Abstract: The present invention relates to a cache mechanism of a browser apparatus as a World Wide Web (WWW) client and aims at the improvement of utilization efficiency and the shortening of an information acquisition delay time. A cache is constituted in an HDD or DVD-RAM under the control of a Web cache program. A copy of acquired information is stored in the cache. A directory of the cache is managed by a Web cache management table, and the control is made so that the writing of the cache contents and necessary entries of the management table is completed before the DVD-RAM is removed from the browser apparatus. A browsing work can be continued smoothly by loading the DVD-RAM to another browser apparatus. Also, if an information provider provides information in a form stored in a disk in the form of a Web cache, the browsing of the information becomes possible with the same URL as that in WWW access.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cache mechanism of a browser apparatus as a World Wide Web (WWW) client and aims at the improvement of utilization efficiency and the shortening of an information acquisition delay time. A cache is constituted in an HDD or DVD-RAM under the control of a Web cache program. A copy of acquired information is stored in the cache. A directory of the cache is managed by a Web cache management table, and the control is made so that the writing of the cache contents and necessary entries of the management table is completed before the DVD-RAM is removed from the browser apparatus. A browsing work can be continued smoothly by loading the DVD-RAM to another browser apparatus. Also, if an information provider provides information in a form stored in a disk in the form of a Web cache, the browsing of the information becomes possible with the same URL as that in WWW access.

Abstract: A program generating method for generating a FORTRAN program by use of a computer having the following steps of automatically selecting an optimal weight function for each equation of the system of partial differential equations including coupled plural variables and partial differential equations to effect a multiplication therebetween, performing a partial integration thereon, automatically selecting from a group of boundary conditions an optimal boundary condition for each partial differential equation to conduct a collation processing of the boundary condition, exchanging the order of the summation and the integration on the object variable to effect a discretize processing of the variable, assigning components to a coefficient matrix and a constant vector, and generating a FORTRAN program to solve the equations through a linear computation.

Abstract: In a numerical simulation system, a method for displaying information includes the steps of generating output data of values which are dependent on at least one of coefficients and constants of a discretization equation at each mesh point, based on positions of the mesh points representing the analysis domain and having the partial differential equation defined therefor and simultaneous linear equations constructed by the discretization equations which are approximation equations of the partial differential equations; displaying the analysis domain on a display; and changing the display status of the display screen at the point corresponding to the mesh point depending on the output data at the mesh point.

Abstract: The entry of a problem describing program is assisted by a database or a display screen. An error in numerical calculation of the input problem describing program is automatically checked. A simulation program which interrupts the execution of a process requsted by a statement in the problem describing program which a user designates as a break point when the simulation program executes the process is automatically generated. At the time of interruption, the execution status of the simulation is diagnosed upon the user's request.

Abstract: A method is provided for automatically generating a simulation program which numerically solves a partial differential equation which governs a physical quantity in a non-rectangular real space domain. The real partial differential equation is solved according to a boundary-fitted method by first transforming the original partial differential equation from a real space to a normal space. The upper limit of user work area memory available on the data processing apparatus and the number of mesh points extracted from the real space domain shape are considered in the transformation and to an extent control the transformation rule. Two program statements are thus generated, the first of which allocates data area for the particular variables in the work area memory. The second program statement defines the value of each variable in terms of one factor.

Abstract: A program-controlled computer includes a first unit for executing an addition or a substraction on a first floating-point data and a second floating-point data inputted thereto, a second unit for receiving the exponents of the first and second floating-point data, for determining whether or not an absolute value of a difference between the exponents exceeds a predetermined value defined as a number of digits of a mantissa of the first or second floating-point data, and for generating an interrupt signal when the absolute value exceeds the number of digits, and third unit connected to the second unit for interrupting a program being executed in response to the interrupt signal so as to execute an interrupt processing program associated with the interrupt signal.

Abstract: The partial differential equations inputted with respect to an unknown quantity A are processed according to the finite element method in which simultaneous first-order equations equivalent to the partial differential equations are obtained, and then a matrix equation equivalent to the simultaneous first-order equations, namely, (k.sub.ij) (a.sub.i)=(d.sub.i) is processed to derive a coefficient {a.sub.j } so as to generate a program which calculates the unknown quantity A. For each group of a plurality of elements, the program calculates a contribution determined by the positions of the nodes associated with the elements with respect to a portion of matrix element group such as k.sub.lm and k.sub.ll and a portion of constant group such as d.sub.l and d.sub.m determined by the numbers assigned to a plurality of nodes contained in the group of a plurality of elements and then generates the final values of the matrix element group {k.sub.ij } and the constant {d.sub.

Abstract: An operation unit includes a first unit for calculating input data and for outputting an error data indicating an error generated as a result of the calculation by using such a mantissa data at a lower order as has been obtained midway of the calculation but is not used as an output result data; and a second unit for outputting error data of the calculation result data from the first-named error data and error data input accompanying the input data.