Browsing by thesis submitted date"2006"
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Improved GMM-Based Classification Of Music Instrument Sounds
(2009-03-19)This thesis concerns with the recognition of music instruments from isolated notes. Music instrument recognition is a relatively nascent problem fast gaining importance not only because of the academic value the problem ... -
Improved Solution Techniques For Trajectory Optimization With Application To A RLV-Demonstrator Mission
(2009-03-12)Solutions to trajectory optimization problems are carried out by the direct and indirect methods. Under broad heading of these methods, numerous algorithms such as collocation, direct, indirect and multiple shooting methods ... -
Improving The Communication Performance Of I/O Intensive And Communication Intensive Application In Cluster Computer Systems
(2009-04-13)Cluster computer systems assembled from commodity off-the-shelf components have emerged as a viable and cost-effective alternative to high-end custom parallel computer systems.In this thesis, we investigate how scalable ... -
Influence Of Osmotic Suction On The Swell And Compression Behaviour Of Compacted Expansive Clays
(2008-11-03)Total suction of unsaturated soils is contributed by matric and osmotic suctions. Matric suction arises from capillary actions in the soil structure and varies with changes in moisture content of the soil. Pore fluid ... -
Influence Of The Bite Angles Of Chelating Diphosphine Ligands In The Chemistry Of Ruthenium Hydride And Dihydrogen Complexes
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-06-22)The bite angle of a diphosphine ligand plays an important role in determining the reactivity of a transition metal complex. The coordinated dihydrogen on a transition metal center can be activated toward homolysis or ... -
Information Theoretic Approach To Extractive Text Summarization
(2009-04-13)Automatic text summarization techniques, which can reduce a source text to a summary text by content generalization or selection have assumed signifi- cance in recent times due to the ever expanding information explosion ... -
Integrating A New Cluster Assignment And Scheduling Algorithm Into An Experimental Retargetable Code Generation Framework
(2009-03-09)This thesis presents a new unified algorithm for cluster assignment and acyclic region scheduling in a partitioned architecture, and preliminary results on its integration into an experimental retargetable code generation ... -
Intracellular Calcium Dynamics In Dendrites Of Hippocampal Neurons Rendered Epileptic And In Processes Of Astrocytes Following Glutamate Pretreatment
(2009-04-03)The fundamental attribute of neurons is their cellular electrical excitability, which is based on the expression of a plethora of ligand- and voltage-gated membrane channels that give rise to prominent membrane currents ... -
Investigation Of A Novel Class Of Conducting Polyaniline And Related Systems
(2007-10-25)The interest in conjugated polymers has been two-fold. A rich variety of intriguing physical phenomena, combined with its immense technological implications in the area of molecular electronics, sensors etc. has inspired ... -
An Investigation of Architectures For Integration Of Stand-Alone INS And GPS Navigation Systems
(2009-07-08)Inertial navigation systems (INSs) have the well-known advantages of being self-contained, weatherproof, jam-proof, and non-self-revealing while providing stable navigation information with little high-frequency noise. ... -
Investigations Of Open-Framework Metal Carboxylates, Sulfates And Related Materials
(2008-10-13)Open-framework materials constitute an important area of study in materials chemistry, because of their potential applications in areas such as sorption and catalysis. Furthermore, these materials exhibit fascinating ... -
Investigations On Lightning Surge Response Of Isolated Down Conductors
(2008-11-04)Lightning is a natural phenomenon involving transient high current discharge in the atmosphere. Cloud-to-ground lightning, wherein the discharge occurs between the cloud and the ground is quite hazardous to systems on the ... -
Ireland-Claisen Rearrangement Based Strategy To Sesquiterpenes Containing Vicinal Quaternary Carbon Atoms
(2009-03-02)Among Nature's creation, terpenoids are more versatile and exciting natural products. In a remarkable display of synthetic ingenuity and creativity, nature has endowed terpenes with a bewildering array of carbocyclic ... -
Kalman Filter Estimation Of Ionospheric TEC And Differential Instrumental Biases Over Low Latitude Using Dual Frequency GPS Observations
(2009-03-13)The low latitude tropical ionosphere has been investigated by various researchers using Global Positioning System (GPS). Presently for many civil aviation applications, the ionospheric modeling of the tropical region has ... -
Kinetics Of Pressureless Infiltration Of Al-Mg Alloys Into Al2O3 Preforms : A Non-Uniform Capillary Model
(2009-03-06)Al-Mg alloys spontaneously infiltrate into porous ceramic preform in a nitrogenous atmosphere above 750 °C with Mg either pre-alloyed or introduced at the interface to initiate the process. The governing process variables ... -
Large Data Clustering And Classification Schemes For Data Mining
(2009-03-20)Data Mining deals with extracting valid, novel, easily understood by humans, potentially useful and general abstractions from large data. A data is large when number of patterns, number of features per pattern or both are ... -
Layered Oxides And Phosphates Of Bismuth: New Structural Types And Related Properties
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-05-22)The thesis entitled "Layered Oxides and Phosphates of Bismuth: New Structural Types and Related Properties" consists of three parts and six chapters. It begins with an introductory note providing a brief overview of the ... -
Light Scattering Investigations Near The Critical Point In Some Solvophobic Systems And The Design And Analysis Of A Microkelvin Thermostat For Critical Phenomena Studies
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-05-21)This thesis reports light-scattering experiments and visual investigations close to the critical point, in the solvophobic systems, 3-methylpyridine (3MP) + heavy water (D2O) + sodium bromide (NaBr) and methyl ethyl ketone ... -
Lightning Protection System To Indian Satellite Launch Pads : Stroke Classification And Evaluation Of Current In The Intercepted Strokes
(2009-03-11)Satellites have become absolute necessity in the growing modern space technology. At present, launch pads are the only means for launching of satellites or any other space vehicles. Due to the large magnitude of current ... -
Manganese-Dependent Serine/Threonine/Tyrosine Kinase From Arabidopsis Thaliana : Role Of Serine And Threonine Residues In The Regulation Of Kinase Activity
(2008-10-01)Protein phosphorylation is an important post-translational modification of proteins, which can either activate or inhibit the function of a given protein. The enzymes, protein kinases and protein phosphatases catalyze the ...