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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Computational technology"”.
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Giving the head a hand : constructing a microworld to build relationships with ideas in balance control
The major promise of computational technology for learning is in making discovery and acquisition of knowledge accessible to a wider range of people. The protean expressive and constructive nature of computational technology facilitates more powerful and effective learning methodologies. Enabling …
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Computation in Macroeconomic Asset Pricing
<p>This dissertation investigates computational methods for macroeconomic asset pricing models. It demonstrates that advances in economic modeling often require advances in computation and highlights a particular case where more demanding computational methods are required to solve an economic …
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Designing for Reflection: Utilizing slow technology to create tangible interactive designs for reducing technostress
… phenomenon associated with the use of technology. It impacts human behavior and distracts from living a healthy and meaningful life. As humans increasingly encounter computational technology on a daily basis, there is a need to understand and manage the anxieties and tensions that can …
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Controle inteligente de vibrações utilizando amortecedor magneto reológico
… mathematician Lyapunov, and with advances in computational technology, nonlinear control techniques have been increasingly used. Ecological, social and economic issues have led the automotive industry to a growing demand for efficient methodologies and technologies in the control of vibrations …
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Modeling Vehicle and Rail Vibrations Due to the Passage of High Speed Trains Using Coupled Traveling and Stationary Finite Element Models
… has been the subject of research for decades. As computational technology and dynamic modeling theory develop, the potential for creating higher detail systems increases, and studies have continuously involved more realism. In this thesis, work to develop an efficient computational tool for the …
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Uncertainty assessment for CFD using error transport equation
While Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is making extensive use of the power of computational technology, it is also facing a serious problem arising from the so-called numerical uncertainty. The overall uncertainty (or the global error) involved in CFD results can be due to different sources …
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Sketching as a support mechanism for the design and development of shape-changing interfaces
Shape-changing interfaces are a novel computational technology which incorporate physical, tangible, and dynamic surfaces to create a true 3-Dimensional experience. As is often the case with other novel hardware, the current research focus is on iterative hardware design, with devices taking many …
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Mass-customization in commercial real estate : how the aviation industry can help us create beautiful buildings that add value
… derives from three developments in computational technology: Building Information Modeling (BIM), the implications of programing in graphical representation, and the progress of computer-controlled manufacturing machines. However, the promise held by these technologies has not been …
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Shells and Stages for Actuated TUIs: Reconfiguring and Orchestrating Dynamic Physical Interaction
… are inspired by theatrical performances, computational and robotic architecture, biological systems, physical tools and science fiction. While Shells and Stages can individually augment the interactivity and expressibility of the Actuated TUI system, the combination of the two enhances …
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Non-linear Dynamic Transformer Modelling and Optimum Control Design of Switched-mode Power Supplies
… advances in semiconductor manufacturing and computational technology, digital control systems have grown to a relatively mature stage, and will soon become a viable replacement for their analogue counterparts in the design of isolated and non-isolated DC-to-DC converters in general, and yback …
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Composing Holochoric Visual Music: Interdisciplinary Matrices
… objects. This reveals that, with the level of computational technology currently available, the implementation of high-performance computing is the optimal approach. Unifying such diverse areas as music, visual art, and computer science toward a common artistic medium necessitates a …
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Near-optimal inversion of incoherent scatter radar measurements: coding schemes, processing techniques, and experiments
… framework for ISR inversion in which modern computational technology and ISR methodology are utilized in a robust estimation procedure. The first contribution of this work is the development of a discrete forward model for F-region incoherent scatter measurements, where long pulses are …