Master thesis Communications engineering

Magnetic bearing systems have received much attention in the research community for the past decades. Its inherent nonlinearity and open-loop instability present challenges for controller design. This thesis investigates and designs model predictive control (MPC) systems for an experimental Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) laboratory system. A host-target development environment of real-time control system with hardware in the loop (HIL) is used for implementation of the predictive control systems. In this thesis, both continuous and discrete time model predictive controllers are studied.

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Since community buildings are a large group of assets managed by local city councils, current research has the potential to identify asset management deficiencies and assist in improving an integrated management model by: Establishing deterioration trends in building components for community buildings; Validating proposed deterioration using case-study data; Developing a database of costs to facilitate optimisation of maintenance; Developing a methodology to integrate deterioration and cost to optimize maintenance requirements.

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This study explores the use of teacher reflective practice, teacher networking and teacher collaboration, beyond formal ICT training, through blog-based professional development of English teachers in the Mumbai region of India. Using data collected from 32 teachers in three private schools of Mumbai, through ICT interactive workshop observations, questionnaires, interviews and blog comments, the case study explains whether and why blogging, as a learning community, has potential to add significant value to existing professional development of English teachers in Mumbai.

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3D animation software is extensively used to create graphics for special effects sequences in live-action films, in animated feature film production and for the generation of computer games and virtual reality content. It is a commonly held view within the computer graphics community that 3D animation software is ―just another tool‖ for self-expression. This research questions that view by examining the inherent nature of the tool itself. In doing so, some of the philosophical assumptions embedded in the design of the new digital tool are revealed.

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This is a qualitative collective case study that seeks to understand the phenomena of graffiti and its related subcultures. By employing Interpretivist techniques, the research attempts to raise questions about harm minimisation, zero tolerance and graffiti, as well as broaden the debate about these distinct policy approaches for local communities. The research setting encompasses the geographic area of the Knox municipality, situated in outer eastern Melbourne.

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The research question was: In what ways can multi-media enrich the telling of stories from an Indigenous point of view? Other important examinations of this research are: Analysis of the process of previous projects, and the effect these have had on participants - why have past approaches not been effective? How can this project learn from those mistakes? How can a researcher facilitate consultation and create community engagement within Aboriginal communities? What are the outcomes of ‘Pitcha This’? How can a community utilize the outcomes of the project?

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In this thesis, focus on the wireless links between devices equipped by deployed operating personnel and intermediary access point infrastructure. We use multi-radio (MR) platforms, wireless devices with multiple and diverse transceiver technologies, to produce robust and reliable links through adaptive control of available transceivers. Primarily, we study the application of intelligent control techniques, namely reinforcement learning (RL), for adaptive control over diverse transceivers to achieve the desired robustness and reliability under dynamic environmental conditions.

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Master's thesis of Engineering: Measuring performance in small and medium enterprises in the information and communication technology industries aims to identify and investigate the critical factors influencing the performance of SMEs in the ICT industries and, in doing so, develop a new PM framework that is able to effectively measure SME performance.

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A tensor is a multi-dimensional array and often considered as a generalization of a matrix. As a result, tensor representation gives a natural description of multi-dimensional data and hence tensor decomposition becomes a useful tool to analyze high-dimensional data. Moreover, tensor decomposition brings new opportunities for uncovering hidden and new values in the data.

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In this thesis, motivated by the advantages of the generalized minimumnoise subspace (GMNS) method, recently proposed for array processing, we proposedtwo algorithms for principal subspace analysis (PSA) and two algorithms for tensor de-composition using parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) and higher-order singular valuedecomposition (HOSVD).

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