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Vibration Of Point-Supported Rectangular Composite Plates, Serge Abrate Jan 1995

Vibration Of Point-Supported Rectangular Composite Plates, Serge Abrate

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A general approach is presented to study the free vibrations of rectangular symmetrically laminated composite plates with point supports by using the Rayleigh-Ritz method and the Lagrange multiplier technique for enforcing the zero displacement constraints at the support locations. Polynomial approximation functions are used, and the constitutive relationships are written in terms of four lamination parameters. With these lamination parameters, the number of design variables is reduced to a minimum, which is useful for design optimization purposes, while all symmetric lay-ups are considered. This paper illustrates how the lamination parameters can be used for optimal design of vibrating plates. Results …

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A Neural Network Thrust Force Controller To Minimize Delamination During Drilling In Graphite Epoxy Laminates, Robert B. Stone Jan 1995

A Neural Network Thrust Force Controller To Minimize Delamination During Drilling In Graphite Epoxy Laminates, Robert B. Stone

Masters Theses

"Delamination is a well-recognized problem associated with drilling in fiber-reinforced composite materials (FRCM). The most noted problems occur as the drill enters and exits the FRCM. Since drilling is often a final operation during assembly, any defects introduced in parts by drilling represent an expensive loss. Studies based on linear elastic fracture mechanics theory have proposed critical thrust forces in the various drilling regions that will prevent crack growth or delamination. Using these critical thrust force curves as a guide, a thrust force controller was developed to minimize the delamination while drilling in graphite epoxy laminates. A neural network control …

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Intercomparison Between Commercial Condensation Nucleus Counters And An Alternating Temperature Gradient Cloud Chamber, Darryl J. Alofs, C. K. Lutrus, Donald E. Hagen Jan 1995

Intercomparison Between Commercial Condensation Nucleus Counters And An Alternating Temperature Gradient Cloud Chamber, Darryl J. Alofs, C. K. Lutrus, Donald E. Hagen

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Three Commercial CNC Counters (TSI Models 3010, 3022A, and 3025A) Are Compared with an Alternating Temperature Gradient Cloud Chamber (ALGR). Electrically Size Classified Aerosols of Sodium Chloride and Silver Are Used. Diffusional Losses within the ALGR Are Much Larger Than for the TSI Instruments: Therefore the ALGR Concentrations Are Corrected for Internal Diffusional Losses, But the TSI Instruments Are Not. the Particle Size Range Tested is 4–90 Nm. for Sodium Chloride, the TSI Concentrations Agreed Fairly Well with the Corrected ALGR at Larger Sizes, and Were Below the Corrected ALGR at Smaller Sizes. the Electrical Aerosol Classifier (EAC) Setting at …

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The Influence Of Pcl 3 On Planarisation And Selectivity Of Inp Regrowth By Atmospheric Pressure Movpe, M. J. Harlow, P. C. Spurdens, Randy Hays Moss Jan 1995

The Influence Of Pcl 3 On Planarisation And Selectivity Of Inp Regrowth By Atmospheric Pressure Movpe, M. J. Harlow, P. C. Spurdens, Randy Hays Moss

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The introduction of phosphorus trichloride into the AP-MOVPE growth of InP has been found to dramatically improve the regrowth adjacent to mesa structures. By suppressing growth in the [100] direction and enhancing growth in the [311] directions planar regrowth is achieved. Polycrystalline deposits on dielectric masks can also be completely suppressed

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Thermal Design Guide For Exterior Walls, Steel In Residential Construction Advisory Group Jan 1995

Thermal Design Guide For Exterior Walls, Steel In Residential Construction Advisory Group

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Specifications, Standards, Manuals and Research Reports (1946 - present)

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Adaptive Resonance Theory (Art): An Introduction, Lucien G. Heins, Daniel R. Tauritz Jan 1995

Adaptive Resonance Theory (Art): An Introduction, Lucien G. Heins, Daniel R. Tauritz

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

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Ensuring The Satisfaction Of A Temporal Specification At Run-Time, Grace Tsai, Matt Insall, Bruce M. Mcmillin Jan 1995

Ensuring The Satisfaction Of A Temporal Specification At Run-Time, Grace Tsai, Matt Insall, Bruce M. Mcmillin

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

A responsive computing system is a hybrid of real-time, distributed and fault-tolerant systems. In such a system, severe consequences can occur if the run-time behavior does not conform to the expected behavior or specifications. In this paper, we present a formal approach to ensure satisfaction of the specifications in the operational environment as follows. First we specify behavior of the systems using Interval Temporal Logic (ITL). Next we give algorithms for trace checking of programs in such systems. Finally, we present a fully distributed run-time evaluation system which causally orders the events of the system during its execution and checks …

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A New Neural Architecture For Homing Missile Guidance, S. N. Balakrishnan, Victor Biega Jan 1995

A New Neural Architecture For Homing Missile Guidance, S. N. Balakrishnan, Victor Biega

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present a new neural architecture which imbeds dynamic programming solutions to solve optimal target-intercept problems. They provide feedback guidance solutions, which are optimal with any initial conditions and time-to-go, for a 2D scenario. The method discussed in this study determines an optimal control law for a system by successively adapting two networks - an action and a critic network. This method determines the control law for an entire range of initial conditions; it simultaneously determines and adapts the neural networks to the optimal control policy for both linear and nonlinear systems. In addition, it is important to know that …

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High Temperature Interfacial Phenomena In Processing Cofired Ceramics For Electronic Packaging Of Semiconductor Devices, P. D. Ownby, D. A. Weirauch Jr., J. E. Lazaroff Jan 1995

High Temperature Interfacial Phenomena In Processing Cofired Ceramics For Electronic Packaging Of Semiconductor Devices, P. D. Ownby, D. A. Weirauch Jr., J. E. Lazaroff

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

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Anomalous-Diffusion Model Of Ionic Transport In Oxide Glasses, David L. Sidebottom, Peter F. Green, Richard K. Brow Jan 1995

Anomalous-Diffusion Model Of Ionic Transport In Oxide Glasses, David L. Sidebottom, Peter F. Green, Richard K. Brow

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The power-law frequency dependence of both the conductivity, (), and permittivity, (), of ion-conducting materials suggests that self-similar or scale-invariant behavior influences the transport of ions at high frequencies. Using an anomalous-diffusion model, we derive relevant power-law expressions for () and () and compare these with measurements performed on LiPO3 glass. Superior fits to the measured data are obtained compared to the commonly used Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) description of the electrical modulus, most particularly in the notorious high-frequency regime. Evaluation of our results in terms of an anomalous-diffusion model suggests the dominance of interaction-based constraints to diffusion. © 1995 The American …

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Two Contributions To The Ac Conductivity Of Alkali Oxide Glasses, David L. Sidebottom, Peter F. Green, Richard K. Brow Jan 1995

Two Contributions To The Ac Conductivity Of Alkali Oxide Glasses, David L. Sidebottom, Peter F. Green, Richard K. Brow

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Although the frequency dependent conductivity of ion-containing glasses often displays scale invariant power law dispersion at high temperatures, the exponent increases to unity at lower temperatures. We report measurements of the conductivity of a series of alkali metaphosphate glasses including a mixed alkali composition and demonstrate that this temperature dependence results from the superposition of two power law dispersions originating from separate mechanism, and does not indicate any intrinsic change in scaling of the process which dominates at high temperatures. © 1995 The American Physical Society.

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Method Of Forming A Plasma Sprayed Interconnection Layer On An Electrode Of An Electrochemical Cell, Charles J. Spengler, George R. Folser, Shailesh D. Vora, Lewis Kuo, Von Richards Jan 1995

Method Of Forming A Plasma Sprayed Interconnection Layer On An Electrode Of An Electrochemical Cell, Charles J. Spengler, George R. Folser, Shailesh D. Vora, Lewis Kuo, Von Richards

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A dense, substantially gas-tight, electrically conductive interconnection layer is formed on an air electrode structure of an electrochemical cell by (A) providing an electrode surface; (B) forming on a selected portion of the electrode surface, a layer of doped LaCrO.sub.3 particles doped with an element selected from Ca, Sr, Ba, Mg, Co, Ni, Al and mixtures thereof by plasma spraying doped LaCrO.sub.3 powder, preferably compensated with chromium as Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 and/or dopant element, preferably by plasma arc spraying; and, (C) heating the doped and compensated LaCrO.sub.3 layer to about 1100 to provide a dense, substantially gas-tight, substantially hydration-free, electrically conductive …

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A Positron Annihilation Study Of Rotating Beam Fatigue Damage In The Superalloy Haynes 188, D. Hoeckelman, Hollis P. Leighly Jan 1995

A Positron Annihilation Study Of Rotating Beam Fatigue Damage In The Superalloy Haynes 188, D. Hoeckelman, Hollis P. Leighly

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

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Electrical Characterization Of The (La,Ca) (Cr,Co)O3 System, S. R. Sehlin, Harlan U. Anderson, Don M. Sparlin Jan 1995

Electrical Characterization Of The (La,Ca) (Cr,Co)O3 System, S. R. Sehlin, Harlan U. Anderson, Don M. Sparlin

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The results of electrical conductivity and thermopower measurements are presented for selected (La,Ca)(Cr,Co)O3 compositions. The La1 - xCaxCrO3 compounds are typical p-type small polaron conductors. The La1 - xCaxCrO3 compounds are found to be small polaron conductors at room temperature for x ≤ 0.20 with a higher electrical conductivity than the corresponding chromite's. The electrical conductivity at room temperature is lower for Co-rich compositions than for Cr-rich compositions for compositions containing 10 mol% and 20 mol% Ca. This fact is attributed to the trapping of p-type small polarons at energetically lower Cr sites, resulting in a broad room temperature conductivity …

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Neutron Diffraction Studies Of Erni₅₋ₓcoₓ (X=0.68, 1.68, 2.26) Alloys, Z. Zu, William B. Yelon, G. K. Marasinghe, William Joseph James Jan 1995

Neutron Diffraction Studies Of Erni₅₋ₓcoₓ (X=0.68, 1.68, 2.26) Alloys, Z. Zu, William B. Yelon, G. K. Marasinghe, William Joseph James

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

ErNi5-xCox alloys were prepared by RF induction melting and analyzed using neutron powder diffraction. Rietveld analysis neutron diffraction data indicates the unit cell volume increases with Co content while the a and c lattice parameters show different dependencies on the composition. the Co atoms show higher affinity for the 3g sites than for the 2c sites. the Co sublattice tends to couple antiferromagnetically to the Er sublattice. the easy magnetization direction is along the c axis.

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Neutron Investigations Of Novel Magnetic Phases, William B. Yelon Jan 1995

Neutron Investigations Of Novel Magnetic Phases, William B. Yelon

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Recent years have seen a renewed search for Fe based permanent magnets, spurred by the discovery of Nd2Fe14B and interstitially modified rare-earth iron binaries. The insights derived from those compounds have suggested a number of routes to the development of such systems, including selective site substitution and combinations of site substitution and interstitial modification. Neutron diffraction is an essential component of this work, since it provides systematic information about the location of substitutional and interstitial atoms, and about the effects these changes have on the magnetic interactions in the systems of interest

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The Light Ion Pulsed Power Induction Accelerator For Etf, Ronald E. Olson, M. G. Mazarakis, C. L. Olson, D. L. Smith, L. F. Bennett Jan 1995

The Light Ion Pulsed Power Induction Accelerator For Etf, Ronald E. Olson, M. G. Mazarakis, C. L. Olson, D. L. Smith, L. F. Bennett

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The light ion Engineering Test Facility (ETF) driver concept, based on Hermes III and RHEPP technologies, is a scaled-down version of the LMF design incorporating repetition rate capabilities of up to 10 Hz. The preconceptual design presented here provides 250 TW peak power to the ETF target during 8 ns, equal to 2 MJ total ion beam energy. Linear inductive voltage addition driving a self-magnetically insulated transmission line (MITL) is utilized to generate the 36 MV peak voltage needed for lithium ion beams. The ~3 MA ion current is achieved by utilizing many accelerating modules in parallel. Since the current …

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Measurements Of Fast Confined Alphas On Tftr, R. K. Fisher, J. M. Mcchesney, P. B. Parks, H. H. Duong, S. S. Medley, A. L. Roquemore, D. K. Mansfield, R. V. Budny, M. P. Petrov, Ronald E. Olson Jan 1995

Measurements Of Fast Confined Alphas On Tftr, R. K. Fisher, J. M. Mcchesney, P. B. Parks, H. H. Duong, S. S. Medley, A. L. Roquemore, D. K. Mansfield, R. V. Budny, M. P. Petrov, Ronald E. Olson

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

This Letter reports the first measurements of the fast confined α-particle energy distribution in a fusion plasma. The pellet charge exchange technique shows the fusion generated α's in the core of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor plasma slow down classically, and appear to be well confined. Preliminary indications are that stochastic ripple effects are responsible for steepening the energy distribution outside the plasma core (r/a0.35). Sawteeth mixing of fast α's is suggested in data during the post-beam-heating plasma decay. © 1995 The American Physical Society.

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Projectile Energy Loss In Multiply Ionizing Ion-Atom Collisions, Harald Schone, Reinhold S. Schuch, Sheldon Datz, Michael Schulz, Peter F. Dittner, J. P. Giese, Quentin C. Kessel, Herbert F. Krause, Philip D. Miller, Charles Randy Vane Jan 1995

Projectile Energy Loss In Multiply Ionizing Ion-Atom Collisions, Harald Schone, Reinhold S. Schuch, Sheldon Datz, Michael Schulz, Peter F. Dittner, J. P. Giese, Quentin C. Kessel, Herbert F. Krause, Philip D. Miller, Charles Randy Vane

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The projectile energy loss for 7.5--25-MeV C6+,5+ and F6+ ions was measured for single collisions with He, Ne, Ar, and Kr as a function of the recoil-ion charge state and the projectile scattering. This energy loss was measured for collisions in which the projectile captured an electron and for those involving just direct ionization. We investigated and found a large average energy transfer (100--250 eV/electron) to the continuum electrons. A strong increase of the scattering angle with recoil-ion charge state was observed for both capture and direct ionization. The results imply that, for smaller impact parameters, higher recoil-ion …

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System Modeling And Control Of Smart Structures, Frank J. Kern, Leslie Robert Koval, K. Chandrashekhara, Vittal S. Rao Jan 1995

System Modeling And Control Of Smart Structures, Frank J. Kern, Leslie Robert Koval, K. Chandrashekhara, Vittal S. Rao

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents multidisciplinary research and curriculum efforts at the University of Missouri-Rolla in the smart structures area. The primary objective of our project is to integrate research results with curriculum development for the benefit of students in electrical, and mechanical and aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics. The approach to the accomplishment of curriculum objectives is the development of a two-course sequence in the smart structures area with an integrated laboratory. The research portion of the project addresses structural identification and robust control methods for smart structures. A brief summary of the research results and a description of curriculum development …

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Conservative Thirty Calendar Day Stock Prediction Using A Probabilistic Neural Network, H. Tan, Donald C. Wunsch, Danil V. Prokhorov Jan 1995

Conservative Thirty Calendar Day Stock Prediction Using A Probabilistic Neural Network, H. Tan, Donald C. Wunsch, Danil V. Prokhorov

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We describe a system that predicts significant short-term price movement in a single stock utilizing conservative strategies. We use preprocessing techniques, then train a probabilistic neural network to predict only price gains large enough to create a significant profit opportunity. Our primary objective is to limit false predictions (known in the pattern recognition literature as false alarms). False alarms are more significant than missed opportunities, because false alarms acted upon lead to losses. We can achieve false alarm rates as low as 5.7% with the correct system design and parameterization.

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Hamiltonian Based Adaptive Critics For Aircraft Control, S. N. Balakrishnan, Jie Shen Jan 1995

Hamiltonian Based Adaptive Critics For Aircraft Control, S. N. Balakrishnan, Jie Shen

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Aircraft designs are becoming more complex in order to either operate more efficiently as in the commercial sector or to push the performance envelopes as in the military sector. An interesting outcome of this scenario is that `control'' has come to play an important role in helping realize these objectives. Increasingly, control is becoming an integral part of an aircraft design rather than an afterthought. More effective and efficient control of an aircraft is certain to lead to improved performance at a lower cost

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Edge Strength Of Window Glass By Mechanical Test, Abdeidjelil Belarbi Jan 1995

Edge Strength Of Window Glass By Mechanical Test, Abdeidjelil Belarbi

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

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Compression Response Of Cracked Reinforced Concrete, Abdeidjelil Belarbi, Thomas T.C. Hsu Jan 1995

Compression Response Of Cracked Reinforced Concrete, Abdeidjelil Belarbi, Thomas T.C. Hsu

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

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Teaching Civil Engineering Design: Observations And Experiences, Charles Darwin Morris, Roger A. Laboube Jan 1995

Teaching Civil Engineering Design: Observations And Experiences, Charles Darwin Morris, Roger A. Laboube

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Civil engineering design is an inspired activity. It offers the engineer a high degree of autonomy to conceive or create a unique, state-of-the-art, functional, costeffective facility. Civil engineering design calls on the talent of the engineer to balance the client's end-use requirements and financial resources, with the safety ofthe occupants. Because the process of engineering design has such a vast degree of freedom, teaching the concepts inherent in design is a very challenging, and at times frustrating, endeavor. The present paper discusses the many facets of the senior design course developed at the University of Missouri- Rolla to include a …

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Improved Finite Element Modeling Of The Turbofan Engine Inlet Radiation Problem, I. Danda Roy, Walter Eversman Jan 1995

Improved Finite Element Modeling Of The Turbofan Engine Inlet Radiation Problem, I. Danda Roy, Walter Eversman

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Improvements have been made in the finite element model of the acoustic radiated field from a turbofan engine inlet in the presence of a mean flow. The problem of acoustic radiation from a turbofan engine inlet is difficult to model numerically because of the large domain and high frequencies involved. A numerical model with conventional finite elements in the near field and wave envelope elements in the far field has been constructed. By employing an irrotational mean flow assumption, both the mean flow and the acoustic perturbation problem have been posed in an axisymmetric formulation in terms of the velocity …

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Least Squares Order-Recursive Lattice Smoothers, Jenq Tay Yuan, John A. Stuller Jan 1995

Least Squares Order-Recursive Lattice Smoothers, Jenq Tay Yuan, John A. Stuller

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Conventional Least Squares Order-Recursive Lattice (LSORL) Filters Use Present and Past Data Values to Estimate the Present Value of a Signal. This Paper Introduces LSORL Smoothers Which Use Past, Present and Future Data for that Purpose. Except for an overall Delay Needed for Physical Realization, LSORL Smoothers Can Substantially Outperform LSORL Filters While Retaining All the Advantages of an Order-Recursive Structure. © 1995 IEEE

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A Two-Dimensional Image Model Based On Occlusion And Maximum Entropy, John A. Stuller Jan 1995

A Two-Dimensional Image Model Based On Occlusion And Maximum Entropy, John A. Stuller

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This Paper Provides New Insights into the Formation of Two-Dimensional Image Autocorrelation Functions. We Model an Image as a Maximum-Entropy Composition of Individual Occluding Object Images that Have Random Positions, Shapes and Intensities. We Derive the Autocorrelation Function of This Image Model, Give an Example, and Comment on the Reasonableness of the Frequently-Made Assumptions of Autocovariance Separability and Isotropy.

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The Performance Of Reed-Solomon Codes On A Bursty-Noise Channel, William J. Ebel, William H. Tranter Jan 1995

The Performance Of Reed-Solomon Codes On A Bursty-Noise Channel, William J. Ebel, William H. Tranter

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The performance of a Reed-Solomon coded binary communication system on a bursty-noise channel is considered. Bursty noise is defined to be background Gaussian noise plus burst noise, where burst noise is defined to be a series of finite-duration Gaussian-noise pulses with fixed duration and Poisson occurrence times. Using the noise model, along with ideal symbol interleaving, decoded bit-error probability bounds are derived for the case where the noise bursts are long with respect to the channel symbol rate. Specific performance results are presented for the (31,15,8) Reed-Solomon Joint Tactical Distribution System (JTIDS) code with a Binary Phase Shift Keyed (BPSK) …

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Learning To Ignore: Psychophysics And Computational Modeling Of Fast Learning Of Direction In Noisy Motion Stimuli, Lucia M. Vaina, V. Sundareswaran, John G. Harris Jan 1995

Learning To Ignore: Psychophysics And Computational Modeling Of Fast Learning Of Direction In Noisy Motion Stimuli, Lucia M. Vaina, V. Sundareswaran, John G. Harris

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The effects of practice on the discrimination of direction of motion in briefly presented noisy dynamic random dot patterns are investigated in several forced-choice psychophysical tasks. We found that the percentage of correct responses on any specific task increases linearly with repetition of trials within roughly 200 trials from about chance to a performance of 90% or better. The level of performance remained constant or improved over several days, and in most instances, it did not transfer when stimulus parameters changed. We used a modified Radial Basis Function (RBF) representation to model the psychophysical tasks. The performance of the model …

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