PPU: A Protocol Parsing Unit in Hardware

The design of a protocol parser in hardware based on language theory to improve time-to-market, reduce development cost and increase performance compared to protocol parsing in software.

Optimal Thrust Allocation Methods for Dynamic Positioning of Ships

The first Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems emerged in the 1960's from the need for deep water drilling by the offshore oil and gas industry, as conventional mooring systems, like a jack-up barge or an anchored rig, can only be used in shallow waters. GustoMSC has been developing DP drill ships since the early 1970's and it is still one of their...

Managing clones using dynamic change tracking and resolution: Helping developers to cope with changing clone fragments

By many, code cloning is nowadays recognized as a threat to the maintainability of source code. Many clone detection strategies have been proposed and a considerable number of removal strategies, mostly based on refactoring techniques, has been shown. However, recent research has showed that clones can often not be removed easily and other...

Estimating cloud liquid water content from radar reflectivity for stratocumulus clouds during the Cloud Lidar and Radar Experiment

In order to obtain the cloud liquid water content from radar observations, a relationship between the radar reflectivity (Z) and the cloud liquid water content (LWC) must be found. In literature, empirical Z-LWC have been proposed. However these relationships ignore drizzle-sized droplets. Since the clouds were drizzling during Clare these...