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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Evolutionary Design"”.
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Evolutionary design of controlled structures
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1997.
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Evolutionary Design of Game Vehicles and Their Controllers
… algorithm have been tried and tested, we examine evolutionary algorithms as a means to generate content, where it has not frequently been used before. We examine the generation of vehicles, specifically spaceships, within two dimensional game simulations. These simulations are based upon a simple …
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Evolutionary design of digital trajectory-tracking controllers for robotic manipulators
The design of digital trajectory-tracking controllers for robotic manipulators is a challenging task, since such manipulators are multivariable non-linear plants. In addition, in many applications of robotic manipulators, it is required that very high-accuracy trajectory-tracking performance be …
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Evolutionary Design of Artificial Neural Networks Using a Descriptive Encoding Language
Automated design of artificial neural networks by evolutionary algorithms (neuroevolution) has generated much recent research both because successful approaches will facilitate wide-spread use of intelligent systems based on neural networks, and because it will shed light on our understanding of …
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The Evolutionary Design Model (EDM) for the design of complex engineered systems : Masdar City as a case study
… thesis develops a framework for constructing an Evolutionary Design Model (EDM) that would enhance the design of complex systems through an efficient process. The framework proposed is generic and suggests a group of systematic methodologies that eventually lead to a fully realized and integrated …
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The application of photosynthetic materials and architectures to solar cells
Photosynthetic approaches to redesigning photovoltaics (PV) offer an attractive route towards achieving high-efficiency, low-cost solar energy transduction. This thesis explores two routes toward this end: the direct integration of photosynthetic structures into solid-state devices and the …
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An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community
… perspectives on the challenges and aims of designing products suited to rural practices and conceptualisations in Southern Africa will be explored. We pursue an explorative study following and action research approach. The evolutionary design of our indigenous knowledge management system is …
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A multiple viewpoint modular design methodology
Engineering Design Re-use refers to the utilisation of any knowledge gained from the design activity to support future design. As such, Engineering Design Re-use approaches are concerned with the support, exploration and enhancement of design knowledge prior, during and after a design activity. …
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Multi-Scale Structure and Dynamics of Visual Signaling in Drosophila Photoreceptor Cells
… that complex systems adhere to particular design principles. The power of this is that design principles by definition impose an intuitive nature on a system by presupposing purpose. Existing studies have fruitfully shown the application of engineering principles in biology, but biological …
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Evolutionary Constraints Specifying Protein Folding and Function
… provided a sufficiently detailed description of evolutionary design constraints to allow the design of novel WW domain sequences that fold and function like natural proteins. This work expands the initial investigations, and probes the minimal information content necessary to specify the WW …
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Landfill containment and waste management systems
… of other countries to landfill containment design and set against the background of pre-treatment and recovery processes aimed at minimising the volume of wastes for disposal.<br/><br/>To introduce the subject the production of waste, waste compositions and waste quantities are explained. …
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Designing sanitation projects in rural Ghana
… of two pilot projects based on a co-evolutionary design and planning process. Additionally, qualitative and quantitative information provided by an NGO partner field surveys in the Northern Region, Ghana, as well as relevant literature are presented and analyzed. Two pilot Ecological …
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Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization of large-Scale Commercial Desalination Plants
… SPEEDUP (Simulation Program for Evaluation and Evolutionary Design of Unsteady Processes) marketed by Aspen Technology, Cambridge, MA. This work illustrates the development of an optimal operating envelope for achieving a stable operation of a commercial MSF desalination plant using the SPEEDUP …
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Geometric Design Methods for Conducting Solids Cooled by Conjugate Heat Transfer Including Surface Radiation
… this dissertation is to develop and investigate design methods for conducting solids cooled by multimode heat transfer, including surface radiation. The goal is to determine solid shapes with reduced or minimal overall thermal resistances. The influence of radiation on the predicted optimal …
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Inverse Illumination Design with Genetic Programming
… programming towards problems in illumination design. The Radiance system is used for performing accurate illumination simulations. Radiance accounts for a number of important environmental factors, which we exploit during fitness evaluation. Illumination requirements include local illumination …
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The Method of Constructal Design in Heat Exchangers
… the usefulness of applying the Constructal design methodology of heat exchangers to the thermal and flow performance of such architectures. Based on the method of Constructal design, the system performance can be enhanced by providing its architecture or configuration more freedom to morph. …