A noncontact position and orientation measurement system includes at least four beacons disposed on a first object. Each beacon is operable to generate an optical signal. The system also includes a beacon controller operable ...

This dissertation develops a numerical solution to the problem of maximizing a polynomial, not necessarily concave, over the closure of a bounded domain in the n-dimensional Euclidean space. As an essential part of this ...

Traditionally, most consumers of electricity pay for their consumption according to a fixed-rate. The few existing implementations of real time pricing have been restricted to large industrial consumers, where the benefits ...

Monitoring the integrity of civil engineering structures is an imperative aspect of public safety, since structural failures can pose serious threats to life and property. Periodic inspection performed throughout the life ...

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Nondestructive damage detection methods provide beneficiary bases for planning an economical maintenance program for structures. Economically, detecting and repairing structural damages in their initial stage is desirable, ...

Well-built roads with longer service life and lesser life cycle cost are the key to meet the desired target of satisfying the public without compromising the quality of roads. Roads that are constructed and built with poor ...

Rail tunnel linings are currently visually inspected and hammer sounded on all structural elements at random locations or where visual inspection shows the need for it. These methods are good; however, there will not always ...

The use of stress waves in several civil engineering applications such as nondestructive testing of soil deposits or pavement systems has become extremely popular over the last few years. In all cases, a dynamic impulse ...

The study of the power of nondeterminism is central to complexity theory. However, it remains unclear how nondeterminism can be used to characterize computational optimization problems. In this dissertation, a "Guess-then- ...