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Practical automated picking and packing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)A brief study of materials handling automation, and evaluation of a potential business based on current Internet order fulfillment equipment and practices. Internet retail today relies heavily on manual labor for order ... -
A practical burn rate analysis for use in engine development and design
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Practical Byzantine fault tolerance
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Practical color-based motion capture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Motion capture systems track the 3-D pose of the human body and are widely used for high quality content creation, gestural user input and virtual reality. However, these systems are rarely deployed in consumer applications ... -
Practical Diagnostic Tools for Deep Neural Networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-02)The most common way to evaluate AI systems is by analyzing their performance on a test set. However, test sets can fail to identify some problems (such as out-of-distribution failures) and can actively reinforce others ... -
Practical distributed MIMO for WiFi and LTE
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Distributed MIMO has long been known theoretically to bring large throughput gains to wireless networks. Recent years have seen significant interest and progress in developing practical distributed MIMO systems. Multiple ... -
Practical electron cloaking in solids
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The design and experimental realization of "metamaterials" in the past decade has opened up new venues to obtain artificial materials with exotic properties that are desirable but not commonly encountered in the nature. ... -
Practical Epistemology: Essays on What to Think and What to Do
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)Sometimes, we need evidence in order to act. A jury needs "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" in order to convict a defendant of a crime. A teacher needs to read a student’s essay in order to assign a grade. A babysitter ... -
Practical example of base source optimization : footwear profiling at Nike, Inc.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)The long term sourcing for footwear development, or "profiling," at Nike, Inc. has grown with the company and become significantly complex. It is no longer possible for a single person, no matter the level of experience, ... -
Practical example of developing and implementing an optimization & scenario planning tool
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)There is significant complexity facing the Global Footwear Planning team when sourcing production, especially for sandals. The challenges include increasing manufacturing costs coupled with a changing tariff landscape and ... -
Practical fault-tolerant quantum computation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)For the past two and a half decades, a subset of the physics community has been focused on building a new type of computer, one that exploits the superposition, interference, and entanglement of quantum states to compute ... -
A practical framework by using active M&A strategy for corporate growth in China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)As China becomes more global, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As), have been increasingly attracting the attention of China. This thesis investigates M&A theories and practices of valuation and integration in China on the basis ... -
A practical high temperature photonic crystal for high performance thermophotovoltaics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)This work presents the first practical selective emitter for high performance thermophotovoltaics (TPV) that offers high optical performance, high temperature stability, and the ability to be fabricated in large area ... -
Practical homomorphic encryption implementations & applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Homomorphic encryption is an exciting technology that enables computations to be performed over encrypted data. While initial constructions were impractical, recent works have enabled eciency necessary for many practical ... -
Practical implementation and analysis of hyper-encryption
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The security of modern cryptographic schemes relies on limits on computational power and assumptions about the difficulty of certain mathematical problems, such as integer factorization. This thesis describes hyper-encryption ... -
Practical indirect position sensing for a variable reluctance motor
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Practical knowledge and abilities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The thesis is an exploration of the relations between know-how, abilities, and ordinary knowledge of facts. It is shown that there is a distinctively practical sort of know-how and a corresponding interpretation of 'S knows ... -
Practical limitations of single-span ultra-high performance concrete beams
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Since its development in the early 1970's, researchers have continued to push the limits of concrete mixtures through the creation of ultra-high performance concretes. The use of this class of materials has allowed designers ... -
Practical matters for defense contractors converting DoD technology to commercial markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This thesis asks if and how the defense contractor can profitably transfer the technology and institutional learning obtained from DoD funded R&D to commercial markets. There are numerous examples of very successful defense ... -
A practical method for incorporating Real Options analysis into US federal benefit-cost analysis procedures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This research identifies how Real Options (RO) thinking might acceptably and effectively complement the current mandates for Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in Circular A-94. ...
