1st Edition

Cutting Edge Technologies And Microcomputer Applications For Developing Countries

By Tien-tung Hsueh Copyright 1988
    504 Pages
    by Routledge

    504 Pages
    by Routledge

    This report is based on a conference on the applications of microcomputers in development sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in collaboration with a host country.

    Panel on Microcomputers for Developing Countries -- National Research Council Staff -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Overview -- Overview -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- The Technologies -- Advanced Computer Concepts -- The Impact of Memory Technology Advances on Microcomputers -- Artificial Intelligence: An Overview -- Prolog for Artificial Intelligence Projects: The Portuguese Experience -- Computer-Aided Design: A Primer -- Applied Expert Systems -- Computer Vision -- A Multiple Microprocessor Architecture for Real-Time Visual Inspection -- Resource Assessment -- An Integrated Microcomputer Processing System for Census and Survey Data -- The Microcomputer in the Brazilian Health Information System -- Population Program Applications of Expert Systems -- A Growing-with-the-User Expert System for Clinical Use -- Disease Control in the Community: Toward Microcomputer-Supported Decision Models for Health Centers -- SIGUS: A Microcomputer-Based Management System for Primary Health Care Centers -- Computer Technology and Biomedical Instrumentation -- A Distributed Processing Architecture for Real-Time Biological Data Analysis -- Natural Resource Analysis, Assessment, and Management -- Geographic Information Systems -- Super Microcomputer Networks for a National Geographic Information System -- Microcomputers in Agricultural Development -- Resource Utilization -- Expert Systems For Design and Manufacture -- Microcomputers for Industrial Automation in Small- and Medium-Sized Industries in Brazil -- A Microprocessor-Based Sequence Controller -- The Field Limitations of Diagnostics in Processor-Controlled Industrial Systems -- Computer-Aided Power System Design -- Applications of Microcomputers in Water Resources Engineering -- Intelligent Programs for Public Investments in Community Water Supply and Sanitation Systems -- Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering -- An Expert System for Time-Series Statistical Analysis -- Communication -- Intelligent Interface -- English to Thai Machine Translation -- The Need For Standards in Computer Graphics -- Network-Based Information Systems: A Role for Intelligent Workstations -- Application-Driven Networks -- The Use of Microcomputers to Improve Telephone Service -- Loop Signaling for PCM Equipment -- Design and Manufacture of Modern Telecommunication Equipment in Portugal -- The Use of Expert Systems in Educational Software

    Biography

    Hsueh, Tien-tung