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A multi-attribute value assessment method for the early product development phase with application to the business airplane industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) market. The method is also used to extract quantitative evidence indicating the existence of enterprise-related attributes for consumer value in products. Marking the first independent review of the loss function-based ...
Integrated microbioreactors for rapid screening and analysis of bioprocesses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) strains to characterize the bioreactor environment. The ability to reproducibly sacrifice microbioreactors mid-run is exploited to demonstrate the feasibility of linking microbioreactors to genome-wide expression ...
Passive electromagnetic damping device for motion control of building structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The research presented in this thesis develops a new device for the passive control of motion in building structures: an electromagnetic damper. The electromagnetic damper is a self-excited device that provides a reaction ...
Three essays on development economics in China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This dissertation is a collection of three independent essays in empirical development economics using data from China. In the first two chapters, I examine the determinants of choices within the household. In the first ...
Thermodynamic stability and implications of anisotropic boundary particles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) Generally, a boundary is nonplanar in the neighborhood of an attached particle--even when anisotropic interfacial free energies do not produce faceting-and maintains a icKy = 0 while the boundary particles maintain ...
Langasite bulk acoustic wave resonant sensor for high temperature applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) The self consistent defect model established the defect chemistry of langasite, enabling important parameters describing reduction (Er = 5.70± -0.06eV and 6.57±-0.24eV for acceptor and donor doped langasite ...
Dimensions of symmetry in syntax : agreement and clausal architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) are, then, determined at phase levels by late insertion of categorial features. One crucial aspect of the proposed theory of structural symmetry involves interweaving effects, which emerge as categorial determination ...
Accurate nanofabrication techniques for high-index-contrast microphotonic devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
High-refractive-index-contrast microphotonic devices provide strong light confinement allowing for sharp waveguide bends and small dielectric optical resonators. They allow dense optical integration and unique applications ...
Crystallographically consistent percolation theory for grain boundary networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Grain boundaries are known to play a role in many important material properties including creep resistance, ductility and cracking resistance. Although the structure and properties of individual boundaries are important, ...
Inference in sensor networks : graphical models and particle methods
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Sensor networks have quickly risen in importance over the last several years to become an active field of research, full of difficult problems and applications. At the same time, graphical models have shown themselves to ...