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Title: Acoustic impulse response mapping for acoustic communications in shallow water.
Creator: Caimi, F. M., Tongta, R., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1998
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183706
Subject Headings: Electro-acoustics, Sound --Measurement, Acoustical engineering, Digital communications, Signal processing, Signals and signaling, Underwater acoustics, Signal processing --Digital techniques
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: MODIFYING SIGNAL RETIMING PROCEDURES AND POLICIES: A CASE OF HIGH-FIDELITY MODELING WITH MEDIUM-RESOLUTION DATA.
Creator: Dobrota, Nemanja, Stevanovic, Aleksandar, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description: Signal retiming, or signal optimization process, has not changed much over the last few decades. Traditional procedures rely on low-resolution data and a low-fidelity modeling approach. Such developed signal timing plans always require a fine-tuning process for deployed signal plans in field, thus questioning the very benefits of signal optimization. New trends suggest the use of high-resolution data, which are not easily available. At the same time, many improvements could be made if the...
Show moreSignal retiming, or signal optimization process, has not changed much over the last few decades. Traditional procedures rely on low-resolution data and a low-fidelity modeling approach. Such developed signal timing plans always require a fine-tuning process for deployed signal plans in field, thus questioning the very benefits of signal optimization. New trends suggest the use of high-resolution data, which are not easily available. At the same time, many improvements could be made if the traditional signal retiming process was modified to include the use of medium-resolution data and high-fidelity modeling. This study covers such an approach, where a traditional retiming procedure is modified to utilize large medium-resolution data sets, high-fidelity simulation models, and powerful stochastic optimization to develop robust signal timing plans. The study covers a 28-intersection urban corridor in Southeastern Florida. Medium-resolution data are used to identify peak-hour, Day-Of-Year (DOY) representative volumes for major seasons. Both low-fidelity and high-fidelity models are developed and calibrated with high precision to match the field signal operations. Then, by using traditional and stochastic optimization tools, signal timing plans are developed and tested in microsimulation. The findings reveal shortcomings of the traditional approach. Signal timing plans developed from medium-resolution data and high-fidelity modeling approach reduce average delay by 5%-26%. Travel times on the corridor are usually reduced by up to 10.5%, and the final solution does not transfer delay on the other neighboring streets (illustrated through latent delay), which is also decreased by 10%-49% when compared with the traditional results. In general, the novel approach has shown a great potential. The next step should be field testing and validation.
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Date Issued: 2019
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013298
Subject Headings: Traffic signal timing, Traffic signs and signals--Automatic control, Traffic signs and signals--Research, Stochastic optimization
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Title: Monitoring of Traffic Signal System’s Performance and Reliability Based on the Data from ATMS.now Signal System Central Software.
Creator: Radivojevic, Danilo, Stevanovic, Aleksandar, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description: The monitoring of traffic signal systems can be of great importance for identifying problems, self-assessment, budgeting, creating the strategy for future steps, etc. Monitoring procedure was developed through a set of dashboards with relevant signal performance and reliability measures. The dashboards were created to reflect performance and reliability of a specific signal system on a weekly or monthly level. The author used data from ATMS.now signal system central software to illustrate how...
Show moreThe monitoring of traffic signal systems can be of great importance for identifying problems, self-assessment, budgeting, creating the strategy for future steps, etc. Monitoring procedure was developed through a set of dashboards with relevant signal performance and reliability measures. The dashboards were created to reflect performance and reliability of a specific signal system on a weekly or monthly level. The author used data from ATMS.now signal system central software to illustrate how similar dashboards could be developed from any central software to enable operators to promptly and efficiently monitor various parameters of traffic signals. The main outcome of the study is a pair of Excel dashboards accompanied with appropriate user manual. The dashboards represent the tool for monitoring which can be helpful in the process of evaluation for traffic signal systems.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004864, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004864
Subject Headings: Traffic signs and signals--Control systems., Traffic signs and signals--Evaluation., Multiuser detection (Telecommunication)
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Title: EVALUATION OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION TOOLS IN MICROSIMULATION ENVIRONMENT.
Creator: Al shayeb, Suhaib, Stevanovic, Aleksandar, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description: Traffic simulation and signal timing optimization are classified in structure into two main categories: (i) Macroscopic or Microscopic; (ii) Deterministic or Stochastic. Performance of the optimized signal timing derived by any tool is influenced by the methodology used in how calculations are executed in a particular tool. In this study, the performance of the optimal signal timing plans developed by two of the most popular traffic analysis tools, HCS and Tru-Traffic, each of them has its...
Show moreTraffic simulation and signal timing optimization are classified in structure into two main categories: (i) Macroscopic or Microscopic; (ii) Deterministic or Stochastic. Performance of the optimized signal timing derived by any tool is influenced by the methodology used in how calculations are executed in a particular tool. In this study, the performance of the optimal signal timing plans developed by two of the most popular traffic analysis tools, HCS and Tru-Traffic, each of them has its inbuilt objective function(s) to optimize signal timing for intersection, is compared with an ideal and an existing timing plans (base case) for the area of study using the microsimulation software VISSIM. An urban arterial with 29 intersections and high traffic in Fort Lauderdale, Florida serves as the test bed. To eliminate unfair superiority in the results, all experiments were performed under identical geometry and traffic conditions in each tool. Comparison of the optimized plans is conducted on the basis of average delay, average stopped delay, average number of stops, number of vehicles completed trips, latent delay, and latent demand from the simulated vehicle network performance evaluation results in VISSIM. The results indicate that, overall, HCS with its overall delay objective and the Tru-Traffic programs produce signal timing with comparable quality that performed similar to the un-optimized base case for most of the performance measures.
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Date Issued: 2019
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013284
Subject Headings: Traffic simulation, Traffic signal timing, Microsimulation, Traffic signs and signals--Automatic control
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Impacts of queue jumpers and transit signal priority on bus rapid transit.
Creator: Reza, R.M. Zahid., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description: Exclusive bus lanes and the Transit Signal Priority are often not effective in saturated peak-traffic conditions. An alternative way of providing priority for transit can be queue jumpers, which allows buses to bypass and then cut out in front of waiting queue by getting an early green signal. Utah Transit authority deployed Bus Rapid Transit system at Salt Lake County, Utah along W 3500 S. This research evaluates the impacts of queue jumpers with TSP on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and private...
Show moreExclusive bus lanes and the Transit Signal Priority are often not effective in saturated peak-traffic conditions. An alternative way of providing priority for transit can be queue jumpers, which allows buses to bypass and then cut out in front of waiting queue by getting an early green signal. Utah Transit authority deployed Bus Rapid Transit system at Salt Lake County, Utah along W 3500 S. This research evaluates the impacts of queue jumpers with TSP on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and private vehicular traffic. Four VISSIM models were developed for analysis : Basic scenario, no TSP with queue jumpers, TSP with no queue jumbers, and TSP with queue jumpers. In TQ scenario travel time was reduced between 13.2-19.82% with respect to basic scenario. At the same time, travel time of private traffic increased very little 0.38-3.28%. Two TSP strategies : green extension and red truncation are implemented in this research work.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3355877
Subject Headings: Bus lines, Technological innovations, Traffic signs and signals, Technological innovations, Traffic signal preemption, Traffic congestion
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Discrete digital filter design for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers and gyroscopes.
Creator: Martin, Madison E., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers and gyroscopes are small scale sensors that measure changes in linear acceleration and rotational velocity, respectively. They are fabricated using electronic circuit techniques such as etching and deposition. MEMS motion sensors can be used in an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that can be integrated with the Global Positioning System (GPS) to make a navigation system that is more accurate than each system alone. However, since MEMS-based...
Show moreMicroelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers and gyroscopes are small scale sensors that measure changes in linear acceleration and rotational velocity, respectively. They are fabricated using electronic circuit techniques such as etching and deposition. MEMS motion sensors can be used in an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that can be integrated with the Global Positioning System (GPS) to make a navigation system that is more accurate than each system alone. However, since MEMS-based IMUs are inherently noisy, we must overcome inaccuracies caused by the integration of random noise to find position. Accuracy can be increased by applying digital filters to the data before integration. Comparing the success of finite impulse response (FIR) filters and infinite impulse response (IIR) filters, we found that even though our highest order FIR filter yielded the most accurate position, it was limited by an offset bias in the accelerometer signal and a time delay in the determined position.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3335110
Subject Headings: Microelectromechanical systems, Design and construction, Signal processing, Digital techniques, Electric filters, Digital, Design and construction
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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FREIGHT AND TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITIES TO ENHANCE ROAD TRAFFIC SUSTAINABILITY.
Creator: Ardalan, Taraneh, Kaisar, Evangelos I., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Lately, the attractiveness of cities has contributed to a rise in vehicle movements to and from cities. The growth of freight movements in cities predictably will be one of the critical issues of the near future. Congestion caused by the increased movements of freight impacts the flow of private and transit vehicles. Thus, it is crucial to reduce the congestion on multimodal corridors. Components of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) such as Freight Signal Priority (FSP) and Transit...
Show moreLately, the attractiveness of cities has contributed to a rise in vehicle movements to and from cities. The growth of freight movements in cities predictably will be one of the critical issues of the near future. Congestion caused by the increased movements of freight impacts the flow of private and transit vehicles. Thus, it is crucial to reduce the congestion on multimodal corridors. Components of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) such as Freight Signal Priority (FSP) and Transit Signal Priority (TSP) that promote the freight and transit vehicles may not only help solve these conditions but may assist with the sustainability of the system. The primary objective of this research is to develop guidelines for traffic agencies to implement signal priorities based on identified decision factors on certain corridors. Besides, this study evaluates the efficiency of FSP and TSP in improving the performance of freight and transit systems. Finally, inclusive guidelines are drawn up based on the literature and the conducted simulation. The developed guidelines apply to corridors where freight delay plays a vital role in the assessment of corridor benefits.
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Date Issued: 2020
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013484
Subject Headings: Freight and freightage, Traffic signs and signals—Control systems, Traffic congestion, Freight transportation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Operational and environmental comparisons between left-turn bypass, diverging flow and displaced left-turn intersection designs.
Creator: Olarte, Claudia, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description: The rapidly and significantly growth of the population in the United States has caused expansion of the urban areas to accommodate more residential facilities.. Thus, the demand for more efficient intersection designs is a high priority, as wasted fuel and travel time increases each year. A new method to solve the congestion issue is the creation of unconventional arterial intersection designs (UAID). The objective of this study is to compare the operational and environmental performance of...
Show moreThe rapidly and significantly growth of the population in the United States has caused expansion of the urban areas to accommodate more residential facilities.. Thus, the demand for more efficient intersection designs is a high priority, as wasted fuel and travel time increases each year. A new method to solve the congestion issue is the creation of unconventional arterial intersection designs (UAID). The objective of this study is to compare the operational and environmental performance of three UAIDs called Left-turn Bypass, Diverging Flow, and Displaced Left-turn intersections. This study will evaluate the UAIDs in the isolated manner and then compare the intersections in a network using an existing corridor in the state of Florida. The microscopic simulation platform VISSIM v. 5.10 will be used to test different scenarios. The results indicated that the Displaced Left-turn consistently reports better results for average delay of less than 20 seconds per vehicle.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3172428
Subject Headings: Traffic engineering, Streets, Design, Traffic signs and signals, Roads, Interchanges and intersections
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Assessment of optimality of arterial signal timing plans under diurnal and day-to-day variations in traffic demand.
Creator: Ostojic, Marija, Stevanovic, Aleksandar, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description: Most U.S. urban traffic signal systems deploy multiple signal timing plans to account for daily variability of traffic demand (i.e. morning peak, midday, afternoon peak, off peak and night). Groups of signals (belonging to the one zone or section) along an urban arterial, usually operate in a coordinated manner. This essentially means that timing plans change at the same time for all the signals in the group, so as to facilitate vehicle progression of through a series of signals. Good traffic...
Show moreMost U.S. urban traffic signal systems deploy multiple signal timing plans to account for daily variability of traffic demand (i.e. morning peak, midday, afternoon peak, off peak and night). Groups of signals (belonging to the one zone or section) along an urban arterial, usually operate in a coordinated manner. This essentially means that timing plans change at the same time for all the signals in the group, so as to facilitate vehicle progression of through a series of signals. Good traffic signal timing practices assume a certain level of monitoring and maintenance in order to guarantee that they are efficient in servicing current traffic conditions.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004457, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004457
Subject Headings: Electronic traffic controls -- Evaluation, Roads -- Safety measures -- Evaluation, Signalized intersections, Traffic flow management, Traffic signs and signals -- Control systems -- Methodology, Transportation engineering -- Technological innovations
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Nonlinear control of an unmanned amphibious vehicle.
Creator: Alvarez, Jose L., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: The DUCKW-Ling is an 8.3 foot long, amphibious water plane area twin hull (SWATH) concept vehicle which is propelled by a pair of crawler tracks on land and dual propellers when water-borne. In its operational zone, the vehicle's dynamics change dramatically as it transitions from being completely water-borne and buoyancy supported to being completely land-borne and track supported. In the water environment, a cascaded, first-order sliding mode controller was used to control the surge and...
Show moreThe DUCKW-Ling is an 8.3 foot long, amphibious water plane area twin hull (SWATH) concept vehicle which is propelled by a pair of crawler tracks on land and dual propellers when water-borne. In its operational zone, the vehicle's dynamics change dramatically as it transitions from being completely water-borne and buoyancy supported to being completely land-borne and track supported. In the water environment, a cascaded, first-order sliding mode controller was used to control the surge and heading of the vehicle, and was capable of having a faster response when compared to using a proportional controller. Additionally, field trials of the DUKW-Ling show the capability of the vehicle to navigate and track predetermined waypoints in both terrestrial and aquatic terrains. In the transitional zone, the electric motor current from the tracks was used as the feedback mechanism to adequately actuate the propellers and tracks in the system as the dynamics of the vehicle change.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362334
Subject Headings: Nonlinear control theory, Feedback control systems, Motor vehicles, Amphibious, Design and construction, Adaptive signal processing
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Title: Matched filter bound for frequency-selective Nakagami fading channel.
Creator: Jiao, Jiemei., Florida Atlantic University, Aalo, Valentine A.
Abstract/Description: Based on the theoretical method developed by Clark and Greenstein for frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channel, we develop a general model for frequency-selective Nakagami fading channel. We derive analytical expressions of the average bit-error-rate in an ideal space diversity mobile radio receiver using the matched filter bound. Our simulation results show that the influences of the diversity order, the shape of the multipath delay profile, and delay spread of the multipath delay profile...
Show moreBased on the theoretical method developed by Clark and Greenstein for frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channel, we develop a general model for frequency-selective Nakagami fading channel. We derive analytical expressions of the average bit-error-rate in an ideal space diversity mobile radio receiver using the matched filter bound. Our simulation results show that the influences of the diversity order, the shape of the multipath delay profile, and delay spread of the multipath delay profile. Five shapes are considered in our simulation. Our simulation results highlight the importance of the ratio the normalized delay spread d. The results show that the delay profile is of no importance for $d<0.3,$ but can have a profound influence for $d\geq0.3.$
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15223
Subject Headings: Digital communications, Signal processing--Digital techniques, Radio--Transmitters and transmission--Fading
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Title: Interactive graphical tools for digital signal processing education.
Creator: Aksaray, Ali Ercument., Florida Atlantic University, Erdol, Nurgun
Abstract/Description: In this thesis, we develop a set of programs in the MATLAB RTM Graphical User Interface environment, for use as an Interactive Digital Signal Processing Laboratory. The software toolbox consists of programs on selected topics covered in undergraduate Digital Signal Processing courses. Care is taken to give the user sufficient degrees of freedom to illustrate the effect of various parameter changes. Program code is left open and well documented to allow expansion.
Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12960
Subject Headings: Signal processing--Digital techniques--Study and teaching, Multimedia systems, Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems)
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Title: Model-based classification of speech audio.
Creator: Thoman, Chris., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: This work explores the process of model-based classification of speech audio signals using low-level feature vectors. The process of extracting low-level features from audio signals is described along with a discussion of established techniques for training and testing mixture model-based classifiers and using these models in conjunction with feature selection algorithms to select optimal feature subsets. The results of a number of classification experiments using a publicly available speech...
Show moreThis work explores the process of model-based classification of speech audio signals using low-level feature vectors. The process of extracting low-level features from audio signals is described along with a discussion of established techniques for training and testing mixture model-based classifiers and using these models in conjunction with feature selection algorithms to select optimal feature subsets. The results of a number of classification experiments using a publicly available speech database, the Berlin Database of Emotional Speech, are presented. This includes experiments in optimizing feature extraction parameters and comparing different feature selection results from over 700 candidate feature vectors for the tasks of classifying speaker gender, identity, and emotion. In the experiments, final classification accuracies of 99.5%, 98.0% and 79% were achieved for the gender, identity and emotion tasks respectively.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/210518
Subject Headings: Signal processing, Digital techniques, Speech processing systems, Sound, Recording and reproducing, Digital techniques, Pattern recognition systems
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A software-hardware implementation of a real-time digital signal processing receiver for noise detection using a broadband microwave correlation technique.
Creator: Christodoulou, Christodoulos A., Florida Atlantic University, Helmken, Henry
Abstract/Description: In this research project the objective is to realize a software - hardware design implementation of a real time digital signal processing (DSP) radiometer - receiver for atmospheric noise temperature detection using the digital cross correlation technique. Atmospheric noise in the band of 20-30 GHz band is down-converted to 10.7 MHz IF and 3 MHz bandwidth in the form of statistical additive white gaussian noise which is used as the received signal by a digital signal processing broadband...
Show moreIn this research project the objective is to realize a software - hardware design implementation of a real time digital signal processing (DSP) radiometer - receiver for atmospheric noise temperature detection using the digital cross correlation technique. Atmospheric noise in the band of 20-30 GHz band is down-converted to 10.7 MHz IF and 3 MHz bandwidth in the form of statistical additive white gaussian noise which is used as the received signal by a digital signal processing broadband microwave radiometer based on the digital cross correlation technique. Living in a technological era, which is characterized as the era of data transmission and reception for RF-wireless communication systems, the theory of RF digital signal processing detection has applied to radar, ultrasound, and digital communications. Due to the need of high speed of data detection, much effort has gone into the design and development of sophisticated equipment to obtain such DSP detectors. Detection can also apply in seismic and big earthquake measurements by using geophones, nuclear testing, sonar and acoustic localizations, and even for oil excavations. Based on a statistical model and proposed design implementation, a basic DSP atmospheric noise temperature radiometer system is introduced and developed. The realization of the DSP Radiometer examines the noise characteristics (parameters) and their corresponding parameter values at the received input at the Antenna. It is essential to introduce the fundamental and statistical properties of the additive white gaussian noise, as well as the key-parameters which are used for the development of this real time design implementation. A design implementation of the proposed DSP atmospheric noise radiometer is discussed and developed via a statistical analysis. The statistical analysis utilizes the standard deviation, intermediate frequency, bandwidth, number of samples, and the temperature of the noise received signal at the antenna. Measurements and real time simulations in order to evaluate the noise temperature’s detectability in terms of system’s accuracy and performance of the noise random variable are also presented in this research work. The advantage of the digital cross correlation technique is examined and investigated.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13290
Subject Headings: Signal processing--Digital techniques, Analog-to-digital converters, Radio--Receivers and reception
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Title: Survey of design techniques for signal integrity.
Creator: Karnati, Raghuveer., Florida Atlantic University, Shankar, Ravi, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Signal Integrity is a major bottleneck for DSM designs. Signal integrity refers to wide variety of problems, which leads to misconception. Signal integrity causes delay or noise at the high-level, but this boils down to resistance, capacitance and inductance (RLC) at circuit level. Several analysis and reduction techniques were proposed for reducing these effects on signal integrity. This work solves the misconception by encompassing different problems Chat effect signal integrity and can be...
Show moreSignal Integrity is a major bottleneck for DSM designs. Signal integrity refers to wide variety of problems, which leads to misconception. Signal integrity causes delay or noise at the high-level, but this boils down to resistance, capacitance and inductance (RLC) at circuit level. Several analysis and reduction techniques were proposed for reducing these effects on signal integrity. This work solves the misconception by encompassing different problems Chat effect signal integrity and can be good reference for a integrated circuit designer. The objective is to analyze these modeling methods, reduction techniques, tools and make recommendations that aids in developing a methodology for perfect design closure with an emphasis on signal integrity. These recommendations would form a basis for developing a methodology to analyze interference effects at higher levels of abstraction.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13065
Subject Headings: Integrated circuits--Design and construction, Signal processing, Electronic circuit design
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Title: Transportation operation and safety comparison between unsignalized/signalized offset t-intersections, two-lane roundabout, and modified roundabout.
Creator: Fleming, Brandon, Kaisar, Evangelos I., Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description: Traditional intersections have always caused congestion, delay, and accidents. There are numerous geometric intersection designs that best fit each situation. This study performed an operational and safety comparison with unsignalized/signalized offset, Tintersections, a two-lane roundabout, and a modified roundabout to decrease the overall travel delay and increase the safety using a case study. Using data from a government source, all designs were tested in a calibrated micro simulation...
Show moreTraditional intersections have always caused congestion, delay, and accidents. There are numerous geometric intersection designs that best fit each situation. This study performed an operational and safety comparison with unsignalized/signalized offset, Tintersections, a two-lane roundabout, and a modified roundabout to decrease the overall travel delay and increase the safety using a case study. Using data from a government source, all designs were tested in a calibrated micro simulation model and traffic signals were optimized using a signal optimization platform. Each design was tested with various balancing schemes, left turn percentages, and hourly volumes to determine the failure point. The unsignalized/signalized offset T-intersections, two-lane roundabout, and modified roundabout were compared by throughputs, travel delay, and travel time. After analysis, it was determined that the modified roundabout performed the best out of any design. All approaches had minimum travel delay while reducing the number of conflict points considerably with the modified roundabout.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004110, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004110
Subject Headings: Roads -- Interchanges and intersections -- Safety measures, Traffic circles -- Safety measures, Traffic safety, Traffic signs and signals -- Design
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Communications for a tethered underwater submersible.
Creator: Vulih, S., Clayton, David L., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1980
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183665
Subject Headings: Remote submersibles, Radio --Transmitters and transmission, Electric filters, Automatic control, Radio frequency modulation, Signal theory (Telecommunication), Sonar
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Image improvement using dynamic optical low-pass filter.
Creator: Petljanski, Branko., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Professional imaging systems, particularly motion picture cameras, usually employ larger photosites and lower pixel counts than many amateur cameras. This results in the desirable characteristics of improved dynamic range, signal to noise and sensitivity. However, high performance optics often have frequency response characteristics that exceed the Nyquist limit of the sensor, which, if not properly addressed, results in aliasing artifacts in the captured image. Most contemporary still and...
Show moreProfessional imaging systems, particularly motion picture cameras, usually employ larger photosites and lower pixel counts than many amateur cameras. This results in the desirable characteristics of improved dynamic range, signal to noise and sensitivity. However, high performance optics often have frequency response characteristics that exceed the Nyquist limit of the sensor, which, if not properly addressed, results in aliasing artifacts in the captured image. Most contemporary still and video cameras employ various optically birefringent materials as optical low-pass filters (OLPF) in order to minimize aliasing artifacts in the image. Most OLPFs are designed as optical elements with a frequency response that does not change even if the frequency responses of the other elements of the capturing systems are altered. An extended evaluation of currently used birefringent-based OLPFs is provided. In this work, the author proposed and demonstrated the use of a parallel optical window p ositioned between a lens and a sensor as an OLPF. Controlled X- and Y-axes rotations of the optical window during the image exposure results in a manipulation of the system's point-spread function (PSF). Consequently, changing the PSF affects some portions of the frequency components contained in the image formed on the sensor. The system frequency response is evaluated when various window functions are used to shape the lens' PSF, such as rectangle, triangle, Tukey, Gaussian, Blackman-Harris etc. In addition to the ability to change the PSF, this work demonstrated that the PSF can be manipulated dynamically, which allowed us to modify the PSF to counteract any alteration of other optical elements of the capturing system. There are several instances presented in the dissertation in which it is desirable to change the characteristics of an OLPF in a controlled way., In these instances, an OLPF whose characteristics can be altered dynamically results in an improvement of the image quality.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927613
Subject Headings: Image processing, Digital techniques, Signal processing, Digital techniques, Frequency response (Dynamics), Polymers and polymerization, Optical wave guides
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Title: Cache optimization for real-time embedded systems.
Creator: Asaduzzaman, Abu Sadath Mohammad, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Cache memory is used, in most single-core and multi-core processors, to improve performance by bridging the speed gap between the main memory and CPU. Even though cache increases performance, it poses some serious challenges for embedded systems running real-time applications. Cache introduces execution time unpredictability due to its adaptive and dynamic nature and cache consumes vast amount of power to be operated. Energy requirement and execution time predictability are crucial for the...
Show moreCache memory is used, in most single-core and multi-core processors, to improve performance by bridging the speed gap between the main memory and CPU. Even though cache increases performance, it poses some serious challenges for embedded systems running real-time applications. Cache introduces execution time unpredictability due to its adaptive and dynamic nature and cache consumes vast amount of power to be operated. Energy requirement and execution time predictability are crucial for the success of real-time embedded systems. Various cache optimization schemes have been proposed to address the performance, power consumption, and predictability issues. However, currently available solutions are not adequate for real-time embedded systems as they do not address the performance, power consumption, and execution time predictability issues at the same time. Moreover, existing solutions are not suitable for dealing with multi-core architecture issues. In this dissertation, we develop a methodology through cache optimization for real-time embedded systems that can be used to analyze and improve execution time predictability and performance/power ratio at the same time. This methodology is effective for both single-core and multi-core systems. First, we develop a cache modeling and optimization technique for single-core systems to improve performance. Then, we develop a cache modeling and optimization technique for multi-core systems to improve performance/power ratio. We develop a cache locking scheme to improve execution time predictability for real-time systems. We introduce Miss Table (MT) based cache locking scheme with victim cache (VC) to improve predictability and performance/power ratio. MT holds information about memory blocks, which may cause more misses if not locked, to improve cache locking performance., VC temporarily stores the victim blocks from level-1 cache to improve cache hits. In addition, MT is used to improve cache replacement performance and VC is used to improve cache hits by supporting stream buffering. We also develop strategies to generate realistic workload by characterizing applications to simulate cache optimization and cache locking schemes. Popular MPEG4, H.264/AVC, FFT, MI, and DFT applications are used to run the simulation programs. Simulation results show that newly introduced Miss Table based cache locking scheme with victim cache significantly improves the predictability and performance/power ratio. In this work, a reduction of 33% in mean delay per task and a reduction of 41% in total power consumption are achieved by using MT and VCs while locking 25% of level-2 cache size in an 4-core system. It is also observed that execution time predictability can be improved by avoiding more than 50% cache misses while locking one-fourth of the cache size.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/359919
Subject Headings: Real-time embedded systems and components, Embedded computer systems, Programming, Computer architecture, Integrated circuits, Design and construction, Signal processing, Digital techniques, Object-oriented methods (Computer science)
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Title: INSIG2 gene polymorphism is associated with increased subcutaneous fat in women and poor response to resistance training in men.
Creator: Orkunoglu-Suer, Funda E., Gordish-Dressman, Heather, Clarkson, Priscilla M., Thompson, Paul D., Angelopoulos, Theodore J., Gordon, Paul M., Moyna, Niall M., Pescatello, Linda S., Visich, Paul S., Zoeller, Robert F., Harmon, Brennan, Seip, Richard L., Hoffman, Eric P., Devaney, Joseph M.
Date Issued: 2008-12-23
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3327172
Subject Headings: Adiposity --genetics, Alleles, Gene Frequency, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Resistance Training, Subcutaneous Fat, INSIG2 protein, Obesity, Genotype, Membrane Proteins, Membrane Proteins --Genetics
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