Today’s process control industry, which is extensively automated, generates huge amounts of process data from the sensors used to monitor the processes. These data if effectively analyzed and interpreted can give a clearer picture of the performance of the underlying process and can be used for its proactive monitoring. With the great advancements in computing systems a new genre of process monitoring and fault detection systems are being developed which are essentially data-driven. The objectives of this research are to explore a set of data-driven methodologies with a motive to provide a predictive modeling framework and to apply it to process control. This project explores some of the data-driven methods being used in the process control industry, compares their performance, and introduces a novel method based on statistical process control techniques. To evaluate the performance of this novel predictive modeling technique called Multi-state PLS, a patented continuous process analytics technique that is being developed at Emerson Process Management, Austin, some extensive simulations were performed in MATLAB. A MATLAB Graphical User Interface has been developed for implementing the algorithm on the data generated from the simulation of a continuously stirred blending tank. The effects of noise, disturbances, and different excitations on the performance of this algorithm were studied through these simulations. The simulations have been performed first on a steady state system and then applied to a dynamic system .Based on the results obtained for the dynamic system, some modifications have been done in the algorithm to further improve the prediction performance when the system is in dynamic state. Future work includes implementing of the MATLAB based predictive modeling technique to real production data, assessing the performance of the algorithm and to compare with the performance for simulated data. / text

This Master’s thesis analyze application of information technology in education process, examination using testing method and possibility of computerized testing systems in Lithuanian schools. Rapid development of information and communication technologies inevitably affect and change all spheres of the society including education. Moreover, new technologies change and enrich ordinary methods of examination. One of the most important tasks of the education system is to ascertain the level of knowledge acquired or in other words to examine pupils knowledge. So, one of most easily computerized examination forms is testing method. This method has its own shortcomings, but is rather widespread due to its convenience and easy formalization. A new general standard of computer literacy was prepared on 31st January 2002. Its aim is to ascertain the minimum skills of computer usage by pupils. This year the first school leavers well pass the test on computer literacy. The purpose of the test is to examine their knowledge of information technologies and the mastering level of minimum skills of computer usage. Questionnaire of the teachers and pupils shows that testing method is acceptable and the computer in classes is awaited. The aim of the master’s research is to analyze the efficiency of special computer programmers in developing and examining skills of computer literacy in secondary schools. The tasks of research are to analyze the ways of testing, to prepare some tests... [to full text]

Tobulėjant informacinėms technologijoms vis didesnis programinės įrangos procentas kuriama mobiliųjų technologijų vartotojams. Populiarėjant mobiliųjų įrenginių programinei įrangai, darosi vis svarbiau sukurti patikimas, gerai vartotojui suprantamas programas ir tai padaryti kiek įmanoma greičiau. Gan svarbus yra vartotojo sąsajos kūrimas, jos funkcionalumas, paprastumas ir teisingas veikimas. Dinaminis vartotojo sąsajos kūrimas leidžia žymiai sumažinti programinei įrangai sukurti reikalingą laiką, suteikia mažai pastangų reikalaujantį vartotojo sąsajos atnaujinimą, greitą priėjimą prie daugumos mobilaus įrenginio teikiamų funkcijų. Taip pat palengvėja testavimo proceso automatizavimas, leidžia sumažinti bandymų trukmę Šiame darbe nagrinėjamas mobiliųjų įrenginių dinaminis grafinės vartotojo sąsajos kūrimas ir jos testavimas, nustatomi tikslai ir galimas jų įgyvendinimas. Darbe dinaminės vartotojo sąsajos aprašymui buvo pasirinkta XML kalba, įvardinti tokios architektūros privalumai ir problemos ir pateiktos išvados. / Evolving software development for mobile devices brings an increasing importance to develop reliable, user-friendly applications and do it in as short amount of time as possible. Very important is graphical user interface design, it‘s functionality, simplicity and fault free operation. Dynamic and fast low-level user interface development allows to significantly reduce the amount of time that development takes, provides fast content updates requiring less user endeavour, gives easy access to the most of the mobile device provided functionality. Furthermore, testing becomes easier and lasts shorter. Dynamic low-level graphical user interface development and testing are analyzed in the project, established goals and proposed solutions for their implementation. Dynamic user interface was defined using XML, advantages and disadvantages of such architecture were listed and conclusions provided.

Mobile devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistance are widely used in new software products. Testing takes important place in software development process. Constraints of mobile devices (speed, amount of memory, energy, small screen, wide range of platforms) raise new problems for software development process including testing phase. Automated approach of software testing reduces testing time and increases testing range. It is important to distinguish graphic user interface as a special part of testing. The aim of these master theses is to analyze automated testing of GUI for mobile devices, define testing tasks and ways to complete them.

In the process of building maintainable and customizable software used and displayed in different mediums, a user interface (UI) that is auto-generated from meta-data can be built. That way minimal effort can be made when customizing the software. This thesis took place at the financial software company SunGard. Traders have requested a web based solution to one of SunGard's financial softwares, and will be used for managing structured products. The solution had to work with some already defined web and server components that SunGard is using. The web tool used for making a prototype and evaluating the suitability was AngularJS. As a result it was found that it was possible to create a meta-data driven UI. Some programmatic design issues when generating the UI are discussed.

In this thesis, we propose a new design of privacy and session control for improving a collaborative molecular modeling CVR system AMMP-VIS [1]. The design mainly addresses the issue of competing user interests and privacy protection coordination. Based on our investigation of AMMP-VIS, we propose a four-level access control structure for collaborative sessions and dynamic action priority specification for manipulations on shared molecular models. Our design allows a single user to participate in multiple simultaneous sessions. Moreover, a messaging system with text chatting and system broadcasting functionality is included. A 2D user interface [2] for easy command invocation is developed in Python. Two other key aspects of system implementation, the collaboration Central deployment and the 2D GUI for control are also discussed. Finally, we describe our system evaluation plan which is based on an improved cognitive walkthrough and heuristic evaluation as well as statistical usage data.

Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία αφορά την μοντελοποίηση και προσομοίωση της συμπεριφοράς ενσύρματων τηλεπικοινωνιακών καναλιών. Αρχικά, αναλύθηκε το θεωρητικό υπόβαθρο των ενσύρματων τηλεπικοινωνιακών καναλιών και αναπτύχθηκαν τα βασικά μοντέλα που υλοποιήθηκαν στην διπλωματική εργασία. Στην συνέχεια, περιγράφηκε η πλατφόρμα ανάπτυξης STM32-H107 όπου πραγματοποιήθηκε η προσομοίωση του συστήματος και αναλύθηκαν τα βασικά περιφερειακά του επεξεργαστή που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν. Στις τελευταίες ενότητες, αναλύθηκαν το γραφικό περιβάλλον του χρήστη, το σύστημα που τρέχει στην πλατφόρμα και η επικοινωνία μεταξύ των δύο, ενώ μετρήθηκε η αξιοπιστία του συστήματος μέσα από μετρήσεις και σύγκριση των επιθυμητών τιμών SNR που εισήγαγε ο χρήστης με αυτές που επιτύγχανε το σύστημα. / This master thesis deals with the modeling and the simulation of wired telecommunication channels’ behavior. Firstly, the theoretical background of wired telecommunication channels was explained and their basic models were developed. Also, the development board STM32-H107, which was used for the simulation of the system, was described, and the basic processor’s peripherals were analyzed. In the final chapters, the graphical user interface and the application which run on the board, as well as their communication, were presented. System’s reliability was evaluated through comparing the real SNR with the desired SNR.

A partir dos avanços obtidos pela industria farmacêutica surgiram diversos medicamentos para o combate de enfermidades. Esses medicamentos possuem efeito tópico similar porém com suaves modificações em sua estrutura bioquímica, com isso a concorrência entre as industrias farmacêuticas se torna cada vez mais acirrada. Como forma de comparar a efetividade desses medicamentos, surgem diversas metodologias, com o objetivo de encontrar qual seria o melhor medicamento para uma dada situação. Uma das metodologias estudadas é a comparação mista de tratamentos, cujo objetivo é encontrar a efetividade de determinadas drogas em estudos e/ou ensaios clínicos que abordem, mesmo que de maneira indireta, os medicamentos estudados. A utilização dessa metodologia é demasiadamente complexa pois requer conhecimento de linguagens de programação em ambientes estatísticos além do domínio sobre as metodologias aplicadas a essa técnica. O objetivo principal desse estudo é a criação de uma interface gráfica que facilite a utilização do MTC para usuários que não possuam conhecimento em linguagens de programação, que seja de código aberto e multiplataforma. A expectativa é que, com essa interface, a utilização de técnicas mais abrangentes e avançadas seja facilitada, além disso, venha tornar o ensinamento sobre o tema mais facilitado para pessoas que ainda não conhecem o método / Based on the progress made by the pharmaceutical industry, several medications have emerged to combat diseases. These drugs have similar topic effects but with subtle changes in their biochemical structure, thus competition between the pharmaceutical industry becomes increasingly fierce. In order to compare the effectiveness of these drugs, appear different methodologies with the objective of find what would be the best medicine for a given situation. One of the methods studied is the Mixed Treatment Comparision (MTC) whose objective is to find the effectiveness of certain drugs in studies and / or clinical trials that address, even if indirectly, the drugs studied. The use of this methodology is too complex because it requires knowledge of programming languages in statistical environments, beyond the mastery of the methodologies applied to this technique. The main objective of this study is to create a graphical user interface (GUI) that facilitates the use of MTC for users who have no knowledge in programming languages, which is open source and cross-platform. The expectation about this interface is that the use of more comprehensive and advanced techniques is facilitated, moreover, make the teaching about the topic easier for people who do not know the method

The aim of this master thesis is to create a web-based graphical user interface which communicates with a Software Defined Controller and the OpenFlow protocol to provide a basic network management and a topology graph, then to describe main aspects of the OpenFlow technology and to optimalize the chosen SDN Controller for full support in a multi-vendor enviroment.

abstract: With increased usage of green energy, the number of photovoltaic arrays used in power generation is increasing rapidly. Many of the arrays are located at remote locations where faults that occur within the array often go unnoticed and unattended for large periods of time. Technicians sent to rectify the faults have to spend a large amount of time determining the location of the fault manually. Automated monitoring systems are needed to obtain the information about the performance of the array and detect faults. Such systems must monitor the DC side of the array in addition to the AC side to identify non catastrophic faults. This thesis focuses on two of the requirements for DC side monitoring of an automated PV array monitoring system. The first part of the thesis quantifies the advantages of obtaining higher resolution data from a PV array on detection of faults. Data for the monitoring system can be gathered for the array as a whole or from additional places within the array such as individual modules and end of strings. The fault detection rate and the false positive rates are compared for array level, string level and module level PV data. Monte Carlo simulations are performed using PV array models developed in Simulink and MATLAB for fault and no fault cases. The second part describes a graphical user interface (GUI) that can be used to visualize the PV array for module level monitoring system information. A demonstration GUI is built in MATLAB using data obtained from a PV array test facility in Tempe, AZ. Visualizations are implemented to display information about the array as a whole or individual modules and locate faults in the array. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Electrical Engineering 2012