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  • Diversity combining ARQ over the m(> 2)-ary unidirectional channel

    Creator:
    Elarief, Noha
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    In diversity combining automatic repeat request (ARQ), erroneous packets are combined together forming a single, more reliable, packet. In this thesis, we give a diversity combining scheme for the m-ary unidirectional channel. A system using the given scheme with a t-unidirectional error detecting code is able to correct up to...
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    increasing error: (1) Error in the information part (x′j = xj + e ): S = (( k−1∑ i=0 ( m− 1− x′i

  • Explanations and Information Foraging in Real-Time Strategy Games

    Creator:
    Penney, Sean J.
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    Assessing and understanding intelligent agents can be a difficult task for users who may lack an artificial intelligence (AI) background. A relatively new area, called “explainable AI,” is emerging to help address this problem, but little is known about how to present and structure information that an explanation system might...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sean J

  • Effects of interruption-style on end-user programmers

    Creator:
    Robertson, T. J. (Thomas James)
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    This thesis presents the results of two studies that investigate the question of what interruption-styles are most appropriate for end-user programmers who are debugging programs. In the studies, end-user programmers are presented with surprises that encourage them to investigate, use, and learn about debugging devices in their programming environment. We...
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    . Stephanidis, eds.) Lawrence Eribaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 2003, 621-625. 3. Burnett, M., Atwood, J., Djang

  • SocioEconomicMag Meets a Platform for SES-Diverse College Students: A Case Study

    Creator:
    Agarwal, Puja
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    Emerging research shows that individual differences in how people use technology sometimes cluster by socioeconomic status (SES) and that when technology is not socioeconomically inclusive, low-SES individuals may abandon it. To understand how to improve technology’s SES-inclusivity, we present a multi-phase case study on SocioEconomicMag (SESMag), an emerging inspection method...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Margaret M Burnett Anita Sarma

  • Assessing mental workload and situation awareness in the evaluation of real-time, critical user interfaces

    Creator:
    Strawn, Jordan J.
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    While there are many ways to evaluate a user interface design, the user's mental workload and situation awareness (SA) are particularly important considerations in the supervisory control of safety-critical systems. Typically, operators of these systems must monitor high-volume, time-sensitive status information. Interface design for this domain can be challenging and...
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    OF THE THESIS OF Jordan J. Strawn for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science presented

  • Distributed temperature sensing with neodymium-doped optical fiber

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    Lounsbury, Jimson S.
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    Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are being studied for use as high efficiency power plants in alternative fuel vehicles. To maintain high efficiency the operating temperatures of the membranes in these fuel cells must be closely monitored and controlled. However, the environment inside of the fuel cell is not...
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    fluorescence lifetime in Nd:YAG (1.064 μm) ... 34 Figure 4-2: Picture of fiber sample being optically

  • A methodology to reduce the strain on hydro turbines using advanced life extending control of multiple energy storage systems

    Creator:
    Brosig, Sean G.
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    Over the last 20 years, there has been rapid growth in the amount of installed wind power in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the Columbia River Gorge. The variable and non-dispatchable nature of this resource requires that it be balanced in some form by other sources on the grid. In...
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    ), the X matrix may be thought of as the different system values (1 through m) at each time step, and

  • Information Theoretical Analysis of Self-Similar Trees

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    Chunikhina, Evgenia V.
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    Tree-like patterns are ubiquitous in nature. Botanical trees, river networks, and blood systems are the most well-known examples of complex hierarchical systems met in observations. Interestingly, many of such systems exhibit statistical self-similarity. There are two main types of self-similarity: Horton self-similarity and Tokunaga self-similarity. Although there is an increased...
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    Dissertation
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    : Information Theoretical Analysis of Self-Similar Trees Abstract approved: Juan M. Restrepo Tree-like

  • Auxiliary Tasks for Efficient Learning of Point-Goal Navigation

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    Desai, Saurabh Satish
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    Top-performing approaches to embodied AI tasks like point-goal navigation often rely on training agents via reinforcement learning over tens of millions (or even billions) of experiential steps – learning neural agents that map directly from visual observations to actions. In this work, we question whether these extreme training durations are...
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    for Efficient Learning of Point-Goal Navigation Abstract approved: Stefan M. Lee Top-performing

  • Understanding and supporting end-user debugging strategies

    Creator:
    Grigoreanu, Valentina I.
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    End users' programs are fraught with errors, costing companies millions of dollars. One reason may be that researchers and tool designers have not yet focused on end-user debugging strategies. To investigate this possibility, this dissertation presents eight empirical studies and a new strategy-based end-user debugging tool for Excel, called StratCel....
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    : ______________________________________________________ Margaret M. Burnett End users’ programs are fraught with errors, costing companies millions