Master's theses in Information and Communication Technology: Recent submissions
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Modeling and verifying the OLSR protocol using Uppaal
(Master thesis, 2014)Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are a popular technology due to their exibility andself-organizing nature that provide support for broadband communication. They areused in a wide range of application areas, such as public ... -
An AI for dominion based on Monte-Carlo methods
(Master thesis, 2014)To the best of our knowledge there exists no Arti_cial Intelligence (AI)for Dominion which uses Monte Carlo methods, that is competitive on ahuman level. This thesis presents such an AI, and tests it against someof the top ... -
Multi-purpose embedded communication gateway : system design and testbed implementation
(Master thesis, 2014)This dissertation revolves around developing a multi-purpose embedded communication gateway. The gateway is equipped with multiple communication interfaces including Ethernet, Bluetooth, WiFi, Zigbee, LTE, and it can be ... -
Naive Bayes classier-based fire detection using smartphone sensors
(Master thesis, 2014)For many years, smoke detectors have been used as the most crucial _re detection sensors.Although smoke detectors do their job very well, they are not perfect and may causefalse or late alarms. This is because they only ... -
Using Bayesian networks to describe hydrologic processes
(Master thesis, 2014)The goal for this Masters thesis is to explore the use of dynamic Bayesian networks for describinghydrologic processes. The main intent is to try and provide better descriptions of the uncertainties thatare tied to dealing ... -
An ontology-based decision support system for interventions based on monitoring medical conditions on patients in hospital wards
(Master thesis, 2014)In this project we present our research and implementation of an ontology-based clinical decision support system, which is supported by Sørlandet Sykehus Kristiansand. We discuss the generic technology of designing decision ... -
Mining travel patterns from mobile ticket applications
(Master thesis, 2014)Customers’ travel patterns are highly interesting for transportation companies due tothe insight it gives over the use for their services. Logs of the customers’ location datais an important source for such companies. ... -
Is a SPARQL endpoint a good way to manage nursing documentation
(Master thesis, 2014)In Semantic Web there are different technologies available, among these technologies ontologies are considered a basic technology to promote semantic management and activities. An ontology is capable to exhibits a common, ... -
Marine data collection and transmission system for ECO-boat
(Master thesis, 2014)Marine data collection is of great importance because the analytical results based onthe collected data can be utilized for many purposes during the design phase beforesale as well as the maintenance phase of the boat after ... -
Ontology-based personalized system to support patients at home
(Master thesis, 2014)Chronic diseases are incurable diseases that require long term supervision and treatments by medical professionals. The most common chronic diseases are cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes respiratory diseases and ... -
Development and testing of web GUI application for the LHCb VELO data quality monitoring system
(Master thesis, 2013)A great interest of IT engineers at CERN is to simplify the access to the Data Quality Monitoring(DQM) applications that usually lay behind several layers of security firewalls. In order to makeit simple and thus help to ... -
A Churn prediction model based on gaussian processes
(Master thesis, 2013)The telecommunication’s market has changed to a saturated one during the past few years. This makes it relatively costly to acquire new customers than to retain existing ones. Recent research has further showed that ... -
Metaheuristics applied to the optimization of continuous functions
(Master thesis, 2013)Optimization is a field of mathematics which studies and develops mathematical methods with the aim of optimizing a wide range of problems. In physics these methods are central. Essentially all the dynamical equations in ... -
Integration of wirelessHART and STK600 development kit for data collection in wireless sensor networks
(Master thesis, 2013)Offshore industry operates in world’s most challenging environment. Oil and gas facilities aim for continuous production to achieve the desired goals and a robust communication network is required to avoid production loses. ... -
A semantic web approach for dealing with university courses
(Master thesis, 2013)Semantic web gives intelligence and meaning to the web. Ontology is primary and most important part of semantic web because it focuses on relationship rather than information. Semantics in Educational knowledge domain ... -
Performance evaluation of the GCR block ACK mechanism in IEEE 802.11aa networks
(Master thesis, 2013)With the growing demand for multimedia services, video streams have become major traffic sources in the Internet. However, it is challenging to transmit multimedia streams over IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks ... -
Efficient gaussian process based optimistic knapsack sampling with applications to stochastic resource allocation
(Master thesis, 2013)The stochastic non-linear fractional knapsack problem is a challeng- ing optimization problem with numerous applications, including resource allocation. The goal is to nd the most valuable mix of materials that ts ... -
Data collection and transmission for leisure time boats : based on Arduino WSNs and LTE
(Master thesis, 2013)There has been an astonishing research development in the field of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in the last decade. A large number of low power capacity devices have been implemented in different vehicles, where sensor ... -
Building nursing statements based on ICNP
(Master thesis, 2013)Correct and professional use of the nursing termonology is important to assure quality information in the nursing practice. The International Classification for Nursing Practice(ICNP) is a unified language system which ... -
Examining ant colony optimization performance for ship evacuation
(Master thesis, 2013)Evacuating passengers during a fire on board ships is a difficult task and any improvements on current procedures can help save lives. This report describes how an Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) pathfinding algorithm could ...