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ISER
1995
Springer
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Stiffness Isn't Everything
Most robot designers make the mechanical interface between an actuator and its load as stiff as possible[9][10]. This makes sense in traditional position-controlled systems, becau...
Gill A. Pratt, Matthew M. Williamson, Peter Dilwor...
USENIX
2007
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Reboots Are for Hardware: Challenges and Solutions to Updating an Operating System on the Fly
Patches to modern operating systems, including bug fixes and security updates, and the reboots and downtime they require, cause tremendous problems for system users and administr...
Andrew Baumann, Jonathan Appavoo, Robert W. Wisnie...
AVI
2006
15 years 9 months ago
Usability of overview-supported zooming on small screens with regard to individual differences in spatial ability
While zoomable user interfaces can improve the usability of applications by easing data access, a drawback is that some users tend to become lost after they have zoomed in. Previo...
Thorsten Büring, Jens Gerken, Harald Reiterer
ISMB
1998
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Advanced Query Mechanisms for Biological Databases
Existing query interfaces for biological databases are either based on fixed forms or textual query languages. Users of a fixed form-based query interface are limited to performin...
I-Min A. Chen, Anthony Kosky, Victor M. Markowitz,...
PDSE
2000
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Applying Distributed Object Technology to Network Planning
The aim of this paper is to describe a generic interface through which a planning tool or design aid can be connected to a telecommunications network. In today's complex and ...
Tertius D. Wessels, Judy M. Bishop