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Forecast Uncertainty Quantification using Monte Carlo, Polynomial Chaos Expansion and Unscented Transformation Methods
(2015-12-18)
In the context of prediction science, the sources of uncertainty can be from the uncertainties of the experiments, modeling, model inputs, numerical analysis, etc. This study concentrates on quantifying the forecast ...
The Development of Paleoindian Communal Bison Kills: A Comparison of Northern to Southern Plains Arroyo Traps
(2015-05)
This dissertation addresses the questions: Is there a link between environmental change, bison mobility behavior, and large-scale hunting? What were the mobility patterns of bison hunted in large kills during the Folsom ...
Controllability of Linear and Nonlinear Control Systems related through Simulation Relations
(2015-12)
For nonlinear input-disturbance systems that are connected by a simulation relation, we examine to what extent they share certain controllability properties. Specifically our main objective is to determine the conditions ...
CONCERTIVE RESISTANCE: HOW ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS RESIST COLLECTIVELY IN THE ABSENCE OF RESISTANCE LEADERSHIP
(2015-05)
This dissertation describes an organizational phenomenon whereby organizational members are able to resist managerial influence collectively in the absence of overt talk or leadership communication—labeled here concertive ...
The Management of Sustainable Research Agendas
(2015-05-08)
In the context of conducting research, planning is obligatory for work success. A research agenda is familiar to professionals working on research and funding projects in universities, research institutes, government ...
Dehn Functions of the Stallings-Bieri Groups and Constructions of Non-Unique Product Groups
(2015-05-08)
This thesis will consist of two separate halves in which we will present results concerning two different families of finitely generated torsion-free groups. The themes of each half are quite different and are related to ...
Viral Metagenomics and Anthropology in the Americas
(2015-05-08)
Viruses are the most abundant and diverse biological entities on earth. As humans, we could not exist without them. For billions of years they have been the unseen mediators of microbial and multicellular life. They are ...
COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA APARTHEID AND THE U.S. MEXICO SECURITY FENCE
(2015)
Powerful semiotic signs like the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall served significant communicative functions. The modern culture of nation state wall building continues despite the fact that the security fences are ...
The effects of undermining on newcomer socialization
(2015)
Although much is known about the nature of supportive behaviors during organizational socialization, less is known about the effects of undermining during this process. This study examines the effects of undermining from ...
GROWTH OF WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS USING PULSED ELECTRON BEAM DEPOSITION (PED) PROCESS
(2015)
Wide bandgap materials hold a great potential in solid state lighting, power electronics, and radio frequency (RF) device applications. The cumulative market for all these applications is forecasted to be approximately $75 ...