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Showing 1 to 20 of 7189 for “"designing"”.
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Designing disclosure
This research project's main aim was a pragmatic investigation into the process of social techno logy design. Specifically, it was focused on the design of social utilities, which are technologies that enable new spheres of virtual social interaction. This aim was achieve d through the …
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Discursive Designing Theory - Towards a Theory of Designing Design -
Discursive Designing Theory - Towards a Theory of Designing Design- Juergen Faust Motivated by the immature theoretical framework of design, this thesis employs transdisciplinary discourse to provide a contemporary and forward-looking model of design and design theory, as well as the linkages …
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Designing similarity functions
The concept of similarity is important in many areas of cognitive science, computer science, and statistics. In machine learning, functions that measure similarity between two instances form the core of instance-based classifiers. Past similarity measures have been primarily based on simple …
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Designing functional liquids
The initial motivation for this work was inspired by the need for an in depth understanding between fundamental physical properties of functional liquids with relevance in industrial applications. Therefore, this work encompassed two strands. The first one was devoted to developing novel and …
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Designing Playful Systems
Play is a common, yet elusive phenomenon. Many definitions of play and explanations for its existence have been brought forward in various disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, ethology and in the humanities. As an activity apparently serving no other purpose than itself, play can be simply …
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Designing without Boundaries.
<p>This thesis was written as a supporting paper for a graphic design exhibit for a Master of Fine Arts Degree. The focus of my design is the creation of successful pieces of expressive graphic design that defy many traditional or formal rules of design.</p><p>This thesis begins with a brief …
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Designing plasmonic structures
… in this thesis. An effective work-flow in designing "plasmonic" structures is detailed. Various applications are then discussed: (1) Enhanced transmission through subwavelength apertures in metal films; (2) long range SP hybrid waveguides for use in the area of micro-electronics; (3) …
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Designing with crowds
… the end user and contributes new lessons for designing crowd feedback systems that support design activities. Crowd feedback systems provide users more opportunities to make design decisions based on audience input rather than solely on intuitions. These systems have the potential to tighten …
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Designing building skins
… dilemma, inseparable from the problem of designing building facades. Thirdly, this thesis will be concerned with skins that have a high degree of operability, allowing them to adapt to a dynamic and ever changing environment. The vehicle for exploring the problem of building skins will be …
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Designing for community
The aim of this design thesis is to explore the essence of the word "community" in an urban context and propose ways in which design can propagate a sense of community. Four qualities were determined early in this project which were external to the architect, but which are instrumental in promoting …
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Designing the Performative Object: a study in designing mindful interaction through artefacts
This thesis investigates the potential of design to intentionally mediate social interaction in ethical (mindful) ways. The subject of the study has evolved from observations and reflections on my own practice. In using the drinking vessel to explore the mediation of human face-to-face interaction …
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Designing effective hints systems
… In our study, we discovered key factors to designing an effective hint using a notoriously difficult puzzle game as our experimental object. We found that abstract hints are perceived as worse than no hint because they do not provide sufficient help for the player. In contrast, we found that …
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Designing security into software
… to address the software security problem - designing security early into the software development lifecycle. In the end the thesis gives recommendations as to how to design security into software development process based upon the principles from the research and the actual practices from …
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Designing for Deep Engagement
Flow state represents the quality of meaningful experience-- an effortless, depth of attention that is often undermined in our interrupt-driven, modern society. In this thesis, I present four novel interventions to promote states of deep engagement. Evaluating whether one of these interventions has …
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Designing for apartment access
Although social conflicts in corridor housing have long been acknowledged, few useful alternatives have been developed. The corridor remains a standard of apartment design. As a catalyst to the development of new alternatives, this thesis examines the corridor in detail, and determines some basic …
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Designing supportability into software
Background: Despite the identification of a "software crisis" in the 1960s, large software projects are full of defects even today [19]. These defects cause the software to behave unexpectedly. The cause generally is attributed to the inherent property of software to possess arbitrary complexity …
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Designing Sustainable Recommender Systems
Recommender systems are widely deployed to serve users with content they like. However, content must be created and insufficient demand dampens a creator’s production incentive. We argue that the canonical recommender system may not be sustainable if, by promoting the content each user likes the …
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Designing navigable information spaces
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
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Designing wave-measuring instruments
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1994.
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Designing & Manufacturing Powder Skis
Growing up skiing was something I did every weekend with my family. As I got older I got more into racing and learned a lot about the technical aspects of skiing. Since I began studying mechanical engineering it has been a dream of mine to build my own skis. The goal of this project was to build a …
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