavelet-Based Instrument for Detection
of Crackles in Pulmonary
Sounds – 198
An Evaluation of Electronic Nose for
Space Program Applications – 71
Autonomous Pathogen Detection System
FY 02 Annual Progress Report
– 125
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV) Airspace Operations Sensing Requirements
– 11
Gear Damage Detection Using Oil Debris
Analysis – 99
Shortwave (SW) Clear-Sky Detection
and Fitting Algorithm: Algorithm Operational
Details and Explanations – 141
Ultrasensitive Biosensors for Molecular
Recognition and Manipulation – 90
DETECTORS
Gas-Solid Absorption Characteristics of
Supramolecular Compounds Using a
Hermetically Controlled Atmosphere Automated
Absorption Balance (H-
CAAAB) – 39
Pulse Rise Time Characterization of a
High Pressure Xenon Gamma Detector
for Use in Resolution Enhancement
– 191
DEUTERIUM
Calculation of Shock Hugoniot Curves of
Precompressed Liquid Deuterium – 86
DEUTERONS
Relativistic Theory of Few-Body Systems
– 192
DEVELOPMENT
Yes--This is Rocket Science: MMCs for
Liquid Rocket Engines – 15
DIAGNOSIS
Automatic Detection of Voice Impairments
Due to Vocal Misuse by Means of
Gaussian Mixture Models – 170
Characterization of Model-Based Reasoning
Strategies for Use in IVHM Architectures
– 157
National NIF Diagnostic Program Fiscal
Year 2002 Third Quarter Report – 208
Practical Diagnostics for Evaluating
Residential Commissioning Metrics
– 63
Progress in Cancer Diagnosis With Ultrasound
– 196
The Effects of Supportive and Nonsupportive
Behaviors on the Quality of Life of
Prostate Cancer Patients and Their
Spouses – 149
DIAGRAMS
Initial Requirements for a Software Tool
to Support the Use of Operational Sequence
Diagrams (OSDs) – 168