The post-September 11th economy has confronted Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with hard choices. Faced with the need to cut costs, including laying off significant portions of the work force, the company and its unions still maintain a commitment…

A transmitter antenna array has the ability to direct data simultaneously to multiple
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algorithmic system components. In this thesis, such a perspective informs the design
of two…

This paper presents a discussion of means of describing the discourse and its components which makes speech act interpretation and reference disambiguation possible with minimal search of the knowledge in the database. A portion of this paper will consider how…

This thesis explores a holistic design process through which architectural elements can engage the dynamic forces of natural phenomena and integrate the spatial and temporal experience of building form with its physical environment. The framework for this exploration is a…

by Yaichi Aoshima., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996., Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264).

by Ronit Bodner., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-76).

by Michael Lewis Thompson., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1996., Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268).

by Charles L. Forbes., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

by David José Tamés., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1996., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-65).

by Michael Luke Murtaugh., Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1996., Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76).