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Title: Software design using case based reasoning.
Creator: Smith, Nancy T., Florida Atlantic University, Ganesan, Krishnamurthy, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: The project that was created for this thesis is a Case Based Reasoning application to be used in high level software design for Siemens' Telecommunications software. Currently, design engineers search for existing subtasks in the software that are similar to subtasks in their new designs by reading documentation and consulting with other engineers. The prototype for Software Design Using Case Based Reasoning (SDUCBR) stores these subtasks in a case library and enables the design engineer to...
Show moreThe project that was created for this thesis is a Case Based Reasoning application to be used in high level software design for Siemens' Telecommunications software. Currently, design engineers search for existing subtasks in the software that are similar to subtasks in their new designs by reading documentation and consulting with other engineers. The prototype for Software Design Using Case Based Reasoning (SDUCBR) stores these subtasks in a case library and enables the design engineer to locate relevant subtasks via three different indexing techniques. This thesis addresses knowledge representation and indexing mechanisms appropriate for this application. SDUCBR is domain-dependent. Cases are stored in a relational hierarchy to facilitate analyzing the existing implementation from various perspectives. The indexing mechanisms were designed to provide the software design engineer with the flexibility of describing a problem differently based on the objective, level of granularity, and special characteristics of the subtask.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15198
Subject Headings: Computer software--Development, Case-based reasoning, Artificial intelligence--Data processing, System design
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Title: PRESERVING KNOWLEDGE IN SIMULATED BEHAVIORAL ACTION LOOPS.
Creator: St.Clair, Rachel, Barenholtz, Elan, Hahn, William, Florida Atlantic University, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: One basic goal of artificial learning systems is the ability to continually learn throughout that system’s lifetime. Transitioning between tasks and re-deploying prior knowledge is thus a desired feature of artificial learning. However, in the deep-learning approaches, the problem of catastrophic forgetting of prior knowledge persists. As a field, we want to solve the catastrophic forgetting problem without requiring exponential computations or time, while demonstrating real-world relevance....
Show moreOne basic goal of artificial learning systems is the ability to continually learn throughout that system’s lifetime. Transitioning between tasks and re-deploying prior knowledge is thus a desired feature of artificial learning. However, in the deep-learning approaches, the problem of catastrophic forgetting of prior knowledge persists. As a field, we want to solve the catastrophic forgetting problem without requiring exponential computations or time, while demonstrating real-world relevance. This work proposes a novel model which uses an evolutionary algorithm similar to a meta-learning objective, that is fitted with a resource constraint metrics. Four reinforcement learning environments are considered with the shared concept of depth although the collection of environments is multi-modal. This system shows preservation of some knowledge in sequential task learning and protection of catastrophic forgetting in deep neural networks.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013896
Subject Headings: Artificial intelligence, Deep learning (Machine learning), Reinforcement learning, Neural networks (Computer science)
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Title: ANALYSIS OF DRIVING BEHAVIORS AND RELEVANT DRIVING PREFERENCES REGARDING SELF-DRIVING CARS.
Creator: Tolbert, Steven William, Nojoumian, Mehrdad, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis explores the cross-cultural demands from self-driving cars in regards to their trust, safety, and driving styles. Through the use of international survey data we establish several AI trust and behavior metrics that can be used for understanding cross-cultural expectations from self-driving cars that can potentially address problems of trust between passengers and self-driving cars, social acceptability of self-driving cars, and development of customized autonomous driving...
Show moreThis thesis explores the cross-cultural demands from self-driving cars in regards to their trust, safety, and driving styles. Through the use of international survey data we establish several AI trust and behavior metrics that can be used for understanding cross-cultural expectations from self-driving cars that can potentially address problems of trust between passengers and self-driving cars, social acceptability of self-driving cars, and development of customized autonomous driving technologies. Further this thesis provides a serverless data-collection framework for future research in driving behaviors.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014115
Subject Headings: Automated vehicles, Automated vehicles--Social aspects, Artificial intelligence, Human-machine systems
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Title: Multimedia Big Data Processing Using Hpcc Systems.
Creator: Chinta, Vishnu, Kalva, Hari, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: There is now more data being created than ever before and this data can be any form of data, textual, multimedia, spatial etc. To process this data, several big data processing platforms have been developed including Hadoop, based on the MapReduce model and LexisNexis’ HPCC systems. In this thesis we evaluate the HPCC Systems framework with a special interest in multimedia data analysis and propose a framework for multimedia data processing. It is important to note that multimedia data...
Show moreThere is now more data being created than ever before and this data can be any form of data, textual, multimedia, spatial etc. To process this data, several big data processing platforms have been developed including Hadoop, based on the MapReduce model and LexisNexis’ HPCC systems. In this thesis we evaluate the HPCC Systems framework with a special interest in multimedia data analysis and propose a framework for multimedia data processing. It is important to note that multimedia data encompasses a wide variety of data including but not limited to image data, video data, audio data and even textual data. While developing a unified framework for such wide variety of data, we have to consider computational complexity in dealing with the data. Preliminary results show that HPCC can potentially reduce the computational complexity significantly.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004875, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004875
Subject Headings: Big data., High performance computing., Software engineering., Artificial intelligence--Data processing., Management information systems., Multimedia systems.
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Title: Kicks and Maps A different Approach to Modeling Biological Systems.
Creator: Ippolito, Stephen Anthony, Naudot, Vincent, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Abstract/Description: Modeling a biological systems, is a cyclic process which involves constructing a model from current theory and beliefs and then validating that model against the data. If the data does not match, qualitatively or quantitatively then there may be a problem with either our beliefs or the current theory. At the same time directly finding a model from the existing data would make generalizing results difficult. A considerable difficultly in this process is how to specify the model in the first...
Show moreModeling a biological systems, is a cyclic process which involves constructing a model from current theory and beliefs and then validating that model against the data. If the data does not match, qualitatively or quantitatively then there may be a problem with either our beliefs or the current theory. At the same time directly finding a model from the existing data would make generalizing results difficult. A considerable difficultly in this process is how to specify the model in the first place. There is a need to be practice which accounts for the growing use of mathematical and statistical methods. However, as a systems becomes more complex, standard mathematical approaches may not be sufficient. In the field of ecology, the standard techniques involve discrete maps, and continuous models such as ODE's. The intent of this work is to present the mathematics necessary to study hybrids of these two models, then consider two case studies. In first case we con sider a coral reef with continuous change, except in the presence of hurricanes. The results of the data are compared quantitatively and qualitatively with simulation results. For the second case we consider a model for rabies with a periodic birth pulse. Here the analysis is qualitative as we demonstrate the existence of a strange attractor by looking at the intersections of the stable and unstable manifold for the saddle point generating the attractor. For both cases studies the introduction of a discrete event into a continuous system is done via a Dirac Distribution or Measure.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004508, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004508
Subject Headings: Artificial intellligence -- Biological applications, Biology -- Mathematical models, Computational intelligence, Differential dynamical systems, Nonliner mechanics -- Mathematical models
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Title: Science fiction girlfriends transgender politics and US science fiction television, 1990–present.
Creator: Cava, Peter, Scodari, Christine, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: The 1990s ushered in what historian Susan Stryker describes as “a tremendous burst of new transgender activism” in the United States. Concomitantly, the success of Star Trek: The Next Generation led to a renaissance of US science fiction television. This dissertation asks, what is the relation between transgender (trans) politics and US science fiction (sf) television from 1990 to the present? The theoretical framework is Trans/Elemental feminism, a new paradigm developed in the dissertation....
Show moreThe 1990s ushered in what historian Susan Stryker describes as “a tremendous burst of new transgender activism” in the United States. Concomitantly, the success of Star Trek: The Next Generation led to a renaissance of US science fiction television. This dissertation asks, what is the relation between transgender (trans) politics and US science fiction (sf) television from 1990 to the present? The theoretical framework is Trans/Elemental feminism, a new paradigm developed in the dissertation. The method is multiperspectival cultural studies, which considers how the production, content, and reception of media texts and their metatexts collectively determine the texts’ meaning. The data include trade articles about the television industry; published interviews with producers; 3,175 hours of televisual content; commercial advertisements for television programs; films, novels, and webisodes (Web episodes) in selected media franchises; professional reviews; online discussion boards; fan fiction; and fan videos.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004435, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004435
Subject Headings: Computer science., Computers., Artificial intelligence., Applied mathematics., Engineering mathematics., Statistical physics., Dynamical systems., Vibration., Dynamics., Computer Science.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Low Cost Robotic Car as a Way to Teach Mathematics.
Creator: Aguerrevere, Santiago Andres, Shankar, Ravi, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: This report describes the development of a low cost open source semiautonomous robotic car and a way to communicate with it. It is a continuation of prior research done by other students at FAU and published in recent ASEE conferences. The objective of this project was the development of a new robotic platform with improved precision over the original, while still keeping the cost down. It was developed with the aim to allow a hands-on approach to the teaching of mathematics topics that are...
Show moreThis report describes the development of a low cost open source semiautonomous robotic car and a way to communicate with it. It is a continuation of prior research done by other students at FAU and published in recent ASEE conferences. The objective of this project was the development of a new robotic platform with improved precision over the original, while still keeping the cost down. It was developed with the aim to allow a hands-on approach to the teaching of mathematics topics that are taught in the K-12 syllabus. Improved robustness and reliability of the robotic platform for visually solving math problems was achieved using a combination of PID loops to keep track of distance and rotation. The precision was increased by changing the position of the encoders to the shafts of each motor. A mobile application was developed to allow the student to draw the geometric shapes on the screen before the car draws them. The mobile application consists of two parts, the canvas that the user uses to draw the figure and the configure section that lets the user change the parameters of the controller. Results show that the robot can draw standard geometric and complex geometric shapes. It has high precision and sufficient accuracy, the accuracy can be improved with some mechanical adjustments. During testing a Pythagorean triangle was drawn to show visually the key mathematics concept. The eventual goal of this project will be a K-12 class room study to obtain the feedback of the teachers and students on the feasibility of using a robotic car to teach math. Subsequent to that necessary changes will be made to manufacture a unit that is easy to assemble by the teacher.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004712, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004712
Subject Headings: Adaptive control systems, Applied mathematics, Artificial intelligence, Computers, Special purpose, Mathematics -- Study and teaching, User interfaces (Computer systems)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: MAPLE: A knowledge-based system for computer-aided music composition.
Creator: Shaouy, William Philip., Florida Atlantic University, Hewett, Rattikorn, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Computer-aided music composition is a highly structured process. This thesis presents MAPLE, a prototype knowledge-based system that assists music composition by analyzing primordial lines in Western music. Unlike other music analysis systems, MAPLE uses an internal connective musical structure that provides a foundation for analysis. Thus our approach has a building block capability allowing easy extensions for analyzing more complex musical structures. We present a type hierarchy and...
Show moreComputer-aided music composition is a highly structured process. This thesis presents MAPLE, a prototype knowledge-based system that assists music composition by analyzing primordial lines in Western music. Unlike other music analysis systems, MAPLE uses an internal connective musical structure that provides a foundation for analysis. Thus our approach has a building block capability allowing easy extensions for analyzing more complex musical structures. We present a type hierarchy and hierarchical dependency of different musical concepts for controlling complex musical analysis processes. We provide comparisons of various knowledge representation structures and their corresponding inference mechanisms used for music analysis and conclude with a projection of an appropriate form of knowledge representation for musical knowledge.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14986
Subject Headings: Music--Computer programs, Composition (Music)--Mechanical aids, Artificial intelligence--Musical applications, Musical analysis--Data processing
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Title: Face Processing Using Mobile Devices.
Creator: James, Jhanon, Marques, Oge, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Image Processing and Computer Vision solutions have become commodities for software developers, thanks to the growing availability of Application Program- ming Interfaces (APIs) that encapsulate rich functionality, powered by advanced al- gorithms. To understand and create an e cient method to process faces in images by computers, one must understand how the human visual system processes them. Face processing by computers has been an active research area for about 50 years now. Face detection...
Show moreImage Processing and Computer Vision solutions have become commodities for software developers, thanks to the growing availability of Application Program- ming Interfaces (APIs) that encapsulate rich functionality, powered by advanced al- gorithms. To understand and create an e cient method to process faces in images by computers, one must understand how the human visual system processes them. Face processing by computers has been an active research area for about 50 years now. Face detection has become a commodity and is now incorporated into simple devices such as digital cameras and smartphones. An iOS app was implemented in Objective-C using Microsoft Cognitive Ser- vices APIs, as a tool for human vision and face processing research. Experimental work on image compression, upside-down orientation, the Thatcher e ect, negative inversion, high frequency, facial artifacts, caricatures and image degradation were completed on the Radboud and 10k US Adult Faces Databases along with other images.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004770, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004770
Subject Headings: Image processing--Digital techniques., Mobile communication systems., Mobile computing., Artificial intelligence., Human face recognition (Computer science), Computer vision., Optical pattern recognition.
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Title: Design of an Aquatic Quadcopter with Optical Wireless Communications.
Creator: Haller, Patterson, Abtahi, Homayoon, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: With a focus on dynamics and control, an aquatic quadcopter with optical wireless communications is modeled, designed, constructed, and tested. Optical transmitter and receiver circuitry is designed and discussed. By utilization of the small angle assumption, the nonlinear dynamics of quadcopter movement are linearized around an equilibrium state of zero motion. The set of equations are then tentatively employed beyond limit of the small angle assumption, as this work represents an initial...
Show moreWith a focus on dynamics and control, an aquatic quadcopter with optical wireless communications is modeled, designed, constructed, and tested. Optical transmitter and receiver circuitry is designed and discussed. By utilization of the small angle assumption, the nonlinear dynamics of quadcopter movement are linearized around an equilibrium state of zero motion. The set of equations are then tentatively employed beyond limit of the small angle assumption, as this work represents an initial explorative study. Specific constraints are enforced on the thrust output of all four rotors to reduce the multiple-input multiple-output quadcopter dynamics to a set of single-input single-output systems. Root locus and step response plots are used to analyze the roll and pitch rotations of the quadcopter. Ultimately a proportional integral derivative based control system is designed to control the pitch and roll. The vehicle’s yaw rate is similarly studied to develop a proportional controller. The prototype is then implemented via an I2C network of Arduino microcontrollers and supporting hardware.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004786, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004786
Subject Headings: Autonomous robots--Design and construction., Embedded computer systems--Design and construction., Wireless communication systems., Artificial intelligence., Optical pattern recognition., Computer vision.
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Title: Determining the Effectiveness of Human Interaction in Human-in-the-Loop Systems by Using Mental States.
Creator: Lloyd, Eric, Huang, Shihong, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: A self-adaptive software is developed to predict the stock market. It’s Stock Prediction Engine functions autonomously when its skill-set suffices to achieve its goal, and it includes human-in-the-loop when it recognizes conditions benefiting from more complex, expert human intervention. Key to the system is a module that decides of human participation. It works by monitoring three mental states unobtrusively and in real time with Electroencephalography (EEG). The mental states are drawn from...
Show moreA self-adaptive software is developed to predict the stock market. It’s Stock Prediction Engine functions autonomously when its skill-set suffices to achieve its goal, and it includes human-in-the-loop when it recognizes conditions benefiting from more complex, expert human intervention. Key to the system is a module that decides of human participation. It works by monitoring three mental states unobtrusively and in real time with Electroencephalography (EEG). The mental states are drawn from the Opportunity-Willingness-Capability (OWC) model. This research demonstrates that the three mental states are predictive of whether the Human Computer Interaction System functions better autonomously (human with low scores on opportunity and/or willingness, capability) or with the human-in-the-loop, with willingness carrying the largest predictive power. This transdisciplinary software engineering research exemplifies the next step of self-adaptive systems in which human and computer benefit from optimized autonomous and cooperative interactions, and in which neural inputs allow for unobtrusive pre-interactions.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004764, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004764
Subject Headings: Cognitive neuroscience., Neural networks (Computer science), Pattern recognition systems., Artificial intelligence., Self-organizing systems., Human-computer interaction., Human information processing.
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Title: The importance of immobilization and localization of gynecological applicators in high dose rate brachytherapy treatments.
Creator: Hyvärinen, Mikko, Pella, Silvia, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Physics
Abstract/Description: Intracavitary high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy generally in which a post-surgical tissue margin is treated. The dose gradient of HDR brachytherapy is very steep, and thus small displacements of the applicator, even as small as 1 mm, could potentially cause significant variations of dose which could result in undesired side effects such as overdose of a critical organ. In this retrospective dosimetric study, the variation of dose due to various small range...
Show moreIntracavitary high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy generally in which a post-surgical tissue margin is treated. The dose gradient of HDR brachytherapy is very steep, and thus small displacements of the applicator, even as small as 1 mm, could potentially cause significant variations of dose which could result in undesired side effects such as overdose of a critical organ. In this retrospective dosimetric study, the variation of dose due to various small range motions of gynecological applicators is investigated. The results show that the implementation of additional immobilization and localization devices along with other safety measures needs to be further investigated.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004446
Subject Headings: Artificial intelligence -- Medical applications, Cancer -- Intraoperative radiotherapy, Generative organs, Female -- Cancer -- Treatment, Imaging systems in medicine, Medical physics, Radiosotope brachytherapy
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Title: The future will be better tomorrow: a novel of apocalyptic sarcasm.
Creator: Irving, Christopher J., Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: The Future Will Be Better Tomorrow is a satirical post-apocalyptic novel that examines the personal and social ironies that occur in a society that is unbalanced by an unexplained apocalyptic event. Working with a combination of dark humor and the terrifying realities of an apocalyptic event – in this case: a blackout – the novel aims to challenge the machinery established by this particular subset of the science fiction genre.
Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004124, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004124
Subject Headings: Computer science., Computer communication systems., Data structures (Computer science)., Database management., Information storage and retrieval., Artificial intelligence., Computer Science., Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory., Database Management., Information Storage and Retrieval.
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