Browsing Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (MU) by Thesis Semester "2013 Fall"
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Accounting for spectral variability in hyperspectral unmixing using beta endmember distributions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Hyperspectral imaging is widely used in the field of remote sensing (Goetz, et al., 1985; Green, et al., 1998). In a hyperspectral imaging system, sensors collect radiance/reflectance values over an area (or a scene) across ... -
Applications of parallel computing in robotics problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Many typical robotics problems involve search in high-dimensional spaces, where real-time execution is hard to be achieved. This thesis presents two case studies of parallel computation in such robotics problems. More ... -
Asymptotically efficient estimators for geometric shape fitting and source localization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Solving the nonlinear estimation problem is known to be a challenging task because of the implicit relationship between the measurement data and the unknown parameters to be estimated. Iterative methods such as the ... -
Design of an Efficient Controller for Arterial Oxygen Saturation in Neonatal Infants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)A main problems for premature infants is respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS), also called neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, or respiratory distress syndrome of newborn. Due to IRDS, the infant requires intervention ... -
An efficient closed-form solution for wideband source direction-of-arrival estimation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] We propose and develop in this research an efficient closed-form solution to estimate the direction-of-arrivals (DOAs) for a wideband source signal, ... -
Low cost framework for non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) to monitor human behavioral pattern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) is a technique that measures and samples voltage and current from an electrical power source in order to infer what devices or appliances are being used at a given time. A NILM system ... -
Mechanisms involved in storage of fear in lateral amygdala :
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This thesis reports a computational model of a neuronal circuit and the insights it provided about the formation of fear memory in a specific nucleus of the amygdala after Pavlovian fear conditioning. An earlier study from ... -
Non-volatile liquid-film-embedded microfluidic valve for microscopic evaporation control and contactless bio-fluid delivery applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Quick evaporation speed of microfluids can cause many unexpected problems and failures in various microfluidic devices and systems. In this dissertation, a new evaporation speed controlling method is demonstrated using a ... -
Pedestrian detection and counting in surveillance videos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Pedestrian detection and counting have important application in video surveillance for entrance monitoring, customer behavior analysis, and public service management. In this thesis, we propose an accurate, reliable and ... -
People re-identification over non-overlapping camera views
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Person re-identification is a computer vision task of recognizing an individual from similar background across non-overlapping camera views. In this ... -
Shock wave interaction with a toroidal air plasma
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The University of Missouri--Columbia has recently developed an experimental test stand for the purposes of studying the interaction of shock waves with plasmas in ambient air. An exploding-wire-triggered shock tube is used ... -
Surface micromachined MEMS variable capacitor with two-cavity for energy harvesting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)In this research, a novel MEMS variable capacitor with two capacitive cavities for energy harvesting was developed that use the wasted energy associated with undesirable mechanical vibrations to power microelectronic sensors ... -
Unobtrusive, in-home gait measurement, fall risk assessment, and fall detection using depth imagery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Research has shown the importance of measuring a person's gait. However, current methods for measuring gait, such as observation by a clinician with a ... -
Vehicle license plate detection and recognition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)In this work, we develop a license plate detection method using a SVM (Support Vector Machine) classifier with HOG (Histogram of Oriented Gradients) features. The system performs window searching at different scales and ...