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A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Algorithm for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle on Variable Terrain
(2016-12-12)
This thesis presents a Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller (NMPC) for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) capable of controlling the vehicle over both smooth and rough terrain using measurements from GPS and a Light Detection ...
Nonlinear Systems Control Using a Subset Stabilization Approach
(2006-05-15)
Numerous problems in nonlinear control systems are difficult or impossible to solve with commonly proposed methods of design. For such systems, we propose a two-loop control strategy that we call the subset stabilization ...
Nonlinear Tracking of Natural Mechanical Systems for HWIL Simulation
(2007-08-15)
Auburn University has entered into collaboration with the US Department of Defense for academic study and development of hardware-in-the-loop simulation laboratory. One aspect of this collaboration has been research into ...
Nonlocal Dispersal Equations and Convergence to Random Dispersal Equations
(2014-05-15)
This dissertation is devoted to the study of the dynamics of nonlocal and random dispersal evolution equations.
Dispersal evolution equations are widely used to model the diffusions of organisms or individuals in many ...
Nonlocal Dispersal Equations with Almost Periodic Dependence
(2022-07-28)
Nonlocal dispersal equations are used to model the population dynamics of species that exhibit long-range dispersal mechanisms. This model of spatial spread is obtained by replacing the Laplacian in the usual reaction-diffusion ...
Nonparametric Analysis of Temperature and Carbon Source Effects on vfr Gene Expression and Regulation
(2016-04-27)
Since temperatures and carbon sources are potential conditions that affect gene expression and regulation, experiments of vfr expression and regulation in the organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa were designed and performed to ...
Nonparametric Methods for Classification and Related Feature Selection Procedures
(2011-07-18)
One important application of gene expression microarray data is
classification of samples into categories, such as types of tumor.
Gene selection procedures become crucial since gene expression
data from DNA microarrays ...
Nonparametric Rank Based Inferences for Generalized Linear Models, Longitudinal Data Analysis, and Variable Selection
(2013-07-10)
Many relevant data sets from environmental sciences,biomedical sciences, finance, insurance, engineering, and many other disciplines have high-dimensionality, difficult to model dependence structure, outliers, and heavy ...
Normative Influences on the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Stimulants Among College Students
(2014-06-18)
Recent epidemiological data has indicated an increasing trend in the non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) among college students. NMUPD involves using a prescription medication without a prescription, or using the ...
“Not a Prayer except Ourselves”: Christian Theological Feminism in the Poetry of Frances Harper, Emily Dickinson, Vassar Miller, and Sharon Olds
(2011-11-21)
Luce Irigaray proposes the possibility of an ethical society in which woman is no longer subjugated to man’s concept of her identity but has an identity of her own. As Irigaray and other theological feminists have pointed ...
'Not so much written as dreamed': Quaker Dream-work in Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly
(2006-05-15)
The religious element of Charles Brockden Brown’s Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-walker (1799), and, specifically, the novel’s relationship with Quakerism, is often misunderstood, understated, or simply ignored by ...
Note Detection and Multiple Fundamental Frequency Estimation in Piano Recordings
(2015-12-10)
Automatic music transcription (AMT) is a difficult signal processing problem, which has, in the past decade or two, begun to receive proper treatment. An overview of the problem with a focus on the nature of music signals ...
The Nourishment of Assistant Principals: The Effective Development of Future School Principals in Alabama
(2016-01-11)
The assistant principalship is a vital and necessary pathway to the principalship. There are more demands for the principal to be the change agent for a school system and there is great concern about the quality of ...
Novel Analgesics and the Impact of Route of Administration in the Horse
(2019-12-05)
primary goal of this dissertation was to describe the disposition of novel analgesics and the impact of their administration on the equine patient. In order to support this aim, a novel, non-septic, transient model of ...
A novel and integrated process for the valorization of kraft lignin
(2022-07-28)
In this work, the main objective was to produce high value products from kraft lignin with an integrated approach in the pulp and paper industry. Production of vanillin, vanillic acid and bio-based vitrimers represent the ...
Novel Approach for Assessment and Mitigation of Heat-Stress Effects
(2013-10-21)
We have characterized the efficacy of a Bacillus subtilis probiotic strain for the prevention of heat stress-related complications in rats. It has been shown that pre-treatment of rats with probiotic bacteria prevented ...
A Novel Approach to Building Surrogate Models of Stochastic Simulations
(2022-07-28)
High-fidelity simulations represent the processes and phenomena in a detailed manner. However, they are generally computationally expensive to evaluate for optimization and sensitivity analysis applications. Additionally, ...
Novel Approaches for Cancer Subtypes Discovery and Pathway Analysis
(2024-04-15)
Complex diseases, particularly cancer, encompass a wide range of disorders, from ag- gressive and lethal to indolent lesions with low or delayed potential for progression to death. Treatment options and success heavily ...
Novel Approaches for Microelectronics Security and Test
(2021-08-05)
Due to the globalization in semiconductor industry, the cost of maintaining a foundry is enormous. Hence, most integrated circuit (IC) design houses have become fabless. Typically, a design house acquires multiple third ...
Novel Approaches to Creating Robust Globally Convergent Algorithms for Numerical Optimization
(2009-11-13)
Two optimization algorithms are presented, each of which seeks to effectively combine the desirable characteristics of gradient descent and evolutionary computation into a single robust algorithm. The first method, termed ...