Browsing by Subject "networks"
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(2017-06-26)This dissertation studies how the interconnectedness embedded in a firm’s economic environment shapes a variety of corporate policies, including (1) strategic investment, (2) discovery of sources of risk and its dissemination ...
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(2012-10-19)This thesis focuses on first generation college students and their unique social positions in social and institutional networks. First generation students are less likely to attend college than non-first generation ...
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(2008-05-27)Connectivity in sensor networks is an important metric that describes the capability of networks to be able to report sensed information. The ability of member nodes to communicate with each other and collectively report ...
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Information Theoretically Secure Enhanced Johnson Noise Based Key Distribution over the Smart Grid (2016-07-25)The imperative need for unconditionally secure key exchange is caused by the increasing connectivity of networks and by the increasing number and level of sophistication of cyberattacks. Two concepts that are information ...
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(2012-02-14)This dissertation establishes mathematical foundations for the properties exhibited by generalizations of cliques, as well as algorithms to find such objects in a network. Cliques are a model of an ideal group with roots ...
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(2013-09-26)Motion planning (MP) is the problem of finding a valid path (e.g., collision free) from a start to a goal state for a movable object. MP is a complex problem with a myriad of applications, ranging from robotics, to ...
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(2019-07-19)This dissertation is focused on certain clustering and partitioning problems in networks. We present a comprehensive study of the maximum independent union of cliques problem and its generalizations in uniform random graphs. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)In wireless mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), cooperation cannot be an im- plicit assumption anymore. Each profit-oriented network node has the intention to be selfish due to limited resource possession. In this dissertation, ...
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Using Social Network Analysis to Better Understand Compulsive Exercise Behaviors among College Women (2016-01-11)Compulsive exercise, or the drive to exercise despite physical, social, or emotional consequences, is a common precursor and symptom of eating disorders. College-aged women are at high risk of developing disordered behaviors ...
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A new design for virtual patching applications is presented for software defined network environments. Based on OpenFlow implementation, a software defined network can be programmed to intelligently detect threats and ...