This tutorial guides you through the creation of an InterBase database application with which you can view and update a sample employee database. You will use the Delphi IDE to create the database application. This tutorial assumes you are familiar with Linux and have read the introduction to Kylix programming and the IDE in the Quick Start Note
This tutorial is written for the Kylix Enterprise and Professional (more…)

What is it? The Delphi technique has been described as ‘a method for structuring a group communication process so that the process is effective in allowing a group of individuals, as a whole, to deal with a complex problem’ (Linstone &Turoff page 3) Where does it come from? It has its origins in the Cold War in the 1950s when the Rand Corporation,
funded by the US Air Force, was trying to find a way to establish (more…)

The Advanced Light Source (ALS) control system has been continuously migrating from the original x86-based system [1] to the EPICS-based system [2], which involves numerous application programs written in various programming languages to be rewritten or updated seamlessly as background tasks. A component library is going to play a major role in this migration task [3]. The first library supporting (more…)

MANY PEOPLE HAVE REFERRED TO ESTIMATION AS A “BLACK ART.” This makes some intuitive sense: at first glance, it might seem that estimation is a highly subjective process. One person might take a day to do a task that might only require a few hours of another’s time. As a result, when several people are asked to estimate how long it might take to perform a task, they will often give widely differing (more…)

Due to improved tools for the design and acquisition of 3D models, to the wider acceptance of 3D technology, and to the need for higher accuracy, the number and complexity of models that are accessed over Internet connections are growing faster than network bandwidth. Consequently, it is imperative to continue increasing the terseness of 3D data transmission formats. Although several (more…)

This report is of a study, funded by the Higher Education Academy’s Engineering Subject
Centre, whose primary aim was to produce guidance for Engineering schools in designing
modules or threads to embed sustainable development within the curriculum. A secondary
aim was to investigate the use of Delphi techniques in curriculum design. The mini­project
was to use the Delphi technique as an investigative tool with (more…)

Overview ? One of two Austrian participations in the LEP programme (see also next talk on ALEPH) ? The only Austrian institute in DELPHI (out of ~56) – member since the design phase ? Typically 10 out of ~ 550 authors on DELPHI papers ? Contributions to DELPHI construction and running budgets at the level of about 2% ? External funding from – Phase 1: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) – Phase (more…)

The Delphi method is an attractive method for graduate students completing masters and PhD level research. It is a flexible research technique that has been successfully used in our program at the University of Calgary to explore new concepts within and outside of the information systems body of knowledge. The Delphi method is an iterative process to collect and distill the anonymous judgments of experts using (more…)