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A mathematical framework for expressing multivariate distributions useful in wireless communications
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Multivariate statistics play an important role in performance analysis of wireless communication systems in correlated fading channels. This thesis presents a framework which can be used to derive easily computable mathematical representations for some multivariate statistical distributions,...
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Acceleration of Transient Stability Simulation for Large-Scale Power Systems on Parallel and Distributed Hardware
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Transient stability analysis is necessary for the planning, operation, and control of power systems. However, its mathematical modeling and time-domain solution is computationally onerous and has attracted the attention of power systems experts and simulation specialists for decades. The ultimate...
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Adaptive phase synchronization techniques for unbalanced and distorted three-phase voltage system
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Interfacing and operating AC power electronic systems requires rapid and accurate estimation of the phase angle of the power source, and specifically of the positive sequence of the three-phase utility grid voltage. This is needed to ensure reliable operation of the power control devices and of...
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Spring 2010
Thin films are produced from layers of materials ranging from nanometres to micrometres in height. They are increasingly common and are being used in integrated circuit design, optical coatings, protective coatings, and environmental sensing. Thin films can be fabricated using a variety of...
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Fall 2010
Building computer agents that can utilize the meanings in the text of Web documents is a promising extension of current search technology. Concept-based information retrieval applies "intelligent" agents to identify Web documents that match user queries. A new concept-based information retrieval...
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Fall 2010
Base station (BS) positioning is considered an effective method to improve the performance of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). The goal of this dissertation is to minimize total energy consumption and to prolong lifetime of a WSN. First, the idea of the BS positioning in WSNs through our...
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Spring 2010
Micropalaeontology, a discipline that contributes to climate research and hydrocarbon exploration, is driven by the taxonomic analysis of huge volumes of microfossils. Unfortunately, this repetitive analysis is a serious bottleneck to progress because it depends on the scarce time of experts....
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Fall 2010
Multicast is a bandwidth efficient mechanism to provide wireless services for a group of nodes. Providing reliable wireless multicast is challenging due to channel fading. This thesis investigates cooperation among receiving nodes to enhance the reliability of wireless multicast. A time division...
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Design and Discrete Optimization of BIBO Stable FRM Digital Filters Incorporating IIR Digital Interpolation Subfilters
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Digital filters having sharp transition band play a vital role in modern digital signal processing (DSP) applications. Emerging technologies require digital filters to be both computationally efficient in software/hardware realizations. This thesis is concerned with the design and...
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Spring 2010
The speed of fuzzy controllers implemented on dedicated hardware is adequate for control of any physical process, but too slow for today’s high-complexity data networks. Defuzzification has been the bottleneck for fast implementations due to the large number of computationally expensive...