Subject Index 1803
Program for International Student
Assessment (PISA) 86
program list in APT 845
programmable logic controller (PLC)
29, 64, 243, 471, 552, 722, 741,
950, 985, 989, 1016, 1056, 1112
programmable logic device (PLD)
654, 655
programmed cell death
1338
programmer interface 30
programming
– in logics (Prolog) 976
– nanopore 1442
– of welding robots 1037
progress monitoring automation
1075
progressive mechanization
– principle 309
project
–design 1638
– management 1638
– structure 1134
– success criteria 1638
project estimation 512
project evaluation and review
technique (PERT) 1066
projected installation 1678
projection operator 210
properties of the continuous learning
schemes 226
property right 828
property-preserving framework
adaptation 378
proportional–integral–derivative
(PID) 482, 547, 723, 1084
propositional logic 253
prosthesis 1492
prototyping
– rapid control 328
– virtual 861
provider order entry
– computerized 1391
public
– service 823
public safety answering point (PSAP)
1169
public understanding 830
public-health emergency response
information system (PHERIS)
1568
public-key infrastructure (PKI)
1638
public-use
– database 1431
pulse echo (PE) 905
pulse width modulation (PWM)
1084
pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM)
247
pump flow signal 1419
punch-card control timeline 75
Purdue enterprise reference
architecture (PERA) 6, 9
pure state feedback 160, 165
pursuit algorithm 229, 230
PV-loop 1414, 1415
PWM conversion of analog to
switched signal 1084
Q
Q parameter 178
quadratic programming problem
192
quadrature amplitude modulation
(QAM) 247
qualification 767
quality 24
– schedule 916
quality assurance 1275
– service 1268
quality feedback loop 737
quality improvement 1387
quality of service (QoS) 344, 346,
411, 454, 456, 715, 993, 994
Quest 1292
question and test interoperability
(QTI) 1511
QUEST II 1647
R
radar processing unit (RPU) 1173
radar system 1191
radial basis function (RBF) 199
– adding 206
– feedback linearizable 201
– fixed-structure 201
– Gaussian 202
– raised-cosine 202
–removing 207
– variable-structure 201
radial navigation 1189
radiation therapy
– image-guided 1373
radioactive dye 1436
radiofrequency identification (RFID)
19, 399, 741, 860, 955, 956, 961,
964, 969, 1025, 1066, 1071, 1431,
1608
– reader 1270
radiography
– digital 903
radiosurgery
– stereotactic 1400
radiotherapy (RT) 1372
rail-guided vehicle (RGV) 921, 963
raised-cosine RBF (RCRBF) 204
– compact support 204
ramp control tower 1208
random access memory (RAM)
557, 911
random environment (RE) 223
random-number generator (RNG)
227
random-weight genetic algorithm
(rwGA) 491
range of motion (ROM) 1402
ranging
–sensor 1257
ranked positioned weight (RPW)
606
rapid control
– prototyping (RCP) 328
rapid prototyping 1275
– model 1504
rapidly exploring random tree (RRT)
287
rate distortion function R(D) 241
rate of return
706
ratio of weight to payload 1496
rationalization 23
rationalization procedure
– economic 700
ray-tracing 649
reaching law 196
real and physical system (RPS) 861
real information system (RIS) 861
real-time
–behavior 982
–class 982
–class1 988
– communication 993
– constant delay-sensitive 994
– CORBA (RT-CORBA) 510
– decision-making process (RT
DMP) 630
– ethernet (RTE) 984
– jitter-sensitive 994
– kinematic GPS (RTK GPS) 1097
– operating system 1020
– optimization (RTO) 530, 531
– performance monitoring 562
–pricing 1479, 1480
– scheduling 389
– specification for Java (RTSJ) 383
– tool-path generation 855
Subject Index