Masters Projects Copyright (c) 2013 Grand Valley State University All rights reserved. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects Recent documents in Masters Projects en-us Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:34:40 PST 3600 Anaglym: A Graphics Engine Providing Secure Execution of Applications http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/4 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/4 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:09:06 PST "The Anaglym graphics engine uses the Lua programming language as the high-level language in which to interpret Anaglym applications. Applications running inside Anaglym are Lua scripts that have a particular environment exposed to them. By default, when Lua is embedded inside a C or C++ host application, no Lua functions are available to the hosted script. Lua functions must be exported by the host environment to be callable by a Lua script."

]]> Josh Holtrop Binary Usenet Application http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/3 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/3 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:19 PDT ANZBC software was written as a prototype to download small‐encoded files form Usenet servers. This software allows anything from a text document to a HD movie to be downloaded and decoded into a single file. Often this is a single file that is split into multiple small files and then compressed.

]]> Alexander J. Patterson Program Assessment System http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/2 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/2 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:18 PDT Today’s world is experiencing constant and rapid change in all areas of life. Progress and technology are the catalysts for the change, and the result is a continuous turnover of knowledge. It is essential for educational institutions to keep pace with the changes in order to turn out students that meet local and national employment requirements. Educational institutions are in need of an assessment system to measure the ongoing effectiveness of disciplines, curricula, programs and courses.

The assessment system will provide the tools to develop, implement, manage, maintain and evaluate the efficiencies of educational programs. The input will include past program requirements, national industry employment expectations, accreditation standards, model curriculum recommendations and student assessment/validation. The output will generate degree programs that keep up with change, validate the transfer of knowledge, meet accreditation standards, follow model curriculum guidelines and are consistent with current employment requirements.

]]> Dyana Polderdyk Microsoft Silverlight Photography Framework: Comparing Component Based Designs in Adobe Flex and Microsoft Silverlight http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/1 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/1 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:03:11 PDT Flex and Silverlight provide large Application Programming Interfaces (API’s). Applications can be designed using a variety of architectures. The purpose of this paper is not to perform a complete comparison between Flex and Silverlight. To do such a comparison would require massive amounts of time and research. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and implementation of the Silverlight photography framework project. Along the way this paper compares the Silverlight project to the Adobe Flex project and discusses the goals of each product. During the comparison many important similarities and differences between Silverlight and Flex technologies are discussed.

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