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Learning State And Action Space Hierarchies For Reinforcement Learning Using Action-Dependent Partitioning
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)Autonomous systems are often dicult to program. Reinforcement learning (RL) is an attractive alternative, as it allows the agent to learn behavior on the basis of sparse, delayed reward signals provided only when the ... -
LEARNING TO GENERATE INDIVIDUAL DATA SEQUENCE FROM POPULATION STATISTICS USING DYNAMIC BAYESIAN NETWORKS
(2018-05-11)Data collection rose exponentially with the dawn of the 21st Century, However the most important data to humans, individual health data, is difficult to get approved for public research, as medical history is very sensitive ... -
Learning to Swim: An Exploration of the Terrestrial to Aquatic Transition in Elapids (Squamata: Elapidae)
(2021-12-20)Elapidae is an extremely diverse family of venomous snake that have a nearly global distribution. To conquer such wide swaths of territory the initially fossorial snakes evolved many successful strategies pertaining to ... -
LEARNING TOPOLOGY PRESERVING EMBEDDINGS FOR SPEEDING UP NEAREST NEIGHBOR RETRIEVAL
(2022-05-06)Given a database of objects and a query object, it’s possible to gather a number of the closest neighbors to the query object. This operation is important to a number of diverse fields such as computer vision, content- based ... -
LEARNING TRANSFERABLE META-POLICIES FOR HIERARCHICAL TASK DECOMPOSITION AND PLANNING COMPOSITION
(2019-12-16)In real world scenarios where situated agents are faced with dynamic, high-dimensional, partially observable environments with action and reward uncertainty, the traditional states space Reinforcement Learning (RL) becomes ... -
Learning Video Preferences Using Visual Features And Closed Captions
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-04-22)Viewers of video now have more choices than ever. As the number of choices increases, the task of searching through these choices to locate video of interest is becoming more difficult. Current methods for learning a ... -
The Least-squares Finite Element Method For Grid Deformation And Meshfree Applications
(Mathematics, 2007-08-23)Grid adaptation is often needed to improve the numerical solution of a Partial Differential Equation (PDE), due to, for example, shock waves and boundary layers. In moving boundary problems, the grid needs to be regenerated ... -
A Least-squares/Galerkin Split Finite Element Method For Incompressible And Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations
(Aerospace Engineering, 2008-09-17)Over the years Galerkin finite element method along with its variants has been used to solve incompressible and compressible Navier-Stokes equations. The Galerkin method which is more suited for self-adjoint type system ... -
Leaving A Legacy: The Career Of Gene Newman
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-09-17)Landscape architect Gene Newman's career began upon his graduation from Texas A&M University in nineteen-sixty-two. Over the past forty-five years, he has been a partner at both Myrick-Newman-Dahlberg (MND), and ... -
Leaving Experiences of Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
(2017-05-05)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health problem across the United States disproportionately affecting women and children. IPV has four primary categories of violence: physical, sexual, stalking, and ... -
LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION ACROSS THE HEART FAILURE CONTINUUM: NOVEL PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC INSIGHT INTO DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN WOMEN WITH ISCHEMIA BUT NO OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
(2019-06-04)Women with signs and symptoms of ischemia but no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) are at increased risk of developing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF); however, the exact mechanism for HFpEF ... -
Legislating Innovation: Why Charter Schools Can't Fix Public Education
(Sociology, 2014-07-14)How do we account for the fact that, despite myriad school reform and counterbalancing resistance efforts, the education system in America seems to be in a constant state of disrepair? Some observers attribute this to the ... -
Legitimate Strategies In Writing : Exploring ESOL Learner Perspectives On Attribution
(Humanities, 2007-08-23)In many academic institutions today, ESOL (English as a Second or Other Language) writers may incorporate background sources into their writing in ways unrecognized by their academic institutions, which could lead to these ... -
LES For Wing Tip Vortex Around An Airfoil
(Mathematics, 2007-08-23)The wing tip vortex is very important because of its effects on the noise generation, blade/vortex interactions on helicopter blades, propeller cavitations on ships, and other fields. The objective of this work is to use ... -
LEVERAGING AI AND SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES WITH THERMAL IMAGING AND TELEMEDICINE FOR EARLY DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF COVID-19 AND RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN URM COMMUNITIES
(2022-05-18)The underserved population could be at risk during the times of crisis, unless there is strong involvement from government agencies such as local and state Health departments and federal Center for Disease Control (CDC). ... -
LEVERAGING POPULATION GENOMICS ACROSS TWO TAXONOMICALLY DIVERSE NON-MODEL SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND PATTERNS OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION AND CONSEQUENCES OF HYBRIDIZATION
(2023-05-10)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 05/10/2025** ABSTRACT: The field of population genomics has been mainly applied to questions centered around understanding molecular variation, impacts of evolutionary ... -
Leveraging propargylic frameworks in the total synthesis of natural products containing a 2-aminoimidazole
(2019-08-30)Our group is mainly interested in the total synthesis of marine sponge-derived 2-aminoimidazole-containing alkaloids. A new family of 2-aminoimidazole alkaloids, the Leucetta alkaloids, is a group of >60, 2-aminoimidazole ... -
LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS TO ADVANCE STUDENT SUCCESS
(2021-05-28)Education plays a critical role in the advancement and survival of ethnic minority children and youth. However, access to quality education still eludes many ethnic minority children as a result of instances of prejudice, ... -
Leveraging the dynamic repeat element landscape of squamate reptile genomes to understand broad patterns of Vertebrate genome evolution and transposable element biology
(2019-11-20)Vertebrate genomes are mostly composed of transposable elements (TE), mobile DNA sequences that have shaped genome structure and evolution by promoting positive (e.g., regulatory network rewiring, embryo development) and ... -
LGBTQ Youth: An Exploration Of The Relationship Between The Coming Out Process And Spiritual Intelligence
(Social Work, 2013-03-20)This study explored the relationship between coming out and spiritual intelligence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. An online survey that utilized the Gay Identity Questionnaire (GIQ) ...