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Creator:: Skeele, Ryan
Abstract:: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has grown out of traditional research and military applications and has captivated the commercial and consumer markets, showing the ability to perform a spectrum of autonomous functions. This technology has the capability of saving lives in search and rescue, fighting wildfires in environmental monitoring, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Ling, Xiaoning
Abstract:: The problem of handling dependent evidence is an important practical issue for applications of reasoning with uncertainty in artificial intelligence. The existing solutions to the problem are not satisfactory because of their ad hoc nature, complexities, or limitations. In this dissertation, we develop a general framework that can be used...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Ahmadkhanlou, Fariborz
Abstract:: The Lyapunov direct method is utilized to determine the robustness bounds for nonlinear, time-variant uncertainies p[subscript i]. Determination of the robustness bounds consists of two principal steps: (i) generation of a Lyapunov function and (ii) determination of the bounds based on the generated Lyapunov function. Presently in robustness investigations, a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Luo, Hu
Abstract:: This study is intended to investigate and propose a systematic method for uncertainty quantification for the computer code validation application. Uncertainty quantification has gained more and more attentions in recent years. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requires the use of realistic best estimate (BE) computer code to follow the rigorous...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Jia, Siwei
Abstract:: This dissertation consists of three papers studying optimization, conservation and valuation of contingent claims in economic resource nianagement under uncertainty. In the first paper the Markovian optinial policies are studied for resource management in a finite time horizon. Under sonic conditions, in particular, when the prices are stochastic and there...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Sayde, Chadi
Abstract:: Achieving and maintaining sustainability in irrigated agriculture production in the era of rapidly increasing stress on our natural resources require, among other essential actions, optimum control and management of the applied water. Thus, a significant upgrade of the currently available soil water monitoring technologies is needed. The primary goal of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: El Khoury, Laureine
Abstract:: Under today's environmental conditions and with the increasing worldwide competition for water, errors in irrigation management decisions can be costly. Therefore, providing both accurate evapotranspiration estimation on a daily basis and estimation of the magnitude of error associated with this estimate is vital for informed water management decisions that allow...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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