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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"adaptive capability"”.
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The adaptive capability of the operational team to respond to challenges in the Emergency Centre. A SenseMaker® study in Emergency Centres within Cape Town
… and negotiations within the EC as a complex adaptive system. Methods This exploratory study used narrative-based inquiry with abductive reasoning to meet the objectives. It was divided into two sections. The first was a thick description of the EC context, daily operations and processes. …
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A new architecture for adaptive digital logic
… engineering as a means of providing additional adaptive capability to known and existing control mechanisms. The first part of the thesis is concerned with the underlying mechanisms of Genetic Algorithms and a model of a computing architecture which directly executes these algorithms in a …
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Analysis of networks with dynamic topologies
… an architectural strategy for employing adaptive behavior in applications sensitive to highly variable external demands or uncertain internal conditions. The characteristics of such architectures are described, and the significance of adaptive capability is discussed. The necessity for …
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Design and Simulation of a Model Reference Adaptive Control System Employing Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space for Enhanced Flight Control of a Quadcopter
… Hilbert spaces (RKHSs) into the model reference adaptive control (MRAC) framework to enhance the control systems of quadcopters. Traditional MRAC systems, while robust under predictable conditions, can struggle with the dynamic uncertainties typical in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations …
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Counterintelligence methods of terrorist organisations and the factors that influence them: a comparative study of Revolutionary Organisation 17 November and the Red Army Faction
… adversaries must be able to exhibit superior adaptive capability and strive to remain ahead of the terrorist learning curve. This thesis explores the terrorist counterintelligence methods and adaptation mechanisms of two organisations: the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November and the Red …
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Noise and delays in adaptive interacting oscillatory systems
… the coupling network, the local parameters are adaptively tuned and ultimately reach a set of consensual values. This is explicitly and analytically carried out for frequency- and radius-adapting HOPF oscillators. We then consider adapting the time scale and the shape of periodic signals. We …
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Lethal Hypermutation Induced by the Innate Cellular Restriction Factor APOBEC Destroys HIV-1 in Infected Humanized Mice
… HIV in vivo however remains to be addressed. The adaptive capability of HIV allows the virus to develop escape mutations to evade antiretroviral drugs and persist in infected individuals; thus the possibility that HIV will be able to evade APOBEC restriction in vivo exists. Humanized mice used as …
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Improvement of semi-active control suspensions based on gain-scheduling control
… full active control. Potentially, this kind of adaptive capability with variable control approaches can be used to deliver the level of the performance that is currently only possible with fully active suspension without incurring the associated high costs and power consumption.
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At the Intersection of Bistability and Elastic Instability: Switching and Locking Structures using Asymmetric Carbon Fiber Composites
… foldable for packing in compact dimensions. This adaptive capability makes them convenient in transportation such as space structures where packaging of large deployable structures is crucial that help meet ever increasing energy demands of satellites. To render such abilities, smart materials …
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The Integration of Explanation-Based Learning and Fuzzy Control in the Context of Software Assurance as Applied to Modular Avionics
… process has no clear guidelines for adaptive systems. Adapting to a changing platform, as well as addressing the necessary certification effort, motivated the development of the MPMS. The aim of the work is twofold. Firstly, to modify existing control strategies for new hardware. This …
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Cha-Cha-Cha: Variable Adhesive Activity of the <italic>Haemophilus</Italic> Cryptic Genospecies Trimeric Autotransporter Cha
… regulation of Cha adhesive activity enhances the adaptive capability of this pathogenic organism in the human host.</p>
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A Contemporary Examination of the Miles and Snow Strategic Typology Through the Lenses of Dynamic Capabilities and Ambidexterity
<p>This study’s focuses on the examination of the Miles and Snow typology through the lenses of dynamic capabilities with a particular emphasis on ambidexterity. While each element of the typology has received varying degrees of study in both the management and marketing literature, to date, no …
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Finding order in a contentious Internet
… are characteristically, and necessarily, adaptive: each comprises a unique consensus process, animated by a diverse set of nominal competitors, that creates and adapts function-specific rules and processes contributing to routing system integrity. Consensus processes evaluate the …