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Fall 2022
Power equipment condition monitoring is an important practice of utility companies. It helps to prevent unexpected outages of power systems and reduces maintenance costs. There are two general approaches to condition monitoring: passive and active. Passive condition monitoring is conducted by...
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Fall 2022
An analytical model is presented to study dynamic behaviors of rigid sphere-reinforced random metacomposites. The model is based on the concept that the deviation of the displacement field of embedded rigid spheres from the displacement field of the composite is responsible for novel dynamic...
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Fall 2022
Modern representation learning methods perform well on offline tasks and primarily revolve around batch updates. However, batch updates preclude those methods from focusing on new experience, which is essential for fast online adaptation. In this thesis, we study an online and incremental...
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Fall 2022
Group members prefer leaders who are prototypical of their group and adopt a democratic (vs. autocratic) leadership style (Hogg & van Knippenberg, 2003; Lippitt and White, 1943). However, feelings of uncertainty can weaken these preferences and increase support for non-prototypical and autocratic...