Thesis (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Structural analysis is examined in order to identify its essential information
requirements, its fundamental tasks, and the essential functionalities that applications
which support it should provide. The special characteristics of the information content
of structural analysis and the algorithms that operate on it are looked into and
exploited to devise data structures and utilities that provide proper support of the
analysis task within a local environment, while presenting the opportunity to be
extended to the context of a distributed network-based collaboratory as well. Aspects
regarding the distribution of analysis parameters and methods are analysed and
alternatives are evaluated. The extentions required to adapt the local data structures
and utilities for use in a distributed communication network are developed and
implemented in pilot form. Examples of collaborative analysis are shown, and an
evaluation of the overhead involved in distributed work is performed. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: 'n Ondersoek van die struktuuranalise-taak word uitgevoer waarin die kerninligtingsbehoeftes
en fundamentele take daarvan, asook die vereisde funksionaliteit
van toepassings wat dit ondersteun bepaal word. Die besondere eienskappe van
struktuuranalise-inligting en die algoritmes wat daarop inwerk word ondersoek en
benut om data strukture en metodes te ontwikkel wat die analise-taak goed
ondersteun in In lokale omgewing, en wat terselfdertyd die moontlikheid bied om
sodanig uitgebrei te word dat dit ook die taak in 'n verspreide
samewerkingsgroepering kan ondersteun. Aspekte van die verspreiding van analiseparameters
en metodes word ondersoek en alternatiewe oplossings word evalueer.
Die uitbreidings wat nodig is om die datastrukture en metodes van die lokale
omgewing aan te pas vir gebruik in verspreide kommunikasienetwerke word
ontwikkel en in loodsvorm toegepas. Voorbeelde van samewerking-gebasseerde
analise word getoon, en die oorhoofse koste verbonde aan analise in 'n verdeelde
omgewing word evalueer.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/53069 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Van Rooyen, G. C. (Gert Cornelis) |
| Contributors | Dunaiski, P. E., Pahl, P. J., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Civil Engineering. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 v. (various pagings) |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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