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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Safety and Stability"”.
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Methods for safety and stability analysis of nuclear systems
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Approximation Based Safety and Stability Verification of Hybrid Systems
… between the ""discrete"" digital world and the ""continuous"" physical world. These systems which exhibit mixed discrete-continuous behaviors, called ""hybrid systems"", are present everywhere - in automotives, aeronautics, medical devices, robotics - and are often deployed in …
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Safe Nonlinear Control Under Control Constraints via Reachability, Optimal Control and Reinforcement Learning
… stabilizing controllers that can guarantee safety, which we denote as the stabilize-avoid problem. Existing control-based techniques can provide safety and stability guarantees but under the assumption of unbounded control inputs. On the other hand, learning-based techniques can handle …
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Improvement of Anti-Lock Braking Algorithms Through Parameter Sensitivity Analysis and Implementation of an Intelligent Tire
… is responsible for the acceleration, stopping and steering control of the vehicle. Throughout the development of vehicle safety and stability control systems, it is desirable to possess the exact forces and moments at the tire contact patch. The tire is a passive element in the system, …
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A Trusted Autonomic Architecture to Safeguard Cyber-Physical Control Leaf Nodes and Protect Process Integrity
… systems are networked through IT infrastructure and susceptible to malware. Threats targeting process control are much more safety-critical than traditional computing systems since they jeopardize the integrity of physical infrastructure. Existing defence mechanisms address security at the …
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Robotic Tour Guide Platform
… designed for use in developing LIDAR, vision, and other sensor-based mapping and localization systems, path planning and steering systems, and emotive human-robot interaction systems. The platform has been designed to allow for flexibility and extensibility while assuring safety and stability. …
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Evaluating Network Analysis and Agent Based Modeling for Investigating the Stability of Commercial Air Carrier Schedules
… success using traditional Operations Research and parametric modeling approaches in their analyses of innovative operations. They need a systemic methodology for modeling of safety-critical infrastructure that is comprehensive, objective, and sufficiently concrete, yet simple enough to be …
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Integrating new values into Mongolian public management
This dissertation explores the socio-cultural and institutional environment of the public sector organizations of Mongolia that have strong influence on current public administration reform results. This study applies the Cultural theory and Value theory. The strong hierarchy favoring rule-bounded …
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Safety Assurance of Non-Deterministic Flight Controllers in Aircraft Applications
… a single certification for use in several makes and models of aircraft. The autopilot consists of a conventional controller connected in series with a robust direct adaptive model reference controller. In this architecture, the conventional controller is tuned once to provide outer-loop guidance …
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Machine Learning and Data-Driven Analysis of Thermal Runaway Characteristics in Lithium-Ion Batteries
… examining NCM (Nickel Cobalt Manganese) and NCA (Nickel Cobalt Aluminum) chemistries. Utilizing data analysis and machine learning on approximately 400 data points, it gives insights into thermal runaway dynamics, focusing on characteristic parameters such as onset temperature of …
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The CNL as a Systems Analyst- Standardizing Triage in Urgent Care
… urgent care center to optimize efficacy and efficiency related to standardization of the triage process. After a microsystem assessment revealed excessive wait times for patients and variation in staff documentation in the electronic health record, utilization of smart-phrases was …
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The Maze: Understanding Information Journeys of Women in Second-stage shelters
… in Alberta, Canada, with a focus on understanding their evolving needs for support, services, and information. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive global issue, deeply rooted in structural inequalities, and significantly affects women's safety, health, and independence, and the …
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THE "OTHER" WOMAN: EARLY MODERN ENGLISH REPRESENTATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN, 1579-1690
… modern writers deployed figures of similarity and arguments of similitude in textual and visual representations of Native American women in trans-Atlantic texts about the Americas. I explore the relationship between representations of English and Native women by investigating the ways English …
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Diffusion Barrier Coatings for Liquid Metal Corrosion Resistance in Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
… of this study is to characterize the chemical and physical interactions that occur between a ceramic diffusion barrier coating applied onto nuclear reactor cladding, liquid metal coolants, and metallic fuel used in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) and Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors (LFRs). In SFRs …
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Safeguarding sensitive data: prompt engineering for Gen AI
… content, such as text, images, simulations, and beyond. While GenAI offers significant operational benefits it also introduces risks, particularly in mission-critical industries such as national defense and space. The emergence of GenAI is similar to the invention of the internet, …
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Exploring Ethnocultural Differences in Distress of Newly Arrived Refugees During Early Resettlement: A Mixed Methods Dissertation
… refugees from Bhutan/Nepal, Burma, Iraq, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo during the first year of resettlement in Denver, Colorado. Utilizing RHS-15 quantitative outcomes and demographic data collected approximately every 3 months for 1 year, three approaches to propensity score …
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Multi-criteria design analysis of sensor systems for railway level crossings
… companies because of their high frequency and considerable severity. As a countermeasure against the accidents, obstacle detection systems are widely installed and used in a large number of level crossings in Japan. However, current obstacle detection systems can typically detect only …
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Comparison of Finite Element Methods and Satellite InSAR for Monitoring Deformations of a Large Tailings Dam
… much interest in the use of numerical modeling and remote sensing for monitoring the safety and stability of these structures. This thesis presents a case study that investigates the accuracy of InSAR measurements and the predictive capabilities of finite element models using ground truth …
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Bewertungsverfahren zur Beurteilung der Erdbebensicherheit von Brückenbauwerken
After the occurrence of an earthquake the safety of bridge structures is of crucial importance to the operability of an infrastructural network. It is a complex and costly task to estimate the earthquake endangerment of bridges due to the large number of different types and ages of bridges. In this …
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Mejora de la maniobrabilidad de submarinos tripulados mediante control óptimo de tanques de lastre
… distribuidos a lo largo de su casco que, cuando están llenos de agua, proporcionan al submarino el peso necesario para sumergirse. En caso de emergencia, los tanques de lastre pueden actuar como un mecanismo de seguridad, permitiendo llevar el vehículo a la superficie con rapidez. Para ello, …
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