By SUNG-KUANG CHUNG
A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2000
Copyright 2000 by Sung-Kuang Chung
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Doug Dankel II. Without his guidance, patience and support this thesis would not have been possible. I would also like to thank Dr. Manuel Bermudez and Dr. Joseph Wilson for being on my committee and for the excellent feedback they gave. I must also express my gratitude to Mr. Dave Small for his suggestions. Furthermore, I would like to thank Ms. Marilyn Keeling for providing me testing grove class accounts. Special thanks are extended to my best friend, Chin Chen, for her suggestions and support. Finally I would like to thank my parents for their unending love.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................. iii ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................... vi CHAPTERS 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................1 Problem Overview .......................................................................................................... 1 Overview of SOGA......................................................................................................... 2 Thesis Organization ........................................................................................................ 4 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE ...........................................................................................5 Technology Used ............................................................................................................ 5 HTML