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- Title
- SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI); HISTORY AND APPLICATION, TRENDS, AND ISSUES, 1958-1978: AN OVERVIEW FOR THE EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR.
- Creator
- DICKINSON, DAVID EARL., Florida Atlantic University, Smith, Lawrence E.
- Abstract/Description
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One of the key aspects of any administrative program is the forwarding of appropriate information to personnel who must use that information in the context of their work. The historical study provides the educational administrator with an instrument which will assist him in considering an information management concept, the selective dissemination of information (SDI). So that the educational administrator may judge whether SDI is suitable for his own unique purposes, an overview is given of...
Show moreOne of the key aspects of any administrative program is the forwarding of appropriate information to personnel who must use that information in the context of their work. The historical study provides the educational administrator with an instrument which will assist him in considering an information management concept, the selective dissemination of information (SDI). So that the educational administrator may judge whether SDI is suitable for his own unique purposes, an overview is given of SDI's various components, its development, its application in a myriad of diversified fields, its trends, and its issues. Since SDI's formalization, certain trends have emerged in its use. These trends have included its expansion into diverse fields, its coping with a proliferation of machine readable data bases, an increase in subscriberships to SDI systems, an increase on the use of group profiles by researchers, the use of SDI in information networks, and the use of microforms in SDI systems. There have been issues raised in the use of SDI, issues which the educational administrator should be familiar with in determining the applicability of SDI to his unique situation. The issues explored relate to cost evaluation, quality evaluation, user evaluation, data base problems, and limitations due to copyright law.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1979
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11736
- Subject Headings
- School management and organization, Selective dissemination of information
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Reflective optically active diffractive device.
- Creator
- Bos, Philip J., Chen, Jianmin, Johnson, David L., Glenn, William E., Holton, Carvel E., Smith, Brett E., Florida Atlantic University
- Date Issued
- 1998-10
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15840
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Advanced underwater laser systems for ranging, size estimation and profiling.
- Creator
- Caimi, F. M., Blatt, J. H., Grossman, B. G., Smith, David, Hooker, J., Kocak, D. M., Gonzalez, F., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1993
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3338508
- Subject Headings
- Underwater photography, Photogrammetry, Lasers
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Docking the Ocean Explorer Autonomous Underwater Vehicle using a low-cost acoustic positioning system and a fuzzy logic guidance algorithm.
- Creator
- Kronen, David Mitchell., Florida Atlantic University, Smith, Samuel M., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
- Abstract/Description
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Having the ability to dock an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) can significantly enhance the operation of such vehicles. In order to dock an AUV, the vehicle's position must be known precisely and a guidance algorithm must be used to drive the AUV to its dock. This thesis will examine and implement a low cost acoustic positioning system to meet the positioning requirements. At-sea tests will be used as a method of verifying the systems specifications and proper incorporation into the AUV....
Show moreHaving the ability to dock an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) can significantly enhance the operation of such vehicles. In order to dock an AUV, the vehicle's position must be known precisely and a guidance algorithm must be used to drive the AUV to its dock. This thesis will examine and implement a low cost acoustic positioning system to meet the positioning requirements. At-sea tests will be used as a method of verifying the systems specifications and proper incorporation into the AUV. Analyses will be run on the results using several methods of interpreting the data. The second portion of this thesis will develop and test a fuzzy logic docking algorithm which will guide the AUV from a location within the range of the sonar system to the docking station. A six degree of freedom simulation incorporating the Ocean Explorer's hydrodynamic coefficients will be used for the simulation.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1997
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15502
- Subject Headings
- Oceanographic submersibles, Acoustical engineering, Underwater acoustics, Fuzzy algorithms
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Temporal organization of memory strategies on a sort/recall task.
- Creator
- Park, Cynthia Louise Smith, Florida Atlantic University, Bjorklund, David F., Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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This study examined the temporal structure of children's study behaviors on a sort/recall task. Forty-two fifth-grade children were given six sort/recall trials, each consisting of a two-minute study period followed by a recall assessment. Three trials used the same word list on each trial, while three trials used different word lists on each trial. Half of the participants received the different word list trials first while the order was reversed for the remaining participants. Results were...
Show moreThis study examined the temporal structure of children's study behaviors on a sort/recall task. Forty-two fifth-grade children were given six sort/recall trials, each consisting of a two-minute study period followed by a recall assessment. Three trials used the same word list on each trial, while three trials used different word lists on each trial. Half of the participants received the different word list trials first while the order was reversed for the remaining participants. Results were analyzed for differences between recall groups, type of word list used, and presentation order of the trials. High recallers demonstrated stronger temporal patterns of study behaviors than did low recallers (as measured by Fourier analysis of time series data). High recallers also showed stronger tendencies to use behaviors that facilitated performance in close temporal proximity. Type of word list affected recall and temporal patterns of a portion of the study behaviors analyzed.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1998
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15580
- Subject Headings
- Study skills, Recollection (Psychology), Memory
- Format
- Document (PDF)
