subject:(information theory)

University of Notre Dame

1. Kang Gao. Computation of Mutual Information with Training and Its Applications in Quantized Large-Scale Systems</h1>.

Degree: Electrical Engineering, 2020, University of Notre Dame

URL: https://curate.nd.edu/show/kw52j676c5n

► This thesis analyzes the effect of training on the mutual information between the input and output of a system with unknown parameters. The work… (more)

▼ This thesis analyzes the effect of training on the mutual information between the input and output of a system with unknown parameters. The work consists of two parts including a theory in the computation of mutual information with training, and its applications in wireless communication, signal processing, and machine learning which can be modeled by quantized large-scale systems and employ training as part of their operation. In the first part, we develop a theory in computing the mutual information between the input and output conditioned on training for large-scale systems that do not necessarily have Gaussianity or linearity in the model, without considering any particular parameter estimate, and without resorting to linearization or any worst-case noise analysis. Such mutual information can be computed as the difference between two derivatives of a single function. In the second part, we show that a quantized large-scale system with unknown parameters and training signals can be analyzed by examining an equivalent system with known parameters by modifying the signal power and noise variance in a prescribed manner. Applications to training in wireless communications, signal processing, and machine learning are shown. In wireless communications, we show that the number of training signals can be significantly smaller than the number of transmitting elements. Similar conclusions can be drawn when considering the symbol error rate in signal processing applications, as long as the number of receiving elements is large enough. In machine learning, where a linear classifier is considered, we show that the misclassification rate is not sensitive to the number of classes when the number of training examples is large, and is approximately inversely proportional to the size of the training set. We show that a linear analysis of this nonlinear training problem can be accurate when the additive thermal noise power is high. Advisors/Committee Members: J. Nicholas Laneman, Committee Member, Jonathan Chisum, Committee Member, Bertrand M. Hochwald, Research Director, Thomas Fuja, Committee Member.

Subjects/Keywords: information theory

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Gao, K. (2020). Computation of Mutual Information with Training and Its Applications in Quantized Large-Scale Systems</h1>. (Thesis). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved from https://curate.nd.edu/show/kw52j676c5n

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gao, Kang. “Computation of Mutual Information with Training and Its Applications in Quantized Large-Scale Systems</h1>.” 2020. Thesis, University of Notre Dame. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://curate.nd.edu/show/kw52j676c5n.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gao, Kang. “Computation of Mutual Information with Training and Its Applications in Quantized Large-Scale Systems</h1>.” 2020. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Gao K. Computation of Mutual Information with Training and Its Applications in Quantized Large-Scale Systems</h1>. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2020. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/kw52j676c5n.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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Gao K. Computation of Mutual Information with Training and Its Applications in Quantized Large-Scale Systems</h1>. [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2020. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/kw52j676c5n

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Royal Roads University

2. Hayes, Victor. From page to practice : communication theory and its value for public relations educators and practitioners .

Degree: 2011, Royal Roads University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10170/466

► A robust scholarly discussion had been conducted for more than 30 years on the professional impact of theory on communication practice, including Vocate‘s important observation… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Information theory; Education

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Hayes, V. (2011). From page to practice : communication theory and its value for public relations educators and practitioners . (Thesis). Royal Roads University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10170/466

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hayes, Victor. “From page to practice : communication theory and its value for public relations educators and practitioners .” 2011. Thesis, Royal Roads University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10170/466.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hayes, Victor. “From page to practice : communication theory and its value for public relations educators and practitioners .” 2011. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

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Hayes V. From page to practice : communication theory and its value for public relations educators and practitioners . [Internet] [Thesis]. Royal Roads University; 2011. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10170/466.

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Hayes V. From page to practice : communication theory and its value for public relations educators and practitioners . [Thesis]. Royal Roads University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10170/466

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University of Edinburgh

3. Vollmer, Lauren N. Form is Function: Faithful Transmission of Information as a Pressure for Linguistic Structure.

Degree: 2011, University of Edinburgh

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6087

► We take descriptions of language structure and evolution in terms of information theory as the basis of an investigation of the information-preserving capacity of linguistic… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: linguistics; information theory

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Vollmer, L. N. (2011). Form is Function: Faithful Transmission of Information as a Pressure for Linguistic Structure. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6087

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Vollmer, Lauren N. “Form is Function: Faithful Transmission of Information as a Pressure for Linguistic Structure.” 2011. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6087.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Vollmer, Lauren N. “Form is Function: Faithful Transmission of Information as a Pressure for Linguistic Structure.” 2011. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Vollmer LN. Form is Function: Faithful Transmission of Information as a Pressure for Linguistic Structure. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2011. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6087.

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Council of Science Editors:

Vollmer LN. Form is Function: Faithful Transmission of Information as a Pressure for Linguistic Structure. [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6087

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Anna University

4. Amshakala K. Information theory based data dependency extraction and its application in data integration;.

Degree: Information theory based data dependency extraction and its application in data integration, 2015, Anna University

URL: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/50589

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As a huge volume of data is getting generated every day data integration becomes important to provide a uniform view over the data collected from… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Information and communication engineering; Information theory

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K, A. (2015). Information theory based data dependency extraction and its application in data integration;. (Thesis). Anna University. Retrieved from http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/50589

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

K, Amshakala. “Information theory based data dependency extraction and its application in data integration;.” 2015. Thesis, Anna University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/50589.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

K, Amshakala. “Information theory based data dependency extraction and its application in data integration;.” 2015. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

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K A. Information theory based data dependency extraction and its application in data integration;. [Internet] [Thesis]. Anna University; 2015. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/50589.

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K A. Information theory based data dependency extraction and its application in data integration;. [Thesis]. Anna University; 2015. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/50589

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Georgia State University

5. Adrot, Anouck Virginie Vanessa. What support does ICT (Information and Communication Technology) offer to organizational improvisation during crisis response?.

Degree: 2012, Georgia State University

URL: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3490044

► While evidence of the exceedingly important role of technology in organizational life is commonplace, academics have not fully captured the influence of Information and… (more)

▼ While evidence of the exceedingly important role of technology in organizational life is commonplace, academics have not fully captured the influence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on crisis response. A substantive body of knowledge on technology and crisis response already exists and keeps developing. Extensive research is on track to highlight how technology helps to prepare to crisis response and develop service recovery plans. However, some aspects of crisis response remain unknown. Among all the facets of crisis response that have been under investigation for some years, improvisation still challenges academics as a core component of crisis response. In spite of numerous insights on improvisation as a cognitive process and an organizational phenomenon, the question of <i>how improvisers do interact together while improvising</i> remains partly unanswered. As a result, literature falls short of details on whether crisis responders can rely on technology to interact when they have to improvise collectively. This dissertation therefore brings into focus ICT support to organizational improvisation in crisis response in two steps: We first address this question from a general standpoint by reviewing literature. We then propose an in depth and contextualized analysis of the use of a restricted set of technologies - emails, faxes, the Internet, phones - during the organizational crisis provoked by the 2003 French heat wave. Our findings offer a nuanced view of ICT support to organizational improvisation in crisis response. Our theoretical investigation suggests that ICTs, in a large sense, allow crisis responders to improvise collectively. It reports ICT properties - graphical representation, modularity, calculation, many-to-many communication, data centralization and virtuality - that promote the settling of appropriate conditions for interaction during organizational improvisation in crisis response. In the empirical work, we provide a more integrative picture of ICT support to organizational improvisation in crisis response by retrospectively observing crisis responders' interactions during the 2003 French heat wave. Our empirical findings suggest that improvisation enables crisis responders to cope with organizational emptiness that burdens crisis response. However, crisis responders' participation in organizational improvisation depends on their communicative genres. During the 2003 French heat wave crisis, administrative actors who had developed what we call a "dispassionate" communicative genre in relation to their email use, barely participated in organizational improvisation. Conversely, improvisers mainly communicated in what we call a "fervent" communicative genre. Therefore, our findings reveal that the ICT support to organizational improvisation in crisis response is mediated by the communication practices and strategies that groups of crisis responders develop around ICT tools.

Subjects/Keywords: Information Technology; Sociology, Organization Theory

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Adrot, A. V. V. (2012). What support does ICT (Information and Communication Technology) offer to organizational improvisation during crisis response?. (Thesis). Georgia State University. Retrieved from http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3490044

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Adrot, Anouck Virginie Vanessa. “What support does ICT (Information and Communication Technology) offer to organizational improvisation during crisis response?.” 2012. Thesis, Georgia State University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3490044.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Adrot, Anouck Virginie Vanessa. “What support does ICT (Information and Communication Technology) offer to organizational improvisation during crisis response?.” 2012. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Adrot AVV. What support does ICT (Information and Communication Technology) offer to organizational improvisation during crisis response?. [Internet] [Thesis]. Georgia State University; 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3490044.

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Council of Science Editors:

Adrot AVV. What support does ICT (Information and Communication Technology) offer to organizational improvisation during crisis response?. [Thesis]. Georgia State University; 2012. Available from: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3490044

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University of California – Berkeley

6. Kamath, Sudeep. A study of some problems in network information theory.

Degree: Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 2013, University of California – Berkeley

URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7df3g43r

► Shannon theory has been very successful in studying fundamental limits of communication in the classical setting, where one sender wishes to communicate a message to… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Electrical engineering; information theory

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Kamath, S. (2013). A study of some problems in network information theory. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7df3g43r

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kamath, Sudeep. “A study of some problems in network information theory.” 2013. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7df3g43r.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kamath, Sudeep. “A study of some problems in network information theory.” 2013. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Kamath S. A study of some problems in network information theory. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2013. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7df3g43r.

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Kamath S. A study of some problems in network information theory. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2013. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7df3g43r

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University of Manchester

7. Antal, Laszlo. Statistical Disclosure Control for Frequency Tables.

Degree: 2016, University of Manchester

URL: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:303310

► Disclosure risk assessment of statistical data, such as frequency tables, is a prerequisite for data dissemination. This thesis investigates the problem of disclosure risk assessment… (more)

▼ Disclosure risk assessment of statistical data, such as frequency tables, is a prerequisite for data dissemination. This thesis investigates the problem of disclosure risk assessment of frequency tables from the perspective of a statistical institute.In the research reported here, disclosure risk is measured by a mathematical function designed for the data according to a disclosure risk scenario. Such functions are called disclosure risk measures. A disclosure risk measure is defined for frequency tables based on the entire population using information theory.If the disclosure risk of a population based frequency table is high, a statistical institute will apply a statistical disclosure control (SDC) method possibly perturbing the table. It is known that the application of any SDC method lowers the disclosure risk. However, measuring the disclosure risk of the perturbed frequency table is a difficult problem. The disclosure risk measure proposed in the first paper of the thesis is also extended to assess the disclosure risk of perturbed frequency tables. SDC methods can be applied to either the microdata from which the frequency table is generated or directly to the frequency table. The two classes of methods are called pre- and post-tabular methods accordingly. It is shown that the two classes are closely related and that the proposed disclosure risk measure can account for both methods.In the second paper, the disclosure risk measure is extended to assess the disclosure risk of sample based frequency tables. Probabilistic models are used to estimate the population frequencies from sample frequencies which can then be used in the proposed disclosure risk measures.In the final paper of the thesis, we investigate an application of building a flexible table generator where disclosure risk and data utility measures must be calculated on-the-fly. We show that the proposed disclosure risk measure and a related information loss measure are adaptable to these settings. An example implementation of the disclosure risk and data utility assessment using the proposed disclosure risk measure is given. Advisors/Committee Members: ELLIOT, MARK MJ, Elliot, Mark, Shlomo, Natalie.

Subjects/Keywords: disclosure risk measure; information theory

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Antal, L. (2016). Statistical Disclosure Control for Frequency Tables. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:303310

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Antal, Laszlo. “Statistical Disclosure Control for Frequency Tables.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:303310.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Antal, Laszlo. “Statistical Disclosure Control for Frequency Tables.” 2016. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Antal L. Statistical Disclosure Control for Frequency Tables. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2016. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:303310.

Council of Science Editors:

Antal L. Statistical Disclosure Control for Frequency Tables. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2016. Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:303310

Cornell University

8. Laourine, Amine. Selected Topics In Information Theoretic Security And Compression.

Degree: PhD, Electrical Engineering, 2012, Cornell University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/31395

► The problems studied in this thesis fall within two different topics in network information theory. The first part of this dissertation will be about information… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Information Theory; Securiy; Compression

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Laourine, A. (2012). Selected Topics In Information Theoretic Security And Compression. (Doctoral Dissertation). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/31395

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Laourine, Amine. “Selected Topics In Information Theoretic Security And Compression.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Cornell University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/31395.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Laourine, Amine. “Selected Topics In Information Theoretic Security And Compression.” 2012. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Laourine A. Selected Topics In Information Theoretic Security And Compression. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Cornell University; 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/31395.

Council of Science Editors:

Laourine A. Selected Topics In Information Theoretic Security And Compression. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Cornell University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/31395

Vanderbilt University

9. Ehrman, Jonathan David. Probing Cell Signaling Networks in Microfluidic Devices.

Degree: PhD, Physics, 2016, Vanderbilt University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/14608

► Detection of signals is critical for the function of eukaryotic cells. D. discoideum cells are particularly adept at responding chemical gradients, sensing single percent concentration… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: information theory; gut; Microfluidic

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Ehrman, J. D. (2016). Probing Cell Signaling Networks in Microfluidic Devices. (Doctoral Dissertation). Vanderbilt University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1803/14608

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ehrman, Jonathan David. “Probing Cell Signaling Networks in Microfluidic Devices.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Vanderbilt University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1803/14608.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ehrman, Jonathan David. “Probing Cell Signaling Networks in Microfluidic Devices.” 2016. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Ehrman JD. Probing Cell Signaling Networks in Microfluidic Devices. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Vanderbilt University; 2016. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/14608.

Council of Science Editors:

Ehrman JD. Probing Cell Signaling Networks in Microfluidic Devices. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Vanderbilt University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/14608

Texas A&M University

10. Ozgul, Damla. Direct Information Exchange in Wireless Networks: A Coding Perspective.

Degree: MS, Electrical Engineering, 2011, Texas A&M University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8555

► The rise in the popularity of smartphones such as Blackberry and iPhone creates a strain on the world's mobile networks. The extensive use of these… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Information Theory; Networking; Network Coding

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Ozgul, D. (2011). Direct Information Exchange in Wireless Networks: A Coding Perspective. (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8555

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ozgul, Damla. “Direct Information Exchange in Wireless Networks: A Coding Perspective.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8555.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ozgul, Damla. “Direct Information Exchange in Wireless Networks: A Coding Perspective.” 2011. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Ozgul D. Direct Information Exchange in Wireless Networks: A Coding Perspective. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8555.

Council of Science Editors:

Ozgul D. Direct Information Exchange in Wireless Networks: A Coding Perspective. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8555

University of North Texas

11. Zhang, Yuan. The Fabric of Entropy: A Discussion on the Meaning of Fractional Information.

Degree: 2019, University of North Texas

URL: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538775/

► Why is the term information in English an uncountable noun, whereas in information theory it is a well-defined quantity? Since the amount of information can… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: information theory; entropy; data visualization

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Zhang, Y. (2019). The Fabric of Entropy: A Discussion on the Meaning of Fractional Information. (Thesis). University of North Texas. Retrieved from https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538775/

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Zhang, Yuan. “The Fabric of Entropy: A Discussion on the Meaning of Fractional Information.” 2019. Thesis, University of North Texas. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538775/.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Zhang, Yuan. “The Fabric of Entropy: A Discussion on the Meaning of Fractional Information.” 2019. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Zhang Y. The Fabric of Entropy: A Discussion on the Meaning of Fractional Information. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Texas; 2019. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538775/.

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Council of Science Editors:

Zhang Y. The Fabric of Entropy: A Discussion on the Meaning of Fractional Information. [Thesis]. University of North Texas; 2019. Available from: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538775/

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University of Johannesburg

12. Clarke, Willem Adriaan. Application of spectral shaping techniques to synchronization error correcting codes.

Degree: 2015, University of Johannesburg

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13365

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M.Ing. (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

In this thesis, spectral shaping techniques are applied to the insertion/deletion error correcting codes. Spectral shaping techniques are introduced and… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Error-correcting codes (Information theory)

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Clarke, W. A. (2015). Application of spectral shaping techniques to synchronization error correcting codes. (Thesis). University of Johannesburg. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13365

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Clarke, Willem Adriaan. “Application of spectral shaping techniques to synchronization error correcting codes.” 2015. Thesis, University of Johannesburg. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13365.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Clarke, Willem Adriaan. “Application of spectral shaping techniques to synchronization error correcting codes.” 2015. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Clarke WA. Application of spectral shaping techniques to synchronization error correcting codes. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Johannesburg; 2015. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13365.

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Council of Science Editors:

Clarke WA. Application of spectral shaping techniques to synchronization error correcting codes. [Thesis]. University of Johannesburg; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13365

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University of Johannesburg

13. Paluncic, Filip. Moment balancing templates for insertion/deletion correction.

Degree: 2010, University of Johannesburg

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3042

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M.Ing.

In practice, channels with only insertions and deletions are rare. More commonly, additive errors are also present. Therefore, additional redundancy bits are added to… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Error-correcting codes (Information theory)

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APA (6^th Edition):

Paluncic, F. (2010). Moment balancing templates for insertion/deletion correction. (Thesis). University of Johannesburg. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3042

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Paluncic, Filip. “Moment balancing templates for insertion/deletion correction.” 2010. Thesis, University of Johannesburg. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3042.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Paluncic, Filip. “Moment balancing templates for insertion/deletion correction.” 2010. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Paluncic F. Moment balancing templates for insertion/deletion correction. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Johannesburg; 2010. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3042.

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Paluncic F. Moment balancing templates for insertion/deletion correction. [Thesis]. University of Johannesburg; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3042

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Addis Ababa University

14. Solomon, Worku. EFFICIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER AND OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY: AN INFORMATION THEORY APPROACH .

Degree: 2012, Addis Ababa University

URL: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/1210

► We consider a model heat engine which is based on the concepts of information theory, attributing irreversible energy dissipation to the information transmission channels. The… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: MAXIMUM POWER; INFORMATION THEORY

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Solomon, W. (2012). EFFICIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER AND OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY: AN INFORMATION THEORY APPROACH . (Thesis). Addis Ababa University. Retrieved from http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/1210

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Solomon, Worku. “EFFICIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER AND OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY: AN INFORMATION THEORY APPROACH .” 2012. Thesis, Addis Ababa University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/1210.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Solomon, Worku. “EFFICIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER AND OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY: AN INFORMATION THEORY APPROACH .” 2012. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Solomon W. EFFICIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER AND OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY: AN INFORMATION THEORY APPROACH . [Internet] [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/1210.

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Solomon W. EFFICIENCY AT MAXIMUM POWER AND OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY: AN INFORMATION THEORY APPROACH . [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2012. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/1210

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Oregon State University

15. Pierce, Larry A. Computing entropy for Z²-actions.

Degree: PhD, Mathematics, 2008, Oregon State University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9318

► For a certain class of Z²-actions, we provide a proof of a conjecture that the ratio of the Perron eigenvalues of the transfer matrices of… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Entropy; Entropy (Information theory)

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Pierce, L. A. (2008). Computing entropy for Z²-actions. (Doctoral Dissertation). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9318

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Pierce, Larry A. “Computing entropy for Z²-actions.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, Oregon State University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9318.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Pierce, Larry A. “Computing entropy for Z²-actions.” 2008. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Pierce LA. Computing entropy for Z²-actions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Oregon State University; 2008. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9318.

Council of Science Editors:

Pierce LA. Computing entropy for Z²-actions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Oregon State University; 2008. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9318

Oregon State University

16. Shirland, Larry Elwyn. Multi-factor information theory models and their industrial applications.

Degree: PhD, Industrial Engineering, 1972, Oregon State University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/45855

► This dissertation treats information theory and its applications to the general area of decision making. Specifically, three areas are covered; (1) information theory applied to… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Information theory

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Shirland, L. E. (1972). Multi-factor information theory models and their industrial applications. (Doctoral Dissertation). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/45855

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Shirland, Larry Elwyn. “Multi-factor information theory models and their industrial applications.” 1972. Doctoral Dissertation, Oregon State University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/45855.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Shirland, Larry Elwyn. “Multi-factor information theory models and their industrial applications.” 1972. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Shirland LE. Multi-factor information theory models and their industrial applications. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Oregon State University; 1972. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/45855.

Council of Science Editors:

Shirland LE. Multi-factor information theory models and their industrial applications. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Oregon State University; 1972. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/45855

17. Bunch, Trevor. Advocating for Strategic it| Phenomenological Study of Nonprofit it Leaders.

Degree: 2018, Capella University

URL: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10746227

► Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) lag behind their for-profit and public-sector peers in leveraging IT to satisfy a growing and diverse set of stakeholder expectations. NPO… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Management; Information technology; Organization theory

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Bunch, T. (2018). Advocating for Strategic it| Phenomenological Study of Nonprofit it Leaders. (Thesis). Capella University. Retrieved from http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10746227

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Bunch, Trevor. “Advocating for Strategic it| Phenomenological Study of Nonprofit it Leaders.” 2018. Thesis, Capella University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10746227.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Bunch, Trevor. “Advocating for Strategic it| Phenomenological Study of Nonprofit it Leaders.” 2018. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Bunch T. Advocating for Strategic it| Phenomenological Study of Nonprofit it Leaders. [Internet] [Thesis]. Capella University; 2018. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10746227.

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Council of Science Editors:

Bunch T. Advocating for Strategic it| Phenomenological Study of Nonprofit it Leaders. [Thesis]. Capella University; 2018. Available from: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10746227

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Victoria University of Wellington

18. Van Kuyk, Steven. Speech Communication from an Information Theoretical Perspective.

Degree: 2019, Victoria University of Wellington

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8196

► Throughout the last century, models of human speech communication have been proposed by linguists, psychologists, and engineers. Advancements have been made, but a theory of… (more)

▼ Throughout the last century, models of human speech communication have been proposed by linguists, psychologists, and engineers. Advancements have been made, but a theory of human speech communication that is both comprehensive and quantitative is yet to emerge. This thesis hypothesises that a branch of mathematics known as information theory holds the answer to a more complete theory. Information theory has made fundamental contributions to wireless communications, computer science, statistical inference, cryptography, thermodynamics, and biology. There is no reason that information theory cannot be applied to human speech communication, but thus far, a relatively small effort has been made to do so. The goal of this research was to develop a quantitative model of speech communication that is consistent with our knowledge of linguistics and that is accurate enough to predict the intelligibility of speech signals. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the following research questions: 1) how does the acoustic information rate of speech compare to the lexical information rate of speech? 2) How can information theory be used to predict the intelligibility of speech-based communication systems? 3) How well do competing models of speech communication predict intelligibility? To answer the first research question, novel approaches for estimating the information rate of speech communication are proposed. Unlike existing approaches, the methods proposed in this thesis rely on having a chorus of speech signals where each signal in the chorus contains the same linguistic message, but is spoken by a different talker. The advantage of this approach is that variability inherent in the production of speech can be accounted for. The approach gives an estimate of about 180 b/s. This is three times larger than estimates based on lexical models, but it is an order of magnitude smaller than previous estimates that rely on acoustic signals. To answer the second research question, a novel instrumental intelligibility metric called speech intelligibility in bits (SIIB) and a variant called SIIBGauss are proposed. SIIB is an estimate of the amount of information shared between a talker and a listener in bits per second. Unlike existing intelligibility metrics that are based on information theory, SIIB accounts for talker variability and statistical dependencies between time-frequency units. Finally, to answer the third research question, a comprehensive evaluation of intrusive intelligibility metrics is provided. The results show that SIIB and SIIBGauss have state-of-the-art performance, that intelligibility metrics tend to perform poorly on data sets that were not used during their development, and show the advantage of reducing statistical dependencies between input features. Advisors/Committee Members: Kleijn, Bastiaan, Hendriks, Richard.

Subjects/Keywords: Speech; Information theory; Intelligibility

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Van Kuyk, S. (2019). Speech Communication from an Information Theoretical Perspective. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8196

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Van Kuyk, Steven. “Speech Communication from an Information Theoretical Perspective.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8196.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Van Kuyk, Steven. “Speech Communication from an Information Theoretical Perspective.” 2019. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Van Kuyk S. Speech Communication from an Information Theoretical Perspective. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2019. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8196.

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Van Kuyk S. Speech Communication from an Information Theoretical Perspective. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8196

19. Ireland, Forrest L. GPU accelerated risk quantification.

Degree: MS, Computer Science, 2018, Eastern Washington University

URL: https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/497

► Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) is a standard model for quantitatively estimating cybersecurity risks and has been implemented as a sequential Monte Carlo… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Information Security; Theory and Algorithms

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Ireland, F. L. (2018). GPU accelerated risk quantification. (Thesis). Eastern Washington University. Retrieved from https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/497

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Ireland, Forrest L. “GPU accelerated risk quantification.” 2018. Thesis, Eastern Washington University. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/497.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ireland, Forrest L. “GPU accelerated risk quantification.” 2018. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Ireland FL. GPU accelerated risk quantification. [Internet] [Thesis]. Eastern Washington University; 2018. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/497.

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Council of Science Editors:

Ireland FL. GPU accelerated risk quantification. [Thesis]. Eastern Washington University; 2018. Available from: https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/497

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Uppsala University

20. Xiao, Chuye. Information Quality under the lens of Practice Theory: A Case of Syskonstödjare (Sibling Supporters) in Sweden.

Degree: Information Systems, 2015, Uppsala University

URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-269823

► The awareness of having a good information quality (IQ) in organizations has been increasing in the past decades. Despite that the well-accepted definition of… (more)

▼ The awareness of having a good information quality (IQ) in organizations has been increasing in the past decades. Despite that the well-accepted definition of information quality emphasizes the fitness of information to its consumers, IQ itself is known as context sensitive (Wang and Strong, 1996). It may be perceived differently depending on different contexts. This thesis presents a study of investigating IQ under the lens of practice theory. Practice theory intends to reveal the very idea of how the nexuses of human activities are organized (Schatzki, 2001). In this thesis, IQ was interpreted under the lens of Swidler’s perspective on practice theory specifically (2001), who stresses culture as the core that lies behind every aspect of social causation. The purpose of this study is to gain an in-depth knowledge on information quality. The empirical setting in this study is the sibling support system in Sweden, which has a rather unique organizational context as they do not have a classic top-down organizational structure and standard working procedure. The inquiry of this study focuses on three aspects; how IQ is perceived under this particular organizational context and the reasons behind it, also whether IQ is context sensitive in this type of organization. A mixed methods research was performed as the research methodology. A questionnaire was firstly sent out to the participants, and then interviews were followed up in order to obtain more detailed information. The contribution includes an account on a new perception on IQ under this specific organizational setting, and why it is perceived in such a way. Also the answer to whether IQ is context sensitive in this kind of organization is argued. Further secondary findings on the issues raised from the applied questionnaire are presented, as they are unexpectedly uncovered but worth attention for future IQ studies. This study presents a new angle of perceiving IQ, which offers certain reference value to future relevant studies.

Subjects/Keywords: Information Quality; Practice Theory

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Xiao, C. (2015). Information Quality under the lens of Practice Theory: A Case of Syskonstödjare (Sibling Supporters) in Sweden. (Thesis). Uppsala University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-269823

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Xiao, Chuye. “Information Quality under the lens of Practice Theory: A Case of Syskonstödjare (Sibling Supporters) in Sweden.” 2015. Thesis, Uppsala University. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-269823.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Xiao, Chuye. “Information Quality under the lens of Practice Theory: A Case of Syskonstödjare (Sibling Supporters) in Sweden.” 2015. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Xiao C. Information Quality under the lens of Practice Theory: A Case of Syskonstödjare (Sibling Supporters) in Sweden. [Internet] [Thesis]. Uppsala University; 2015. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-269823.

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Xiao C. Information Quality under the lens of Practice Theory: A Case of Syskonstödjare (Sibling Supporters) in Sweden. [Thesis]. Uppsala University; 2015. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-269823

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University of Notre Dame

21. Krishnan Padmanabhan. Multi-User Communication over Wireless Channels with Unknown Fading</h1>.

Degree: Electrical Engineering, 2011, University of Notre Dame

URL: https://curate.nd.edu/show/tb09j388g71

► This dissertation studies different aspects of multi-user wireless communication over channels with unknown fading. The first part of the dissertation presents a practicable successive… (more)

▼ This dissertation studies different aspects of multi-user wireless communication over channels with unknown fading. The first part of the dissertation presents a practicable successive decoding strategy for a multiple access channel with N users and K receive antennas and independent Rayleigh flat-fading between the transmitter receiver pairs. The receiver has access to the received signals from all the antennas and there is no channel side information. An optimal receiver is presented and various simplified receiver schemes are proposed whose achievable rate is very close to the constrained capacity for both block fading and correlated fading models. A rate-splitting algorithm is developed that equalizes the individual user rates without diminishing the sum rate of the system. The second part of the dissertation presents analytical upper and lower bounds on the information rate of a multiuser Rayleigh fading channel with no Channel State Information (CSI) at the transmitters or the receivers. These bounds are shown to converge whenever an individual user’s data rate is small compared with the bandwidth, e.g., when users can employ CDMA. The amount of spreading required for a given degree of convergence depends on the number of receive antennas. The number of users can be sufficient for the aggregate spectral density to be large. Exact analytical expressions for the information rates of both the block fading and the continuous correlated fading channel models in this regime are presented. Finally, the results are extended to more general channel models. The third part of the dissertation presents asymptotic results on the capacity of growing wireless networks. This part considers a very general system model for a large wireless network which subsumes a variety of practical networking scenarios including networks with relays. The transmitters and receivers are distributed through space (in two or three dimensions) and the channels between any transmitter receiver pair are non-coherent Rayleigh block fading channels. The transmitters are allowed to design their codebooks jointly even though their data is independent. The received signals are attenuated by path loss which is polynomial with distance. The receivers in the system are allowed to cooperate completely by sending the received signals to a central decoder which can jointly decode the transmitted symbols. Under this very general system model, the per user capacity of the growing network is shown to go to zero unless the system bandwidth or the coherence time is increasing. We present necessary and sufficient conditions on how the channel coherence time and the system bandwidth must vary for capacity to be non vanishing. These results are fundamental and result from the randomness of the fading present in the network rather than any peculiarities in the system model. Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Daniel Costello, Committee Member, Dr. Thomas Fuja, Committee Chair, Dr. Ken Sauer, Committee Member, Dr. Yih-Fang Huang, Committee Member.

Subjects/Keywords: information theory

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Padmanabhan, K. (2011). Multi-User Communication over Wireless Channels with Unknown Fading</h1>. (Thesis). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved from https://curate.nd.edu/show/tb09j388g71

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Padmanabhan, Krishnan. “Multi-User Communication over Wireless Channels with Unknown Fading</h1>.” 2011. Thesis, University of Notre Dame. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://curate.nd.edu/show/tb09j388g71.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Padmanabhan, Krishnan. “Multi-User Communication over Wireless Channels with Unknown Fading</h1>.” 2011. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Padmanabhan K. Multi-User Communication over Wireless Channels with Unknown Fading</h1>. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2011. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/tb09j388g71.

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Council of Science Editors:

Padmanabhan K. Multi-User Communication over Wireless Channels with Unknown Fading</h1>. [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2011. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/tb09j388g71

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University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign

22. Moon, Jun. Control and estimation with limited information: a game-theoretic approach.

Degree: PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2015, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88941

► Modern control systems can be viewed as interconnections of spatially distributed multiple subsystems, where the individual subsystems share their information with each other through an… (more)

▼ Modern control systems can be viewed as interconnections of spatially distributed multiple subsystems, where the individual subsystems share their information with each other through an underlying network that inherently introduces limitations on information flow. Inherent limitations on the flow of information among individual subsystems may stem from structural constraints of the network and/or communication constraints of the network. Hence, in order to design optimal control and estimation mechanisms for modern control systems, we must answer the following two practical but important questions: (1) What are the fundamental communication limits to achieve a desired control performance and stability? (2) What are the approaches one has to adopt to design a decentralized controller for a complex system to deal with structural constraints? In this thesis, we consider four different problems within a game-theoretic framework to address the above questions. The first part of the thesis considers problems of control and estimation with limited communication, which correspond to question (1) above. We first consider the minimax estimation problem with intermittent observations. In this setting, the disturbance in the dynamical system as well as the sensor noise are controlled by adversaries, and the estimator receives the sensor measurements only sporadically, with availability governed by an independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) Bernoulli process. This problem is cast in the thesis within the framework of stochastic zero-sum dynamic games. First, a corresponding stochastic minimax state estimator (SMSE) is obtained, along with an associated generalized stochastic Riccati equation (GSRE). Then, the asymptotic behavior of the estimation error in terms of the GSRE is analyzed. We obtain threshold-type conditions on the rate of intermittent observations and the disturbance attenuation parameter, above which 1) the expected value of the GSRE is bounded from below and above by deterministic quantities, and 2) the norm of the sequence generated by the GSRE converges weakly to a unique stationary distribution. We then study the minimax control problem over unreliable communication channels. The transmission of packets from the plant output sensors to the controller, and from the controller to the plant, are over sporadically failing channels governed by two independent i.i.d. Bernoulli processes. Two different scenarios for unreliable communication channels are considered. The first one is when the communication channel provides perfect acknowledgments of successful transmissions of control packets through a clean reverse channel, which is the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), and the second one is when there is no acknowledgment, which is the UDP (User Datagram Protocol). Under both scenarios, the thesis obtains output feedback minimax controllers; it also identifies a set of explicit existence conditions in terms of the disturbance attenuation parameter and the communication channel loss… Advisors/Committee Members: Basar, Tamer (advisor), Basar, Tamer (Committee Chair), Belabbas, Mohamed Ali (committee member), Dullerud, Geir (committee member), Hajek, Bruce (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Game Theory; Limited Information

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Moon, J. (2015). Control and estimation with limited information: a game-theoretic approach. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88941

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Moon, Jun. “Control and estimation with limited information: a game-theoretic approach.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88941.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Moon, Jun. “Control and estimation with limited information: a game-theoretic approach.” 2015. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Moon J. Control and estimation with limited information: a game-theoretic approach. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign; 2015. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88941.

Council of Science Editors:

Moon J. Control and estimation with limited information: a game-theoretic approach. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88941

University of Melbourne

23. SAMARASINGHE, THARAKA. Opportunistic beamforming in wireless networks: optimal selective feedback policies and the feedback-capacity tradeoff.

Degree: 2012, University of Melbourne

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/37736

► Opportunistic beamforming is a reduced feedback communication strategy for vector broadcast channels which only requires partial channel state information (CSI) at the base station for… (more)

▼ Opportunistic beamforming is a reduced feedback communication strategy for vector broadcast channels which only requires partial channel state information (CSI) at the base station for its operation. Although reducing feedback, this strategy, in its plain implementations, displays a linear growth in the feedback load with the total number of users in the system, which can be an onerous requirement for large systems. This impracticality motivates the use of selective feedback techniques in which only the users with good channels are allowed to feedback. In this thesis, we focus on a more stringent but practical finite limit on the feedback load, and we study the structure of the sum-rate maximizing decentralized selective feedback policies, and how the resulting sum-rate compare to the sum-rate without any user selection. Firstly, we set up the problem of finding the structure of downlink sum-rate maximizing selective decentralized feedback policies for opportunistic beamforming under finite feedback constraints on the average number of mobile users feeding back. We show that any sum-rate maximizing selective decentralized feedback policy must be a threshold feedback policy. This result holds for most practical fading channel models. Then, the resulting optimum threshold selection problem is analyzed in detail. This is a non-convex optimization problem over finite dimensional Euclidean spaces. By utilizing the theory of majorization, an underlying Schur-concave structure in the sum-rate function is identified, and the sufficient conditions for the optimality of homogenous threshold feedback policies are obtained. Applications of these results are illustrated for well known fading channel models such as Rayleigh, Nakagami and Rician fading channels, along with various engineering and design insights. Rather surprisingly, it is shown that using the same threshold value at all mobile users is not always a rate-wise optimal feedback strategy, even for a network with statistically identical mobile users. For the Rayleigh fading channel model, on the other hand, homogenous threshold feedback policies are proven to be rate-wise optimal if multiple orthonormal data carrying beams are used to communicate with multiple mobile users simultaneously. Having established the optimality of a homogenous threshold for a multi-beam Rayleigh fading environment, we then analyze the derivation of these optimum policies which ensure a O (1) feedback constraint as the number of users grows large. Starting with a set of statistically identical users, we obtain the tradeoff curve tracing the Pareto optimal boundary between feasible and infeasible feedback-capacity pairs for opportunistic beamforming. Any point on this tradeoff curve can be obtained by means of the derived threshold feedback policies, which are rate-wise optimal. We further show to what extent the O (1) feedback constraint must be relaxed to…

Subjects/Keywords: wireless communications; information theory

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SAMARASINGHE, T. (2012). Opportunistic beamforming in wireless networks: optimal selective feedback policies and the feedback-capacity tradeoff. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11343/37736

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

SAMARASINGHE, THARAKA. “Opportunistic beamforming in wireless networks: optimal selective feedback policies and the feedback-capacity tradeoff.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Melbourne. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/37736.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

SAMARASINGHE, THARAKA. “Opportunistic beamforming in wireless networks: optimal selective feedback policies and the feedback-capacity tradeoff.” 2012. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

SAMARASINGHE T. Opportunistic beamforming in wireless networks: optimal selective feedback policies and the feedback-capacity tradeoff. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/37736.

Council of Science Editors:

SAMARASINGHE T. Opportunistic beamforming in wireless networks: optimal selective feedback policies and the feedback-capacity tradeoff. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/37736

University of Hawaii – Manoa

24. Perry, Patrick. The expected value for the probability of an undetected error using a linear code over an unknown binary symmetric channel.

Degree: MS, 2011, University of Hawaii – Manoa

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20564

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The expected value for the probability of an undetected error for a linear code over the binary symmetric… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Error-correcting codes (Information theory)

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Perry, P. (2011). The expected value for the probability of an undetected error using a linear code over an unknown binary symmetric channel. (Masters Thesis). University of Hawaii – Manoa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20564

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Perry, Patrick. “The expected value for the probability of an undetected error using a linear code over an unknown binary symmetric channel.” 2011. Masters Thesis, University of Hawaii – Manoa. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20564.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Perry, Patrick. “The expected value for the probability of an undetected error using a linear code over an unknown binary symmetric channel.” 2011. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Perry P. The expected value for the probability of an undetected error using a linear code over an unknown binary symmetric channel. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2011. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20564.

Council of Science Editors:

Perry P. The expected value for the probability of an undetected error using a linear code over an unknown binary symmetric channel. [Masters Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20564

Georgia Tech

25. Stapleton, Morgan Lee. A methodology utilizing semantic information measures for conversational or dialogue experiments.

Degree: PhD, Information Science, 1974, Georgia Tech

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8288

Subjects/Keywords: Information theory

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Stapleton, M. L. (1974). A methodology utilizing semantic information measures for conversational or dialogue experiments. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8288

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Stapleton, Morgan Lee. “A methodology utilizing semantic information measures for conversational or dialogue experiments.” 1974. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8288.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Stapleton, Morgan Lee. “A methodology utilizing semantic information measures for conversational or dialogue experiments.” 1974. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Stapleton ML. A methodology utilizing semantic information measures for conversational or dialogue experiments. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 1974. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8288.

Council of Science Editors:

Stapleton ML. A methodology utilizing semantic information measures for conversational or dialogue experiments. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 1974. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8288

University of Waterloo

26. Moshksar, Kamyar. On Asynchronous Interference Channels.

Degree: 2016, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11074

► In the first part of the thesis, a decentralized wireless network of separate transmitter-receiver pairs is studied where there is no central controller to assign… (more)

▼ In the first part of the thesis, a decentralized wireless network of separate transmitter-receiver pairs is studied where there is no central controller to assign the resources to the users and users do not explicitly cooperate. For simplicity, we focus on a single-burst scenario where each transmitter sends a single codeword upon activation and remains silent afterwards. Users are block-asynchronous meaning there exists a mutual delay between their transmitted codewords. We show how the receivers learn about the number of active users, channel coefficients and activation times of the transmitters using piecewise linear regression. It is essential that each receiver fi nds the exact arrival time of the codeword sent by its corresponding transmitter. To achieve this goal, preamble sequences are embedded at the beginning of a transmitted codeword. As different users do not necessarily know each other's preamble sequences, there is no guarantee that a receiver can estimate the arrival times of interference bursts along its desired data with vanishingly small probability of error. Nevertheless, the estimates are reliable enough to guarantee successful decoding at each receiver. The second part of the thesis addresses a Gaussian interference channel with two transmitter-receiver (Tx-Rx) pairs under stochastic data arrival (GIC-SDA). Information bits arrive at the transmitters according to independent and asynchronous Bernoulli processes (Tx-Tx~asynchrony). Each information source turns off after generating a given total number of bits. The transmissions are asynchronous (Tx-Rx~asynchrony) in the sense that each Tx sends a codeword to its Rx immediately after there are enough bits available in its buffer. Such asynchronous style of transmission is shown to significantly reduce the transmission delay in comparison with the existing Tx-Rx synchronous transmission schemes. The receivers learn about the activity frames of both transmitters by employing sequential joint-typicality detection. As a consequence, the GIC-SDA under Tx-Rx asynchrony is represented by a standard GIC with state known at the receivers. The cardinality of the state space is \binom{2N_1+2N₂}{2N₂} in which N₁, N₂ are the numbers of transmitted codewords by the two transmitters. Each realization of the state imposes two sets of constraints on N₁, N₂ referred to as the geometric and reliability constraints. In a scenario where the transmitters are only aware of the statistics of Tx-Tx~asynchrony, it is shown how one designs N₁,N₂ to achieve target transmission rates for both users and minimize the probability of unsuccessful decoding. An achievable region is characterized for the codebook rates in a two-user GIC-SDA under the requirements that the transmissions be immediate and the receivers treat interference as noise. This region is described as the union of uncountably many polyhedrons and is in general disconnected and non-convex due to infeasibility of time-sharing. Special attention is given to the symmetric case where…

Subjects/Keywords: Information Theory; Interference Channels; Asynchrony

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Moshksar, K. (2016). On Asynchronous Interference Channels. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11074

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Moshksar, Kamyar. “On Asynchronous Interference Channels.” 2016. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11074.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Moshksar, Kamyar. “On Asynchronous Interference Channels.” 2016. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Moshksar K. On Asynchronous Interference Channels. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2016. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11074.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Moshksar K. On Asynchronous Interference Channels. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11074

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Louisiana State University

27. Roy Bardhan, Bhaskar. Topics in Quantum Metrology, Control, and Communications.

Degree: PhD, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, 2014, Louisiana State University

URL: etd-10052014-073714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3752

► Noise present in an environment has significant impacts on a quantum system affecting properties like coherence, entanglement and other metrological features of a quantum state.… (more)

▼ Noise present in an environment has significant impacts on a quantum system affecting properties like coherence, entanglement and other metrological features of a quantum state. In this dissertation, we address the effects of different types of noise that are present in a communication channel (or medium) and an interferometric setup, and analyze their effects in the contexts of preserving coherence and entanglement, phase sensitivity, and limits on rate of communication through noisy channels. We first consider quantum optical phase estimation in quantum metrology when phase fluctuations are introduced in the system by its interaction with a noisy environment. By considering path-entangled dual-mode photon Fock states in a Mach-Zehnder optical interferometric configuration, we show that such phase fluctuations affect phase sensitivity and visibility by adding noise to the phase to be estimated. We also demonstrate that the optimal detection strategy for estimating a phase in the presence of such phase noise is provided by the parity detection scheme. We then investigate the random birefringent noise present in an optical fiber affecting the coherence properties of a single photon polarization qubit propagating through it. We show that a simple but effective control technique, called dynamical decoupling, can be used to suppress the effects of the dephasing noise, thereby preserving its ability to carry the encoded quantum information in a long-distance optical fiber communication system. Optical amplifiers and attenuators can also add noise to an entangled quantum system, deteriorating the non-classical properties of the state. We show this by considering a two-mode squeezed vacuum state, which is a Gaussian entangled state, propagating through a noisy medium, and characterizing the loss of entanglement in the covariance matrix and the symplectic formalism for this state. Finally, we discuss limits on the rate of communication in the context of sending messages through noisy optical quantum communication channels. In particular, we prove that a strong converse theorem holds under a maximum photon number constraint for these channels, guaranteeing that the success probability in decoding the message vanishes in the asymptotic limit for the rate exceeding the capacity of the channels.

Subjects/Keywords: Quantum optics; Quantum information theory

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Roy Bardhan, B. (2014). Topics in Quantum Metrology, Control, and Communications. (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University. Retrieved from etd-10052014-073714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3752

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Roy Bardhan, Bhaskar. “Topics in Quantum Metrology, Control, and Communications.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University. Accessed February 26, 2021. etd-10052014-073714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3752.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Roy Bardhan, Bhaskar. “Topics in Quantum Metrology, Control, and Communications.” 2014. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Roy Bardhan B. Topics in Quantum Metrology, Control, and Communications. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: etd-10052014-073714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3752.

Council of Science Editors:

Roy Bardhan B. Topics in Quantum Metrology, Control, and Communications. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2014. Available from: etd-10052014-073714 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3752

University of British Columbia

28. Reader, William Roland. Coding for signals with occasional transients.

Degree: Master of Applied Science - MASc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1962, University of British Columbia

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38876

► This investigation is concerned with improvements that can be made in communication systems to enable them to transmit efficiently signals containing occasional transient. A method… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Information theory

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Reader, W. R. (1962). Coding for signals with occasional transients. (Masters Thesis). University of British Columbia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38876

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Reader, William Roland. “Coding for signals with occasional transients.” 1962. Masters Thesis, University of British Columbia. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38876.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Reader, William Roland. “Coding for signals with occasional transients.” 1962. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Reader WR. Coding for signals with occasional transients. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of British Columbia; 1962. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38876.

Council of Science Editors:

Reader WR. Coding for signals with occasional transients. [Masters Thesis]. University of British Columbia; 1962. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38876

University of Texas – Austin

29. Sendrowski, Alicia Paige. Are you part of the network? : characterizing process couplings and feedbacks in a river delta using information theory.

Degree: MSin Engineering, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, 2015, University of Texas – Austin

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/31782

► River deltas are highly interconnected systems consisting of channels and inter-channel islands. They result from complex interactions between fluxes of water, sediment, nutrients, energy, and… (more)

▼ River deltas are highly interconnected systems consisting of channels and inter-channel islands. They result from complex interactions between fluxes of water, sediment, nutrients, energy, and biota. Given the importance of deltas in a social, economic, and ecological context, the understanding of delta function and evolution is of utmost importance. This work aims to use statistical methods to gain insights into delta system processes across spatial and temporal scales. Specifically, understanding the effect of discharge, wind, and tidal forcing on delta variables is a key question. An information theoretic approach was used to identify environmental controls on island and channel inundation, and channel turbidities, in Wax Lake Delta, a naturally prograding delta in coastal Louisiana, USA. Continuous water level data were collected on the islands during summer 2014 and in the channels during winter 2014. Channel turbidities were also collected in winter 2014. Information theory statistics, such as transfer entropy and mutual information, were calculated for all variables to characterize controls on depth and turbidity in terms of strength, direction, and scale. Discharge, wind, and tidal forcing were found to be very dependent on spatial location in the delta. The more upstream locations see increasing influence from discharge in both islands and channels, with tidal influence increasing downstream. Channels are less affected by tides than islands. Wind influence is more complex and varies across space and time for both water level and turbidity. Recalculating information theory metrics under conditions of low and high discharge reveals a higher tidal influence in low flows and a higher wind influence during high flows. The implications for this work are the future construction of a process network, which will show the major flow paths of energy, water, sediments, and nutrients through the system, leading to enhanced metrics that aid in delta system restoration. Advisors/Committee Members: Passlacqua, Paola (advisor), Gilbert, Robert (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Delta; Information theory; Networks

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Sendrowski, A. P. (2015). Are you part of the network? : characterizing process couplings and feedbacks in a river delta using information theory. (Masters Thesis). University of Texas – Austin. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2152/31782

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Sendrowski, Alicia Paige. “Are you part of the network? : characterizing process couplings and feedbacks in a river delta using information theory.” 2015. Masters Thesis, University of Texas – Austin. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/31782.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Sendrowski, Alicia Paige. “Are you part of the network? : characterizing process couplings and feedbacks in a river delta using information theory.” 2015. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

Sendrowski AP. Are you part of the network? : characterizing process couplings and feedbacks in a river delta using information theory. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Texas – Austin; 2015. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/31782.

Council of Science Editors:

Sendrowski AP. Are you part of the network? : characterizing process couplings and feedbacks in a river delta using information theory. [Masters Thesis]. University of Texas – Austin; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/31782

Delft University of Technology

30. López Domínguez, Erick (author). Information as a product: Bridging the gap between BIM technical and social solutions in projects for O&M purposes.

Degree: 2020, Delft University of Technology

URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:04c012e3-38d9-4561-97e9-134cbcc45c8a

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The Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (AECO) industry is in constant need of processes and standards that allow it to deliver projects within budget, time,… (more)

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The Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (AECO) industry is in constant need of processes and standards that allow it to deliver projects within budget, time, and quality. A strategy that has helped to get closer to this goal is the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM). Adoption of BIM-related technologies is mostly limited to architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) actors, who handover the collection of design and construction data for the client but retrieving data from BIM models for operations and maintenance (O&M) activities is not as common as desired but it offers great potential to perform and support activities such as Assessment and Monitoring, Documentation, Emergency Management, Energy and Space Management, and Maintenance of Service Information. Processes, standards, and formats for integrating information about Operations and Maintenance in the design phase have been conceptually developed with a technical dimension approach toward activities, information, and solutions. Given that BIM is a socio-technical system, solutions must also consider a social perspective. For this reason, Activity Theory is used to analyse maintenance activities, their origin, elements related, and processes involved in their performance and, more specifically, their definition. The established theoretical lens considers information as the main product to deliver instead of a by-product of the models’ deliverables. Thus, it was determined, through a literature review, exploratory interviews, semi-structured interviews and the aforementioned analysis, that the integration of O&M personnel is not only usually late along the information lifecycle of an asset’s life, but that the required attributes that provide the necessary information to asset managers to perform their tasks are not even considered early enough in the project, commonly when it is already handed over. Integration of these actors along the already established processes is encouraged to ensure the information will not only be produced and transferred as required, but it will also be useful for other purposes that are included in the documentation of the project.

Civil Engineering | Construction Management and Engineering

Advisors/Committee Members: Chan, P.W.C. (mentor), Lousberg, L.H.M.J. (mentor), LIU, Y. (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).

Subjects/Keywords: BIM; information; activity theory; handover

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López Domínguez, E. (. (2020). Information as a product: Bridging the gap between BIM technical and social solutions in projects for O&M purposes. (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:04c012e3-38d9-4561-97e9-134cbcc45c8a

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

López Domínguez, Erick (author). “Information as a product: Bridging the gap between BIM technical and social solutions in projects for O&M purposes.” 2020. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:04c012e3-38d9-4561-97e9-134cbcc45c8a.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

López Domínguez, Erick (author). “Information as a product: Bridging the gap between BIM technical and social solutions in projects for O&M purposes.” 2020. Web. 26 Feb 2021.

Vancouver:

López Domínguez E(. Information as a product: Bridging the gap between BIM technical and social solutions in projects for O&M purposes. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. [cited 2021 Feb 26]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:04c012e3-38d9-4561-97e9-134cbcc45c8a.

Council of Science Editors:

López Domínguez E(. Information as a product: Bridging the gap between BIM technical and social solutions in projects for O&M purposes. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:04c012e3-38d9-4561-97e9-134cbcc45c8a

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