Making Sense of Normative Functions and Information in Neurobiological Systems by Daniel Mark Kraemer Department of Philosophy Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Karen Neander, Supervisor ___________________________ Fred Dretske ___________________________ Owen Flanagan ___________________________ Alex Rosenberg ___________________________ Robert ...

The use of flexible mode control implemented through the use of aerodynamic surfaces is examined for two case vehicles: a magnetically levitated vehicle and a towed aerodynamic vehicle. A summary of the aerodynamics of trapezdoial and annular wings is presented first, followed by an analysis of the modal characteristics of the test vehicles. LQR design methods using the flexible mode and its ra...

The growing threat of terrorism has increased the importance of aviation security and the work of airport security officers (screeners). Nonetheless, airport security research has yet to focus on emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction as major determinants of screeners' job performance. The present study bridges this research gap by applying the job demands-resources (JD-R) model and using w...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to study the effects of overall well-being and well-being change on six supervisor-rated indicators of employee performance valued by organizations: overall performance, accountability, customer service, innovation, prosocial behavior, and self-development. METHODS The current study used two waves of well-being survey data collected over 2 years and supervi...

Three types of supervisor-subordinate similarity were identified: (a) perceived similarity, perceptions of how similar the supervisor and subordinate are; (b) perceptual congruence, similarity of perceptions about behaviors important in receiving a high merit pay raise; and (c) actual similarity of individual characteristics. The relation(s) among the types of similarity and of each type with v...

The development of a novel soft computing approach to model the supervisor of manufacturing systems is described, it is named Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) and it is used to model the behaviour of complex systems. Fuzzy cognitive maps combine characteristics of both fuzzy logic and neural networks. The description and the construction of fuzzy cognitive maps are examined, a new methodology for de...

This paper investigates a hybrid methodology that combines fuzzy logic and neural networks, Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM), for modeling and controlling Supervisory Control Systems. A mathematical description of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) will be presented and new construction methods will be extensively examined. A Fuzzy Cognitive Map will be developed to model and control a process example and the...

This paper investigates a hybrid methodology that combines fuzzy logic and neural networks, Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM), for modeling and controlling Supervisory Control Systems. A mathematical description of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) will be presented and new construction methods will be extensively examined. A Fuzzy Cognitive Map will be developed to model and control a process example and the...