In this paper, we propose a strategy to avoid or mitigate reactive forms of jamming using a reinforcement learning approach. The mitigation strategy focuses on finding an effective channel hopping and idling pattern to maximize link throughput. Thus, the strategy is well-suited for frequency-hopping spread spectrum systems, and best performs in tandem with a channel selection algorithm. By usin...

This paper describes the first hand experiences of the electronic point of care (ePOC) project team and the project management and research and development issues that emerged over the course of a collaborative 3 year eHealth project. The paper highlights that despite the best of intentions by project managers, researchers and developers, a technologically innovative concept is no guarantee of ...

To fully exploit the benefits of heterogeneous network (HetNet), in which macro BSs (base stations) and small BSs coexist, the intercell interference mitigation and radio resource management has attracted general attention. We propose a cross-tier cooperative transmission strategy with precoding at downlink OFDMA resource block level, supported by macro BSs and small BSs ,to reduce the intercel...

Despite the growing concern about actual on-going climate change, there is little consensus about the scale and timing of actions needed to stabilise the concentrations of greenhouse gases. Many countries are unwilling to implement effective mitigation strategies, at least in the short-term, and no agreement on an ambitious global stabilisation target has yet been reached. It is thus likely tha...

Climate change is one of today's most pressing global issues. Policies to guide mitigation and adaptation are needed to avoid the devastating impacts of climate change. The health sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in developed countries, and its climate impact in low-income countries is growing steadily. This paper reviews and discusses the literature regarding hea...

Agricultural Sector Analysis on Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation in the United States. (December 2000) Uwe Schneider, M.Ag., Humboldt University, Berlin; M.S., Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Bruce A. McCarl This dissertation analyzes the economic potential of agriculture to participate in greenhouse gas emission mitigation efforts. Major agricultural mitigation strategi...

A zero-dimensional energy balance model was previously developed to serve as a user-friendly mitigation tool for practitioners seeking to study the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Accordingly, this established model is applied here to show the relative effects of four common mitigation strategies: increasing the overall (1) emissivity, (2) percentage of vegetated area, (3) thermal conductivity,...

This paper sets out a series of rationales for public policy related to adaptation to the impacts of climatic change in the EU. It begins by arguing that that both mitigation and adaptation are necessary parts of a coordinated policy response to the problem of climatic change. However, the ‘problem structure’ of adaptation is significantly different to that of mitigation. For instance, adaptati...

Current federal regulatory limitations in protecting vernal pools can be attributed to incomplete data on the status of vernal pools statewide, lack of a methodology for assessing the functions of vernal pool ecosystems, failure to incorporate contemporary ecological principles into the development of compensatory mitigation strategies, and a piecemeal regulatory approach that results in admini...