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  • Webster and Butler Final.pdf

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    Webster, Janet G. and Butler, Barbara
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    As IAMSLIC members will recall, in 1990 Stephanie Haas questioned ASFA’s supremacy in marine science libraries and found “potential pitfalls” if relying on a single database to adequately discover the relevant literature (Haas 1990). We still question the best way to access the literature in our multidisciplinary field. Patrons and...
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    typical university. Scientometrics, 81(2): 587-600. Webster, J. and B. Butler. 2011a. Core Journals

  • Butler and Webster Final.pdf

    Creator:
    Butler, Barbara and Webster, Janet
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    As editors of the Marine Science and Technology section for the last three editions of Magazines for Libraries (MFL), we developed lists of journals and annotations to help guide marine sciences acquisitions for all types of libraries. We recommended essential titles at the same time we needed to cancel some...
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    of journal subscriptions in the marine sciences Core Journals: Fact or Fiction? Barb Butler

  • A hazardous-inspection model with costly repair

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    Yang, Minghui
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    An inspection-repair model is developed that presumes inspection is hazardous to the system being inspected. The form of the optimal inspection-repair policy is determined for different ranges of the model's parameters. The model is formulated as a partially observable Markov decision process with finite numbers of states and actions. The...
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    approved:_ David A. Butler An inspection-repair model is developed that presumes inspection is hazardous

  • Optimal inspection policies for a partially observable process with hazardous inspections

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    Chou, Chung-kuang
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    An inspection model is considered in which inspections are hazardous to the device being monitored. The model is formulated as a partially observable Markov decision process. Previous research has determined the optimal ongoing inspection policies for a previously inspected device. In this thesis, the optimal inspection initiation policies are investigated...
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    . Butler An inspection model is considered in which inspections are hazardous to the device being

  • The timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners

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    Butler, Brett J.
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    To increase our understanding of the timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners, I developed theoretical and empirical timber harvesting models for family forest owners in the southeastern United States. An individual-choice model was the basis for the models. Family forest owners were modeled as utility-maximizers who made harvesting decisions...
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    Brett J. Butler A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fufi1lment of the

  • A linear programming and sampling approach to the cutting-order problem

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    Hamilton, Evan D.
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    In the context of forest products, a cutting order is a list of dimension parts along with demanded quantities. The cutting-order problem is to minimize the total cost of filling the cutting order from a given lumber grade (or grades). Lumber of a given grade is supplied to the production...
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    Abstract approved: Cutting-Order Problem. David A. Butler Charles C. Brunner In the context of forest

  • Estimation of discriminant analysis error rate for high dimensional data

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    Lebow, Patricia K.
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    Methodologies for data reduction, modeling, and classification of grouped response curves are explored. In particular, the thesis focuses on the analysis of a collection of highly correlated, highly dimensional response-curve data of spectral reflectance curves of wood surface features. In the analysis, questions about the application of cross-validation estimation of...
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    Dimensional Data Abstract approved: David A. Butler David R. Thomas Methodologies for data reduction

  • Confidence intervals and tests for variance-component ratios in mixed linear models

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    Li, Yulan
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    problems of the thesis. I would like to thank Dr. David Butler and Dr. Paul Murtaugh for serving on my

  • Sethoxydim herbicide in red fescue and bentgrass : levels and mechanisms of selectivity

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    Butler, J. Hugh B.
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    The herbicide rate required to reduce growth by 50% (GR₅₀) of 11 cultivars of red fesue (Festuca rubra L. and F. rubra ssp. commutata) and for four cultivars of bentgrass (Agrostis tenuis Sibth. and A. stolonifera L. var. palustris) to sethoxydim (2-[1-(ethoxyimino) butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one) was determined in greenhouse and laboratory experiments....
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    and mechanisms of selectivity AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF J. Hugh B. Butler for the degree of

  • Facilitating the Community College Social Experience : The Role of Faculty on Social Integration within the Classroom

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    Butler-Paisley, William J.
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    Background: Social interaction among peers on a campus of higher education has long been considered an important part of the college student experience, in particular for the first-term students transitioning into college life. Students who socially connect with peers on campus tend to persist at higher rates, while other benefits...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF William J. Butler-Paisley for the degree of Doctor of Education