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29 Jun 2010
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Designing online & offline charging framework for IP multimedia subsystem (IMS)

Thesis - 6 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Mobile Communication service Providers always aim to specify, realize and deploy services as quickly as possible in order to gain a competitive edge in meeting evolving consumer demands. 3GPP introduced their mobile network architecture as IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). Real time charging is...

23 Jun 2010
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Concept of communication technology

Presentation - 5 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Communication technology is an important tool for computerized information systems as data is communicated by using communication technology. Data communication refers to data transmission and receipt thereof from one location to another. Computers transmit data for many reasons. The problems of...

23 Jun 2010
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Linux Vs Microsoft Windows

Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science

Hardware manufacturers and computer users shared software during the period of 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. But, by the late 1960's, software costs had increased and the growing software industry was competing, as the hardware manufacturer's bundled software products. Towards the late 1970's and...

23 Jun 2010
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High definition entertainment

Thesis - 8 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

The history of the television is a very interesting subject for those who wish to know more about where the “idiot box” came from. The word ‘television' was coined on the 25th of August 1900 at the International World Fair in Paris. We all know how the television serves to...

23 Jun 2010
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The evolution of HDTV

Thesis - 8 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

It all began when a 20year old German student, Paul Nikpow, put forward his theory of the “rotating disk'. The inventors tried to build a mechanical television system based on either this theory or tried to build an electronic television system by using a cathode ray tube. The invention of...

16 Jun 2010
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Understanding the concept of human memory

Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies

Historically, there has always been an interest in understanding the theory behind human memory, but a systematic study that started in the field of memory is less than a century old. An interest in the knowledge of memory and storage techniques have changed a little from what it was in the...

16 Jun 2010
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Fibers and their importance

Thesis - 4 pages - Physics

Communication is the key to the existence of mankind. In the field of telecommunication, the horizons are constantly expanding. In this regard, the optical fiber is a wonder tool in the field of telecommunication. We are aware of the fact that light has a tendency to spread in a straight line,...

16 Jun 2010
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The A to Z of bioethics

Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies

The world of science is highly dynamic. It advances the way in which the human race is progressing. Scientific advances in the field of life sciences pose difficult ethical questions. These include questions on cloning, embryo research, patenting of life and the human genome. France has...

02 Jun 2010
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The effect of loud music and headphones on long-term hearing loss

Thesis - 7 pages - Medical studies

In this combined literature study and experiment, I investigated to what extent listening to loud music via headphones affected long term hearing loss. In spring of 2010, a group of college students at University of Virginia took a hearing test using a sound curve generating software. I compared...

27 May 2010
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A survey on quality of service in network-on-chip

Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science

This paper presents a survey on one of the key Network-on-Chip (NoC) research area i.e. Quality of Service (QoS): Service classification and negotiation. The models of QoS are classified into different categories based on synchronous, that is, having single clock domain or asynchronous NoC and...

27 May 2010
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Recent advances in organic polymer for electronics in nano regime

Thesis - 4 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Organic semiconductors are of increasing interest as new materials for electronic devices, owing to their easy processing on flexible substrates and potential for low-cost fabrication. Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), OLED display, photodiodes and field-effect transistors (FETs) are the...

27 May 2010
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Assessment of open source software

Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science

Previous research of software being developed under open source license has showed that some open source products can reach qualitative and popularly level of commercial (usually closed-source) counterparts. Open source (usually free of charge) software has become increasingly prominent in last...

27 May 2010
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Efficient rule based genetic algorithm

Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science

Genetic algorithm (GA) is an optimization technique which is applicable to all the functions that can be evaluated by using fuzzy rule based system. The problems can also be optimized by using mathematical functions such as calculus (derivative, integration etc.), and other nonlinear modeling...

27 May 2010
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Time synchronization: A need for sensor network

Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science

Wireless sensor networks are a new type of ad hoc networks that had drawn the interest of the research community in last few years. They require accurate, reliable time for many of its applications. The use of traditional time synchronization protocols for wired network is restricted by severe...

27 May 2010
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Quality of services in ad-hoc wireless networks: A survey

Thesis - 11 pages - Computer science

Wireless network is a collection of hosts forming a network on the fly, using a fixed infrastructure. But Ad-hoc Wireless network is a collection of mobile hosts forming a network in the air, without using a fixed infrastructure. Some features of Ad-hoc Wireless network are lack of central...

24 May 2010
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Decision making through software agent-based intelligent system for education management

Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science

Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) is a sub-field of Artificial intelligence (AI) which is concerned with a society of problem solvers or agents interacting in order to solve a common problem. Software Agents have evolved from Multi-Agent System (MAS) ,which in turn form one of three broad...

24 May 2010
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A continuous manufacturing processes to manage the outgoing quality

Thesis - 6 pages - Mathematics

When the production is continuous and the process is not under statistical control (i.e., p is the probability of a defective unit is constant) and at the same time it does not follow a scheme of total control, it is remarked that a dependent process will be more realistic than the existing...

24 May 2010
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Estimation of stage efficiency and optimization of biosorption processes using dynamic programming

Thesis - 15 pages - Computer science

Heavy metal ions in aqueous effluent stream is being treated by biosorption of metal ions upon various biosorbents. Use of Azolla filiculoides as an effective biosorbent has been studied to remove copper ions for a given volume of effluent with initial concentration of Ci to the desired final...

24 May 2010
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Online match making process using fuzzy multi-attribute decision making method

Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science

In this paper, we study the fuzzy multi attribute decision making problems with preference information on alternatives, in which the attribute values and the preference values given by the decision maker(s) are in the form of triangular fuzzy numbers, and the information about attribute weights...

24 May 2010
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A new paradigm in designing an advertisement - an application of real time data warehouse & data mining in preparation of an ad copy

Thesis - 16 pages - Computer science

The purpose of the article is to address the relative information of modeling an ad copy through real-time data warehousing. In modern enterprises the day-to-day activities information is to be stored in data warehouse. We have taken the example of data warehouse concept from SAP Business One...

24 May 2010
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Constructive and equivalent variable cost heuristics to the multi-period fixed charge transportation problem

Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science

This paper addresses a multi-period fixed charge transportation problem (MPFCTP), which includes transportation, inventories and backlog. The transportation costs are represented in the form of a nonlinear function. The objective is to determine the size of the shipments in each period, inventory...

24 May 2010
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An algorithm to solve multi-objective fractional bottleneck transportation problem with restrictions

Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science

The transportation problems with multiple objectives having more than one restriction are very important from the practical point of view. In this paper, an algorithm is developed to solve Multiple Fractional Time Transportation Problem with Restrictions (MFTPR), which is solved by a...

24 May 2010
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FMS layout optimization using metaheuristic

Thesis - 6 pages - Physics

Today, Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) seems to be a very promising technology as it provides flexibility, which is essential for highly competitive, dynamic and change in manufacturing environment. Layout of an industry is the key for productivity. To improve productivity, manufacturing lead...

10 May 2010
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Cost optimization of supply chain networks using particle swarm optimization

Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science

With increasing competitiveness in the business world, focus on supply chain has got greater attention. Therefore supply chain has to be made effective by reducing unnecessary losses occurring in the supply network. These losses are caused due to production, distribution planning and improper...

10 May 2010
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Fuzzy QFD for optimizing the engineering characteristics of a casting product

Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science

A casting may be defined as a metal object obtained by allowing molten metal to solidify in a mould, the shape of the object being determined by the shape of the mould cavity. Defective castings, even at advanced foundries, account for 2 to 5% and sometimes from 10 to 25% of the number of...

10 May 2010
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Artificial intelligence for classification of defects in ultrasonic testing

Tutorials/exercises - 14 pages - Computer science

A methodology is developed to detect defects in NDT of materials using an Artificial Neural Network and signal processing technique. This technique is proposed to improve the sensibility of flaw detection and to classify defects in Ultrasonic testing. Wavelet transform is used to derive a feature...

10 May 2010
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Heuristic algorithms for scheduling of a batch processor for the automobile gear manufacturing environment

Thesis - 18 pages - Mathematics

In this paper we develop a mathematical model and propose six heuristic algorithms for scheduling jobs with incompatible job families, on a singe batch processor (BP). The motivation for this paper comes from the heat treatment operation in gear manufacturing process used to manufacture...

10 May 2010
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Local short term wind speed estimation using back propagation algorithm

Thesis - 14 pages - Physics

Apart from weather forecasting, wind speed prediction is required to estimate atmospheric effects on telecommunication systems such as satellites in launch, electromagnetic signal propagation in wireless channel, inland and water vehicle navigation, air traffic control, missile guidance etc. Wind...

10 May 2010
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Genetic algorithmic approach for multi objective weighted spanning tree

Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science

The minimum weight spanning tree is a well known problem in the networking area, having a wide range of applications. In this paper, a new approach for dealing with multi objective weighted spanning tree is proposed. The proposed method uses Genetic Algorithm to generate non dominated spanning...

10 May 2010
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Evaluating the maximum confidence of facts for information provided on the web

Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science

The World Wide Web is an important information source for us. But, there is no guarantee for the relevance of information retrieved from the Web. The information provided by one Website may be conflicting with the information on the property of an object from other website. In this paper, we...