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Evaluating Fitness of Patch-Based Terrains in the Use of Video Games
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
This paper deals with current an existing evolutionary algorithm used in procedural terrain generation content for video games which is gaining interest to lessen the development costs and meet desired user requirements ...
Energy Data Analyzer System
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Analyzing the electrical energy load and pricing data is important to make informed decisions about energy needs and regulations. Data from over a decade are publicly available online for many Independent System Operators ...
Health Risk Prediction Using Big Medical Data - a Collaborative Filtering-Enhanced Deep Learning Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Deep learning has yielded immense success on many different scenarios. With the success in other real world application, it has been applied into big medical data. However, discovering knowledge from these data can be very ...
“What Do I Do?”: Exploring Elements of Solicited Advice and Relationship Satisfaction Between Emerging Adults and Their Parents
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The purpose of this dissertation was to gain a better understanding of how emerging adult children respond to their parents’ advice, and uncover connections between advice and parent-child relationship satisfaction. Because ...
Phatic Communication Use in Employment Interviews: Predicted Outcome Value, Liking, Relational Closeness, and Communication Satisfaction
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The purpose of this study was to examine phatic communication use in employment interviews and whether or not phatic communication use affects applicant perceptions of the interviewer. A lab experiment was conducted with ...
Communication Accommodation in Context: An Analysis of Convergence and Divergence in Action
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This collection of essays examines nature and relationship of discourse and social distance by focusing largely on the concepts of divergence and convergence throughout the communication process. The first essay examines ...
Connecting with Instructors on Facebook: Why and Why Not
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The following thesis examined the student-instructor connection on social network sites (SNS). Facebook is the most popular SNS and it covers a range of users include both students and instructors. On Facebook, some students ...
Adult Silbing Communication: Attachment Style and Strategy
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
In an effort to further understand communication within sibling relationships, this study examined adult sibling relationships and the connection between attachment styles and the strategies or relational maintenance ...
Electricity Demand Prediction Using Artificial Neural Network Framework
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
As the economy is growing, electricity usage has been growing and to meet the needs of energy market in providing the electricity without power outages, utility companies, distributors and investors need a powerful tool ...
Using Learning Theory in a Hypermedia-Based Petri Net Modeling Tutorial
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The primary aim of this paper is to examine the dominant schools of thought in relation to educational theories and learning styles and in what manner various hypermedia technologies can be integrated into educational ...