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  • Shrunken learning rates do not improve AdaBoost on benchmark datasets

    Creator:
    Forrest, Daniel L. K.
    Abstract:
    Recent work has shown that AdaBoost can be viewed as an algorithm that maximizes the margin on the training data via functional gradient descent. Under this interpretation, the weight computed by AdaBoost, for each hypothesis generated, can be viewed as a step size parameter in a gradient descent search. Friedman...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Daniel L. K. Forrest for the

  • Effects of individualized examples and personalized contexts in computer-based adaptive teaching of algebra word problems

    Creator:
    Lwo, Lwun-syin
    Abstract:
    The purpose of the present investigation was to develop an adaptive teaching model for an interactive computer-assisted instruction (CAT) program and to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of individualized examples or individualized examples in personalized contexts. Translating word problems into equations provided the context for the CAT investigation. Four...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • High-speed implementation of the RSA cryptosystem

    Creator:
    Peng, Yanqun
    Abstract:
    A public key cryptosystem allows two or more parties to securely communicate over an insecure channel without establishing a physically secure channel for key exchange. The RSA cryptosystem is the most popular public key cryptosystem ever invented. It is based on the difficulty of factoring large composite numbers. Once the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    mod 43(n) , we have ed = 1 + KO (n) for some integer K. Cd = (Me)d (mod n) = Med (mod n) = M1 + KO

  • Nanoparticle-assisted diffusion brazing of metal microchannel arrays : nanoparticle synthesis, deposition, and characterization

    Creator:
    Eluri, Ravindranadh T.
    Abstract:
    Microchannel process technology (MPT) offers several advantages to the field of nanomanufacturing: 1) improved process control over very short time intervals owing to shorter diffusional distances; and 2) reduced reactor size due to high surface area to volume ratios and enhanced heat and mass transfer. The objective of this thesis...
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    Dissertation
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Brian K. Paul Microchannel process technology (MPT) offers several advantages to the field

  • Calibrating the highway safety manual predictive methods for Oregon rural state highways

    Creator:
    Xie, Fei
    Abstract:
    The first edition of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) provides a quantitative approach to predict the safety of transportation facilities based on the recently developed scientific methods. This approach, known as the predictive method, was developed for several states in the United States. Due to differences in driver population, weather...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Karen K. Dixon The first edition of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) provides a quantitative

  • Effectiveness of integration of internet technologies in support of teaching and learning computer science programming

    Creator:
    Hajebi, Mojgan
    Abstract:
    In spite of wide spread adoption of the internet technology in teaching and learning, little research exists on the use and the effect of web incorporation in teaching and learning. Immediate clarification of how, when, and for whom the web integration in education is beneficial is needed. This qualitative study...
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    Dissertation
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    Programmi ng Abstract Approved: - (L--l"-- ~~==-.!~-------- Margaret L. Niess In spite of wide spread

  • Towards reliable and survivable ocean wave energy converters

    Creator:
    Brown, Adam C.
    Abstract:
    Ocean wave energy is a new and developing field of renewable energy with great potential. The energy contained in one meter of an average wave off the coast of Newport Oregon could supply dozens of homes with electricity. However, ocean waves are usually quite irregular which leads to large bursts...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Variant Annotation

    Creator:
    He, Jun
    Abstract:
    With the development of technologies in genome sequencing and variant detection, a huge number of variants are detected. To further analyze the variants, it requires an efficient tool to annotate the functional effect of variants. This project managed to develop an efficient program to annotate the functional effect of variants...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    algorithm reduces the searching complexity from O(NK) to O(N +K) while the tree-based algorithm reduces to

  • Bayesian optimization with empirical constraints

    Creator:
    Azimi, Javad
    Abstract:
    Bayesian Optimization (BO) methods are often used to optimize an unknown function f(•) that is costly to evaluate. They typically work in an iterative manner. In each iteration, given a set of observation points, BO algorithms select k ≥ 1 points to be evaluated. The results of those points are...
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    Dissertation
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    function which is known as Squared Exponential: k(xi, xj) = σf exp ( − 1 l |xi − xj |2 ) , (2.2) where

  • Resource placement, data rearrangement, and Hamiltonian cycles in torus networks

    Creator:
    Bae, Myung Mun
    Abstract:
    Many parallel machines, both commercial and experimental, have been/are being designed with toroidal interconnection networks. For a given number of nodes, the torus has a relatively larger diameter, but better cost/performance tradeoffs, such as higher channel bandwidth, and lower node degree, when compared to the hypercube. Thus, the torus is...
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    Dissertation
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    :11) < k-1 (ks+11 1) In other words, the first non­ L 2 k zero leading term in H can be only {1, 2