Non-Linear Systems

NEW PLASMA CUTTING TECHNOLOGY TAKES CARE OF THE "HOLE" ISSUE.(Metal Forming)
Fabricating & Metalworking; 1/1/2010; 1536 words; ...of the ability to cut non-ferrous materials such...Manufacturers of plasma cutting systems relentlessly pushed the...easier to train cutting system operators and easier...motors, gearboxes, linear ways all contributed...torch height control systems optimized plasma torch...holes with their ...

Measuring new risk management tools; last month, we gave an overview of some of the risk management tools that might replace the failed measures that came up short in the recent financial crisis. Here, we show how those tools correlate to each other and discuss how they might work together.(TRADING TECHNIQUES)
Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa); 1/1/2010; 1701 words; ...indicator to the risk evaluation system based on a single criterion can enrich this system with about 60%70% of...to the risk-management system. CORRELATION FACTORS The...page 47) shows the inverse non-linear relationship between variance...

Reports summarize criminal justice research from Northeastern University.(Report)
Politics & Government Week; 12/31/2009; 955 words; ...sentencing guidelines system? Much of the debate...disparity under a guidelines system has focused primarily...models to capture the non-additive effects of...analyses (and related linear models) of sentence...meaning that traditional linear models assuming a constant...

Gluster Introduces Gluster Storage Platform.
Computer Weekly News; 12/31/2009; 1178 words; ...integrating the GlusterFS file system with an operating system layer and improved management...data access, ensures linear scalability and eliminates...server issues and allows non-experts to deploy petabyte...be stored in the same system in a single volume...conventional storage ...

Patent No. 7,638,752 Issued on Dec. 29, Assigned to Varian Medical Systems for Excess Signals Correction Method (California Inventors)
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/30/2009; 426 words; ...signals in an imaging system. The inventors were...assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif...compensation in an imaging system is described. In one...invention provides for non-linear background, offset...constant, linear and non-linear terms, due...