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BEING DIGITAL - Nostradamus for the Soul
(2011-04-20)Amorphous and near-fictional aggregation of relational applications with social media, networking and ebusiness services. Hypothetical seamless lifestyle scenarios highlight convergence of applications inevitable in the ... -
Bio-Inspired Energy Dynamics
(2010-03-27)Energy policies based on empirical assumptions without a foundation in granular real-time data may be limited in scope. It may sputter ineffectively in its role as the engine of energy economics. For energy efficiency and ... -
Biofuel Sources and Demand: Rough Comparison between India and China
(2008-11-05)Staggering numbers of demand vs supply -
Calibration and Verification of the Cooling Lake Model for North Anna Power Station: During the Period July 1978 - September 1981
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Aquatic Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982-03)The North Anna Power Station (3 proposed nuclear units with a total capacity of 2820MWe) is located in the State of Virginia about 41 miles northwest of Richmond. The plant condenser heat dissipation system consists of a ... -
Can We Apply Principles From Social Networking To Healthcare Informatics For Intelligent Data Analytics?
(2008-12-14)Extracting the principles associated with complexity theory and swarm intelligence has offered practical solutions for routing and scheduling. Reality mining and its link with social networking relationships may yield ... -
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A Channel Network Evolution Model with Subsurface Saturation Mechanism and Analysis of the Chaotic Behavior of the Model
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1990-09) -
Charlie's Skypeout Strategy
(Government of Finland, 2006-10-01)One view of the future of decision systems that hints how combinatorial convergence of tools, technologies, concepts and ideas may catalyse innovation in order to make better decisions. I have simply assembled them in ... -
Chemically Enhanced Wastewater Treatment
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Aquatic Science and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1990-09)Many municipalities are currently under court order to provide secondary-level treatment to their wastewater. Since federal funding is no longer available to build the necessary facilities, the burden of paying for secondary ... -
Chemistry is the Key to the Energy Economy
(2008-11-05)Stops on the road to fusion energy include biofuels, metabolic engineering and hydrogen. -
Climatology of Station Storm Rainfall in the Continental United States: Parameters of the Bartlett-Lewis and Poisson Rectangular Pulses Models
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992-05)The parameters of two stochastic models of point rainfall, the Bartlett-Lewis model and the Poisson rectangular pulses model, are estimated for each month of the year from the historical records of hourly precipitation at ... -
Comparison of Cooling Lake Mathematical Models for Mount Storm Lake
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Aquatic Science and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1990-03)Mt. Storm Lake is an impoundment of the Stony River that provides cooling for the three-unit electric generating station which is owned by Virginia Power. The lake is relatively deep and narrow with a submerged intake and ... -
A Comparison of Linear and Nonlinear Random Field Estimators
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1982-11)The estimation of random fields from limited samples is an important issue in most fields of geophysics, such as Hydrology and Meteorology. Work by Matheron and others at the Paris School of Mines has popularized Kriging ... -
Conservation in Long-term Conjunctive Use: Irrigation Demands Using Disaggregate Choice Models
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981-03)Section 1:This report presents the hierarchy of sub-problems involved in modelling the demand for conjunctive use. An historical description of the development of conjunctive user irrigation and a review of current policy ... -
Constrained Stochastic Climate Simulation
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1982-05)A stochastic, multivariate, hydrometeorological data generation algorithm is presented. Hourly values of precipitation, cloud cover, shortwave radiation, longwave radiation, temperature, dewpoint, wind speed, and wind ... -
Constrained Stochastic Climate Simulation: Computer Programs and User Manual
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1983-02)Computer programs for Constrained Stochastic Climate Simulation (CSCS) and for preliminary parameter estimation are presented. Many of the parameters required by CSCS, can be estimated by commonly available procedures. The ... -
Control Structures in Stratified Flows
(Cambridge, Mass. : Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-05)During the past decade the Tennessee Valley Authority has designed and built several structures for the purpose of withdrawing cold bottom water from thermally stratified reservoirs. The cold water is used to supply condenser ... -
Convergence of Bio Info Nano Eco: Global Public Goods and Economic Growth
(2008-07-31)This article is about convergence and why not. How about a ride to space in an elevator? Why not? A single nanotube could stretch from earth to the stratosphere and be able to support its own weight. This fact spurred NASA ... -
Copper Sulfate Treatment of Lakes and Reservoirs: Chemical and Biological Considerations
(Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Division of Water Resources & Hydrodynamics, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, 1981)Since 1905, copper sulfate has been widely used as a means of controlling nuisance algae in drinking water reservoirs. Reservoir managers, relying on experience, have developed procedures which are generally successful in ... -
Coupled Flux of Heat and Moisture Across a Snowcovered Landsurface with Vegetation
(Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1982-04)A theoretical study of snow accumulation and ablation in vegetated areas is presented. A one-dimensional energy and mass balance model of winter (non-transpiring) vegetation is coupled to an existing one-dimensional energy ...
