Browsing Electrical Engineering and Computer Science electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2011 Fall"
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Characterization of ion sources for compact accelerator neutron production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Compact neutron interrogation systems are a good candidate for use in active interrogation systems when large scale active or passive interrogation systems are not ideal. Field emitter arrays and plasma ion sources could ... -
Computational models of neuronal fear and addiction circuits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Computational Neuroscience provides tools to abstract and generalize principles of neuronal functions using mathematics, with applicability to the ... -
Exploring passive heartbeat detection using a hydraulic bed sensor system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Sleep monitoring of heartbeat, respiration and restlessness can help to detect sleep disturbances which may be indicative of poor health and functional deficits, especially in older adults. This work investigates a new ... -
A model-based, generative and stochastic method for human motion capture using hierarchical particle filters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Searching in probability spaces can prove to be an impractical task due to the high- dimensionality of the state vector. In the context of tracking ... -
Models of neuronal subcircuits in the crustacean cardiac ganglion and the mammalian perirhinal cortex
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation deals with four related studies that involve simulations of computational models of neurons and neuronal networks at varying levels ... -
Object detection with large intra-class variation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)For object detection, the state-of-the-art performance is achieved through supervised learning. The performances of object detectors of this kind are mainly determined by two factors: features and underlying classification ... -
Pattern recognition of mixed signals using guided under-determined source signal separation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)In typical problems involving pattern recognition, the challenge lies in selecting a good set of features and in devising a reliable algorithm to recognize any particular vector of such features. In general, even when noise ... -
Resource-efficient portable video communication system design for wildlife monitoring and interaction tracking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)In this research, we focus on algorithm development and system design for resource-efficient portable video communication system design and their application in wildlife monitoring and interaction tracking. The capability ... -
Visual recognition using hybrid camera
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Visual recognition is an exciting but difficult task. Recent dramatic advance in compute vision technology has made some promising progress. For example, the launch of hybrid camera provides both RGB and depth information ...