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Learning Average Reward Irreducible Stochastic Games: Analysis And Applications, Jun, Li

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A large class of sequential decision making problems under uncertainty with multiple competing decision makers/agents can be modeled as stochastic games. Stochastic games having Markov properties are called Markov games or competitive Markov decision processes. This dissertation presents an approach to solve non cooperative stochastic games, in which each decision maker makes her/his own decision independently and each has an individual payoff function. In stochastic games, the environment is nonstationary and each agent's payoff is affected by joint decisions of all agents, which results in the conflict of interest among the decision makers.

In this research, the theory of Markov …

Infrastructure For Performance Tuning Mpi Applications, Kathryn Marie Mohror

Dissertations and Theses

Clusters of workstations are becoming increasingly popular as a low-budget alternative for supercomputing power. In these systems, message-passing is often used to allow the separate nodes to act as a single computing machine. Programmers of such systems face a daunting challenge in understanding the performance bottlenecks of their applications. This is largely due to the vast amount of performance data that is collected, and the time and expertise necessary to use traditional parallel performance tools to analyze that data.

The goal of this project is to increase the level of performance tool support for message-passing application programmers on clusters of …

The Advocate, November 13, 2003, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Welsh, William "Bill" Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

William Brownlee Welsh was born in Munfordville, Kentucky, on September 18, 1924. His mother, Mary Cox Welsh, was in charge of dining halls at Berea College in Kentucky. His father, Benjamin Tibbetts Welsh, worked in a labor program in Berea. William grew up around Berea and eventually attended Berea College. However, Welsh split time during his childhood between Kentucky and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where his grandfather worked on a dairy farm. Welsh spent every summer of his youth in Boothbay Harbor with his grandfather, until he went away to fight in World War II for three or four years. Welsh …

The Bg News November 13, 2003, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 13, 2003. Volume 94-Issue 56.

Meeting Notes 2003-11-13 [Part A] , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Meeting Notes 2003-11-13 [Part B] , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

November 13, 2003, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, November 13, 2003, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2003

No abstract provided.

3d Molecular Structures: Patentable Subject Matter Under 35 U.S.C. §101?, Ben Quarmby

Duke Law & Technology Review

With the advent of protein engineering, the determination of a protein’s 3D structure has taken on a whole new importance. This has prompted some to call for the United States Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] to break with tradition and allow patents on the three-dimensional structural information of proteins. This iBrief will discuss whether such information would constitute patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101, and how much protection patents on this information could actually confer.

Spectator 2003-11-13, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Parametric Modeling Of Tooling: Workpiece Interaction With Engineered Abrasives, Hitesh Kataria

Theses

Abrasive processes are some of the most important operations employed in manufacturing to remove unwanted material and introduce desired geometry and surface finish. However, some of the difficulties encountered when trying to model abrasive process are related to a multi-point of contact tooling composed of extremely hard and brittle particles which geometry, shape and distribution are unknown. With the introduction of engineered abrasives to the market over the past few years, the opportunity to drastically improve the quality and consistency of abrasive machining now exists. One of the main benefits of engineered abrasives is the ability to control the abrasive …

Spartan Daily, November 13, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 121, Issue 54

Pipeline Task Scheduling On Network Processors, Mark A. Franklin, Seema Data

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

Chip Multi-Processors (CMPs) are now available in a variety of systems and provide the opportunity for achieving high computational performance by exploiting application-level parallelism. In the communications environment, network processors (NPs), designed around CMP architectures, are generally usable in a pipelined manner. This leads to the issue of scheduling tasks on processor pipelines. This paper considers problems associated with determining optimal schedules for such pipelines. A system and algorithm called Greedy Pipe is presented. The algorithm employs a greedy heuristic to schedule tasks derived from multiple application flows on pipelines with an arbitrary number of stages. Tasks may be shared, …

Simple Models For Predicting Dune Erosion Hazards Along The Outer Banks Of North Carolina, Lauren Mckinnon Wetzell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Hurricane hazards result from the combined processes of wind, waves, storm surge, and overwash (Lennon et al., 1996). Predicting the severity of these hazards requires immense effort to quantify the processes and then predict how different coastal regions respond to them. A somewhat simpler, but no less daunting task is to begin to predict the hazards due to potential erosion of barrier islands. A four-part scale has been developed by Sallenger (2000) to provide a framework for understanding how barrier islands might respond during extreme storm events. These four regimes describe how beach and dune elevations interact with surge and …

The Cowl - Vol 67 - No. 12 - Nov 13, 2003

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 12 - November 13, 2003. 24 pages.

The Colby Echo (2003-11-13), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Distributed Supervisory Control Of Workflows, Pranav Deshpande

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The need for redesigning existing business processes to improve their efficiency makes it essential to adequately represent, study, and automate them. The WFMC defines "workflow" as computerized facilitation or automation of a business process in whole or part. It is actually a representation of the given process, which is made up of well-defined collection of activities called tasks.

Modeling and specification of a workflow involves the following steps: 1) Provide formalism for modeling and specification of workflow 2) specify the tasks together with the associated information and 3) enter the applicable business rules in form of inter-task dependencies.

Earlier …

A Vlsi Architecture For Rijndael, The Advanced Encryption Standard, Naga M. Kosaraju

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The increasing application of cryptographic algorithms to ensure secure communications across virtual networks has led to an ever-growing demand for high performance hardware implementations of the encryption/decryption methods. The inevitable inclusion of the cryptographic algorithms in network communications has led to the development of several encryption standards, one of the prominent ones among which, is the Rijndael, the Advanced Encryption Standard. Rijndael was chosen as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) by the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST), in October 2000, as a replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). This thesis presents the architecture for the VLSI implementation …

Kinematic Analysis And Evaluation Of Wheelchair Mounted Robotic Arms, Edward Jacob Mccaffrey

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this thesis is the kinematic analysis and evaluation of wheelchair mounted robotic arms. More specifically, to address the kinematics of the wheelchair mounted robotic arm (WMRA) with respect to its ability to reach positions commonly required by an assistive device in activities of daily living (ADL).

A robotic manipulator attached to a power wheelchair could enhance the manipulation functions of an individual with a disability. In this thesis, a procedure is developed for the kinematic analysis and evaluation of a wheelchair mounted robotic arm. In addition to developing the analytical procedure, the manipulator is evaluated, and design …

The Missouri Miner, November 13, 2003

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Campus Chronicle (Vol. 6, No. 14), Valparaiso University

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, November 13, 2003, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Volume 95 Issue 12, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Liberal Arts In Science Education, Steven C. Bahls

Speeches and Statements

No abstract provided.

11/12/2003 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 11/12/2003. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

November 12, 2003 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Robert Detweiler Named Cal Poly Interim Provost, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2000s

No abstract provided.

The Chronicle, Katie Jost, Christina Dalrymple, Amber Bryant-Tapper, Erica Shorkey-Brumm, Heather Kilby, Corey Rolffs, Eric Gookin, Daniel Statterly, Jeremy Thompson, Rosalinda Escaran, Jessica Hofeldt, Alyssa Hesley, Antoine Smith, Amber Moyer, Angela Skalsky, Janelle Tomlinson, Ethan Clarkson, Michael Cooper, Katherne Fulton, Bevan Lucas, Jenny Stanley, Julie Roosa

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.