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  • On the Role of Spatial Clustering Algorithms in Building Species Distribution Models from Community Science Data

    Creator:
    Roth, Mark
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    This paper discusses opportunities for developments in spatial clustering methods to help leverage broad scale community science data for building species distribution models (SDMs). SDMs are critical tools that inform the science and policy needed to mitigate the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. Community science data span spatial and...
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    Capstone Project
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    Clustering Algorithms in Building Species Distribution Models from Community Science Data by Mark

  • Distributed OpenCL : a platform for distributed, heterogeneous computing for domain scientists

    Creator:
    Dillon, William H.
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    It is possible to purchase, for as little as $10,000, a cluster of computers with the capability to rival the supercomputers of only a few years ago. Now, users that have little to no experience developing distributed applications or managing a cluster are in a position to do so. To...
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    Dissertation
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    William H. Dillon for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science presented on May 29, 2012

  • Personalized information management systems with tutorial capabilities

    Creator:
    Oman, Paul W.
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    Technological advances of the last three decades have caused an enormous increase in the amount of published and unpublished information generated by our society. This inflation has created the need for improved information management systems. Existing systems are inadequate primarily because they are discipline-oriented and lack the flexibility that is...
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    Masters Thesis
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    with Tutorial Capabilities Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: William Si Bregar Technological

  • MARLA : a chess playing program

    Creator:
    Rood, Andrew Lloyd
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    MARLA is a collection of FORTRAN routines which implements the Shannon-type-chess program with alphabeta cutoffs occurring dynamically. Board positions are updated incrementally. Also involved in position analysis is a production system which models the human chess player's advice-taking, theme, and chess learning in a general sense. Interfacing these two sections,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 1977 Title: MARLA: A Chess Playing Program b stract approves for PrivacyA Dr. William Bregar MARLA

  • A browser-based tool for designing query interfaces to scientific databases

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    Newsome, Mark Ronald, 1960-
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    Scientists in the biological sciences need to retrieve information from a variety of data collections, traditionally maintained in SQL databases, in order to conduct research. Because current assistant tools are designed primarily for business and financial users, scientists have been forced to use the notoriously difficult command-line SQL interface, supplied...
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    Dissertation
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    scientific databases AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mark R. Newsome for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

  • An experimental string processing extension to Pascal

    Creator:
    Weems, Charles Chilton
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    The need for and problems related to string processing are discussed and a definition of the term "string" is derived. A brief review of some existing string processing systems leads to the presentation of a design for a string processing extension to the programming language Pascal. A rationale for the...
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    Masters Thesis
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  • An implementation of a parallel processing package in LISP

    Creator:
    Harney, Donald William
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    The concept of a process is often used in connection with operations of parts of a computer system. This thesis discusses processes in terms of their use as representations of a physical object or system. Five primitives are introduced as operators for allowing processes to be run in a piecemeal...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Donald William Harney for the

  • AI, Robot: A Rhetorical Analysis of Jeopardy! Matches Featuring IBM’s Artificial Intelligence

    Creator:
    Steele, Evan T.
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    The relationship between the public and new technologies has historically been a tumultuous one, with public perceptions ranging from excited rapid adoption to standoffish pessimism. In 2011, IBM tried to use competition as a means of showcasing a new technology to the public. This thesis is a work of rhetorical...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Mark Porrovecchio The

  • Object files in UNIX

    Creator:
    Eifrig, Bob
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    Object files are named active entities (processes) in the UNIX file system graph which provide services. Services are solicited by using the object file's pathname in any system call. Other continuing services can be obtained by opening an object file (which creates an communication path to the object) or by...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: Object files in UNIX Abstract Approved: Redacted for Privacy William S. Bregai\ Object files

  • Effectiveness of index size reduction techniques

    Creator:
    Jacobson, Bryan L.
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    Index size savings from three techniques are measured. The three techniques are: 1) eliminating common, low information words found in a "stop list" (such as: of, the, at, etc.), 2) truncating terms by eliminating word stems (such as: -s, -ed, -ing, etc.), and 3) simple data compression. Savings are measured...
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    Masters Thesis
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    to: The Oregon State Computer Science Department My advisor, Dr. William S. Bregar and Sequent