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Genetic Algorithms Used For Search And Rescue Of Vulnerable People In An Urban Setting, Shuhad Aljandeel Jan 2020

Genetic Algorithms Used For Search And Rescue Of Vulnerable People In An Urban Setting, Shuhad Aljandeel

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The main goal of this research is to design and develop a genetic algorithm (GA) for path planning of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) outfitted with a camera to efficiently search for a lost person in an area of interest. The research focuses on scenarios where the lost person is from a vulnerable population, such as someone suffering from Alzheimer or a small child who has wondered off. To solve this problem, a GA for path planning was designed and implemented in Matlab. The area of interest is considered to be a circle that encompasses the distance the person could …


Drone Base Station Trajectory Management For Optimal Scheduling In Lte-Based Sparse Delay-Sensitive M2m Networks, El Sayed Zeinab Jan 2019

Drone Base Station Trajectory Management For Optimal Scheduling In Lte-Based Sparse Delay-Sensitive M2m Networks, El Sayed Zeinab

Theses and Dissertations

Providing connectivity in areas out of reach of the cellular infrastructure is a very active area of research. This connectivity is particularly needed in case of the deployment of machine type communication devices (MTCDs) for critical purposes such as homeland security. In such applications, MTCDs are deployed in areas that are hard to reach using regular communications infrastructure while the collected data is timely critical. Drone-supported communications constitute a new trend in complementing the reach of the terrestrial communication infrastructure. In this study, drones are used as base stations to provide real-time communication services to gather critical data out of …


Elucidation Of The Role Of Auxin-Input Pathways In Auxin Homeostasis., Gretchen Spiess Jul 2014

Elucidation Of The Role Of Auxin-Input Pathways In Auxin Homeostasis., Gretchen Spiess

Dissertations

Auxin is a phytohormone involved in cell elongation and division. Levels of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), the most abundant auxin, are tightly regulated through biosynthesis, degradation, sequestration, and transport. Sequestration of IAA occurs in reversible processes by adding amino acids, polyol or simple alcohols, or sugars, forming IAA conjugates, or via a two-carbon elongation forming indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). These forms of auxin have decreased activity and are located in multiple organelles. Using a combination of molecular and genetic tools, I examined how these storage forms are working together to contribute to overall IAA levels and IAA response in both the model …


Multidisciplinary Optimization Framework For High Speed Train Using Robust Hybrid Ga-Pso Algorithm, Veera Venkata Sunil Kumar Vytla Jan 2011

Multidisciplinary Optimization Framework For High Speed Train Using Robust Hybrid Ga-Pso Algorithm, Veera Venkata Sunil Kumar Vytla

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High speed trains are the most efficient means of public transportation. However the speed of the train needs to be increased (> 350 km/hr) to cover large distances in a short time to make it accessible to large population. With the increase in speed, number of issues related to efficiency, safety and comfort like the aerodynamic drag, structural strength, as well as the noise levels inside and outside of the train etc. need to be considered in the design of the high speed trains. Hence making it a multi disciplinary design problem. There are a large number of parameters from …


A Genetic Algorithm For The Longest Common Subsequence Problem, Brenda Hinkemeyer May 2006

A Genetic Algorithm For The Longest Common Subsequence Problem, Brenda Hinkemeyer

Culminating Projects in Computer Science and Information Technology

The Longest Common Subsequence problem (LCS) is a known NP-complete problem that computes the longest subsequence (series of characters occurring in the same order, although not necessarily consecutively) that any number of strings share. An LCS is not necessarily unique for any combination of strings; however, the length will be. The computationally difficult version of this problem occurs when the number of strings and the LCS length are not fixed. The problem has a number of applications: anything from searching content to file difference listings. There is no single solution that fits all situations, and the deterministic solutions available are …


Genetically Engineered Adaptive Resonance Theory (Art) Neural Network Architectures, Ahmad Al-Daraiseh Jan 2006

Genetically Engineered Adaptive Resonance Theory (Art) Neural Network Architectures, Ahmad Al-Daraiseh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Fuzzy ARTMAP (FAM) is currently considered to be one of the premier neural network architectures in solving classification problems. One of the limitations of Fuzzy ARTMAP that has been extensively reported in the literature is the category proliferation problem. That is Fuzzy ARTMAP has the tendency of increasing its network size, as it is confronted with more and more data, especially if the data is of noisy and/or overlapping nature. To remedy this problem a number of researchers have designed modifications to the training phase of Fuzzy ARTMAP that had the beneficial effect of reducing this phenomenon. In this thesis …


Topographical Surveying, Nelson D. Brayton Jan 1895

Topographical Surveying, Nelson D. Brayton

Manuscript Thesis Collection

A study of the use of surveying and topography to develop maps.