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iii Acknowledgements iv Introduction  Data  Identifying the Spatial Pattern and its Dynamics  Methods  Results  Modelling the Spatial Pattern and its Dynamics  Methods  Results  Discussion  Conclusion  Literature Cited  tables . Summary information about the nine study plots  . Estimated parameters for the Poisson cluster processes  figures . Plot   . Plot   3. Pl...

mixing herbicides is an essential for weed management strategy of reduce herbicide using and reducing the risk of side-effects and costs of herbicides. therefore, to study the effect of clopyralid and glyphosate and their mixtures on acroptylon repense control, a field trial was conducted as split plot based on a completely randomized block design with 35 treatments (as dose-response arrangemen...

We present a preliminary search for D-D mixing using the decays D → Kππ, additionally presenting Dalitz-plot distributions and a measurement of the branching ratio for this mode. A new tagging technique is used to produce the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed Dalitz plot, which in turn is used to motivate the method used for the D-mixing search. We analyze 230.4 fb of data collected from the BABAR dete...

When creating interactive drama computer games then it is frequently useful to be able to generate a plot to use as a background for the drama and to use as a knowledge base for Non-Player Characters. In this article a new engine is proposed that dynamically creates new game plots for a murder mystery based game. The game engine uses Bayesian networks to create a new plot based on a probability...

ii DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my wife Dr. Therese Bu Akl– for being a caring and supportive partner who made my life such a wonderful journey; to my daughters Maria and Yasmine– for their patience and love; and to my sister Susan and her husband Alex – for their kindness and support. Thank you. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my appreciation to Dr. Joon Sang Lee for the vital ...