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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Iterative development"”.
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Iterative Improvement of Practice Exercises By Students and Staff
… the authorship of new practice questions and the iterative development of existing ones. The exercise bank uses conceptual models that treat exercises not as seldom-changing pieces of course material but as collections of data that are continually in need of review and revision. Operations on …
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Best Practices for Test Driven Development
In his award-winning book, Test-driven Development By Example, Kent Beck wrote, "Clean code that works...is the goal of Test-driven Development (TDD)." TDD is a style of software development that first begins with the creation of tests and then makes use short, iterative development cycles until …
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Latent Lab: Exploration Beyond Search and Synthesis
… invention process. The thesis centers around the iterative development of “Latent Lab,” an interactive tool for exploring relationships among MIT Media Lab research projects. The work offers insights into AI systems as co-inventors by addressing the challenges of organizing, searching, and …
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GroBot : an open-source model for controlled environment agriculture
… growers, farmers, and hackers to participate in iterative development and information sharing. Through its technological, biological, and social platform, the GroBot forms the foundation for the future of food at both the consumer and industrial scale.
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Accelerating human-in-the-loop machine learning
Machine learning workflow development is a process of trial-and-error: developers iterate on workflows by testing out small modifications until the desired accuracy is achieved. Unfortunately, existing machine learning systems focus narrowly on model training—a small fraction of the overall …
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Whose toilet is it anyway? : an ethnographic investigation into communally managed and municipally-managed janitor-serviced sanitation facilities in Masiphumelele, Cape Town
… nor have they informed basic service delivery development. This has in part led to uncertainty in terms of how to designate and sustain responsibilities to relevant stakeholders regarding sanitation maintenance. Based on fieldwork in the Masiphumelele Wetlands informal settlement and temporary …
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Cloud-Native Applications and Their Role in Supporting Agile Hardware Development
Agile product development focuses on collaboration, iterative development, and responsiveness to change as a mindset and methodology for project teams. Agile has been instrumental in software development and improving overall project outcomes for software teams. Agile has recently been introduced …
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Developing a national mine closure risk and opportunities atlas in GIS for South Africa
… in the country's socio-economic and geopolitical development. There are currently 230 operating large-scale mines owned by 104 mining companies and hosted by 360 urban and rural communities across South Africa, comprising of approximately 6 million people – many of whom depend on mining for …
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Design of a single element 3D ultrasound scanner
… designed as a flexible mechanical platform for iterative development of algorithms targeting imaging of soft tissue with bone. The mechanical system independently controls movement of two single element ultrasound transducers in a cylindrical water tank. Each transducer can independently circle …
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A risk dynamics model of complex system development
The development of complex systems is a challenging endeavor which has captured the attentions of scholars and practitioners alike. Throughout the decades, numerous methods have been proposed to help manage such development efforts more effectively and efficiently. Some of these methods, such as …
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VR conductor: a virtual reality conducting system for novice conductor practice
… conducting software and a narrative of the iterative development process. A compiled version of VR Conductor accompanies this dissertation, playable on Windows computers with appropriate virtual reality capabilities. To address technological obsolescence, a video of the author demonstrating …
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Investigating the transformation of a medical enterprise : can a medical device company truly become agile?
… number of enterprises have shifted their product development processes from traditional stage-gated models to iterative development models, including Agile. Using the architecting innovative enterprise strategy (ARIES) framework, literature reviews, and gathered knowledge from subject matter …
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Integrating agile within complex hardware development via additive manufacturing
… now possible. Software companies have embraced iterative-based product development processes (PDP) such as Agile. Iterative development has allowed for the validation of innovative and untried solutions, fueling the rapid speed of software development. However, within complex hardware …
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Gaming the past : designing and using digital games as historical learning contexts
… approach, this study was led by the iterative development of a series of historical game prototypes, designed to explore everyday life in early Anglo-Saxon Britain. At different stages of design, the prototypes were evaluated by historians, archaeologists, and educators, moving at a …
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A process model for the development of airborne electronic equipment
Developments in systems engineering concepts and in the regulatory environment necessitated improvements to the processes used by Denel Aviation for the development of electronic equipment and software for use on board aircraft. A project was undertaken to improve the existing systems and software …
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Scratch Memories : visualizations that empower children to celebrate and reflect on their creative trajectories
… I share my own creative journey and the iterative development process behind this work. Based on observations and semi-structured interviews, I describe how the system not only sparked children to reflect on their personal trajectories, but also to feel inspired to make new memories. I …
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Respawning Originality Into Gamified Keyboard Practice: How Video Games Can Be Used To Practice Technical Skills For Adult Beginner Keyboardists
… a comprehensive framework for their design and development, and a robust methodology for assessing such solutions. Through iterative development and multiple em- pirical studies, including a week-long longitudinal study with 30 participants, we demonstrate that properly designed game-based …
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An exploration into overlooked areas of forensics data analysis, case management and metadata using automation and natural language processing
… computational genre of design science research development methodology and (b) agile development methodology was used, allowing for iterative and cycle-based development. <br/><br/>The research revealed that there are several areas of digital forensics which are overlooked by the digital …
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The impact of changing media technology on the practice of journalism
… and this interrelationship is apparent in the development of the model of the new media ecology which we developed. The work expands on ideas of the first wave of sociological research into the practice of journalism, taking the methods and ideas and applying them to current environments. The …
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The artist-designer: Situating creative interaction and interpretation in the museum
… examining its origins in crafts practice and how iterative development has led to more complex programmes. I construct and articulate my role and demonstrate the value of my distinct approach to animating collections, enabling innovative forms of user interaction and supporting creative action in …
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