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  • Investigation of automatic construction of reactive controllers

    Creator:
    Westerberg, Caryl J.
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    In real-time control systems, the value of a control decision depends not only on the correctness of the decision but also on the time when that decision is available. Recent work in real-time decision making has used machine learning techniques to automatically construct reactive controllers, that is, controllers with little...
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    Masters Thesis
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    controllers AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Caryl J. Westerberg for the degree of Masters of Science in

  • Optimization of seasonal irrigation scheduling by genetic algorithms

    Creator:
    Canpolat, Necati
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    In this work, we first introduce a novel approach to the long term irrigation scheduling using Genetic Algorithms (GAs). We explore the effectiveness of GAs in the context of optimizing nonlinear crop models and describe application requirements and implementation of the technique. GAs were found to converge quickly to near-optimal...
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    Dissertation
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    . Dave Moss, Dr. Prasad Tadepalli, Dr. Robert Paasch, and Dr. Gregory Perry for serving on my committee

  • A numerical approach to Tamme's problem in euclidean n-space

    Creator:
    Adams, Patrick Guy
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    Masters Thesis
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    correspondence between Isaac Newton and Oxford astronomer David Gregory. They debated the now famous kissing

  • WebGD : Framework for web-based GIS/database applications

    Creator:
    Wangmutitakul, Paphun
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    We have developed a framework for Web-based GIS/database applications which allow users to insert, update, delete, and query data with a map interface displayed by Web browsers. The framework was designed so that a Web-based GIS application that uses ArcIMS as a map server can be easily created, customized, and...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    retrieved. When the map image is loaded, it is displayed in the map frame . j ~ .... t~ ~ I"~ loolt ~ j

  • A collaborative filtering algorithm and evaluation metric that accurately model the user experience

    Creator:
    McLaughlin, Matthew
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    "Collaborative filtering algorithms’ performances have been evaluated using a variety of metrics. These metrics, such as Mean Absolute Error and Precision, have often ignored recommendations for which they do not have data. Ignoring these recommendations has provided numbers which do not accurately represent the user experience. Qualitatively we have seen...
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    Capstone Project
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    significant gaps where it does not. 18 5. Bibliography 1. Breese, J. S., Heckerman, D

  • Scale effects on reinforced concrete beams strengthened for shear with discrete externally bonded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer U-wraps

    Creator:
    Dawson, Matthew Ryan
    Abstract:
    Current ACI design provisions for shear in reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with externally bonded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) U-wraps may not adequately account for the effect of scale. This paper describes tests of 6 geometrically scaled beams to identify possible scale effects of such beams. Results indicated that effective...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Mitchell, Thomas Schumacher, A. Ekin Senturk, Matthew Smith, Gautam J. Sopal and O. Tugrul Turan

  • Activity recognition in desktop environments

    Creator:
    Shen, Jianqiang
    Abstract:
    Knowledge workers are struggling in the information flood. There is a growing interest in intelligent desktop environments that help knowledge workers organize their daily life. Intelligent desktop environments allow the desktop user to define a set of “activities” that characterize the user’s desktop work. These environments then attempt to identify...
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    Dissertation
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    i s i n g s t u d e n t s h e n p r o j e c t T a s k T r a c e r c o m m e n t s o n t h e s i

  • Toward computer vision for understanding American football in video

    Creator:
    Hess, Robin W.
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    In this work, I examine the problem of understanding American football in video. In particular, I present several mid-level computer vision algorithms that each accomplish a different sub-task within a larger system for annotating, interpreting, and analyzing collections of American football video. The analysis of football video is useful in...
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    Dissertation

  • New learning modes for sequential decision making

    Creator:
    Judah, Kshitij
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    This thesis considers the problem in which a teacher is interested in teaching action policies to computer agents for sequential decision making. The vast majority of policy learning algorithms o er teachers little flexibility in how policies are taught. In particular, one of two learning modes is typically considered: 1)...
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    Dissertation
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    := T ∪ GetPracticeTrajectories(θ) 6: for i = 1:n do 7: λ = λi //choose a value of λ 8: θi = argmaxθ Jλ

  • Multiagent learning for locomotion and coordination in tensegrity robotics

    Creator:
    Iscen, Atil
    Abstract:
    Tensegrity structures are composed of pure compressional elements that are connected via a network of pure tensional elements. The concept of tensegrity promises numerous advantages to the field of robotics. Tensegrity robots are, however, notoriously difficult to control due to their oscillatory nature and nonlinear interaction between the components. Multiagent...
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    Dissertation
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    reward function. We take a snapshot of the environment (z), feed the reward function with z and z−j