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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Decentralized System"”.
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Transmission of Information in Control Systems
For decentralized control, we study multisensor and multicontroller architectures. For such decentralized structures, we introduce lower bounds on information rates leading to the existence of controllers and coders leading to stability. We further obtain stabilizing decentralized coder and …
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Decentralization, Structural Change and Regional Disparities in Colombia
… to be clearer under centralization. Since a decentralized system and social unrest conditions still persist in Colombia, the adoption of a redistributed component as well as the incorporation of a spatial dimension may be advanced as important considerations for to the modification of …
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ANALYSIS ON RETAILERS COLLABORATION IN SUPPLY NETWORKS
… project, we consider alternative distribution systems to provide insight for car dealers to improve their performance. Three systems are discussed: the current decentralized system, the collaboration system, and the centralized system. Considering the feasibility of our proposals, we focus on …
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Using design structure matrices to improve decentralization urban transportation systems
… of large, complex, urban transportation systems involves numerous stakeholders due to the decentralized ownership and operation of distinct pieces of the physical network. In order to deliver better service to users, many urban regions are adopting technological and operational solutions, …
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New social movements in France and West Germany: their activists and conditions for their development
… of the State, and the party and electoral system in France and the Federal Republic. A decentralized system is argued to offer, on the whole, more favorable conditions for the protest movements. Also the West German party system, and the West German electoral mechanisms have helped the new …
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Essays on Empirical Matching Systems
… of three papers on empirical methods in matching systems. In Chapter 1, I study the estimation of treatment effects in the context of randomized controlled trials conducted with participants in matching systems. I show how conventional methods fail to account for the interference across outcomes …
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Monkey: A Distributed Orchestrator for a Virtual Pseudo-Homogenous Computational Cluster Consisting of Heterogeneous Sources
… Monkey framework, will provide a fault-tolerant, decentralized system that is capable of scheduling and reproducing research training jobs. The framework maintains a virtual pseudo-homogenous cluster built on top of existing heterogeneous computational clusters. Moreover, the framework, designed …
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Discrete real-time flight plan optimization
… to be defined. One possibility is using a more decentralized system predicated mainly around free routings (Free Flight), for a more flexible management of airspace. The present study first highlights the discrepancies and inefficiencies of the current best flightplan optimizing software that …
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Automating Regression Test Selection for Web Services
… is a major component of most major testing systems but has only begun to be applied to Web services. The majority of the tools and techniques applying regression test to Web services are focused on test-case generation, thus ignoring the potential savings of regression test selection. …
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Decentralized Decision Making and Information Sharing in a Team of Autonomous Mobile Agents
<p>In an attempt to realize decentralized cooperation and coordination in a heterogeneousteam of autonomous mobile agents, we have proposed a platform to model many practicalissues encountered in the process. The system includes an unexplored environment and ateam of agents with different …
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Decentralized Sanitation Systems for Densely Populated Regions: Design, Prototyping, and Systems Value Analysis
… countries?” This thesis presents a design of a decentralized system conceptualized, prototyped, and analyzed using tools of systems engineering and systems analysis. The development of a lab-scale processor is presented in this thesis. The lab scale system processes 3.5kg of 20% sludge per hour. …
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Serialization of prescription drugs in the USA : a centralized view
… relational models. This is in contrast to the decentralized system, which is further explored in the partner thesis, Impact of Drug Supply Chain Security Act on US pharmaceutical industry under decentralized information flow (Chang & Mohan, 2017). Both quantitative and qualitative analysis are …
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Legitimate and Contested: How States Respond to International Norms
… at other times they contest them. Operating in a decentralized system, international norms crucially depend on state support for their legitimacy, prominence, and effectiveness. Variations in the way states respond to norms call for an investigation into the domestic conditions that lead states to …
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Decentralized identification and multimetric monitoring of civil infrastructure using smart sensors
… wired sensors and central data acquisition systems have been used to characterize the state of the structure, which is quite challenging due to difficulties in cabling, long setup time, and high equipment and maintenance costs. WSSNs offer a unique opportunity to overcome such difficulties. …
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Farmer, miner, builder, trader : re-humanizing the distributed infrastructures of Bitcoin
… codes the world we wish to see." It is not a decentralized system; rather, it aligns with the existing geopolitical power concentrations and reflects current geopolitical relations and competition. The thesis reveals a more dynamic bitcoinization process which remains a fundamentally …
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Decentralized object finding using forwarding address
… in designing a large distributed computing system is ensuring that processors can "find" all of the "objects" that they have the right to access. To avoid the potential reliability problems and bottlenecks that can be introduced by centralized services it is desirable that object finding be …
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Essays on Science and Innovation
… this model being gradually supplanted by a more decentralized system of universities and VC-backed startups that have displaced large corporations as the conductors of scientific research. This dissertation tries to understand how firms create and exploit scientific knowledge in this changing …
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Modeling and centralization of strategic inventory for repairable and long lead-time spare parts
… value by more than 30% over the current decentralized system both using the current TAT as well as the proposed TAT.
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Impact of decentralized decision making on access to cholera treatment in Haiti
… an affected population. As a result of this decentralized decision-making environment, individuals’ access to facility resources may suffer in comparison to a hypothetical system in which a single planner locates the facilities to optimize access for all. Furthermore, due to the unanticipated …
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Reorganizing and the U.S. Coast Guard : a study in decision-making
… widely viewed as being superior to the previous decentralized system. The decentralization approach appeared to · work better for personnel, housing, medical, and administrative support. However, it is possible that the reduced level of resources and not the organizational structure is why this …
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