Browsing RPI Theses Open Access by Author "Mendonça, David"
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Experimental assessment of higher-level data analysis skills
Layton, Julie Ann (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-05)This thesis reports the results of a pilot experiment aimed at learning how to assess and improve students' competence in data analysis. The premise of the research is that, while most engineering statistics courses emphasize ... -
Factors influencing the selection of decision support systems for emergency management : an analysis of empirical use and user preferences
Manzanares, Trevor (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)The term Decision Support System (DSS) refers to any tool used to guide decision-makers by supporting critical decisions made in the field. This research focuses on determining specific user needs for DSSs used in the ... -
Finding the 'I' in team: development of a snapshot individual performance metric
Sangster, Matthew-Donald (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-05)Though both individual and team performance are widely studied, evaluating individual performance within the context of the team usually relies on relative measures of performance. However, in order to apply much of the ... -
Forecasting collective behavior using social media
Korolov, Rostyslav (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-12)This thesis constructs hypotheses and measurements based on theoretical explanations of collective behaviors using a modeling framework informed by Emergent Norm Theory. Developed long before the Internet, the theory ... -
Modeling human behavior in the context of social media during extreme events caused by natural hazards
Tyshchuk, Yulia (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-05)The results of this research provide a means for behavioral interventions to facilitate the diffusion of critical warning information on social media, diffusion of confirmations, and facilitation of the evacuation. ... -
The sum of its parts : a three part framework for developing models of individual performance in the context of a team
Sangster, Matthew-Donald D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-08)Theories of learning and memory often rely on individual measures of performance for tasks in a given domain. However, when expanding these works to individuals in a team, many difficulties arise. The very nature of team ...