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A Potential Field Approach To Multiple Robot Formation Control
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-09-17)
A special case of cooperative control for mobile robots is considered - formation control. A potential field based algorithm is developed in which geometric, communication and information centric influences are considered ...
Design And Simulation Of An Accurate Breast Biopsy System
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-09-17)
Core needle biopsy is a non-invasive technique for confirming breast and prostate cancer. Over the years, several non-real time image guided systems have been developed to guide the needle to the target lesion/tumor. ...
Top K Query Processing In Distributed Database
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-09-19)
Today's data is rarely stored in centralized location due to the enormous amount of information that needs to be stored and also to increase reliability, availability and performance of the system. Same data is stored in ...
Diversification Benefits Of Real Estate Assets And Equity Assets In A Regional And Global Perspective
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-09-19)
The primary purpose of this dissertation is to utilize recently available and reliable high frequency transactions based data provided by FTSE EPRA/NAREIT and employ modern day time series techniques and recently developed ...
Death Of The American Dream: The Revolutionary Meaning Of Infant Mortality And Mourning In Hannah Webster Foster's the Coquette
(English, 2007-10-08)
This thesis explores the broader implications of Hannah Webster Foster's The Coquette through an acknowledgment and assessment of a male audience. The Coquette is a seduction narrative that is linked through form and ...
Parallel Interference Cancellation Multiuser Detectors For DS-CDMA Communication Systems
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
A non-linear sub-optimal multiuser detector in the form of
parallel interference cancellation (PIC) has been studied. The
main objective of this thesis is to develop an analytical model
for PIC performance analysis and ...
Game Theoretical Data Replication Techniques For Large-scale Autonomous Distributed Computing Systems
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-10-08)
Data replication in geographically dispersed servers is an essential technique for reducing the user perceived access time in large-scale distributed computing systems. A majority of the conventional replica placement ...
When Black Is White: The Social Construction Of Race At Predominantly Black And White Colleges.
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)
The intended purpose of this project is to examine the social construction of race for Black students attending predominantly Black and Predominantly White colleges. Previous research has examined the experiences of Black ...
Synthesis And Characterization Of Magnetic Nanoparticles
(Physics, 2007-08-23)
Synthesis of uniform nanoparticles (<100 nm) of hard and soft magnetic materials have attracted much attention in the last two decades because of their unique magnetic properties and potential for many applications such ...
Spacecraft Formation Flight: Analysis Of The Perturbed J2-modified Hill-Clohessy-Wiltshire Equations
(Aerospace Engineering, 2007-08-23)
With the recent technological gains made in satellite design and manufacturing, there has been great interest in utilizing a cluster of satellites to perform the same tasks performed by larger satellites. Historically, ...