Browsing by Subject "network analysis"
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The k-core of an undirected graph is the largest subgraph in which every vertex has a degree of at least some number k. Computing the k-core, also known as the k-core decomposition algorithm, has significant applications ...
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(2009-05-15)In recent years new ideas for nutrient management to control eutrophication in estuarine environments have been under consideration. One popular approach being considered in the Chesapeake Bay Program is called the “top ...
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Digital Game-Based Language Learning: Vocabulary Development among Young English Language Learners (2022-01-07)Vocabulary plays a pivotal role in language acquisition. According to Hunt and Beglar (2005, p.2), vocabulary is at “the heart of language comprehension.” It is widely accepted that an increase in vocabulary enhances the ...
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(2021-06-23)Fad dieting describes dieting methods that recommend altering the intake of macronutrients to specific proportions or avoiding particular foods altogether, often with the goal of rapid weight loss. Studies show social ...
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(2016-12-05)In this dissertation, we introduce several novel tools for cluster-based analysis of complex systems and design solution approaches to solve the corresponding optimization problems. Cluster-based analysis is a subfield of ...
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(2018-11-06)Jasmonic Acid (JA) is one of the important substances that associates with stomatal closure under drought stress for maize. In this project, we performed multiple network analyses to identify the expression patterns of JA ...
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(2017-07-26)This thesis develops network-based approaches to analysis and optimization of wind energy systems. The wind energy system is a complex system that produces a massive amount of wind speed data over time, characterized by ...
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(Frontiers of Engineering Management, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 533, 2018, 2018-11-29)This study aims to find appropriate locations for wind farms that can maximize the overall energy output while controlling the effects of wind speed variability. High wind speeds are required to obtain the maximum possible ...
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(2019-07-10)Past research has devoted lots of attention to exploring board functions, board composition, and board structures. However, our current knowledge on director mobility, including director selection and director exit, remains ...
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(2015-01-22)This dissertation presents three separate studies designed to examine how the different factors and determinants known to influence adolescent alcohol and tobacco use and the gender compositions of different adolescent ...
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(2014-04-11)This dissertation presents a brief history of community-based interventions to improve health, the assumptions when working at the community level health, and a review of notable community-based interventions. When using ...