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A quadratic programming algorithm for deriving efficient farm plans in a risk setting

Creator:: Bauer, Leonard
Abstract:: The main focus was on developing an algorithm and supporting computer programs for use by extension personel to counsel farm managers on problems of enterprise choice. Investigation was initiated from the complete certainty viewpoint of linear programming. Upon introducing uncertainty, ramifications of changing expected income, variance and the correlation coefficient...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: multipliers. The Von Neuman-Morgenstern utility analysis framework was posed for selecting the best

Psychological and Linguistic Processes in Treatment Related Text Messages

Creator:: Partch, Megan A.
Abstract:: Treatment providers seek low-cost, high-impact means of engaging clients in care with the aim to enhance treatment delivery and outcomes. With improvements to mobile technology making cell phone accessibility and usage rates high across all socio-economic levels, text messaging is becoming more frequently utilized as a means of promoting provider-client...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: & Morgenstern, 2013, p. 316). Therefore, text messages may be a particularly effective intervention for

Risk-based design for multidisciplinary complex systems

Creator:: Farhangmehr, Farzaneh
Abstract:: The ultimate goal of large-scale design organizations are mainly to reduce costs and improve reliability and performance of systems while assessing how much risk (cost, schedule, scope) they can take and still remain competitive. To achieve this goal they need to develop tools to reach the most preferred design product...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Beyond the paired-catchment approach : isotope tracing to illuminate stocks, flows, transit time, and scaling

Creator:: Hale, V. Cody
Abstract:: This dissertation integrates a process-based hydrological investigation with an ongoing paired-catchment study to better understand how forest harvest impacts catchment function at multiple scales. We do this by addressing fundamental questions related to the stocks, flows and transit times of water. Isotope tracers are used within a top-down catchment intercomparison...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Multivariate control charts for nonconformities

Creator:: Chattinnawat, Wichai
Abstract:: When the nonconformities are independent, a multivariate control chart for nonconformities called a demerit control chart using a distribution approximation technique called an Edgeworth Expansion, is proposed. For a demerit control chart, an exact control limit can be obtained in special cases, but not in general. A proposed demerit control...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: average number of demerits per inspection unit as U D, /N where N is the number of inspection units per

Stability of heterogeneous and anisotropic slopes determined by the compound logarithmic spiral limit equilibrium method

Creator:: Stockton, Ezra J.
Abstract:: The logarithmic-spiral (log-spiral) limit equilibrium procedure for slope stability analysis rigorously satisfies both force and moment equilibrium with a failure surface geometry formulated as a function of the soil’s angle of internal friction. Within the framework of limit equilibrium, this procedure has, in the past, been primarily limited to homogeneous...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -spiral in the embankment degenerating to a circular arc (i.e., ‘log-spiral’ for u=0) in the foundation

Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration - an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Odom, Olivia
Abstract:: Globally, access to safe, reliable drinking water sources is a major challenge of this generation. Protected sources of drinking water provide communities with a sustainable, vital resource, yet many public water suppliers lack legal authority over their source water protection (SWP) area, especially in surface water systems. Absence of legal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Creator:: Bennett, Drew E.
Abstract:: The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives on nature to include not only intrinsic value but also the utilitarian value it provides to society. Viewing nature through this lens informs our understanding of how particular ecological processes benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: source water protection coordinator for EWEB, Karl Morgenstern, recognized that the utility needed to

Phylogenetic Identification of Pathogenic and Endophytic Fungal Populations in West Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Foliage

Creator:: Daniels, Hazel A.
Abstract:: Douglas-fir provides social, economic, and ecological benefits in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). In addition to timber, forests support abundant plant and animal biodiversity and provide socioeconomic viability for many rural communities. Products derived from Douglas-fir account for approximately 17% of the U.S. lumber output with an estimated value of $1.9...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: with Douglas-fir growth cycles (Brandt, 1960; Chastagner, 2001; Morgenstern et al., 2013). Beginning

Evaluation of straw wattle placement and surficial slope stability

Creator:: Rikli, Anthony M.
Abstract:: Straw wattles are common erosion control devices used to trap sediment. This thesis studies the relationship of straw wattles on slope stability through a case study demonstrating their use on steep slopes (1.5H:1V) for the US20 highway realignment project. Several surficial slope failures have occurred on these fill slopes, often...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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A quadratic programming algorithm for deriving efficient farm plans in a risk setting

Psychological and Linguistic Processes in Treatment Related Text Messages

Risk-based design for multidisciplinary complex systems

Beyond the paired-catchment approach : isotope tracing to illuminate stocks, flows, transit time, and scaling

Multivariate control charts for nonconformities

Stability of heterogeneous and anisotropic slopes determined by the compound logarithmic spiral limit equilibrium method

Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration - an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Phylogenetic Identification of Pathogenic and Endophytic Fungal Populations in West Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Foliage

Evaluation of straw wattle placement and surficial slope stability

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