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Chan, Kenneth Chi-Kin. "Integrating local area networks to improve reliability and performance." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25857.

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A hybrid network comprising an Ethernet and a Cambridge Ring has been proposed by researchers in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia as a means for improving reliablility and performance of computer communication in a local area network environment. This thesis explores the practicability of this concept and constructs a generalization of this model, where an arbitrary number of LANs, of arbitrary technologies, may be used together in an integrated fashion. The goal is a set of software primitives which provides a connection-oriented message-based IPC inter

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Frantz, Arthur Pereira. "Designing fault tolerant NoCs to improve reliability on SoCs." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/11302.

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Com a redução das dimensões dos dispositivos nas tecnologias sub-micrônicas foi possível um grande aumento no número de IP cores integrados em um mesmo chip e consequentemente novas arquiteturas de comunicação são usadas bucando atingir os requisitos de desempenho e potência. As redes intra-chip (Networks-on-Chip) foram propostas como uma plataforma alternativa de comunicação capaz de prover interconexões e comunicação entre os cores de um mesmo chip, tratando questões como desempenho, consumo de energia e reusabilidade para grandes sistemas integrados. Por outro lado, a mesma evolução tecnoló

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Akaaboune, Adil. "TEMPERATURE AND LEAKAGE AWARE TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE CACHE RELIABILITY." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/446.

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Decreasing power consumption in small devices such as handhelds, cell phones and high-performance processors is now one of the most critical design concerns. On-chip cache memories dominate the chip area in microprocessors and thus arises the need for power efficient cache memories. Cache is the simplest cost effective method to attain high speed memory hierarchy and, its performance is extremely critical for high speed computers. Cache is used by the microprocessor for channeling the performance gap between processor and main memory (RAM) hence the memory bandwidth is frequently a bottleneck

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Blevins, Stephen T. "Operating standby redundant controller to improve voltage source inverter reliability." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FBlevins.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Julian, Alexander L. "December 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 18, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 123). Also available in print.

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PIEVANELLI, ELISA. "Wireless Social Network. Design and management algorithms to improve reliability." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2687925.

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Nowadays the most affordable means to bring wide band connectivity to rural areas is represented by wireless technology, which guarantees flexibility, scalability, ease of installation and low investments. Wireless technology in the unlicensed bands presents some disadvantages, when intended to cover large areas. Commercial operators indeed might deploy wireless networks in digital-divided areas exploiting licensed bands or hybrid configurations where the backhaul is realized by high performance licensed links. In the recent years, several Wireless Community Networks have been created and gro

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Dulik, Jeffrey D. (Jeffrey Daniel). "Use of performance-monitoring to improve reliability of emergency diesel generators." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47682.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1998.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151).<br>Emergency diesel generators are one of the most important contributors to the core damage failure rate of nuclear power plants. Current required testing and maintenance procedures are excessively strict and expensive without any real justification. Probabilistic risk assessment is used to propose a monitoring system and Technical Specification changes to reduce EDG unavailability without jeopardizing safety, and to ease the excessive deterministic re

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Maltzan, David (David W. ). "Using real-time data to improve reliability on high-frequency transit services." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99541.

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Thesis: S.M. in Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-153).<br>In recent years, automatically-collected data from many transit agencies have been made available to the public in real time. This has dramatically improved the experience of riding transit, by allowing p

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Dahal, Subharoj. "Implementing a redundant solution to improve network system reliability at XYZ Hospital." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009dahals.pdf.

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Koh, Younggyun. "Kernel service outsourcing: an approach to improve performance and reliability of virtualized systems." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/34700.

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Virtualization environments have become basic building blocks in consolidated data centers and cloud computing infrastructures. By running multiple virtual machines (VMs) in a shared physical machine, virtualization achieves high utilization of hardware resources and provides strong isolation between virtual machines. This dissertation discusses the implementation and the evaluation of an approach, called kernel service outsourcing, which improves the performance and the reliability of guest systems in the virtualized, multi-kernel environments. Kernel service outsourcing allows applications t

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Niero, Monia. "Solutions to improve the reliability and applicability of life cycle assessment in industries." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3422571.

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Since its first applications in the late 1970, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology has increasingly spread as an effective environmental management tool and has nowadays become a well-established analytical method to quantify the environmental impacts of products and processes at industrial level. Despite its popularity and codification by organizations such as the International Organization for Standardization, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and harmonization initiatives promoted at European level (i.e. by the European Platform on LCA) through the publication of t

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Peeters, Michael Joseph. "Using Generalizability Theory to Improve Assessment within Pharmacy Education." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1571775359957282.

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Gorrepati, Nishant. "Develop a training procedure to improve the rater-reliability of a modified 5S audit checklist." Thesis, Wichita State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/5528.

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5S is a lean tool, which is a visual housekeeping technique that can be implemented in a shop floor to eliminate waste and improve the process. The performance of the 5S tool in a workplace is evaluated using a 5S audit checklist and the observers perform the evaluation. The scores of the completed checklist reflect the performance of 5S tool in the workplace. A study by Natarajan (2011) has shown that the current 5S audit checklist commonly being used in aerospace had low rater-reliability scores in a particular scenario. Therefore the objective of this thesis was to improve the reliability f

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Asekun, Olabanji Olumuyiwa. "A decision support model to improve rolling stock maintenance scheduling based on reliability and cost." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95966.

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Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The demand for rail travel has increased over the years. As a result, it is becoming mandatory for railway industries to maintain very high availability of their assets to ensure that service levels are high. Railway industries require both their infrastructure and rolling stock assets maintained efficiently to sustain reliability. There has been on-going research on how maintenance can be carried out in a cost effective manner. However, the majority of this research has been done for infrastructure and the rolling stock mainte

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Das, Chhandita. "Investigating ways to improve discrete choice methods in assessing individual preference functions with greater reliability and accuracy /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2007. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3284822.

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Faucher, Julien. "An optoelectronic-VLSI chip with forward error correction to improve the reliability of parallel optical data links /." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32957.

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Parallel optical interconnects (POIs) promise to deliver tremendous gains in bandwidth for applications such as massively parallel computing systems and telecommunication switches. At the core of any interconnect solution lies the fundamental problem of reliable transmission. Next-generation optical communication designers are running into hard limits when it comes to increasing data transmission rates and reducing errors. These two factors are typically in opposing balance: minimize bit error rate (BER) and data rates suffer, increase transmission rates and data integrity is compromised.<br>T

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Gomez, gomez Ricardo. "Design of innovative solutions to improve the variability and reliability of CMOS circuits on thin film technologies." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020GRALT023.

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La sensibilité accrue aux variations des procedés de fabrication, de tension, de température et de vieillissement (PVTA) dans les nœuds technologiques avancés d'integration est responsable d'une dégradation significative des spécifications des circuits integrés lors de la fabrication à grand volume. Celle-ci est devenue une préoccupation croissante dans la conception de circuits numériques, qui doit faire face aux exigences de plus en plus strictes des applications modernes en termes d'efficacité énergétique, de fiabilité et de sécurité. Dans ce travail de thèse, les techniques de surveillance

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Bakouros, Y. L. "Offshore pipeline reliability prediction : An assessment of the breakdown characteristics of offshore pipelines and the development of a statistical technique to improve their reliability prediction with particular reference." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233657.

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Farmer, Lisa. "A STUDY OF AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY OF TEACHERS' HOLISTIC SCORES OF ELEMENTARY WRITING THROUGH IN-HOUSE PROFESS." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2455.

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This study evaluated the effectiveness of a school-based training that attempted to improve the reliability of holistic scores teachers assigned to the writings of elementary school students. Seventeen teachers at one suburban elementary school located in the Southeastern United States participated in three training sessions that allowed for scoring practice and group discussions. The trainers, or presenters, were "faculty-experts." A comparison of scores the participants assigned to students' writings before and after the training was conducted. The analyses included t-tests that compared the

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Singh, Abhishek M. Eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Creation, validation, and implementation of a Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) procedure to improve the reliability of printed circuit boards." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107079.

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Thesis: M. Eng. in Advanced Manufacturing and Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-99).<br>Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) is a test methodology to evaluate the reliability of electronic and electromechanical devices. This thesis aimed at the implementation of Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) on Printed Circuit Boards. A standard operating procedure for implementing Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) to increase the reliability of PCBs

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Inzoli, S. "EXPERIMENTAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY OF SPECTRAL INDUCED POLARIZATION TO INFER LITHO-TEXTURAL PROPERTIES OF ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/360596.

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The characterization of the shallow subsurface constitutes a challenging issue in several applications of science and engineering. Among the other disciplines, hydrogeophysics deals with the use of geophysical methods for the exploration, management, and monitoring of soil and groundwater. One of the main topics is the study of the petrophysical relationships between electrical properties and hydraulic conductivity, mainly through the dependence of such physical parameters on textural properties. The general aim of this work consists in an investigation of porous materials typical of alluvial

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Farmer, Lisa Epps. "A study of an attempt to improve the reliability of teachers' holistic scores of elementary writing through in-house professional development." Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002297.

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Escobar, Molero Antonio David [Verfasser], Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] Heinen, and Petri [Akademischer Betreuer] Mähönen. "Using concurrent transmissions to improve the reliability and latency of low-power wireless mesh networks / Antonio Escobar-Molero ; Stefan Heinen, Petri Mähönen." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1216638055/34.

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Escobar-Molero, Antonio Verfasser], Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] [Heinen, and Petri [Akademischer Betreuer] Mähönen. "Using concurrent transmissions to improve the reliability and latency of low-power wireless mesh networks / Antonio Escobar-Molero ; Stefan Heinen, Petri Mähönen." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1216638055/34.

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Nxumalo, G. L. "The application of the six sigma quality concept to improve process performance in a continuous processing plant." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50467.

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Thesis (MScEng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This report presents the application of the six sigma quality concept in solving a true business problem. Six sigma is a quality improvement and business strategy/tool developed by Motorola in the mid 1980s. It aims at delivering products and services that approach levels of near perfection. To achieve this objective a six sigma process must not produce more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities, meaning the process should be at least 99.9997% perfect [Berdebes, 2003]. Motorola's success with six sigma populari

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Безпалий, Б. В., та М. М. Захаров. "Дослідження можливості підвищення надійності і ефективності використання зернових жниварок шляхом модернізації їх приводів". Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/46845.

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Збиральна зернова техніка працює а екстремальних умовах експлуатації. Для неї характерні стислі строки інтенсивної роботи в кілька змін, практично безперервно. У цьому специфіка збиральних жнив, коли затримка а термінах її проведення приводить до збільшення втрат зернової частини врожаю. Зазначені фактори висувають особливі вимоги до надійності техніки, що забезпечує механізацію процесів збирання зернових. Середній наробіток на відмову зернозбирального комбайна складає близько 20 годин. При цьому велику частину відмов складають поломки жниварок.

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Sten, Lilly-Mari. "Understanding How to Improve Team Collaboration Within Intensive Care Unit Transitional Care from the Perspective of Quality Management." Licentiate thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för kvalitets- och maskinteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41985.

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Team collaboration is a fundamental part of Quality Management (QM), and working together successfully is an important part of improving an organization. Team collaboration is also essential for achieving quality of care, patient safety and care continuity, especially when handling critically ill patients. Transferring a patient from an intensive care unit (ICU) to a general ward demands planning, communication, competence, a system view, and a quality culture. This patient transfer process, called ICU transitional care, extends across hospital boundaries, which have different organizational c

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Carvajal, Arroyo Jose Maria. "Inhibitory Impact of Nitrite on the Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidizing (Anammox) Bacteria: Inhibition Mechanisms and Strategies to Improve the Reliability of the Anammox Process as a N-Removal Technology." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311350.

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The anaerobic oxidation of ammonium (anammox) with nitrite as electron acceptor is a microbial process that generates nitrogen gas as main final product. After being discovered in the Netherlands in the 1990s, anammox has been applied in state-of-the-art biotechnologies for the removal of N pollution from ammonium rich wastewaters. The anammox process offers significant advantages over traditional nitrification-denitrification based processes. Since anammox does not need elemental oxygen, it allows for important savings in aeration. Furthermore, due to the autotrophic nature of the bacteria, a

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Fuentes, Richard J., and William A. Gilbert. "Telemetry Planning Improves System Reliability." International Foundation for Telemetering, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/611473.

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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 30-November 02, 1995 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada<br>Increased concerns for reducing cost and improving reliability in Telemetry systems have made proper evaluation and simulation of a proposed test of utmost importance. Using computer programs developed for planning analysis, a planner may review a proposed test and devise a support plan. This plan will provide the best RF tracking and receiving results quickly and accurately. Pre-mission simulation of Telemetry systems verifies the plan and minimizes possibilities of mission d

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Fridholm, Victoria. "IMPROVE MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY BY USING HISTORICAL BREAKDOWN DATA FROM A CMMS : Exploring the possibilities for CBM in the Manufacturing Industry." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-39816.

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Purpose: Explore how historical data from a CMMS can be used in order to improve maintenance effectiveness and efficiency of activities, and investigate the possibilities for CBM in the manufacturing industry in the context of digitalization. Research questions: RQ1: To what extent could condition-based maintenance or other maintenance types being used in order to predict, prevent or in other way eliminate historical breakdowns/faults? RQ2: Which significance has an organization's degree of maturity to reduce the number of breakdowns? Method: A case study was performed at Volvo Construction

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Tippetts, Trevor. "Improved reliability of automated non-destructive evaluation." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/22071.

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In recent years, Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) has trended toward increased automation in data acquisition. Automated scanning has the potential to greatly increase reliability of the NDE results, but it also tends to increase the volume of data that must be inspected manually by a skilled technician. This is a time-consuming task made tedious by the fact that most of the data contains no indication of a defect. There is a great need for software that can partially automate the data analysis by prioritizing regions of interest to the inspector. This thesis describes an approach to that end,

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Wan, Bo. "Improved Usage Model for Web Application Reliability Testing." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23135.

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Testing the reliability of an application usually requires a good usage model that accurately captures the likely sequences of inputs that the application will receive from the environment. The models being used in the literature are mostly based on Markov chains. They are used to generate test cases that are statistically close to what the applica-tion is expected to receive when in production. In this thesis, we propose a model for reli-ability testing that is created directly from the log file of a web application. Our proposed model is also based on Markov chains and has two components: on

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Pangilinan, Christopher Allan. "Bus supervision deployment strategies for improved bus service reliability." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38238.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-146).<br>Bus service reliability has always been a top concern for transit agencies and their customers. Unfortunately, there are several factors detrimental to reliable bus service. Outside influences such as weather, traffic, and road construction can wreak havoc on even the best laid plans. Internally, poor planning, insufficient maintenance, and differing operator abilities can work to undermine bus service reliability. To help counteract

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Hausladen, Heather. "An improved reliability assessment of a modular robot controller." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117970.

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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2018.<br>Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2018.<br>"June 2018." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-90).<br>Modular industrial robot systems are well suited for high performance-accuracy, repeatability and speed, or shorter cycle times. Additionally, modular architect

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Mogla, Sankalp. "Telecommunication Network Survivability for Improved Reliability in Smart power Grids." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5380.

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Power transmission grid infrastructures deliver electricity across large distance and are vital to the functioning of modern society. Increasingly these setups embody highly-coupled cyber-physical systems where advanced telecommunications networks are used to send status and control information to operate power transmission grid components, i.e., "smart grids". However, due to the high inter-dependency between the communication and power grid network layers, failure events can lead to further loss of control of key grid components, i.e., even if they are undamaged. In turn, such dependencies c

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Stanley, Ian. "Improved methods for reliability-based structural integrity assessment of steel jacket structures." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.420134.

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The main aim of this thesis is to develop a probabilistic methodology, based on structural reliability theory, which allows information gained during manufacture, fabrication, construction and service life of a particular structural system to be systematically combined with data available at the design stage in order to improve reliability predictions about the structure's performance during its remaining service life. Broadly speaking, the objectives of the thesis can be summarised as follows: • To develop generic strategies and methods for reliability-based structural integrity assessments f

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Jensen, Mallory Ann. "Root cause defect identification in multicrystalline silicon for improved photovoltaic module reliability." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119344.

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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145).<br>To meet climate targets by 2030, manufacturing capacity for photovoltaic (PV) modules must be scaled at 22-25% annual growth rate while maintaining high performance and low selling price. The most suitable material substrate to enable this scale-up is cast multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) due to its low operating cost and capital requirements compared to other technologies. However, a new form of l

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Utton, Shantel M. (Shantel Mistilynn) 1974. "Risk-informed, performance-based regulatory implications of improved emergency diesel generator reliability." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50490.

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Howard, Thomas Peter. "Development of a novel bearing concept for improved wind turbine gearbox reliability." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11631/.

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The wind industry has experienced rapid growth in recent years as a result of ever increasing concerns over fossil fuel power generation and the associated impact this has upon climate change. Wind turbine technology has however displayed relatively poor reliability from the outset, largely due to the highly variable nature of the wind, which subsequently places system components under extremely harsh loading conditions. Such reliability issues are becoming increasingly problematic for the wind turbine operator, as wind farms – and indeed the turbines themselves – continue to be up-scaled thus

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Bianchini, Marcello <1976&gt. "Improved ground motion intensity measures for reliability-based demand analysis of structures." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2008. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/959/1/Tesi_Bianchini_Marcello.pdf.

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In Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE), evaluating the seismic performance (or seismic risk) of a structure at a designed site has gained major attention, especially in the past decade. One of the objectives in PBEE is to quantify the seismic reliability of a structure (due to the future random earthquakes) at a site. For that purpose, Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis (PSDA) is utilized as a tool to estimate the Mean Annual Frequency (MAF) of exceeding a specified value of a structural Engineering Demand Parameter (EDP). This dissertation focuses mainly on applying an ave

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Bianchini, Marcello <1976&gt. "Improved ground motion intensity measures for reliability-based demand analysis of structures." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2008. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/959/.

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In Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE), evaluating the seismic performance (or seismic risk) of a structure at a designed site has gained major attention, especially in the past decade. One of the objectives in PBEE is to quantify the seismic reliability of a structure (due to the future random earthquakes) at a site. For that purpose, Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis (PSDA) is utilized as a tool to estimate the Mean Annual Frequency (MAF) of exceeding a specified value of a structural Engineering Demand Parameter (EDP). This dissertation focuses mainly on applying an ave

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Bensouiah, Djamel Abderrahmane. "Testability and redundancy techniques for improved yield and reliability of CMOS VLSI circuits." Thesis, Durham University, 1992. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6008/.

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The research presented in this thesis is concerned with the design of fault-tolerant integrated circuits as a contribution to the design of fault-tolerant systems. The economical manufacture of very large area ICs will necessitate the incorporation of fault-tolerance features which are routinely employed in current high density dynamic random access memories. Furthermore, the growing use of ICs in safety-critical applications and/or hostile environments in addition to the prospect of single-chip systems will mandate the use of fault-tolerance for improved reliability. A fault-tolerant IC must

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Pinker, Remi. "Improved Methods For Reliability Assessments Of Safety-Critical Systems : An Application Example For BOP Systems." Thesis, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskaplige Universitet, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-21060.

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A blowout preventer is a safety critical system that is used during drilling and well interventions of oil and gas wells to make sure the operations are safe. The main function of a blowout preventer system is to seal the well in order to prevent a blowout. There are several different blowout prevent stack configurations in use, and each of these configurations have their pros and cons. Giving an accurate representation of the reliability of a blowout preventer system can be challenging. A blowout preventer goes through many different operational situations, and the BOP`s ability to act as a s

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Klakegg, Sondre. "Improved methods for reliability assessments of safety-critical systems: An application example for BOP systems." Thesis, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskaplige Universitet, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-21094.

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The failure of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig's blowout preventer has been pointed to as one of the main causes of the Macondo accident on April 10th 2010. The blowout preventer system is one the most important safety barriers in a hydrocarbon well. The accident has created a demand for improved methods of assessing the reliability of blowout preventer systems. The objective of this master thesis is to propose improvements to current reliability assessment methods for complex safety critical systems such as the blowout preventer. The report begins by describing the blowout preventer

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Dohmen, Klaus. "Improved Inclusion-Exclusion Identities and Bonferroni Inequalities with Applications to Reliability Analysis of Coherent Systems." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/13732.

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Viele Probleme der Kombinatorik, Zahlentheorie, Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Zuverlässigkeitstheorie und Statistik lassen sich durch Anwendung einer einheitlichen Methode lösen, die als Prinzip der Inklusion-Exklusion bekannt ist. Das Prinzip der Inklusion-Exklusion drückt die Indikatorfunktion einer Vereinigung endlich vieler Ereignisse als alternierende Summe der Indikatorfunktionen ihrer Durchschnitte aus. Die vorliegende Schrift befasst sich mit verbesserten Inklusions-Exklusions-Identitäten und verbesserten Bonferroni-Ungleichungen, die voraussetzen, dass die Ereignisfamilie gewissen stru

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Kim, Theodore Taekyu. "Use of the modular design and wearout parameters to improved high milage reliability of wiper motors." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10628.

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Gupta, Himani S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "An integrated modeling and decision tool for improved drinking water reliability in rural villages of India." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99544.

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Thesis: S.M. in Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015.<br>Thesis: S.M. in Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2015.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141).<br>Rural community, which constitutes more than

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Kroes, Eric, Paul Koster, and Stefanie Peer. "A practical method to estimate the benefits of improved road network reliability: an application to departing air passengers." Springer, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-017-9764-4.

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This paper develops and applies a practical method to estimate the benefits of improved reliability of road networks. We present a general methodology to estimate the scheduling costs due to travel time variability for car travel. In contrast to existing practical methods, we explicitly consider the effect of travel time variability on departure time choices. We focus on situations when only mean delays are known, which is typically the case when standard transport models are used. We first show how travel time variability can be predicted from mean delays. We then estimate the schedulin

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Grodrian, Stanley Wayne. "High Reliability at a U.S. Air Force Outpatient Clinic: Have We Improved and are We Ready for the Future." Franklin University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1628018844639682.

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Lowas, Albert Frank III. "Improved Spare Part Forecasting for Low Quantity Parts with Low and Increasing Failure Rates." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1432380369.

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Hadad, A. A. B. "Generic FMECA analyses of lift systems : improved FMECA and FTA techniques are used for generic analyses of lift systems; design deficiencies relating to reliability, safety and availability are identified." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336348.

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