Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT College of Engineeringhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTCOE/browse/?fq=untl_decade:2000-2009&fq=untl_collection:UNTSW&fq=str_year:20072017-11-30T09:17:21-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT College of EngineeringA Corpus of Fine-Grained Entailment Relations2017-11-30T09:17:21-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1042614/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1042614/"><img alt="A Corpus of Fine-Grained Entailment Relations" title="A Corpus of Fine-Grained Entailment Relations" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1042614/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper describes on-going efforts to annotate a corpus of almost 16,000 answer pairs with an estimated 69,000 fine-grained entailment relationships.</p>Method for using Filed Emitter Arrays in Chemical and Biological Hazard Mitigation and Remediation2014-06-24T13:10:07-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc304842/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc304842/"><img alt="Method for using Filed Emitter Arrays in Chemical and Biological Hazard Mitigation and Remediation" title="Method for using Filed Emitter Arrays in Chemical and Biological Hazard Mitigation and Remediation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc304842/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent relating to a method for using field emitter arrays in chemical and biological hazard mitigation and remediation.</p>Modelos de interacción humano-ambiental: el enfoque de la Biocomplejidad2014-06-13T07:15:29-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc303219/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc303219/"><img alt="Modelos de interacción humano-ambiental: el enfoque de la Biocomplejidad" title="Modelos de interacción humano-ambiental: el enfoque de la Biocomplejidad" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc303219/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing models of human-nature interactions and a biocomplexity approach.</p>Propuesta metodológica para el control de calidad de datos de precipitación2014-06-06T11:19:19-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc287990/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc287990/"><img alt="Propuesta metodológica para el control de calidad de datos de precipitación" title="Propuesta metodológica para el control de calidad de datos de precipitación" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc287990/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing a methodological proposal for the quality control of precipitation data.</p>AC 2007-1844: An Innovative Mechanical and Energy Engineering Curriculum2011-11-24T00:20:09-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67616/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67616/"><img alt="AC 2007-1844: An Innovative Mechanical and Energy Engineering Curriculum" title="AC 2007-1844: An Innovative Mechanical and Energy Engineering Curriculum" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67616/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses the addition of a new Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at the University of North Texas (UNT). Those involved see the curriculum for this new program as a new model of engineering education that parallels the innovations of UNTs current Learning to Learn (L2L) project-oriented concept course with the addition of innovative approaches for mechanical engineering and emphasis on energy engineering education.</p>Energy-Aware Routing and Hybrid Synchronization in Sensor Networks2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30939/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30939/"><img alt="Energy-Aware Routing and Hybrid Synchronization in Sensor Networks" title="Energy-Aware Routing and Hybrid Synchronization in Sensor Networks" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30939/small/"/></a></p><p>This presentation discusses the research of sensor synchronization, sensor grid routing, and voice over internet protocol (VoIP).</p>Investigations in Unsupervised Back-of-the-Book Indexing2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30990/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30990/"><img alt="Investigations in Unsupervised Back-of-the-Book Indexing" title="Investigations in Unsupervised Back-of-the-Book Indexing" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30990/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses investigations in unsupervised back-of-the-book indexing.</p>The Multidisciplinary Facets of Research on Humour2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30996/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30996/"><img alt="The Multidisciplinary Facets of Research on Humour" title="The Multidisciplinary Facets of Research on Humour" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30996/small/"/></a></p><p>In this paper, the authors summarize the main theories of humor that emerged from philosophical and modern psychological research, and survey the past and present developments in the fields of theoretical and computational linguistics.</p>Using Wikipedia for Automatic Word Sense Disambiguation2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31000/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31000/"><img alt="Using Wikipedia for Automatic Word Sense Disambiguation" title="Using Wikipedia for Automatic Word Sense Disambiguation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31000/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper describes a method for generating sense-tagged data using Wikipedia as a source of sense annotations. Through word sense disambiguation experiments, the authors show that the Wikipedia-based sense annotations are reliable and can be used to construct accurate sense classifiers.</p>Unsupervised Graph-based Word Sense Disambiguation Using Measures of Word Semantic Similarity2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30999/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30999/"><img alt="Unsupervised Graph-based Word Sense Disambiguation Using Measures of Word Semantic Similarity" title="Unsupervised Graph-based Word Sense Disambiguation Using Measures of Word Semantic Similarity" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30999/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper describes an unsupervised graph-based method for word sense disambiguation, and presents comparative evaluations using several measures of word semantic similarity and several algorithms for graph centrality. The results indicate that the right combination of similarity metrics and graph centrality algorithms can lead to a performance competing with the state-of-the-art in unsupervised word sense disambiguation, as measured on standard data sets.</p>Random-Walk Term Weighting for Improved Text Classification2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30994/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30994/"><img alt="Random-Walk Term Weighting for Improved Text Classification" title="Random-Walk Term Weighting for Improved Text Classification" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30994/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper describes a new approach for estimating term weights in a document, and shows how the new weighting scheme can be used to improve the accuracy of a text classifier.</p>Of Men, Women, and Computers: Data-Driven Gender Modeling for Improved User Interfaces2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30993/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30993/"><img alt="Of Men, Women, and Computers: Data-Driven Gender Modeling for Improved User Interfaces" title="Of Men, Women, and Computers: Data-Driven Gender Modeling for Improved User Interfaces" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30993/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses data-driven gender modeling for improved user interfaces.</p>Linking Educational Materials to Encyclopedic Knowledge2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30992/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30992/"><img alt="Linking Educational Materials to Encyclopedic Knowledge" title="Linking Educational Materials to Encyclopedic Knowledge" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30992/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses linking educational materials to encyclopedic knowledge.</p>Explorations in Automatic Book Summarization2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30989/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30989/"><img alt="Explorations in Automatic Book Summarization" title="Explorations in Automatic Book Summarization" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30989/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses explorations in automatic book summarization.</p>Wikify! Linking Documents to Encyclopedic Knowledge2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31001/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31001/"><img alt="Wikify! Linking Documents to Encyclopedic Knowledge" title="Wikify! Linking Documents to Encyclopedic Knowledge" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31001/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper introduces the use of Wikipedia as a resource for automatic keyword extraction and word sense disambiguation, and shows how this online encyclopedia can be used to achieve state-of-the-art results on both these tasks.</p>Characterizing Humour: An Exploration of Features in Humorous Texts2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30988/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30988/"><img alt="Characterizing Humour: An Exploration of Features in Humorous Texts" title="Characterizing Humour: An Exploration of Features in Humorous Texts" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30988/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper investigates the problem of automatic humor recognition, and provides an in-depth analysis of two of the most frequently observed features of humorous text: human-centeredness and negative polarity. Through experiments performed on two collections of humorous texts, the authors show that these properties of verbal humor are consisted across different data sets.</p>UNT-Yahoo: SuperSenseLearner: Combining SenseLearner with SuperSense and other Coarse Semantic Features2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30998/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30998/"><img alt="UNT-Yahoo: SuperSenseLearner: Combining SenseLearner with SuperSense and other Coarse Semantic Features" title="UNT-Yahoo: SuperSenseLearner: Combining SenseLearner with SuperSense and other Coarse Semantic Features" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30998/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses combining SenseLearner with SuperSence and other coarse semantic features.</p>SemEval-2007 Task 14: Affective Text2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30995/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30995/"><img alt="SemEval-2007 Task 14: Affective Text" title="SemEval-2007 Task 14: Affective Text" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30995/small/"/></a></p><p>The "Affective Text" task focuses on the classification of emotions and valence (positive/negative polarity) in news headlines, and is meant as an exploration of the connection between emotions and lexical semantics. In this paper, the authors describe the data set used in the evaluation and the results obtained by the participating systems.</p>UNT: SubFinder: Combining Knowledge Sources for Automatic Lexical Substitution2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30997/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30997/"><img alt="UNT: SubFinder: Combining Knowledge Sources for Automatic Lexical Substitution" title="UNT: SubFinder: Combining Knowledge Sources for Automatic Lexical Substitution" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30997/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper describes the University of North Texas SubFinder system. The system is able to provide the most likely set of substitutes for a word in a given context, by combining several techniques and knowledge sources. SubFinder has successfully participated in the best and out of ten (oot) tracks in the SEMEVAL lexical substitution task, consistently ranking in the first or second place.</p>Learning Multilingual Subjective Language via Cross-Lingual Projections2011-01-31T14:01:40-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30991/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30991/"><img alt="Learning Multilingual Subjective Language via Cross-Lingual Projections" title="Learning Multilingual Subjective Language via Cross-Lingual Projections" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30991/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses learning multilingual subjective language via cross-lingual projections.</p>Strategies for Retention and Recruitment of Women and Minorities in Computer Science and Engineering2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30855/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30855/"><img alt="Strategies for Retention and Recruitment of Women and Minorities in Computer Science and Engineering" title="Strategies for Retention and Recruitment of Women and Minorities in Computer Science and Engineering" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30855/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing strategies for the retention and recruitment of women and minorities in computer science and engineering.</p>Enhanced Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in IEEE 802.11 WLANs2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30838/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30838/"><img alt="Enhanced Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in IEEE 802.11 WLANs" title="Enhanced Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in IEEE 802.11 WLANs" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30838/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses enhanced channel assignment and load distribution in IEEE 802.11 WLANs.</p>Dynamic Channel Assignment in IEEE 802.11 Networks2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30837/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30837/"><img alt="Dynamic Channel Assignment in IEEE 802.11 Networks" title="Dynamic Channel Assignment in IEEE 802.11 Networks" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30837/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses dynamic channel assignment in IEEE 802.11 networks.</p>Classification of Attributes and Behavior in Risk Management Using Bayesian Networks2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30836/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30836/"><img alt="Classification of Attributes and Behavior in Risk Management Using Bayesian Networks" title="Classification of Attributes and Behavior in Risk Management Using Bayesian Networks" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30836/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses issues in security.</p>Optimal Load Distribution in Large Scale WLAN Networks Utilizing a Power Management Algorithm2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30843/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30843/"><img alt="Optimal Load Distribution in Large Scale WLAN Networks Utilizing a Power Management Algorithm" title="Optimal Load Distribution in Large Scale WLAN Networks Utilizing a Power Management Algorithm" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30843/small/"/></a></p><p>This article discusses optimal load distribution in large scale WLAN networks utilizing a power management algorithm.</p>Motivating and Retaining CS2 Students with a Competative Game Programming Project2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30842/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30842/"><img alt="Motivating and Retaining CS2 Students with a Competative Game Programming Project" title="Motivating and Retaining CS2 Students with a Competative Game Programming Project" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30842/small/"/></a></p><p>This article discusses motivating and retaining computer science students with a competitive game programming project.</p>Modeling and Analysis Using Computational Tools2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30841/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30841/"><img alt="Modeling and Analysis Using Computational Tools" title="Modeling and Analysis Using Computational Tools" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30841/small/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter presents two special algorithms, Mean Value Analysis and Convolution Algorithm, for the analysis of closed queuing networks, and an introduction to simulation techniques that are widely used in analyzing queuing systems in general.</p>Hybrid Energy-Aware Synchronization Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30840/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30840/"><img alt="Hybrid Energy-Aware Synchronization Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks" title="Hybrid Energy-Aware Synchronization Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30840/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses a time synchronization scheme for wireless sensor networks that aims to conserve sensor battery power while maintaining network connectivity for as long as possible.</p>Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in a Power-Managed WLAN2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30835/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30835/"><img alt="Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in a Power-Managed WLAN" title="Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in a Power-Managed WLAN" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30835/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses a proposed algorithm.</p>Grid-based Coordinated Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30839/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30839/"><img alt="Grid-based Coordinated Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks" title="Grid-based Coordinated Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30839/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses grid-based coordinated routing in wireless sensor networks and compares the energy available in the network over time for different grid sizes. The authors explore the quality of service of wireless sensor networks, how the coordinator nodes are elected, and the size of the grid area that will minimize the total energy consumption and extend the lifetime of the network.</p>Attracting and Retaining Women in Computer Science and Engineering: Evaluating the Results2011-01-24T14:10:55-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30834/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30834/"><img alt="Attracting and Retaining Women in Computer Science and Engineering: Evaluating the Results" title="Attracting and Retaining Women in Computer Science and Engineering: Evaluating the Results" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30834/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper discusses efforts to attract and retain students in computer science and engineering fields.</p>