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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"System evaluation"”.
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Segmented footing system evaluation
… (NCMA) has developed a complete foundation system called the Footer Block system. It was designed to reduce the costs of foundation construction for 1 and 2 story buildings. The footer black system consists of interlocking concrete blocks 10.2 x 40.6 x 20.3 cm (4 x 16 x 8 in). Because they …
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Visualizing subjective decision criteria for system evaluation
The tools and methods used to evaluate complex systems in terms of human systems integration (HSI) include software, hardware, models, simulations, processes, and techniques. Hundreds of such tools currently exist to evaluate complex HSI systems, and the number is continuously growing. Many HSI …
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Use Case Oriented Medical Visual Information Retrieval & System Evaluation
… research and education. Information retrieval systems are useful tools to provide access to the biomedical literature and fulfil the information needs of medical professionals. The tools developed in this thesis can potentially help clinicians make decisions about difficult diagnoses via a …
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A microscopic simulation laboratory for advanced public transportation system evaluation
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.
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Open-Source tools for practical heat integration and utility system evaluation
… modelling approach for predicting utility system performance under new heat recovery or plant configurations. Together these contributions allow engineers to investigate multiple heat recovery options and accurately evaluate the operational cost savings. OpenHENS combines a novel three step …
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Noninvasive Assessment of Joint Motion Over Long Durations: System Evaluation and Data Analysis Methods
… motions.</p> <p>A small, autonomous data logging system using several bi-axial electrogoniometers has been developed to record three-dimensional joint motions over long durations of eight or more hours (Bernstein, 2008). The system was used for measurements of the wrists and shoulders to better …
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A usability based model for suggestion system evaluation of infrastructure organisations in the UAE
… a usability based assessment model forsuggestion systems. A review of literature highlighted fifteen variables that act as drivers forsuggestion system success. In order to apply the concept of usability, the definition of JakobNielson (2003) was used. This definition defines usability as a …
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Online robust principal component analysis for background subtraction: a system evaluation on Toyota car data
Robust Principal Component Analysis (RPCA) methods have become very popular in the past ten years. Many publications show that RPCA provides good results for background subtraction problems. In this thesis, we further the exploration to online versions of RPCA algorithms. The proposed Online Robust …
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Risk Assessment for IoT : a system evaluation of the smart home and its cybersecurity imperative
… of ignoring cybersecurity in the smart home system through causal loop diagramming. This thesis uses substantiated data from the past few years to justify its analyses. The thesis concludes that the smart home is an essential innovation that can help solve many urgent challenges facing our …
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Perceptions of Public School Teachers Regarding the Effectiveness of the Career Path System Evaluation Instrument in the Bahamas
… perception regarding the effectiveness of their evaluation instrument, the Career Path System, in the Bahamas.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. The research population consisted of two categories of public school teachers: (a) level of teachers—elementary and secondary teachers, and (b) status of …
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Speculative Multithreading Architectures
Multiprocessor system evaluation has traditionally been based on direct-execution based Execution-Driven Simulations (EDS) where the processor component of the system is not fully modeled. However, using direct-execution to model a superscalar processor has been considered an open problem. In the …
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Technology impact forecasting for multi-functional composites
… the limited knowledge about a new technology in system evaluation, a low TRL technology’s high potential is counterbalanced by its inherent high risk and high uncertainty. As a result, the assessment of the potential impact of low TRL technologies on a new system is exceedingly difficult. In this …
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Design of a System to Investigate the Relationship Between Feedback and Delivery Medium for a Novel Motor Task
… is the use of socially assistive agent (SAA) systems. These systems make use of non-contact communication devices and can be used to guide people through a variety of rehabilitative tasks. They have the potential supplement current rehabilitation practices by providing motivation during …
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Modeling of a Single-Phase Liquid Cooling System for Power Electronics Applications
… reliability of a single-phase, liquid cooling system used for the thermal management of a medium power level converter system. The system utilizes a plastic insert cold plate design to provide even cooling over the backside of a power electronics device by directing coolant through parallel …
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Design Tool for a Ground-Coupled Ventilation System
Ground-coupled ventilation (GCV) is a system that exchanges heat with the soil. Because ground temperatures are relatively higher during the cold season and lower during the hot season, the system takes advantage of this natural phenomenon. This research focused on designing a ground-coupled …
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An integrated methodology for the performance and reliability evaluation of fault-tolerant systems
… for the integrated performance and reliability evaluation of embedded fault-tolerant systems used in aircraft, space, tactical, and automotive applications. This methodology uses a behavioral model of the system dynamics, similar to the ones used by control engineers when designing the control …
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Structural steel framing options for mid- and high rise buildings
Selecting a structural system for a building is a complex, multidisciplinary process. No design project is the same; however, there are certain criteria that are commonly true in the initial phase of evaluating different structural schemes. These criteria encompass all aspects of a full, …
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Miniature automated flexible manufacturing system
… of a miniature automated flexible manufacturing system. The system developed is comprised of a hierarchy of computer's driving a robot and a number of typical manufacturing machines. An interrupt driven, multitasking, software kernel was written to manipulate these machines and the robot. This …
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The development of an expert system for the diagnosis of diseases in fibre and dairy goats
This thesis details the development of an expert system for the diagnosis of diseases in fibre and dairy goats. Divided into five sections, five appendices, and a bibliography, this thesis centres on the methods used to build the expert system: the decisions taken at the outset of, and during the …
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