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  • Incorporating and Learning Behavior Constraints for Sequential Decision Making

    Creator:
    Pinto, Jervis
    Abstract:
    Writing a program that performs well in a complex environment is a challenging task. In such problems, a method of deterministic programming combined with reinforcement learning (RL) can be helpful. However, current systems either force developers to encode knowledge in very specific forms (e.g., state-action features), or assume advanced RL...
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    Dissertation
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    Constraints for Sequential Decision Making Abstract approved: Alan P. Fern Writing a program that performs

  • Learning and Improving Policies for Probabilistic Planning Problems

    Creator:
    Issakkimuthu, Murugeswari
    Abstract:
    In this work, we study the problem of learning and improving policies for probabilistic planning problems. In the first part, we train neural network policies for probabilistic planning problems modeled as factored Markov decision problems. The objective is to train problem-specific neural networks via supervised learning to imitate the action...
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    Dissertation
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    . Title: Learning and Improving Policies for Probabilistic Planning Problems Abstract approved: Alan P

  • Learning Topical Social Media Sensors for Twitter

    Creator:
    Iman, Zahra
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    Social media sources such as Twitter represent a massively distributed social sensor over diverse topics ranging from social and political events to entertainment and sports news. However, due to the overwhelming volume of content, it can be difficult to identify novel and significant content within a broad topic in a...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Media Sensors for Twitter Abstract approved: Scott P. Sanner Social media sources such as Twitter

  • Helping end-user programmers find and fix performance problems in visual code

    Creator:
    Chambers, Chris
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    End-user programmers often struggle to create programs that run quickly and effectively, which can be a major deterrent in completing their tasks as desired. Current research has primarily focused on catching user mistakes, such as errors or misused formulas. However, end users deal with issues other than just correctness. In...
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    Dissertation
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    Performance Problems in Visual Code Abstract approved: Christopher P. Scaffidi End-user programmers

  • 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
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    Vision for Understanding American Football in Video Abstract approved: Alan P. Fern In this work, I

  • Scheduling and Online Planning in Stochastic Diffusion Networks

    Creator:
    Xue, Shan
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    Diffusion processes in networks are common models for many domains, including species colonization, information/idea cascade, disease propagation and fire spreading. In diffusion networks, a diffusion event occurs when a behavior spreads from one node to the other following a probabilistic model, where the behavior could be species, an idea, a...
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    Dissertation
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    Online Planning in Stochastic Diffusion Networks Abstract approved: Alan P. Fern Diffusion processes

  • 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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    Modes for Sequential Decision Making Abstract approved: Alan P. Fern This thesis considers the

  • Factorization of Integers

    Creator:
    Simshaw, James
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    Factorization of integers is an important aspect of cryptography since it can be used as an attack against some of the common cryptographic methods being used. There are numerous methods in existence for factoring integers. Some of these are faster than others for general numbers, while others work best on...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    : ___________________________________________ Robert Burton Factorization of integers is an important aspect

  • Computer performance and evaluation utilizating the resource planning and management system

    Creator:
    Elliott, Jimmie Lynn
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    A review of current computer performance and evaluation techniques reveals a lack of an acceptable analytic tool for optimal computer system performance and evaluation. A generalized approach to the formulation of a third generation computer system model is proposed. The approach is used to optimize computer resource utilization and to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    privacy Robert A. Short A review of current computer performance and evaluation tech- niques reveals a

  • Single fault detection in combinational logic circuits

    Creator:
    Medhekar, Ranjana A.
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    The material in this paper is divided into the following four chapters for convenience. Chapter 1 explains, how the idea of fault testing changed from testing the machine instructions to testing the hardware in logic circuits. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 present the different approaches considered, namely: 1. Path sensitizing...
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    Capstone Project
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    I ! ) APPROVED: Robert A. Short, Acting Chairman