Over the past decade, Web Services have played a prominent role in the Internet area and in the business world. My interest is focused on developing the toolkits for automatic web service and graphical user interface (GUI) generation, KWATT. The standalone KWATT service generator(KSG) is a C++ application that generates web services from Tcl, Python, and Ruby scripts uploaded by end user with KGT(Kwatt Gui Tools), with minimal user intervention. KSG Parser parses the scripts and extracts information about procedures and user-defined control statements, embedded as comments. The KSG creates all necessary C++ wrappers, along with the code stubs required by gSOAP, a C++ interface to the SOAP protocol. Initially conceived to translate VTK front-end Tcl scripts into Web Services, the architecture is sufficiently general to accommodate a wide range of input languages. The work is extanded by considering the automatic creation of graphical user interfaces to allow interaction between an end user and the web service generated by the KSG. Kwatt GUI Generator(KGG) was developed to achieve this. The KGG is a web service that runs inside a service of Java-based open source, and it performs four major steps of GUI generation. First, the KGG receives the scripts from KGT (KWATT GUI Tools) after the corresponding web service generated successfully. Comment lines inserted into the scripts provide hints to the XML generator about the interface widgets. Second, the structure of the GUI is encoded into an XML file by parsing those scripts with the XML generator. Third, the KGG extracts information from the generated XML file, then passes them to a plugin. Finally, the plugin generates the corresponding language user interface that is sent back to the user by the KGG. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Scientific Computing in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester, 2009. / July 27, 2009. / GUI, Web Service, SOAP / Includes bibliographical references. / Gordon Erlebacher, Professor Directing Thesis; Ming Ye, Committee Member; Xiaoqiang Wang, Committee Member.

This work implements inverse methods in various polymer characterization problems. In the first topic, a new approach is proposed to infer the comonomer content using Crystaf method considering and quantifying the associated uncertainty. In the second topic, a comparison is carried out between various rheological probes (methods) to determine their sensitivity in long-chain branching (LCB) detection and measurement. In the last topic, an open-source software is implemented to infer continuous and discrete relaxation modulus. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Scientific Computing in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2014. / May 29, 2014. / Characterization, Inverse methods, Polymer, Uncertainty Quantification / Includes bibliographical references. / Sachin Shanbhag, Professor Directing Dissertation; William Oates, University Representative; Anke Meyer-Baese, Committee Member; Peter Beerli, Committee Member; Jim Wilgenbusch, Committee Member.

The Angola Low and Botswana High pressure systems are thought to play a crucial role in the variability of summer rainfall over southern Africa. However, very little is known about their variability during the summer half of the year and how their influence on rainfall patterns during ENSO and non-ENSO summers may vary. In simple terms, a weaker Angola Low is expected to lead to decreased rainfall as is a stronger Botswana High. This study looks at the monthly evolution of the Angola Low and the Botswana High during the neutral summer of 2012/13 and the two strong El Ni˜no summers of 1997/98 and 2015/16 using the WRF model. CFSR and CFSv2 reanalyses, satellite derived winds, GPCC rainfall and TRMM satellite-derived rainfall estimates are used to validate the model. The model was integrated from September through to April for each run with observed sea surface temperature and reanalyses as boundary conditions. During the neutral summer of 2012/13, the Angola Low became clearly evident in the model during the pentad of 6-10 October whereas during the 1997/98 and 2015/16 El Ni˜no summers, it became evident during the pentads of 6-10 November and 16-20 November respectively. In addition to these differences in onset, there were also differences in the date after which the Low was no longer present in the model fields. These dates were 26-28 February 2013 and 26-31 March 1998 while in the 2015/16 case, the Low remained present throughout the whole of March. In each year, the Botswana High was present throughout the entire summer half of the year. The WRF simulation indicated that during the strong El Ni˜no event of 1997/98, the Angola Low did not weaken whereas the Botswana High was weaker than normal. However, during the strong El Ni˜no event of 2015/16, the Angola Low was weaker and the Botswana High was relatively strong. The strengthening of the Angola Low and the weakening of the Botswana High during the strong 1997/98 El Ni˜no led to substantial rainfall over southern Africa. The near to above average rainfall over subtropical southern Africa during 1997/98 was unexpected given the strength of the El Ni˜no and the SST anomalies in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The weaker Angola Low and stronger Botswana High during the strong 2015/16 El Ni˜no led to severe drought over the region. The study highlights the importance of modulations in the Angola Low and the Botswana High for rainfall anomalies during ENSO and non-ENSO summers as very different rainfall patterns may occur over southern Africa during similar strength ENSO events. The significance of these regional circulation systems is reinforced by the fact that during the 2012/13 neutral summer, the Angola Low was stronger than average and the Botswana High was relatively weak leading to good rainfall. The relationship between the Angola Low, the Botswana High and southern Africa rainfall is found to be relatively strong through the 1979-2017 period. Thus, monitoring and better understanding these regional circulation systems is important and complements ongoing efforts to monitor and predict ENSO.

The increasingly competitive market for cast products has required the development of higher quality and lower cost products. Although conventional process development techniques have improved, the cost and time associated to process development needs to be reduced. A faster and more cost-effective development method is required. Numerical modelling techniques provide a means by which casting design and process parameters can be optimized with minimum use of prototypes. This thesis reviews the current state of the art in solidification modelling. A typical casting problem is modelled, and the numerical results compared against measured temperatures. further work is required to from this investigation it is concluded that obtain, and accurately model the material properties and complex radiation behaviour within the fibrous insulation.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-156). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

<p>This thesis deals with the design and implementation of some novel numerical methods for non-linear singular pertubations problems (NSPPs). It provide a survey of asymptotic and numerical methods for some NSPPs in the past decade. By considering two test problems, rigorous asymptotic analysis is carried out. Based on this analysis, suitable numerical methods are designed, analyzed and implemented in order to have some relevant results of physical importance. Since the asymptotic analysis provides only qualitative information, the focus is more on the numerical analysis of the problem which provides the quantitative information.</p>

<p>This thesis deals with the design and implementation of some novel numerical methods for non-linear singular pertubations problems (NSPPs). It provide a survey of asymptotic and numerical methods for some NSPPs in the past decade. By considering two test problems, rigorous asymptotic analysis is carried out. Based on this analysis, suitable numerical methods are designed, analyzed and implemented in order to have some relevant results of physical importance. Since the asymptotic analysis provides only qualitative information, the focus is more on the numerical analysis of the problem which provides the quantitative information.</p>

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of the Western Cape, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-77).