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  • Computing entropy for Z²-actions

    Creator:
    Pierce, Larry A.
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    For a certain class of Z²-actions, we provide a proof of a conjecture that the ratio of the Perron eigenvalues of the transfer matrices of the free boundary restrictions converge to the entropy of that action. Also, a novel method for computing the entropy of Z²-actions is conjectured.
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    Dissertation
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    : Computing Entropy for Z2-actions Abstract Approved: Robert M. Burton Abstract: For a certain class of Z2

  • Anomaly Detection and Probabilistic Diagnosis for Automated Data Quality Control

    Creator:
    Zemicheal, Tadesse H.
    Abstract:
    Advances in sensor technology are greatly expanding the range of quantities that can be measured while simultaneously reducing the cost. However, deployed sensors drift out of calibration and fail, so every sensor network requires quality control procedures to promptly detect these failures. To address these problems, we propose a two-level...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Tadesse H. Zemicheal

  • Predicting activity type from accelerometer data

    Creator:
    Zheng, Yonglei
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    The study of physical activity is important in improving people’s health as it can help people understand the relationship between physical activity and health. Accelerometers, due to its small size, low cost, convenience and its ability to provide objective information about the frequency, intensity, and duration of physical activity, has...
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    Masters Thesis
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    would like to thank my entire committee, Weng-Keen Wong, Stewart Trost, Alan Fern and Kenneth H. Funk

  • Probabilities of voting paradoxes with three candidates

    Creator:
    McDonald, Leslie M.
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    Pardoxes in voting has been an interest of voting theorists since the 1800's when Condorcet demonstrated the key example of a voting paradox: voters with individually transitive rankings produce an election outcome which is not transitive. With Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, the hope of finding a fair voting method which accurately...
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    Masters Thesis
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    believed the endeavor of finding a fair voting method was useless. Take the much quoted W. H. Riker: “the

  • Deep Learning for Human and Biological Languages

    Creator:
    Hong, Junki
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    We explore the application of deep learning to the disparate fields of natural language processing and computational biology. Both the sentences uttered by humans as well as the RNA and protein sequences found within the cells of their bodies can be considered formal languages in computer science, as sets of...
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    Dissertation
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    - dicted output. Fixes consisting of an end (E) to a hairpin (H) have high average information Content

  • Generative Models Meet Explainable AI and Long-Tail Learning: from Attribution Maps to Image Synthesis

    Creator:
    Khorram, Saeed
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    The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to transformative developments across multiple sectors, fostering innovation and redefining our interactions with technology. As AI matures and becomes integrated into society, it offers numerous opportunities to address global challenges and revolutionize a wide array of human endeavors. These advances are driven...
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    Dissertation
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    , Mohamad H. Danesh, Mohamad Shahbazi, Anurag Koul, and Alan Fern. Writing this dissertation would have not

  • Characterizing and Addressing Dataset Shift with Deep Learning

    Creator:
    Olson, Matthew L.
    Abstract:
    This dissertation delves into understanding, characterizing, and addressing dataset shift in deep learning, a pervasive issue for deployed machine learning systems. Integral aspects of the problem are examined: We start with the use of counterfactual explanations in order to characterize the behavior of deep reinforcement learning agents in visual input...
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    Dissertation

  • Structured learning with latent variables : theory and algorithms

    Creator:
    Zhao, Kai
    Abstract:
    Most tasks in natural language processing (NLP) try to map structured input (e.g., sentence or word sequence) to some form of structured output (tag sequence, parse tree, semantic graph, translated/paraphrased/compressed sentence), a problem known as “structured prediction”. While various learning algorithms such as the perceptron, maximum entropy, and expectation-maximization have...
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    Dissertation

  • Network Coding, Random Matrices, and Their Applications to Communication Systems

    Creator:
    Nguyen-Huu, Duong
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    In this work, we study network coding technique, its relation to random matrices, and their applications to communication systems. The dissertation consists of three main contributions. First, we propose efficient algorithms for data synchronization via a broadcast channel using random network coding. Second, we study the resiliency of network coding...
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    Dissertation
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 5.10 Average optimal value versus k (rank of topology matrix H) . . . . . . . . 85 5.11 Average

  • Statistical Properties and Guarantees for Certain Anomaly Detection Relevant Problems

    Creator:
    Liu, Si
    Abstract:
    Anomaly detection aims at detecting the points that appear different than the majority of the data, such that they are suspected to be generated from a different distribution. Anomaly detectors have been applied in many different fields, such as detecting fraudulent behaviors in bank transaction, finding broken sensors in a...
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    Dissertation
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    c(n) = H(n � 1) � 2(n�1)n , H(i) ⇡ ln(i)+0.5772156649. Let dk stand for the kth order statistic of