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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"design quality"”.
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The effect of Visual Design Quality on Player Experience Components in Tablet Games
… in the field of Human Computer Interaction Design indicates that there is a need to develop further methods, tools, and frameworks for the design and evaluation of digital game interfaces. This thesis aims to design, develop, and evaluate two different types of tablet games with varying …
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Design outcomes : how designers and tools influence design quality and creativity : a study of individual designers
The design process can be seen as a complex, ambiguous, ill-defined problem with no clearly correct answer. At the same time, the early stages of the design process carry importance with regard to design outcomes, sometimes with far reaching consequences. With the proliferation of computer …
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Density and design: the impact of urban densification on design qualities in residential neighbourhoods
… areas in order to establish the extent to which design qualities are delivered or compromised in high density urban form. In this way, the study attempts to identify any interrelationships between three factors: urban density, urban layout and urban design quality; and to see whether there is a …
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Engineering Design Automation via Imitation Learning and Reinforcement Learning
… yet its application to automating engineering design faces significant challenges, including slow training times and poor generalization. Traditional RL methods require exploring millions of design states, which is computationally expensive, especially when dealing with complex physics models. …
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Modeling and Synthesis of Combinational Logic Circuits: A Power Dissipation Perspective
… increases fast, the automation of the VLSI design has become very crucial not only to reduce design time and cost, but also to improve design quality. There are several criteria to measure design quality: area, delay, testability and power consumption. Among them, the research is …
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Benchmarking Pavement Environmental Performance Using Data-Driven Modeling and Policy
… to assess, compare, and summarizing pavement design quality, and proposing an effective policy framework to implement the system.
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Methodology for structured VHDL model development
… an improvement in the time required to take a design from concept to fielded prototype or to upgrade an existing design, with similar improvements in design quality and life cycle cost. The term Rapid System Prototyping signifies the need to develop systems in significantly less time or with …
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The application of visualisation tools to enable architects to explore the dynamic characteristics of smart materials in a contemporary Shanashil building design element for hot arid climates
… of building façades and this affects the design identity, forms and aesthetics, yet despite the advantages of modern technology, architectural elements have difficulties in fulfilling the idea of beauty that once traditional elements provided. This problem calls for an interdisciplinary …
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IMPROVING THE RIGOR OF ONLINE EDUCATION: EXPLORING CHARACTERISTICS OF FACULTY AND SYLLABI WITHIN AN ONLINE PROGRAM ASSESSMENT PROCESS
… and performance on an online entry-level course design quality assurance assessment (pass, pass with concern, or fail). A decision tree analysis was used to predict the relationship of the independent (faculty and syllabi characteristics) and the dependent (entry-level course design assessment) …
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Evaluating the Implementation of a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management Program Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: A Case Study
… networks and communication, engaging, design quality and packaging, and reflecting and evaluating were identified as the most influential. This study provides a clearer understanding of the factors related to program implementation. These factors will be useful in informing the …
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Integrated quality and quantity modeling of a production line
The interaction of quantity and quality performance in a factory is clearly of great economic importance. However, there is very little quantitative analytical literature in this area. This thesis is an essential early research step in analyzing how production system design, quality, and …
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Product strategies in supply chains
… I study firms' strategic decisions regarding design of products and product lines in different supply chain contexts. I focus on firms' strategic interactions with supply chain members, including consumers and suppliers, in dynamic environments. The first essay (Chapter 2) studies how the cost …
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A Case Study Approach to Identifying the Constraints and Barriers to Design Innovation for Modular Construction
… the limiting factors that will affect the design of a modular building. The implementation of modular construction as a means of improving production efficiency and worker safety in the construction industry raises into question the design quality of modular buildings, and whether or not …
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Empowering Analog Integrated Circuit Design through Large Language Models and Reinforcement Learning
Analog Integrated Circuit design consists of several complex steps that are difficult to optimize. Automating the transistor sizing process specifically comes with many challenges. The problem has a large design space, requires complex performance trade-offs, and needs to adjust to rapidly …
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High frequency trading system design and process management
… of the traditional methodologies for product design, quality control, systematic innovation, and continuous improvement found in engineering disciplines can be applied to the finance field. This thesis shows how the knowledge acquired from engineering disciplines can improve the design and …
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Building Information Modeling : value for real estate developers and owners
… follows: Market Research, Feasibility Analysis, Design, Construction, and Operations. In addition to actual examples of value creation, theoretical examples of future applications are discussed. The value created for owners and developers by implementing BIM on their projects is manifested …
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Lean principle application in an automotive product development process with special emphasis on peer reviews
… result in significant improvements in product design throughput, speed, cost, design quality, and innovation. With major product programs taking in excess of 36 months and a billion dollars to complete, the potential impact of process improvements is substantial. This thesis examines elements …
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On the Design of Instream Structures in the Mid-Atlantic United States: An Investigation of the Design, Project, and Watershed Factors that Affect Structure Success
… but there is little consensus about their design or whether they function as intended. In this study, 536 instream structures in the state of Maryland were assessed to determine the effect of structure-, project-, and watershed-scale factors on performance. Structures were assessed using a …
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A design performance driven learning framework for conceptual design knowledge : methodology development and applications
… automation of acquisition of bridge conceptual design knowledge. The thesis proposes a new learning methodology explicitly aimed at capturing quality design aspects to help engineer gain insight into good design. The research uses the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) data, which contains more …
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Parametric tools and digital fabrication for the design of luminous ceilings
… phenomena constitute a fundamental change in how designers accomplish a wide range of the complex processes of design. This thesis investigates the use of computation in the context of architectural lighting design. It particularly looks into how cutting edge computational tools -- such as digital …
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