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Modeling And Analysis Of Social Networks, Robert S. Renfro Ii

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation develops new methods for the modeling and analysis of social networks. Social networks describe the complex relationships of individuals and groups in multiple overlapping contexts. Influence in a social network impacts behavior and decision making in every setting in which individuals participate. This study defines a methodology for modeling and analyzing this complex behavior using a Flow-Model representation. Multiple objectives in an influencing effort targeted at a social network are modeled using Goal Programming. Value Focused Thinking is applied to model influence and predict decisions based on the reaction of the psychological state of individuals to environmental stimuli. …

Ccd Photometry Of The Classic Second-Parameter Globular Clusters M3 And M13, Soo-Chang Rey, Suk-Jin Yoon, Young-Wook Lee, Brian Chaboyer, Ata Sarajedini

Dartmouth Scholarship

We present high-precision V, B-V color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for the classic second-parameter globular clusters M3 and M13 from wide-field, deep CCD photometry. The data for the two clusters were obtained during the same photometric nights with the same instrument, allowing us to determine accurate relative ages. Based on a differential comparison of the CMDs using the Δ(B-V) method, an age difference of 1.7 ± 0.7 Gyr is obtained between these two clusters. We compare this result with our updated horizontal-branch (HB) population models, which confirm that the observed age difference can produce the …

Dual Heuristic Programming For Fuzzy Control, George G. Lendaris, Thaddeus T. Shannon, Larry J. Schultz, Steven Hutsell, Alec Rogers

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

Overview material for the Special Session (Tuning Fuzzy Controllers Using Adaptive Critic Based Approximate Dynamic Programming) is provided. The Dual Heuristic Programming (DHP) method of Approximate Dynamic Programming is described and used to the design a fuzzy control system. DHP and related techniques have been developed in the neurocontrol context but can be equally productive when used with fuzzy controllers or neuro-fuzzy hybrids. This technique is demonstrated by designing a temperature controller for a simple water bath system. In this example, we take advantage of the TSK model framework to initialize the tunable parameters of our plant model with reasonable …

Mobile-Agent Versus Client/Server Performance: Scalability In An Information-Retrieval Task, Robert S. Gray, David Kotz, Ronald A. Peterson, Joyce Barton, Daria Chacon, Peter Gerken, Martin Hofmann, Jeffrey Bradshaw, Maggie Breedy, Renia Jeffers, Niranjan Suri

Dartmouth Scholarship

Building applications with mobile agents often reduces the bandwidth required for the application, and improves performance. The cost is increased server workload. There are, however, few studies of the scalability of mobile-agent systems. We present scalability experiments that compare four mobile-agent platforms with a traditional client/server approach. The four mobile-agent platforms have similar behavior, but their absolute performance varies with underlying implementation choices. Our experiments demonstrate the complex interaction between environmental, application, and system parameters.

Volume 37 - Issue 9 - Friday, November 30, 2001, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

School Choice Policies In The Political Spectacle, Linda Miller-Kahn, Mary Lee Smith

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

This article presents research on school choice. It takes the case of a school district in Boulder, Colorado, through the decade of the 1990s and shows how interest groups took advantage of federal, state, and district policies meant to promote school choice and molded them into a system of schools that met individualistic interests rather than the common good. Extensive interviewing and analysis of documents and media reports served as sources of evidence. The authors argue that district officials accommodated the demands of elite groups of parents to transform the district. ...

November 30, 2001, Council On Graduate Studies

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 09/50 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

School choice policies in the political spectacle : Linda Miller-Kahn [and] Mary Lee Smith.

Volume 39, Number 14: November 30, 2001, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, November 30, 2001

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Design And Evaluation Of Processes For Fuel Fabrication: Quarterly Progress Report #1, Georg F. Mauer

Fuels Campaign (TRP)

The first three months of the project covered the following:

• Literature review: A comprehensive study of the pertinent publications pertaining to transmuter fuels composition and manufacturing processes was conducted.

• Visit at ANL West in Idaho Falls, ID: Dr. Mauer visited the ANL West facility and met with his National Laboratory Collaborator, Dr. Mitchell K. Meyer, Group Leader, Fabrication Development on October 14 and 15, 2001.

• Student Paper Presentation at the ANS Annual Meeting by Ph.D. student Mr. Jae-Kyu Lee. Title: Transmuter Fuel Fabrication Processes.

Unocal Donates Avila Pier, Endowment To Cal Poly For New Marine Science Center, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Exponent Vol. 33, No. 13, 2001-11-29, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

2001

No abstract provided.

Western News, Nov. 29, 2001, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Upton Fellow's focus will be local history, New book by Cooley reveals feminine side of Mark Twain's writing, Seth honored by recreation professionals at state meeting, Cox heads Printing pilot Plant, On Campus with Kim Peters, Elements of 'Kalamazoo Lost &. Found' uncovered in new architectural history of area, Latvian study trip planned for May.

Billings, Leon Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Leon Billings was born in Helena, Montana on November 19, 1937. His parents were Harry and Gretchen Billings. His father was an editor and publisher of a progressive newspaper; his mother was a crusading journalist. He graduated from high school in Helena, Montana in 1955, and then attended Reed College for one year in Portland, Oregon. He completed his undergraduate studies and took graduate courses toward an M.A. at the University of Montana at Missoula. Billings worked as a reporter and organizer for farm groups in Montana and California. He met his first wife, Pat, in California. They married in …

November 29, 2001, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Illinois State University Report, November 29, 2001, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, November 29-30, 2001

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on November 29-30, 2001.

The Alestle - Vol. 54. No. 27 - 11/29/2001, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 54 No. 27

Non-Target Impacts Of Strychnine Baiting To Reduce Pocket Gopher Populations On Forest Lands In The United States, Dale L. Nolte, Kimberly Wagner

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Reforestation efforts are often severely hindered on sites that contain high populations of pocket gophers (Thmmysspp). Strychnine baiting is a technique used to suppress pocket gopher populations until seedlings are established. Strychnine bait is applied below ground in pocket gopher burrows, however, primary and secondary hazards remain a concern. A study to assess primary hazards indicated that some individual rodents died post strychnine baiting but there was not a long-term negative impact on non-target rodent populations. Possible secondary hazards reflect the potential for predators OT scavengers to encounter poisoned pocket gophers. Concerns that pocket gophers may surface before …

November 28, 2001 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 28, 2001

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Usa V. Antico

2001 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The Statesman, V. 45, I. 21, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 45, i. 21

Corrosion Of Steel In Sea-Bottom Mud Of Nothern China Sea Area, Gong-Yu Guo, Jing-Lei Zhang, Bao-Rong Hou, Fang-Ying Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Corrosion experiments of A₃, 16Mn, 20^# as well as ZCE36-225 steel were carriedout in southern Bohai sea and Qingdao sea areas. The sea-bottom mud in southern Bohai sea areais the sandy mud and that in Qingdao sea area is pure beach sand. In this experiment, the compareing test of two modes with electric connected and non-electric connected modes was carriedout. The experiment results showed that: 1) The corrosion rate of steel in sea-bottom mud has astrong relation with mud types. The corrosion rates of steels in pure beach sand are much higherthan those in sandy mud. 2) …

Electrosynthesis Of A New Electroactive Poly(2,2'-Diaminophenyloxydisulfide), Yu-Zhi Su, Yan-Wen Rao, Ye Yang, Mei-Bing Chen, Yin-Ling Qiu, Yong-Hua Zhang, Ke-Cheng Gong

Journal of Electrochemistry

A new electroactive poly (2,2' diaminophenyloxydisulfide) (PDAPD) was successfully synthesized from acetonitrile(AN)/tetrahydrofuran (THF) solutions containing the supporting electrolyte (LiClO₄) and the various kinds of acids (HCl, CF₃COOH, CCl₃COOH) on Pt electrode by consecutive cyclic voltammiry. The effects of the concentrations of supporting electrolyte (LiClO₄) and acid (HCl, CF₃COOH, CCl₃COOH) on electrodepositon of PDAPD film were investigated. The best experimental conditions for electrosynthesis of a highly electroactive conducting polymer film are that the concentrations are 0.1 mol/L and between 0.05 mol/L～0.5 mol/L,respectively for LiClO₄ and HCl.

Studies On The Anti-Corrosion Behavior Of Corrosion Inhibitor To The Ship Building Steel In Moist Air, Yong-Tao Zhao, Jian-Hua Wu, Jia Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The anti corrosion behavior of 907A steel, which were covered with thin inibitor layers in moist air, were simulated, The electrochemical measurements, including EIS method and the coulostatic method, were used to atmospheric corrosion monitor (ACM) under thin inhibitor layers to study the mechanism of rust preventiion. the results shown that the mechanism of inhibiting corrosion was different from the steel immersed in inhibitor solutin, the anodic reaction process under thin inhibitor layers had the advantage over that of cathodic for blocking the speed of corrosion. At the later stage of soaking, the blend feature due to the electrochemical process …

The Investigation Of Prepare Condition For Micropores Membranes From Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride), Xu-Mei Ren, Feng Wu, Ying Bai, Hang-Jun Li, Xue-Jie Huang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The micropores membranes from Poly (vinylidene fluoride) were prepared by the phase inversion process. The effects of the casting solution composition, exposure time prior to coagulation and temperature of the coagulation bath on properties of prepared membranes were investigated. For all prepared membranes an asymmetric structure, sometimes without a dense skin layer, was observed.

An Investigation Of Structural Properties Of Li-Al-Mixed Doped Spinels Materials Li 1+XAlYMn Z-YO4, Zi-Shan Zheng, Zi-Long Tang, Zhong-Tai Zhang, Wan-Ci Sheng

Journal of Electrochemistry

Al and Li elements were co-doped into host spinel lithium manganese oxide by a simple and economical preparation technology. There was an investigation of the influence of doped Al contents on the initial capacity and cycling performance of the materials. The investigation of the XRD patterns, the analysis of the SEM micrographs and the determination of IR spectroscopy showed that the particles of dopant materials are fine, narrowly distributed and well crystallized, and the bonds Mn-O are stronger than these of undoped materials. The resulted materials have a high initial capacity of 119 mAh/g and good cycling characterization. The capacity …

Studies On The Properties Of The Anodic Films Formed On Lead- Lanthanum And Lead-Samarium Alloys In Sulfuric Acid Solution, Hou-Tian Liu, Chun-Xuao Yang, Hai-Heng Liang, Jiong Yang, Wei-Fang Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

AC voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry, and cyclic voltammetry were applied to study the anodic corrosion of Pb, Pb-1.0 at% La and Pb-1.0 at% Sm electrodes in 4.5 mol·dm^-3 H₂SO₄ solution (25 ℃). The experiment results show that samarium can inhibit the anodic corrosion of lead and decrease the impedance of anodic Pb(Ⅱ) film. Lanthanum can also decrease the impedance of the anodic Pb(Ⅱ)film, but the effect is smaller.