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Licas -
stands for lightweight (Internet-based) communication for
autonomic services. It is an open source software package,
written in the Java programming language, that
allows a user to run or build lightweight networks of
service-based components (SOA). The framework allows for
autonomous behaviour and includes a self-organising
mechansim and distributed/remote communication. The
services can be password protected and there is a system
in place for implementing autonomic managers and service
level agreements. There is also a default metadata search
engine. Legacy code can be accessed through wrappers.
There are now different packages for a server, a client/GUI,
and a problem solver based on genetic algorithms. Each one
can be used separately. The code is also J2ME CDC
compatible. Click on the icon for further details.
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JLog2 - This is a lightweight Java logger/debugger
compatible with both the J2SE and J2ME platforms. The
mobile version of Java does not have a default logger and
so this package was written and is used by the licas
system. Click on the icon for further details.
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ChessMaps - The ChessMaps chess playing program has
been developed using the 'Chessmaps heuristic'. This
heuristic uses a neural network at its core to order moves
for the search process. The heuristic uses the theory that
there is a definite relation between the squares that we
control and the squares that we influence when we move a
piece. The neural network tries to map the square control
of any position to the squares influenced by each move and
then use this to order any moves as part of a search
process. Other moves can also be extracted, such as
capture, forced or forcing moves and added to make the
move ordering even more accurate. A demo version of the
program can be downloaded that will allow you to play the
game. This demo also includes a new version of chess where
the squares can be 'mined'. Click on the icon for further details.
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Match-It - Sudoku for beginners! Match numbers or
symbols over a game grid to try to optimise your score.
Skill required to decide what values to keep or remove,
and strategy/tactics in realinging scoring squares.
Written in C# and comes as an setup.exe installer. Click on the icon for further details.
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Text file Filter and Formatter - This product
has now developed into a feature-rich text processor. As well
as organising or searching through text, it can be used to
filter or process text files, to create new files with
different information or formats. It can read Text or XML
files and apply a sequence of operations on the text, to
change the contents. The application can also extract
content from PDF or HTML files. The transformation can include
arbitrary sequences of filtering or reformatting operations.
Some of the more common formatting options are included as
well.
Organising text documents, or searching through the text is also possible.
An analysis can be performed, with the results fed back to
highlight certain content for separate formatting, for example. A demo version is
available. Click on the icon for further details.
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Code Analyzer - This utility program is a code analyzer
and semantic mapping application. The application can read
source code files and parse them to determine what the most
important words or concepts in the method headings are. This
information is then used to allow the user to enhance these
method descriptions with standard descriptions from online
dictionaries. This would be useful, for example, if the code
was an interface to a Web-based service. It can also generate
admin documents for initialising licas services, through the
same parsing routines. A demo version is
available. Click on the icon for further details.
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PEGS - (Production and Environmental Generic Scheduler) is
a production scheduling system. It uses the latest techniques
for ordering and searching through millions of potential
alternative schedules to find a solution close to the optimum
possible. The program is generic - it will cope with a wide
range of factory configurations and manufacturing strategies
including single machine, parallel machines, flow shops, job
shops and a wide range of constraints. The system also
includes some novel features, such as environmental factors
(waste) and economic factors (cost) when optimising the
schedule. There is also an agent-based version with new
sorting algorithms to generate faster schedules. I do not own
or sell this product, but I list it here as an example of my
work. Click on the icon for further details. |