Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Command and Control Information Systems Engineering: Progress and Prospects; 1. Introduction; 2. The Information Systems Engineering Process; 3. The Domain of Command and Control; 4. Command and Control Information and Decision Systems Engineering; 5. Case Studies in the Design, Development, and Application of C2 Information and Decision Systems; 6. Next Generation Command and Control Information Systems Engineering; 7. Summary and Conclusions.

Appendix A: Group (Army Theater Level) Tactical Planning Substantive and User-Computer Interface Tasks and RequirementsAppendix B: Storyboards from the Group Planning Prototype; References; Chapter 2. Perceptual Models for Automatic Speech Recognition Systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Speech and Speech Knowledge; 3. A Multi-Layer Network Model for ASR Systems; 4. The Ear Model: An Approach Based on Speech Perception; 5. The Vocal Tract Model: An Approach Based on Speech Production; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. Availability and Reliability Modeling for Computer Systems.

1. Introduction2. Measures of Dependability; 3. Types of Dependability Analyses; 4. The Modeling of Dependability; 5. A Full-System Example; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Molecular Computing; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Theory of Molecular Computing; 4. The Macro-Micro (M-m) Scheme of Molecular Computing; 5. Modes of Molecular Computing; 6. The Molecular Computer Factory; 7. Molecular Computer Architectures; 8. Conclusions and Prospects; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Foundatlons of Information Sclence; Prologue; 1. Introduction.

2. Essences: The Nature of Information3. Structure: The Science of Information; 4. Synthesis: On a Theory of Foundations; 5. Overview; Acknowledgments; References; Author Index; Subject Index; Contents of Previous Volumes.