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A semantic data federation engine : design, implementation & applications in educational information management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
With the advent of the World Wide Web, the amount of digital information in the world has increased exponentially. The ability to organize this deluge of data, retrieve it, and combine it with other data would bring numerous ...
Understanding user state and preferences for robust spoken dialog systems and location-aware assistive technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This research focuses on improving the performance of spoken dialog systems (SDS) in the domain of assistive technology for people with disabilities. Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has compelling potential applications ...
The regulation of internet interconnection : assessing network market power
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Interconnection agreements in the telecommunications industry have always been constrained by regulation. Internet interconnection has not received the same level of scrutiny. Recent debates regarding proposed mergers, ...
An assessment of the economic, regulatory and technical implications of large-scale solar power deployment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Electricity from solar energy has many favorable attributes. Despite its current high cost relative to other technology options, a combination of cost reductions and policy support measures could lead to increasing deployment ...
Tragedy of the routing table : an analysis of collective action amongst Internet network operators
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
This thesis analyzes and discusses the effectiveness of social efforts to achieve collective action amongst Internet network operators in order to manage the growth of the Internet routing table. The size and rate of growth ...