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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"computer algorithms"”.
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Speech recognition by computer: algorithms and architectures
This work is concerned with the investigation of algorithms and architectures for computer recognition of human speech. Three speech recognition algorithms have been implemented, using (a) Walsh Analysis, (b) Fourier Analysis and (c) Linear Predictive Coding. The Fourier Analysis algorithm made use …
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Two Computer Algorithms for Obtaining the Periodic Response of Nonlinear Circuits
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Research, design and construction of a team of Small Size League Soccer robots for RoboCup Soccer
… of mobile robotics as well as automated computer control. The game creates a environment where technically complicated miniature soccer robots are required to perform the tasks based on computer algorithms to outsmart similar systems. SSL creates a publically accessible window into …
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Numerical tests of dual superconductivity in non-abelian lattice gauge theories
… by magnetic currents is then developed. The computer algorithms required to perform these numerical tests are then discussed as well as the results of the project. Finally, I present further supporting evidence involving propagators, modified actions, and the finite temperature transition …
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Deep Learning-Based Part Labeling of Tree Components in Point Cloud Data
… monitoring and mitigation, necessitating robust computer algorithms and pipelines for segmentation and labeling of tree components. This thesis presents a novel pipeline that employs deep learning models, such as the Point-Voxel Transformer (PVT), and synthetic tree point clouds for automatic …
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Combining Diverse Forms of Human and Machine Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence algorithms never operate in isolation but are always part of broader processes that often involve humans, other computer algorithms, incentive structures, and interfaces which modulate the interaction between them. This thesis takes this perspective and considers these …
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A symbiotic perspective on distributed algorithms and social insects
Biological distributed algorithms are decentralized computer algorithms that solve problems related to real biological systems and provide insight into the behavior of actual biological species. The biological systems we consider are social insect colonies, and the problems we study include …
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A hybrid approach to problems in image processing
… image processing generally refers to the use of computer algorithms that deal with operations on or analysis of digital images. It covers a wide range of intriguing sub-topics. While these topics may vary from pattern recognition, classification to synthesis and generation, most techniques …
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Leveraging Knowledge Bases in Web Text Processing
… human history, and continues to expand rapidly. Computer algorithms to process and extract knowledge from Web text have the potential not only to improve Web search, but also to collect a sizable fraction of human knowledge and use it to enable smarter artificial intelligence. To scale to the …
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A STUDY OF PROJECTION PURSUIT METHODS (MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS, DIMENSION REDUCTION, DENSITY ESTIMATION, GRAPHICS, ENTROPY)
… space can be large, there is a need for computer algorithms which will automatically determine the most informative projections for viewing. When the data are assumed to be a sample from a population density then it is natural to measure the information content in a projection by …
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Complete computational sequence characterization of mobile element variations in the human genome using meta-personal genome data
… objective of our research is to develop a set of computer algorithms to provide complete genome sequence characterization for insertional structural variants in the human genomes via local de novo sequence assembly or progressive assembly using discordant and concordant read pairs and split-reads. …
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Model reduction in physical domain
… and the design of dynamic systems. Contemporary computer algorithms can produce very detailed models for complex systems with little time and effort. However, over complicated models may not be efficient. Therefore, reducing a model to a more manageable size has become an attractive research …
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Proteomic analysis of biomarkers associated with immunotherapy in murine tumour models
… by these technologies incorporates the use of computer algorithms for data mining and identification of important protein biomarkers. Such candidate biomarkers can potentially be used for diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring a variety of diseases as well as the prediction of therapy response. …
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Two-Dimensional Computer-Generated Ornamentation Using a User-Driven Global Planning Strategy
… and interactive generation. The field of computer graphics offers many algorithmic possibilities for assisting an artist in creating two-dimensional ornamental art. When computers handle the repetition and overall structure of ornament, considerable savings in time and money can result. …
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Algorithms for efficiently and effectively matching agents in microsimulations of sexually transmitted infections
… computationally expensive. There is a need for computer algorithms that pair-match quickly. In this work we describe the role of modelling in responses to the South African HIV epidemic. We also chronicle a three-decade debate, greatly influenced since 2008 by a mathematical model, on the …
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Computer-based decision-support methods for hydrological ecosystem services management
… waters, and healthy aquatic habitats. Using computer algorithms inspired by biological and ecological processes known as evolutionary algorithms and on-site stormwater management practices such structural best management practices (BMPs) and green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), this …
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Failure Mode Effects Analysis of Auto-verification in the Clinical Laboratory
… processes. This paper addresses the use of computer algorithms to increase the reliability and timeliness of the post-analytical process commonly referred to as verification. Prior to the availability of these technologies, each and every clinical laboratory result required a clinical …
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Autonomous detection and characterization of nuclear materials using co-robots
… performing the survey. Co-robots can coordinate computer algorithms and human input to determine the most efficient and accurate methods of surveying these same regions while eliminating health hazards. These surveying methods can then be adapted for multiple uses in the industry including …
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Automated stock trading : a multi-agent, evolutionary approach
… make completely confident predictions. Automated computer trading has therefore been championed as a potential solution to this problem and is used in major brokerage houses world-wide. In fact, a third of all EU and US stock trades in 2006 were driven by computer algorithms. In this thesis we …
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Projection Methods for Order Reduction of Optimal Human Operator Models
… yet maintain a reasonable level of accuracy. Computer algorithms are developed that insure that the reduced order models have noise to signal ratios that are consistent with OCM theory. The OP method generates operator models of fixed order that are consistent with OCM theory in all respects, …
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