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Showing 1 to 20 of 307 for “"computational techniques"”.
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Computational Techniques for Stochastic Reachability
… stochastic reachable or viable sets is computationally intensive, and most existing methods rely on an optimal control formulation that requires solving a dynamic program, and which scales exponentially in the dimension of the state space. Second, almost no results exist for extending …
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Computational Techniques for Advancing Photoacoustic Microscopy
… This dissertation presents innovative computational techniques to address these challenges. Specially, a sparse coding-based technique is developed to enhance image contrast and ensure robust functional measurements in noisy low-fluence conditions. Additionally, a spatiotemporal red …
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Computational Techniques for Studying Nanoporous Materials
… of this thesis has been the development of new computational techniques to accelerate the discovery and characterization of nanoporous materials. Chaper 1 introduces the field of nanoporous materials/reticular chemistry, provides a brief history of molecular simulation in reticular chemistry, …
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Automatic Computational Techniques for Image Processing Problems
… the study of the mathematical image processing techniques and their application. The key point for this work is the automation of these techniques. We begin by introducing a traditional segmentation algorithm, the Otsu’s method, to study the automatic image thresholding technique, where we …
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An Improved Understanding of Bisphosphonates Through Computational Techniques
… stimulate human gammadelta T cells. We have used computational techniques, such as CoMSIA and pharmacophore modeling, together with experimental data, to explain these secondary activities. In addition, this work has led to the discovery of new, highly-potent bisphosphonates, which could be useful …
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Efficient computational techniques for electromagnetic propagation and scattering
… and radar. This thesis develops several new techniques for the efficient computer solution of such problems.
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Computational Techniques Applied to RNA Structures and Bacterial Genomes
… separate studies are described in which modern computational methodologies play a key role. The first case is a model system that seeks to understand how complexity might arise in a prebiotic RNA World in which RNA polymerization through an RNA replicase was not possible. The experimental system …
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Insights into dynamics of membrane transporters from computational techniques
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Understanding and Reshaping Social Networks with Advanced Computational Techniques
… large-scale social network data and advances in computational tools have facilitated the rapid development in social network research. However, a few important aspects of social networks have been understudied, and advanced computational tools may not directly help social scientists draw …
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An investigation of various computational techniques in optical fringe analysis.
… map, is treated in detail. Two novel unwrapping techniques are proposed, analysed and demonstrated. A new method to reduce the number of wraps in the resulting phase distribution is developed. A number of problems related to FFA are discussed, and new techniques are presented for their …
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Combining Computational Techniques with Physics for Applications in Accelerated MRI
… the MRI field aims to reduce costs by developing techniques that increase information per unit time acquired by the scanner. This thesis presents methods that combine our knowledge of MRI physics with modern computational techniques to design algorithms that improve acquisition efficiency. We …
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Computational Techniques for the Analysis of Large Scale Biological Systems
… sciences is made possible by a new generation of computational biology and bioinformatics tools. In this dissertation we develop novel computational, analytical, and high performance simulation techniques for biological problems, with applications to the yeast cell division cycle, and to the …
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ON COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR EXPLORING PARENT-INFANT DYNAMICS DURING SOCIAL INTERACTION
… recent trend in developmental science toward new techniques and methods that involve sophisticated hardware and data processing, it is becoming more and more important to merge the many different subfields within psychology, computer science, and engineering. This current paper provides a new …
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Computational techniques to interpret the neural code underlying complex cognitive processes
… these cognitive processes by applying computational techniques to ana lyse stable large-scale neural recordings. To achieve this, tailored calcium imaging and behaviour preprocessing computational pipelines were developed and optimised for use in social interaction and spatial …
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New analytic and computational techniques for finite temperature condensed matter systems
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 1992.
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Computational techniques for the geo-temporal analysis of crime and disorder data.
… research that has resulted in the development of techniques and methodologies through which crime and disorder can be analysed. These are applicable for use by law enforcement agencies and those charged with the management of crime, injury and community safety. A fundamental element in developing …
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Advanced computational techniques for pipe burst detection and localisation in water distribution networks
… analysis of hyperparameter optimisation techniques, Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) and Population-Based Training (PBT), for FL-DL architectures. This investigation addresses the limitations of traditional detection methods, which are often costly, labour-intensive, and limited in …
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Investigation of structural dynamics and the function of membrane proteins with computational techniques
… the use and development of advanced simulation techniques by employing synergies between statistical mechanics, computer simulations and artificial intelligence (AI) to study the complex biological processes at the interface of the biological membranes.Through the use of accelerated membrane …
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Development and application of multistep computational techniques for constrained and unconstrained mathematical functions
The application of incomplete relaxation and multistep concepts in the usage of steepest descent methods for the solution of simultaneous linear equations is recognized in the literature. There has been research in the area with very favorable results. Only recently, however, has there been any …
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