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Bayesian Analysis of Crime Survey Data with Nonresponse
Keyword:
MCMC
,
Small Area Estimation
,
Bayesian Hierarchical Models
, and
Nonresponse
Creator:
Liu, Shiao
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Cooperative Object Manipulation with Force Tracking on the da Vinci Research Kit
Keyword:
Object Manipulation
,
Cooperative Manipulators
,
Parameter Identification
,
Impedance Control
,
da Vinci Surgical System
, and
Force Control
Creator:
Gondokaryono, Radian A
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Parameter Continuation with Secant Approximation for Deep Neural Networks
Keyword:
non-convex
,
homotopy
,
Deep Learning
,
parameter continuation
,
Optimization
, and
secant
Creator:
Pathak, Harsh N.
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Evaluating Clustering Techniques over Big Data in Distributed Infrastructures
Keyword:
Hadoop
and
Clustering
Creator:
Shetty, Kartik
Advisor:
Eltabakh, Mohamed Y.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Sonochemical Defluorination of Perfluorinated Compounds by Activated Persulfate Ions
Keyword:
Ultrasound
,
sodium persulfate
,
water
,
Advanced Oxidation
,
perfluorinated compounds
, and
PFOS
Creator:
Gray, Kevin M
Advisor:
Bergendahl, John Andrew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-07-08
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Green & Clean Al-Cu Alloys
Keyword:
Casting
and
Degassing
Creator:
Pan, Qingyu
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Trick of the Light: A Game Engine for Exploring Novel Fog of War Mechanics
Keyword:
Fog of war
and
Unshared vision
Creator:
Mason, Zackery
Advisor:
Moriarty, Brian J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
Design Analysis of Roller Coasters
Keyword:
roller coaster
,
structural supports
, and
Simulation
Creator:
Hunt, Kristen
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-23
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Likelihood Inference for Order Restricted Models
Keyword:
Reversal
,
Cone order
,
Projection
,
Simple Order
,
Likelihood Methodology
,
Preservation
,
Cone Order Monotonicity
,
Tree Order
,
Stochastic Order.
, and
Convex cones
Creator:
Almazmomi, Afnan
Advisor:
Peiris, Buddika
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
A Machine Learning approach to Febrile Classification
Keyword:
Thermal Imaging
,
Fever Screening
,
Classification
,
Machine Learning
, and
Deep Learning
Creator:
Kostopouls, Theodore P
Advisor:
Lee, Kwonmoo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Alcogait Gamification
Keyword:
gamification
and
m-health
Creator:
Nimkar, Chaitany
Advisor:
Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
Obliti - Empathy game regarding depression
Keyword:
Depression
,
game design
, and
empathy
Creator:
Stevens, Mitchell
Advisor:
O'Donnell, Dean Michael
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
Dimension Reduction and LASSO using Pointwise and Group Norms
Keyword:
Dimension Reduction
,
LASSO
, and
Robust Sparse PCA
Creator:
Jutras, Melanie A
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Cognitive Radio Connectivity for Railway Transportation Networks
Keyword:
Smart Railway Network
,
Software-defined Radios
,
LTE-R
,
Cognitive Radio
, and
Cooperative Spectrum Sensing
Creator:
Gill, Kuldeep S
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-22
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
COMSOL Multi-physics model for Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMD’s)-Nafion composite Based Electromechanical Actuators
Keyword:
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs)
,
IPMC
,
FEM
,
COMSOL
, and
Electromechanical actuator
Creator:
Sawant, Ronit Prasad
Advisor:
Panchapakesan, Balaji
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
EMG Site: A MATLAB-based Application for EMG Data Collection and EMG-based Prosthetic Control
Keyword:
daq
,
MATLAB
,
prosthetic control
, and
Electromyogram
Creator:
Boyd, William J
Advisor:
Clancy, Edward A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Towards the Fabrication of a Fibrin Based Vascular Network
Keyword:
Vascular Engineering
,
Fibrin
, and
Vasculature
Creator:
Santos, Johanna Eleanor
Advisor:
Pins, George D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-16
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Goal Based Human Swarm Interaction for Collaborative Transport
Keyword:
Augmented Reality
,
Object Transport
,
Interaction
, and
Swarm
Creator:
Xu, Yicong
Advisor:
Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Facilitating Keyboard Use While Wearing a Head-Mounted Display
Keyword:
Typing
,
Head-Mounted Display
, and
Virtual Reality
Creator:
Gray, Keenan R
Advisor:
Kesselman, Jeffrey P.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
Numerical Methods for European Option Pricing with BSDEs
Keyword:
FT scheme
,
XVA
,
Linear Regression Monte Carlo method
, and
BSDE
Creator:
Min, Ming
Advisor:
Sturm, Stephan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Surface Characterization and Reactivity of Methylammionium Lead Iodide
Keyword:
TPD
,
Semiconductor
,
XPS
,
Surface Science
, and
Materials
Creator:
Zielinski, Kenneth M
Advisor:
Grimm, Ronald
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-10-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Implementation of a Modular Software Architecture on a Real-Time Operating System for Generic Control over MRI Compatible Surgical Robots
Keyword:
software architecture
,
Robotics
,
Real time
, and
MRI
Creator:
Gandomi-Bernal, Katie
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Designing a Visual Programming Language for the Creation of Multiplayer Embodied Games
Keyword:
games
,
programming
,
visual
,
language
,
math
, and
embodied
Creator:
Micciolo, Matthew
Advisor:
Arroyo, Ivon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-14
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
The Palace of Monarch
Keyword:
ancient
,
Virtual Reality
, and
Puzzle Game
Creator:
Zhu, Bolin
Advisor:
deWinter, Jennifer
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
Depression RPG: Weaving Teaching and Knowledge into Gameplay
Keyword:
Depression
and
Education
Creator:
Segal, Aaron
Advisor:
Sheldon, Charles Lee
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-11-16
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
An Image-Based Method to Measure Joint Deformity in Inflammatory Arthritis
Keyword:
HRpQCT
,
method
,
non-linear surface transformation
,
CT
,
Imaging
,
inflammatory arthritis
,
MCP
, and
coherent point drift
Creator:
Henchie, Travis F
Advisor:
Troy, Karen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Feasibility Study on Smart Cloud Commuting with Shared Autonomous Vehicles
Keyword:
Cloud Commuting
,
urban computing
, and
queuing theory
Creator:
Pan, Menghai
Advisor:
Li, Yanhua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Improving User Interface and User Experience of MathSpring Intelligent Tutoring System for Teachers
Keyword:
Emotion Charts
,
Learning Technologies
,
Teacher Dashboards
,
Mastery
,
Teacher Tools
, and
Mathematics Education
Creator:
Menon, Neeraj
Advisor:
Arroyo, Ivon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-20
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
vU-net: edge detection in time-lapse fluorescence live cell images based on convolutional neural networks
Keyword:
deep convolutional networks
,
Image segmentation
, and
high resolution fluorescence microscope images
Creator:
Zhang, Xitong
Advisor:
Lee, Kwonmoo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-23
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Computational modeling of triple layered microwave heat exchanger
Keyword:
Computational modeling
,
thermal runaway
, and
microwave heat exchanger
Creator:
Mohekar, Ajit
Advisor:
Tilley, Burt S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Bahadur Efficiencies for Statistics of Truncated P-value Combination Methods
Keyword:
TFisher
,
Bahadur efficiency
,
$p$-value combination methods
, and
signal detection
Creator:
Chen, Xiaohui
Advisor:
Wu, Zheyang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Predicting Average Annual Value of Free Agent Contracts in Major League Baseball
Keyword:
sabermetrics
,
sports
,
diagnostics
,
regression
,
Statistics
,
moneyball
, and
linear regression
Creator:
Libsch, Anton I
Advisor:
Peiris, Buddika
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
ABY Interactive: A Business Plan for an Interactive Media Company
Keyword:
Tunisia
,
Game industry
,
Augmented Reality
,
interactive media
, and
business plan
Creator:
Ben Yahia, Abdelaziz
Advisor:
deWinter, Jennifer
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
Calculating One-sided P-value for TFisher Under Correlated Data
Keyword:
correlated data analysis
,
p-value combination test
,
TFisher
, and
one-sided p-value
Creator:
Fang, Jiadong
Advisor:
Wu, Zheyang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
The Palace of Monarch
Keyword:
Puzzle Game
,
Virtual Reality
, and
ancient
Creator:
Xiong, Jing
Advisor:
deWinter, Jennifer
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Interactive Media and Game Development
Kernel Coherence Encoders
Keyword:
Kernel methods
,
Autoencoders
,
KCCA
, and
CCA
Creator:
Sun, Fangzheng
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-23
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Dynamic Task Allocation in Robot Swarms with Limited Buffer and Energy Constraints
Keyword:
Swarm robotics
,
task allocation
,
energy constraints
, and
buffer constraints
Creator:
Mohan, Janani
Advisor:
Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Improvement in Toughness of Castings through Chemical Surface Modification
Keyword:
Silicon
,
intermetallics
,
copper
,
Aluminum
,
nickel
,
titanium
, and
Cold spray
Creator:
Te, Alino
Advisor:
Mishra, Brajendra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Enhancement of Municipal Wastewater Biosolids Drying through Interfacial Energy Modifying Amendments to Promote Uniform Agglomeration
Keyword:
polyelectrolytes amendments
,
drying process
, and
Biosolids
Creator:
Zhang, Helin
Advisor:
Bergendahl, John Andrew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
A Minimum-Bending-Energy Needle Model for Closed-Loop Localization During Image-Guided Insertion
Keyword:
needle insertion
,
Optimization
, and
MRI
Creator:
Schornak, Joseph George
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Framework for Anonymous Secure Data Transfer in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
Keyword:
Ad-Hoc
,
VANET
,
Crypto
,
Iot
,
Data Transfer
,
Anonymous
, and
Networks
Creator:
Stegall, Jabari
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-19
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Automating endoscopic camera motion for teleoperated minimally invasive surgery using inverse reinforcement learning
Keyword:
Machine Learning
,
Virtual Reality
,
Surgical Robotics
,
endoscope
, and
automation
Creator:
Agrawal, Ankur S
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-13
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Full-body Shell Creation for CAD Virtual Humans including Tightly-Spaced, Enclosed Shells
Keyword:
Shell
,
Virtual Human
, and
CAD
Creator:
Htet, Aung Thu
Advisor:
Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-07-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Extension on Adaptive MAC Protocol for Space Communications
Keyword:
Deep Reinforcement Learning
,
Machine Learning
,
DVB-S2
,
Catastrophic Forgetting
,
NASA
, and
Space Communications
Creator:
Li, Max Hongming
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Decentralized Persistent Connectivity Deployment in Robot Swarms
Keyword:
energy awareness
,
Swarm robotics
, and
connectivity deployment
Creator:
Jayabalan, Adhavan
Advisor:
Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Analysis of Household Water Filtration in China: A System Dynamics Model
Keyword:
system dynamics
,
market share
, and
home water filtration system
Creator:
Cao, Shiya
Advisor:
Saeed, Khalid
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-05-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
An Approach for Deliberate Non-Compliance Detection during Opioid Abuse Surveillance by a Wearable Biosensor
Keyword:
Deliberate non-compliance detection
,
Machine Learning
,
opioid surveillance
,
triaxial accelerometer
, and
blood volume pulse (BVP)
Creator:
Singh, Rohitpal
Advisor:
Venkatasubramanian, Krishna Kumar
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Adaptively-Halting RNN for Tunable Early Classification of Time Series
Keyword:
Classification
,
Time series
,
Machine Learning
, and
Neural Networks
Creator:
Hartvigsen, Thomas
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-11-15
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
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Keyword:
information retrieval
,
Machine Learning
,
Deep Learning
, and
natural language processing
Creator:
Lovering, Charles
Advisor:
Whitehill, Jacob Richard
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Effect of supercritical water on coke formed during dodecane cracking with ZSM-5
Keyword:
ZSM-5
,
Zeolite
,
supercritical water
,
dodecane cracking
, and
Coke
Creator:
Guerra, Patricia
Advisor:
Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-10-02
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
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