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A Heuristic Method For Identifying Modules For Product Architectures, Robert B. Stone, Kristin L. Wood, Richard H. Crawford Jan 2000

A Heuristic Method For Identifying Modules For Product Architectures, Robert B. Stone, Kristin L. Wood, Richard H. Crawford

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Developing product architectures is a key phase in design and development processes. It encompasses the transformation of product function to alternative product layouts. In this paper, we describe a new approach for identifying modules for product architectures. We begin by reviewing the terminology and motivation for modular products. The new concepts of a functional basis and time ordered function chains are used to formally derive functional models of products. Then, three heuristic methods for identifying modules from functional models are presented. Using the formal functional decomposition and heuristic methods, modular design can be executed earlier in the product development process, …


Tuning Parameter Tolerance Design: Foundations, Methods, And Measures, Daniel A. Mcadams, Kristin L. Wood Jan 2000

Tuning Parameter Tolerance Design: Foundations, Methods, And Measures, Daniel A. Mcadams, Kristin L. Wood

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, a novel technique is presented to solve tolerance design problems. To achieve the desired performance tolerance, the technique uses a subtle, but significant, change in the design: the addition of a tuning parameter in place of an increase in component precision. Statistical models are used to develop a framework for the tuning parameter design method. Also developed is a new, dimensionless design metric which ranks candidate tuning parameters. A step-by-step method is developed for the application of tuning parameters using this metric. The step-by-step tuning parameter design method is applied to a heavy-duty manual stapler as a …


Using Quantitative Functional Models To Develop Product Architectures, Robert B. Stone, Kristin L. Wood, Richard H. Crawford Jan 2000

Using Quantitative Functional Models To Develop Product Architectures, Robert B. Stone, Kristin L. Wood, Richard H. Crawford

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Developing product architectures is a key phase in design and development processes. It encompasses the transformation from functional model to alternative product layouts. In this paper, we introduce a methodology for representing a functional model of a product in a quantitative manner. In addition to describing product functionality, the quantitative functional model also incorporates customer need ratings. Product design knowledge can be archived and transmitted in databases using this novel representation. Numerical manipulations of such a database assist in developing product architectures. In particular, product families and customer need ratings for modules are easily computed. Prior to the methodology, a …


E-Commerce Systems Development Methodologies, M. Rossi, Keng Siau, S. Purao Jan 2000

E-Commerce Systems Development Methodologies, M. Rossi, Keng Siau, S. Purao

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Methodologies. This is the first time we organize this new minitrack on electronic commerce systems development. The flexibility, scalability, user-friendliness, privacy, security, intuitiveness, and other important characteristics of electronic commerce systems make the systems development process of such systems very multifaceted and complex. Today, most electronic commerce systems are built based on intuition and rule of thumbs.Many practitioners have the misconception that there is no need for a systematic modeling and design technique for these systems. The lack of appropriate methods and methodologies to support electronic commerce systems development is another stumbling block. Most of the widely used methods are …


Search For R-Parity Violating Decays Of Supersymmetric Particles In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Near 183 Gev, R. Barate, M. Thulasidas Jan 2000

Search For R-Parity Violating Decays Of Supersymmetric Particles In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Near 183 Gev, R. Barate, M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Searches for pair-production of supersymmetric particles under the assumption that R-parity is violated via a single dominant LLE¯LLE¯, LQD¯LQD¯ or U¯D¯D¯U¯D¯D¯ coupling are performed using the data collected by the ALEPH collaboration at centre-of-mass energies of 181–184 GeV. The observed candidate events in the data are in agreement with the Standard Model expectations. Upper limits on the production cross-sections and lower limits on the masses of charginos, sleptons, squarks and sneutrinos are derived.


The Place My Words Are Looking For And Other Stories, Karris Anne Golden Jan 2000

The Place My Words Are Looking For And Other Stories, Karris Anne Golden

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The Place My Words Are Looking For and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction and excerpts from a novel. Each piece was written within the past two years, reflecting my work in the graduate program. The issues of identity and gender unify all the elements of this thesis. The first three pieces are short stories that explore a variety of themes. "Fish Story" is told from the perspective of a young woman recalling something that happened to her when she was six years old. Through her memory, the story explores what it means to be biracial, a mother-daughter …


Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching And Learning, Helga M. Gudenschwager Jan 2000

Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching And Learning, Helga M. Gudenschwager

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Research shows that knowing what preservice teachers believe about teaching and learning helps their instructors to reinforce those beliefs that are compatible with current approaches in education and challenge those that promote the perpetuation of antiquated and ineffective teaching practices. Four main research questions guided this study: 1. To what extent the beliefs expressed by participants aligned with traditional or constructivist perspectives? 2. Do elementary and secondary majors differ in terms of their preference for practices aligned with these perspectives? 3. Do elementary and secondary majors differ in terms of their beliefs about the goals of education and effective strategies …


Integration Of Csab And Abet, Lee W. Saperstein, Kenneth Martin, Doris K. Lidtke Jan 2000

Integration Of Csab And Abet, Lee W. Saperstein, Kenneth Martin, Doris K. Lidtke

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) and the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB) signed a Memorandum of Agreement in November 1998 to integrate CSAB''s accreditation services with ABET, with a transition time of approximately two years. During the interim period, the operations of the Computer Science Accreditation Commission (CSAC) are contracted by CSAB to ABET. A committee with CSAC, CSAB, and ABET representation is working to set up the new commission for accrediting programs in the computing sciences. This new commission will probably be called the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC). Other activities are underway to try to …


The Effects Of Substituting Iron For Manganese In Smmn₆Ge₆: Magnetic And Crystallographic Properties, J. Han, William B. Yelon, Naushad Ali, I. Dubenko, G. K. Marasinghe, Ph. I'Héritier, William Joseph James Jan 2000

The Effects Of Substituting Iron For Manganese In Smmn₆Ge₆: Magnetic And Crystallographic Properties, J. Han, William B. Yelon, Naushad Ali, I. Dubenko, G. K. Marasinghe, Ph. I'Héritier, William Joseph James

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Impairment In Dichotic Listening Following Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm, Paul Michael Evitts Jan 2000

Impairment In Dichotic Listening Following Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm, Paul Michael Evitts

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Dichotic listening involves the simultaneous presentation of stimuli binaurally and was initially a method for determining cerebral dominance or laterality of hemispheric function. Since its inception, dichotic listening has evolved into a method for assessing neurologic pathology. An interruption in the central auditory pathways will result in a detectable asymmetry of dichotic scores. Impaired dichotic listening has been well documented in numerous neurological etiologies, but dichotic listening in patients who present anterior communicating artery (ACoA) aneurysm has yet to be documented. Due to the location of the ACoA and the substrates of innervation, central auditory pathways responsible for the transmission …


Comparison Of Text-Dependent Speaker Identification Methods For Short Distance Telephone Lines Using Artificial Neural Networks, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, N. Sundepersadh Jan 2000

Comparison Of Text-Dependent Speaker Identification Methods For Short Distance Telephone Lines Using Artificial Neural Networks, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, N. Sundepersadh

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The transition to democracy in South Africa has brought with it certain challenges. The main challenge is to get rid of crime and corruption. The paper presents a technique to combat white-collar crime in telephone transactions by identifying and verifying speakers using artificial neural networks (ANNs). Results are presented to show that speaker identification is feasible and this is illustrated with two different types of ANN architectures and with two different types of characteristic features as inputs to ANNs.


A Systolic Image Difference Algorithm For Rle-Compressed Images, Fikret Erçal, Mark Allen, Hao Feng Jan 2000

A Systolic Image Difference Algorithm For Rle-Compressed Images, Fikret Erçal, Mark Allen, Hao Feng

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

A new systolic algorithm which computes image differences in run-length encoded (RLE) format is described. The binary image difference operation is commonly used in many image processing applications including automated inspection systems, character recognition, fingerprint analysis, and motion detection. The efficiency of these operations can be improved significantly with the availability of a fast systolic system that computes the image difference as described in this paper. It is shown that for images with a high similarity measure, the time complexity of the systolic algorithm is small and, in some cases, constant with respect to the image size. A formal proof …


Association Rules For Web Data Mining In Whoweda, Sanjay Kumar Madria, C. Raymond, M. Mohania, Sourav S. Bhowmick Jan 2000

Association Rules For Web Data Mining In Whoweda, Sanjay Kumar Madria, C. Raymond, M. Mohania, Sourav S. Bhowmick

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

The authors discuss association rules which can be discovered from Web data. The association rules are discussed within the scope of our WHOWEDA (warehouse of Web data) project. WHOWEDA is supported by a Web data model and a set of algebraic operators. The Web data model allows a uniform and integrated view of Web data gathered using a user''s query graph. A user''s query graph describes the query by example (what the user perceives as the query) and the Web coupling query gathers instances of such a query graph from the Web and stores them in the form of subgraphs …


Successful Proposal Preparation, Mariesa Crow Jan 2000

Successful Proposal Preparation, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.


A Hysteresis Current-Regulated Control For Multi-Level Drives, Keith Corzine Jan 2000

A Hysteresis Current-Regulated Control For Multi-Level Drives, Keith Corzine

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Most multi-level converters are controlled through the use of voltage-source based control techniques such as space-vector modulation or multi-level sine-triangle modulation. However, in many applications such as field oriented drives, a high bandwidth current-source inverter based control is more desirable. In this paper, the concept of a multi-level hysteresis current-source control is set forth. The new control is experimentally verified using a four-level converter/induction motor drive system and the results are compared to a space vector modulation controller. A dynamic study involving a step change in current command demonstrates the controls high bandwidth.


A Robust Proportionate Affine Projection Algorithm For Network Echo Cancellation, T. Gansler, J. Benesty, Steven L. Grant, M. M. Sondhi Jan 2000

A Robust Proportionate Affine Projection Algorithm For Network Echo Cancellation, T. Gansler, J. Benesty, Steven L. Grant, M. M. Sondhi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Echo cancelers which cover longer impulse responses (greater than or equal to 64 ms) are desirable. Long responses create a need for more rapidly converging algorithms in order to meet the specifications for network echo cancelers devised by the ITU (International Telecommunication Union). In general, faster convergence implies a higher sensitivity to near-end disturbances, especially "double-talk." Previously, a fast converging algorithm called the proportionate NLMS (normalized least mean squares) algorithm (PNLMS) has been proposed. This algorithm exploits the sparseness of the echo path in order to increase the convergence rate. A robust version of PNLMS has also been presented which …


Drawbacks Of The Dissolution Method For Measurement Of The Liquid-Solid Mass-Transfer Coefficients In Two-Phase Flow Packed-Bed Reactors Operated At Low And High Pressures, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Wes Highfill, Boon Tee Ong Jan 2000

Drawbacks Of The Dissolution Method For Measurement Of The Liquid-Solid Mass-Transfer Coefficients In Two-Phase Flow Packed-Bed Reactors Operated At Low And High Pressures, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Wes Highfill, Boon Tee Ong

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Dissolution Method Was Used Predominantly at Atmospheric Conditions to Measure the Liquid-Solid Mass-Transfer Coefficient in Two-Phase Flow Packed-Bed Reactors. in an Attempt to Investigate the Effect of Reactor Pressure and Gas Flow Rate on the Liquid-Solid Mass-Transfer Coefficient in a Trickle-Bed Reactor using the Dissolution Method, Difficulties Were Encountered in Implementing This Method at Low- to High-Pressure Operation. Noticeable Losses in the Dissolved Material Were Observed as a Result of Flashing/stripping from the Liquid Phase to the Atmosphere and the Effluent Gas Stream. This Leads to Misinterpretation of the Effect of Reactor Pressure and to Improper Conclusions. in This …


Discriminating Trickle-Flow Hydrodynamic Models: Some Recommendations, F. Larachi, I. Iliuta, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic Jan 2000

Discriminating Trickle-Flow Hydrodynamic Models: Some Recommendations, F. Larachi, I. Iliuta, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Forecasting Ability of Five One-Dimensional (1-D) Two-Fluid Phenomenological Models for Liquid Holdup and Two-Phase Pressure Drop in Trickle-Flow Reactors Was Evaluated using the Most Comprehensive Trickle-Flow Regime Database. All of These Models, Namely, the Permeability Model, the Slit Model, the Extended Slit Model, the 1-D CFD Model, and the Double-Slit Model Can Be Used to Predict Liquid Holdup. among Them, the Permeability and the Slit Models, Because of a Much Simpler Structure, Are Recommended. the Extended Slit Model based on Iliuta Et Al. (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1998, 37, 4542) Shear and Slip Constitutive Relationships Can Be Employed for …


Double-Slit Model For Partially Wetted Trickle Flow Hydrodynamics, I. Iliuta, F. Larachi, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan Jan 2000

Double-Slit Model For Partially Wetted Trickle Flow Hydrodynamics, I. Iliuta, F. Larachi, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A Double-Slit Model Developed Can Predict the Frictional Two-Phase Pressure Drop, External Liquid Holdup, Pellet-Scale External Wetting Efficiency, and Gas - Liquid Interfacial Area in Cocurrent Downflow Trickle-Bed Reactors Operated under Partially Wetted Conditions in the Trickle Flow Regime. the Model, an Extension of the Holub Et Al. (1992, 1993) Mechanistic Pore-Scale Phenomenological Approach, Was Designed to Mimic the Actual Bed Void by Two Inclined and Interconnected Slits: Wet and Dry Slit. the External Wetting Efficiency is Linked to Both the Pressure Drop and External Liquid Holdup. the Model Also Predicts Gas - Liquid Interfacial Areas in Partially Wetted Conditions. …


Computational Finance Models, Michael Gene Hilgers Jan 2000

Computational Finance Models, Michael Gene Hilgers

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The author discusses his involvement in developing computational finance software. These computational finance models attempt to model the randomness of a stock's price. At a fixed future time, a stock's price is modeled as a random variable with a normal distribution centered about the current price adjusted with a simple growth multiplier. The standard deviation of this normal distribution depends on the length of time into the future one peers and the volatility of the market. As the market becomes more volatile and we look further ahead, the less likely the stock will have a price near the adjusted current …


Transitivity And The Choice Of A Preposition In Any Language, Valerie Hascoet Jan 2000

Transitivity And The Choice Of A Preposition In Any Language, Valerie Hascoet

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This thesis examines the question of determination of transitivity for a verb through a comparison of processes involved in English and in French. It takes in several theories belonging to the area of the syntax-semantics interface in order to understand how a predicate is construed as either intransitive or direct transitive or indirect transitive in either language.The study focuses on a corpus of verbs that present different argument structures in French and in English. It analyses the various factors that determine the choice of a transitivity status for a given predicate. It discusses whether that process of determination lies in …


Adaptive Information Filtering: Evolutionary Computation And N-Gram Representation, Daniel R. Tauritz, Ida G. Sprinkhuizen-Kuyper Jan 2000

Adaptive Information Filtering: Evolutionary Computation And N-Gram Representation, Daniel R. Tauritz, Ida G. Sprinkhuizen-Kuyper

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Adaptive Information Filtering (AIF) is concerned with filtering information streams in changing environments. The changes may occur both on the transmission side (the nature of the streams can change) and on the reception side (the interests of a user can change). The research described in this paper details the progress made in a prototype AIF system based on weighted n-gram analysis and evolutionary computation. A major advance is the design and implementation of an n-gram class library allowing experimentation with different values of n instead of solely with 3-grams as in the past. The new prototype system was tested on …


Detecting And Representing Relevant Web Deltas Using Web Join, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Wee Keong, Ee-Peng Lim, Sourav S. Bhowmick Jan 2000

Detecting And Representing Relevant Web Deltas Using Web Join, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Wee Keong, Ee-Peng Lim, Sourav S. Bhowmick

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

We show how to detect and represent Web deltas, i.e., changes in Web information, that are relevant to a user's query in the context of our Web warehousing system called WHOWEDA (Warehouse of Web Data). In WHOWEDA, Web information are materialized views stored in Web tables and can be manipulated and analyzed using a set of Web algebraic operators. We present a mechanism to detect relevant Web deltas using Web join and outer Web join. We show how to represent these changes using delta Web tables.


Reducing Cognitive Overheads In A Web Warehouse Using Reverse-Osmosis, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Wee Keong Ng, Ee-Peng Lim, Sourav S. Bhowmick Jan 2000

Reducing Cognitive Overheads In A Web Warehouse Using Reverse-Osmosis, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Wee Keong Ng, Ee-Peng Lim, Sourav S. Bhowmick

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper provides a quantitative analysis of reducing cognitive overheads in a Web warehouse using an important class of operation called reverse osmosis. The analysis is used to examine two different cognitive overheads of locating relevant nodes or information and display time of a Web table. A reverse-osmosis operation enables us to eliminate in relevant information from a collection of Web documents stored in the form of a Web table. We call such an operation reverse-osmosis because it is analogous to the reverse osmosis process in the field of water purification. We discuss a formal algorithm of the reverse-osmosis operation


Applicability Of Ozone In Small Drinking Water Systems, Craig D. Adams, Justin Sutherland Jan 2000

Applicability Of Ozone In Small Drinking Water Systems, Craig D. Adams, Justin Sutherland

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The use of ozone in water treatment plants is expanding rapidly in the United States. Ozone offers excellent disinfection properties (including chlorine-resistant pathogens) and does not form trihalomethanes. Additionally, ozone can be used to achieve or control many other water quality parameters such as color, taste and odor, and inorganic and organic contaminant concentrations. Control of ozone's disinfection byproducts such as bromate (formed in high bromide waters) is required. This presentation will review the synergistic effects of ozone applicable to use in small water treatment plants.


Accumulation Of Heavy Metals By Vegetables Grown In Mine Wastes, George P. Cobb, Kristin Sands, Melissa Waters, Bobby G. Wixson, Elaine Dorward-King Jan 2000

Accumulation Of Heavy Metals By Vegetables Grown In Mine Wastes, George P. Cobb, Kristin Sands, Melissa Waters, Bobby G. Wixson, Elaine Dorward-King

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Lead, cadmium, arsenic, and zinc were quantified in mine wastes and in soils mixed with mine wastes. Metal concentrations were found to be heterogeneous in the wastes. Iceberg lettuce, Cherry Belle radishes, Roma bush beans, and Better Boy tomatoes were cultivated in mine wastes and in waste-amended soils. Lettuce and radishes had 100% survival in the 100% mine waste treatments compared to 0% and 25% survival for tomatoes and beans, respectively. Metal concentrations were determined in plant tissues to determine uptake and distribution of metals in the edible plant parts. Individual soil samples were collected beneath each plant to assess …


Ethics Exercises For Civil, Environmental, And Geological Engineers, Paul Michael Santi Jan 2000

Ethics Exercises For Civil, Environmental, And Geological Engineers, Paul Michael Santi

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The practices of civil, environmental, and geological engineering share many common ethical dilemmas. These fields typically require extensive interaction with clients and regulatory agencies, while dealing with unpredictable earth materials for design and uncertain design parameters. Consequently, a capstone design course must address not only technical issues, but also a wide range of ethical and behavioral issues. This study presents a series of exercises used in the classroom to teach these issues through dealing with "gray" ethical areas, concepts of advocacy and the use of compromise, relating specific stories to global concepts, proper behavior in the corporate environment, and the …


Crystal And Magnetic Structures Of Lani₅₋ₓmnₓ, Chiu-Ying Tai, G. K. Marasinghe, Oran Allan Pringle, William Joseph James, Muguo Chen, William B. Yelon, I. Dubenko, Naushad Ali, Ph. I'Héritier Jan 2000

Crystal And Magnetic Structures Of Lani₅₋ₓmnₓ, Chiu-Ying Tai, G. K. Marasinghe, Oran Allan Pringle, William Joseph James, Muguo Chen, William B. Yelon, I. Dubenko, Naushad Ali, Ph. I'Héritier

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The crystallographic and magnetic properties of LaN5-xMnx with x = 1, 1.5, and 2, have been investigated using x-ray and neutron diffraction, vibrating sample magnetometer and superconducting quantum interference device measurements. All the samples crystallize in the hexagonal CaCu5-type (P6/mmm) structure. Manganese atoms preferentially occupy the 3 g site in the LaNi5 structure. The bulk magnetization of the LaNi5-xMnx powder samples decreases rapidly as nickel is replaced by manganese. A ferrimagnetic model is applied to describe the magnetic structure of the LaNi5-xMnx samples for x = 1.5 and …


Plastic Manufacturing Process Selection Methodology Using Self-Organizing Map (Som)/Fuzzy Analysis, R. Raviwongse, Venkat Allada, T. Sandidge Jan 2000

Plastic Manufacturing Process Selection Methodology Using Self-Organizing Map (Som)/Fuzzy Analysis, R. Raviwongse, Venkat Allada, T. Sandidge

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

For plastic products, one of the crucial decisions made during the preliminary design stage is the selection of an appropriate manufacturing process. In many industries, the selection of the manufacturing process is primarily based on the empirical knowledge and past experience of the manufacturing personnel. This selection procedure may result in inconsistent or poor choices if the manufacturing personnel fail to map correctly the product characteristics with the manufacturing efficacy of various manufacturing processes. This paper presents an intelligent self-organizing map (SOM)/fuzzy-based model to aid designers in the selection of an appropriate plastic manufacturing process. The plastic part attributes are …


Fourier Based Three Phase Power Metering System, Scott C. Smith, M. J. Devaney Jan 2000

Fourier Based Three Phase Power Metering System, Scott C. Smith, M. J. Devaney

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The increased application of higher frequency nonlinear loads, such as electronic fluorescent ballasts and higher speed adjustable drives, has resulted in the need to monitor the higher power system harmonics which were largely ignored in earlier power monitors. Addressing this need requires a meter with substantially higher sample rate and greater computational power. This paper describes a zero-blind, three-phase, three-element power meter that samples three voltages and four currents at 256 points per cycle. The instrument relies on the FFT to compute real and reactive power at each harmonic and reports total real, reactive, and distortion power on each phase. …