# Browse Graduate Dissertations and Theses at Illinois by Title

• (1990)
In this thesis, a new general adaptive algorithm for solving a wide variety of NP-Complete combinatorial problems is developed. The new technique is called Stochastic Evolution (SE). The SE algorithm is applied to Network ...

application/pdf

PDF (4Mb)
• (2013-02-03)
We describe several algorithms for classifying, comparing and optimizing curves on surfaces. We give algorithms to compute the minimum member of a given homology class, particularly computing the maximum flow and minimum ...

application/pdf

PDF (2Mb)
• (1992)
An attempt is made to study the mathematical strength of the weak second order theories of Bounded Arithmetic U$\sbsp{2}{i}$ and V$\sbsp{2}{i}$, i $\geq$ 0, introduced by S. Buss. It is first shown that U$\sbsp{2}{1}$ can ...

application/pdf

PDF (3Mb)
• (2013-05-24)
In this thesis, we develop a filtering process called combinatorial filters for handling combinatorial processes that evolve over time and study two practical problems using this method. The first problem is a generalization ...

application/pdf

PDF (6Mb)
• (2013-05-24)
Using the SISR asymptotic, a classification of a class of scale-separated stochastic differential equations is achieved using combinatorics and formal language theory. This is extended to a topological notion of temperature ...

application/pdf

PDF (925Kb)
• (1991)
Let $\lbrack n\rbrack = \{1,2,\..., n\},A$ and let $2\sp{\lbrack n\rbrack}$ represent the subset lattice of (n) with sets ordered by inclusion. A collection I of subsets of (n) is called an ideal if every subset of a member ...

application/pdf

PDF (3Mb)
• (1991)
In order to model liquid-metal flows in self-cooled liquid-lithium blankets for magnetic-confinement fusion reactors, liquid metal flows in rectangular ducts with thin conducting walls have been treated by combining ...

application/pdf

PDF (8Mb)
• (1991)
Effects of airflow direction and velocity on plant vegetative production were studied. Three plant species were studied: dwarf wheat (Triticum aestivum), chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium), and soybean (Glycine max. ...

application/pdf

PDF (4Mb)
• (1973)

application/pdf

PDF (7Mb)
• (2012-09-18)
Three experiments were conducted to determine the combined effects of purified dietary fiber and dietary threonine (Thr) on chick growth and intestinal health. The objectives of the first two experiments were to define the ...

application/pdf

PDF (2Mb)
• (1980)
The present study was designed to investigate the combined effects of two stresses, ultrasonic energy exposure and maternal nutritional deprivation, on both maternal and fetal organisms in mice with a view towards assessing ...

application/pdf

PDF (3Mb)
• (2010-05-20)
Photoelectron spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques have been used to study commercial and model electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications. The overlying goal of this work is to gain a better understanding of the ...

application/pdf

PDF (3Mb)
• (2013-05-24)
An experimental study of the combined impact of highly irregular surface roughness and moderate favorable-pressure-gradient (FPG) conditions on the structure of a turbulent boundary layer was assessed using two-dimensional ...

application/pdf

PDF (97Mb)
• (1960)

application/pdf

PDF (2Mb)
• (1967)

application/pdf

PDF (2Mb)
• (1988)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential usefulness of combined relaxation and cognitive restructuring in the control of non-medicated, borderline essential hypertensives. Few studies in the literature ...

application/pdf

PDF (4Mb)
• (1969)
Thermal conductivity measurements made on hexagonal-close-packed helium-4 are reported for specimens whose quality and orientation were determined directly by an x-ray method. The specimens, 2.2mmin diameter by 23 mm ...

application/pdf

PDF (4Mb)
• (1968)

application/pdf

PDF (4Mb)
• (1969)

application/pdf

PDF (4Mb)
• (1984)
Coal dust flammability studies are essential in order to evaluate propagation limit concentrations and the fundamental burning velocity as a function of dust concentration. This work presents such data for Pittsburgh seam ...

application/pdf

PDF (10Mb)