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On Approximation Of Fuzzy Sets By Crisp Sets: From Continuous Control-Oriented Defuzzification To Discrete Decision Making, Hung T. Nguyen, Witold Pedrycz, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In this paper, we show that the necessity to make crisp decisions in uncertain (fuzzy) situations leads to the necessity to "approximate" fuzzy sets by crisp sets. We show that seemingly natural approximation ideas - such as using alpha-cut for a given alpha - often do not work, and we describe new approximations which not only work, but which are optimal in some reasonable sense

Applications Of Secondary Electron Energy- And Angular-Distributions To Spacecraft Charging, Neal Nickles, R. E. Davies, John R. Dennison

All Physics Faculty Publications

Secondary electron (SE) emission from spacecraft surfaces as a result of energetic electron bombardment is a key process in the electrical charging of spacecraft. It has been suggested that incorporating more complete knowledge of the energy- and angular-distributions of secondary electrons is necessary to fully model how SE emission and spacecraft charging are affected by re-adsorption of low energy electrons in the presence of charge-induced electrostatic fields and ambient magnetic fields in the spacecraft environment. We present data for such energy- and angular-distributions from sputtered, polycrystalline gold surfaces. The data are compared to empirical SE emission models and found to …

Baldur's Gate Ii - Maps & Benchmark Problems, Nathan R. Sturtevant, Bioware Corp

Moving AI Lab: 2D Maps and Benchmark Problems

Maps extracted by Yngvi Björnsson from Baldur's Gate II with explicit permission from BioWare Corp. for use and distribution as benchmark problems.

Contains 75 maps and benchmark problem sets scaled to 512 x 512 and 120 original scale maps.

Math 152.05: Calculus I, Evan B. Wantland

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Adopting Standards For Technology Education, Theodore Lewis

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Faculty Newsnotes 2000 No. 330, Office Of The Provost

Faculty Newsnotes (1972-2010)

No abstract provided.

Stochastic Hybrid Control, A. Bensoussan, J. L. Menaldi

Mathematics Faculty Research Publications

The objective of this paper is to study the stochastic version of a previous paper of the authors, in which hybrid control for deterministic systems was considered. The modelling is quite similar to the deterministic case. We have a system whose state is composed of a continuous part and a discrete part. They are affected by a continuous type control and an impulse control. The dynamics is moreover perturbed by noise, also a continuous and a discrete noise process. The Markovian character of the state process is preserved. We develop the model and show how the dynamic programming approach leads …

Editorial, N Balasubramanian

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Legal Issues In E-Commerce, Sanjiv Rawell, Shakeel Kudrolli

IIMB Management Review

The Internet revolution is here to stay. The medium is dynamic, interactive, and global. Though it originated for use by defence and academic institutions to share information, it is now integrating the people of the world into a true global village. India's spirit of enterprise seems to have manifested itself through Information Technology (IT). Success stories of Indians in the Silicon Valley are legion, and they seem to be infecting people here in India. Young men with great visions, fantastic business plans and solid teamwork are setting up. businesses using the Net as the gateway to a global presence.
                 What …

Economics And Strategic Management: Bridging The Divide, Rakesh Singh

IIMB Management Review

There has always been a great divide between economic theory and management theory. On the one hand, most business schools put basic economics on their curriculum and insist on compulsory courses in the subject.  On the other hand, management theorists have found economics too abstract to be useful. Economists have always tried to run clown the case study approach as lacking in rigour and have criticized management's approach of generality.

Utah State University Ground-Based Test Facility For Study Of Electronic Properties Of Spacecraft Materials, W. Y. Chang, John R. Dennison, Neal Nickles, R. E. Davies

All Physics Faculty Publications

Materials used for spacecraft and space structures in near-Earth orbit are subject to severe environmental effects including high vacuum conditions, hot and cold extremes temperature, strongly oxidizing atomic oxygen environments, and high fluxes of energetic electrons, ions, neutrals and photons. Instrumentation developed at Utah State University is designed to simulate, at least to some level, all of these conditions and to study charged particle and photon interactions with spacecraft surfaces. The facilities are particularly well suited to study electron emission as related to spacecraft charging, including secondary and backscattered yields, energy-spectra, and angleresolved measurements as a function of incident energy, …

Sistem Perpustakaan Maya (Pengkhususan Kertas-Kertas Teknikal), Talib Noor Azimah

Student Works (2000-2009)

Perkembangan teknologi pada masa kini begitu pantas berlari mengikut arus peredaran zaman. Pelbagai perisian sistem yang telah dihasilkan mengikut keperluan, kehendak dan kesesuaian masa. Keadaan inilah yang telah memungkinkan pembangunan sebuah Sistem Perpustakaan Maya (SPMA) di mana ia merupakan sistem bermaklumat secara atas talian (online). SPMA merupakan sebuah sistem di atas talian yang memainkan peranan bagi membekalkan pelbagai sumber maklumat berbentuk kertas teknikal (technical paper) seperti yang dikehendaki oleh pengguna. Sistem ini dibangunkan di atas talian adalah bertujuan supaya ia boleh dicapai oleh para pengguna dari seluruh dunia. Matlamat utama sistem ini adalah bagi membantu memudahkan pengguna di dalam mencapai …

Beneficial Use Of Dredge Material For Tampa Bay Bottom Habitat Restoration, Tampa Baywatch, Inc.

Reports

A brief description of each site is included in the text, with contact information where available. The 11 sites were selected due to their location, potential for restoration, active projects under development, public safety issues and proximity to a source of fill material. Again, the survey is intended to be a starting point. All sites will require an extensive evaluation, including opportunities for public input, before restoration plans can move forward.

The Labyrinth Of Sin And Vico’S String Of Ariadne, Jennifer Deslongchamp

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Providence: Studies In Western Civilization Fall/Winter 2000, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Catholic Social Ecology: A Reply To Bookchin, Theodore Nunez

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 32, No.3 September 2000

The Prairie Naturalist

SPECIAL FEATURE: LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN

PREFACE ▪ C. E. Braun

NOTE ON SPECIAL FEATURES

POPULATION STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN IN COLORADO ▪ K. M. Giesen

STATUS OF NESTING HABITAT FOR LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN IN NEW MEXICO ▪ J. A. Bailey, J. Klingel, and C. A. Davis

STATUS OF THE LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN IN NEW MEXICO, 1999 ▪ . J. A. Bailey, and S. O. Williams III

DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION TREND OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN IN KANSAS ▪ W. E. Jensen, D A. Robinson. Jr and R. D. Applegate

REVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL AND PRESENT STATUS OF THE LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) IN …

Interactive 3-D Visualization: A Tool For Seafloor Navigation, Exploration, And Engineering, Larry A. Mayer, Mark Paton, Lindsay Gee, James V. Gardner, Colin Ware

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Recent years have seen remarkable advances in sonar technology, positioning capabilities, and computer processing power that have revolutionized the way we image the seafloor. The massive amounts of data produced by these systems present many challenges but also offer tremendous opportunities in terms of visualization and analysis. We have developed a suite of interactive 3-D visualization and exploration tools specifically designed to facilitate the interpretation and analysis of very large (10's to 100's of megabytes), complex, multi-component spatial data sets. If properly georeferenced and treated, these complex data sets can be presented in a natural and intuitive manner that allows …

The Probe, Issue 212 – September/October 2000

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

A Message From Our New President -- Dr. Michael Conover
An Update on AVMA's Euthanasia Guidelines -- Robert H. Schmidt,
Some residents of Colorado want to start an emergency bear feeding program. Local wildlife officials say this idea is ridiculous and would only serve to make the bears more dependent on humans.
Bureau of Alcholhol Tobacco & Firearms Halts Sales of Pyrotechnics by the Reed-Joseph International Company of Greenville Mississippi.
The North American Animal Liberation Front (ALF) took responsibility for an early morning break-in and subsequent release of lab animals at a Genesis Laboratories facility in Wellington, Colorado
NEW YORK …

A Nonlinear Parabolic Equation Modelling Surfactant Diffusion, Xinfu Chen, Chaocheng Huang, Jennifer Zhao

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

An initial-boundary value problem for nonlinear parabolic equations modelling surfactant diffusions is investigated. The boundary conditions are of nonlinear adsorptive types, and the initial value has a single point jump. We study the well-posedness of the problem, the convergence of a numerical scheme, and the regularity as well as quantitative behaviour of solutions.

Photoluminescence Measurements From The Two Polar Faces Of Zno, R. E. Sherriff, D. C. Reynolds, David C. Look, B. Jogai, J. E. Hoelscher, T. C. Collins, G. Cantwell, W. C. Harsch

Physics Faculty Publications

The crystal structure of ZnO is wurtzite and the stacking sequence of atomic layers along the “c” axis is not symmetric. As a result, a ZnO crystal surface that is normal to the c axis exposes one of two distinct polar faces, with (0001̄) being considered the O face and (0001) the Zn face. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements on the two faces reveal a striking difference. Two transitions are observed in PL that are dominant from the O face and barely observed in PL from the Zn face. These lines are identified as phonon replicas of a particular D …

The Use Of Equitable Tools In Freeway Construction Litigation, Lance Wilfred Shoemaker

Transportation Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Speleo Spiel, No. 321, August-September 2000, Jamie Allison

Speleo Spiel

Editorial -- Upcoming Meetings and Trips -- Club Matters – Notice of the AGM -- VALE, Des Lyons -- The 4th Annual STC Dinner -- Notice of the AGM -- Objections to the Mt. Cripps EL -- Burning Down the House -- AGM Nomination Form & Membership Renewal Form -- De-rigging Khaza Dum -- Scratch Pot Survey -- Exit Cave System Fully Restored -- JF5 AND JF69 – Piecing Together More of the KD Puzzle -- Wolf Hole -- Satan's Lair -- The P-Hanger Project -- A Complete List of all the Known Mole Creek Caves -- STC Warehouse Sales …

Cross-National Women's Economic Equality In 1993, Joshua Lloyd

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

Uah Student Handbook 2000-2002, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

Student Handbooks

No abstract provided.

Pride Water Quality Assessment Report: I. Problems And Programs, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute. University Of Kentucky

KWRRI Research Reports

This report provides an overview of the water quality problems and associated state and federal programs in the 40 counties that make up the PRIDE region. The 2000 Kentucky 305(b) stream assessment has identified over 1000 miles of impaired stream within the region. The major cause of pollution in the region is related to problems with pathogens. Much of these problems are related to straight pipes and failing septic and wastewater systems. It has been estimated that there are over 35,000 straight pipes and failing septic systems in the PRIDE region. A second major environmental impact in the region is …

Pride Water Quality Assessment Report: Iii. Existing And Proposed Monitoring Network, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, University Of Kentucky

KWRRI Research Reports

This document provides a recommendation for proposed sampling sites in support of the general water quality assessment of the 40 county PRIDE region. A general assessment of the associated environmental problems and programs in the region can be found in the companion report: PRIDE Water Quality Assessment Report I: Problems and Programs while the report PRIDE Water Quality Assessment Report II: Chemical, Biological and Habitat Assessments provides a 10 year baseline assessment of environmental conditions in the region as measured by indicators of pH, fecal coliforms, habitat assessment, and macro-invertebrate assessment.

Pride Water Quality Assessment Report: Ii. Chemical, Biological And Habitat Assessments, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, University Of Kentucky

KWRRI Research Reports

The efficient utilization of federal funds in improving the water quality and aquatic habitat of the region requires a mechanism for assessing and evaluating the impacts of the proposed and ongoing projects as well as some mechanism for prioritizing the allocation of additional funds. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of these projects it is important to provide a formal monitoring and assessment program based on sound scientific principles. This report provides an initial 10 year baseline assessment of the existing water quality conditions in the 40 county PRIDE·region for the purpose of evaluating the impacts of the PRIDE programs …

Catalog, 2000-2001, Roger Williams University

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

South Dakota State University Graduate Bulletin 2000-2002, South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University Catalogs and Bulletins: 1935 to present

No abstract provided.