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Showing 1 to 20 of 1347 for “"player"”.
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The trumpet player
Includes bibliographical references.
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Single-player to Two-player Knowledge Transfer in Atari 2600 Games
Playing two-player games using reinforcement learning and self-play can be challenging due to the complexity of two-player environments and the potential instability in the training process. It is proposed that a reinforcement learning algorithm can train more efficiently and achieve improved …
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The player in professional football
… some of the circumstances experienced by the player in professional football. The writer wishes to present material that will help the general public and the prospective new players to understand more fully the role of the player in professional football. This study contains information …
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The Small-Town NFL Player
… odds ratio of becoming an elite or professional player based on an athlete’s hometown. The research is evident that a player from a smaller town has better odds of making it to the elite level of sport compared to a player from a large urban city. Where an athlete is raised is important in …
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A simple robot pool player
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1991.
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LecTix : a lecture-multimedia player
LecTix 2.0 is a multimedia player designed specifically for the playback of recorded classroom lectures. LecTix 2.0 plays multimedia consisting of synchronized audio, video, and PowerPoint-style slides. In addition to controls commonly found in multi-media players, LecTix 2.0 features controls …
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Developing an intelligent ultimate Frisbee player
… David Bailey. This thesis project discusses the player physics module in the execution component, the API to the execution component, and the development of the offensive portion of the intelligent agent, while Bailey's thesis discusses the frisbee physics module, the development of the defensive …
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Collaborative editor environments for player programs
Player programming competitions are becoming a more popular way of introducing students to programming as well as allowing more experienced coders to hone their skills. In these competitions, teams of individuals must work together to produce a software project that will compete against other …
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CADIA-Player : a general game playing agent
… knowledge. In this thesis we describe CADIAPlayer, a GGP agent that instead uses a simulation-based approach to reason about its actions. More specifically, it uses Monte Carlo rollouts with upper confidence bounds for trees (UCT) as its main search procedure. CADIAPlayer has already proven …
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The cello player : a sculpture in Magnesite
… is a piece of sculpture entitled, The Cello Player. The paper will briefly discuss what sculpture is, together with a general overview of the materials and methods employed in the creation of a sculptural piece. In the paper an attempt will be made to explain why and how The Cello Player was …
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On Psycho-physiological Player-centric Game Experiences
… increases the necessity for a theory of player experience in interactive entertainment-oriented game play. Such a theory is far from trivial, as we first need to understand the fundamental challenges that occur at the interface between players and games during game play. This thesis will …
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Player motion analysis : automatically classifying NBA plays
… system, which tracks the position of each player and the ball 25 times per second. The problem is made challenging by the variations in how a play is run, the high proportion of possessions where no set play is run, the variance in length of plays, and the difficulty of acquiring a large …
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Development of an autonomous robotic air hockey player
Air hockey is a widely played sport in the United States and is expanding to other countries. It is usually played on a frictionless table between two or more people. The dependency of another individual makes it impossible for a person to practice or play alone. An autonomous two-link manipulator …
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Attributional control processes in the coach-player interaction
… violation committed by a star or a substitute player. The cause for the infraction was either internal or external and the policy was either mild or severe. Duncan's New Multiple Range Test revealed that: (a) coaches focused significantly (p < .05) more on the player and showed a significantly …
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EXPLORATION OF THE THREE-PLAYER PARTIZAN GAME OF RHOMBINATION
We introduce a new combinatorial three-player partizan game called Rhombination and expand some ideas from two-player game theory into three-player game theory.
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Virtual Reality: Locomotion, Multi-player, and External Camera Integration
The field of virtual reality (VR) continues to expand and evolve with each passing year, and in doing so, continues to attract the interest of many. In this thesis we look at three areas. One area of research is a case study comparing two types of locomotion, a natural and inorganic method of …
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Identifying sm22 as a key player in arterial diseases
<p>Background : Expression of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) cytoskeleton markers including SM22 is down-regulated in arterial diseases including atherosclerosis where inflammation and osteochondrogenesis are present. However, the role of this downregulation in arterial pathogenesis is unknown. …
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Npsd4: A New Player In Sumo-Dependent Dna Repair
… an uncharacterized protein that we named New Player in SUMO-dependent DNA damage repair 4 (NPSD4). Through an additional proteomic screen, we found that NPSD4 interacts with DNA repair and replication proteins, suggesting a role of NPSD4 in DNA repair and replication.</p> <p>In this study, I …
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The Effect of NBA Free Agency on Player Utility
… These decisions may have a direct effect on a player’s performance and salary, affecting their overall utility. Research exists confirming that moving through free agency leads to an effect on player performance, but no study has explored the effect of changing teams through free agency on a …
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