, we attempt to solve this challenge using various machine learning techniques. This thesis includes a new approach for classifying Twitter trends by adding a layer of feature selection and feature ranking. A variety of feature ranking algorithms...

, the difficulty of relating product line features to PLA, and the overhead of manually creating and maintaining variation points in PLA. The approach is implemented and integrated in ArchStudio, an Eclipse-based architecture development toolset. The developed tool...

As story structures and distribution models in journalism change, storytelling remains a valuable asset to writers and editors, especially in sports departments. But before you can tell a story, you need a topic. I aimed ...

. A typical approach is to find a set of acoustic features from audio data that can indicate or predict a customer's attitude, opinion, or emotion state. For audio signals, acoustic features have been widely used in many machine learning applications...

Some proto-planetary nebulae (PPNs) exhibit an enigmatic feature in their infrared spectra at ~21 μm. This feature is not seen in the spectra of either the precursors to PPNs, the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, or the successors of PPNs...

The 21micron and 30micron bands are the strongest dust emission features detected in evolved low- and intermediate-mass C-rich stars (i.e. asymptotic giant branch [AGB] stars, proto-planetary nebulae [PPN], and planetary nebulae [PN]). While the 21...

"The 1972 M.D. Day program, coinciding with the School's 100th birthday, featured six prominent alumni."--Page 15...

Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars have several interesting infrared spectral features. Approximately half the oxygen-rich AGB stars to be investigated spectroscopically exhibit a feature at ~13 μm. The carrier of this feature has not yet been...

With the increasing popularity and affordability of smartphones, there is a high demand to add machine-learning engines to smartphones. However, Machine Learning with smartphones is typically not feasible due to the heavy ...

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locations. Alarm locations have log-Gabor statistical features and spectral features, among others, extracted from multiple polarizations. The ability of these features to reduce the number of false alarms and increase the probability of detection...

, computational methods for detecting dangerous targets in GPR data are explored. First, an anomaly detection algorithm which can act as a prescreener is described. Then, two feature extraction methods are implemented in order to extract relevant features from...

. Key features may then be identified and an abstracted version of the image may be generated. Next, motion analysis may be performed on the structures within the pollen tube. Six methods of point feature detection algorithms are discussed...

A good feature writer is imaginative, curious, nosey, attentive, unconventional, witty, and usually is not above "borrowing" a good writing idea from someone else. He or she does a good job of digging out information, then is clever enough to twist...