NASA has a long history of groundbreaking accomplishments but has struggled to establish credible cost estimates for some major acquisitions; particularly, human space flight missions, which are ...

Three industry-specific estimating programs — FastPIPE for mechanical contractors, FastDUCT for HVAC contractors and FastWRAP for mechanical insulation contractors (www.fastest-inc.com) — give ...

With the goal of making television more fun to watch, we are researching television-viewing robot companions who can chat with human viewers while watching television (Fig. 1). Our hope is that, by ...