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FAULT DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR CONCURRENT PROGRAMS
(2016-12-21)
Concurrency faults are hard to detect and localize due to the nondeterministic behavior of concurrent programs. In this dissertation, we present three approaches to detecting and localizing faults in concurrent programs. ...
Geomechanical Analysis of Rock Brittleness with Comparisons to the Mineralogical Brittleness Index
(2016-05)
A significant area of research within the Oil and Gas industry centers around the understanding of rock brittleness and fracture mechanics related to inducing and extending hydraulic fractures. This study defines rock ...
PROCESSING QUERIES OVER PARTITIONED GRAPH DATABASES: AN APPROACH AND IT'S EVALUATION
(2016-05-12)
Representation of structured data using graphs is meaningful for applications such as road and social networks. With the increase in the size of graph databases, querying them to retrieve desired information poses challenges ...
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF WCSP ASSEMBLY DUE TO DIFFERENCE IN PCBS’ LAYER THICKNESS
(2016-05-10)
The reliability of Chip Scale Package assembly is of great concern for the electronic industry. Due to multiple function integration of the present devices there is a high demand of ultra-miniaturization of the integrated ...
COMPARISON OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS IN SUGGESTING CANDIDATE EDGES TO CONSTRUCT A QUERY ON HETEROGENEOUS GRAPHS
(2016-05-11)
Querying graph data can be difficult as it requires the user to have knowledge of the underlying schema and the query language. Visual query builders allow users to formulate the intended query by drawing nodes and edges ...
DEVELOPING HOUSING FINANCE FRAMEWORK AS AN APPROACH TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE FINANCE MECHANISMS FOR MIDDLE INCOME CITIZENS AND HOUSING DEVELOPERS IN SAUDI ARABIA
(2016-05-04)
With high economic growth rate, population rate, increased employment, and income opportunities, the demand for housing has increased, along with the lack of affordable finance mechanisms. A main concern of the housing ...
Engagement with activity and functional status among older adults
(2016-05-06)
This study reports on the relationship between engagement with activity and functional status in a sample of 92 older adults. Engagement was found to be a significant predictor of functional status as measured by the ...
Payday Lending: A Value-Critical Analysis of Three State Solutions
(2016-05-05)
Payday lending has been a topic of great debate in the US and other developed countries. While some argue that lenders prey on low income and minority populations and trap them in a cycle of debt, others maintain that ...
A STUDY OF ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER AT AN ALUMINUM SURFACE IN AN AUTOMOTIVE COOLING SYSTEM
(2016-05-10)
Electrolytic corrosion is identified as a major problem which adversely affects the performance of a cooling system and hence compromises the performance of automobile with it. Electrolysis corrosion is a chemical reaction ...
CFD MODELLING OF WET COOLING MEDIA AND DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF HEAT SINK FOR DATA CENTER APPLICATION
(2016-05-12)
Air cooling is most widely used and economical method of currently available cooling technologies in which heat exchanger plays a vital role in facility designs. Evaporative cooling can be energy efficient than mechanical ...