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Ang, Wee Horng. "Scale-free information systems networks." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34554.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-79).<br>Many real, complex networks have been shown to be scale-free. Scale-free in networks mean that their degree distribution is independent of the network size, have short path lengths and are highly clustered. We identify the qualities of scale-free networks, and discuss the mathematical derivations and numerically simulated outcomes of various deterministic scale-free models. Information Systems networks are a set of individual Information Systems th
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Perez, Estay Benjamín. "Scale-free bacteria collective motion." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2025. https://theses.hal.science/tel-05118935.

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Les agents propulseurs microscopiques en suspension peuvent présenter un mouvement collectif, générant des flux macroscopiques par les forces et couples qu'ils exercent. Ces flux se caractérisent par des mouvement spatio-temporels complexes rappelant la turbulence. Bien qu'observée dans divers systèmes, l'universalité de cette "turbulence active" reste mal comprise. Un facteur déterminant est le mécanisme de sélection de l'échelle: l'auto-organisation dans les systèmes autonomes définit la taille dominante, qui varie selon les interactions des agents. Nous abordons ici la question sur la sélec
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Xulvi-Brunet, Ramon. "Structural properties of scale-free networks." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=984083197.

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Brockmann, Dirk. "Superdiffusion in scale-free inhomogeneous environments." Doctoral thesis, [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=969638884.

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Xulvi-Brunet, Ramon. "Structural properties of scale-free networks." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät I, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/15608.

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Netzwerke sind überall, von der elektrischen Stromversorgung über die Biochemie der Zellen, das Internet bis hin zu sozialen Netzen. Netzwerke als mathematisches Konzept haben sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem wichtigen Werkzeug der Beschreibung komplexer Systeme entwickelt. Ihre grundlegende Eigenschaft ist, dass sie aus einer grö{ss}en Anzahl dynamischer Elemente bestehen, die sich gegenseitig beeinflussen und dabei nicht linear gekoppelt sind. Die moderne Netzwerkwissenschaft will die Wechselwirkung zwischen den einzelnen Untereinheiten erklären und davon ausgehend verständlich
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Rodrigues, Pedro Miguel Fonseca. "Scale-free networks and scalable interdomain routing." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/4336.

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Trabalho apresentado no âmbito do Mestrado em Engenharia Informática, como requisito parcial para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Informática<br>The exponential growth of the Internet, due to its tremendous success, has brought to light some limitations of the current design at the routing and arquitectural level, such as scalability and convergence as well as the lack of support for traffic engineering, mobility, route differentiation and security. Some of these issues arise from the design of the current architecture, while others are caused by the interdomain routing scheme - BGP
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Martin, Nicolas. "Network partitioning algorithms with scale-free objective." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020GRALT001.

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En raison de la complexité inhérente à l’analyse de réseau de très grande taille, l’élaboration d’algorithmes de partitionnement et diverses problématiques connexes sont traitées au long de cette thèse. Dans un premier temps, une question préliminaire est traitée: puisque les nœuds au sein d’une partie ne sont pas nécessairement connexes, comment quantifier l’impact d’une contrainte de connexité ? Nous proposons ensuite un algorithme de partitionnement assurant que le réseau réduit soit scale-free. Ceci permet de tirer profit des propriétés intrinsèques de ce type de réseaux. Nous nous intéres
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Guadamuz, Andres. "Networks, complexity and internet regulation scale-free law." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7795.

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This book, then, starts with a general statement: that regulators should try, wherever possible, to use the physical methodological tools presently available in order to draft better legislation. While such an assertion may be applied to the law in general, this work will concentrate on the much narrower area of Internet regulation and the science of complex networks The Internet is the subject of this book not only because it is my main area of research, but also because –without over-emphasising the importance of the Internet to everyday life– one cannot deny that the growth and popularisati
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Hollingshad, Nicholas W. "A Non-equilibrium Approach to Scale Free Networks." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149609/.

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Many processes and systems in nature and society can be characterized as large numbers of discrete elements that are (usually non-uniformly) interrelated. These networks were long thought to be random, but in the late 1990s, Barabási and Albert found that an underlying structure did in fact exist in many natural and technological networks that are now referred to as scale free. Since then, researchers have gained a much deeper understanding of this particular form of complexity, largely by combining graph theory, statistical physics, and advances in computing technology. This dissertation focu
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Weinstein, Lee. "Scale free networks and their power law distribution." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/3880.

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Kent, Stuart Thomas. "Multi-Scale Conformal Maps and Free Boundary Problems." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301534.

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In this dissertation, we study free boundary problems that describe equilibrium configurations of electromechanical systems consisting of a conducting elastic sheet deflected by an external charge distribution. Such systems are non-local in nature - the electrostatic pressure experienced by any individual point on the sheet depends on the entire deflection profile (as a result of the requirement that the deflected sheet must remain an equipotential). The magnitude of the electrostatic pressure varies quadratically with the magnitude of the local electric field. Similar non-local free boundary
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Raut, Santanu. "An Approach to scale free analysis and dynamics." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1472.

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Iyer, Bharat Vishwanathan. "Capacity and scale-free dynamics of evolving wireless networks." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1359.

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Many large-scale random graphs (e.g., the Internet) exhibit complex topology, nonhomogeneous spatial node distribution, and preferential attachment of new nodes. Current topology models for ad-hoc networks mostly consider a uniform spatial distribution of nodes and do not capture the dynamics of evolving, real-world graphs, in which nodes "gravitate" toward popular locations and self-organize into non-uniform clusters. In this thesis, we first investigate two constraints on scalability of ad-hoc networks – network reliability and node capacity. Unlike other studies, we analyze network resilien
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Pelude, Linda. "Networks among injection drug users: Random or scale-free?" Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27903.

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The primary goal of this research was to identify whether the structure of the network of individuals who inject drugs and share drug injection equipment in Winnipeg, Canada may be scale-free. Recently, sexual networks have been found to be scale-free in a wide range of populations which has important implications in terms of the spread of disease. Epidemic thresholds do not exist in a scale-free network and as a result even weakly infectious viruses can spread easily through a network of contacts. By analogy, identifying the structure of contacts formed by individuals in other infectious dise
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Benhaiem, David. "Non linear gravitational clustering in scale free cosmological models." Paris 6, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA066653.

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The formation of structures in the universe is one of the major questions in cosmology, and numerical N body simulations are the primary instrument used to probe the non linear clustering. However, analytical understanding of this regime remains limited. To explore this regime we study a family of Einstein de Sitter models with cold power law initial conditions. In practice, this means that we have two control parameters on which we can study the dependance of simple crucial analytical predictions for these models : self similarity of the clustering, and the correlation exponents when this clu
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Farris, Andrew. "Drop Impact Reliability Testing Lead-Free Chip Scale Packages." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2008. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/21.

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Mobile and handheld electronics devices such as digital cameras, cell phones, and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are prone to be dropped in their lifetime. The drop event may result in failure of solder joints inside these devices. The importance and widespread use of these devices in both business and leisure activities continues to increase, so device failure is increasingly costly and inconvenient. Recently the European Union (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and other countries' lead-free directives banned the use of lead in consumer electronics products. While this is a
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Dreilinger, Daniel Ethan 1970. "Scale free information retrieval : visually searching and navigating the web." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61097.

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Spencer, Jason Joseph Lawrence. "An investigation into the scale-free nature of heterogeneous networks." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/17268/.

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In order to support a wide variety of services, to different user types, and under a variety of geographic situations, telecommunications networks are typically composed of a variety of layers and heterogeneous technologies. Layers (in terms of the OSI 7 layer model) such as the transmission layer (e.g. WDM), the data link layer (also known as the transport network e.g. SDH, Ethernet) and the network layer (e.g. IP). These layers may also contain logical layers within them such as virtual paths, as well as overlay networks such as a peer-to-peer system. No single layer is independent of the ad
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Ruffels, Aaron. "Model-Free Damage Detection for a Small-Scale Steel Bridge." Thesis, KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-232363.

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Around the world bridges are ageing. In Europe approximately two thirds of all railway bridges are over 50 years old. As these structures age, it becomes increasingly important that they are properly maintained. If damage remains undetected this can lead to premature replacement which can have major financial and environmental costs. It is also imperative that bridges are kept safe for the people using them. Thus, it is necessary for damage to be detected as early as possible. This research investigates an unsupervised, model-free damage detection method which could be implemented for continuo
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Farris, Andrew Liddicoat Albert A. "Drop impact reliability testing lead-free chip scale packages : a thesis /." [San Luis Obispo, Calif. : California Polytechnic State University], 2008. http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/21/.

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Thesis (M.S.)--California Polytechnic State University, 2008.<br>Major professor: Albert Liddicoat, Ph.D. "Presented to the faculty of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo." "In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree [of] Master of Science in Electrical Engineering." "June 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-73). Also available online. Also available on microfiche (2 sheets).
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Stevens, M. L. (Michael Louis). "A scale-free analysis of magnetic holes in the solar wind." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39568.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-47).<br>Magnetic holes are isolated intervals of depleted interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) strength on timescales of several seconds to several hours. These intervals have been seen as often as several times per day in the ecliptic and at high heliospheric latitudes from 1 AU to 5.4 AU. We present a scale-free statistical technique for identifying magnetic holes and evaluating their significance relative to turbulent fluctuations in the solar wind. We apply this techni
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Caurio, Maurizio. "Simulazione della creazione e della stabilità di una scale-free network." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/1838/.

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Lamanna, Fabio. "Time-related analysis of small world and scale-free transportation networks." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trieste, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10077/2747.

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2006/2007<br>Coupled biological and chemical systems, neural networks, social interacting species, the Internet and the World Wide Web are only a few examples of Small World and Scale-free complex networks, i.e. systems composed by a large number of highly interconnected dynamical units. During the last ten years these kinds of systems have been the subject of many studies related to comprehend their common structural properties and their dynamics. Small World and Scale-free networks are supposed to be very stable and robust structures in case of failures or deliberate attacks on
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Kumari, Durgesh R. "Ad-hoc limited scale-free models for unstructured peer-to-peer networks." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2009. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1472962.

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Tor, Ali Hakan. "Derivative Free Algorithms For Large Scale Non-smooth Optimization And Their Applications." Phd thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615700/index.pdf.

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Coutinho, Bruno Gabriel Coelho. "Kuramoto model aplicado a um star graph e a redes scale-free." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/9669.

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Mestrado em Física<br>O trabalho realizado teve como objetivo tentar compreender o efeito de hubs no Kuramoto model, para tal foram analisados dois sistemas diferentes. No primeiro, o Kuramoto model foi aplicado a um hub isolado, revelando-se que, para as distribuições analisadas, a frequência natural do oscilador central desempenha um papel decisivo no comportamento do sistema. Se a diferença entre esta frequência e o valor médio das frequências naturais dos vizinhos do oscilador central for menor que um certo valor, não existe transição de fase no sistema. No entanto, se a diferença
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Liu, Yueli Johnson R. Wayne. "Lead-free assembly and reliability of chip scale packages and 01005 components." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1311.

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Hurley, Daniel J. "Model of neocortical connectivity based on the architecture of scale-free networks." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013364.

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McClean, Colin John. "The scale-free and scale-bound properties of land surfaces : fractal analysis and specific geomorphometry from digital terrain models." Thesis, Durham University, 1990. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5999/.

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The scale-bound view of landsurfaces, being an assemblage of certain landforms, occurring within limited scale ranges, has been challenged by the scale-free characteristics of fractal geometry. This thesis assesses the fractal model by examining the irregularity of landsurface form, for the self-affine behaviour present in fractional Brownian surfaces. Different methods for detecting self-affine behaviour in surfaces are considered and of these the variogram technique is shown to be the most effective. It produces the best results of two methods tested on simulated surfaces, with known fractal
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Mönch, Christian. "Distances in preferential attachment networks." Thesis, University of Bath, 2013. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607617.

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Preferential attachment networks with power law degree sequence undergo a phase transition when the power law exponent τ changes. For τ > 3 typical distances in the network are logarithmic in the size of the network and for 2 < τ < 3 they are doubly logarithmic. In this thesis, we identify the correct scaling constant for τ ∈ (2, 3) and discover a surprising dichotomy between preferential attachment networks and networks without preferential attachment. This contradicts previous conjectures of universality. Moreover, using a model recently introduced by Dereich and Mörters, we study the critic
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Yilmazsoy, Baris. "netQ : a scale for measuring user perceptions of free, virtual-only service experience." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500783.

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Organisations are continuously under the pressure of change, which is often stimulated and shaped by technology nowadays. Change impacts individuals' perceptions of the world, their needs and expectations. Inevitably, in an everchanging environment, organisations have to adapt their products and offerings and implement strategies to better understand the beliefs, attitudes, intentions and behaviours of their customers. Quite possible the biggest change we have witnessed in the last two decades was the emergence of the Internet. This, coupled with the digitalisation of data and the globalisatio
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Chan, Ho-yin, and 陳浩賢. "Semi-analytical and numerical studies on the dynamics of scale-free complex network." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43754569.

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Martin, Damian. "Effects of high intensity, large-scale free-stream turbulence on combustor effusion cooling." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14725.

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Full-coverage or effusion cooling is commonly used in the thermal management of gas turbine combustion systems. The combustor environment is characterised by highly turbulent free-stream conditions and relatively large turbulent length scales. This turbulent flow field is predominantly created by the upstream fuel injector for lean burn systems. In rich burn systems the turbulent flow field is augmented further by the addition of dilution ports. The available evidence suggests that large energetic eddies interact strongly with the injected coolant fluid and may have a significant impact on the
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Girardin, Bertrand. "Numerical modelling and small scale testing of fire performances for halogen-free cables." Thesis, Lille 1, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIL10030/document.

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L'objectif de ce travail de thèse est d’étudier le comportement au feu de câbles électriques par deux approches, la première consistant à développer des méthodes de caractérisation des propriétés des gaines externes de câbles afin d’en modéliser le comportement au feu. Parallèlement, une approche basée sur le développement d’un banc d'essai original à échelle réduite a été étudiée. La caractérisation des propriétés thermo-physique des matériaux a permis la prédiction de la température et de la perte de masse lors d'expériences thermogravimétriques, de gazéification et de combustion. Il a été m
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Vest, Jeffrey D. "Robust, location-free scale estimators for the linear regression and k-sample models." Diss., This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-151058/.

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Chan, Ho-yin. "Semi-analytical and numerical studies on the dynamics of scale-free complex network." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2010. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43754569.

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Li, Dezhi. "Properties and behaviour of Pb-free solders in flip-chip scale solder interconnections." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2005. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/34206.

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Due to pending legislations and market pressure, lead-free solders will replace Sn–Pb solders in 2006. Among the lead-free solders being studied, eutectic Sn–Ag, Sn–Cu and Sn–Ag–Cu are promising candidates and Sn–3.8Ag–0.7Cu could be the most appropriate replacement due to its overall balance of properties. In order to garner more understanding of lead-free solders and their application in flip-chip scale packages, the properties of lead free solders, including the wettability, intermetallic compound (IMC) growth and distribution, mechanical properties, reliability and corrosion resistance, we
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Dubuis, Benoît Dubuis Benoît Dubuis Benoît Dubuis Benoît. "Design and scale-up of bubble-free fluidised bed reactors for plant cell cultures /." Zürich : [s.l.], 1994. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=10649.

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Ford, Elizabeth. "Barabási-Albert random graphs, scale-free distributions and bounds for approximation through Stein's method." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b1091661-33b5-47fe-912c-61286159904a.

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Barabási-Albert random graph models are a class of evolving random graphs that are frequently used to model social networks with scale-free degree distributions. It has been shown that Barabási-Albert random graph models have asymptotic scale-free degree distributions as the size of the graph tends to infinity. Real world networks, however, have finite size so it is important to know how close the degree distribution of a Barabási-Albert random graph of a given size is to its asymptotic distribution. Stein’s method is chosen as one main method for obtaining explicit bounds for the distance bet
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Roark, Sean Howard. "Comparison of free-vortex wake models for a sub-scale rotor at low speeds." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7802.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Aerospace Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Hackley, Jason. "A Liquid-Helium-Free High-Stability Cryogenic Scanning Tunneling Microscope for Atomic-Scale Spectroscopy." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19211.

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This dissertation provides a brief introduction into scanning tunneling microscopy, and then Chapter III reports on the design and operation of a cryogenic ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope (STM) coupled to a closed-cycle cryostat (CCC). The STM is thermally linked to the CCC through helium exchange gas confined inside a volume enclosed by highly flexible rubber bellows. The STM is thus mechanically decoupled from the CCC, which results in a significant reduction of the mechanical noise transferred from the CCC to the STM. Noise analysis of the tunneling current shows current
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POLINO, GIUSEPPINA. "Toward large scale and roll-to-roll fabrication of tco-free organic solar cells." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/203353.

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Solar electricity is one of the renewable energy sources that contribute to the energy world’s request. Organic solar cells (OPV) represent an attractive 3rd generation solar technology that can be produced cheaply and very fast from solution with printing processes. Indeed, in the last few decades, the use of organic materials for the realization of electronic devices, especially solar cells, has gained the attention of the research community. This is due to the possibility to use solution-processing techniques that allow a low-cost fabrication, suitable also on flexible substrates, and the t
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Kumalo, Molefi Petrus. "Characterization of sheep and goat production systems amongst small-scale farmers in the Southern Free State." Thesis, Bloemfontein : Central University of Technology, Free State, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/266.

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Cirnigliaro, Giulio. "Progettazione ed implementazione di strumenti per la valutazione di reti complesse con proprietà scale-free." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/2664/.

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Il cervello è una rete di cellule nervose connesse da assoni e le cellule stesse sono reti di molecole connesse da reazioni biochimiche. Anche le società sono reti di persone collegate da rapporti di amicizia, parentela e legami professionali. Su più larga scala, catene alimentari ed ecosistemi possono essere rappresentati come reti di specie viventi. E le reti pervadono la tecnologia: Internet, reti elettriche e sistemi di trasporto non sono che pochi degli esempi possibili. Anche il linguaggio che si sta usando in questo momento per veicolare questi ragionamenti a chi legge è una rete, fatta
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Dogan, Eda. "Effects of large-scale free stream turbulence on a zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/412650/.

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The focus of this study is to investigate the characteristics of a zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer in the presence of large-scale free-stream turbulence. Particular attention is given to scale interactions occurring within the turbulent boundary layer. The free-stream turbulence was generated by an active grid. The investigation was conducted as an experimental work using hot-wire anemometry and Particle Image Velocimetry. Large-scale structures occurring in the free-stream are shown to penetrate the boundary layer and increase the streamwise velocity fluctuations throughout. T
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Righi, Giovanni Gaspare. "Proprietà statistiche delle caratteristiche topologiche del grafo di un "hub" generato da un social network." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2010. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/820/.

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Questa tesi affronta lo studio delle proprietà statistiche della topologia di un grafo, che rappresenta le relazioni interpersonali in un gruppo di utenti di Facebook. Perché è interessante? Quali informazioni produce? Anzitutto va osservato che dalla nascita di Internet in poi la globalizzazione ha reso le relazioni sociali un fenomeno di massa con numeri sorprendentemente alti di connessioni. Questo e la disponibilità dei dati forniscono una occasione preziosa per analizzarne la struttura.
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Zilber, Nicolas. "ERF and scale-free analyses of source-reconstructed MEG brain signals during a multisensory learning paradigm." Phd thesis, Université Paris Sud - Paris XI, 2014. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00984990.

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The analysis of Human brain activity in magnetoencephalography (MEG) can be generally conducted in two ways: either by focusing on the average response evoked by a stimulus repeated over time, more commonly known as an ''event-related field'' (ERF), or by decomposing the signal into functionally relevant oscillatory or frequency bands (such as alpha, beta or gamma). However, the major part of brain activity is arrhythmic and these approaches fail in describing its complexity, particularly in resting-state. As an alternative, the analysis of the 1/f-type power spectrum observed in the very low
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Janson, Alexander, and Snickare Erik. "Examining the structure of the KTH web." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-186373.

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This thesis studies the characteristics of the network structure extracted from the public KTH web. The network structure was extracted with a crawler and consisted of 671,013 nodes and 23,515,683 links. The system is studied by applying statistical concepts from network science such as degree distribution and average path to reveal the characteristics of the network. The aim of the statistical analysis is to explore the robustness of the network and to answer if the network is scale-free. The thesis will examine the results from the study and compare the results to previous similar research.
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Galanova, Yekaterina (Katherine) Yur'Yevna. "An Exploration of Altruistic Behavior of Substance-Abuse Facilities According to Their Ownership Status." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103317/.

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Using the 2009 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), this paper uses logistic regressions to explore the effect of facility ownership on a facility’s show of altruism. Facility’s show of altruism is operationalized as a facility offering free treatment to all its clients, free treatment to some of its clients, or a facility offering a sliding fee scale to its client base in order to absorb some of the cost of treatment based on a potential client's income. Region, receipt of public funds, and religious affiliation are added as covariates in order to gauge whether th
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Sherwood, Patricia Ann. "Inspections : software development process for building defect free software applied in a small-scale software development environment /." Online version of thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10598.

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