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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"repository of information"”.
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A Library for Alexandria
… public identity. The local library is not only a repository of information, but also of the town's unique cultural messages and values. The Thesis Search: How to make a building that emphasizes the architectonic qualities of Old Town? How to integrate a large and complex public building into the …
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The port-Hamiltonian framework as a comprehensive approach to model and simulate complex systems
… that typically are represented by a plurality of models). The basic idea is that all models representing the system should be linked by well-defined model operations in order to build a structured repository of information, a hierarchy of models. The port-Hamiltonian framework is a good …
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Improving an image annotation and retrieval agent using commonsense and personal knowledge
… consumers can accumulate large quantities of images that may rarely be looked at over the course of a lifetime. Since computer vision has not yet become sophisticated enough to automatically recognize the content of images, the use of a software agent for integrated annotation and retrieval …
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A GIS-Based Strategy for Managing Levee Simulation Data
Understanding and improving the state of the nation's levees has become a national priority following the devastating events surrounding Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Federal legislation passed in 2007 created a new national Committee on Levee Safety and spurred the development of the National Levee …
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Enhancing Digital Customer Journeys: A Comparative Analysis of Knowledge Retrieval Approaches
… cloud services provider. As AWS‘s product offerings and customer base expanded, its support knowledge base grew proportionally. Customers looking for self-service support solutions need novel solutions to navigate such a vast repository of information. This study explores a set of knowledge …
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Surgical training on the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web as a repository of information has had a great influence on our lives. This influence is increasing as the web introduces applications in addition to information. These applications have several advantages, such as world wide accessibility, distance group learning and …
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The Neoproterozoic São Francisco Basin, central Brazil: tectonic evolution, paleoclimate, and mineral systems
… Brazil, hosts sediments deposited during most of the Neoproterozoic Era and so is a critical repository of information concerning the evolution of the late pre-Cambrian world. Detailed study and revision of existing stratigraphy reveals that deposition occurred during separate stages of a …
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From Hand Craft to Digital Technology: a practice-based material culture analysis of the historical and contemporary ancillary trades of the London élite fashion industry
The ancillary trades of the London based élite fashion industry are the focus of this practice-based research, which is founded in material culture studies. Hitherto these trades have not been the subject of any in depth scholarly work, and therefore this thesis seeks to make a contribution to …
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Decolonisation and the Imperial Cricket Conference, 1947-1965: A Study in Transnational Commonwealth History?
The game of cricket is often discussed as an enduring legacy of the British Empire. This dissertation examines the response of the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) as the official governing body of ‘international’ men’s cricket to developments related to decolonisation of the British Empire …
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Programming and Conceptual Design Using Building Information Modeling
This thesis explores the benefits of using Building Information Modeling (BIM) during the programming and conceptual design phase of a project. The research was based on a case study undertaken dealing with the decisions and assumptions made during the design phases of the Center for Science at Cal …
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ENERGY-EFFICIENT ROUTING ALGORITHMS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
A wireless sensor network (WSN) is made of tiny sensor nodes usually deployed in high density within a targeted area to monitor a phenomenon of interest such as temperature, vibration or humidity. The WSNs can be employed in various applications (e.g., Structural monitoring, agriculture, …