<p>Game theory involves the study of how self-interested agents interact in various settings. Perhaps the best-known game theoretic solution concept is that of Nash equilibrium. However, Nash equilibrium makes a number ...
<p>In many multiagent settings, a decision must be made based on the preferences of multiple agents, and agents may lie about their preferences if this is to their benefit. In mechanism design, the goal is to design ...
<p>Uncovering the DNA regulatory logic in complex organisms has been one of the important goals of modern biology in the post-genomic era. The sequencing of multiple genomes in combination with the advent of DNA microarrays ...
<p>The immune system is constantly faced with the daunting task of protecting the host from a large number of ever-evolving pathogens. In vertebrates, the immune response results from the interplay of two cellular systems: ...
<p>Pathogens and host immune systems use strikingly similar methods of diversification. Mechanisms such as point mutations and recombination help pathogens escape the host immune system and similar mechanisms help the host ...
<p>Epidural cortical stimulation (ECS) is a developing therapy for many neurological disorders. However, the mechanisms by which ECS has its effects are unknown, and this lack of understanding has limited the development ...
<p>Interactions between nucleic acid substrates and the proteins and enzymes that bind and catalyze them are ubiquitous and essential for reading, writing, replicating, repairing, and regulating the genomic code by the ...
<p>This dissertation explores computational optical imaging methods to circumvent the physical limitations of classical sensing. An ideal imaging system would maximize resolution in time, spectral bandwidth, three-dimensional ...
<p>The emerging theory of compressed sensing has been nothing short of a revolution in signal processing, challenging some of the longest-held ideas in signal processing and leading to the development of exciting new ways ...
<p>This dissertation describes three computational sensors. The first sensor is a scanning multi-spectral aperture-coded microscope containing a coded aperture spectrometer that is vertically scanned through a microscope ...
Quasicrystalline compounds (QC) have been shown to have lower friction compared to other structures of the same constituents. The abscence of structural interlocking when two QC surfaces slide against one another yields ...
<p>Vocal learning is the ability modify vocal output based on auditory input and is the basis of human speech acquisition. It is shared by few distantly related bird and mammal orders, and is thus very likely to be an ...
<p>For at least two thousand years, voting has been used as one of the most effective ways to aggregate people's ordinal preferences. In the last 50 years, the rapid development of Computer Science has revolutionize every ...
<p>This dissertation investigates computational methods for macroeconomic asset pricing models. It demonstrates that advances in economic modeling often require advances in computation and highlights a particular case where ...
<p>Breast cancer screening is currently performed by mammography, which is limited by overlying anatomy and dense breast tissue. Computer aided detection (CADe) systems can serve as a double reader to improve radiologist ...
<p>Sudden death from arrhythmia is a major cause of mortality in the United States. Unfortunately, no current diagnostic test can accurately predict risk for sudden arrhythmic death. Because ventricular arrhythmias often ...
This dissertation describes instability as a problem with a variety of sources and explains Publius' contribution to understanding the importance of these problems for politics and political theory. Using the Federalist ...
<p>Abstract</p><p>INTRODUCTION</p><p>Clergy are a dynamic group of the population: they point people to God, navigate social and spiritual waters, provide advice and guidance, and teach and visit parishioners. Research ...
Condition Based Maintenance of Lead Acid Batteries and Environmental Responsibility
By
Asgeir Kristoffersen
May 2010
The increase in demand for electrical energy is putting pressure on outdated utility infrastructures ...