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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"NMAs"”.
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Design and Implementation of Predictive Control for Networked Multi-Process Systems
… and application of the prediction method in the NMAS (networked multi-agent system) external consensus problem. The prediction method has been popular in networked single agent systems due to its capability of actively compensating for network-related constraints. This characteristic has …
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Evaluation of 4.75 mm Superpave mix criteria for West Virginia
… 4.75 mm nominal maximum aggregate size mixes, NMAS, in West Virginia. This research was divided in two phases. During Phase I, evaluation of Superpave criteria for 4.75 mm LAMAS mixes, a variety of 4.75 mm NMAS limestone mixes were developed following Superpave methodology for low traffic …
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Consensus Analysis and Synthesis of Networked Multi-Agent Systems
… the major fields, Networked Multi-Agent Systems (NMAS), which deals with the study of how network architecture and interactions among network components influence global control goals, has received widely attention across science and engineering. A usual problem that appears in the coordination of …
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Pharmacotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: New Meta-Analytic Approaches to Synthesising the Evidence
… quality of evidence for the Cochrane reviews and NMAs and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research checklist of good research practices for indirect treatment-comparison in assessing studies for aim two. For aim one, the extracted data for the SAD and PTSD Cochrane …
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Toward valid network meta-analysis: Challenges in clustering conservative interventions for musculoskeletal conditions
… the challenges of designing and conducting NMAs of conservative interventions for musculoskeletal conditions. The first study is a scoping review that showed wide variation in neck pain classification and conservative interventions and the challenges in grouping interventions in homogenous …
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Statistical methodologies for network meta-analysis with applications in veterinary medicine
… have arisen in the process of conducting our own NMAs in the field of veterinary medicine that have not yet been addressed. Our research has focused on developing methods to fill these gaps. In Chapter 2, we propose an NMA model for an ordinal outcome that allows for outcome categorizations to …
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Evaluation of indirect tensile strength to identify asphalt concrete rutting potential
… sand content, nominal maximum aggregate size, NMAS, and gradation. The analysis of variance demonstrated significant effects of all the main factors and their interactions on rutting potential. Further there is a strong correlation between rutting potential and indirect tensile strength as …
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Positional accuracy in a natural resource database: comparison of a single-photo resection versus affine registration
… failed to meet National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS) for 1:20,000 scale or smaller maps. The average area accuracy from both study sites proved to be not significantly different, regardless of the digitizing technique or terrain conditions. The average area accuracy between the two study sites …
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Mechanical and surface free energy characterization of asphalt concrete for moisture damage detection
… 19.0-mm nominal maximum aggregate size (NMAS) binder mix and 19.0-mm NMAS mix with 50% RAP. The additives and modifiers consist of liquid anti-strip (LAS), hydrated lime (HL), styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), SBS with LAS, and polyphosphoric acid (PPA) with HL. The effects of the …
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Development of a testing approach for tack coat application rate at pavement layer interfaces
… when the surface nominal maximum aggregate size (NMAS) increased from 4.75 mm to 9.5 mm. Increasing the temperature resulted in a reduction in shear strength. The initial tangent stiffness for different tack coat materials was calculated and studied at various temperatures between 5°F (-15°C) and …
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Stiffness and deformation properties of asphalt open graded friction course containing cement coated natural aggregates
… gradation had a nominal maximum aggregate size (NMAS) of 14mm. Two binder types were selected, 100/150 pen binder and 40/60 pen binder to represent the soft and hard binders respectively that are commonly used by road engineers. This research also documents a survey of literature review that led …
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Assessing the accuracy of openstreetmap data in south africa for the purpose of integrating it with authoritative data
… the interest of National Mapping Agencies (NMAs) worldwide. VGI is geographic information that is freely generated by non-experts and shared using VGI initiatives available on the Internet. The NMA of South Africa i.e. the Chief Directorate: National Geo- Spatial Information (CD: NGI) is …
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Balanced asphalt mix design and pavement distress predictive models based on machine learning
… mm and 19 mm Nominal Maximum Aggregate Size (NMAS) mixtures designed by the automated mix design procedure drop by 7.6% and 13.2%, respectively; the percent passing 2.36 mm sieve of the two types of mixtures designed by the proposed mix design procedure fall by 17.8% and 10.3%, respectively.
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Enhancement of digital elevation models using tree-based ensemble machine learning algorithms
… practitioners and national mapping agencies (NMAs) in Africa are constrained to rely on open-access remote sensing datasets, even as they struggle to meet up with best practices on spatial data infrastructure and topographic map revision. Thus, global digital elevation models (DEMs) have …
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Information Theory and Cooperative Control in Networked Multi-Agent Systems with Applications to Smart Grid
… techniques in networked multi-agent systems (NMAS) with communication constraints. In the first part of the dissertation, information theoretic limitations of tracking problems in networked control systems, especially leader-follower systems with communication constraints, are studied. …