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Full-Text Articles in Computer Engineering
Mobile Map Browsers: Anticipated User Interaction For Data Pre-Fetching, Benjamin T. Weber
Mobile Map Browsers: Anticipated User Interaction For Data Pre-Fetching, Benjamin T. Weber
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
When browsing a graphical display of geospatial data on mobile devices, users typically change the displayed maps by panning, zooming in and out, or rotating the device. Limited storage space on mobile devices and slow wireless communications, however, impede the performance of these operations. To overcome the bottleneck that all map data to be displayed on the mobile device need to be downloaded on demand, this thesis investigates how anticipated user interactions affect intelligent pre-fetching so that an on-demand download session is extended incrementally. User interaction is defined as a set of map operations that each have corresponding effects on …
Reconode: Towards An Autonomous Multi-Robot Team Agent For Usar, Kang Li
Reconode: Towards An Autonomous Multi-Robot Team Agent For Usar, Kang Li
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Urban search and rescue (USAR) robots can benefit from small size as it facilitates movement in cramped quarters. Yet, small size limits actuator power, sensor payloads, computational capacity and battery life. We are alleviating these issues by developing the hardware and software infrastructure for high performance, heterogeneous, dynamically-reconfigurable miniature USAR robots, as well as a host of other relevant applications. In this thesis, a generic modular embedded system architecture based on the RecoNode multiprocessor is proposed, which consists of a set of hardware and software modules that can be configured to construct various types of robot systems for dynamic and …
Application Of Temporal Difference Learning To The Game Of Snake., Christopher Lockhart
Application Of Temporal Difference Learning To The Game Of Snake., Christopher Lockhart
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The game of Snake has been selected to provide a unique application of the TD( ) algorithm as proposed by Sutton. A reinforcement learning technique for producing computer controlled players is documented. Using value function approximation with multilayer artificial neural networks and the actor-critic architecture, computer players capable of playing the game of Snake can be created. The adaptation to the standard neural network backpropagation procedure will be documented. Not only does the proposed technique provide reasonable player performance, its application is unique; this approach to Snake has never been documented. By performing sets of trials, the performance of the …
Analyzing Instructtion Based Cache Replacement Policies, Ping Xiang
Analyzing Instructtion Based Cache Replacement Policies, Ping Xiang
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The increasing speed gap between microprocessors and off-chip DRAM makes last-level caches (LLCs) a critical component for computer performance. Multi core processors aggravate the problem since multiple processor cores compete for the LLC. As a result, LLCs typically consume a significant amount of the die area and effective utilization of LLCs is mandatory for both performance and power efficiency. We present a novel replacement policy for last-level caches (LLCs). The fundamental observation is to view LLCs as a shared resource among multiple address streams with each stream being generated by a static memory access instruction. The management of LLCs in …
Episodic Memory Model For Embodied Conversational Agents, Miguel Elvir
Episodic Memory Model For Embodied Conversational Agents, Miguel Elvir
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA) form part of a range of virtual characters whose intended purpose include engaging in natural conversations with human users. While works in literature are ripe with descriptions of attempts at producing viable ECA architectures, few authors have addressed the role of episodic memory models in conversational agents. This form of memory, which provides a sense of autobiographic record-keeping in humans, has only recently been peripherally integrated into dialog management tools for ECAs. In our work, we propose to take a closer look at the shared characteristics of episodic memory models in recent examples from the field. …
Improving Performance And Programmer Productivity For I/O-Intensive High Performance Computing Applications, Saba Sehrish
Improving Performance And Programmer Productivity For I/O-Intensive High Performance Computing Applications, Saba Sehrish
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Due to the explosive growth in the size of scientific data sets, data-intensive computing is an emerging trend in computational science. HPC applications are generating and processing large amount of data ranging from terabytes (TB) to petabytes (PB). This new trend of growth in data for HPC applications has imposed challenges as to what is an appropriate parallel programming framework to efficiently process large data sets. In this work, we study the applicability of two programming models (MPI/MPI-IO and MapReduce) to a variety of I/O-intensive HPC applications ranging from simulations to analytics. We identify several performance and programmer productivity related …
An Empirical Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Jml Assertions As Test Oracles, Kavir Shrestha
An Empirical Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Jml Assertions As Test Oracles, Kavir Shrestha
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Test oracles remain one of the least understood aspects of the modern testing process. An oracle is a mechanism used by software testers and software engineers for determining whether a test has passed or failed. One widely-supported approach to oracles is the use of runtime assertion checking during the testing activity. Method invariants,pre- and postconditions help detect bugs during runtime. While assertions are supported by virtually all programming environments, are used widely in practice, and are often assumed to be effective as test oracles, there are few empirical studies of their efficacy in this role. In this thesis, we present …