Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Model-based Exploratory Testing: A Controlled Experiment
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Testing methods of software systems have been receiving more and more focus in recent years. Exploratory Testing (ET) is one such testing method. The advantages of ET are generally outweighed by its disadvantages, mainly ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Impacts of Right-Tum Lane Lengths
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Tum lanes have been studied for several decades, with focus being on left-tum lanes and for urban areas. The need for right-tum lanes has been studied using the impact of such tum lanes on both safety and operational ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Impacts of Right-Tum Lane Lengths
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Turn lanes have been studied for several decades, with focus being on left-tum lanes and for urban areas. The need for right-turn lanes has been studied using the impact of such turn lanes on both safety and operational ... -
Modeling and Optimal Control of Curvatures in IPMC's
(North Dakota State University, 2014)There has been a growing number of research activities in the area of using smart materials in day to day lives because of their ability to serve both as sensors and actuators. Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMCs) are ... -
Modeling and Optimization of Biofuel Supply Chain Considering Uncertainties, Hedging Strategies, and Sustainability Concepts
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Due to energy crisis and environmental concerns, alternative energy has attracted a lot of attention in both industry and academia. Biofuel is one type of renewable energy that can reduce the reliance on fossil fuel, and ... -
Modeling and Solving Multi-Product Multi-Layer Location-Routing Problems
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Distribution is a very important component of logistics and supply chain management. Location-Routing Problem (LRP) simultaneously takes into consideration location, allocation, and vehicle routing decisions to design ... -
Modeling Approach Motivation in Terms of Perceptual Biases Involving Appetitive Stimuli
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Accumulating evidence suggests a potential relationship between approach motivation and perceptual enhancement. The current investigation was undertaken with the goal of exploring the causes of the phenomenon as well as ... -
Modeling Financial Swaps and Geophysical data Using the Barndorff-Nielsen and Shephard Model
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This dissertation uses Barndoff-Nielsen and Shephard (BN-S) models to model swap, a type of financial derivative, and analyze geophysical data for estimation of major earthquakes. From empirical observation of the stock ... -
Modeling Loss Severity With Lognormal Mixtures
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Property and Casualty insurance companies set premium rates by evaluating both loss fre- quency and loss severity data. Insurance companies often model severity using a well-known single distribution such as Lognormal ... -
Modeling of Consumer Responses to Dynamic Pricing in a Smart Grid
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This paper models the responses of three different types of consumers based on their sensitivity to dynamic price. Simulated household demand data is used to model the dynamic price of electricity. These prices are then ... -
Modeling of Dynamic Hydrologic Connectivity: How Do Depressions Affect the Modeling of Hydrologic Processes?
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Traditional delineation and modeling methods do not consider the spatial arrangement and dynamic threshold control of surface depressions. Instead, full structural hydrologic connectivity, uniform well-connected drainage ... -
Modeling of Dynamic Pricing of Energy for a Smart Grid Using a Multi-agent Framework
(North Dakota State University, 2011)The use of smart grids is being promoted to address issues such as energy independence, global warming and emergency resilience. A smart grid is a digitized form of the power grid and is comprised of an intelligent monitoring ... -
Modeling of Surface Microtopography and its Impacts on Hydrologic Processes
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Understanding the impacts of surface microtopography on hydrologic processes is critical. The objectives of this thesis research are: (1) to evaluate the effects of DEM resolution on microtopographic characteristics, ... -
Modeling of Temperature Impacts on Fixed Film Microbial Growth and Nitrification Kinetics
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Monod-type kinetic models, used in simulating microbial growth in biological treatment systems, suggest significant decreases of substrate utilization at lower temperatures. However, it is documented that performance of ... -
Modeling Pavement Performance and Preservation
(North Dakota State University, 2011)The number of highway lane-miles in the United States increased by 7% from 1980 to 2007, while vehicle-miles of travel almost doubled. During the same period, the Federal Highway Trust Fund (the major source of funding for ... -
Modeling Petroleum Supply Chain: Multimodal Transportation, Disruptions and Mitigation Strategies
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The petroleum industry has one of the most complex supply chains in the world. A unique characteristic of Petroleum Supply Chain (PSC) is the high degree of uncertainty which propagates through the network. Therefore, it ... -
Modeling Swap and Geophysical Analysis using Barndorff-Nielson and Shephard Model
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Video summarizing Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience. -
Modeling the Impacts of Changing Agricultural Patterns on Rainfall and Temperature in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Global climate change has been an issue of much concern for many years now with human activity being the main contributor to this phenomenon. However, some evidence in the United States Midwest suggests that there has been ... -
Modeling the Winners of NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournament Games
(North Dakota State University, 2016)This thesis first presents a least squares regression model to identify the in-game statistics that help explain the variation in point spread for NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament games. Then a logistic ... -
Modification of Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol-A Epoxy Primer for Multi-Substrate Application
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Traditional vehicles and aircraft have consisted primarily of steel and aluminum alloys which due to their density, has resulted in various logistic problems including transportation, maneuverability, fuel efficiency. These ...