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    • Post-Deployment Key Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks 

      Loree, Paul Edward (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Many wireless sensor network applications require secure communication between nodes in the network. However, establishing pair-wise keys between nodes to provide security is challenging due to the limited resources in ...

    • Advanced Computational Ratings for College Football Teams 

      Hensley, Joel Michael (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This paper explores the subject of rating systems applied to the world of college football. Current rating system methodologies are examined, and four rating systems are developed and evaluated in a program. The Hensley ...

    • Development Tools for Content Creation in Virtual Environments 

      Hokanson, Guy Eric (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      lmmersive Virtual Environments (IVEs) for education are designed and implemented to enable students to learn complicated concepts in an exploratory and inquiry based manner. The environments are constructed so that ...

    • Alternative Clustering Algorithms in Sensor Networks 

      Gupta, Divya (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      A wireless sensor network is composed of a large number of tiny sensor nodes that can be deployed in a variety of environments like battle fields, water, large fields, and the like, and can transmit data to a Base station ...

    • An Architecture for the Implementation and Distribution of Multiuser Virtual Environments. 

      Dischinger, Benjamin James (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      JavaMOO is an architecture for creating multiuser virtual environments focusing on domain-specific design and rapid development. JavaMOO components use best practices and extensible design for system configuration, ...

    • A Free and Flexible Poker Environment 

      DeBilt, Daniel George (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This paper introduces a framework and software that allows poker players to create and play original and custom poker games, through a TCP/IP connection, for free. This paper describes how the concept of playing ...

    • Athletic Fundraising and University Development Offices: A Structurational Relationship 

      Dickhudt, Keith Michael (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This case study examines the working relationship between an athletic department and a central development office within a university. This study focuses primarily on the coordination of fundraising efforts between the ...

    • A Clustering Approach to Improving Test Case Prioritization: An Industrial Case Study 

      Carlson, Ryan Curtis (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Regression testing is an important activity for controlling the quality of a software product, but it accounts for a large proportion of the costs of software. We believe that an understanding of the underlying relationships ...

    • Resource and Bandwidth Allocation in Hybrid Wireless Mobile Networks 

      Bengfort, Benjamin John (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      In the lead up to the implementation of 802.16 and 4G wireless networks, there have been many proposals for addition of multi-hop MANET zones or relay stations in order to cut the cost of building a new backbone ...

    • eTablaTutor - The Electronic Tabla Leaming Game 

      Bhowmick, Dibakar (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Tabla is a percussion instrument widely used in Indian classical music both as a solo instrument and as an accompaniment to vocal or instrumental music. Learning Tabla, like learning any musical instrument, is very much ...

    • Optimization of Mobile Sensor Movement in Self-Healing Sensor Networks 

      Basu, Samidip (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This paper moves forward the key idea as proposed in past research works - a self-healing deployment approach for sensor networks, where a small percentage of mobile sensors are deployed along with the static sensors into ...

    • Teaching Encryption: A Learning Theory Approach 

      Bhogadi, Manu Kishore (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      Bloom's taxonomy for cognitive domain is an effective taxonomy for structured learning. The six levels in Bloom's taxonomy for cognitive domain are based on the levels of difficulty. This paper focuses on teaching ...

    • Recruiting Through Identification: Identification Strategies and Tactics Used in External Higher Education Strategic Communication 

      Anderson, Dana Raye (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      This exploratory study examines higher education strategic communication for identification inducement strategies and tactics using Cheney's (1983) typology as a guiding framework. The study also explores the differences ...

    • Neutralization of Conflict Areas Using an Ant Colony Heuristic Approach 

      Bapanpally, Pavan Kumar (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      In this paper, we present a unique approach to solve the Neutralization of Conflict Areas problem using an Ant Colony Optimization technique. The Neutralization of Conflict Areas is a known problem, and over the years, ...

    • Data Replication Strategies in Cloud Computing 

      Liu, Yang (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Data replication is a widely used technique in various systems. For example, it can be employed in large-scale distributed file systems to increase data availability and system reliability, or it can be used in many network ...

    • Vector-Item Pattern Mining Algorithms and their Applications 

      Wu, Jianfei (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Advances in storage technology have long been driving the need for new data mining techniques. Not only are typical data sets becoming larger, but the diversity of available attributes is increasing in many problem domains. ...

    • The Grid Scan Heuristic for Extending Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks 

      Pachva, Srikar (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Wireless Sensor Networks, consisting of sensing devices which sense the environment and communicate information among each other, is an emergent field in wireless networking with many potential applications. Efficiency of ...

    • Multi-Agent Based Simulation of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System 

      Murugesan, Karthiksivaram (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The rapid growth of using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for civilian and military applications has promoted the development of research in many areas. Most of the unmanned aerial vehicles in use are manually controlled. ...

    • Multi-Style Web Content Restructuring for Efficient Mobile Web Browsing 

      Xia, Xiaojun (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Mobile devices such as smart phones, PDAs, and tablets are getting more and more popular every day. As a result, more people tend to use mobile devices to access Web contents. Therefore, mobile browsing becomes an important ...

    • Discovering Complex Relationships between Drugs and Diseases 

      Sharma, Ranjana (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Finding the complex semantic relations between existing drugs and new diseases will help in the drug development in a new way. Most of the drugs which have found new uses have been discovered due to serendipity. Hence, the ...