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Showing 1 to 20 of 142 for “"SMARTER"”.
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Smarter with Smartphones
Nowadays almost all adolescents use mobile phones. At school students use their smartphones to search the internet, while solving information-based problems. Learning by searching the web has been subject of scientific research for the past decade and this research resulted in the Information …
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Smarter NEAT Nets
<p>This paper discusses a modification to improve usability and functionality of a ge- netic neural net algorithm called NEAT (NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topolo- gies). The modification aims to accomplish its goal by automatically changing parameters used by the algorithm with little input from a …
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Sophisticated sensitivity : can developers guess smarter?
The commercial real estate industry is currently in a state of turmoil, as access to capital markets is as constrained as consumer demand. Today many real estate development firms find themselves in difficult positions, with plummeting net operating income and upwardly mobile capitalization rates. …
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Smarter Agents for Agent-Based Models
Agent-based models (ABMs) are powerful tools for decision-making due to their ability to simulate systems with individual-level granularity. Recent advances have mitigated the computational costs of scaling ABMs to real-world population sizes; however, the potential of ABMs is also constrained by …
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StreetSmart: Reinventing Retail Through Smarter Small Business
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the retail market in U.S. cities was widely acknowledged to be overbuilt by about one billion square feet¹. The wave of lockdowns and restrictions on retail operations further exacerbated the distress in the retail market, with bankrupt major retail chains closing …
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What intelligent agent is smarter? : a comparison
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2001.
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Stepping toward a smarter factory at Canam
Canam Group ("Canam") is a manufacturer of steel components and building products used in the construction industry. The company uses a distributed network of manufacturing centers throughout North America to build and ship joist and deck product to its customers. Each manufacturing center utilizes …
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Entwicklung biohybrider Redoxsysteme auf der Grundlage "smarter" Redoxpolymere
… die Entwicklung und Charakterisierung neuer „smarter“ Redoxhydrogele mit drei verschiedenen funktionellen Eigenschaften und deren erfolgreicher Einsatz zur elektrochemischen Kontaktierung von Oxidoreduktasen beschrieben. Diese neuen Redoxpolymere 1. tragen kovalent integrierte Redoxzentren …
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Smarter objects : programming physical objects with AR technology
… the creation of simple interactions with other "smarter" objects to create more complex functionality. As a user interacts with a physical object, an augmented reality interface visualizes the virtual object on top of the physical object and gives the user an intuitive graphical interface for …
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Biologically-inspired Network Memory System for Smarter Networking
Current and emerging large-scale networks, for example the current Internet and the future Internet of Things, target supporting billions of networked entities to provide a wide variety of services and resources. Such complexity results in network-data from different sources with special …
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Bayesian risk management : "Frequency does not make you smarter"
Within our research group Bayesian Risk Solutions we have coined the idea of a Bayesian Risk Management (BRM). It claims (1) a more transparent and diligent data analysis as well as (2)an open-minded incorporation of human expertise in risk management. In this dissertation we formulize a framework …
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Exploring Memory in Reinforcement-Learned Agents for Smarter Lateral Movement
Computer networks are the backbone of most organizations’ technology infrastructure. Yet, they remain susceptible to many hidden vulnerabilities. One proactive approach to uncover and mitigate threats is red teaming. Red teams imitate hacking to find and exploit vulnerabilities in a network. This …
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An Experiment in Statewide Scenario Analysis: Towards an Even Smarter Growth for Maryland
Using scenario analysis, this dissertation explores the impacts of alternative development patterns on quality-of-life indicators for the state of Maryland. It compares existing conditions and six alternative scenarios using a set of planning-relevant indicators, such as open space protected, …
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The Impact of a Smarter Lunchrooms Makeover on Children's Food Choice and Consumption
… and poses a serious public health problem. The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement aims to increase healthy eating by incorporating low-cost to no-cost alterations to the school lunchroom in an effort to increase consumption of healthier foods, such as fruits and vegetables, by making them more …
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Technology-Driven Solutions for Smarter Care: Telemedicine, Data-Driven Analytics, and AI in Healthcare Operations
Healthcare systems globally are grappling with increasing demand, ageing populations, and persistent resource constraints. In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS), a publicly funded system offering free care at the point of use, is facing mounting pressure from long outpatient …
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Designing Smarter Stormwater Systems at Multiple Scales with Transit Time Distribution Theory and Real-Time Control
Urban stormwater runoff is both an environmental threat and a valuable water resource. This dissertation explores the use of two stormwater management strategies, namely green stormwater infrastructure and stormwater real-time control (RTC), for capturing and treating urban stormwater runoff. …
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Are Large Dogs Smarter Than Small Dogs? Investigating Within Species Differences in Large and Small Dogs: Spatial Memory
… fact that large dogs are often perceived to be ‘smarter’ than small dogs. This preconception has only recently been addressed and supported in one study comparing large and small dogs in a social cognition task where large dogs outperformed small dogs in a pointing choice task. Here I assessed …
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Examining the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Exams, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and High School Grade Point Average as Predictors of College Readiness
… state-based standardized tests such as the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) were designed to be better aligned with K-12 Common Core standards and provide a more efficient and equitable measure of academic performance and college readiness in middle and high school when compared …
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Smarter cities: socio-technical innovation towards sustainable urban transport futures. The case of re-establishing utility cycling as a mainstream mode in London
Cities globally face pressing sustainability challenges. This is particularly evident in the urban transport sector, where increasing and increasingly frictionless mobility continues to be promoted as a key driver of local economic growth and development. There is, therefore, increasing pressure to …
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