A data dictionary is a central repository that contains metadata about the data in a database. It describes the structure, elements, relationships and other attributes of the data. A well-designed database will include a data dictionary to provide information about the type of data in each table, row and column without accessing the actual database. This ensures data consistency when multiple users access the database. A data dictionary can be integrated with the database management system or be a standalone tool. It should be easily accessible and searchable by all database users.
The document defines an SRS as the official statement of what system developers should implement, providing a complete description of the system behavior. An SRS precisely defines the software product and is used to understand requirements to design the software. It includes the purpose, product scope, features, interfaces, and other functional and non-functional requirements. The SRS benefits include establishing agreement between customers and suppliers, reducing development effort, and providing a baseline for validation.
The document discusses the software development life cycle (SDLC). It describes the typical phases of SDLC including problem definition, program design, coding, debugging, testing, documentation, maintenance, and extension/redesign. It also covers different SDLC models like waterfall, prototyping, and agile development. The SDLC process is best for structured environments while iterative models work better for web and e-commerce projects where frequent stakeholder feedback is needed.
The document discusses software requirements and requirements engineering. It introduces concepts like user requirements, system requirements, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements. It explains how requirements can be organized in a requirements document and the different types of stakeholders who read requirements. The document also discusses challenges in writing requirements precisely and provides examples of requirements specification for a library system called LIBSYS.
The document describes an online railway reservation system project submitted by students. It discusses software engineering principles and methods used to develop the system. It includes UML diagrams like use case, class, sequence, and activity diagrams that were created as part of the analysis and design of the system. It also describes testing done on the project in the form of alpha testing.
The document discusses compilers and their role in translating high-level programming languages into machine-readable code. It notes that compilers perform several key functions: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, generation of an intermediate representation, optimization of the intermediate code, and finally generation of assembly or machine code. The compiler allows programmers to write code in a high-level language that is easier for humans while still producing efficient low-level code that computers can execute.
This document discusses common myths held by software managers, developers, and customers. It describes myths such as believing formal standards and procedures are sufficient, thinking new hardware means high quality development, adding people to late projects will help catch up, and outsourcing means relaxing oversight. Realities discussed include standards not being used effectively, tools being more important than hardware, adding people making projects later, and needing management and control of outsourced projects. Developer myths like thinking the job is done once code runs and quality can't be assessed until code runs are addressed. The document emphasizes the importance of requirements, documentation, quality processes, and addressing change impacts.
A data dictionary is a “virtual database” containing metadata (data about data). Data dictionary holds information about the database and the data that it stores.
This document discusses various design notations that can be used at different levels of software design, including:
- Data flow diagrams, structure charts, HIPO diagrams, pseudo code, and structured flowcharts, which can be used for external, architectural, and detailed design specifications.
- Data flow diagrams use nodes and arcs to represent processing activities and data flow. Structure charts show hierarchical structure and interconnections. HIPO diagrams use a tree structure.
- Other notations discussed include procedure templates for interface specifications, pseudo code for algorithms and logic, and decision tables for complex decision logic.
An assembler is a program that converts assembly language code into machine language code. It has two passes: in the first pass, it scans the program and builds a symbol table with label addresses; in the second pass, it converts instructions to machine language using the symbol table and builds the executable image. The assembler converts mnemonics to operation codes, symbolic operands to addresses, builds instructions, converts data, and writes the object program and listing. The linker then resolves symbols between object files before the loader copies the executable into memory and relocates it as needed. The assembler uses symbol tables from both passes and databases to perform its functions of translating and building the executable.
Joins in SQL are used to combine data from two or more tables based on common columns between them. There are several types of joins, including inner joins, outer joins, and cross joins. Inner joins return rows that match between tables, outer joins return all rows including non-matching rows, and cross joins return the cartesian product between tables.
This document provides an introduction to compilers, including:
- What compilers are and their role in translating programs to machine code
- The main phases of compilation: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, and optimization
- Key concepts like tokens, parsing, symbol tables, and intermediate representations
- Related software tools like preprocessors, assemblers, loaders, and linkers
The document discusses the drawbacks of using file systems to manage large amounts of shared data, such as data redundancy, inconsistency, isolation, and lack of security and crash recovery. It then introduces database management systems (DBMS) as an alternative that offers advantages like data independence, efficient access, integrity, security, concurrent access, administration, and reduced application development time. However, DBMS also have disadvantages including cost, size, complexity, and higher impact of failure.
The document summarizes the key aspects of direct linking loaders. A direct linking loader allows for multiple procedure and data segments and flexible intersegment referencing. It provides assembler output with the length and symbol tables (USE and DEFINITION) to the loader. The loader performs two passes, building a Global External Symbol Table in Pass 1 and performing relocation and linking in Pass 2 using the object decks with External Symbol Dictionary, instructions/data, and relocation/linkage sections. This allows combining and executing object code from separate object programs.
System programming involves designing and implementing system programs like operating systems, compilers, linkers, and loaders that allow user programs to run efficiently on a computer system. A key part of system programming is developing system software like operating systems, assemblers, compilers, and debuggers. An operating system acts as an interface between the user and computer hardware, managing processes, memory, devices, and files. Assemblers and compilers translate programs into machine-readable code. Loaders place object code into memory for execution. System programming optimizes computer system performance and resource utilization.
This document discusses the nature of software. It defines software as a set of instructions that can be stored electronically. Software engineering encompasses processes and methods to build high quality computer software. Software has a dual role as both a product and a vehicle to deliver products. Characteristics of software include being engineered rather than manufactured, and not wearing out over time like hardware. Software application domains include system software, application software, engineering/scientific software, embedded software, product-line software, web applications, and artificial intelligence software. The document also discusses challenges like open-world computing and legacy software.
PL/SQL is Oracle's standard language for accessing and manipulating data in Oracle databases. It allows developers to integrate SQL statements with procedural constructs like variables, conditions, and loops. PL/SQL code is organized into blocks that define a declarative section for variable declarations and an executable section containing SQL and PL/SQL statements. Variables can be scalar, composite, reference, or LOB types and are declared in the declarative section before being used in the executable section.
This document discusses assembly language and assemblers. It begins by explaining that assembly language provides a more readable and convenient way to program compared to machine language. It then describes how an assembler works, translating assembly language programs into machine code. The elements of assembly language are defined, including mnemonic operation codes, symbolic operands, and data declarations. The document also covers instruction formats, sample assembly language programs, and the processing an assembler performs to generate machine code from assembly code.
Introduction
Difference between System software and Application software
Difference between System and Application programming
Elements of programming environment
Assembler
Loader and Linker
Macro preprocessor
Compiler
Editor
Debugger
Device Drivers
Operating System
The document defines the software development life cycle (SDLC) and its phases. It discusses several SDLC models including waterfall, prototype, iterative enhancement, and spiral. The waterfall model follows sequential phases from requirements to maintenance with no overlap. The prototype model involves building prototypes for user feedback. The iterative enhancement model develops software incrementally. The spiral model is divided into risk analysis, engineering, construction, and evaluation cycles. The document also covers software requirements, elicitation through interviews and use cases, analysis through data, behavioral and functional modeling, and documentation in a software requirements specification.
This document provides an overview of software maintenance. It discusses that software maintenance is an important phase of the software life cycle that accounts for 40-70% of total costs. Maintenance includes error correction, enhancements, deletions of obsolete capabilities, and optimizations. The document categorizes maintenance into corrective, adaptive, perfective and preventive types. It also discusses the need for maintenance to adapt to changing user requirements and environments. The document describes approaches to software maintenance including program understanding, generating maintenance proposals, accounting for ripple effects, and modified program testing. It discusses challenges like lack of documentation and high staff turnover. The document also introduces concepts of reengineering and reverse engineering to make legacy systems more maintainable.
This document provides information about different types of database languages. It discusses database definition languages (DDL) which are used to define the database structure, data manipulation languages (DML) which are used to retrieve and modify data, data control languages (DCL) which control security and access, and transaction control languages (TCL) which manage transactions. Examples of commands for each language type are provided, such as CREATE, ALTER, and DROP for DDL and SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE for DML.
This document discusses software architecture from both a management and technical perspective. From a management perspective, it defines an architecture as the design concept, an architecture baseline as tangible artifacts that satisfy stakeholders, and an architecture description as a human-readable representation of the design. It also notes that mature processes, clear requirements, and a demonstrable architecture are important for predictable project planning. Technically, it describes Philippe Kruchten's model of software architecture, which includes use case, design, process, component, and deployment views that model different aspects of realizing a system's design.
This document discusses several software cost estimation techniques:
1. Top-down and bottom-up approaches - Top-down estimates system-level costs while bottom-up estimates costs of each module and combines them.
2. Expert judgment - Widely used technique where experts estimate costs based on past similar projects. It utilizes experience but can be biased.
3. Delphi estimation - Estimators anonymously provide estimates in rounds to reach consensus without group dynamics influencing individuals.
4. Work breakdown structure - Hierarchical breakdown of either the product components or work activities to aid bottom-up estimation.
The document discusses several key design issues in entity-relationship (ER) database schemas including:
1) Distinguishing between entities and attributes and how they are modeled, such as whether a phone number is an attribute of employees or its own entity.
2) Modeling relationships between entities as either binary or ternary relationships and how ternary relationships can be broken down into multiple binary relationships.
3) Relationship design considerations like whether a relationship such as an employee working in a department should allow for multiple time periods or just one.
This document discusses various design notations that can be used at different levels of software design, including:
- Data flow diagrams, structure charts, HIPO diagrams, pseudo code, and structured flowcharts, which can be used for external, architectural, and detailed design specifications.
- Data flow diagrams use nodes and arcs to represent processing activities and data flow. Structure charts show hierarchical structure and interconnections. HIPO diagrams use a tree structure.
- Other notations discussed include procedure templates for interface specifications, pseudo code for algorithms and logic, and decision tables for complex decision logic.
An assembler is a program that converts assembly language code into machine language code. It has two passes: in the first pass, it scans the program and builds a symbol table with label addresses; in the second pass, it converts instructions to machine language using the symbol table and builds the executable image. The assembler converts mnemonics to operation codes, symbolic operands to addresses, builds instructions, converts data, and writes the object program and listing. The linker then resolves symbols between object files before the loader copies the executable into memory and relocates it as needed. The assembler uses symbol tables from both passes and databases to perform its functions of translating and building the executable.
Joins in SQL are used to combine data from two or more tables based on common columns between them. There are several types of joins, including inner joins, outer joins, and cross joins. Inner joins return rows that match between tables, outer joins return all rows including non-matching rows, and cross joins return the cartesian product between tables.
This document provides an introduction to compilers, including:
- What compilers are and their role in translating programs to machine code
- The main phases of compilation: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, and optimization
- Key concepts like tokens, parsing, symbol tables, and intermediate representations
- Related software tools like preprocessors, assemblers, loaders, and linkers
The document discusses the drawbacks of using file systems to manage large amounts of shared data, such as data redundancy, inconsistency, isolation, and lack of security and crash recovery. It then introduces database management systems (DBMS) as an alternative that offers advantages like data independence, efficient access, integrity, security, concurrent access, administration, and reduced application development time. However, DBMS also have disadvantages including cost, size, complexity, and higher impact of failure.
The document summarizes the key aspects of direct linking loaders. A direct linking loader allows for multiple procedure and data segments and flexible intersegment referencing. It provides assembler output with the length and symbol tables (USE and DEFINITION) to the loader. The loader performs two passes, building a Global External Symbol Table in Pass 1 and performing relocation and linking in Pass 2 using the object decks with External Symbol Dictionary, instructions/data, and relocation/linkage sections. This allows combining and executing object code from separate object programs.
System programming involves designing and implementing system programs like operating systems, compilers, linkers, and loaders that allow user programs to run efficiently on a computer system. A key part of system programming is developing system software like operating systems, assemblers, compilers, and debuggers. An operating system acts as an interface between the user and computer hardware, managing processes, memory, devices, and files. Assemblers and compilers translate programs into machine-readable code. Loaders place object code into memory for execution. System programming optimizes computer system performance and resource utilization.
This document discusses the nature of software. It defines software as a set of instructions that can be stored electronically. Software engineering encompasses processes and methods to build high quality computer software. Software has a dual role as both a product and a vehicle to deliver products. Characteristics of software include being engineered rather than manufactured, and not wearing out over time like hardware. Software application domains include system software, application software, engineering/scientific software, embedded software, product-line software, web applications, and artificial intelligence software. The document also discusses challenges like open-world computing and legacy software.
PL/SQL is Oracle's standard language for accessing and manipulating data in Oracle databases. It allows developers to integrate SQL statements with procedural constructs like variables, conditions, and loops. PL/SQL code is organized into blocks that define a declarative section for variable declarations and an executable section containing SQL and PL/SQL statements. Variables can be scalar, composite, reference, or LOB types and are declared in the declarative section before being used in the executable section.
This document discusses assembly language and assemblers. It begins by explaining that assembly language provides a more readable and convenient way to program compared to machine language. It then describes how an assembler works, translating assembly language programs into machine code. The elements of assembly language are defined, including mnemonic operation codes, symbolic operands, and data declarations. The document also covers instruction formats, sample assembly language programs, and the processing an assembler performs to generate machine code from assembly code.
Introduction
Difference between System software and Application software
Difference between System and Application programming
Elements of programming environment
Assembler
Loader and Linker
Macro preprocessor
Compiler
Editor
Debugger
Device Drivers
Operating System
The document defines the software development life cycle (SDLC) and its phases. It discusses several SDLC models including waterfall, prototype, iterative enhancement, and spiral. The waterfall model follows sequential phases from requirements to maintenance with no overlap. The prototype model involves building prototypes for user feedback. The iterative enhancement model develops software incrementally. The spiral model is divided into risk analysis, engineering, construction, and evaluation cycles. The document also covers software requirements, elicitation through interviews and use cases, analysis through data, behavioral and functional modeling, and documentation in a software requirements specification.
This document provides an overview of software maintenance. It discusses that software maintenance is an important phase of the software life cycle that accounts for 40-70% of total costs. Maintenance includes error correction, enhancements, deletions of obsolete capabilities, and optimizations. The document categorizes maintenance into corrective, adaptive, perfective and preventive types. It also discusses the need for maintenance to adapt to changing user requirements and environments. The document describes approaches to software maintenance including program understanding, generating maintenance proposals, accounting for ripple effects, and modified program testing. It discusses challenges like lack of documentation and high staff turnover. The document also introduces concepts of reengineering and reverse engineering to make legacy systems more maintainable.
This document provides information about different types of database languages. It discusses database definition languages (DDL) which are used to define the database structure, data manipulation languages (DML) which are used to retrieve and modify data, data control languages (DCL) which control security and access, and transaction control languages (TCL) which manage transactions. Examples of commands for each language type are provided, such as CREATE, ALTER, and DROP for DDL and SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE for DML.
This document discusses software architecture from both a management and technical perspective. From a management perspective, it defines an architecture as the design concept, an architecture baseline as tangible artifacts that satisfy stakeholders, and an architecture description as a human-readable representation of the design. It also notes that mature processes, clear requirements, and a demonstrable architecture are important for predictable project planning. Technically, it describes Philippe Kruchten's model of software architecture, which includes use case, design, process, component, and deployment views that model different aspects of realizing a system's design.
This document discusses several software cost estimation techniques:
1. Top-down and bottom-up approaches - Top-down estimates system-level costs while bottom-up estimates costs of each module and combines them.
2. Expert judgment - Widely used technique where experts estimate costs based on past similar projects. It utilizes experience but can be biased.
3. Delphi estimation - Estimators anonymously provide estimates in rounds to reach consensus without group dynamics influencing individuals.
4. Work breakdown structure - Hierarchical breakdown of either the product components or work activities to aid bottom-up estimation.
The document discusses several key design issues in entity-relationship (ER) database schemas including:
1) Distinguishing between entities and attributes and how they are modeled, such as whether a phone number is an attribute of employees or its own entity.
2) Modeling relationships between entities as either binary or ternary relationships and how ternary relationships can be broken down into multiple binary relationships.
3) Relationship design considerations like whether a relationship such as an employee working in a department should allow for multiple time periods or just one.
This document provides an overview of key concepts related to database management and business intelligence. It discusses the database approach to data management, including entities, attributes, relationships, keys, normalization, and entity-relationship diagrams. It also covers relational database management systems, their operations, capabilities and querying languages. Additional topics include big data, business intelligence tools for capturing, organizing and analyzing data, and ensuring data quality. The agenda outlines a review of chapters from the textbook and an in-class ERD exercise in preparation for the first exam.
The Data Engineering Guide 101 - GDGoC NUML X Bytewisegdscnuml
This presentation was delivered by Usman Khan, the Founder & CEO of Bytewise Limited on the foundations of Data Engineering, challenges and opportunities in data engineering and how can you get started with data engineering.
Lec20.pptx introduction to data bases and information systemssamiullahamjad06
The document provides an overview of databases and information systems. It defines what a database is, how data is organized in a hierarchy from bits to files, and the different types of database models including hierarchical, network, and relational. It also discusses how structured query language and query by example are used to retrieve data in relational databases. Finally, it outlines different types of computer-based information systems used in organizations like transaction processing systems, management information systems, and decision support systems.
ETL processes , Datawarehouse and Datamarts.pptxParnalSatle
The document discusses ETL processes, data warehousing, and data marts. It defines ETL as extracting data from source systems, transforming it, and loading it into a data warehouse. Data warehouses integrate data from multiple sources to support business intelligence and analytics. Data marts are focused subsets of data warehouses that serve specific business functions or departments. The document outlines the key components and architecture of data warehousing systems, including source data, data staging, data storage in warehouses and marts, and analytical applications.
This document provides an overview of key concepts related to database systems. It discusses the textbook, course description, definitions of databases, data, structured vs unstructured data, information, metadata, data management, file processing systems vs database approaches. The file processing system had issues like program-data dependency, data duplication, limited sharing, and maintenance. The database approach provides advantages like independence, redundancy, consistency, sharing, and quality.
This document discusses database management systems and the database development lifecycle. It defines DBMS as software that manages databases and provides functions like data definition, retrieval, updating and administration. It describes the characteristics of data in databases and advantages like redundancy control and data sharing. The document outlines the planning, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance phases of both the software development lifecycle and database development lifecycle. It also covers different database models like hierarchical, network and relational.
01-Database Administration and Management.pdfTOUSEEQHAIDER14
This document provides an introduction and overview of database systems. It discusses the purpose of database systems in addressing issues with file-based data storage like data redundancy, inconsistent data, and difficulty of data access. It also describes database applications, data models, database languages like SQL, database design, database architecture, and the major components of a database system including the storage manager, query processor, and transaction manager.
This document provides an overview and summary of key topics related to database design and management. It outlines the course contents, which include concepts of database management, database modeling, SQL, distributed databases, and database administration. It also discusses database terminology, the advantages of using a database management system (DBMS) compared to file-based systems, including improved data sharing and reduced redundancy. The components of a DBMS environment are identified as hardware, software, data, procedures, and people.
2. Business Data Analytics and Technology.pptxnirmalanr2
This document discusses business data analytics and technology. It covers topics such as data categorization, data issues including quality and privacy, database management systems, data warehouses, data marts, data mining, text mining, web mining, and business analytics software tools. The goal is to provide an overview of how organizations can effectively collect, store, analyze and utilize data to make informed business decisions.
This document provides an overview of Module 1 of a course on Big Data Analytics. It introduces key concepts related to big data, including its characteristics, types, and classification. It describes approaches to data architecture design, data storage, processing and analytics for both traditional and big data systems. It also covers topics like data sources, quality, preprocessing, and case studies and applications of big data analytics.
There are three common tools for documenting information systems:
1. Data flow diagrams (DFDs) visually represent the flow of data between system processes, data stores, external entities, and destinations. DFDs use four basic symbols.
2. Flowcharts depict the steps in a process and use standard symbols to represent actions, data flows, and decisions. There are different types for different purposes.
3. Business process modeling notation (BPMN) diagrams show business processes through a set of graphical symbols. Documentation is important for accountants to understand system functions and evaluate internal controls.
Digital Data to Digital Signal ConversionArafat Hossan
Digital to Digital Conversion
Conversion Techniques
Line Coding
Relationship Between Data Rate and Signal Rate
Line Coding Schemes
Unipolar
Polar
Bipolar
Block Coding
Scrambling
Error and Error Handling
Using die() function
Defining Custom Error Handling Function
Error Parameter
Possible Error levels
Possible Error levels Exceptions Handling
Creating Custom Exception Handler
Bus Interface Unit(BIU) of 8086 MicroprocessorArafat Hossan
BIU and EU of 8086 MP
The Bus Interface unit (BIU)
Different Parts of BIU
Instruction Queue
Segment Register
Code segment (CS)
Stack segment (SS)
Extra segment (ES)
Data segment (DS)
Instruction Pointer
Assembly language is a low-level programming language that is converted into machine code by an assembler utility program. It uses mnemonic codes that represent processor instructions to move data and perform operations. While it provides more control over hardware and requires less memory usage than high-level languages, assembly language also has limitations in that it is not portable, has difficult syntax to remember, and takes more time and effort to write and debug code.
This document discusses web frameworks, including what they are, popular examples, and their advantages and disadvantages. A web framework provides a predefined structure and tools to support web application development. Frameworks can range from passive (just files) to active (automatically generating code). Popular frameworks include Django, Ruby on Rails, Flask, and Angular. Frameworks can increase productivity but also require learning and may reduce flexibility. Future frameworks will aim to be more dynamic and easy to use.
This document discusses different CPU scheduling algorithms. It covers scheduling criteria like CPU utilization and waiting time. It then describes common scheduling algorithms like First Come First Served, Shortest Job First, Priority Scheduling, and Round Robin. For each algorithm, it provides an example of how processes would be scheduled using a Gantt chart and calculates the average waiting time.
This document discusses semaphores, which are integer variables that coordinate access to shared resources. It describes counting semaphores, which allow multiple processes to access a critical section simultaneously up to a set limit, and binary semaphores, which only permit one process at a time. Key differences are that counting semaphores can have any integer value while binary semaphores are limited to 0 or 1, and counting semaphores allow multiple slots while binary semaphores provide strict mutual exclusion. Limitations of semaphores include potential priority inversion issues and deadlocks if not used properly.
Deadlock occurs when two or more transactions are waiting indefinitely for resources held by each other to become available again. Four conditions must be present for deadlock to arise: mutual exclusion, hold and wait, no preemption, and circular wait. There are two main approaches to dealing with deadlock - prevention through avoiding one of the four conditions, and detection and recovery by periodically checking for cycles in the wait-for graph and selecting victim transactions to roll back and free resources.
A data model is a conceptual representation of the data structures needed for a database. It is like an architect's building plans, representing the data independently of hardware or software constraints. The document then discusses several common types of data models including flat, entity relationship, relational, record base, network, hierarchical, object oriented, and object relational models. It notes that relational models are the most popular and extensively used, with data stored in tables of rows and columns. Data models are important for representing complex real-world structures and facilitating communication between designers, programmers, and users about how data is organized.
Mapping cardinality describes the number of entities in one set that can be associated with entities in another set via a relationship. There are four types of mapping cardinality: one-to-one, where each entity is associated with exactly one entity in the other set; one-to-many, where an entity can be associated with multiple entities but each entity can only be associated with one entity; many-to-one, the inverse of one-to-many; and many-to-many, where each entity can be associated with multiple entities in the other set.
SQL is a standard language used to store, manipulate, and retrieve data in databases. It was influenced by Codd's relational model and is now the most widely used database language. SQL can perform functions like executing queries, retrieving, inserting, updating, and deleting records from databases, and can also create and modify databases, tables, indexes, and views. Common SQL commands include SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT INTO, and CREATE operations. The basic SQL syntax involves SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, and INSERT statements using keywords, columns, tables, and conditions.
This is a slide on relational algebra. i have discussed some common operation of relational algebra. most impotently i have add all the sql of corresponding operation and also the syntax.
Divisibility rules provide ways to quickly determine if a number is divisible by another number without performing long division. The document outlines divisibility rules for several numbers:
- A number is divisible by 2 if the last digit is even. It is divisible by 5 if the last digit is 0 or 5. It is divisible by 10 if the last digit is 0.
- For divisibility by 3, add the digits and check if the sum is divisible by 3. For 6, check if it meets the rules for both 2 and 3. For 9, check the digit sum.
- To check divisibility by 4, see if the last two digits are divisible by 4 without a remainder. For 8,
A process contains the program code, stack, data section, and heap. It is represented in the operating system by a process control block that stores information like the process state, number, program counter, registers, and open files. The operating system uses a scheduler to select processes from memory and choose among ready processes, switching between them through context switching that saves the current process control block and loads the next one.
The document discusses the all pairs shortest path problem, which aims to find the shortest distance between every pair of vertices in a graph. It explains that the algorithm works by calculating the minimum cost to traverse between nodes using intermediate nodes, according to the equation A_k(i,j)=min{A_{k-1}(i,j), A_{k-1}(i,k), A_{k-1}(k,j)}. An example is provided to illustrate calculating the shortest path between nodes over multiple iterations of the algorithm.
This document discusses asymptotic notation, which is used to express the time and space complexity of algorithms. There are three main types of asymptotic notation: Big Oh (O) notation provides an upper bound for the growth rate of a function; Big Omega (Ω) notation provides a lower bound; and Big Theta (Θ) notation provides both an upper and lower bound, describing the exact growth rate of a function asymptotically. Asymptotic notation is used because the exact time and space requirements of an algorithm cannot be determined and can only be expressed as a function grows relative to the input size.
Merge sort is a sorting algorithm that uses a divide and conquer technique. It divides the array into equal halves, sorts each half using recursive calls, and then merges the sorted halves into one sorted array. The algorithm has a worst case time complexity of O(n log n), making it an efficient sorting method. It works by recursively splitting the array in half, merging the sorted halves back together, with the base case being arrays of one element which are trivially sorted.
This document discusses the job sequencing problem, where the goal is to schedule jobs to be completed by their deadlines to maximize total profit. It provides an example problem with 4 jobs, their profits, deadlines, and the optimal solution of scheduling jobs J1 and J2 to earn a total profit of 140.
Multithreading allows a program to split into multiple subprograms called threads that can run concurrently. Threads go through various states like new, runnable, running, blocked, and dead. There are two main ways to create threads: by extending the Thread class or implementing the Runnable interface. Threads can have different priorities that influence scheduling order. Multithreading allows performing multiple operations simultaneously to save time without blocking the user, and exceptions in one thread do not affect others.
A thread is the smallest unit of processing in a program that allows for parallel execution. Multithreading allows a program to be divided into multiple threads that can run simultaneously, sharing system resources. The advantages of multithreading in Java include performing multiple operations concurrently without blocking the user, improving performance and responsiveness, and better utilizing CPU resources through parallel processing.
"Boiler Feed Pump (BFP): Working, Applications, Advantages, and Limitations E...Infopitaara
A Boiler Feed Pump (BFP) is a critical component in thermal power plants. It supplies high-pressure water (feedwater) to the boiler, ensuring continuous steam generation.
⚙️ How a Boiler Feed Pump Works
Water Collection:
Feedwater is collected from the deaerator or feedwater tank.
Pressurization:
The pump increases water pressure using multiple impellers/stages in centrifugal types.
Discharge to Boiler:
Pressurized water is then supplied to the boiler drum or economizer section, depending on design.
🌀 Types of Boiler Feed Pumps
Centrifugal Pumps (most common):
Multistage for higher pressure.
Used in large thermal power stations.
Positive Displacement Pumps (less common):
For smaller or specific applications.
Precise flow control but less efficient for large volumes.
🛠️ Key Operations and Controls
Recirculation Line: Protects the pump from overheating at low flow.
Throttle Valve: Regulates flow based on boiler demand.
Control System: Often automated via DCS/PLC for variable load conditions.
Sealing & Cooling Systems: Prevent leakage and maintain pump health.
⚠️ Common BFP Issues
Cavitation due to low NPSH (Net Positive Suction Head).
Seal or bearing failure.
Overheating from improper flow or recirculation.
International Journal of Distributed and Parallel systems (IJDPS)samueljackson3773
The growth of Internet and other web technologies requires the development of new
algorithms and architectures for parallel and distributed computing. International journal of
Distributed and parallel systems is a bimonthly open access peer-reviewed journal aims to
publish high quality scientific papers arising from original research and development from
the international community in the areas of parallel and distributed systems. IJDPS serves
as a platform for engineers and researchers to present new ideas and system technology,
with an interactive and friendly, but strongly professional atmosphere.
Passenger car unit (PCU) of a vehicle type depends on vehicular characteristics, stream characteristics, roadway characteristics, environmental factors, climate conditions and control conditions. Keeping in view various factors affecting PCU, a model was developed taking a volume to capacity ratio and percentage share of particular vehicle type as independent parameters. A microscopic traffic simulation model VISSIM has been used in present study for generating traffic flow data which some time very difficult to obtain from field survey. A comparison study was carried out with the purpose of verifying when the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), artificial neural network (ANN) and multiple linear regression (MLR) models are appropriate for prediction of PCUs of different vehicle types. From the results observed that ANFIS model estimates were closer to the corresponding simulated PCU values compared to MLR and ANN models. It is concluded that the ANFIS model showed greater potential in predicting PCUs from v/c ratio and proportional share for all type of vehicles whereas MLR and ANN models did not perform well.
Fluid mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the mechanics of fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas) and the forces on them. Originally applied to water (hydromechanics), it found applications in a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, aerospace, civil, chemical, and biomedical engineering, as well as geophysics, oceanography, meteorology, astrophysics, and biology.
It can be divided into fluid statics, the study of various fluids at rest, and fluid dynamics.
Fluid statics, also known as hydrostatics, is the study of fluids at rest, specifically when there's no relative motion between fluid particles. It focuses on the conditions under which fluids are in stable equilibrium and doesn't involve fluid motion.
Fluid kinematics is the branch of fluid mechanics that focuses on describing and analyzing the motion of fluids, such as liquids and gases, without considering the forces that cause the motion. It deals with the geometrical and temporal aspects of fluid flow, including velocity and acceleration. Fluid dynamics, on the other hand, considers the forces acting on the fluid.
Fluid dynamics is the study of the effect of forces on fluid motion. It is a branch of continuum mechanics, a subject which models matter without using the information that it is made out of atoms; that is, it models matter from a macroscopic viewpoint rather than from microscopic.
Fluid mechanics, especially fluid dynamics, is an active field of research, typically mathematically complex. Many problems are partly or wholly unsolved and are best addressed by numerical methods, typically using computers. A modern discipline, called computational fluid dynamics (CFD), is devoted to this approach. Particle image velocimetry, an experimental method for visualizing and analyzing fluid flow, also takes advantage of the highly visual nature of fluid flow.
Fundamentally, every fluid mechanical system is assumed to obey the basic laws :
Conservation of mass
Conservation of energy
Conservation of momentum
The continuum assumption
For example, the assumption that mass is conserved means that for any fixed control volume (for example, a spherical volume)—enclosed by a control surface—the rate of change of the mass contained in that volume is equal to the rate at which mass is passing through the surface from outside to inside, minus the rate at which mass is passing from inside to outside. This can be expressed as an equation in integral form over the control volume.
The continuum assumption is an idealization of continuum mechanics under which fluids can be treated as continuous, even though, on a microscopic scale, they are composed of molecules. Under the continuum assumption, macroscopic (observed/measurable) properties such as density, pressure, temperature, and bulk velocity are taken to be well-defined at "infinitesimal" volume elements—small in comparison to the characteristic length scale of the system, but large in comparison to molecular length scale
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A feed water heater is a device used in power plants to preheat water before it enters the boiler. It plays a critical role in improving the overall efficiency of the power generation process, especially in thermal power plants.
🔧 Function of a Feed Water Heater:
It uses steam extracted from the turbine to preheat the feed water.
This reduces the fuel required to convert water into steam in the boiler.
It supports Regenerative Rankine Cycle, increasing plant efficiency.
🔍 Types of Feed Water Heaters:
Open Feed Water Heater (Direct Contact)
Steam and water come into direct contact.
Mixing occurs, and heat is transferred directly.
Common in low-pressure stages.
Closed Feed Water Heater (Surface Type)
Steam and water are separated by tubes.
Heat is transferred through tube walls.
Common in high-pressure systems.
⚙️ Advantages:
Improves thermal efficiency.
Reduces fuel consumption.
Lowers thermal stress on boiler components.
Minimizes corrosion by removing dissolved gases.
We introduce the Gaussian process (GP) modeling module developed within the UQLab software framework. The novel design of the GP-module aims at providing seamless integration of GP modeling into any uncertainty quantification workflow, as well as a standalone surrogate modeling tool. We first briefly present the key mathematical tools on the basis of GP modeling (a.k.a. Kriging), as well as the associated theoretical and computational framework. We then provide an extensive overview of the available features of the software and demonstrate its flexibility and user-friendliness. Finally, we showcase the usage and the performance of the software on several applications borrowed from different fields of engineering. These include a basic surrogate of a well-known analytical benchmark function; a hierarchical Kriging example applied to wind turbine aero-servo-elastic simulations and a more complex geotechnical example that requires a non-stationary, user-defined correlation function. The GP-module, like the rest of the scientific code that is shipped with UQLab, is open source (BSD license).
Lidar for Autonomous Driving, LiDAR Mapping for Driverless Cars.pptxRishavKumar530754
LiDAR-Based System for Autonomous Cars
Autonomous Driving with LiDAR Tech
LiDAR Integration in Self-Driving Cars
Self-Driving Vehicles Using LiDAR
LiDAR Mapping for Driverless Cars
Concept of Problem Solving, Introduction to Algorithms, Characteristics of Algorithms, Introduction to Data Structure, Data Structure Classification (Linear and Non-linear, Static and Dynamic, Persistent and Ephemeral data structures), Time complexity and Space complexity, Asymptotic Notation - The Big-O, Omega and Theta notation, Algorithmic upper bounds, lower bounds, Best, Worst and Average case analysis of an Algorithm, Abstract Data Types (ADT)
π0.5: a Vision-Language-Action Model with Open-World GeneralizationNABLAS株式会社
今回の資料「Transfusion / π0 / π0.5」は、画像・言語・アクションを統合するロボット基盤モデルについて紹介しています。
拡散×自己回帰を融合したTransformerをベースに、π0.5ではオープンワールドでの推論・計画も可能に。
This presentation introduces robot foundation models that integrate vision, language, and action.
Built on a Transformer combining diffusion and autoregression, π0.5 enables reasoning and planning in open-world settings.
its all about Artificial Intelligence(Ai) and Machine Learning and not on advanced level you can study before the exam or can check for some information on Ai for project
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ELectronics Boards & Product Testing_Shiju.pdfShiju Jacob
This presentation provides a high level insight about DFT analysis and test coverage calculation, finalizing test strategy, and types of tests at different levels of the product.
2. Contents
• Data Dictionary
• Use of Data Dictionary
• Elements of Data Dictionary
• Data Dictionary Analysis
• Importance of Data Dictionary
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3. Data Dictionary
• Data dictionary is a structured repository of data about data
(metadata)
• It is a reference work of metadata.
• It is one of the main method for analyzing the data flows and data
stores of a system.
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4. Use of Data Dictionary
Data dictionary is use to:
• Simplify the structure for meeting the data requirements.
• Create reports, screens, and forms.
• Generate computer program source code.
• Analyze the system design for completion and to detect design
architecture.
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5. Elements of Data Dictionary
Data Dictionary contains
• Data flow- is a path of data from source document to data entry to process
final reports.
• Data structures-are a group of smaller structures and elements represented
by algebraic notation.
• Elements- such as, descriptive information, length and type of data
information, validation criteria and default values.
• Data stores-contain a minimal of all base elements as well as many derived
elements
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6. Data Dictionary Analysis
Data dictionary should be tied into other programs in the system that
when an item is updated or deleted from the data dictionary it is
automatically updated or deleted from the whole data flow or system.
Data dictionary allows to record the standard pieces of information
about elements in one project, and it makes that information
accessible to many parts of a it.
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7. Importance of Data Dictionary
• Documentation- it is a valuable reference in any organization.
• It improves analyst/user communication by establishing consistent
definitions of various elements, terms and procedures
• It is important step in building a database and design whole system.
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