Joint detection and tracking using multi-static Doppler-shift measurements
The problem is to establish the presence and subsequently to track a target using multi-static Doppler shift measurements. The assumption is that in the surveillance volume of interest a single...
View ArticleTowards quality-oriented architecture: Integration in a global context
This paper introduces an architectural framework for developing systems of systems, where the development plants are geographically distributed across different countries. The focus of our ongoing work...
View ArticleSpatio-temporal architecture-based framework for testing services in the cloud
Increasingly, various services are deployed and orchestrated in the cloud to form global, large-scale systems. The global distribution, high complexity, and physical separation pose new challenges into...
View ArticleNew applications, new global audiences: Educators repurposing and reusing 3D...
here continues to be strong interest among established, experienced academic users of 3D virtual environments for their sustained educational use. Consistent with global trends, they plan to further...
View ArticleDeveloping a sense of space: Working with three-dimensional objects
The ability to make sense of the three-dimensional world we live in is crucial for human existence and technological advancement. Spatial thinking and reasoning is found to play a crucial role in...
View ArticleCharacterizing leakage current on polluted insulators by measuring nonlinearity
A new approach based on a nonlinearity measure to study the leakage current signature is proposed. Using this approach profiles for clean insulators, contaminated insulators with various contamination...
View ArticleClassification with imprecise likelihoods: A comparison of TBM, random set...
The problem is target classification in the circumstances where the likelihood models are imprecise. The paper highlights the differences between three suitable solutions: the Transferrable Belief...
View ArticleNonlinear filtering using measurements affected by stochastic, set-theoretic...
The problem is sequential Bayesian detection and estimation of nonlinear dynamic stochastic systems using measurements affected by three sources of uncertainty: stochastic, set-theoretic and data...
View ArticleFusion of natural language propositions: Bayesian random set framework
This work concerns an automatic information fusion scheme for state estimation where the inputs (or measurements) that are used to reduce the uncertainty in the state of a subject are in the form of...
View ArticleA box particle filter for stochastic and set-theoretic measurements with...
This work develops a novel estimation approach for nonlinear dynamic stochastic systems by combining the sequential Monte Carlo method with interval analysis. Unlike the common pointwise measurements,...
View ArticleNoise, music & perception: towards a functional understanding of noise...
The musical genre of Noise exists at the furthermost extreme of the musical cannon. Compositionally it is unconcerned with tonality and rhythm and instead pursues texture with maximum instability,...
View ArticleActions of Danshen and its bioactive compounds on ROS productions in vitro
This thesis documents a research program in which Australian grown Danshen extracts and related bioactive compounds have been demonstrated to be effective in scavenging free radicals, namely ROS...
View ArticleExploring occupational and career implications of human capital specificity:...
It has been suggested that at the heart of a degree in fine arts is a curriculum that gives students the freedom to experiment, develop their problem-solving skills, creative faculties, and the ability...
View ArticlePolicy, business and ICT: a study of the growth and decline of private...
This thesis investigates the relationship between government policy, business strategy and ICT. It does so through an analysis of the roles these factors played in the growth and decline of private...
View ArticleTriggers: craft objects in space and time
Triggers: craft objects in space and time is a practice-led doctoral project that investigates how craft objects exist, extend and pertain to space and time. It examines the craft object in the context...
View ArticleThe effects of salts on the formation of gluten structure during hydration
The search for ways to reduce dietary salt intakes has intensified as evidence accumulates concerning the adverse effects this component has on health. However, in dough-based products, salt has...
View ArticleMoney, financial capability and well-being in Indigenous Australia
My thesis explores the historical, cultural and familial context of money as it flows through Indigenous households in remote, regional and urban Australia (‘Indigenous money’), and considers how this...
View ArticleInspirations from installation art: creating open stories and using found...
This research is a practice-based research and also an art-based research. The major project of this study is the open screenplay of The Hero's Journey, and its animated section (section 1) that uses...
View ArticleThe use of ICT in teaching Languages in Victorian primary schools: two case...
This study investigates how two Languages teachers in two different Victorian primary schools use ICT in their practice. In recent years, there have been a number of government policies and initiatives...
View ArticleEfficient key management in wireless sensor network security
Wireless sensor network is a multi-hop ad hoc network formed by a large number of low-cost micro-sensor nodes which communicate through radio channels. It is widely used in many areas in modern society...
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