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Universiteit Utrecht
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Berge, L.A. van den.
Improving simulations by combining imperfect models through learning.
Degree: 2010, Universiteit Utrecht
URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/190314 
► With the uprising climate problems like the warming due to greenhouse gasses, the need for future climate scenarios is growing fast. Many state of the…
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▼ With the uprising climate problems like the warming due to greenhouse gasses, the need for future climate scenarios is growing fast. Many state of the art climate models exist, but they are imperfect and give a large variaty of future scenarios. In this thesis we try to find a way to improve the predictions of climate models by combining them. Multiple imperfect models will exchange information during the simulations and are combined into a super-model. The idea is not only that the imperfect models can use each others strengths, but also that synchronization between the models can occur, such that a mutual prediction results. The objective is to find a way to let models exchange information such that the resulting super-model gives a better prediction than any of the separate imperfect models. A learning process is developed to objectively determine the exchange of information between the models. The approach is tested on small chaotic dynamical systems that have similar properties as the atmosphere.
The system with standard parameter values is regarded as truth and three imperfect models are created by perturbing these parameter values. By using the small chaotic dynamical systems we can use the information of the truth to see how well the approach works.
Advisors/Committee Members: Selten, F., Hanßmann, H..
Subjects/Keywords: climate models; chaos theory; similations
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Berge, L. A. v. d. (2010). Improving simulations by combining imperfect models through learning. (Masters Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht. Retrieved from http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/190314
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Berge, L A van den. “Improving simulations by combining imperfect models through learning.” 2010. Masters Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/190314.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Berge, L A van den. “Improving simulations by combining imperfect models through learning.” 2010. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Berge LAvd. Improving simulations by combining imperfect models through learning. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/190314.
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Berge LAvd. Improving simulations by combining imperfect models through learning. [Masters Thesis]. Universiteit Utrecht; 2010. Available from: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/190314
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McCarthy, Adrienne Leigh.
Chaos Criminology: A Critical Inquiry.
Degree: MS, Justice Studies, 2016, Encompass Digital Archive, Eastern Kentucky University
URL: https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/396
► There has been a push since the early 1980’s for a paradigm shift in criminology from a Newtonian-based ontology to one of quantum physics.…
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▼ There has been a push since the early 1980’s for a paradigm shift in criminology from a Newtonian-based ontology to one of quantum physics. Primarily this effort has taken the form of integrating Chaos Theory into Criminology into what this thesis calls ‘Chaos Criminology’. However, with the melding of any two fields, terms and concepts need to be translated properly, which has yet to be done. In addition to proving a translation between fields, this thesis also uses a set of criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of the current use of Chaos Theory in Criminology. While the results of the theory evaluation reveal that the current Chaos Criminology work is severely lacking and in need of development, there is some promise in the development of Marx’s dialectical materialism with Chaos Theory.
Subjects/Keywords: Chaos Criminology; Chaos Theory; Marxism; Theory; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Sociology
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McCarthy, A. L. (2016). Chaos Criminology: A Critical Inquiry. (Masters Thesis). Encompass Digital Archive, Eastern Kentucky University. Retrieved from https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/396
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
McCarthy, Adrienne Leigh. “Chaos Criminology: A Critical Inquiry.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Encompass Digital Archive, Eastern Kentucky University. Accessed December 14, 2019.
https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/396.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
McCarthy, Adrienne Leigh. “Chaos Criminology: A Critical Inquiry.” 2016. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
McCarthy AL. Chaos Criminology: A Critical Inquiry. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Encompass Digital Archive, Eastern Kentucky University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/396.
Council of Science Editors:
McCarthy AL. Chaos Criminology: A Critical Inquiry. [Masters Thesis]. Encompass Digital Archive, Eastern Kentucky University; 2016. Available from: https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/396
Virginia Tech
3.
Hyde, Griffin Nicholas.
Investigation into the Local and Global Bifurcations of the Whirling Planar Pendulum.
Degree: MS, Aerospace Engineering, 2019, Virginia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91395
► This report details the investigation into the Whirling Planar Pendulum system. The WPP is a pendulum that is spun around a vertical spin axis at…
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▼ This report details the investigation into the Whirling Planar Pendulum system. The WPP is a pendulum that is spun around a vertical spin axis at a controllable horizontal offset. This system can be used to investigate what are known as local and global bifurcations. A local bifurcation occurs when the single equilibrium state (corresponding to the pendulum hanging straight down) when spun at low speeds, bifurcates into three equilibria when the spin rate is increased beyond a certain value. The global bifurcations occur when the system experiences sinusoidal forcing near certain equilibrium conditions. The resulting chaotic oscillations are investigated using Melnikov’s method, which determines when the sinusoidal forcing results in chaotic motion. This chaotic motion comes in two types, which cause the system to behave in different ways. Melnikov’s method, and results from a simulation were used to determine the parameter values in which the pendulum experiences each type of
chaos. It was seen that at certain parameter values, the WPP experiences both types of
chaos, supporting the observation that these types of
chaos are not necessarily independent of each other, but can merge and interact.
Advisors/Committee Members: Woolsey, Craig A. (committeechair), Southward, Steve C. (committee member), Philen, Michael Keith (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Chaos theory; Bifurcation theory; Whirling Planar Pendulum
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Hyde, G. N. (2019). Investigation into the Local and Global Bifurcations of the Whirling Planar Pendulum. (Masters Thesis). Virginia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91395
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hyde, Griffin Nicholas. “Investigation into the Local and Global Bifurcations of the Whirling Planar Pendulum.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Virginia Tech. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91395.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hyde, Griffin Nicholas. “Investigation into the Local and Global Bifurcations of the Whirling Planar Pendulum.” 2019. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Hyde GN. Investigation into the Local and Global Bifurcations of the Whirling Planar Pendulum. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2019. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91395.
Council of Science Editors:
Hyde GN. Investigation into the Local and Global Bifurcations of the Whirling Planar Pendulum. [Masters Thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91395
4.
Ingremeau, Maxime.
Ondes planes tordues et diffusion chaotique : Distorted plane waves in chaotic scattering.
Degree: Docteur es, Mathématiques fondamentales, 2016, Paris Saclay
URL: http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS477
► Cette thèse traite de plusieurs problèmes de théorie de la diffusion dans la limite semi-classique, c’est à dire des propriétés des fonctions propres généralisées d’un…
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▼ Cette thèse traite de plusieurs problèmes de théorie de la diffusion dans la limite semi-classique, c’est à dire des propriétés des fonctions propres généralisées d’un opérateur de Schrödinger à haute fréquence. Les fonctions propres généralisées d’un opérateur de Schrödinger sur l’espace euclidien, pour un potentiel lisse à support compact, peuvent toujours se décomposer comme la somme d’une partie entrante et d’une partie sortante, plus un terme négligeable à l’infini. La matrice de diffusion relie alors la partie entrante et la partie sortante de la fonction propre. Une première partie de ce travail concerne le spectre de la matrice de diffusion. On montre un résultat d’équidistribution des valeurs propres de la matrice de diffusion, sous l’hypothèse sans doute générique que les ensembles de points fixes de certaines applications définies à partir de la dynamique classique sont de mesure de Lebesgue nulle. Ce résultat était connu précédemment, sous l’hypothèse additionnelle que la dynamique classique est sans ensemble capté.Une seconde partie du travail concerne les ondes planes tordues, qui sont une famille particulière de fonctions propres généralisées d’un opérateur de Schrödinger, pouvant s'écrire comme la somme d'une onde plane et d'une partie purement sortante. Nous faisons l’hypothèse que la dynamique classique sous-jacente possède un ensemble capté hyperbolique, et qu’une certaine pression topologique est négative. Sous ces hypothèses, on obtient dans la limite semi-classique une description précise des ondes planes tordues comme une somme convergente d’états lagrangiens. On peut en particulier en déduire la mesure semi-classique associée aux ondes planes tordues. Si la variété est de courbure négative, et que le potentiel est nul, ces états lagrangiens sont associés à des lagrangiennes se projetant sans caustiques sur la variété de base. On peut alors en déduire des résultats sur les normes C^l et les ensembles nodaux des ondes planes tordues. Nous obtenons aussiune borne inférieure sur le nombre de domaine nodaux de la somme de deux ondes planes tordues de directions incidentes proches, pour une petite perturbation générique d’une métrique de courbure négative vérifiant la condition de pression topologique.
This thesis deals with several problems of scattering theory in the semi-classical limit, that is to say, with properties of the generalised eigenfunctions of a Schrödinger operator at high frequencies. The generalised eigenfunctions of a Schrödinger operator on the Euclidean space, with a compactly supported smooth potential, may always be written as the sum of an incoming wave and an outgoing wave, plus a term which is negligible at infinity. The scattering matrix relates the incoming part with the outgoing part. The first part of this work deals with the spectrum of the scattering matrix. We show an equidistribution result for the eigenvalues of the scattering matrix, under the hypothesis that the sets of fixed points of some maps defined from the classical dynamics has measure zero. This result…
Advisors/Committee Members: Nonnenmacher, Stéphane (thesis director).
Subjects/Keywords: Chaos quantique; Analyse semi-Classique; Théorie de la diffusion; Quantum chaos; Semiclassical analysis; Scattering theory
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Ingremeau, M. (2016). Ondes planes tordues et diffusion chaotique : Distorted plane waves in chaotic scattering. (Doctoral Dissertation). Paris Saclay. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS477
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ingremeau, Maxime. “Ondes planes tordues et diffusion chaotique : Distorted plane waves in chaotic scattering.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Paris Saclay. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS477.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ingremeau, Maxime. “Ondes planes tordues et diffusion chaotique : Distorted plane waves in chaotic scattering.” 2016. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Ingremeau M. Ondes planes tordues et diffusion chaotique : Distorted plane waves in chaotic scattering. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Paris Saclay; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS477.
Council of Science Editors:
Ingremeau M. Ondes planes tordues et diffusion chaotique : Distorted plane waves in chaotic scattering. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Paris Saclay; 2016. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLS477
University of Kentucky
5.
Ghosh, Archisman.
TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS AND CHAOS IN STRING THEORY.
Degree: 2012, University of Kentucky
URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_etds/9
► One of the phenomenal results emerging from string theory is the AdS/CFT correspondence or gauge-gravity duality: In certain cases a theory of gravity is equivalent…
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▼ One of the phenomenal results emerging from string theory is the AdS/CFT correspondence or gauge-gravity duality: In certain cases a theory of gravity is equivalent to a "dual" gauge theory, very similar to the one describing non-gravitational interactions of fundamental subatomic particles. A difficult problem on one side can be mapped to a simpler and solvable problem on the other side using this correspondence. Thus one of the theories can be understood better using the other.
The mapping between theories of gravity and gauge theories has led to new approaches to building models of particle physics from string theory. One of the important features to model is the phenomenon of confinement present in strong interaction of particle physics. This feature is not present in the gauge theory arising in the simplest of the examples of the duality. However this N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills gauge theory enjoys the property of being integrable, i.e. it can be exactly solved in terms of conserved charges. It is expected that if a more realistic theory turns out to be integrable, solvability of the theory would lead to simple analytical expressions for quantities like masses of the hadrons in the theory. In this thesis we show that the existing models of confinement are all nonintegrable – such simple analytic expressions cannot be obtained.
We moreover show that these nonintegrable systems also exhibit features of chaotic dynamical systems, namely, sensitivity to initial conditions and a typical route of transition to chaos. We proceed to study the quantum mechanics of these systems and check whether their properties match those of chaotic quantum systems. Interestingly, the distribution of the spacing of meson excitations measured in the laboratory have been found to match with level-spacing distribution of typical quantum chaotic systems. We find agreement of this distribution with models of confining strong interactions, conforming these as viable models of particle physics arising from string theory.
Subjects/Keywords: String Theory; AdS/CFT Correspondence; Integrable Systems; Chaos; Quantum Chaos; Astrophysics and Astronomy
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Ghosh, A. (2012). TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS AND CHAOS IN STRING THEORY. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Kentucky. Retrieved from https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_etds/9
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ghosh, Archisman. “TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS AND CHAOS IN STRING THEORY.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Kentucky. Accessed December 14, 2019.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_etds/9.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ghosh, Archisman. “TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS AND CHAOS IN STRING THEORY.” 2012. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Ghosh A. TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS AND CHAOS IN STRING THEORY. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Kentucky; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_etds/9.
Council of Science Editors:
Ghosh A. TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS AND CHAOS IN STRING THEORY. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Kentucky; 2012. Available from: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_etds/9
Texas A&M University
6.
Xiao, Chao.
Comparative Analysis of Entropy Algorithms to Determine the Most Effective Technique for Measuring Complexity in Building Construction.
Degree: 2015, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155714
► Scholars have indicated that construction operation inefficiency is due to particular complexity factors owing to industry specific uncertainties and interdependences. The study of complexity in…
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▼ Scholars have indicated that construction operation inefficiency is due to particular complexity factors owing to industry specific uncertainties and interdependences. The study of complexity in construction has become an essential topic to provide advanced methods and concepts for construction industry. It also has raised valid questions: Is construction really complex or just complicated? More importantly, how to measure the complexity in building construction systems?
This dissertation is based upon these two questions, and intend to fill the research gap that no quantitative complexity measurement has ever been found in research works. Comprehensive literature search is firstly used to make an embedded conceptual analysis of basic concepts of complex and complicated, to conclude building construction systems as complex systems and to metonymic map complex to construction domain.
Chaos theory was then used to linked complex building construction systems and entropy complexity measurement together and proposed to use entropy algorithms to measure complexity in building construction.
However, entropy in construction could be measured in multiple ways with different results. Therefore, three commonly used entropy algorithms, which are Approximate Entropy, Sample Entropy and Permutation Entropy, were compared along with Six Sigma Analysis and Maximal Lyapunov Exponent based on ten (10) pilots cases and their simulated cases. Two Rounds of simulation were conducted using Monte Carlo Simulation by MATLAB in order to generate more random number to represent different circumstances in building construction performance associate with different sample sizes.
The outcomes indicated that the compared with Approximate Entropy and Permutation Entropy, the characteristics of Sample Entropy make be sensitively and efficiently to tell different construction performance circumstances apart by significant complexity measurement for either small sample or large sample. This quantitative measurement of complexity in building construction not only fill the knowledge gap; it also avoids the subjectivity of evaluators and set a unified standard for complexity measurement in building construction in the future research.
Understanding complexity in construction management is important for two reasons: (1) to visualize how both complicated and complex traits exist in a construction project (object and social systems), and (2) to identify for stakeholders new types of managerial competencies and tools that reflect the understanding of complexity in construction.
Advisors/Committee Members: Fern?ndez-Sol?s, Jos? L (advisor), Hill, Rodney C (advisor), Rybkowski, Zofia F (committee member), Walewski, John A (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Complexity Measurement; Entropy Algorithms; Building Construction Systems; Chaos Theory
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Xiao, C. (2015). Comparative Analysis of Entropy Algorithms to Determine the Most Effective Technique for Measuring Complexity in Building Construction. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155714
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Xiao, Chao. “Comparative Analysis of Entropy Algorithms to Determine the Most Effective Technique for Measuring Complexity in Building Construction.” 2015. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155714.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Xiao, Chao. “Comparative Analysis of Entropy Algorithms to Determine the Most Effective Technique for Measuring Complexity in Building Construction.” 2015. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Xiao C. Comparative Analysis of Entropy Algorithms to Determine the Most Effective Technique for Measuring Complexity in Building Construction. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2015. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155714.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Xiao C. Comparative Analysis of Entropy Algorithms to Determine the Most Effective Technique for Measuring Complexity in Building Construction. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155714
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Youngstown State University
7.
Krcelic, Khristine M.
Chaos and Dynamical Systems.
Degree: MSin Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 2012, Youngstown State University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1364545282
► Throughout the ages, mathematics has been evolving and creating new branches. In the middle to late twentieth century, a new branch formed: chaos. Chaos is…
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▼ Throughout the ages, mathematics has been evolving and
creating new branches. In the middle to late twentieth century, a
new branch formed:
chaos.
Chaos is the study of dynamical systems
that vary greatly with respect to initial conditions. The slightest
change in an initial condition, a seemingly unnoticeable change,
can yield a drastically different result if the system is chaotic.
Hence the common term relating to
chaos theory, "the butterfly
effect". Something as minute as the flap of a butterfly's wings
could spawn a natural disaster half-way across the world. This
thesis provides an insight to
chaos from both a pure and an applied
mathematician's point of view.
Advisors/Committee Members: Wingler, Eric (Advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Mathematics; Applied Mathematics; chaos theory; dynamical systems; butterfly effect
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Krcelic, K. M. (2012). Chaos and Dynamical Systems. (Masters Thesis). Youngstown State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1364545282
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Krcelic, Khristine M. “Chaos and Dynamical Systems.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Youngstown State University. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1364545282.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Krcelic, Khristine M. “Chaos and Dynamical Systems.” 2012. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Krcelic KM. Chaos and Dynamical Systems. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Youngstown State University; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1364545282.
Council of Science Editors:
Krcelic KM. Chaos and Dynamical Systems. [Masters Thesis]. Youngstown State University; 2012. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1364545282
Penn State University
8.
Beabout, Brian Robert.
Principals' Perceptions of School Leadership in post-Katrina
New Orleans.
Degree: PhD, Instructional Systems, 2008, Penn State University
URL: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/8284
► This study examines the perceptions of public school principals in New Orleans, Louisiana during the period of extensive structural change in the aftermath of Hurricane…
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▼ This study examines the perceptions of public school
principals in New Orleans, Louisiana during the period of extensive
structural change in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Using the
theoretical frameworks of Chaos and Systems theories, iterative
interviews with ten school leaders, extensive document analysis,
and school-site observations were used to collect data on
principals’ experiences. The following themes emerged during
constant comparative analysis: 1) the omnipresence of storm
recovery in principals’ lives, 2) the lingering presence of the
pre-Katrina school system, 3) the emerging inequalities of the
post-Katrina system, 4) schools’ new relationships with the
external environment, 5) Principals plans for long-term (rather
than rapid) improvement, and 6) principals’ requirements for
successful long-term change. The analysis also identifies the need
for a minimum stability at the outset of the change process as well
as the important strange attractors of inequality and low-risk
relationships which must be addressed for meaningful, long-term
change to occur.
Subjects/Keywords: educational leadership; school reform; urban education;
chaos theory
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Beabout, B. R. (2008). Principals' Perceptions of School Leadership in post-Katrina
New Orleans. (Doctoral Dissertation). Penn State University. Retrieved from https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/8284
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Beabout, Brian Robert. “Principals' Perceptions of School Leadership in post-Katrina
New Orleans.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, Penn State University. Accessed December 14, 2019.
https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/8284.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Beabout, Brian Robert. “Principals' Perceptions of School Leadership in post-Katrina
New Orleans.” 2008. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Beabout BR. Principals' Perceptions of School Leadership in post-Katrina
New Orleans. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Penn State University; 2008. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/8284.
Council of Science Editors:
Beabout BR. Principals' Perceptions of School Leadership in post-Katrina
New Orleans. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Penn State University; 2008. Available from: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/8284
University of Ottawa
9.
Tanasescu, Raluca Andreia.
Translation and Chaos: Poetry Translators' Agency in a Non-Hegemonic Network. A Digital Humanities Approach.
Degree: 2018, University of Ottawa
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38428
► This project examines the role played by chaos in shaping and defining the translation activity in a non-hegemonic context, with a focus on literary translation.…
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▼ This project examines the role played by chaos in shaping and defining the translation activity in a non-hegemonic context, with a focus on literary translation. Based on English-language U.S. and Canadian contemporary poetry translation into Romanian between 1960 and 2017, it challenges the ‘major’ vs. ‘minor’ dichotomy and moves to show that a transnational framework and a networked understanding of translator agency are much better suited to account for the complexity of a translation sociography. Acknowledging a necessary shift that draws on an economy of attention more than on an economy of production (Cronin 2016), as well as on Michael Cronin’s politics of microspection and on Kobus Marais’ paradigm of complexity (2014), my work takes distance from the Bourdieusian dynamics of power that has prevailed in translation studies since the late 1990s and favors a network approach that accounts for disruption, decentralization, and voids. This dissertation seeks to acknowledge the role played by chance, chaos, and self-regulation in shaping the activity of literary translation through the deployment of a mathematical model that has been at the core of Web 2.0 since its very inception. In doing so, my research sets out to complement Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network-Theory with the mathematical notions of network and network of networks. I endeavor to explore the webs of connectivity as they appear in real-life contemporary poetry translator networks with the purpose of potentially laying the groundwork for a possible redefinition of translation across society and media of circulation. Translation can be conceived, I propose, as an act that is essentially, simultaneously and irreducibly linguistic, cultural, and social, but also individual and collective, material and virtual, online and offline. Under these circumstances, I conclude that a critical re-examination of translation studies in micromodernity through a Digital Humanities lens becomes necessary, if not imperative.
Subjects/Keywords: Digital humanities;
Chaos theory;
Networks;
Literary translation;
Translator's agency;
Translation studies
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Tanasescu, R. A. (2018). Translation and Chaos: Poetry Translators' Agency in a Non-Hegemonic Network. A Digital Humanities Approach.
(Thesis). University of Ottawa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38428
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tanasescu, Raluca Andreia. “Translation and Chaos: Poetry Translators' Agency in a Non-Hegemonic Network. A Digital Humanities Approach.
” 2018. Thesis, University of Ottawa. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38428.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tanasescu, Raluca Andreia. “Translation and Chaos: Poetry Translators' Agency in a Non-Hegemonic Network. A Digital Humanities Approach.
” 2018. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Tanasescu RA. Translation and Chaos: Poetry Translators' Agency in a Non-Hegemonic Network. A Digital Humanities Approach.
[Internet] [Thesis]. University of Ottawa; 2018. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38428.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Tanasescu RA. Translation and Chaos: Poetry Translators' Agency in a Non-Hegemonic Network. A Digital Humanities Approach.
[Thesis]. University of Ottawa; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38428
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University of Toronto
10.
Ralph, Gill.
BCE and the Shareholder Primacy Paradox: A Theory at War with Itself.
Degree: 2012, University of Toronto
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33219
► This paper explores the interrelationships among corporate culture, capital structure, firm performance, and fiduciary duties. Chaos theory, nonlinear dynamics, complex systems theory, and socio-cultural studies…
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▼ This paper explores the interrelationships among corporate culture, capital structure, firm performance, and fiduciary duties. Chaos theory, nonlinear dynamics, complex systems theory, and socio-cultural studies of firms’ organizational ecosystems, and enabling infrastructure suggest that the BCE rule is: (i) a superior fiduciary principle to shareholder primacy; and (ii) more likely to enhance firm value in proportion to the importance of intangible assets in its production process. The existence of “epistatic costs” rooted in the non-linear negative feedback effects of perverse agency theory-driven cost cutting is hypothesized. A theoretical model is developed to empirically test for the existence of epistatic costs and optimal levels of organizational tension or “slack.” Broader implications of the model for fiduciary rules, financing decisions, and the current posture of Canadian securities regulation in the takeover context are explored.
MAST
Advisors/Committee Members: Edward, Iacobucci, Law.
Subjects/Keywords: Corporate Governance; Shareholder Primacy; Chaos Theory; Corporate Culture; 0398
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Ralph, G. (2012). BCE and the Shareholder Primacy Paradox: A Theory at War with Itself. (Masters Thesis). University of Toronto. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33219
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ralph, Gill. “BCE and the Shareholder Primacy Paradox: A Theory at War with Itself.” 2012. Masters Thesis, University of Toronto. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33219.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ralph, Gill. “BCE and the Shareholder Primacy Paradox: A Theory at War with Itself.” 2012. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Ralph G. BCE and the Shareholder Primacy Paradox: A Theory at War with Itself. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Toronto; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33219.
Council of Science Editors:
Ralph G. BCE and the Shareholder Primacy Paradox: A Theory at War with Itself. [Masters Thesis]. University of Toronto; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33219
Victoria University of Wellington
11.
McLachlan, Alison.
Same but Different: Chaos and TV Drama Narratives.
Degree: 2019, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8046
► Complexity is a term that is now commonly used when discussing TV serial dramas and the way that, in recent years, creators and producers of…
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▼ Complexity is a term that is now commonly used when discussing TV serial dramas and the way that, in recent years, creators and producers of this narrative form have embraced innovative and challenging strategies to tell their stories. As a result, it is also often argued that all TV serial dramas are strikingly different from one another; one of the few things that contemporary TV serial dramas have in common is their employment of complex narrative strategies. However, in this thesis, I argue that—while serial dramas are different from one another in many ways—they are also all the same at a fundamental level.
In order to examine the fundamental narrative components that all serial dramas employ, I use
chaos as a framework.
Chaos is a branch of mathematics and science which examines systems that display unpredictable behaviour that is actually determined by deep structures of order and stability. At its most basic level,
chaos corresponds with the way in which serial dramas are both complex and simple at the same time; beneath the complexity of serial dramas are fundamental building blocks that are used to generate innovative, challenging and unpredictable narratives.
I apply the findings from my critical examination of
chaos and TV drama narratives to the creation of my own TV projects, which employ the inherent structures and patterns of TV drama narratives in a way that produces innovative and complex stories. In doing so, I intend to highlight the potential of serial dramas to be endlessly creative yet consistently the same.
Advisors/Committee Members: Duncum, Ken, de Bruin, Joost.
Subjects/Keywords: Television Narratives; Creative writing; Scriptwriting; TV writing; Chaos; Chaos Theory; Narrative complexity; TV Narratives; Television writing
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McLachlan, A. (2019). Same but Different: Chaos and TV Drama Narratives. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8046
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
McLachlan, Alison. “Same but Different: Chaos and TV Drama Narratives.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8046.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
McLachlan, Alison. “Same but Different: Chaos and TV Drama Narratives.” 2019. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
McLachlan A. Same but Different: Chaos and TV Drama Narratives. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2019. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8046.
Council of Science Editors:
McLachlan A. Same but Different: Chaos and TV Drama Narratives. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8046
NSYSU
12.
Lin, Kuan-Chung.
The Effect of Affordance and The Mediating Role of Cognitive Assimilation On Ubiquitous Commerce Consumption.
Degree: Master, Information Management, 2013, NSYSU
URL: http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0601113-005756
► The rapid development of modern ubiquitous computing and wireless communication technology, coupled with the increasingly high penetration rate of the Internet, is promoting ubiquitous commerce…
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▼ The rapid development of modern ubiquitous computing and wireless communication technology, coupled with the increasingly high penetration rate of the Internet, is promoting ubiquitous commerce (UC) as a significant application for both enterprises and consumers. With accelerated business competition and the popularity of Internet and mobile device use, there is an urgent need to understand the factors that would entice userâs consumption behavior in an UC context.
This study presents a conceptual model, based on
chaos theory and affordance
theory, for investigating the effect of affordance and the mediating role of cognitive assimilation on ubiquitous commerce consumption. A scale that measures above constructs is developed and validated. Survey data from e-community and part-time students who have mobile commerce experience is tested. The partial least squares (PLS) method is empirically used to test the conceptual model and hypotheses using the collected survey data.
The empirical results support the proposed model. The analysis provides evidence that the context-aware facilitation and social interaction positively effect on cognitive assimilation; the cognitive assimilation positively effects on butterfly effect consumption and hedonic consumption; context-aware facilitation and social interaction enhance butterfly effect consumption and hedonic consumption by enhancing cognitive assimilation. Our findings provide insights on how consumption behavior can govern U-commerce initiatives to increase context-aware facilitation and social interaction, thereby leading to effective consumption in an UC context.
Advisors/Committee Members: Tzyh-lih Hsia (chair), Jen-Her Wu (committee member), Shu-Ching Wang (committee member), Ming-Che Hsieh (chair), Yi-Cheng Chen (chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Context-Aware Facilitation; Social Interaction; Consumption Behavior; Cognitive Assimilation; Affordance Theory; Chaos Theory; Ubiquitous Commerce
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Lin, K. (2013). The Effect of Affordance and The Mediating Role of Cognitive Assimilation On Ubiquitous Commerce Consumption. (Thesis). NSYSU. Retrieved from http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0601113-005756
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Lin, Kuan-Chung. “The Effect of Affordance and The Mediating Role of Cognitive Assimilation On Ubiquitous Commerce Consumption.” 2013. Thesis, NSYSU. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0601113-005756.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lin, Kuan-Chung. “The Effect of Affordance and The Mediating Role of Cognitive Assimilation On Ubiquitous Commerce Consumption.” 2013. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Lin K. The Effect of Affordance and The Mediating Role of Cognitive Assimilation On Ubiquitous Commerce Consumption. [Internet] [Thesis]. NSYSU; 2013. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0601113-005756.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Lin K. The Effect of Affordance and The Mediating Role of Cognitive Assimilation On Ubiquitous Commerce Consumption. [Thesis]. NSYSU; 2013. Available from: http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0601113-005756
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Louisiana State University
13.
Mecholsky, Kristopher.
Adaptation as Anarchist: A Complexity Method for Ideology-Critique of American Crime Narratives.
Degree: PhD, English Language and Literature, 2012, Louisiana State University
URL: etd-07092012-155952
;
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3247
► Particularly through their relation to ideology, crime narrative adaptations expose the conflict between individuals and communities on one side and the State on the other.…
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▼ Particularly through their relation to ideology, crime narrative adaptations expose the conflict between individuals and communities on one side and the State on the other. Adaptations take the already defamiliarizing effect of narrative and continue to defamiliarize, creating a narrative cubist effect through various audiences and discursive orderings of events. Hence, they question the ideological prefiguring that lies at the foundation of narrative understanding. Insofar as ideologies are simplified ways to legitimate actions and project images of identity, the fact that a society’s narratives necessarily inherit ideology from the State obscures that society and State’s inevitable deviations from their self-images. Ideology misrepresents that which it attempts to legitimate. In order to critique ideological influence, the position from which total, reflective cultural study can extend is the vantage point that consistently and actively questions culture to its limits. It can only come from a position in which the audience’s freedom from domination is maximized. Cultural study and criticism thus arises most completely and honestly when it comes as close as it can from without ideology. By definition, the opposite of ideology is anarchy. In this dissertation I argue that adaptations channel a mechanism by which anarchist principles emerge from the ideological constraints obliged by the State’s pursuit of legitimacy—constraints which are inherent in all cultural narratives. Focusing on transatlantic “narrativizations” of crime events—different tellings of historical criminal events in view of American and European interaction—I demonstrate that adaptations, as dynamic systems of discourse, are self-driven toward anarchist critiques that splinter traditional Western ideologies. Overall, I make a three-part argument, first suggesting a method (based in complexity theory) for critical adaptation studies, then using that method to demonstrate how transatlantic America crime narrative adaptations reveal cultural identity struggles and necessarily tend toward anarchism, and lastly describing how the process of adaptation likewise reflects anarchist principles. Adaptation is anarchist. The anarchist method of adaptation study I propose will indicate 1) the degree to which American crime narrative adaptations stem from and contribute to various ideologies, and 2) how they can make clear those ideologies through necessary, consistent defamiliarization.
Subjects/Keywords: narratology; noise; anarchism; self-organized criticality; Billy Budd; crime fiction; information theory; chaos theory
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Mecholsky, K. (2012). Adaptation as Anarchist: A Complexity Method for Ideology-Critique of American Crime Narratives. (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University. Retrieved from etd-07092012-155952 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3247
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mecholsky, Kristopher. “Adaptation as Anarchist: A Complexity Method for Ideology-Critique of American Crime Narratives.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University. Accessed December 14, 2019.
etd-07092012-155952 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3247.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mecholsky, Kristopher. “Adaptation as Anarchist: A Complexity Method for Ideology-Critique of American Crime Narratives.” 2012. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Mecholsky K. Adaptation as Anarchist: A Complexity Method for Ideology-Critique of American Crime Narratives. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: etd-07092012-155952 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3247.
Council of Science Editors:
Mecholsky K. Adaptation as Anarchist: A Complexity Method for Ideology-Critique of American Crime Narratives. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2012. Available from: etd-07092012-155952 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3247
University of Southern California
14.
Ariaei, Fariba.
Dynamical system approach to heart rate variability: QT
versus RR interval.
Degree: PhD, Electrical Engineering, 2010, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/148775/rec/2132
► Heart dynamics and heart rate variability, as well as their characterization, have been of interest to researchers for years. Sudden death due to heart failure,…
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▼ Heart dynamics and heart rate variability, as well as
their characterization, have been of interest to researchers for
years. Sudden death due to heart failure, which could be the result
of heart diseases, drug consumptions, or even emotional shocks, is
one of the most important issues in public health. Henceforth,
prediction and/or awareness of such conditions has always been a
top priority. In the present work, a time domain approach, as
opposed to the traditional frequency-domain approach, to heart rate
dynamics is introduced. The Electro-Cardio-Gram (ECG) signals, more
specifically the RR and QT intervals as characteristics of heart
dynamics, are investigated. It is hypothesized that the Erlang
distribution of the RR interval is a manifestation of the Poincaré
return time phenomenon, and based on clinical results available to
us, it is conjectured that for the healthy heart, it is necessary
but not sufficient that the RR interval would be the k-fold
Poincaré return time. The higher frequency, k times that of normal
heartbeat, is hypothesized to be related to the synchronization of
the array of pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial (SA) node. In this
work, chaotic behavior of heart dynamics is observed by means of
such nonlinear techniques such as calculation of Lyapunov
exponents, Kolmogorov-Sinai (KS) entropy, and Kaplan-Yorke (K-Y)
dimensions. These techniques measure
chaos, the amount of
uncertainty and complexity of the system, respectively. The
existence of positive Lyapunov exponent and non-integer K-Y
dimension in the heart rate confirms its chaotic dynamics. Heart
dynamics is also analyzed via statistical techniques such as linear
and nonlinear canonical correlation analyses and mutual KS
information. These techniques are implemented to unravel the at
point subtle relationship between RR and QT intervals.; It is
conjectured that past RR intervals are nonlinear regression
variables on the future QT intervals for the healthy heart, and in
case of any abnormalities, such as prolongation of QT interval, the
cause to effect relationship from past RR to future QT might be
compromised.
Advisors/Committee Members: Jonckheere, Edmond A. (Committee Chair), Nayak, Krishna S. (Committee Member), Hsiai, Tzung K. (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: chaos; dynamical systems; Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy; ergodic theory; heart rate variability; information theory
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Ariaei, F. (2010). Dynamical system approach to heart rate variability: QT
versus RR interval. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/148775/rec/2132
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ariaei, Fariba. “Dynamical system approach to heart rate variability: QT
versus RR interval.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/148775/rec/2132.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ariaei, Fariba. “Dynamical system approach to heart rate variability: QT
versus RR interval.” 2010. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Ariaei F. Dynamical system approach to heart rate variability: QT
versus RR interval. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/148775/rec/2132.
Council of Science Editors:
Ariaei F. Dynamical system approach to heart rate variability: QT
versus RR interval. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/148775/rec/2132
University of Sydney
15.
Beesley, Julie Patricia.
Organised Chaos: Bringing Complexity to Criminology and the Study of Organised Crime, Terrorism and the Crime-Terror Nexus
.
Degree: 2017, University of Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17067
► Given the complexities of our time, it is not surprising that criminological models, theories and perspectives often fall short of providing complete and satisfactory explanations…
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▼ Given the complexities of our time, it is not surprising that criminological models, theories and perspectives often fall short of providing complete and satisfactory explanations of complex phenomena. Organised crime and terrorism, and the emerging crime-terror nexus, are examples of such phenomena. If they were simple, they would be easy to understand and prevent, but they are not. Complexity science (‘complexity’) studies complex phenomena. Given the nature of organised crime, terrorism and the crime-terror nexus, one would expect that the family of complexity, including chaos theory, might lend itself to furthering our understanding and knowledge of these phenomena. Drawing on the natural and social sciences, this thesis explores the notion. In doing so, a new complexity model, using borrowed science, is developed to apply complexity in a criminological context, and to critically examine organised crime, terrorism and the crime-terror nexus through a complexity lens. The new complexity model is tested using the case study method and considers whether the new model furthers our understanding and knowledge of these complex phenomena, together with practical and policy implications. The thesis also considers whether the new complexity model adds a new tool to the criminologist's toolbox to provide fresh and novel insights into complex problems.
Subjects/Keywords: Organised crime;
terrorism;
crime-terror nexus;
criminological theory;
complexity science;
chaos theory
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Beesley, J. P. (2017). Organised Chaos: Bringing Complexity to Criminology and the Study of Organised Crime, Terrorism and the Crime-Terror Nexus
. (Thesis). University of Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17067
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Beesley, Julie Patricia. “Organised Chaos: Bringing Complexity to Criminology and the Study of Organised Crime, Terrorism and the Crime-Terror Nexus
.” 2017. Thesis, University of Sydney. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17067.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Beesley, Julie Patricia. “Organised Chaos: Bringing Complexity to Criminology and the Study of Organised Crime, Terrorism and the Crime-Terror Nexus
.” 2017. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Beesley JP. Organised Chaos: Bringing Complexity to Criminology and the Study of Organised Crime, Terrorism and the Crime-Terror Nexus
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2017. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17067.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Beesley JP. Organised Chaos: Bringing Complexity to Criminology and the Study of Organised Crime, Terrorism and the Crime-Terror Nexus
. [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17067
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
16.
Carrapatoso, Kléber.
Théorèmes asymptotiques pour les équations de Boltzmann et de Landau : Asymptotic theorems for Boltzmann and Landau equations.
Degree: Docteur es, Mathématiques appliquées, 2013, Paris 9
URL: http://www.theses.fr/2013PA090047
► Nous nous intéressons dans cette thèse à la théorie cinétique et aux systèmes de particules dans le cadre des équations de Boltzmann et Landau. Premièrement,…
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▼ Nous nous intéressons dans cette thèse à la théorie cinétique et aux systèmes de particules dans le cadre des équations de Boltzmann et Landau. Premièrement, nous étudions la dérivation des équations cinétiques comme des limites de champ moyen des systèmes de particules, en utilisant le concept de propagation du chaos. Plus précisément, nous étudions les probabilités chaotiques sur l'espace de phase de ces systèmes de particules : la sphère de Boltzmann, qui correspond à l'espace de phase d'un système de particules qui évolue conservant le moment et l'énergie ; et la sphère de Kac, correspondant à un système de particules qui conserve seulement l'énergie. Ensuite, nous nous intéressons à la propagation du chaos, avec des estimations quantitatives et uniforme en temps, pour les équations de Boltzmann et Landau. Deuxièmement, nous étudions le comportement asymptotique en temps grand des solutions de l'équation de Landau.
This thesis is concerned with kinetic theory and many-particle systems in the setting of Boltzmann and Landau equations. Firstly, we study the derivation of kinetic equation as mean field limits of many-particle systems, using the concept of propagation of chaos. More precisely, we study chaotic probabilities on the phase space of such particle systems : the Boltzmann's sphere, which corresponds to the phase space of a many-particle system undergoing a dynamics that conserves momentum and energy ; and the Kac's sphere, which corresponds to the energy conservation only. Then we are concerned with the propagation of chaos, with quantitative and uniform in time estimates, for Boltzmann and Landau equations. Secondly, we study the long-time behaviour of solutions to the Landau equation.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mischler, Stéphane (thesis director).
Subjects/Keywords: Théorie cinétique; Systèmes de particules; Équation de Landau; Équation de Boltzmann; Processus à sauts; Chaos; Chaos entropique; Fisher chaos; Propagation du chaos; Entropie; Théorème central limite; Retour à l'équilibre; Convergence exponentielle; Trou spectral; Hypodissipativité; Molécules maxwelliennes; Potentiels durs; Collisions rasantes; Kinetic theory; Many-particle system; Landau equation; Boltzmann equation; Jump process; Mean field limit; Chaos; Entropic chaos; Fisher chaos; Propagation of chaos; Entropy; Central limit theorem; Relaxation to equilibrium; Exponential convergence; Spectral gap; Hypodissipativity; Maxwellian molecules; Hard potentials; Grazing collisions; 510
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Carrapatoso, K. (2013). Théorèmes asymptotiques pour les équations de Boltzmann et de Landau : Asymptotic theorems for Boltzmann and Landau equations. (Doctoral Dissertation). Paris 9. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2013PA090047
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Carrapatoso, Kléber. “Théorèmes asymptotiques pour les équations de Boltzmann et de Landau : Asymptotic theorems for Boltzmann and Landau equations.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Paris 9. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://www.theses.fr/2013PA090047.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Carrapatoso, Kléber. “Théorèmes asymptotiques pour les équations de Boltzmann et de Landau : Asymptotic theorems for Boltzmann and Landau equations.” 2013. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Carrapatoso K. Théorèmes asymptotiques pour les équations de Boltzmann et de Landau : Asymptotic theorems for Boltzmann and Landau equations. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Paris 9; 2013. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2013PA090047.
Council of Science Editors:
Carrapatoso K. Théorèmes asymptotiques pour les équations de Boltzmann et de Landau : Asymptotic theorems for Boltzmann and Landau equations. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Paris 9; 2013. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2013PA090047
University of Technology, Sydney
17.
Wu, Jinglai.
Uncertainty analysis and optimization by using the orthogonal polynomials.
Degree: 2015, University of Technology, Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43498
► Engineering problems are generally described by mathematic models, and the parameters in mathematic models are usually assumed to be deterministic when solving these models. However,…
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▼ Engineering problems are generally described by mathematic models, and the parameters in mathematic models are usually assumed to be deterministic when solving these models. However, many parameters are hard to obtain accurately in practical application, which leads to the uncertainty of parameters. The uncertain parameters may induce the response of theoretical analysis that is quite different from the actual instance. In order to characterize the response of system more accurately, the uncertainty analysis methods need to be introduced. For the design optimization, considering the uncertainty may help to improve the reliability and robustness of design solution. This thesis investigates both the aleatory (random) uncertainty and epistemic uncertainty (expressed by interval variables in the thesis), by using the Polynomial Chaos (PC) expansion theory and Chebyshev polynomials approximation theory, respectively. Since there are many cases that both types of uncertainty are existed simultaneously, the hybrid uncertainty is also investigated in this thesis. A new hybrid uncertainty analysis method based on the orthogonal series expansion is proposed in this study, which solves the two types of uncertainty in one integral framework. The design optimization under uncertainty is also investigated based on the proposed uncertainty analysis method. The detailed content of this thesis is shown as follows.
The interval uncertainty analysis theory is firstly studied in this thesis. By using the Chebyshev polynomials that have high accuracy in the approximation theory of polynomials, a new Chebyshev inclusion function based on the Chebyshev series expansion is proposed. The Chebyshev inclusion function can compress the wrapping effect of interval arithmetic more efficiently than the traditional Taylor inclusion function, especially for the interval computation of non-monotonic functions. On the other hand, the Chebyshev inclusion function does not require the derivatives information which has to be given in the computation of Taylor inclusion function. Therefore, the proposed Chebyshev inclusion function is quite easier to implement than the Taylor inclusion function. The Chebyshev inclusion function is applied to solve the ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and differential algebraic equations (DAEs) with interval parameters, which are used to solve the mechanical dynamic systems with interval parameters.
Secondly, the random uncertainty analysis based on the PC expansion is investigated, where the polynomials series are used to approximate the response of a system with respect to the random variables. The hybrid uncertainty analysis method using the orthogonal series expansion is proposed, termed as Polynomial-Chaos-Chebyshev-Interval (PCCI) method, which is the combination of PC expansion method and Chebyshev interval method. Since both the polynomials used in PC expansion and Chebyshev polynomials belong to the orthogonal polynomials, the PCCI method investigates the random uncertainty and interval uncertainty under…
Subjects/Keywords: Uncertain parameters.; Aleatory (random) uncertainty.; Epistemic uncertainty.; Polynomial Chaos (PC) expansion theory.; Chebyshev polynomials approximation theory.; Hybrid uncertainty analysis.; Polynomial-Chaos-Chebyshev-Interval (PCCI) method.
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Wu, J. (2015). Uncertainty analysis and optimization by using the orthogonal polynomials. (Thesis). University of Technology, Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43498
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wu, Jinglai. “Uncertainty analysis and optimization by using the orthogonal polynomials.” 2015. Thesis, University of Technology, Sydney. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43498.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wu, Jinglai. “Uncertainty analysis and optimization by using the orthogonal polynomials.” 2015. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Wu J. Uncertainty analysis and optimization by using the orthogonal polynomials. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Technology, Sydney; 2015. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43498.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Wu J. Uncertainty analysis and optimization by using the orthogonal polynomials. [Thesis]. University of Technology, Sydney; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43498
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Helsinki
18.
Oikarinen, Joona.
Probabilistic Liouville field theory on the two-dimensional sphere.
Degree: Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Helsingfors universitet, Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för matematik och statistik, 2017, University of Helsinki
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/224543
► In this thesis we construct the probabilistic Liouville field theory on the two-dimensional sphere. We prove some of the symmetry properties of the theory and…
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▼ In this thesis we construct the probabilistic Liouville field theory on the two-dimensional sphere. We prove some of the symmetry properties of the theory and define the correlation functions of the vertex operators. Finally, we define the Liouville quantum gravity measure. The thesis also contains a discussion on how the theory is related to quantum field theory and scaling limits of random planar maps.
Essential building block of the theory is the Gaussian free field, which can be thought of as a random Gaussian field with the covariance operator given by the inverse of the Laplacian. Another important aspect of the Liouville field theory is the exponential of the Gaussian free field. Defining this requires some work, since the Gaussian free field will turn out to be a random generalized function, and the exponential of such an object is not defined in general. We will define the exponential by using the theory of Gaussian multiplicative chaos.
The thesis contains a self-contained exposition of the definitions and basic properties of the Gaussian free field and its exponential. Some basic background in analysis, probability and geometry is assumed.
Subjects/Keywords: Liouville field theory; Liouville quantum gravity; Gaussian free field; Gaussian multiplicative chaos; Mathematics; Matematiikka; Matematik; Liouville field theory; Liouville quantum gravity; Gaussian free field; Gaussian multiplicative chaos
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Oikarinen, J. (2017). Probabilistic Liouville field theory on the two-dimensional sphere. (Masters Thesis). University of Helsinki. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10138/224543
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Oikarinen, Joona. “Probabilistic Liouville field theory on the two-dimensional sphere.” 2017. Masters Thesis, University of Helsinki. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10138/224543.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Oikarinen, Joona. “Probabilistic Liouville field theory on the two-dimensional sphere.” 2017. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Oikarinen J. Probabilistic Liouville field theory on the two-dimensional sphere. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Helsinki; 2017. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/224543.
Council of Science Editors:
Oikarinen J. Probabilistic Liouville field theory on the two-dimensional sphere. [Masters Thesis]. University of Helsinki; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/224543
19.
Olivo, Rodolfo Leandro de Faria.
Um estudo sobre aplicações da teoria do caos e complexidade à gestão das cadeias de suprimentos.
Degree: Mestrado, Administração, 2010, University of São Paulo
URL: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-13102010-192825/
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► Este estudo aborda a aplicação da teoria do caos e complexidade à gestão das cadeias de suprimentos. Seu objetivo consiste em responder a questão orientadora…
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▼ Este estudo aborda a aplicação da teoria do caos e complexidade à gestão das cadeias de suprimentos. Seu objetivo consiste em responder a questão orientadora da pesquisa, se a teoria do caos e complexidade pode enriquecer o entendimento e compreensão da gestão das cadeias de suprimentos. A fim de contextualizar essa discussão, este trabalho procurou resgatar alguns dos principais autores e conceitos do processo de mudança da visão do determinismo clássico científico do século XIX para as novas abordagens não determinísticas dos séculos XX e XXI, em especial o surgimento e consolidação da abordagem não linear da teoria do caos e complexidade. O método de pesquisa utilizado foi o estudo de caso, o qual focou uma rede brasileira de franquias empresariais do setor de perfumaria e cosméticos. A análise dos resultados obtidos sugere evidências de que, pelo menos parcialmente, a teoria do caos e complexidade pode sim enriquecer e ser relevante para a compreensão da gestão das cadeias de suprimentos.
This study approaches the use of theory of chaos and complexity on supply chain management. Its purpose consists on answering the main research question, whether the theory of chaos and complexity can contribute to enlarge the understanding of supply chain management. In order to contextualize the discussion, the dissertation sake to disclaim the main authors and concepts of the process that changed the 19th century vision of the classic determinism to the 20th and 21st centuries non deterministic approaches with focus on the raise and consolidation of the chaos and complexity theory non linear approach. The research method used was the case study with focus on a Brazilian franchising company of perfumes and cosmetics. The results analysis suggests evidence that, at least in some aspects, theory of chaos and complexity can indeed be relevant to the understanding of supply chain management.
Advisors/Committee Members: Gozzi, Sergio.
Subjects/Keywords: Cadeia de suprimentos-Administração; Chaos theory; Complexidade; Complexity; Supply chain; Teoria do caos
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Olivo, R. L. d. F. (2010). Um estudo sobre aplicações da teoria do caos e complexidade à gestão das cadeias de suprimentos. (Masters Thesis). University of São Paulo. Retrieved from http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-13102010-192825/ ;
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Olivo, Rodolfo Leandro de Faria. “Um estudo sobre aplicações da teoria do caos e complexidade à gestão das cadeias de suprimentos.” 2010. Masters Thesis, University of São Paulo. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-13102010-192825/ ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Olivo, Rodolfo Leandro de Faria. “Um estudo sobre aplicações da teoria do caos e complexidade à gestão das cadeias de suprimentos.” 2010. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Olivo RLdF. Um estudo sobre aplicações da teoria do caos e complexidade à gestão das cadeias de suprimentos. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of São Paulo; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-13102010-192825/ ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Olivo RLdF. Um estudo sobre aplicações da teoria do caos e complexidade à gestão das cadeias de suprimentos. [Masters Thesis]. University of São Paulo; 2010. Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-13102010-192825/ ;
20.
Nascimento, Roberto Venegeroles.
Teoria cinética de mapas hamiltonianos.
Degree: PhD, Física, 2007, University of São Paulo
URL: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-29022008-115433/
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► Este trabalho consiste do estudo das propriedades de transporte de sistemas dinâmicos caóticos por meio do uso de técnicas de operadores de projeção. Tais sistemas…
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▼ Este trabalho consiste do estudo das propriedades de transporte de sistemas dinâmicos caóticos por meio do uso de técnicas de operadores de projeção. Tais sistemas podem exibir difusão determinística e relaxação para o equilíbrio. Mostramos que esse comportamento difusivo pode ser visto como uma propriedade espectral do operador de Perron-Frobenius associado. Em particular, a ressonância dominante de Policott-Ruelle é calculada analiticamente para uma classe geral de mapas que preservam área. Sua dependência do número de onda determina os coeficientes de transporte normais. Calculamos uma fórmula geral exata para o coeficiente de difusão, obtida sem qualquer aproximação de alta estocasticidade, e um novo efeito emergiu: a evolução angular pode induzir modos rápidos ou lentos de difusão mesmo no regime de alta estocasticidade. Os aspectos não-Gaussianos do transporte caótico são também investigados para esses sistemas. O estudo é realizado por meio de uma relação entre a curtose, o coeficiente de difusão e o coeficiente de Burnett de quarta ordem, os quais são calculados analiticamente. Uma escala de tempo característica que delimita os regimes Gaussiano e Markoviano para a função densidade foi estabelecida. À parte os modos acelerados, cujas propriedades cinéticas são anômalas, todo os resultados estão em excelente acordo com as simulações numéricas
This work consists in the study of the transport properties of chaotic Hamiltonian systems by using projection operator techniques. Such systems can exhibit deterministic diffusion and display an approach to equilibrium. We show that this diffusive behavior can be viewd as a spectral property of the associated Perron-Frobenius operator. In particular, the leading Pollicott-Ruelle resonance is calculated analytically for a general class of two-dimensional area-preserving maps. Its wavenumber dependence determines the normal transport coefficients. We calculate a general exact formula for the diffusion coefficient, derived without any high stochasticity approximation and a new effect emerges: the angular evolution can induce fast or slow modes of diffusion even in the high stochasticity regime. The non-Gaussian aspects of the chaotic transport are also investigated for this systems. This study is done by means of a relationship between kurtosis and diffusion coefficient and fourth order Burnett coefficient, which are calculated analytically. A characteristic time scale which delimits the Markovian and Gaussian regimes for the density function was established. Despite the accelerator modes, whose kinetics properties are anomalous, all theoretical results are in excellent agreement with the numerical simulations
Advisors/Committee Members: Hussein, Mahir Saleh.
Subjects/Keywords: Caos; Chaos dynamical systems; Diffusion; Difusão; Dynamical systems; Kinetic theory; Sistemas dinâmicos; Teoria cinética
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Nascimento, R. V. (2007). Teoria cinética de mapas hamiltonianos. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of São Paulo. Retrieved from http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-29022008-115433/ ;
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Nascimento, Roberto Venegeroles. “Teoria cinética de mapas hamiltonianos.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, University of São Paulo. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-29022008-115433/ ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nascimento, Roberto Venegeroles. “Teoria cinética de mapas hamiltonianos.” 2007. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Nascimento RV. Teoria cinética de mapas hamiltonianos. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of São Paulo; 2007. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-29022008-115433/ ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Nascimento RV. Teoria cinética de mapas hamiltonianos. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of São Paulo; 2007. Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-29022008-115433/ ;
21.
Oliveira, Jefferson Freitas Amancio de.
Estudo sobre a emergência de padrões de estrutura organizacional em empresas atuantes no Brasil: uma abordagem baseada na teoria da complexidade e do caos.
Degree: PhD, Administração, 2013, University of São Paulo
URL: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-28082013-165731/
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► A proposta da tese é contribuir para um melhor entendimento das organizações por meio da utilização de conceitos da teoria da Complexidade e Caos. Entendendo…
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▼ A proposta da tese é contribuir para um melhor entendimento das organizações por meio da utilização de conceitos da teoria da Complexidade e Caos. Entendendo a organização como um sistema adaptativo complexo, busca-se, através de aspectos relacionados à conectividade, interdependência e diversidade, a identificação de padrões de estrutura organizacional em empresas brasileiras. Foi realizada uma pesquisa exploratória a partir de bases de dados de 417 empresas, 118 mil de seus funcionários, de 22 setores de atividades diferentes que se candidatam ao prêmio de \"Melhores Empresas para se Trabalhar\", organizado pela FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração e Você S/A. Para análise foram utilizadas técnicas diversas de mineração de dados, de escalonamento multidimensional e desenvolvidos algoritmos para o delineamento de formações gráficas da amplitude de controle e rotinas para análise da estrutura de tarefas e da tensão adaptativa entre objetivos individuais e da organização. Os resultados da pesquisa revelaram que foram identificados padrões relacionados à conectividade e interdependência interna. Especificamente, observou-se também que fatores como a amplitude de controle e tensão adaptativa entre objetivos pessoais e organizacionais também manifestaram a emergência de padrões estruturais, independente do setor de atividade.
The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to a better understanding of organizations through the use of the concepts of the Chaos and Complexity theory. Assuming the organization as a complex adaptive system, it aims to identify patterns of organizational structure in Brazilian companies through connectivity, interdependence and diversity organizational aspects. The study entails an exploratory research in databases in 417 companies (22 economic sectors) and 118 thousands employees that applied for the award of the best companies to work for (Melhores Empresas para se Trabalhar) organized by FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração and Você S/A. In the analysis it was used data mining techniques, multidimensional scaling and algorithms developed for the design of graphical formations, the span of control, structure and tasks and the adaptive tension between individual goals and the ones found in organizations where the employee works at. The results of the study point to patterns identified and related to organizational characteristics that denote the internal connectivity and interdependence. Structural patterns on information from different economic sectors companies were identified and related to factors such as span of control and adaptive tension between individual goals and perceived characteristics in organizations.
Advisors/Committee Members: Santos, Silvio Aparecido dos.
Subjects/Keywords: Administração; Caos - Filosofia; Complexidade; Complexity theory and chaos; Estrutura organizacional; Management; Organizational structure
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Oliveira, J. F. A. d. (2013). Estudo sobre a emergência de padrões de estrutura organizacional em empresas atuantes no Brasil: uma abordagem baseada na teoria da complexidade e do caos. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of São Paulo. Retrieved from http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-28082013-165731/ ;
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Oliveira, Jefferson Freitas Amancio de. “Estudo sobre a emergência de padrões de estrutura organizacional em empresas atuantes no Brasil: uma abordagem baseada na teoria da complexidade e do caos.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of São Paulo. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-28082013-165731/ ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Oliveira, Jefferson Freitas Amancio de. “Estudo sobre a emergência de padrões de estrutura organizacional em empresas atuantes no Brasil: uma abordagem baseada na teoria da complexidade e do caos.” 2013. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Oliveira JFAd. Estudo sobre a emergência de padrões de estrutura organizacional em empresas atuantes no Brasil: uma abordagem baseada na teoria da complexidade e do caos. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of São Paulo; 2013. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-28082013-165731/ ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Oliveira JFAd. Estudo sobre a emergência de padrões de estrutura organizacional em empresas atuantes no Brasil: uma abordagem baseada na teoria da complexidade e do caos. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of São Paulo; 2013. Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-28082013-165731/ ;
Univerzitet u Beogradu
22.
Potkonjak-Lukić, Brankica Đ.
Примена теорије детерминистичког хаоса на међународне
односе после Хладног рата.
Degree: Fakultet političkih nauka, 2016, Univerzitet u Beogradu
URL: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:10992/bdef:Content/get
► Политичке науке - Међународне студије / Political sciences - International studies
Значајне промене у међународним односима условљене окончањем Хладног рата јасно су указале на експланаторне…
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▼ Политичке науке - Међународне студије / Political
sciences - International studies
Значајне промене у међународним односима условљене
окончањем Хладног рата јасно су указале на експланаторне и
предиктивне слабости постојећих теорија међународних односа, што се
очитовало у њиховој немогућности да ове промене на глобалном нивоу
објасне и предвиде. Утврђивање узрока, последица и суштинске
природе тих, као и актуелних промена у свету и даље је, као
последица неусаглашености ставова, предмет бројних расправа
теоретичара међународних односа. У настојању да се, сагласно
дометима савремене науке коју карактерише све екстензивнијa
интеракција различитих научних дисциплина, отклоне уочени недостаци
и разреше постојеће дилеме, давањем аргументованих одговора на нека
од питања која оптерећују теоретичаре међународних односа, у овом
истраживању су сагледана досадашња искуства и могућности за примену
теорије детерминистичког хаоса на међународне односе, пре свега на
кризе и оружане сукобе као њихов најзначајнији сегмент у периоду по
окончању Хладног рата. Унапређујући научне домете класичне физике,
чији је утемељивач Њутн, теорија детерминистичког хаоса која се
бави квалитативним изучавањем нестабилног апериодичног понашања у
детерминистичким нелинеарним динамичким системима, почела је да се
развија почетком 70‐ тих година прошлог века. Њен
интердисциплинарни и синергетски потенцијал да, уводећи иновативан
и конзистентан теоријски и методолошки приступ, створи основ за
повезивање различитих научних области и на тај начин омогући
истраживање бројних постојећих проблема на суштински другачији
начин, заснован је на специфичним теоријским моделима и
математичким алатима који се данас успешно примењују како у
природним, тако све више и у друштвеним наукама. Теорија
детерминистичког хаоса уважава системски приступ и нелинеарност као
инхерентну одлику понашања отворених и динамичких система реалног
света, за разлику од линеарног редукционизма, који је у претходном
периоду био доминантан приступ у научним истраживањима. Своју
примену ова теорија налази и у истраживању и утврђивању стварне
природе и динамике процеса који се догађају у оквиру међународних
односа. Примена теорије детерминистичког хаоса је, у овом
истраживању, примарно фокусирана на безбедносни аспект међународних
односа, као један од важних домена истраживања науке о међународним
односима. Налази истраживања примене теорије детерминистичког хаоса
на међународне односе у постхладноратовском периоду указују, пре
свега, на потребу за преиспитивањем постојећег традиционалног
оквира истраживања у овој области, али и за његовом доградњом и
осавремењавањем кроз уклапање у оквире модерне науке. Усвајањем
нових сазнања из других научних дисциплина и ширењем теоријског и
методолошког оквира истраживања друштвених феномена створио би се
основ и отворио простор за превазилажење постојећих слабости и
унапређење изграђености науке о међународним односима, а тиме и за
решавање многих актуелних, али и даље недовољно или неадекватно
истражених проблема. У том контексту, налази овог…
Advisors/Committee Members: Simić, Dragan R., 1961-.
Subjects/Keywords: international relations; post‐cold war period;
deterministic chaos theory; war; armed conflict; crises;
security
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Potkonjak-Lukić, B. . (2016). Примена теорије детерминистичког хаоса на међународне
односе после Хладног рата. (Thesis). Univerzitet u Beogradu. Retrieved from https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:10992/bdef:Content/get
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Potkonjak-Lukić, Brankica Đ. “Примена теорије детерминистичког хаоса на међународне
односе после Хладног рата.” 2016. Thesis, Univerzitet u Beogradu. Accessed December 14, 2019.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Potkonjak-Lukić, Brankica Đ. “Примена теорије детерминистичког хаоса на међународне
односе после Хладног рата.” 2016. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Potkonjak-Lukić B. Примена теорије детерминистичког хаоса на међународне
односе после Хладног рата. [Internet] [Thesis]. Univerzitet u Beogradu; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:10992/bdef:Content/get.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Potkonjak-Lukić B. Примена теорије детерминистичког хаоса на међународне
односе после Хладног рата. [Thesis]. Univerzitet u Beogradu; 2016. Available from: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:10992/bdef:Content/get
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Univerzitet u Beogradu
23.
Gajić, Dragoljub.
Детекција епилептиформних активности у ЕЕГ сигналима
применом статистичког препознавања облика.
Degree: Elektrotehnički fakultet, 2016, Univerzitet u Beogradu
URL: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:11880/bdef:Content/get
► Електротехника и рачунарство - Управљање системима и обрада сигнала / Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Systems Control and Signal Processing
Епилепсија представља најучесталији поремећај…
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▼ Електротехника и рачунарство - Управљање системима
и обрада сигнала / Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -
Systems Control and Signal Processing
Епилепсија представља најучесталији поремећај
мождане активности и испољава се изненадним и понављајућим нападима
који су последица прекомерног и синхроног електричног пражњења
великог броја неурона у мозгу које се може у већини случајева
визуелно уочити на електроенцефалограму (ЕЕГ). Обзиром да
стандардни фармаколошки начин лечења овог поремећаја врло често не
даје очекиване резутате најновија истраживања су усмерена у правцу
развоја система за директну електричну стимулацију мозга који би се
у блиској будућности могли имплантирати у лобању човека и на основу
снимљених ЕЕГ сигнала били у стању да најпре предвиде или што је
пре могуће детектују епилептични напад а затим га електричном
стимулацијом избегну или ставе под контролу односно скрате његово
трајање. Један од најкритичнијих делова једног таквог система јесте
поуздана техника за детекцију епилептиформних активности у ЕЕГ
сигналима чији резултат заправо даље иницира електричну
стимулацију. Поред тога поуздана аутоматска техника за детекцију би
омогућила и доста бржу и објективнију анализу већ снимљених ЕЕГ
сигнала што зна да буде веома напоран посао и захтева ангажовање
експерта чиме би такође и евентуалне грешке у анализи биле значајно
умањене. Главни циљ истраживања у оквиру ове докторске дисертације
јесте развој и тестирање једне нове технике за детекцију
епилептиформних активности у ЕЕГ сигналима. Нова техника је
заснована искључиво на информацијама садржаним у ЕЕГ сигналима и
покушава превазићи одређене недостатке већ постојећих техника и на
тај начин дати свој додатни допринос у овој и даље веома
атрактивној истраживачкој области. Поред пажљивог издвајања и
оптималне селекције обележја из неколико домена и клиничких
подопсега ЕЕГ сигнала као кључних корака нова техника обухвата и
пројектовање оптималног део по део квадратног класификатора чија је
тачност тестирана на сегментима ЕЕГ сигнала снимљених у Центру за
епилепсију Универзитета у Бону и који је у поређењу са већ
постојећим техникама показао прилично високу тачност и тиме
потенцијал за даље тестирање у реалним клиничким
условима.
Advisors/Committee Members: Đurović, Željko..
Subjects/Keywords: Epilepsy; Electroencephalogram; Epileptic Seizure;
Seizure Detection; Seizure Prediction; Statistical Pattern
Recognition; Wavelet Transform; Chaos Theory
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Gajić, D. (2016). Детекција епилептиформних активности у ЕЕГ сигналима
применом статистичког препознавања облика. (Thesis). Univerzitet u Beogradu. Retrieved from https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:11880/bdef:Content/get
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gajić, Dragoljub. “Детекција епилептиформних активности у ЕЕГ сигналима
применом статистичког препознавања облика.” 2016. Thesis, Univerzitet u Beogradu. Accessed December 14, 2019.
https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:11880/bdef:Content/get.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gajić, Dragoljub. “Детекција епилептиформних активности у ЕЕГ сигналима
применом статистичког препознавања облика.” 2016. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Gajić D. Детекција епилептиформних активности у ЕЕГ сигналима
применом статистичког препознавања облика. [Internet] [Thesis]. Univerzitet u Beogradu; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:11880/bdef:Content/get.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Gajić D. Детекција епилептиформних активности у ЕЕГ сигналима
применом статистичког препознавања облика. [Thesis]. Univerzitet u Beogradu; 2016. Available from: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:11880/bdef:Content/get
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul
24.
Mazzardo, Flavia da Luz.
A (im)possibilidade de uma realidade cosmopolita frente à teoria do caos.
Degree: 2016, Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/150160
► Desde a antiguidade o Cosmopolitismo vem sendo abordado como meta a ser perseguida pela humanidade. Ao longo da história foram realizados diversos estudos, dentre os…
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▼ Desde a antiguidade o Cosmopolitismo vem sendo abordado como meta a ser perseguida pela humanidade. Ao longo da história foram realizados diversos estudos, dentre os quais destacam-se os ideais de Immanuel Kant. Desta forma, o escopo deste trabalho é uma abordagem do Cosmopolitismo, tendo como principal referência os ideais de Immanuel Kant e a Teoria Normativa Cosmopolita, a fim de verificar a possibilidade de efetivação desta teoria à realidade, sem, contudo, olvidar-se das teorias físicas a que estamos submetidos. Para isso, o texto é dividido em duas partes. Na primeira parte, analisar-se-á a Teoria Cosmopolita e a Teoria Normativa Cosmopolita. E, ainda, expor-se-á o Butterfly Effect, parte inicial da Teoria do Caos, e sua aplicabilidade à ciência do Direito. Na segunda parte, realizar-se-á uma breve análise do arcabouço teórico do Direito Internacional, mediante a perspectiva histórica da formação dos Blocos Econômicos União Europeia e Mercosul. A finalidade é de verificar possível progressão dos Blocos à um Estado Cosmopolita, por intermédio das formas de aproximação jurídica. Trata-se de uma visão interdisciplinar, vez que a perspectiva jurídica será confrontada à Teoria do Caos, fundamentado na Teoria da Mecânica Clássica.
Since ancient times Cosmopolitanism has been approached as a goal to be pursued by humanity. Throughout the history several studies have been realized, among which the ideals of Immanuel Kant stand out. In this way, the scope of this work is an approach of Cosmopolitanism, having as main reference the ideals of Immanuel Kant and the Cosmopolitan Normative Theory, in order to verify the possibility of putting this theory into reality, without, however, forgetting the theories To which we are subjected. For this, the text is divided into two parts. In the first part, we will analyze Cosmopolitan Theory and Cosmopolitan Normative Theory. Also, the Butterfly Effect, an early part of Chaos Theory, and its applicability to the science of Law, will be exhibited. In the second part, a brief analysis of the theoretical framework of international law will be carried out, through the historical perspective of the formation of the European Union and Mercosur Economic Blocks. The purpose is to verify the possible progression of the Blocks to a Cosmopolitan State, through the means of legal approximation. It is an interdisciplinary view, since the legal perspective will be confronted with Chaos Theory, based on the Theory of Classical Mechanics.
Advisors/Committee Members: Fradera, Vera Maria Jacob de.
Subjects/Keywords: Teoria do caos; Cosmopolitism; Cosmopolitismo; Chaos theory; Integração regional; Regional integration; Legislative harmonization
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mazzardo, Flavia da Luz. “A (im)possibilidade de uma realidade cosmopolita frente à teoria do caos.” 2016. Thesis, Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10183/150160.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mazzardo, Flavia da Luz. “A (im)possibilidade de uma realidade cosmopolita frente à teoria do caos.” 2016. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Mazzardo FdL. A (im)possibilidade de uma realidade cosmopolita frente à teoria do caos. [Internet] [Thesis]. Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/150160.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Mazzardo FdL. A (im)possibilidade de uma realidade cosmopolita frente à teoria do caos. [Thesis]. Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/150160
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Kaunas University of Technology
25.
Lešinskytė-Pakštienė, Indrė.
Duomenų perdavimo sistema, naudojant chaoso
modelį.
Degree: Master, Informatics
Engineering, 2011, Kaunas University of Technology
URL: http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110831_145151-98363
;
► Darbo metu analizuojamos esamos chaotinės sistemos. Pati chaoso teorija nėra ypatingai nauja, tačiau dėl pratiškai neįmanomo tikslaus šios teorijos aparatūrinio įgyvendinimo atsiranda didelė erdvė ieškoti…
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▼ Darbo metu analizuojamos esamos chaotinės
sistemos. Pati chaoso teorija nėra ypatingai nauja, tačiau dėl
pratiškai neįmanomo tikslaus šios teorijos aparatūrinio
įgyvendinimo atsiranda didelė erdvė ieškoti tinkamiausio šios
teorijos pritaikymo aspekto kiekvienu konkrečiu atveju. Chaotiškai
perduodant signalą susiduriama su daugybe problemų. Šiame darbe,
kuriant aštuonių kanalų duomenų perdavimo sistemą siekiama rasti ir
patikrinti geriausią duomenų perdavimo būdą naudojant minėtąją
teoriją. Darbe buvo remtasi keletos skirtingų autorių parašytais
matematinio modeliavimo paketu MatLab
skriptais.
Job analysis of the existing systems
Chaotic. Chaos theory itself is not particularly new, but it is
impossible to become in practice the theory of the hardware
generates a large search space of the appropriate application of
the theory aspect of each case. Chaotic transmission signal faces
many problems. In this work, creating an eight-channel data
transmission system to locate and verify the best data transfer
method using the above-mentioned theory. The work was based on
several different authors, written in a mathematical simulation
package MATLAB scripts.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kazanavičius, Egidijus (Master’s thesis supervisor), Jusas, Vacius (Master’s thesis reviewer).
Subjects/Keywords: Chaoso
teorija; Duomenų perdavimo
sistema; Raktai; Chaos theory; The data transmission
system; The keys
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modelį. (Masters Thesis). Kaunas University of Technology. Retrieved from http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110831_145151-98363 ;
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lešinskytė-Pakštienė, Indrė. “Duomenų perdavimo sistema, naudojant chaoso
modelį.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Kaunas University of Technology. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110831_145151-98363 ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lešinskytė-Pakštienė, Indrė. “Duomenų perdavimo sistema, naudojant chaoso
modelį.” 2011. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Lešinskytė-Pakštienė I. Duomenų perdavimo sistema, naudojant chaoso
modelį. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Kaunas University of Technology; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110831_145151-98363 ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Lešinskytė-Pakštienė I. Duomenų perdavimo sistema, naudojant chaoso
modelį. [Masters Thesis]. Kaunas University of Technology; 2011. Available from: http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110831_145151-98363 ;
University of Cambridge
26.
Werndl, Charlotte.
Philosophical aspects of chaos : definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions.
Degree: PhD, 2010, University of Cambridge
URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541744
► This dissertation is about some of the most important philosophical aspects of chaos research, a famous recent mathematical area of research about deterministic yet unpredictable…
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▼ This dissertation is about some of the most important philosophical aspects of chaos research, a famous recent mathematical area of research about deterministic yet unpredictable and irregular, or even random behaviour. It consists of three parts. First, as a basis for the dissertation, I examine notions of unpredictability in ergodic theory, and I ask what they tell us about the justification and formulation of mathematical definitions. The main account of the actual practice of justifying mathematical definitions is Lakatos's account on proof-generated definitions. By investigating notions of unpredictability in ergodic theory, I present two previously unidentified but common ways of justifying definitions. Furthermore, I criticise Lakatos's account as being limited: it does not acknowledge the interrelationships between the different kinds of justification, and it ignores the fact that various kinds of justification - not only proof-generation - are important. Second, unpredictability is a central theme in chaos research, and it is widely claimed that chaotic systems exhibit a kind of unpredictability which is specific to chaos. However, I argue that the existing answers to the question "What is the unpredictability specific to chaos?" are wrong. I then go on to propose a novel answer, viz. the unpredictability specific to chaos is that for predicting any event all sufficiently past events are approximately probabilistically irrelevant. Third, given that chaotic systems are strongly unpredictable, one is led to ask: are deterministic and indeterministic descriptions observationally equivalent, i.e., do they give the same predictions? I treat this question for measure-theoretic deterministic systems and stochastic processes, both of which are ubiquitous in science. I discuss and formalise the notion of observational equivalence. By proving results in ergodic theory, I first show that for many measure-preserving deterministic descriptions there is an observationally equivalent indeterministic description, and that for all indeterministic descriptions there is an observationally equivalent deterministic description. I go on to show that strongly chaotic systems are even observationally equivalent to some of the most random stochastic processes encountered in science. For instance, strongly chaotic systems give the same predictions at every observation level as Markov processes or semi-Markov processes. All this illustrates that even kinds of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions which, intuitively, seem to give very different predictions are observationally equivalent. Finally, I criticise the claims in the previous philosophical literature on observational equivalence.
Subjects/Keywords: 100; Mathematical definitions; Lakatos; Unpredictability; Chaos; Probability; Determinism; Indeterminism; Statistical mechanics; Ergodic theory; Stochastic processes
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Werndl, C. (2010). Philosophical aspects of chaos : definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Cambridge. Retrieved from https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541744
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Werndl, Charlotte. “Philosophical aspects of chaos : definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cambridge. Accessed December 14, 2019.
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541744.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Werndl, Charlotte. “Philosophical aspects of chaos : definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions.” 2010. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Werndl C. Philosophical aspects of chaos : definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Cambridge; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541744.
Council of Science Editors:
Werndl C. Philosophical aspects of chaos : definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Cambridge; 2010. Available from: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541744
University of Cambridge
27.
Werndl, Charlotte.
Philosophical aspects of chaos: definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions
.
Degree: 2010, University of Cambridge
URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754
► This dissertation is about some of the most important philosophical aspects of chaos research, a famous recent mathematical area of research about deterministic yet unpredictable…
(more)
▼ This dissertation is about some of the most important philosophical aspects of
chaos research, a famous recent mathematical area of research about deterministic yet unpredictable and irregular, or even random behaviour. It consists of three parts.
First, as a basis for the dissertation, I examine notions of unpredictability in ergodic
theory, and I ask what they tell us about the justification and formulation of mathematical definitions. The main account of the actual practice of justifying mathematical definitions is Lakatos's account on proof-generated definitions. By investigating notions of unpredictability in ergodic
theory, I present two previously unidentified but common ways of justifying definitions. Furthermore, I criticise Lakatos's account as being limited: it does not acknowledge the interrelationships between the different kinds of justification, and it ignores the fact that various kinds of justification - not only proof-generation - are important.
Second, unpredictability is a central theme in
chaos research, and it is widely claimed that chaotic systems exhibit a kind of unpredictability which is specific to
chaos. However, I argue that the existing answers to the question "What is the unpredictability specific to
chaos?" are wrong. I then go on to propose a novel answer, viz. the unpredictability specific to
chaos is that for predicting any event all sufficiently past events are approximately probabilistically irrelevant.
Third, given that chaotic systems are strongly unpredictable, one is led to ask: are deterministic and indeterministic descriptions observationally equivalent, i.e., do they give the same predictions? I treat this question for measure-theoretic deterministic systems and stochastic processes, both of which are ubiquitous in science. I discuss and formalise the notion of observational equivalence.
By proving results in ergodic
theory, I first show that for many measure-preserving deterministic descriptions there is an observationally equivalent indeterministic description, and that for all indeterministic descriptions there is an observationally equivalent deterministic description. I go on to show that strongly chaotic systems are even observationally equivalent to some of the most random stochastic processes encountered in science. For instance, strongly chaotic systems give the same predictions at every observation level as Markov processes or semi-Markov processes. All this illustrates that even kinds of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions which, intuitively, seem to give very different predictions are observationally equivalent. Finally, I criticise the claims in the previous philosophical literature on observational equivalence.
Advisors/Committee Members: Butterfield, Jeremy (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Mathematical definitions;
Lakatos;
Unpredictability;
Chaos;
Probability;
Determinism;
Indeterminism;
Statistical mechanics;
Ergodic theory;
Stochastic processes
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Werndl, C. (2010). Philosophical aspects of chaos: definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions
. (Thesis). University of Cambridge. Retrieved from http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Werndl, Charlotte. “Philosophical aspects of chaos: definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions
.” 2010. Thesis, University of Cambridge. Accessed December 14, 2019.
http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Werndl, Charlotte. “Philosophical aspects of chaos: definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions
.” 2010. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Werndl C. Philosophical aspects of chaos: definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Cambridge; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Werndl C. Philosophical aspects of chaos: definitions in mathematics, unpredictability, and the observational equivalence of deterministic and indeterministic descriptions
. [Thesis]. University of Cambridge; 2010. Available from: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/226754
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Wayne State University
28.
Horne, Steven.
Effective Drug Treatment Induces Drug Resistance Through Rapid Genome Alteration-Mediated Cancer Evolution.
Degree: PhD, Molecular Biology and Genetics, 2016, Wayne State University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1543
► The central paradox associated with current cancer therapeutic strategies is initially effective treatment, which eliminates a high tumor cell count, consistently results in successful…
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▼ The central paradox associated with current cancer therapeutic strategies is initially effective treatment, which eliminates a high tumor cell count, consistently results in successful drug resistance. Mathematical and evolutionary modeling have previously suggested that therapeutic intervention could provide selective pressure for the expansion of resistant variants. Drug-related stress has been associated with genome
chaos, a common phenomenon in cancer characterized as rapid, stochastic genomic fragmentation and reorganization. Since cancer represents an evolutionary process, analysis within the context of genome-mediated cancer evolution can shed light on this key problem of therapeutics. We propose that genomic change is a general response to therapeutics. Drug-induced karyotypic alteration has been linked with transcriptomic elevation, implying that drug-induced genomic change would paradoxically provide an advantage for cancer cells through an increase of genome heterogeneity or evolutionary potential for selection. In vivo and in vitro models were tested using different therapeutic approaches, and surviving cells displayed altered karyotypes for each case. To determine whether drug-induced genome change could provide a long-term advantage to cancer cell survival, a karyotypically stable colon cancer cell line was treated with chemotherapy, and growth patterns were followed in a series of in vitro single-cell and population-based experiments. Outlier treated cells displayed faster growth rates than untreated cells, and population-based data support that these outliers may drive cancer progression post-therapy. This macro-evolutionary based, general mechanism of cancer drug resistance challenges the current therapeutic aim of maximizing cancer cell death and has great implications in the development and administration of future therapeutic strategies.
Advisors/Committee Members: Henry H. Heng.
Subjects/Keywords: Cancer drug resistance; Cancer evolution; Genome chaos; Genome theory; Evolution; Genetics; Molecular Biology
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Horne, S. (2016). Effective Drug Treatment Induces Drug Resistance Through Rapid Genome Alteration-Mediated Cancer Evolution. (Doctoral Dissertation). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1543
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Horne, Steven. “Effective Drug Treatment Induces Drug Resistance Through Rapid Genome Alteration-Mediated Cancer Evolution.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Wayne State University. Accessed December 14, 2019.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1543.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Horne, Steven. “Effective Drug Treatment Induces Drug Resistance Through Rapid Genome Alteration-Mediated Cancer Evolution.” 2016. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Horne S. Effective Drug Treatment Induces Drug Resistance Through Rapid Genome Alteration-Mediated Cancer Evolution. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1543.
Council of Science Editors:
Horne S. Effective Drug Treatment Induces Drug Resistance Through Rapid Genome Alteration-Mediated Cancer Evolution. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2016. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1543
University of South Carolina
29.
Aliyev, Timur.
Efficient Identification and Control Methods For Nonlinear Systems Under Uncertainty.
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2010, University of South Carolina
URL: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/125
► The petroleum, chemical, and electrochemical industries operate a wide variety of multivariable processes that can benefit from advanced modeling, estimation, and control methods. Traditional…
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▼ The petroleum, chemical, and electrochemical industries operate a wide variety of multivariable processes that can benefit from advanced modeling, estimation, and control methods. Traditional linear methods can be applied to these systems, but this generally results in sub-optimal control. This dissertation presents new estimation, modeling, and control methods that address process nonlinearities and constraint handling capabilities under uncertainty. These methods are based on Moving Horizon Estimation (MHE), Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC), and Polynomial
Chaos Theory (PCT).
When implementing control on real multivariable chemical or petrochemical processes such as distillation or separation operations, it is essential to ensure that the process remains within established safety limits and that each product meets certain quality constraints and specifications. Modeling and Control of a refinery simulation facility are presented using second order Volterra series models and a NMPC formulation that uses hard constraints on the actuator inputs. Realistic process data was generated using a dynamic refinery model simulated by Aspen HYSYS. This data was then used to determine the optimal model for use with NMPC. Advantages of incorporation of PCT to model a nonlinear process with parametric uncertainty and the use of the expanded model with NMPC are discussed in this work. It is shown that the proposed formulation can be applied with an adequate tuning to minimize the effect of parametric uncertainty on the process outputs. This work uses a two-tank model as a nonlinear case-study. A new algorithm is presented to estimate the uncertain parameters and states of a Lithium-Ion battery pack under various configurations of cells. Each configuration requires additional constraints on the process variables that are incorporated in a charge-discharge protocol. The empirical method is based on Moving Horizon Estimation and performs optimization to determine the optimal rates of change of the uncertain parameters. Past currents influence the uncertain parameters through an integral term, while the state of charge dependent open-circuit voltage is corrected by an ohmic term to account for the physical deterioration of the battery.
Advisors/Committee Members: Edward Gatzke.
Subjects/Keywords: Chemical Engineering; Engineering; Dynamic Optimization; Model Predictive Control; Moving Horizon Estimation; NMPC; Polynomial Chaos Theory
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Aliyev, T. (2010). Efficient Identification and Control Methods For Nonlinear Systems Under Uncertainty. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of South Carolina. Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/125
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Aliyev, Timur. “Efficient Identification and Control Methods For Nonlinear Systems Under Uncertainty.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of South Carolina. Accessed December 14, 2019.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/125.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Aliyev, Timur. “Efficient Identification and Control Methods For Nonlinear Systems Under Uncertainty.” 2010. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Aliyev T. Efficient Identification and Control Methods For Nonlinear Systems Under Uncertainty. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Carolina; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/125.
Council of Science Editors:
Aliyev T. Efficient Identification and Control Methods For Nonlinear Systems Under Uncertainty. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of South Carolina; 2010. Available from: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/125
Rochester Institute of Technology
30.
Dick, Andrew.
Identification and prediction of nonlinear dynamics.
Degree: Mechanical Engineering, 2003, Rochester Institute of Technology
URL: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/4662
► Chaos theory and associated analyses are being applied to a growing number of disciplines. Studies of biological and ecological systems have shown the widest application…
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▼ Chaos theory and associated analyses are being applied to a growing number of
disciplines. Studies of biological and ecological systems have shown the widest
application of chaotic analyses thus far. When studying these systems, it is often only
possible to measure a subset of the system's many variables. To effectively perform a
number of the analyses required to study a chaotic system, it is necessary to identify a
complete strange attractor for the system. Consequently, it is necessary to reconstruct the
system's strange attractor from the available data. Many different methods exist for
reconstructing strange attractors, but the effectiveness of each of these methods has not
been studied and compared. This investigation examines the effectiveness of various
reconstruction methods used to preserve the fractal structure of the attractor and the
exponential divergence of nearby trajectories in an effort to determine the optimal
method for reconstructing strange attractors. With an optimal method to reconstruct
strange attractors for chaotic physical systems, engineers and scientists can more
successfully characterize a nonlinear system and apply methods to predict its future
behavior.
Advisors/Committee Members: Boedo, Stephen, Phillips, Daniel.
Subjects/Keywords: Chaos theory; Ecological systems; Mechanical engineering
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Dick, A. (2003). Identification and prediction of nonlinear dynamics. (Thesis). Rochester Institute of Technology. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/4662
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dick, Andrew. “Identification and prediction of nonlinear dynamics.” 2003. Thesis, Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed December 14, 2019.
https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/4662.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dick, Andrew. “Identification and prediction of nonlinear dynamics.” 2003. Web. 14 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Dick A. Identification and prediction of nonlinear dynamics. [Internet] [Thesis]. Rochester Institute of Technology; 2003. [cited 2019 Dec 14].
Available from: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/4662.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Dick A. Identification and prediction of nonlinear dynamics. [Thesis]. Rochester Institute of Technology; 2003. Available from: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/4662
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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