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leff@smu.UUCP (Laurence Leff) (01/16/89)

TR 82-    1     12/31/82
    Modelling Neural Mechanisms Of Visuomotor Coordination in Frog And Toad
    M. Arbib

TR 82-    2     12/31/82
    Describing And Analyzing Distributed System Designs
    G. Avrunin and J. Wileden

TR 82-    3     12/31/82
    Two-Dimensional Model Of Retinal-Tectal-Pretectal Interaction For The
    Control Of Prey-Predator Recognition And Size Preference In Amphibia
    R. Lara, F. Cervantes and M. Arbib

TR 82-    4     12/31/82
    An Office Procedure Formalism Used For An Intelligent Interface
    W. B. Croft and L. Lefkowitz

TR 82-    5     12/31/82
    Careful Claire: A Model Of Language Acquisiton At The Two-Word Level
    J. Hill

TR 82-    6     12/31/82
    Knowledge-Base Command Understanding: An Example For The Software
    Development Environment
    K. Huff and V. Lesser

TR 82-    7     12/31/82
    Language Production: The Source Of The Dictionary
    D. McDonald

TR 82-    8     12/31/82
    The Extended Branch-Arrow Model Of The Formation Of Retino-Tectal
    Connections
    J. Overton and M. Arbib

TR 82-   10     05/31/82
    Strategies For Knowledge-Based Image Interpretation
    C. McCormick

TR 82-   11     12/31/82
    Natural Problem Solving Strategies And Programming Language Constructs
    Jeffrey Bonar

TR 82-   12     12/31/82
    Feature Generation and Selection by a Layered Network of Reinforcement
    Learning Elements:  Some Initial Experiments
    C. Anderson

TR 82-   13     12/31/82
    Reliable Test Data Selection Strategies -- An Integrated Approach
    L. Clarke and D. Richardson


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TR 82-   14     12/31/82
    Constrained Example Generation Version 2.2 User's Manual
    E. Rissland, R. Wall, and S. Waisbrot

TR 82-   15     12/31/82
    Generalized Type Specification For Database Systems
    D. Stemple

TR 82-   16     12/31/82
    Proceedings Of The Workshop On Visuomotor Coordination In Frog And Toad:
    Models And Experiments
    M. Arbib

TR 82-   17     12/31/82
    On Being Human In The Computer Age
    M. Arbib

TR 82-   18     12/31/82
    Proof Techniques For Resource Controllers
    K. Ramamritham

TR 82-   19     12/31/82
    POISE: An Intelligent Assistant For Professional Based Systems
    W. B. Croft and L. Lefkowitz

TR 82-   20     12/31/82
    A Computational Neurolinguistic Approach To Processing Models Of Sentence
    Comprehension
    H. Gigley

TR 82-   20     12/31/82
    Adaptive Neuron-Like Elements That Can Solve Learning Problems
    A. Barto, R. Sutton and C. Anderson

TR 82-   21     12/31/82
    Experiments With Representation In A Document Retrieval System
    W. B. Croft

TR 82-   22     10/31/82
    Processing Translational Motion Sequences
    D. Lawton

TR 82-   23     12/31/82
    Protecting Objects Through The Use of Ports
    S. Vinter, D. Stemple and K. Ramamritham

TR 82-   24     12/31/82
    Preliminary Design Of A Port-Oriented Operating System
    D. Stemple, S. Vinter and K. Ramamritham


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TR 82-   25     12/31/82
    Experiments In Distributed Problem Solving With Iterative Refinement
    R. Brooks, (Ph.D. Thesis).

TR 82-   26     09/30/82
    Dependency-Graph Models Of Evidential Support
    J. Lowrance, (Ph.D. Thesis).

TR 82-   27     10/31/82
    Motion Analysis Via Local Translational Processings
    D. Lawton

TR 82-   28     12/31/82
    A Rigorous Approach To Error-Sensitive Testing
    L. Clarke and D. Richardson

TR 82-   29     12/31/82
    The Use Of An Evidential-Based Model for Representing Knowledge And
    Reasoning About Images In The VISIONS System
    L. Wesley and A. Hanson

TR 82-   30     12/31/82
    Multi-level Relaxation In Low Level Computer Vision
    F. Glazer

TR 82-   31     12/31/82
    The Theory And Use Of Scenarios
    Rajendra Wall

TR 82-   32     12/31/82
    Introduction To A Unified Treatment Of Interface Control And Program
    Structure
    L. Clarke, J.Wileden and A. Wolf

TR 82-   33     12/31/82
    A Framework for Organizational Self-Design in Distributed Problem Solving
    Networks
    D. Corkill, (Ph.D. Thesis).

TR 82-   34     12/31/82
    A Debugging Tool For Disbributed Systems
    P. Bates, J. Wileden and V. Lesser

TR 82-   35     12/31/82
    An Approach To High-Level Debugging Of Distributed Systems
    P. Bates and J. Wileden

TR 82-   36     12/31/82
    The Application Of Error-Sensitive Testing Strategies To Debugging
    L. Clarke and D. Richardson


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TR 83-    1     01/31/83
    Determining the Instantaneous Axis of Translation from Optic Flow
    Generated by Arbitrary Sensor Motion
    J.H. Rieger and D.T. Lawton

TR 83-    2     12/31/83
    Constrained Scenario Generation System Documentation: User's Manual and
    Programmer's Guide
    R.S. Wall

TR 83-    3     12/31/83
    Neural Problem Solving
    A. Barto and R. Sutton

TR 83-    4     12/31/83
    An Associative Search Network for Knowledge Representation: a VLSI Design
    Study
    A.S. Cromarty, K. Rudahl, L. Ruggles and R. Sutton (Sponsor: A. Barto)

TR 83-    5     12/31/83
    TESS: An Effective Text Storage and Search System
    W. Bruce Croft

TR 83-    6     12/31/83
    A Network Organization Used for Document Retrieval
    W. Bruce Croft, R. Wolf, and R. Thompson

TR 83-    7     06/06/82
    An Algorithm for a Simple Image Convolution on the Titanic Content
    Addressable Parallel Array Processor
    C. Weems

TR 83-    8     12/31/83
    A Computational Model of Language Acquisitions in the Two Year Old
    J. Hill

TR 83-   10     12/31/83
    Computer Interfaces and Operating Instructions for a Prototype Cartesian
    Machine
    J. Franklin

TR 83-   11     05/31/83
    Recovering 2-D Motion Parameters in Scenes Containing Multiple Moving
    Objects
    G. Adiv

TR 83-   12     12/31/83
    Letterform Design Systems
    L. Ruggles


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TR 83-   13     12/31/83
    Data Driven Indelible Planning of Discourse Using Salience
    J. Conklin

TR 83-   14     12/31/83
    An Empirical Investigation of Visual Salience and its Role in Text
    Generation
    J. Conklin

TR 83-   15     12/31/83
    The Ubiquitous Dialectic
    E. Rissland

TR 83-   16     12/31/83
    Examples and Learning Systems
    E. Rissland

TR 83-   17     12/31/83
    Improvements on Habermann's Algorithm for Deadlock Avoidance
    Z. Wei

TR 83-   18     12/31/83
    The Bridge Between Non-Programmers and Programmers
    J. Bonar, E. Soloway

TR 83-   19     12/31/83
    Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Visuomotor Coordination in Frog and
    Toad: Models and Experiments
    M. Arbib

TR 83-   20     12/31/83
    Search Control in Semantic Query Optimization
    G. Ding Xu

TR 83-   20     12/31/83
    Salience and Natural Language Generation
    D. McDonald, J. Conklin

TR 83-   21     12/31/83
    Mental Representations of Programming and Problem Solving
    J. Bonar

TR 83-   22     12/31/83
    Robot Programming Languages: A Study and a Design
    T. Noyes

TR 83-   23     12/31/83
    Perturbation Testing for Computation Errors
    S. Zeil


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TR 83-   24     12/31/83
    Perceptual Systems for Robots
    M. Arbib, K. Overton, and D. Lawton

TR 83-   25     12/31/83
    Coordinated Control Programs for Movements of the Hand
    M.A. Arbib, T. Iberall and D. Lyons.

TR 83-   26     12/31/83
    Precise Interface Control System Structure: Language Constructs and
    Support Environments
    L. Clarke, J. Wileden, A. Wolf

TR 83-   27     12/31/83
    Human-Computer Discourse in the Design of a PASCAL Tutor
    B. Woolf, D. McDonald.

TR 83-   28     12/31/83
    Describing and Analyzing Distributed Software System Design
    G. Avrunin and J. Wileden

TR 83-   29     12/31/83
    High-Level Debugging of Distributed Systems: The Behavioral Abstract
    Approach
    P. Bates and J. Wileden

TR 83-   30     09/30/83
    Determining Motion Parameters Using a Perturbation Approach
    G. B. Shaw

TR 83-   31     09/30/83
    Some Remarks on the Use of Color in Machine Vision
    G. B. Shaw

TR 83-   32     09/15/83
    Titanic: A Content Addressable Parallel Array Processor
    C. Foster, C. Weems and S. Levitan

TR 83-   33     12/31/83
    Decision Support Using Office Procedures
    W. Bruce Croft and L. Lefkowitz

TR 83-   34     12/31/83
    A Formalism for Describing and Evaluation Visibility Control Mechanisms
    A. Wolf, L. Clarke and J. Wileden

TR 83-   35     10/31/83
    A Summary of Image Understanding Research at the University of
    Massachusetts
    E. M. Riseman and A. R. Hanson


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TR 83-   36     12/31/83
    Focusing and Constraint Management in Intelligent Interface Design
    D. McCue and V. Lesser

TR 83-   37     12/31/83
    Verifiable Abstract Database Types
    D. Stemple

TR 83-   38     12/31/83
    Perturbation Testing for Domain Errors
    S. Zeil

TR 83-   39     12/31/83
    Plot Unit Recognition for Narratives
    W. Lehnert and C. Loiselle

TR 83-   40     12/31/83
    A.I. and the Learning of Mathematics
    E. Rissland

TR 83-   41     12/31/83
    Symbolic Evaluation -- An Aid to Testing and Verification
    L. Clarke and D. Richardson

TR 84-    1     12/31/84
    Sensori-Motor Transformations in the Brain
    M. Arbib and Schun-Ichi Aman

TR 84-    2     12/31/84
    Temporal Aspects of Credit-Assignment in Reinforcement Learning
    Richard S. Sutton

TR 84-    3     12/31/84
    Design of a Knowledge Based Fault Detection and Diagnosis System
    E. Hudlicka and V. Lesser

TR 84-    4     03/31/84
    Integrating Non-Semantic Knowledge into Image Segementation Processors
    R. Bunker

TR 84-    5     02/28/84
    Processing Dynamic Image Sequences from a Moving Sensor
    Daryl Lawton

TR 84-    6     12/31/84
    Feedback-Directed Development of Complex Software System
    J. Wileden, L. Clarke

TR 84-    7     04/30/84
    Determining 3-D Motion and Structure from Optical Flow Generated by
    Several Moving Objects
    G. Adiv


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TR 84-    8     12/31/84
    The Acquisition, Processing and Rise of Tactile Sensor Data in
    Robot Control
    Kenneth Overton

TR 84-   10     12/31/84
    Environments for Decision Support
    S. Gutfreund

TR 84-   11     12/31/84
    Parallel Algorithms and Architectures: A Programmer's Perspective
    Steven P. Levitan

TR 84-   12     12/31/84
    Testing Techniques Based on Symbolic Evaluation
    L. Clarke, D. Richardson

TR 84-   13     12/31/84
    An Introduction to Plot Units
    W. Lehnert, C. Loiselle

TR 84-   14     08/31/84
    Image Processing on a Content Addressable Array Parallel Processor
    Charles C. Weems

TR 84-   15     12/31/84
    Progress Report on the Theory of Endorsements: A Heuristic Approach to
    Reasoning about Uncertainty
    P. Cohen

TR 84-   16     12/31/84
    Neural Models of Depth Perception in Frogs and Toads
    D. House

TR 84-   17     12/31/84
    Towards Perceptual Robotics
    T. Iberall, D. Lyons

TR 84-   18     12/31/84
    Analysis of Distributed Systems Using Constrained Expressions
    Laura K. Dillon

TR 84-   19     12/31/84
    A Parallel Simulation of a Distributed Problem Solving Network
    E. Durfee

TR 84-   20     12/31/84
    An Ada Environment for Programming-in-the-Large
    A. Wolf, L. Clarke, J. Wileden


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TR 84-   20     12/31/84
    Applications of Symbolic Evaluation
    L. Clarke, D. Richardson

TR 84-   21     12/31/84
    Context Dependent Planning in a Machine Tutor
    B. Woolf

TR 84-   22     12/31/84
    The Speakeasy Communication Prosthesis System
    T. Gruber

TR 84-   23     12/31/84
    Focusing in Plan Recognitions
    N. Carver, V. Lesser, D. McCue

TR 84-   24     12/31/84
    Task Support in an Office System
    B. Croft, L. Lefkowitz

TR 84-   25     12/31/84
    Support for Programming-in-the-Large with Ada
    A. Wolf, L. Clarke, J. Wielden

TR 84-   26     12/31/84
    An Optical Tactile-Array Sensor
    S. Begej

TR 84-   27     12/31/84
    Extraction of Tactile Features by Passive and Active Sensing
    R. Ellis

TR 84-   28     12/31/84
    Processing Differential Image Motion
    J. Rieger, D. Lawton

TR 84-   29     12/31/84
    Extracting Straight Lines
    J. Burns, A. Hanson, E. Riseman

TR 84-   30     12/31/84
    Pattern Recognizing Stochastic Learning Automata
    A. Barto, P. Anandan

TR 84-   31     12/31/84
    A Computational Theory of Metaphor Comprehension and Analogical Reasoning
    B. Indurkhya

TR 84-   32     09/30/85
    Computing Dense Displacement Fields with Confidence Measures in Scenes
    Containing Occlusion
    P. Anandan


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TR 84-   33     12/31/84
    An Endorsement-Based Plan Recognition Program
    M. Sullivan, P. Cohen

TR 84-   34     12/31/84
    Privilege Transfer and Revocation in a Port-Based System
    K. Ramamritham, D. Stemple, D. Briggs, S. Vinter

TR 84-   35     12/31/84
    Dynamic Control of Module Interconnections
    D. Stemple, S. Vinter, K. Ramamritham

TR 84-   36     12/31/84
    Interprocess Communication Without Process Identifiers
    D. Stemple, S. Vinter, K. Ramamritham

TR 85-    1     12/31/85
    Sum Ordered Partial Semirings
    M. Streenstrup

TR 85-    2     12/31/85
    Interface Control and Incremental Development in the PIC  Environment
    A. L. Wolf, L. A. Clarke, J. C. Wileden

TR 85-    3     12/31/85
    An Approach to Learning Control Surfaces by Connectionist Systems
    A. G. Barto

TR 85-    4     12/31/85
    Testing for Equivalent Algebraic Terms - EQUATE
    S. J. Zeil

TR 85-    5     12/31/85
    An Expert Assistant for Document Retrieval
    W. B. Croft, R.  Thompson

TR 85-    6     12/31/85
    A Tactile Sensing System and Optical Tactile-Sensor Array for  Robotic
    Applications
    S. Begej

TR 85-    7     12/31/85
    Integrating Scanning Software: Training and Vocational Uses for  the Non -
    Vocal
    S. Kulikowski

TR 85-    8     12/31/85
    Incorporating Theory into Database System Development
    D. W.  Stemple, T. Sheard, R. Bunker


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TR 85-    9     12/31/85
    A Comparison of a Network Structure and a Database System Used for
    Document Retrieval
    W. B. Croft, T. Parenty

TR 85-   10     12/31/85
    Partition Analysis: A Method Combining Testing and Verification
    D. J. Richardson, L. A. Clarke

TR 85-   11     12/31/85
    Learning by Statistical Cooperation of Self-Interested Neuron-Like
    Computing Elements
    A. G. Barto

TR 85-   12     12/31/85
    Understanding the Bugs of Novice Programmers
    J. Bonar

TR 85-   13     12/31/85
    Constrained Expressions: Adding Analysis Capabilities to Design  Methods
    for Concurrent Software Systems
    G. Avrunin, L.  Dillon, J. C. Wileden and W. Riddle (REVISED)

TR 85-   14     04/30/85
    Increasing Coherence in a Distributed Problem Solving Network
    E.  Durfee, V. R. Lesser, D. D. Corkill

TR 85-   15     04/30/85
    Coherent Cooperation Among Communicating Problem Solvers
    E.  Durfee, V. R. Lesser, D. D. Corkill

TR 85-   16     12/31/85
    A Formal Evaluation of Data Flow Path Selection Criteria
    L. A.  Clarke, A. Podgurski, D. J. Richardson, S. J. Zeil

TR 85-   17     12/31/85
    Constrained Expressions: A General Technique for Describing  Behavior of
    Concurrent Systems
    J. C. Wileden

TR 85-   18     12/31/85
    A Multiple-Scale Measure of Static Tactile Texture
    R. Ellis

TR 85-   19     12/31/85
    Opposition Space as a Structuring Concept for the Analysis of  Skilled
    Hand Movements
    A. Iberall, G. Bingham, M. A. Arbib


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TR 85-   20     12/31/85
    An Approach to the Integration of Vision and Touch for Robot  Control
    R. Ellis

TR 85-   22     12/31/85
    Understanding Discourse Conventions in Tutoring
    B. Woolf, D. McDonald

TR 85-   23     12/31/85
    Language and Tool Support for Precise Interface Control
    Alexander L. Wolf

TR 85-   24     12/31/85
    Reasoning About Uncertainty
    A Knowledge Representation  Perscpective, P. R. Cohen, T. Gruber

TR 85-   25     12/31/85
    Numeric and Symbolic Reasoning About Uncertainty in Expert  Systems
    P. R. Cohen, et al.

TR 85-   26     12/31/85
    Representativeness and Uncertainty in Classification Systems
    P.  R. Cohen, et al.

TR 85-   27     12/31/85
    Modelling and Analysis of Neural Networks in the Visuomotor System  of
    Anuran Amphibian
    Francisco Cervantes-Perez

TR 85-   28     12/31/85
    Depth and Detours: An Essay on Visually Guided Behavior
    M. A.  Arbib, D. House

TR 85-   29     12/31/85
    Modularity and Interaction of Brain Regions Underlying Visumotor
    Coordination
    M. A. Arbib

TR 85-   30     12/31/85
    A Task-Level Model of Distributed Computation for Sensory-Based  Control
    of Complex Robot Systems
    D. Lyons, M. A. Arbib

TR 85-   31     12/31/85
    Dominic: A Domain-Independent Program for Mechanical Engineering  Design
    A. Howe, J. Dixon, P. R. Cohen, M. Simmons

TR 85-   32     12/31/85
    Ada-Based Support for Programming-in-the-Large
    A. Wolf, L. A.  Clarke, J. C. Wileden


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TR 85-   33     12/31/85
    A Graphics Environment for the Modeling and Simulation of  MultiAccess
    Networks: Modeling Language Considerations and  Simulator Design
    C. Shen and J. F. Kurose

TR 85-   34     12/31/85
    Genesis: A Graphical Environment for the Modeling and Simulation  of
    MultiAccess Networks: Modeling Language Considerations and Simulator Design
    J. F. Kurose, C. Shen

TR 85-   35     12/31/85
    Interpreting Optical Flow
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Gilad Adiv

TR 85-   36     12/31/85
    Levels of Modelling of Neural Interactions Underlying Visuomotor
    Coordination
    M. A. Arbib

TR 85-   37     12/31/85
    A Simple Set of Grasps for a Dextrous Hand
    D. Lyons

TR 85-   38     12/31/85
    Introducing a Smoothness Constraint in a Matching Approach for the
    Computation of Displacement Fields
    P. Anandan and R. Weiss

TR 85-   39     12/31/85
    The Information Fusion Problem and Rule-Based Hypotheses Applied  to
    Complex Aggregations of Image Events
    R. Belknap, E. M.  Riseman, and A. R. Hanson

TR 85-   42     12/31/85
    A Distributed Algorithm for Optimum Static Load Balancing in  Distributed
    Computer Systems
    J. F. Kurose, S. Singh

TR 85-   43     12/31/85
    A Microeconomic Approach to Optimal File Allocation
    J. F.  Kurose and R. Simha

TR 85-   44     12/31/85
    Graphite: A Meta-tool for Ada Environment Development
    L. A.  Clarke, J. C. Wileden, and A. L. Wolf

TR 85-   45     11/30/85
    Instantiating Descriptions of Organizational Structures
    H. E.  Pattison, D. D. Corkill, and V. R. Lesser


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TR 85-   46     12/31/85
    Converting Feature Valves to Evidence
    G. Reynolds, D. Strahman,  and N. Lehrer

TR 85-   47     12/31/85
    Analysis of an Algorithm for Detection of Translational Motion
    I.  Pavlin, E. M. Riseman, and A. R. Hanson

TR 85-   48     12/31/85
    Summary of Progress in Image Understanding at the University of
    Massachusetts
    E. M. Riseman, A. R. Hanson.

TR 85-   49     12/31/85
    Student Support in an Introductory Programming Course
    B. Woolf,  E. Levine

TR 85-   50     12/31/85
    "Do I Press Return?"
    B. Woolf, E. Levine

TR 85-   52     12/31/85
    A Review of Motion and Stereopsis Research
    P. Anandan

TR 85-   53     12/31/85
    An Architecture for Application of Artificial Intelligence to  Design
    J.R. Dixon, M.K. Simmons, P.R. Cohen

TR 86-    1     12/31/86
    Intelligent Task Management Using Preconditions and Goals
    Steven H. Schwartz

TR 86-    2     12/31/86
    Use of Transaction Structure for Improving Concurrency
    Wei Zhao, K. Ramamritham

TR 86-    3     12/31/86
    Diagnosing Problem-Solving System Behavior
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Eva Hudlicka, (Ph.D. Thesis, February, 1986)

TR 86-    4     12/31/86
    Modeling and Reasoning About Problem-Solving System Behavior
    Eva Hudlicka, Victor Lesser

TR 86-    5     12/31/86
    Debugging Programs in a Distributed System Environment
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Peter C. Bates (Ph.D. February, 1986)


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TR 86-    6     12/31/86
    The Gutenberg Operating System Kernel
    P. K. Chrysanthis, K. Ramamritham, D. Stemple, S. Vinter

TR 86-    7     12/31/86
    Publications Bibliography
    T. Iberall

TR 86-    8     12/31/86
    Synchronizing Atomic Action
    K. Ramamritham

TR 86-    9     03/31/86
    An Approach to Cooperation: Planning and Communication in a Distributed
    Problem Solving Network
    E. Durfee

TR 86-   10     12/31/86
    Kinematics of a Flexible Link Manipulator
    R. E. Ellis

TR 86-   11     04/30/86
    Plausible Reasoning and the Theory of Evidence
    G. Reynolds, D. Strahman, N. Lehrer, L. Kitchen

TR 86-   12     12/31/86
    Management of Uncertainty in Medicine
    P. Cohen, D. Day, J. Delisio, M. Greenburg, R. Kjeldsen, D. Suthers

TR 86-   13     12/31/86
    Classification by Semantic Matching
    P.R. Cohen, P. Stanhope, R. Kjeldsen

TR 86-   14     12/31/86
    A Typology for Constructing Decisions
    A. Howe, P.R. Cohen

TR 86-   15     12/31/86
    Constrained Expressions: Toward Broad Applicability of Analysis Methods
    for Distributed Software Systems
    L.K. Dillon

TR 86-   16     12/31/86
    Computing Optical Flow From Two Frames of an Image Sequence
    P. Anandan

TR 86-   17     12/31/86
    Performance Analysis of a Probability Model for Scheduling Hard Real-Time
    Tasks
    Wei Zhao


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TR 86-   18     12/31/86
    Semantics-based Concurrency Control: Beyond Commutativity
    B.R. Badrinath, K. Ramamritham

TR 86-   19     05/31/86
    A Coarse-to-Fine Control Strategy for Stereo and Motion on a
    Mesh-Connected Computer
    L.R. Williams, P. Anandan

TR 86-   20     12/31/86
    Abstraction in Concurrency Control and Recovery Management
    J.E.B. Moss, N.D. Griffeth, M.H. Graham

TR 86-   21     12/31/86
    Design for Acquisition: Designing Knowledge Systems to Facilitate
    Knowledge Acquisition
    T. Gruber, P.R. Cohen

TR 86-   22     12/31/86
    Complexity of the EQUATE Testing Strategy
    S.J. Zeil

TR 86-   23     12/31/86
    The Use of Shape Grammars in Processor Embeddings
    D.A. Bailey, J.E. Cuny

TR 86-   24     12/31/86
    Using Object Descriptions In a Schema Network For Machine Vision
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Terry E. Weymouth

TR 86-   25     12/31/86
    The Control of Reasoning Under Undercertainty
    P. Cohen

TR 86-   26     12/31/86
    Optimal Cell Size For Efficient Retrieval of Sparse Data By Approximate 2D
    Position Using a Coarse Spatial Array
    L. Kitchen, M. Callahan

TR 86-   27     07/31/86
    A Methodology for the Development of General Knowledge-Based Vision Systems
    E.M. Riseman and A.R. Hanson

TR 86-   28     07/31/86
    The Accuracy of 3D Parameters in Correspondence-based Techniques
    M.A. Snyder

TR 86-   29     12/31/86
    Graphite User Manual
    A. Wolf, M. Burdick


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TR 86-   31     12/31/86
    A Task-level Robot Planner for Assembly Operations
    R. Vijaykumar, M.A. Arbib

TR 86-   32     12/31/86
    A Tactile Recognition Strategy for Planar Objects
    R.E. Ellis

TR 86-   33     07/31/86
    Piecewise Circular Disc of Image Curves
    J. Dillon, G. Reynolds

TR 86-   34     12/31/86
    Transition Networks for Discourse Management
    D. McDonald, J. Brooks, B. Woolf, P. Werner

TR 86-   35     12/31/86
    The Hierachial Control of Skilled Hand Movements
    G.A. Dakin, M.A. Arbib

TR 86-   36     12/31/86
    A Robot Planner In the Assembly Domain
    Y. Liu, M.A. Arbib

TR 86-   37     12/31/86
    Knowledge Representation In a Physics Tutor
    T. Murray, B. Woolf

TR 86-   38     12/31/86
    Domain Testing & Linear Fault Detection
    S. Zeil

TR 86-   39     12/31/86
    A Neural Network Model of Frog Retina: A Discrete Time-Saving Approach
    Yillbyung Lee

TR 86-   40     12/31/86
    Concurrency Features for the Trellis/Owl Language
    J. Eliot B. Moss, Walter H. Kohler

TR 86-   41     12/31/86
    An Introduction to Nested Transactions
    J.Eliot B. Moss

TR 86-   42     12/31/86
    Finer Grained Concurrency for the Database Cache
    J.Eliot B. Moss, Bruce Leban, Panos K. Chrysanthis

TR 86-   43     12/31/86
    RS: A Formal Model of Distributed Computation for Sensory-Based Robot
    Control
    Damian Lyons


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TR 86-   44     12/31/86
    A Model of Visibility Control
    A. Wolf, L. Clarke, J. Wileden

TR 86-   45     12/31/86
    Learning Efficient Recognizers for Analytically Derived Concepts
    Paul E. Utgoff, Andrew G. Barto

TR 86-   46     10/31/86
    From Evolutionary Protype to Product:  Evolutionary Development within
    the Blackboard Paradigm
    Daniel D. Corkill, Kevin Q. Gallagher, and Philip M. Johnson

TR 86-   47     10/31/86
    Path Planning and Execution for a Mobile Robot: A Review of Representation
    and Control Strategies
    Ronald C. Arkin

TR 86-   48     10/31/86
    Path Planning for a Vision-Based Autonomous Robot
    Ronald C. Arkin

TR 86-   49     12/31/86
    A Formal Evaluation of Data Flow Path Selection Criteria
    L.Clarke, A. Podgurski, D.J. Richardson, S.J. Zeil

TR 86-   50     12/31/86
    Learning and Problem Solving with Multilayer Connectionist Systems
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Charles W. Anderson

TR 86-   51     12/31/86
    AdaPIC Toolset: Supporting Interface
    Alexander L. Wolf, Lori A. Clarke and Jack C. Wileden

TR 86-   52     12/31/86
    A Model of Revision in Natural Language Generation
    Marie M. Vaughan, David D. McDonald

TR 86-   53     10/31/86
    Identification of Human Faces Using Data-Driven Segmentation, Rule-based
    Hypothesis Formulation, and Iterative Model-based Hypothesis Verification
    Richard Weiss, Leslie Kitchen, and Julianne Tuttle

TR 86-   54     12/31/86
    Finer Grained Concurrency for the Database Cache
    J.Eliot B. Moss, REVISED VERSION OF 86-42

TR 86-   56     12/31/86
    A Formal Framework for Test Data Selection Criteria
    Debra J. Richardson, Margaret C. Thompson


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TR 86-   57     12/31/86
    Ada Interpretation in a Tool-Fragment Environment
    E.C. Epp and S.J. Zeil

TR 86-   58     12/31/86
    Translational Motion Algorithm with Global Feature Constraints
    Igor Pavlin, Edward Riseman, and Allen Hanson

TR 86-   59     12/31/86
    An Overview of Arcadia
    Alexander L. Wolf

TR 86-   62     12/31/86
    The VISIONS Image Understanding System - 1986
    Edward Riseman, Allen Hanson

TR 86-   63     12/31/86
    Design of a Distributed Diagnosis System
    E. Hudlicka, V. Lesser, Jasmina Pavlin, Anil Rewari

TR 86-   64     12/31/86
    A New Model for Error Detection
    Debra J. Richardson, Margaret C. Thompson

TR 86-   65     12/31/86
    A Comparison of Test Data Selection Criteria
    Debra J. Richardson, Margaret C. Thompson

TR 86-   66     05/31/86
    Teaching a Complex Industrial Process
    B. Woolf, D.Blegen, J.H. Jansen, Arie Verloop

TR 86-   67     12/31/86
    Multistage Negotiation in Distributed Planning
    Susan E. Conroy, Robert A. Meyer and Victor R. Lesser

TR 87-    1     12/31/87
    A Neural Model of Human Prehension
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Althea R. Iberall, Ph.D. Thesis, February 1987

TR 87-    2     02/28/87
    Hierarchical Motion Detection
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Frank C. Glazer, Ph.D. Thesis, February 1987

TR 87-    3     01/31/87
    Searching for Geometric Structure in Images of Natural Scenes
    George Reynolds, J. Ross Beveridge


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TR 87-    4     01/31/87
    A Method for Initial Hypothesis Formation in Image Understanding
    Nancy Bonar Lehrer, George Reynolds, Joey Griffith

TR 87-    5     01/31/87
    Tools and Experiments in the Knowledge-Directed Interpretation of Road
    Scenes
    Bruce Draper, R. Collins, J. Brolio, J. Griffith, Allen Hanson, Ed Riseman

TR 87-    6     12/31/87
    Using Partial Global Plans to Coordinate Distributed Problem Solvers
    Edmund H. Durfee and Victor R. Lesser

TR 87-    7     02/28/87
    Incremental Planning to Control a Time-constrained, Blackboard-based
    Problem Solver
    Edmund H. Durfee and Victor R. Lesser

TR 87-    8     12/31/87
    The GRAPPLE Plan Formalism
    Karen Huff and Victor R. Lesser

TR 87-    9     09/30/87
    A Plan-Based Intelligent Assistant That Supports the Process of Programming
    Karen E. Huff and Victor R. Lesser

TR 87-   10     12/31/87
    Meta-plans That Dynamically Reformulate Plans
    Karen E. Huff, Victor R. Lesser

TR 87-   11     12/31/87
    A Reconsideration of the Termination Conditions of the Henschen-Naqvi
    Technique
    David A. Briggs

TR 87-   12     02/28/87
    A Model of Visibility Control
    Alexander L. Wolf, Lori A. Clarke, Jack C. Wileden

TR 87-   13     12/31/87
    Knowledge Acquisition as Knowledge Assimilation
    Lawrence S. Lefkowitz, Victor R. Lesser

TR 87-   14     01/31/87
    Low Level Vision System
    James H. Burrill

TR 87-   15     01/31/87
    Show-Plane and Friends User's Manual
    Robert Heller


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TR 87-   16     12/31/87
    Reasoning About Exceptions in an Interactive Planning System
    Carol A. Broverman, W. Bruce Croft

TR 87-   17     12/31/87
    The Diogenes Design Methodology: From Embedding to Layout
    Lenwood S. Heath, Arnold L. Rosenberg, Bruce T. Smith

TR 87-   18     12/31/87
    Vertex Types in Book-Embeddings
    Jonathan F. Buss, Arnold L. Rosenberg, Judson D. Knott

TR 87-   19     12/31/87
    An Optimal Mapping of the FFT algorithm onto the Hypercube Architecture
    Lenwood S. Heath, Arnold L. Rosenberg

TR 87-   20     03/31/87
    Summary of Progress in Image Understanding at the University of
    Massachusetts
    Allen R. Hanson and Edward R. Riseman

TR 87-   21     03/31/87
    Measuring Visual Motion From Image Sequences
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Padmanabhan Anandan, Ph.D. Thesis, May, 1987

TR 87-   22     12/31/87
    The Simple Simon Programming Environment
    Janice E. Cuny, John W. Hagerman, Duane A. Bailey, Alfred A. Hough

TR 87-   23     12/31/87
    Graph Grammar Based Specification of Interconnection Structures for
    Massively Parallel Computation
    Duane A. Bailey, Janice E. Cuny

TR 87-   25     12/31/87
    An Approach to Programming Process Interconnection Structures: Aggregate
    Rewriting Graph Grammars
    Duane A. Bailey, Janice E. Cuny

TR 87-   26     03/31/87
    Reconstruction of Surfaces from Profiles
    Peter Giblin, Richard Weiss

TR 87-   27     12/31/87
    Shuffle Automata: A Formal Model for Behavior Recognition in Distributed
    Systems
    Peter C. Bates


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TR 87-   28     12/31/87
    Distributed Debugging Tools for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
    Peter Bates

TR 87-   29     12/31/87
    Two Attentional Models of Classical Conditioning: Variations in CS
    Effectiveness Revisited
    Nestor A. Schmajuk and John W. Moore

TR 87-   30     12/31/87
    ManiplIcons in Thinkertoy
    Steven H. Gutfreund

TR 87-   31     04/30/87
    Goal-Directed Control of Low-Level Processes for Image Interpretation
    Charles A. Kohl, Allen R. Hanson, Edward M. Riseman

TR 87-   32     12/31/87
    A Temporal Logic of Finite State Systems
    Victor Yodaiken, Krithi Ramamritham

TR 87-   33     12/31/87
    Towards Determining Variable Overlap in Recursive Rule Expansions
    David A. Briggs

TR 87-   34     04/30/87
    The Effect of Spatial Discretization on the Magnitude and Direction
    Response of Simple Differential Edge Operators on a Step Edge; Part 1:
    Pixel Receptive Fields, L.J. Kitchen and J.A. Malin

TR 87-   35     12/31/87
    EBBA Modelling Tool a.k.a Event Definition Language
    Peter Bates

TR 87-   37     04/30/87
    Achieving Flexibility, Efficiency, and Generality in Blackboard
    Architectures
    Daniel D. Corkill, Kevin Q. Gallagher, and Philip M. Johnson

TR 87-   38     12/31/87
    Managing Stack Frames in Smalltalk
    J.Eliot B. Moss

TR 87-   39     12/31/87
    Expressing Linear Recursions as Graph Traversals
    David A. Briggs

TR 87-   40     12/31/87
    Acyclic Fork-Join Queueing Networks
    Francois Baccelli, William A. Massey, Don Towsley


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TR 87-   41     05/31/87
    Using LLVS Under VMS
    James H. Burrill, Robert Heller

TR 87-   42     12/31/87
    Apt:  A System to Direct and Control Natural Language Generation
    Penelope Sibun

TR 87-   43     07/31/87
    Modifiable Combining Functions
    Paul R. Cohen, Glenn Shafer and Prakash P. Shenoy

TR 87-   44     12/31/87
    Knowledge Engineering Tools at the Architecture Level
    Thomas Gruber and Paul Cohen

TR 87-   45     12/31/87
    Steps Towards Programs that Manage Uncertainty
    Paul R. Cohen

TR 87-   46     12/31/87
    MU: A Development Environment for Prospective Reasoning Systems
    Paul R. Cohen, Michael Greenberg, Jefferson Delisio

TR 87-   47     12/31/87
    The Edinburgh Designer System as a Framework for Robotics or the Design of
    Behavior
    R.J. Popplestone

TR 87-   48     12/31/87
    The Information Fusion Problem:  Forming Token Aggregations Across
    Multiple Representations
    Edward Riseman, Allen Hanson, and Robert Belknap

TR 87-   49     06/30/87
    Factors Contributing to Efficiency in Natural Language Generation
    David D. McDonald, Marie W. Meteer (Vaughan), and James D. Pustejovsky

TR 87-   50     12/31/87
    Constraints on the Generation of Adjunct Clauses
    Alison K. Heuttner, Marie M. Vaughan, David D. McDonald

TR 87-   51     12/31/87
    Arguments for a Message Level in Natural Language Generation
    David D. McDonald and Marie M. Vaughan

TR 87-   52     05/31/87
    Analysis of Fork-Join Jobs Using Processor-Sharing
    C.G. Rommel, D. Towsley, J.A. Stankovic


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TR 87-   53     04/10/87
    The Design of the Spring Kernel
    John A. Stankovic and Krithi Ramamritham

TR 87-   54     04/30/87
    Overview of the Spring Project
    Krithi Ramamritham and John A. Stankovic

TR 87-   55     06/10/87
    Scheduling Algorithms for Hard Real-Time Systems--A Brief Survey
    Sheng-Chang Cheng, John A. Stankovic, Krithivasan Ramamritham

TR 87-   56     06/30/87
    Determining Temporal Persistence and Consistent Edge Motion From Natural
    Images
    Philip Kahn

TR 87-   57     07/31/87
    Real-Time Feature Extraction:  a Fast Line Finder for Vision-Guided
    Robot Navigation
    Philip Kahn, Leslie Kitchen and Edward Riseman

TR 87-   58     07/23/87
    I3R:  A New Approach to the Design of Document Retrieval System
    W.B. Croft and R.H. Thompson

TR 87-   59     06/30/87
    Integrating BB1-Style Control into the Generic Blackboard System
    Philip M. Johnson, Daniel D. Corkill, Kevin Q. Gallagher

TR 87-   60     07/31/87
    Complexity of Connectionist Learning with Various Node Functions
    J. Stephen Judd

TR 87-   61     06/24/87
    On Validating Parallel Architectures Via Graph Embeddings
    Arnold L. Rosenberg

TR 87-   62     02/28/87
    Dynamic Construction of Decisions
    Adele Howe and Paul Cohen

TR 87-   63     07/31/87
    Next Generation Software Environments:  Principles, Problems, and Research
    Directions
    R.N. Taylor, D.A. Baker, F.C. Belz, B.W. Boehm, L.A. Clarke, et. al.

TR 87-   64     12/31/87
    Computation of Optic Flow by Multilevel Relaxation
    Frank C. Glazer


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TR 87-   65     07/31/87
    Toward Support for Environment Prototyping
    Lori A. Clarke, Jack C. Wileden and Alexander L. Wolf

TR 87-   66     09/30/87
    Information Retrieval by Constrained Spreading Activation in Semantic
    Networks
    Paul R. Cohen and Rick Kjeldsen

TR 87-   67     07/31/87
    A Task Grammar Approach to the Structure and Analysis of Robot Programs
    R. Vijaykumar, S. Venkataraman, G. Dakin, D.M. Lyons

TR 87-   68     12/31/86
    Log-Based Recovery for Nested Transactions
    J.Eliot B. Moss

TR 87-   69     09/30/87
    Implementing Persistence for an Object Oriented Language
    J. Eliot B. Moss

TR 87-   71     08/04/87
    A Perfect Lookup Table Evaluation Function for the Eight-Puzzle
    Paul E. Utgoff and Sharad Saxena

TR 87-   72     10/31/87
    Multiple Knowledge Sources in Intelligent Teaching
    Beverly P. Woolf and Patricia Cunningham

TR 87-   73     08/31/87
    A Computational Framework and an Algorithm for the Measurement of Visual
    Motion
    P. Anandan

TR 87-   75     12/31/87
    Building a Community Memory for Intelligent Tutoring Systems
    Beverly Woolf and Pat Cunningham

TR 87-   76     08/31/87
    The Image Understanding Architecture
    C.C. Weems, S.P. Levitan, A.R. Hanson, E.M. Riseman, J.G. Nash, D.B. Shu

TR 87-   77     12/31/87
    Building a Computer Tutor:  Design Issues
    Beverly Woolf and David D. McDonald

TR 87-   78     08/31/87
    Test Data Selection Using the RELAY Model of Error Detection
    Debra J. Richardson and Margaret C. Thompson


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TR 87-   79     08/20/87
    Design of Efficient Parameter Estimators for Decentralized Load
    Balancing Policies
    Spiridon Pulidas, Don Towsley, Jack Stankovic

TR 87-   80     09/30/87
    Towards Cosmopolitan Robots:  Intelligent Navigation in Extended
    Man-Made Environments           Ph.D. Thesis
    Ronald C. Arkin

TR 87-   81     04/30/87
    The Control of Reasoning Under Uncertainty:  A Discussion of Some
    Programs
    Paul R. Cohen

TR 87-   82     08/31/87
    Steps Toward Automating Decision Making
    Adele E. Howe and Paul R. Cohen

TR 87-   83     08/26/87
    A Comparison of the Processor Sharing and First Come First Serve Policies
    for Scheduling Fork-Join Jobs in Multiprocessors
    D. Towsley, C. G. Rommell and J. A. Stankovic

TR 87-   84     09/30/87
    A Unified Approach to Dynamic Coordination:  Planning Actions and
    Interactions in a Distributed Problem Solving Network     Ph.D. Thesis
    Edmund H. Durfee

TR 87-   85     08/20/87
    An Approach to Recognition in 2D Images of 3D Objects From Large Model
    Bases
    J. Brian Burns and Leslie J. Kitchen

TR 87-   86     08/28/87
    Interval Hypergraphs
    Arnold L. Rosenberg

TR 87-   87     12/31/87
    Mumble-86:  Design and Implementation
    M.Meteer, D.McDonald, S.Anderson, D.Forster, L.Gay, A.Huettner, P.Sibun

TR 87-   88     10/31/87
    Segmenting Images Using Localized Histograms and Region Merging
    J.R. Beveridge, J. Griffith, R. Kohler, A. Hanson and E. Riseman

TR 87-   89     12/31/87
    Toward a General Architecture for Intelligent Tutoring Systems
    Tom Murray


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TR 87-   91     09/01/87
    Decentralized Decision Making for Task Reallocation in a Hard Real Time
    System
    John A. Stankovic

TR 87-   92     09/30/87
    Performance Comparison of Error Control Schemes in High Speed Computer
    Communication Networks
    Amit Bhargava, James F. Kurose, Don Towsley, Guy VanLeemput

TR 87-   93     07/31/87
    A Note on a Theorem of Razborov
    David A. Mix Barrington

TR 87-   94     07/31/87
    Finite Monoids and the Fine Structure of NC
    David A. Mix Barrington and Denis Therien

TR 87-   95     12/30/87
    ID5:  An Incremental ID3
    Paul E. Utgoff

TR 87-   96     12/31/87
    A Tactile Sensing Strategy for Model-Based Object Recognition
    Ph.D. Thesis
    R.E. Ellis

TR 87-   97     09/30/87
    The Arcadia Environment Architecture
    R.N. Taylor, F.C. Belz, L.A. Clarke, L. Osterweil, R.W. Selby, J.C. Wileden

TR 87-   99     07/15/87
    On Maximizing the Number of Departures Before a Deadline on Multiple
    Processors
    Randolph Nelson, Don Towsley

TR 87-  100     02/28/87
    Analysis of the Effects of Delays on Load Sharing
    Ravi Mirchandaney, Don Towsley and John A. Stankovic

TR 87-  101     07/15/87
    On the Diameter of a Class of Random Graphs
    Thomas K. Phillips, Don Towsley and Jack K. Wolf

TR 87-  102     04/01/87
    Optimal Scheduling Policies for a Class of Queues with Customer Deadlines
    to the Beginning of Service
    Shivendra S. Panwar, Don Towsley and Jack K. Wolf


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TR 87-  103     12/31/87
    Bounded Width Polynominal Size Branching Programs Recognize Exactly Those
    Languages in NC
    David A. Mix Barrington

TR 87-  104     10/31/87
    Token-Based Extraction of Straight Lines
    Michael Boldt and Richard S. Weiss

TR 87-  105     10/19/87
    Learning from Derived Oracles
    Sharad Saxena

TR 87-  106     10/20/87
    Characterizing complex state machines in modal logic
    Victor Yokaiken and Krithi Ramamritham

TR 87-  107     10/31/87
    Case-Based Reasoning as a Paradigm for Heuristic Search
    Wendy G. Lehnert

TR 87-  108     10/31/87
    Interpretation in a Tool-Fragment Environment
    Steven J. Zeil and Edward C. Epp

TR 87-  109     10/31/87
    Graphite Reference Manual
    Alexander L. Wolf

TR 87-  110     11/01/87
    A Window Protocol for Transmission of Time Constrained Messages
    Wei Zhao, John A. Stankovic and Krithi Ramamritham

TR 87-  111     10/31/87
    An Update on the Distributed Vehicle Monitoring Testbed
    Victor R. Lesser, Daniel D. Corkill and Edmund H. Durfee

TR 87-  112     07/15/87
    An Asymptotic Analysis of a Threshold Load Balancing Policy
    Kyoo Jeong Lee and Don Towsley

TR 87-  113     10/27/87
    Distributed Optimization Algorithms for Quasi-Static Threshold Load
    Balancing
    Kyoo Jeong Lee and Don Towsley

TR 87-  114     10/31/87
    The PLUM Users Manual
    W. Lehnert and S. Rosenberg


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TR 87-  115     10/31/87
    Experiments with PLUM
    W. Lehnert, K. Narasimhan, B. Draper, B. Stucky and M. Sullivan

TR 87-  116     10/29/87
    A Hybrid Media Access Protocol for Fiber Optic Ring Networks
    A. Bhargava, J. Kurose, D. Towsley

TR 87-  117     11/02/87
    Increased Rates of Convergence Through Learning Rate Adaptation
    Robert A. Jacobs

TR 87-  118     11/05/87
    Learning to Predict Noise Level for PWB Layout
    Paul E. Utgoff and Peter S. Heitman

TR 87-  119     09/30/87
    Testing Based on the RELAY Model of Error Detection
    Debra J. Richardson and Margaret C. Thompson

TR 87-  120     12/31/87
    GBB Reference Manual (V1.1 -- Draft Manual)
    Philip M. Johnson, Kevin Q. Gallagher and Daniel D. Corkill

TR 87-  121     11/09/87
    Scheduling Groups of Tasks in Distributed Hard Real-Time Systems
    Sheng-Chang Cheng, John A. Stankovic and Krithivasan Ramamritham

TR 87-  122     11/23/87
    A Queueing Network Model for a Distributed Database Testbed System
    Bao-Chyuan Jenq, Walter H. Kohler, and Don Towsley

TR 87-  123     11/23/87
    Bounds for Two Server Fork-Join Queueing Systems
    Don Towsley and Shou-Pin Yu

TR 87-  124     12/31/87
    Constrained Expressions:  Toward Broad Applicability of Analysis Methods
    For Distributed Software Systems
    L.K. Dillon, G.S. Avrunin and J.C. Wileden

TR 87-  125     11/30/88
    Experiments in Constrained Expression Analysis
    George S. Avrunin

TR 87-  126     12/31/87
    Approximate Processing in Real-Time Problem Solving
    Victor Lesser, Jasmina Pavlin and Edmund Durfee


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TR 87-  127     12/31/87
    SPANDEX:  An Approach Toward Exception Handling in an Interactive
    Planning System
    Carol A. Broverman and W. Bruce Croft

TR 87-  128     12/31/87
    Toward Automating Analysis Support for Developers of Distributed Software
    George S. Avrunin and Jack C. Wileden

TR 87-  129     12/31/87
    From Image Measurements to Object Hypotheses
    Allen R. Hanson and Edward M. Riseman

TR 87-  130     12/31/87
    Planning Coordinated Actions in Dynamic Domains
    Edmund H. Durfee and Victor R. Lesser

TR 87-  131     12/01/87
    Sensitivity Analysis From Sample Paths Using Likelihoods
    Philip Heidelberger and Don Towsley

TR 87-  132     02/29/88
    Motion From A Sequence of Images
    Igor Pavlin

TR 87-  133     12/31/87
    Group Action Graphs and Parallel Architectures
    Fred Annexstein, Marc Baumslag and Arnold L. Rosenberg

TR 87-  134     09/30/87
    Paragon, an Interactive, Extensible, Environment for Typeface Design
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Lynn Elizabeth Ruggles

TR 88-    1     01/31/88
    Modeling Legal Argument Reasoning With Cases and Hypotheticals
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Kevin Ashley

TR 88-    2     01/31/88
    Knowledge-Based Natural Language Understanding:  A AAAI-87 Survey Talk
    Wendy G. Lehnert

TR 88-    3     01/31/88
    The Evolution and Performance of the GRANT System
    Rick Kjeldsen and Paul R. Cohen

TR 88-    4     01/24/88
    Overview of the Carat Project
    W.H. Kohler, J.A. Stankovic and D.F. Towsley


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TR 88-    5     01/19/88
    Relative Reward Strength Algorithms for Learning Automata With Applications
    to Routing in Computer Networks
    Rahul Simha and James F. Kurose

TR 88-    6     01/06/88
    Real-Time Computing Systems:  The Next Generation
    John A. Stankovic

TR 88-    7     05/31/88
    AURA:  An Architecture for Vision-Based Robot Navigation
    Ronald C. Arkin, Edward M. Riseman and Allen R. Hanson

TR 88-    8     03/07/88
    Perceptron Trees:  A Case Study in Hybrid Concept Representations
    Paul E. Utgoff

TR 88-    9     02/01/88
    Optimal Allocation of Multiple Class Resources in Computer Systems
    A.N. Tantawi, D. Towsley and J. Wolf

TR 88-   11     02/01/88
    Resequencing Delay and Buffer Occupancy in Selective Repeat ARQ With
    Multiple Receivers
    Nachum Shacham and Don Towsley

TR 88-   12     02/11/88
    Distributed Routing With On-Line Marginal Delay Estimation
    C. Cassandras, M. Abidi and D. Towsley

TR 88-   13     02/28/88
    Evidence-Based Plan Recognition
    Norman Carver

TR 88-   14     03/31/88
    The Centrality of Autonomous Agents in Theories of Action Under Uncertainty
    Paul R. Cohen and David S. Day

TR 88-   15     02/15/88
    A Dual Optimization Approach for Distributed Minimum Delay Routing With
    Constraints in Communication Networks
    Kyoo Jeong Lee, Don Towsley and Myungwhan Choi

TR 88-   16     04/30/88
    Retrieving Documents by Plausible Inference:  A Preliminary Study
    W.B. Croft, T.J. Lucia and P.R. Cohen

TR 88-   17     03/31/88
    A Case-Based Approach to Modeling Legal Expertise
    Kevin D. Ashley and Edwina L. Rissland


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TR 88-   18     03/31/88
    Plan Recognition in Open Worlds
    Karen E. Huff and Victor R. Lesser

TR 88-   19     03/31/88
    Goal Relationships in Blackboard Architectures
    V. R. Lesser, D. D. Corkill, J. A. Hernandez and R. C. Whitehair

TR 88-   20     03/31/88
    Beyond ISA:  Structures for Plausible Inference in Semantic Networks
    Paul R. Cohen and Cynthia L. Loiselle

TR 88-   21     03/31/88
    The Invisible Hand:  How Evaluation Guides AI Research
    Paul R. Cohen and Adele E. Howe

TR 88-   22     04/30/88
    Goal-Directed Control for Computer Vision
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Charles A. Kohl

TR 88-   23     02/28/88
    Optimal Embeddings of the FFT Graph in the Hypercube
    David S. Greenberg, Lenwood S. Heath and Arnold L. Rosenberg

TR 88-   24     02/28/88
    Evidential-Based Control in Knowledge-Based Systems
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Leonard P. Wesley

TR 88-   25     03/31/88
    The Prototype Gutenberg System
    (version UM2.0)
    Panayiotis Chrysanthis, Hanuma Kodavalla, Krithi Ramamritham, David Stemple

TR 88-   26     03/31/88
    Action
    Michael I. Jordan and David A. Rosenbaum

TR 88-   27     05/31/88
    Supervised learning and systems with excess degrees of freedom
    Michael I. Jordan

TR 88-   28     03/31/88
    GRAPH EMBEDDINGS 1988:  Recent Breakthroughs, New Directions
    Arnold L. Rosenberg

TR 88-   29     04/30/88
    Automatic Verification of Database Transaction Safety
    Tim Sheard and David Stemple


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TR 88-   30     04/30/88
    Managing Persistent Data with Mneme:  Issues and Application of a Reliable,
    Shared Object Interface
    J. Eliot B. Moss and Steven Sinofsky

TR 88-   31     04/30/88
    Toward AI Research Methodology:  Three Case Studies in Evaluation
    Paul R. Cohen and Adele E. Howe

TR 88-   32     05/31/88
    Summary of Image Understanding Research at the University of Massachusetts
    Edward M. Riseman and Allen R. Hanson

TR 88-   33     04/30/88
    Relating Human Knowledge of Tasks to the Requirement of Plan Libraries
    Dirk E. Mahling and W. Bruce Croft

TR 88-   34     04/30/88
    An Integrated Understanding Benchmark:  Recognition of a 2 1/2 D "MOBILE"
    Charles Weems, Edward Riseman, Allan Hanson and Azriel Rosenfeld

TR 88-   35     04/04/88
    Common Lisp Object Representation Strategies:  The Umass Concurrent &
    Common Lisp Implementation
    Kelly E. Murray and Daniel D. Corkill

TR 88-   36     04/30/88
    Language-Oriented Information Retrieval
    David D. Lewis, W.B. Croft and Nehru Bhandaru

TR 88-   37     05/31/88
    Tuning a Blackboard-based Application:  A case study using GBB
    Daniel D. Corkill and Kevin Q. Gallagher

TR 88-   38     08/31/88
    Design Alternatives for Parallel and Distributed Blackboard Systems
    Daniel D. Corkill

TR 88-   40     04/30/88
    Hamiltonian Circuits in Cayley Digraphs
    Fred Annexstein and Marc Baumslag

TR 88-   42     10/31/88
    Canister Communication in Parallel Programs
    Duane A. Bailey and Janice E. Cuny

TR 88-   43     05/31/88
    Foundations for the Arcadia Environment Architecture
    R.Taylor, F.Belz, L.Clarke, L.Osterweil, R.Selby, J.Wileden, A.Wolf,M.Young


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TR 88-   44     04/30/88
    Directing the Generation of Living Space Descriptions
    Penelope Sibun, Alison K. Huettner and David D. McDonald

TR 88-   46     04/30/88
    Inferring Software System Structure
    Philip Johnson

TR 88-   50     05/31/88
    Computation of Motion in Depth Parameters:  A First Step in Stereoscopic
    Motion Interpretation
    P. Balasubramanyam and M. A. Snyder

TR 88-   51     02/29/88
    Overview of the Spring Project
    Krithi Ramamritham and John A. Stankovic

TR 88-   52     05/31/88
    Issues in Extracting Motion Parameters and Depth From Approximate
    Translational Motion
    R. Dutta, R. Manmatha, E. Riseman and M. A. Snyder

TR 88-   55     05/31/88
    Optimal Simulations by Butterfly Networks
    S.N. Bhatt, F.R.K. Chung, J.-W. Hong, F.T. Leighton & A.L. Rosenberg

TR 88-   56     06/30/88
    Plausible Explanations to Cope with Unanticipated Behavior in Planning
    Carol A. Broverman and W. Bruce Croft

TR 88-   57     09/30/87
    Research Initiative in Case-Based Reasoning
    Edwina L. Rissland

TR 88-   58     05/31/88
    Dimension-Based Analysis of Hypotheticals from Supreme Court Oral
    Argument
    Edwina L. Rissland

TR 88-   59     05/31/88
    HYPO:  A Precedent-Based Legal Reasoner
    Edwina L. Rissland

TR 88-   60     09/15/88
    On Uniformity Within NC1
    David A. Mix Barrington, Neil Immerman, Howard Straubing

TR 88-   62     06/30/88
    Credit Assignment and the Problem of Competing Factors in Case-Based
    Reasoning
    Edwina L. Rissland and Kevin D. Ashley


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TR 88-   63     08/31/88
    PGRAPHITE:  An Experiment in Persistent Typed Object Management
    Jack C. Wileden, Alexander L. Wolf, Charles D. Fisher and Peri L. Tarr

TR 88-   64     05/31/88
    TEAM:  A Support Environment for Testing, Evaluation, and Analysis
    Revised
    Lori A. Clarke, Debra J. Richardson and Steven J. Zeil

TR 88-   65     10/31/88
    From Chemotaxis to Cooperativity:  Abstract Exercises in Neuronal Learning
    Strategies
    Andrew G. Barto

TR 88-   66     07/31/88
    GBB Reference Manual
    GBB Version 1.2
    Kevin Q. Gallagher, Daniel D. Corkill and Philip M. Johnson

TR 88-   67     07/31/88
    Managing Persistent Data with Mneme:  Designing a Reliable, Shared Object
    Interface
    J. Eliot B. Moss and Steven Sinofsky

TR 88-   68     08/31/88
    Translating Optical Flow Into Token Matches and Depth From Looming
    Lance R. Williams and Allen R. Hanson

TR 88-   70     08/31/88
    Preliminary Report on the OROS Type Model
    William R. Rosenblatt, Jack C. Wileden and Alexander L. Wolf

TR 88-   71     08/31/88
    Constraint Manipulation for Example Generation
    Daniel D. Suthers and Edwina L. Rissland

TR 88-   72     09/30/88
    ThinkerToy:  An Environment for Decision Support
    Ph.D. Thesis
    Steven Hugh Gutfreund

TR 88-   73     07/31/88
    A Formal Evaluation of Data Flow Path Selection Criteria
    Lori A. Clarke, Andy Podgurski, Debra J. Richardson, Steven J. Zeil

TR 88-   74     08/31/88
    Universal Graphs for Bounded-Degree Trees and Planar Graphs
    Sandeep Bhatt, F.R.K. Chung, F.T. Leighton, Arnold L. Rosenberg


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TR 88-   75     09/30/88
    Automatic Planning of Robotic Assembly Tasks
    Rukmini Vijaykumar

TR 88-   76     09/30/88
    The Schema System
    B. Draper, R. Collins, J. Brolio, A. Hanson and E. Riseman

TR 88-   77     08/23/88
    Non-Uniform Automata Over Groups
    Barrington, Straubing and Therien

TR 88-   78     08/31/88
    Persistent Owl:  Heap Management and Integration with Mneme
    Vassiliki Christou and J. Eliot B. Moss

TR 88-   79     08/16/88
    Time-Driven Parallel Simulation of Multistage Interconnection Networks
    Qing Yu, Don Towsley, Philip Heidelberger

TR 88-   81     07/31/88
    On the Optimality of the STE Rule for Multiple Server Queues That Serve
    Customers With Deadlines
    Shivendra S. Panwar and Don Towsley

TR 88-   82     10/31/88
    The Integration of Deadline and Criticalness in Hard Real-Time Scheduling
    Sara R. Biyabani, John A. Stankovic and Krithi Ramamritham

TR 88-   83     09/30/88
    Specifying Communication for Massively Parallel Ensemble Machines
    Duane A. Bailey

TR 88-   84     09/27/88
    Shuffle-Oriented Interconnection Networks
    Arnold L. Rosenberg

TR 88-   85     10/03/88
    The Design of the Spring Kernel
    John A. Stankovic and Krithi Ramamritham

TR 88-   86     10/03/88
    Interpreting Nominal Compounds for Information Retrieval
    Linda S. Gay

TR 88-   87     10/31/88
    Optimization Problems in a Hierarchical Setting
    Robert Moll and Bruce MacLeod


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TR 88-   88     12/31/88
    The Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Interface for Information
    Retrieval  ---   Ph.D. Thesis
    Roger Howard Thompson

TR 88-   89     08/31/88
    Evaluating Research in Cooperative Distributed Problem Solving
    Keith S. Decker, Edmund H. Durfee and Victor R. Lesser

TR 88-   91     09/30/88
    A Stochastic Algorithm for Learning Real-valued Functions via Reinforcement
    Feedback
    Vijaykumar Gullapalli

TR 88-   92     10/03/88
    Distributed Scheduling of Tasks With Deadlines and Resource Requirements
    K. Ramamritham, J. Stankovic and W. Zhao

TR 88-   93     10/31/88
    On Optimal File Allocation With Sharing
    S. Tripathi, Y. Huang and D. Towsley

TR 88-   94     12/31/88
    Efficient Embeddings of Trees in Hypercubes
    S.N. Bhatt, F.R.K. Chung, F.T. Leighton and A.L. Rosenberg

TR 88-   95     11/30/88
    Toward Principles of Inheritance and Subtyping in Programming Languages
    J. Eliot B. Moss and Alexander L. Wolf

TR 88-   97     11/07/88
    The Spring Kernel:  A New Paradigm for Real-Time Operating Systems
    John A. Stankovic and Krithi Ramamritham

TR 88-   98     10/17/88
    An Optimal Priority Inheritance Protocol for Real-Time Synchronization
    R. Rajkumar, L. Sha, J.P. Lehoczky and K. Ramamritham

TR 88-   99     11/30/88
    Symbolic/Subsymbolic Sentence Analysis:  Exploiting the Best of Two Worlds
    Wendy G. Lehnert

TR 88-  100     09/30/88
    Connectionist and Other Computation Models
    Jiawei Hong and Xiaonan Tan

TR 88-  103     12/19/88
    Optimal Embeddings of Butterfly-Like Graphs in the Hypercube
    David S. Greenberg, Lenwood S. Heath and Arnold L. Rosenberg


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TR 88-  104     12/21/88
    A Relationship Between Classification Accuracy and Search Quality
    Sharad Saxena and Paul E. Utgoff