============================== VOLUME 20 NUMBER 2 JUNE 1996 ============================== 1. Elements of Software Architectures - The GenSIF/GARM Model Wilhelm Rossak and Vassilka Kirova, Systems Engineering Laboratory, Department of Computer and Information Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102, USA, rossak@pluto.njit.edu pp. 159-172 Keywords: domain-specific software architecture, systems integration, software engineering Abstract: This paper presents the results of our work on defining a commonly acceptable reference model for the specification of domain-specific software architectures. GARM (a Generic Architecture Reference Model), as discussed here, has been developed within the framework of the IEEE TC on ECBS (Engineering of Computer Based Systems). GARM is also part of the ongoing GenSIF (Generic Systems Integration Framework) project at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. We start with a short introduction to the ECBS and GenSIF framework. We then proceed to discuss in detail the elements of our generic architecture reference model: concepts, rules, patterns and guidelines. Examples from existing architectures, used to derive the GARM model, are given to illustrate the architecture elements and to argue their applicability. Finally, we introduce our approach to develop an architecture specification tool, called d-ASPECT. ------------------- 2. Neuro-Quantum Parallelism in Brain-Mind and Computers Mitja Perus, National Institute of Chemistry, Lab. for Molecular Modeling and NMR, Hajdrihova 19, (POB 3430) SLO-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Philosophy Dept. (cognitive science), E-mail: mitja.perus@uni-lj.si p.p. 173-184 Keywords:neural network, attractor, quantum, consciousness, mind, coherence, wave-function collapse, pattern-correlation, Green function Abstract: Specific characteristics of mind and computers (synergetic and neurocomputers, especially) are reviewed. The characteristics are presented which future computers would have to possess in order to be treated as mind-like. It is argued that for human consciousness a coherence of neural, quantum and virtual (attractor) levels are necessary. Mathematical analogies of the neural-network-theory and quantum mechanics are discussed. These analogies may be a mathematical framework for a research of multi-level cognitive isomorphisms involving complex systems of neurons/synapses, subcellular structures, quantum elements'' (spins etc.), and attractors, because the principles of their collective dynamics are level-invariant. ------------------- 3. Techniques for Algorithm Design and Analysis: Case Study of a Greedy Algorithm William F. Klostermeyer and Maria Muslea, Dept. of Statistics and Computer Science, P.O. Box 6330, West Virginia, University Morgantown, WV 26506- 6330, E-mail: wfk@cs.wvu.edu pp. 185-190 Keywords: algorithms, NP-completeness, dominating set Abstract: Six different implementations of a greedy dominating set algorithm are, presented and analyzed. The implementations and analysis illustrate many of the important techniques in the design and analysis of algorithms, as well as some interesting graph theory. ------------------- 4. Postmodernistic Information Concerning Autopoiesis out of Chaos Ante Lauc, Faculty of Economy, University of Osijek, Gajev trg 7 Osijek, Croatia, e-mail: alauc@public.srce.hr pp. 191-201 Keywords: human development, organizational development, economic development, cultural development, autopoiesis, self-organization Abstract: Autopoiesis as a new concept of interpretation of reality requiring understanding of the four Aristoteles causes. The next step is understanding of four types of development: human, organizational, economic and cultural. The key category is understanding of freedom which is for the author high efficiency and high democracy with minimal pollution of the nature. All questions and answers must be closed. It can be done through permanent restructuring and reprocessing. ------------------- 5. Development of Expert Systems for Nuclear Power Plants in Korea Se Woo Cheon, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Yu Song P.O. Box 105, Taejon 305-600, Korea, E-mail: swcheon@nanum.kaeri.re.kr pp. 203-210 Keywords: survey, expert systems, nuclear power plants, in Korea Abstract: This paper presents a survey of expert system applications for nuclear power plants in Korea. Expert systems have been applied to various fields of nuclear power plants since mid 1980s. The fields of applications include accident diagnosis, failure diagnosis, alarm processing, fuel shuffling, and so forth. Most expert systems are based on rule-based systems and implemented using artificial intelligence languages or expert system tools. Some applications use advanced techniques, such as numerical simulation models, model-based reasoning, artificial neural networks, and fuzzy logic. ------------------- 6. Optimization of One Dimensional Cutting in Clothing Industry Miro Gradisar and Joze Jesenko, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, 4000 Kranj, Presernova ulica 11, Slovenia pp. 211-221 Keywords: cutting, optimisation, heuristics, clothing industry Abstract: The article examines the procedure for optimisation of roll cutting in the clothing industry. The issue of roll cutting can be defined as a bicriterial multidimensional knapsack problem with side constraints. In general one may not find an optimal solution within reasonable time limits. For this reason we have found a solution through a combination of approximation and heuristics. On the basis of the achieved algorithm the computer program COLA has been developed. The article presents an example of the implementation of the program. -------------------technical papers------------------------------------------ 7. AI in Eastern and Central Europe Matjaz Gams and Ivan Bratko, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia E-mail: matjaz.gams@ijs.si, WWW: http://www2.ijs.si/mezi/~matjaz.html, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, E-mail: ivan.bratko@fer.uni-lj.si pp. 223-229 Abstract: An overview of state-of-the-art in Eastern Europe is presented. The following countries are included in the report: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. ------------------- 8. AI in Bulgaria Zdravko Markov, Institute of Information Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1. Acad.G.Bonchev St. Block 29A, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, E-mail: markov@iinf.bg pp. 230-231 ------------------- 9. AI in the Czech Republic Vladimir Marik and Olga Stepankova, E-mail: STEP@lab.felk.cvut.cz pp. 232-233 ------------------- 10. AI in Hungary Edit Santane-Toth and A.E. Eiben, E-mail: santa@iqsoft.hu, vancza@sztaki.hu pp. 234-242 ------------------- 11. AI in Poland Joanna Jozefowska, Institute of Computing Science Poznan University of Technology, Ul. Piotrowo 3a, 60-965 Poznan, Poland pp. 243-244 ------------------- 12. AI in Romania Dan Tufis, Research Institute for Informatics RACAI, Bucharest, Romania, E-mail tufis@valhalla.racai.ro pp. 245-248 ------------------- 13. AI in Slovakia Pavol Navrat, member, Slovak Society for Informatics, member, American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Slovak Technical University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ilkovicova 3, SK-812 19 Bratislava, Slovakia E-mail: navrat@elf.stuba.sk pp. 249-253 ------------------- 14. AI in Switzerland Boi Faltings, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, E-mail: faltings@lia.di.epfl.ch pp. 254-255 ------------------- 15. AI in Ukraine Viktor P. Gladun and Alexander Javorsky, Association of Developers and Users of Intelligent Systems, Krasnoarmeiskaja 23B Str. 252004 Kiev, Ukraine E-mail: glad@rozrada.FreeNet.Kiev.UA pp. 256-257