Frequently Asked Questions

Question:
I am trying to save ANLDE system (set of ANLDE systems) but browser doesn't open corresponding window with the system as described in documentation. Why?
Answer:
The Web-SynDic system uses pop-up windows for saving ANLDE systems. Your browser probably blocks pop-up windows. Enable pop-up windows and try again.

Question:
Sometimes Maximum process virtual size in Solution report is ``N/A''. Why?
Answer:
The Web-Syndic system uses external programs for collecting resource usage information. These programs read solver process system information, which should be updated at least one time. So, if solver executes too fast the information is not updated. If you still want to know Maximum process virtual size you may try to solve the system several times until this information is obtained.

Question:
I am trying to solve a set of ANLDE systems, but the solver fails. How can I solve this set anyway?
Answer:
At present the Web-SynDic system doesn't support detailed error messages for ANLDE system sets. You may try to solve each ANLDE system separately and manually remove unsolvable system from the set.

Question:
What does ``there is an ANLDE system already in processing'' warning mean?
Answer:
The Web-SynDic can process no more than one ANLDE system (or set of systems) for a user at the same time. So after you have requested generating or solving a system you can not send new requests until the processing of the previous system is finished.

Question:
Why does my task spends so much time waiting in solving and generation queues?
Answer:
The Web-SynDic does not solve or generate ANLDE systems concurrently. So if there are many users processing ANLDE systems your task will be added to the end of queue and will wait until all previously requested processings are finished. You may see the number of queued tasks in the ``Server Load'' section of the left-hand panel on any page of the web system.

Question:
Why I may want to register in the web system?
Answer:
Your algorithms configuration values will be saved on server and restored every time you log in. Also we will be able to identify notes sent by you.

Question:
How can I register in the Web-SynDic system?
Answer:
You should click Register button of the Log in form and fill all necessary text fields with your information. Then press Register button in the User registration form. If all text fields are filled correctly and "Registration successful" message is displayed you become a registered user.

Question:
How can I contact the Web-SynDic team?
Answer:
You may click Web-SynDic Team hypertext link at the bottom right corner of any page of the web system. Detailed contact information should be displayed on the Web-SynDic Team page.

Question:
I want to generate and solve set of ANLDE systems. I follow link Set of ANLDE systems and press Generate&Solve button. The system successfully finishes generation process, but after that ``Buffer is full. Task rejected.'' error message is shown. What is happening?

Answer:
The Web-SynDic system uses two independent spoolers for generating and solving ANLDE systems correspondingly. Each spooler may process only one task at the moment and store limited number of other tasks (ANLDE systems or system sets for processing) in its buffer. After generating ANLDE system set the Web-SynDic system tries to put generated set into the solver spooler queue. Thus, if the solver spooler buffer is already filled with other users' tasks, the corresponding error message is returned to you. This error is not fatal. Moreover, after waiting for a while you can press Reload button of your browser, and the generated system set will be put into solver spooler queue if it has available space.

Question:
I have logged in as the system administrator, and I want to manage users. I follow Manage Users link and see form which prompts me to enter user nickname. Is it possible to get a list of all users in the Web-SynDic system?

Answer:
The list of all users is currently unavailable. This feature will be added in future releases. In this version you have to enter user nickname manually.

Question:
I have logged in as the system administrator, and I want to get activity statistics report. I follow Activity Statistics link, set IP address as a report domain, and press Get Report button. After getting report some fields in the ``IP address/Host'' column contain only IP addresses. Why?

Answer:
Sometimes it is possible to get only IP address of host, not the full host name. In this case only IP address is displayed in the corresponding column of the report.

Question:
I solved correct ANLDE system. But when I press button Back I get the page with error message. Why?

Answer:
It seems that before you tried to solve wrong ANLDE system or previous solved process was fail. The page with error message automatically stored in your browser cache and when you press button Back the browser gets it from cache content. Also each ANLDE system or ANLDE system set has unique ID. And when your browser tried to get old ANLDE system, the Web-SynDic system should return error message.

Note. The current ANLDE system is stored in Web-SynDic session content. So, if you want to use it again just follow the link ANLDE system.



Kirill Kulakov 2005-12-04