Bay-Delta Quarterly Update, July 26, 2012
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The document summarizes announcements made on July 25th by the Governor and Secretary of Interior regarding amendments to the draft Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). Key points include: - The revised BDCP will feature a smaller twin tunnel project with a capacity of 9,000 cubic feet per second and three intakes rather than five, and gravity flow rather than pumping. - A "decision tree" approach over 15 years will determine project operations and water supply yields based on achieving biological goals, with yields expected between 4.5-5.3 million acre-feet per year but actual outcomes unknown until completion. - The projected $13 billion cost will be shared by state and federal water contractors, who must
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In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
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- 1. Bay-Delta Quarterly Update Imported Water Committee July 26, 2012
- 2. Bay-Delta Announcement July 25 Governor and Secretary of Interior State and Federal Joint Recommendations Amend draft BDCP: Downsize tunnel project Use “decision tree” over 15 years to determine operations and yield of the project 2
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- 7. Finance MWD is expected to pick up 25 percent or more of cost of tunnel project. MWD does not have contractual commitments from its member agencies to pay for project. MWD could be faced with a larger burden if other contractors back out or default. 7
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