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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"objective comparison"”.
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Objective comparison of design of experiments strategies in design and observations in practice
Design of Experiments (DoE) strategies in robust engineering determine which prototypes and how many of each are created and tested. A better strategy is one that delivers a closer-to-optimal performance at a lower experimental cost. Prototype testers who may use statistical DoE, design-build-test, …
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Flexibility in the design of buildings
… and VIII). The study has largely achieved these objectives. It provided methods to enable objective comparison to be made between alternative design proposals in terms of the incorporation of design variables. It provided methods to enable objective comparison to be made between buildings in …
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Planning with hypothetical reasoning
… computational definition, suitable for allowing objective comparison between different approaches. The hypothetical reasoning approach is shown to allow an elegant solution to the frame problem appropriate for planning systems.
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Single-degree-of-freedom energy harvesters by stochastic excitation
In this thesis, the performance criteria for the objective comparison of different classes of single-degree-of-freedom oscillators under stochastic excitation are developed. For each family of oscillators, these objective criteria take into account the maximum possible energy harvested for a given …
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A general approach to develop and assess models estimating coal energy content
… model attributes makes it challenging to objectively assess and compare suitable models. The evaluation findings necessitate the need to devise a general industry "best practice" approach to develop new models in a consistent way. Furthermore, it also requires a methodology to objectively …
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An Assessment and Modeling of Copper Plumbing pipe Failures due to Pinhole Leaks
… on analysis of failed pipe samples however an objective comparison with other pipes that did not fail is seldom made. The variability in hydraulic and water quality parameters has made the problem complex and unquantifiable in terms of plumbing susceptibility to pinhole leaks. The present work …
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Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Retrofitting of Concrete Structures: Polyurethane Systems Versus Epoxy Systems
… on mechanical and durability performance. The objective of this research is to quantify the mechanical behavior of PU composites utilized in externally-bonded repair of common flexural and flexural-axial reinforced concrete systems. In addition, the mechanical performance, strength, and failure …
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Astronaut-centric analysis of a jetpack with integrated control-moment gyroscopes for enhanced extravehicular activity performance
… dynamics, and mission concepts to support the objective comparison of the original jets-only Jetpack system and MAJIC, and (2) analyze the performance of both systems based on user evaluations of the two control configurations. An EVA task list with associated motions and tools was compiled to …
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Tuning and temperament in southern Germany to the end of the seventeenth century
… As the research progressed, a need to assess in objective terms the qualities of different temperaments when applied to the keyboard music of the time became increasingly insistent. Part 2 of the dissertation shows a method of solving this problem. The psychological effects of musical sound …
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Teaching about communism in the public schools : problems, pressures and the politics of a proposed state-required course in Texas.
… greatly. The dispute over indoctrination versus objective courses about communism is only part of the disagreement. With many school systems beginning to institute courses or units about communism, the dangers of outside groups gaining control of the programs have mounted. In some cases there …
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Situation Awareness: A Network Centric Approach
… perform experiments that not only assist in an objective comparison of distributed information filtering and central data processing paradigms but also provide important insights into the effect of network dynamism on the quality and completeness of information in the system. We demonstrate the …
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Carbon dioxide capture by chemical absorption : a solvent comparison study
… of CO₂ have been proposed, a systematic comparison of performance of different solvents has not been performed and claims on the performance of different solvents vary widely. This thesis focuses on developing a consistent framework for an objective comparison of the performance of …
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Combinatorial search strategies for the metabolic engineering of microorganisms
… of these techniques and, more specifically, an objective comparison of their relative strengths and weaknesses when applied towards strain improvement endeavors. We decided to explore these specific issues using the metabolic engineering framework of L-tyrosine overproduction in Escherichia …