Non-steady-state locomotion involving complex ambulation tasks, such as changing directions, walking over an obstacle, or moving from one terrain to another, are frequently presented in everyday life. These motor tasks ...

Following surgery or traumatic injury, corneal wound healing can cause a scarring response that impairs ocular function. This fibrosis is caused, in part, by the activation of corneal keratocytes from a native quiescent ...

This dissertation consists of three main chapters that examine economic and operational issues in cloud computing market using analytical modeling. Chapter 2 studies the problem of selecting computing resources from a ...

Electronic marketplaces such as Amazon Marketplace and Ebay deploy recommender systems as sales support tools to help consumers a nd their ideal product among the vast variety of products sold in these platforms. Recommender ...