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Spring 2012
We study linear estimation based on perturbed data when performance is measured by a matrix norm of the expected residual error, in particular, the case in which there are many unknowns, but the “best” estimator is sparse, or has small L1-norm. We propose a Lasso-like procedure that finds the...
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Fall 2017
The idea of an amputee playing the piano with all the flair and grace of an able-handed person may seem like a futuristic fantasy. While many prosthetic limbs look lifelike, finding one that also moves naturally has proved more of a challenge for both researchers and amputees. Even though...
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Towards Practical Offline Reinforcement Learning: Sample Efficient Policy Selection and Evaluation
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Offline reinforcement learning (RL) involves learning policies from datasets, rather than online interaction. The dissertation first investigates a critical component in offline RL: offline policy selection (OPS). Given that most offline RL algorithms require careful hyperparameter tuning, we...
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Fall 2015
The control of powered prosthetic arms has been researched for over 50 years, yet prosthetic control remains an open problem, not just from a research perspective, but from a clinical perspective as well. Significant advances have been made in the manufacture of highly functional prosthetic...
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Two-Step Rigid and Non-Rigid Image Registration for the Alignment of Multi-View Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Sequences
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Ultrasound is a widely used imaging modality, which provides continuous real-time imaging of the human heart, brain, liver, and many other organs. Accurate cardiovascular evaluation plays an important role in early disease diagnosis and echocardiography plays an important role in the assessment...
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Spring 2022
Sajjadi Ghaemmaghami, Saeedehsadat
Today’s users are spending more time on web applications. Many users browse web applications and navigate through different web pages. They may have different interests, especially when it comes to large-scale applications. The more the developers of the applications know about their users’ needs...
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Fall 2009
Character behaviours in computer role-playing games have a significant impact on game-play, but are often difficult for story authors to implement and modify. Many computer games use custom scripts to control the behaviours of non-player characters (NPCs). Therefore, a story author must write...
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{Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Energy Coordination in Demand Response Methods for Residential Distribution Networks
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In the field of collaborative learning and decision-making, this thesis aims to explore the effects of individual and joint rewards on the performance and coordination of agents in complex environments. The research objectives encompass two main aspects: firstly, to determine the objective...