Browsing MIT Theses by Title
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A queuing model of airport congestion and policy implications at JFK and EWR
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Since the phasing-out of the High Density Rule, access to major commercial airports in the United States has been unconstrained or, in the case of the airports of New York, weakly constrained. This largely unregulated ... -
Quick response inventory replenishment for a photographic material supplier
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Quickies : intelligent sticky notes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis introduces 'Quickies', an attempt to bring one of the most useful inventions of the 20th century into the digital age: the ubiquitous sticky notes. Sticky notes help us manage our to-do lists, tag our objects ... -
QuickStep, a system for performance monitoring and debugging parallel applications on the Alewife multiprocessor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995) -
Quiet conflict : social movements, institutional change, and upgrading informal settlements in South Africa
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The South African government's attempts to provide land and housing for the poor have been focused primarily on interventions at the policy level and within internal state bureaucracies. But experiences of social movements ... -
QUIKPAS : a microcomputer based passive solar analytical design tool
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)Social and economic pressures are causing architectural designers to resume their responsibility to consider the effects that design decisions will have on the thermal performance of buildings. Recent studies have shown ... -
Quillen cohomology of pi-algebras and application to their realization by Martin Frankland.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)We use the obstruction theory of Blanc-Dwyer-Goerss to study the realization space of certain - algebras with 2 non-trivial groups. The main technical tool is a result on the Quillen cohomology of truncated -algebras, which ... -
QUiLT (Quantitative Ultrasound in Longitudinal Tissue Tracking): Stitching 2D images into 3D Volumes for Organ Health Monitoring
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-02)Volumetric property maps of organs (e.g., stiffness) are clinically significant and valu- able in diagnosing the onset and monitoring the progression of a large multitude of diseases such as autosomal dominant polycystic ... -
Quincy quarries : development feasibility study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986) -
Quincy Shipyard : valuation of the yard for industrial water-dependent uses
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The quorum-sensing regulation of Vibrio fischeri : novel components of the autoinduce/LuxR regulatory circuit
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Quotient-singularities in characteristic p
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980) -
QX Pup : the fascinating yolk of the Rotten Egg Nebula
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)QX Pup is a known Mira variable at the core of the Rotten Egg Nebula that has not been studied in detail since its discovery in 1983. In this study, four years of photometric data in V and I and two years of photometric ... -
R&D and deployment valuation of intelligent transportation systems : a case example of the intersection collision avoidance systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Compared with investments in the conventional infrastructure, those in Intelligent Transportation Technology (ITS) include various uncertainties. Because deployment of ITS requires close public-private partnership, projects ... -
R&D management and the use of dynamic metrics
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R&D organizational reform to provide profitable products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Providing profitable products for corporate business success is an important mission for the R&D organization. Although good organization design may not guarantee corporate business success, it can be a critical factor to ... -
R&D project selection : best practices for suppliers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Successful research and development is critical in ensuring firms continue to meet customer needs and stay ahead of their competition. Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent every year on these R&D pursuits. It may seem ... -
R.A.F. war plans and British foreign policy: 1935-1940.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966) -
R.E.I.N.A. : towards pervasive interface agents that transcend the physical-digital worlds
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Our generation is spending more time in front of computer screens, in part due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In front of our screens, we see multiple notes, folders, windows, and applications that somehow replicate ... -
The Rab' in Cairo : a window on Mamluk architecture and urbanism
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)This dissertation is a reassessment of Mamluk architecture and urbanism in Cairo, based on a detailed study of one of the more important elements in its urban fabric, the rab' or apartment building. This building type is ...
