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  • WebModeler: Modeling Human Hunting Induced Mammal Depletion in the Web

    Creator:
    Thenell, Tasman
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    The Amazon basin is a natural wonder of biodiversity that serves as one of the largest single carbon storage mechanisms in the world. For these reasons, preserving the Amazon and other similar forests is a worthy goal. Protecting these spaces is not possible without understanding the threats facing animal populations...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Baccalaureate of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Honors Scholar) Presented November 27th

  • Investigation of Energy Barrier Heights within Metal-insulator-metal Devices via Internal Photoemission Spectroscopy

    Creator:
    Jenkins, Melanie A.
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    Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) and dual-insulator MIM (MIIM) devices are used in rectennas, hot-electron transistors, single electron transistors, resistive random access memory (RRAM), and capacitors. The performance of these devices relies heavily on the energy barrier height at each metal-insulator interface. Thus, determination of the in-situ electron energy barrier at each interface...
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    Dissertation
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    Electrical and Computer Engineering presented on October 18, 2019. Title: Investigation of Energy

  • Growth, fabrication and modeling of pseudomorphic laser diodes

    Creator:
    Ebner, John
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    This thesis reports on the crystal growth, fabrication, modeling and performance of Graded Index-Separate Confinement Heterostructure laser diodes which contain pseudomorphic InGaAs as the active region material. Laser epitaxial layers were grown with different indium mole-fractions, and a constant InGaAs layer thickness of 10 nm, on both sides of the...
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    Dissertation
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    Growth, fabrication and modeling of pseudomorphic laser

  • Adiabatic Markov Decision Process : convergence of value iteration algorithm

    Creator:
    Duong, Thai
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    Markov Decision Process (MDP) is a well-known framework for devising the optimal decision making strategies under uncertainty. Typically, the decision maker assumes a stationary environment which is characterized by a time-invariant transition probability matrix. However, in many real-world scenarios, this assumption is not justified, thus the optimal strategy might not...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for general evolution by Bradford and Kovchegov in [9]. In [8], the adiabatic time of a time

  • Multi-dimensional parametric estimation: two-dimensional sharpening by predictive bandwidth extrapolation and fast algorithms for three dimensional autoregressive estimation

    Creator:
    Liew, Ji Seok
    Abstract:
    Achieving sharpened (enhanced detail) features of a multi-dimensional data source using the linear prediction (LP) bandwidth extrapolation (BWE) technique in the transform domain is the main objective of this research. The evolution of sensor technology has provided acquisition scenarios in which the data format is inherently multi-dimensional, including hyperspectral imaging...
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    Dissertation
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    : TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHARPENING BY PREDICTIVE BANDWIDTH EXTRAPOLATION AND FAST ALGORITHMS FOR THREE

  • An adiabatic approach to analysis of time inhomogeneous Markov chains : a queueing policy application

    Creator:
    Zacharias, Leena
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    In this thesis, convergence of time inhomogeneous Markov chains is studied using an adiabatic approach. The adiabatic framework considers slowly changing systems and the adiabatic time quantifies the time required for the change such that the final state of the system is close to some equilibrium state. This approach is...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . The above evolution is studied via simulations as well and compared to the bounds suggested by the

  • Bilinear stochastic processes and time series

    Creator:
    Tang, Zhigiang
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    In engineering, biology, ecology, medicine, economics and social science, some processes are essentially bilinear, and some could be approximated accurately by bilinear processes under certain conditions. In this thesis the bilinear stochastic process and bilinear time series are discussed. Bilinear models essentially are nonlinear; the superposition rule is not valid....
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    Dissertation
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    : _Redacted for Privacy (m. K. monier) In engineering, biology, ecology, medicine, economics and social

  • Power System Planning for Sustainable, Reliable, and Accessible Electricity: Models, Methods, and Metrics

    Creator:
    Cicilio, Phylicia R.
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    Generation resources are shifting from centralized, high inertial, fossil fuel based to decentralized, no inertia, and variable renewable resources. The evolution of generation resources in electrical grids requires the transformation of the electrical grid infrastructure, and operation and planning procedures and standards. This dissertation takes four investigations into how to...
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    Dissertation
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    the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering presented on March 4, 2020

  • A multi-bit hybrid DSM over full-scale range without feedback DEM

    Creator:
    Kwon, Sunwoo, 1974-
    Abstract:
    Evolution of the mobile communication standards and proliferation of hand-held devices mandate stringent Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) specifications. Among various ADCs, a ∆Σ ADC is best known as a power-efficient ADC when more than 12b is required. However, a conventional discrete-time (DT) ∆Σ Modulator (∆ΣM) is inadequate for low-power wideband applications...
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    Dissertation
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    FEEDBACK DEM CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Evolution of the mobile communication standards and proliferation of

  • Wavelet analysis as a signal processing method for multiresolution signal decomposition in natural resources applications

    Creator:
    Tu, De Yun
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    The purpose of this thesis is to apply the wavelet transform WT to multiresolution structures for analyzing the information content of images based on multiresolution signal decomposition of the wavelet representation. The advantage of the wavelet transform is the fact that it uses different building blocks than the Fourier's sines...
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    Masters Thesis
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    main issues in ecology and forestry research today focuses on questions of scale. Management and