@conference {
	title = {Integrated Management of Large Satellite-Terrestrial Networks},
	author = {Baras, John S., Ball, Mike., Roussopoulos, Nick., Jang, Kap D., Stathatos, Kostas., Valluri, Jaibharat.},
	year = {1997},
	month = {11/1997},
	abstract = {Hybrid communication networks provide an economically feasible and technologically efficient means to implement the global information infrastructure. The management of such heterogeneous networks is a critical market differentiator for telecommunications companies and a formidable technical task. In this paper we describe our efforts in the Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communications Networks, to design and implement an integrated network management system for such networks. The major accomplishments to date are the design and implement an integrated network management system for such networks. The major accomplishments to date are the design and implementations of an object oriented data model for hybrid networks consisting of satellite networks and terrestrial ATM networks; the extension of the system to hybrid networks with as many as 300,000 nodes; the development of browsing graphical tools so that mesh-connected graph networks (as opposed to tree networks) can be efficiently queried; specifically designed graphical widgets for displaying performance data continuously from the network management information database (MIB); extensions of the GUI to distributed operation including appropriate designs for consistency and concurrency between the GUI display and the network MIB;~storage and organization issues for performance data in the MIB; integration of configuration management and performancce management.},
	address = {Monterey, CA},
	booktitle = {MILCOM \&rsquo;97},
	pages = {383-387}
}
@conference {
	title = {Automated Network Fault Management},
	author = {Baras, John S., Ball, Mike., Gupta, Sandeep., Viswanathan, P., Shah, Parthiv.},
	year = {1997},
	month = {11/1997},
	abstract = {Future military communication will have a mixture of backbone terrestrial, sattelite and wireless terrestrial networks. The speeds of these networks vary and they are very heterogeneous. As networks become faster, it is not enough to do reactive fault management. Our approach combines proactive and reactive fault management. Proactive fault management is implemented by dynamic and adaptive routing. Reactive fault management is implented by a combination of a neural network and an expert system. The system has been developed for the X.25 protocol. Several fault scenarios were modeled and included in the study: reduced switch capacity, increased packet gneration rate of a certain application, disabled switch in the X.25 cloud, disabled links. We also modeled occurence of alarms including severity of the problem, location of the event and a threshold. To detect and identify faults we use both numerical data associated with the perfomance objects (attributes) in the MIB as well as SNMP traps (alarms). Simulation experiments have been performed in order to understand the convergence of the algorithms, the training of the neural networks involved and the G2/NeurOn-Line software environment and MIB design.},
	address = {Monterey, CA},
	booktitle = {MILCOM \&rsquo;97},
	pages = {pp. 1244- 1250}
}
@conference {
	title = {Integrated Product and Process Design Environment Tool for Manufacturing T/R Modules},
	author = {Karne, Ramesh K., Baras, John S., Ball, Mike., Bashyam, Sridhar., Kebede, Abraham., Williams, James T., Trichur, Vinai., Karir, Manish., Lai, Hsing-Tsu., Dandekar, Swati V.},
	year = {1997},
	month = {08/1997},
	abstract = {We present a decision making assistant tool for integrated product and process design environment for manufacturing applications. Specifically, we target microwave modules which use Electro-mechanical components and require optimal solutions to reduce cost, improve quality, and gain leverage in time to market the product. This tool will assist the product and process designer to improve their productivity and also enable to cooperate and coordinate their designs through a common design interface. We consider a multiobjective optimization model that determines components and processes for a given conceptual designs for microwave modules. This model outputs a set of solutions that are Pareto optimal with respect to cost, quality, and other metrics. In addition, we identify system integration issues for manufacturing applications~and propose an architecture which will serve as a building block to our continuing research in virtual manufacturing applications.},
	address = {Montreal, Canada},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Association of Management 15th Annual International Conference}
}
