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Software project on fracture dynamics of wood and artificial neural network model for prediction of fracture toughness

Dassanayake, Dharmasiri (Lincoln University, 2000)

This study focussed on fracture and dynamics in wood using high speed imaging equipment, general and various types of imaging software other than the general equipment such as testing machine and related software. The C++ ...

A study of factors affecting the adoption and use of computer software in Canterbury (New Zealand) and Florida (Uruguay) dairy farming

Alvarez, Jorge (Lincoln University, 2002)

This study is about understanding farmers' information management behaviour, particularly in relation to the software adoption and use process, and consequently how farm information systems might be improved. Two dairy ...

Development of an integrated framework for environmental decision making

Wong, Chee Weng (Lincoln University, 2001)

This thesis describes a new framework developed to assist decision makers in making multi related and multi-dimensional environmental decision making. This involves a set of feasible alternative management systems (landuses) ...

Techniques for optimization of a dairy farm simulation model

Liu, D. S. (Lincoln University, 2003)

Dairy farms are complicated biological and managerial systems with many control variables. New Zealand's dairy farm research organization, Dexcel Ltd, has developed a computer simulation model, the Dexcel WFM (Whole Farm ...

An artificial intelligence integrated real-time and dynamic voltage control framework

Lin, Mu (Lincoln University, 2006)

The ability to regulate voltage levels along the whole power system within accepted limits in a reliable and economically efficient way is a goal that utilities have worked toward for many years. Previous approaches to ...

Development of educational software for learning equation solving

Robson, Daphne E. (Lincoln University, 2006)

Research into the contribution made by educational software to student learning has shown mixed results. More needs to be known about how to include learning theories in the design of educational software, particularly in ...

Sky detection in images for solar exposure prediction

Laungrungthip, Nuchjira (Lincoln University, 2008)

This project describes a technique for segmenting regions of sky in an image from the remainder of the image. This segmentation technique is part of a method for predicting the solar exposure at a location of interest from ...

An analysis of inductive user interfaces

Smith, Nicolas J. (Lincoln University, 2004)

Task based interfaces, in the form of Inductive User Interfaces, are interfaces that are simplified by dividing features into more manageable and understandable screens. Inductive User Interfaces present the user with tasks ...

Optimising locomotive requirements for a pre-planned train schedule: a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Applied Computing with Honours at Lincoln University

Hidayat, Ray (Lincoln University, 2005)

Every rail operator wishes to minimise the size of their locomotive fleet in order to reduce costs. This minimum fleet size problem requires a rail operator to allocate locomotives to the trains in a predefined train schedule ...

Application of artificial neural networks in early detection of Mastitis from improved data collected on-line by robotic milking stations

Sun, Zhibin (Lincoln University, 2008)

Two types of artificial neural networks, Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Self-organizing Feature Map (SOM), were employed to detect mastitis for robotic milking stations using the preprocessed data relating to the ...