Compilation to bytecode paired with interpretation is often used as a technique to easily build prototypes for new programming languages. Some languages, including Java, push this further and use the bytecode layer to isolate programs from the underlying platform. Current…

This dissertation surveys the historical and intellectual development of the Ṭariqa Qadiriyya Naqshbandiyya (TQN), the amalgamated Sufi order founded in Indonesia by Shaykh Aḥmad Khaṭib Sambas (d.1875). After a brief recapitulation of the progress of Sufi orders in and beyond…

The Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) can be defined as a methodology for the design of complex engineering systems where collaboration and abilities to mutually interacting between different disciplines are fundamental. In this thesis, Virtual Aircraft Design and Optimization fRamework (VADOR),…

Networks and their services have been growing rapidly in recent years, so has the complexity of configuring the network operations. In order to manage the rapidly expanding networks, new management protocols are thus needed to change the network management from…