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Kuscu, Isik. "The Russian Federation." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1177062/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the Russian Federation&rsquos military Policy in Central Asia in 1991-2001. My main concern in this point is to figure out what is Moscow&rsquo
s real intention behind establishing military ties with the Central Asian states and to what extent is Moscow successful in accomplishing this aim? Does the Russian Federation perceive direct threats to its security from Central Asia? My argument is that the Russian Federation does not perceive direct threats to its national security from the region rather she uses these threats to be the main actor in the region by using military means. Throughout the thesis first the shift in the Russian Federation&rsquo
s foreign policy course regarding the &lsquo
Near Abroad&rsquo
and its reflections on the basic security documents of the Russian Federation, second the threat perceptions of the Russian Federation in these regions, third reflections of this shift on Russia&rsquo
s bilateral military ties with these states and finally the role of the changing perception in the formation of regional collective security formations are to be analyzed.
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Marin, Nogueras Gerard. "Federation of Community Networking Testbeds." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-177198.
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Easwaran, Aneurin Maatchiman. "Federation in multi-agent systems." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.430853.
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Mucklo, Matthew Joseph. "API federation in a polystore." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121633.
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This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-101).
This thesis describes the design, implementation, test, and evaluation of an extension to a well-known polystore called BigDAWG. As a polystore, BigDAWG binds together multiple diverse data sources into a single system that allows primarily analytical queries to be easily executed against the most appropriate engine for the job. The extension described allows the polystore to source data from APIs such as those publicly available on the internet. Further, an administrative interface was constructed to facilitate the adding, editing, and deleting of access to these APIs. These additions place power into the hands of the BigDAWG polystore user such that not only do they have the ability to source data from many new sources, but can process that data quickly and easily by using the built-in polystore casting facilities, cutting down on the time necessary to create custom ETLs to achieve the same result.
by Matthew Joseph Mucklo.
M. Eng.
M.Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Rebai, Salma. "Resource allocation in Cloud federation." Thesis, Evry, Institut national des télécommunications, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TELE0006/document.
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L'informatique en nuage (Cloud Computing) est un modèle à grande échelle et en évolution continue, permettant le provisionnement et l'utilisation des ressources informatiques à la demande, selon un modèle rentable de facturation à l'usage "pay-as-you-go". Ce nouveau paradigme a rapidement révolutionné l'industrie IT et a permis de nouvelles tendances en matière de prestation de services informatiques, y compris l'externalisation des infrastructures IT vers des prestataires tiers spécialisés. Cependant, la nature multi-utilisateur des plateformes d'hébergement, ainsi que la complexité des demandes, soulèvent plusieurs défis liés à la gestion des ressources Cloud. Malgré l'attention croissante portée à ce sujet, la plupart des efforts ont été axés sur des solutions centrées utilisateur, et malheureusement beaucoup moins sur les difficultés rencontrées par les fournisseurs pour maximiser leurs bénéfices. Dans ce contexte, la fédération de Cloud a été récemment proposée comme une solution clé pour répondre à l'augmentation et la fluctuation des charges de travail. Les fournisseurs ayant des besoins complémentaires en ressources au fil du temps, peuvent collaborer et partager leurs infrastructures respectives via l'externalisation ("Outsourcing") pour mieux satisfaire les demandes et exigences des utilisateurs. Cette thèse aborde le problème d'optimisation du profit via la fédération et l'allocation optimale des ressources parmi plusieurs fournisseurs d'infrastructures Cloud. L'étude examine les principaux défis et opportunités liés à la maximisation des revenus dans une fédération de Clouds, et définit des stratégies efficaces pour diriger les fournisseurs dans leurs décisions de coopération. Le but est de fournir des algorithmes qui automatisent la sélection du plan d'allocation le plus rentable, qui satisfait à la fois la demande des utilisateurs et les exigences de mise en réseau. Nous visons des modèles d'allocation génériques et robustes qui répondent aux nouvelles tendances Cloud, et de traiter les requêtes simples ainsi que complexes nécessitant le provisionnement de services composites avec différentes ressources distribuées et connectées. Conformément aux objectifs de la thèse, nous avons mené une étude approfondie des travaux antérieurs traitant la problématique de provisionnement des ressources d'infrastructure dans les environnements Cloud. L'analyse a porté notamment sur les modèles d'allocation ayant pour objectif la maximisation de profit et les lacunes et défis associés dans les fédérations de Clouds. Dans un deuxième temps, nous avons proposé un programme linéaire en nombre entiers (ILP), pour aider les fournisseurs de services dans leurs décisions de coopération via des actions optimales d'externalisation (outsourcing), d'internalisation (insourcing) et d'allocation en local. Ces différentes décisions d'allocation sont traitées conjointement dans une formule d'optimisation globale qui partitionne les graphes de requêtes entre les membres de la fédération, tout en satisfaisant les exigences de communication entre les services élémentaires. En plus de la topologie des graphes de ressources, ce partitionnement prend en compte les prix dynamiques et les quotas proposés par les membres de la fédération ainsi que les coûts d'hébergement des ressources et de leur mise en réseau. Enfin, nous avons proposé un algorithme heuristique pour améliorer les temps de convergence avec les instances de problèmes à grande échelle. L'approche proposée utilise un algorithme de "clustering" basé sur les arbres de Gomory-Hu pour le partitionnement des graphes et une stratégie de meilleur ajustement (Best-Fit matching) pour l'allocation et le placement des sous-graphes résultants. L'utilisation conjointe de ces deux techniques permet de capturer l'essence du problème d'optimisation et de respecter les différents objectifs fixés, tout en améliorant le temps de convergence vers les solutions quasi-optimales de plusieurs ordres de grandeurCloud computing is a steadily maturing large-scale model for providing on-demand IT resources on a pay-as-you-go basis. This emerging paradigm has rapidly revolutionized the IT industry and enabled new service delivery trends, including infrastructure externalization to large third-party providers. The Cloud multi-tenancy architecture raises several management challenges for all stakeholders. Despite the increasing attention on this topic, most efforts have been focused on user-centric solutions, and unfortunately much less on the difficulties encountered by Cloud providers in improving their business. In this context, Cloud Federation has been recently suggested as a key solution to the increasing and variable workloads. Providers having complementary resource requirements over time can collaborate and share their respective infrastructures, to dynamically adjust their hosting capacities in response to users' demands. However, joining a federation makes the resource allocation more complex, since providers have to also deal with cooperation decisions and workload distribution within the federation. This is of crucial importance for cloud providers from a profit standpoint and especially challenging in a federation involving multiple providers and distributed resources and applications. This thesis addresses profit optimization through federating and allocating resources amongst multiple infrastructure providers. The work investigates the key challenges and opportunities related to revenue maximization in Cloud federation, and defines efficient strategies to govern providers' cooperation decisions. The goal is to provide algorithms to automate the selection of cost-effective distributed allocation plans that simultaneously satisfy user demand and networking requirements. We seek generic and robust models able to meet the new trends in Cloud services and handle both simple and complex requests, ranging from standalone VMs to composite services requiring the provisioning of distributed and connected resources. In line with the thesis objectives, we first provide a survey of prior work on infrastructure resource provisioning in Cloud environments. The analysis mainly focuses on profit-driven allocation models in Cloud federations and the associated gaps and challenges with emphasis on pricing and networking issues. Then, we present a novel exact integer linear program (ILP), to assist IaaS providers in their cooperation decisions, through optimal "insourcing", "outsourcing" and local allocation operations. The different allocation decisions are treated jointly in a global optimization formulation that splits resource request graphs across federation members while satisfying communication requirements between request subsets. In addition to the request topology, this partitioning takes into account the dynamic prices and quotas proposed by federation members as well as the costs of resources and their networking. The algorithm performance evaluation and the identified benefits confirm the relevance of resource federation in improving providers' profits and shed light into the most favorable conditions to join or build a federation. Finally, a new topology-aware allocation heuristic is proposed to improve convergence times with large-scale problem instances. The proposed approach uses a Gomory-Hu tree based clustering algorithm for request graphs partitioning, and a Best-Fit matching strategy for subgraphs placement and allocation. Combining both techniques captures the essence of the optimization problem and meets the objectives, while speeding up convergence to near-optimal solutions by several orders of magnitude
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Rebai, Salma. "Resource allocation in Cloud federation." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Evry, Institut national des télécommunications, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TELE0006.
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L'informatique en nuage (Cloud Computing) est un modèle à grande échelle et en évolution continue, permettant le provisionnement et l'utilisation des ressources informatiques à la demande, selon un modèle rentable de facturation à l'usage "pay-as-you-go". Ce nouveau paradigme a rapidement révolutionné l'industrie IT et a permis de nouvelles tendances en matière de prestation de services informatiques, y compris l'externalisation des infrastructures IT vers des prestataires tiers spécialisés. Cependant, la nature multi-utilisateur des plateformes d'hébergement, ainsi que la complexité des demandes, soulèvent plusieurs défis liés à la gestion des ressources Cloud. Malgré l'attention croissante portée à ce sujet, la plupart des efforts ont été axés sur des solutions centrées utilisateur, et malheureusement beaucoup moins sur les difficultés rencontrées par les fournisseurs pour maximiser leurs bénéfices. Dans ce contexte, la fédération de Cloud a été récemment proposée comme une solution clé pour répondre à l'augmentation et la fluctuation des charges de travail. Les fournisseurs ayant des besoins complémentaires en ressources au fil du temps, peuvent collaborer et partager leurs infrastructures respectives via l'externalisation ("Outsourcing") pour mieux satisfaire les demandes et exigences des utilisateurs. Cette thèse aborde le problème d'optimisation du profit via la fédération et l'allocation optimale des ressources parmi plusieurs fournisseurs d'infrastructures Cloud. L'étude examine les principaux défis et opportunités liés à la maximisation des revenus dans une fédération de Clouds, et définit des stratégies efficaces pour diriger les fournisseurs dans leurs décisions de coopération. Le but est de fournir des algorithmes qui automatisent la sélection du plan d'allocation le plus rentable, qui satisfait à la fois la demande des utilisateurs et les exigences de mise en réseau. Nous visons des modèles d'allocation génériques et robustes qui répondent aux nouvelles tendances Cloud, et de traiter les requêtes simples ainsi que complexes nécessitant le provisionnement de services composites avec différentes ressources distribuées et connectées. Conformément aux objectifs de la thèse, nous avons mené une étude approfondie des travaux antérieurs traitant la problématique de provisionnement des ressources d'infrastructure dans les environnements Cloud. L'analyse a porté notamment sur les modèles d'allocation ayant pour objectif la maximisation de profit et les lacunes et défis associés dans les fédérations de Clouds. Dans un deuxième temps, nous avons proposé un programme linéaire en nombre entiers (ILP), pour aider les fournisseurs de services dans leurs décisions de coopération via des actions optimales d'externalisation (outsourcing), d'internalisation (insourcing) et d'allocation en local. Ces différentes décisions d'allocation sont traitées conjointement dans une formule d'optimisation globale qui partitionne les graphes de requêtes entre les membres de la fédération, tout en satisfaisant les exigences de communication entre les services élémentaires. En plus de la topologie des graphes de ressources, ce partitionnement prend en compte les prix dynamiques et les quotas proposés par les membres de la fédération ainsi que les coûts d'hébergement des ressources et de leur mise en réseau. Enfin, nous avons proposé un algorithme heuristique pour améliorer les temps de convergence avec les instances de problèmes à grande échelle. L'approche proposée utilise un algorithme de "clustering" basé sur les arbres de Gomory-Hu pour le partitionnement des graphes et une stratégie de meilleur ajustement (Best-Fit matching) pour l'allocation et le placement des sous-graphes résultants. L'utilisation conjointe de ces deux techniques permet de capturer l'essence du problème d'optimisation et de respecter les différents objectifs fixés, tout en améliorant le temps de convergence vers les solutions quasi-optimales de plusieurs ordres de grandeurCloud computing is a steadily maturing large-scale model for providing on-demand IT resources on a pay-as-you-go basis. This emerging paradigm has rapidly revolutionized the IT industry and enabled new service delivery trends, including infrastructure externalization to large third-party providers. The Cloud multi-tenancy architecture raises several management challenges for all stakeholders. Despite the increasing attention on this topic, most efforts have been focused on user-centric solutions, and unfortunately much less on the difficulties encountered by Cloud providers in improving their business. In this context, Cloud Federation has been recently suggested as a key solution to the increasing and variable workloads. Providers having complementary resource requirements over time can collaborate and share their respective infrastructures, to dynamically adjust their hosting capacities in response to users' demands. However, joining a federation makes the resource allocation more complex, since providers have to also deal with cooperation decisions and workload distribution within the federation. This is of crucial importance for cloud providers from a profit standpoint and especially challenging in a federation involving multiple providers and distributed resources and applications. This thesis addresses profit optimization through federating and allocating resources amongst multiple infrastructure providers. The work investigates the key challenges and opportunities related to revenue maximization in Cloud federation, and defines efficient strategies to govern providers' cooperation decisions. The goal is to provide algorithms to automate the selection of cost-effective distributed allocation plans that simultaneously satisfy user demand and networking requirements. We seek generic and robust models able to meet the new trends in Cloud services and handle both simple and complex requests, ranging from standalone VMs to composite services requiring the provisioning of distributed and connected resources. In line with the thesis objectives, we first provide a survey of prior work on infrastructure resource provisioning in Cloud environments. The analysis mainly focuses on profit-driven allocation models in Cloud federations and the associated gaps and challenges with emphasis on pricing and networking issues. Then, we present a novel exact integer linear program (ILP), to assist IaaS providers in their cooperation decisions, through optimal "insourcing", "outsourcing" and local allocation operations. The different allocation decisions are treated jointly in a global optimization formulation that splits resource request graphs across federation members while satisfying communication requirements between request subsets. In addition to the request topology, this partitioning takes into account the dynamic prices and quotas proposed by federation members as well as the costs of resources and their networking. The algorithm performance evaluation and the identified benefits confirm the relevance of resource federation in improving providers' profits and shed light into the most favorable conditions to join or build a federation. Finally, a new topology-aware allocation heuristic is proposed to improve convergence times with large-scale problem instances. The proposed approach uses a Gomory-Hu tree based clustering algorithm for request graphs partitioning, and a Best-Fit matching strategy for subgraphs placement and allocation. Combining both techniques captures the essence of the optimization problem and meets the objectives, while speeding up convergence to near-optimal solutions by several orders of magnitude
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Lester, Cathrynne Delohery. "The "Popular movement" towards Federation : case studies in local history on Federation in South Australia /." Title page, contents, introductions and conclusions only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arl6422.pdf.
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Wang, Di. "Query optimization for database federation systems." Worcester, Mass. : Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2009. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-050409-131957/.
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Topcu, Okan. "Metamodeling For The Hla Federation Architectures." Phd thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609187/index.pdf.
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This study proposes a metamodel, named Federation Architecture Metamodel (FAMM), for describing the architecture of a High Level Architecture (HLA) compliant federation. The metamodel provides a domain specific language and a formal representation for the federation adopting Domain Specific Metamodeling approach to HLA-compliant federations. The metamodel supports the definitions of transformations both as source and as target. Specifically, it supports federate base code generation from a described federate behavior, and it supports transformations from a simulation conceptual model. A salient feature of FAMM is the behavioral description of federates based on live sequence charts (LSCs). It is formulated in metaGME, the meta-metamodel for the Generic Modeling Environment (GME).
This thesis discusses specifically the following points: the approach to building the metamodel, metamodel extension from Message Sequence Chart (MSC) to LSC, support for model-based code generation, and action model and domain-specific data model integration.
Lastly, this thesis presents, through a series of modeling case studies, the Federation Architecture Modeling Environment (FAME), which is a domain-specific model-building environment provided by GME once FAMM is invoked as the base paradigm.
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Aktas, Mehmet S. "Information federation in grid information services." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3277981.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Computer Science, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-09, Section: B, page: 6057. Adviser: Geoffrey C. Fox. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 9, 2008).
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Ogunleye, Babatunde Samuel. "WiMAX spectrum virtualization and network federation." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27011.
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Spectrum management in wireless broadband networks as regards its cost and its efficient usage has posed a huge challenge for mobile network operators. Traditionally, network operators had exclusive rights to access the band of spectrum allocated to them, but with the high price of spectrum license, it is becoming necessary to find alternative ways to use and access spectrum more efficiently. Resource virtualization is a method which has been extensively adopted in hardware computing for creating abstract versions of physical hardware resources and it has proven to be a powerful technique for customized resource provision and sharing. This idea of resource virtualization is gradually being transferred into the domain of wireless mobile network resource management but the ideas around it are still evolving. Since spectrum is an important wireless network resource, it is imperative to provide an efficient and cost effective means for the resource to be accessed and utilized. Therefore the idea of spectrum virtualization is investigated in this research as a possible solution to this problem. To expand on the notion of spectrum virtualization, this research further explores the idea of network federation. Network Federation involves the interconnection of diverse network components to be operated as a single seamless network. This will enable them share their network resources while the networks are geographically dispersed and managed by different network operators. To fully implement these concepts there is a need for a well-developed network framework. This research proposes two novel architectures for spectrum virtualization and network federation using the WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Exchange) wireless broadband technology. The proposed WiMAX spectrum virtualization architecture introduces a novel entity known as the Virtual Spectrum Hypervisor (VS-Hypervisor). This VS-Hypervisor bears the responsibility of spectrum management and virtualization within the WiMAX framework. In the implementation of WiMAX network federation, the novel architecture enables the cooperative existence of multiple WiMAX base-stations having virtualization capabilities with overlapping cellular coverage areas for the purpose of sharing their spectrum resources. In this architecture, a novel federation control plane known as the Virtual Spectrum Exchange Locale (VSEL) is proposed. The VSEL facilitates the VS-Hypervisors in the federated physical base-stations to be able to negotiate and exchange spectrum between themselves to match their spectrum needs. The architectures for WiMAX spectrum virtualization and network federation was modelled and implemented using the OPNET Modeler. Results obtained validated their efficacy with respect to the effective management of the wireless network spectrum. Therefore this proposed network architectures would help network operators optimize their radio networks.
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Yugova, Ksenia. "MIGRATION POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-125224.
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The Master's thesis investigates a range of problems of migration policy of the Russian Federation. The main goal of the thesis is to identify causes, that underlay inefficiency of implemented measures in migration field; and to develop recommendations to make the Russian migration policy more efficient. A work solution process is based on the hypothesis that goals and tools of the Russian migration policy are not enough consecutive and effective, therefore the whole system requires revision and alteration. The theoretical part discloses the impact of migration on a national economy and provides considerations about how to create an efficient migration policy. The practical part focuses on analysis of Russian immigration, emigration and internal-migration policies. This part completes with author's proposals how to improve Russian migration policy. Research is conducted using the method of description, relation and qualitative analysis and prediction method.
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Felker, Edward J. "Oz revisited Russian military doctrinal reform in light of their analysis of Desert Storm /." Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/33021776.html.
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Dang, Ngoc Tuyet Tram. "Federation de données semi-structurées avec XML." Phd thesis, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 2003. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00005162.
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Contrairement aux données traditionnelles, les données semi-structuréessont irrégulières : des données peuvent manquer, des concepts
similaires peuvent être représentés par différents types de données,
et les structures même peuvent être mal connues. Cette absence
de schéma prédéfini, permettant de tenir compte de toutes les données
du monde extérieur, présente l'inconvénient de complexifier les
algorithmes d'intégration des données de différentes sources.
Nous proposons une architecture de médiation basée entièrement sur XML.
L'objectif de cette architecture de médiation est de fédérer des sources de
données distribuées de différents types.
Elle s'appuie sur le langage XQuery, un langage fonctionnel
conçu pour formuler des requêtes sur des documents XML. Le médiateur analyse
les requêtes exprimées en XQuery et répartit l'exécution de la requête
sur les différentes sources avant de recomposer les résultats.
L'évaluation des requêtes doit se faire en exploitant au maximum les
spécificités des données et permettre une optimisation efficace.
Nous décrivons l'algèbre XAlgebre à base d'opérateurs conçus
pour XML. Cette algèbre a pour but de construire des plans d'exécution pour
l'évaluation de requêtes XQuery et traiter des tuples d'arbres XML.
Ces plans d'exécution doivent pouvoir être modélisés par un modèle
de coût et celui de coût minimum sera sélectionné pour l'exécution.
Dans cette thèse, nous définissons un modèle de coût pour les données
semi-structurées adapté à notre algèbre.
Les sources de données (SGBD, serveurs Web, moteur de recherche)
peuvent être très hétérogènes, elles peuvent avoir des
capacités de traitement de données très différentes, mais aussi avoir
des modèles de coût plus ou moins définis.
Pour intégrer ces différentes informations dans
l'architecture de médiation, nous devons déterminer comment communiquer
ces informations entre le médiateur et les sources, et comment les intégrer.
Pour cela, nous utilisons des langages basés sur XML comme XML-Schema et MathML
pour exporter les informations de métadonnées, de formules de coûts
et de capacité de sources.
Ces informations exportées sont communiquées par l'intermédiaire d'une interface
applicative nommée XML/DBC.
Enfin, des optimisations diverses spécifiques à l'architecture de médiation
doivent être considérées. Nous introduisons pour cela un cache sémantique
basé sur un prototype de SGBD stockant efficacement des données XML
en natif.
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Savli, Devrim. "Turkish Construction Firms In The Russian Federation." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12605558/index.pdf.
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This thesis analyzes the penetration process of Turkish construction firms into the Russian market, in the frame of developing relations between Turkey and Russian Federation. Starting from the demise of Soviet Union, Turkish construction firms have played an important role on the convergence of these two countries both in economical and political relations. The dominance of the politics on the bilateral relations between Turkey and Soviet Union has started to weaken since from the liberalization attempts in both of the countries starting from the first half of 1980s. By the demise of Soviet Union, including Turkish construction activities in the Russian Federation, commercial relations have become the dominant factor that determines direction of the bilateral relations between these two countries. Within this context, this thesis seeks to explore the nature of overseas construction works in a particular geographical area, namely in the Russian Federation. In this study, I applied the semi-structured in-depth interview technique. The target group was selected from the administrative personnel and the field workers of Turkish overseas construction companies that have worked in the Russian construction market. In this frame, I carried out interviews with 10 top level managers of the Turkish overseas construction firms and 10 construction workers who have been worked in the Russian Federation.
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Alsaleh, Mansour A. "Enhancing consumer privacy in identity federation architectures." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27326.
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Internet usage has been growing significantly, and the issue of online privacy has become a correspondingly greater concern. Several recent surveys show that users' concern about the privacy of their personal information reduces their use of electronic businesses and Internet services; furthermore, many users choose to provide false data in order to protect their real identities. Identity federation aims to assemble an identity virtually from a user's personal information stored across multiple distinct identity management systems. Liberty Alliance is one of the most recognized projects in developing an open standard for federated network identity. Although one of the key objectives of the Liberty Alliance project is to enable consumers to protect the privacy and security of their network identity information, we believe that this objective is biased towards the business goals of the Liberty architecture rather than giving priority to privacy from the consumer's perspective. In fact, consumer privacy is among the main usage barriers that reduces the adoption of identity federation architectures. In this thesis, we aim to enhance consumer privacy in the Liberty Alliance architecture. In the first place, we identify and analyze previously-unknown potential privacy breaches and concerns within the Liberty identity federation frameworks and propose improvements and recommendations for the identified breaches. We also propose three new services to the Liberty Alliance identity federation architecture that will help in enhancing consumer privacy: user privacy preferences service, privacy seal service, and audit trail service. We present several use case scenarios to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new services and to show how they could merge effectively with the Liberty identity federation frameworks. Furthermore, we propose using the XPref language for our proposed Liberty user privacy preferences service and identify some APPEL issues in this context.
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Rasheed, Mohsin. "Identity Federation Using Multidomain Authentication in PKI." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-177366.
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Today’s enterprises are facing some basic business challenges for which identity federation solutions are uniquely suited. Most online applications and ecommerce incorporate partner integration that provides to the user secure access to the partner’s site without needing to sign-on again. Additionally, organizations must provide these SSO services without having to add large numbers of users to an enterprise directory or having to manage those identities over time. A trust mechanism must exist in order to allow users who are authenticated in one domain to be trusted in a another domain. Finally, these technical challenges must be managed within the constraints of existing business and legal agreements that define thresholds for acceptable use, risk and indemnification. [14] The purpose of this thesis is to model a framework and to suggest the requirements needed of the Public Key Infrastructure for the multiple domain interoperability. This model describes the relationship between certificate authorities for establishing the trust mechanism through the techniques which are described in details of the design model description.
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DIAS, SANDRA APARECIDA. "SEMANTIC DATA INTEGRATION WITH AN ONTOLOGY FEDERATION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2006. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=9148@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIORO advento da WEB propiciou a disseminação de bases de dados distribuídas e heterogêneas. Por vezes, a resposta a uma consulta demanda o uso de várias destas bases. É necessário, então, algum nível de integração destas. A publicação dessas bases nem sempre segue um padrão semântico. Em função disso parece ser essencial existir um meio de relacionar os diferentes dados para satisfazer tais consultas. Este processo é comumente denominado de integração de dados. A comunidade de Banco de Dados tem conhecimento de métodos para dar conta desta integração no contexto de federações de Bancos de Dados heterogêneos. No entanto, atualmente existem descrições mais ricas e com mais possibilidades de semântica, tais como aquelas induzidas pelo conceito de ontologia. A comunidade de Banco de Dados tem considerado ontologias na solução do problema da integração de Banco de Dados. O alinhamento ou merge de ontologias são algumas das propostas conhecidas da comunidade de WEB semântica. Este trabalho propõe o uso de métodos de merge de ontologias como solução ao problema da construção de uma federação de ontologias como método integrador de fontes de dados. O trabalho inclui a implementação de um estudo de caso na ferramenta Protegé. Este estudo de caso permite discutir aspectos de escalabilidade e de aplicabilidade da proposta como uma solução tecnologicamente viável.
The WEB has spread out the use of heterogeneous distributed databases. Sometimes, the answer to a query demands the use of more than one database. Some level of integration among these databases is desired. However, frequently, the bases were not designed according a unique semantic pattern. Thus, it seems essential to relate the different data, in the respective base, in order to provide an adequate answer to the query. The process of building this relationship is often called data integration. The Data Base community has acquired enough knowledge to deal with this in the context of Data Base Heterogeneous Federation. Nowadays, there are more expressive model descriptions, namely ontologies. The Data Base community has also considered ontologies as a tool to contribute as part of a solution to the data integration problem. The Semantic WEB community defined alignment or merge of ontologies as one of the possible solutions to the some of this integration problem. This work has the aim of using merge of ontologies methods as a mean to define the construction of a Federation of ontologies as a mean to integrate source of data. The dissertation includes a case study written in the Protegé tool. From this case study, a discussion follows on the scalability and applicability of the proposal as a feasible technological solution for data integration.
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Kamdem, Simo Freddy. "Model-based federation of systems of modelling." Thesis, Compiègne, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017COMP2374.
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L'ingénierie des systèmes complexes et systèmes de systèmes conduit souvent à des activités de modélisation (MA) complexes. Les problèmes soulevés par les MA sont notamment : comprendre le contexte dans lequel elles sont exécutées, comprendre l'impact sur les cycles de vie des modèles qu'elles produisent, et finalement trouver une approche pour les maîtriser. L'objectif principal de cette thèse est d'élaborer une approche formelle pour adresser ce problème. Dans cette thèse, après avoir étudié les travaux connexes en ingénierie système et plus spécifiquement ceux qui portent sur la co-ingénierie du système à faire (le produit) et du système pour faire (le projet), nous développons une méthodologie nommée MODEF pour traiter ce problème. MODEF consiste en: (1) Caractériser les MA comme un système et plus généralement une fédération de systèmes. (2) Construire de manière itérative une architecture de ce système via la modélisation du contenu conceptuel des modèles produits par MA et leur cycle de vie, les tâches réalisées au sein des MA et leurs effets sur ces cycles de vie. (3) Spécifier les attentes sur ces cycles de vie. (4) Analyser les modèles (des MA) par rapport à ces attentes (et éventuellement les contraintes sur les tâches) pour vérifier jusqu'à quel point elles sont atteignables via la synthèse des points (ou états) acceptables. D'un point de vue pratique, l'exploitation des résultats de l'analyse permet de contrôler le déroulement des tâches de modélisation à partir de la mise en évidence de leur impact sur les modèles qu'elles produisent. En effet, cette exploitation fournit des données pertinentes sur la façon dont les MA se déroulent et se dérouleraient de bout en bout. A partir de ces informations, il est possible de prendre des mesures préventives ou correctives. Nous illustrons cela à l'aide de deux cas d'étude (le fonctionnement d'un supermarché et la modélisation de la couverture fonctionnelle d'un système). D'un point de vue théorique, les sémantiques formelles des modèles des MA et le formalisme des attentes sont d'abord données. Ensuite, les algorithmes d'analyse et d'exploitation sont présentés. Cette approche est brièvement comparée avec des approches de vérification des modèles et de synthèse de systèmes. Enfin, deux facilitateurs de la mise en œuvre de MODEF sont présentés. Le premier est une implémentation modulaire des blocs de base de MODEF. Le second est une architecture fédérée (FA) des modèles visant à faciliter la réutilisation des modèles formels en pratique. La formalisation de FA est faite dans le cadre de la théorie des catégories. De ce fait, afin de construire un lien entre abstraction et implémentation, des structures de données et algorithmes de base sont proposés pour utiliser FA en pratique. Différentes perspectives sur les composantes de MODEF concluent ce travailThe engineering of complex systems and systems of systems often leads to complex modelling activities (MA). Some challenges exhibited by MA are: understanding the context where they are carried out and their impacts on the lifecycles of models they produce, and ultimately providing a support for mastering them. How to address these challenges with a formal approach is the central challenge of this thesis. In this thesis, after discussing the related works from systems engineering in general and the co-engineering of the system to be made (product) and the system for make (project) systems specifically, we position and develop a methodology named MODEF, that aims to master the operation of MA. MODEF consists in: (1) characterizing MA as a system (and more globally as a federation of systems) in its own right; (2) iteratively architecting this system through: the modelling of the conceptual content of the models produced by MA and their life cycles, the tasks carried out within MA and their effects on these life cycles; (3) specifying the expectations over these life cycles and; (4) analysing models (of MA) against expectations (and possibly tasks constraints) - to check how far expectations are achievable - via the synthesis of the acceptable behaviours. On a practical perspective, the exploitation of the results of the analysis allows figuring out what could happen with the modelling tasks and their impacts on the whole state of models they handle. We show on two case studies (the operation of a supermarket and the modelling of the functional coverage of a system) how this exploitation provides insightful data on how the system is end-to-end operated and how it can behave. Based on this information, it is possible to take some preventive or corrective actions on how the MA are carried out. On the foundational perspective, the formal semantics of three kinds of involved models and the expectations formalism are first discussed. Then the analysis and exploitation algorithms are presented. Finally this approach is roughly compared with model checking and systems synthesis approaches. Last but not least, two enablers whose first objectives are to ease the implementation of MODEF are presented. The first one is a modular implementation of MODEF's buildings blocks. The second one is a federated architecture (FA) of models which aims to ease working with formal models in practice. Despite the fact that FA is formalised within the abstract framework of category theory, an attempt to bridge the gap between abstraction and implementation is sketched via some basic data structures and base algorithms. Several perspectives related to the different components of MODEF conclude this work
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Vanovac, Tihomir. "Conservation of Federation hotels in central Sydney." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1989. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26258.
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In the last two decades Sydney's traditional hotels have been subjected to increasing pressure of rising land values and diminishing returns and many hotels have been either
demolished or adapted for other uses. At the close of the 19th Century, there were about 300 hotels in Central sydney. By the late 1920s this number was almost halved and from 1969 to 1989 a further 46 hotels in Central Sydney have ceased trading. In 1989, there are fewer than 75 hotels in continuing use in the Central Business District, according to the Australian Hotels Association. If the rate of closure and demolition over the last ninety years is extrapolated, Sydney will lose nearly all its traditional hotels within 40 years and many of those that remain are at risk of being altered and emasculated to a point at which their cultural significance is greatly diminished. Many journalists over the years have lamented the loss of their favourite boozer, or bloodhouse, prompting the Heritage Council to commission a survey, in 1985, of all existing, adapted and demolished hotels in the Sydney Central Business District.
This thesis continues the Heritage Council's initiative and documents and analyses a clearly identifiable group of hotels within a defined geographical area.
The historical research and the documentation of demolished, adapted and threatened hotels leads to a statement of the hotels' cultural significance with respect to social, historic, architectural, urban, technological and associated values.
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Shakir, Farah. "The Iraqi Federation : origin, operation and significance." Thesis, University of Kent, 2014. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/47838/.
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The study is about federalism in Iraq. It examines Iraq as a federation not just as a post-conflict state, as much of the existing literature does. The thesis investigates the origin and formation of the Iraqi federation, as one of the new federal models, and analyses how the process of formation impacts on the operation of the Iraqi federal system. It argues that both the process of formation of the federal state and its operation are of crucial theoretical and empirical significance. The originality of this thesis lies in the fact that it is the first study to link this new federal model to classic federal theory as regards the origins and formation of federations, focusing on the new approach in the formation of federations and the deficiency of classic federal theory in general to explain the origins and formation of the new federal models of which Iraq is the most recent. This thesis considers the different approaches that have been taken by various theorists in the past and in particular bargain theory as put forward by William H. Riker. I argue that although in some respects Riker’s bargain theory can be applied to the formation of the Iraqi federation, in others it is deficient to explain it completely. New literature designed to expose the need to revise the classic federal theory, and the bargain theory in light of formation of the new federal models has only just begun to emerge. Therefore, this thesis contributes to the scholarship by updating and refining classic federal theory in general and the bargain theory in particular. Moreover, by drawing on elite interviews with contemporary political players in Iraq this thesis adds to our understanding of how one of the newest federal states operates in a practical sense. It concludes by looking at the empirical significance of the Iraqi federal model in the context of some comparative perspectives.
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Akti, Serkan. "NATO - Russian relations : status and prospectives /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Dec%5FAkti.pdf.
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Rapoport, Yuri. "A critical analysis of the extent to which the personal civil rights recognised in the constitution of the Russian Federation are enjoyed under Russian law /." Gold Coast, QLD : Bond University, 2006. http://epublications.bond.edu.au/theses/rapoport.
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Thesis (SJD) -- Bond University, 2006."This thesis is submitted to Bond University in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Legal Science"-- t.p. Bibliography: pages 117-125. Also available via the World Wide Web.
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Fletcher, Valerie. "Nineteenth century railways : federation and the constitutional conventions /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17414.pdf.
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McEachern, Cameron James. "The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and small business /." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63990.
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Lambert, Bruce Henry. "Business federation strategies : coalition building in Japan's Keidanren." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264583.
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Andrew, Robert B. "The implications of Russian Federation membership in NATO." Thesis, Monterey, California, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5631.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedDue to the recent creation of the new NATO-Russia Council on May 28, 2002, driven by the alliance in the war against terrorism spurred by the September 11, 2001 attacks, it is necessary to explore the implications of possible Russian membership in NATO. Although the creation of this new institution does not indicate the immediate entry or pursuit of a "Membership Action Plan" by Russia into NATO, it does signal the end of nearly a half-century of confrontation between NATO and Russia. It also symbolizes the entrance of a new era of security cooperation, post-Cold War but also post- September 11. The long-term stability and security of North America, Europe, and Russia remain unresolved. To date, the best and most successful security institution in Europe has been NATO. If not today, then sometime in the near future Russian membership in NATO must be addressed. If Russia were to join, then these implications could be a planning guide to ease the entry of Russia into NATO.
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Chiou, Jen-Diann. "Testing a federation architecture in collaborative design process." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41021.
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Saleem, Muhammad. "Efficient Source Selection For SPARQL Endpoint Query Federation." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-207662.
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The Web of Data has grown enormously over the last years. Currently, it comprises a large compendium of linked and distributed datasets from multiple domains. Due to the decentralised architecture of the Web of Data, several of these datasets contain complementary data. Running complex queries on this compendium thus often requires accessing data from different data sources within one query. The abundance of datasets and the need for running complex query has thus motivated a considerable body of work on SPARQL query federation systems, the dedicated means to access data distributed over the Web of Data.
This thesis addresses two key areas of federated SPARQL query processing: (1) efficient source selection, and (2) comprehensive SPARQL benchmarks to test and ranked federated SPARQL engines as well as triple stores.
Efficient Source Selection: Efficient source selection is one of the most important optimization steps in federated SPARQL query processing. An overestimation of query relevant data sources increases the network traffic, result in irrelevant intermediate results, and can significantly affect the overall query processing time. Previous works have focused on generating optimized query execution plans for fast result retrieval. However, devising source selection approaches beyond triple pattern-wise source selection has not received much attention. Similarly, only little attention has been paid to the effect of duplicated data on federated querying. This thesis presents HiBISCuS and TBSS, novel hypergraph-based source selection approaches, and DAW, a duplicate-aware source selection approach to federated querying over the Web of Data. Each of these approaches can be combined directly with existing SPARQL query federation engines to achieve the same recall while querying fewer data sources. We combined the three (HiBISCuS, DAW, and TBSS) source selections approaches with query rewriting to form a complete SPARQL query federation engine named Quetsal. Furthermore, we present TopFed, a Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) tailored federated query processing engine that exploits the data distribution to perform intelligent source selection while querying over large TCGA SPARQL endpoints. Finally, we address the issue of rights managements and privacy while accessing sensitive resources. To this end, we present SAFE: a global source selection approach that enables decentralised, policy-aware access to sensitive clinical information represented as distributed RDF Data Cubes.
Comprehensive SPARQL Benchmarks: Benchmarking is indispensable when aiming to assess technologies with respect to their suitability for given tasks. While several benchmarks and benchmark generation frameworks have been developed to evaluate federated SPARQL engines and triple stores, they mostly provide a one-fits-all solution to the benchmarking problem. This approach to benchmarking is however unsuitable to evaluate the performance of a triple store for a given application with particular requirements. The fitness of current SPARQL query federation approaches for real applications is difficult to evaluate with current benchmarks as current benchmarks are either synthetic or too small in size and complexity. Furthermore, state-of-the-art federated SPARQL benchmarks mostly focused on a single performance criterion, i.e., the overall query runtime. Thus, they cannot provide a fine-grained evaluation of the systems. We address these drawbacks by presenting FEASIBLE, an automatic approach for the generation of benchmarks out of the query history of applications, i.e., query logs and LargeRDFBench, a billion-triple benchmark for SPARQL query federation which encompasses real data as well as real queries pertaining to real bio-medical use cases.
Our evaluation results show that HiBISCuS, TBSS, TopFed, DAW, and SAFE all can significantly reduce the total number of sources selected and thus improve the overall query performance. In particular, TBSS is the first source selection approach to remain under 5% overall relevant sources overestimation. Quetsal has reduced the number of sources selected (without losing recall), the source selection time as well as the overall query runtime as compared to state-of-the-art federation engines. The LargeRDFBench evaluation results suggests that the performance of current SPARQL query federation systems on simple queries does not reflect the systems\\\' performance on more complex queries. Moreover, current federation systems seem unable to deal with many of the challenges that await them in the age of Big Data. Finally, the FEASIBLE\\\'s evaluation results shows that it generates better sample queries than the state-of-the-art. In addition, the better query selection and the larger set of query types used lead to triple store rankings which partly differ from the rankings generated by previous works.
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Khan, Babar. "Investigation and Implementation of Federation Mechanisms of SVP." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-20722.
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The development of AI application on the edge devices require integrated data, algorithms, and tools. Big companies like Google and Apple have integrated data, algorithms, and tools for building end to end systems with optimized and dedicated hardware for deep learning applications. The Bonseyes [2] EU H2020 collaborative project is an open and expandable AI platform. Bonsey's provides access to advanced tools and services that can be obtained from the data market place and eco-system of collaborative leading academic and industrial partners for adding AI to embedded products. Bonseyes AI Marketplace proposed an end to end AI pipeline to overcome these requirements for the development and deployment of AI solutions on edge devices. In Bonseyes, a Secure virtual premise (SVP) is a secure and protected area for the collaborative and systematic development of AI using Machine Learning AI Pipelines. The centralized SVP has limitations like scalability, reliability, and load balancing. This thesis work focuses on the enhancement of SVP and its mechanisms to adopt a distributed and federated architecture for better performance and fast development of AI applications. It investigates various federation mechanisms and implements a distributed and federated SVP. A Marketplace rendezvous host is designed and implemented from where multiple distributed compute resources can be started, controlled, and stopped by a user. Users and distributed locations related data are stored in an SQLite relational database. Communication between entities of distributed and federated SVP is enabled using HTTPs protocol and PKI Infrastructure is used for authentication and authorization of users. We evaluate the performance of our implementation by calculating the start-up time of multiple resources until a user can perform AI Engineering. The results show that time is directly proportional to the number of nodes started.
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Pysh, Danya L. "A survey of the current state of Russian public relations." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/438.
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Zi︠u︡ganov, G. A. "Rossii︠a︡ i sovremennyĭ mir." Moskva : Informat︠s︡ionno-izdatelʹskoe agenstvo "Obozrevatelʹ", 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/33413868.html.
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Urs, Ion Social Sciences & International Studies Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences UNSW. "The empowerment of aggressive state ideology in two periods of Russian history." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Social Sciences & International Studies, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40568.
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The concepts of power and state - particularly embedded in the idea of the Great Power, with a geopolitical perspective and a profoundly aggressive character - are tantamount in importance to the Russia's elite political ideology. However, the existence of different emphases within such a political ideology, ranging from the active-obstructive to the passive stances, brings into question the factors of variation that might be responsible for the elite's level of determination to pursue these concepts over an internal or foreign policy development. In addressing this query, two tasks are set: descriptive - involving a survey of the content of Russian aggressive political ideology over different periods in history; and explanatory - determining circumstances that might account for the empowerment of one or other option of Russian aggressive political ideology. Therefore, the thesis includes a comparison of historical periods with similar relevance to the Russian state. The concern here is in relation to shifting factors of variations of aggressive political ideology acting in the space-frame of one state, but in different time-frame. Resting on these frames the thesis explores the shaping of the Russian elite's defining principles of state internal and foreign policy development and traces the factors of variation responsible for the empowerment of one or other particular form of the aggressive political ideology. The factors of variation discussed in the thesis are different in nature and intensity. The primary impetus for variation in the form that aggressive political ideology would take is determined by the factor of national distress. Other factors (regime volatility, political and economic motivations, information dissemination, and challenges within the international system) are responsible for the depth and extent to which aggressive ideology is going to resonate. No factor could create the variation by itself. The argument is that a specific set of factors is required to create the conditions for variations in the form the aggressive political ideology would take and to determine whether aggressive ideology would generate or not an obstructive political decision.
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Hawkins, Laurie, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Education and society in Moscow : teachers' perceptions." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1999, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/111.
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Within the span of less than a decade, Russian teachers have lived through the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of Communist rule, the emergence of a free market economy and levels of inflation which have pushed much of the population into poverty. Restrictive government poliies have been replaced with an infrastructure often described as corrupt and infeffective. New laws on education now allow for innovative curriculums and methodology, but economic restrictions have limited much possiblity for change. The purpose of this descriptive study is to examine the perceptions of Moscow educators regarding public educaion and society in Russia. Selected teachers were surveyed and interviewed about their perceptions of recent soical, political and economic changes within Russia; communism and the future of communism in Russia; democracy in Russia; schooling, students and teachers in general in Moscow; the creditation and training of educators in Russia; their responsibilities as educators in Russia; and the future of their individual professional lives. The study discusses the context of education and schooling in Moscow, provides data from a Likert type quesitonnaire and personal interviews, discusses the quantitative and qualitative data and uses a one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with teachers' age as the variable. Major findings include teachers' perceptions that the political and economic changes in Russia are "inevitable." Teachers' lives continue to be restricted, however, that restriction is dictated by economics as opposed to political repression. The fall of the communist state is considered desirable and teachers are unsure if the communist party will ever again form the government of Russia. Teachers do not consider themselves to be "free" or Russia to be a true democracy, and most are undecided if Russia will become a true democracy in their lifetime. As well, the quality of public education is seen to have suffered since the end of the Soviet state with severe underfunding limiting the opportunities for innovative practice. Teachers, however, believe that educators in Russia are well-
prepared to be professional teachers in post-communist Russia. They also believe that teachers are responsible for fostering a sense of Russian nationalism and instilling proper values in students. They have an important role to play in shaping Russian society in the future and are optimistic about the future of the teaching profession and the role they will play in determing that future.1 v. (various pagings) ; 29 cm.
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Golubchikov, Oleg. "Cities of the Russian northwest in a new space economy : global forces, local contexts." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670150.
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Rogers, Nathalia Ablovatskaya. "The politics of business in an age of transition : political attitudes and political participation of the Russian capital owners." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36787.
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Significant and rapid social change has occurred in Russia in the recent decade. With the collapse of communism and the dissolution of the former socialist block, Russian society entered a new stage of development, a stage of transformation towards a capitalist society with a democratic political system. In the course of this transformation, a new social group of Russian private capital owners has emerged.This research focuses on the political attitudes and political participation of Russian businessmen who own and manage their own capital. In particular, it examines the extent to which capital owners are willing to support the consolidation of the democratic regime in Russia. The analysis was based on interviews with 60 capital owners conducted in Moscow, the capital of Russia. I examine their attitudes towards democracy, democratic institutions and democratic procedures, along with their ways of political participation in correlation with the size and origin of the capital that the businessmen own, controlling for age, education and political past. The purpose of this analysis was to establish if structural conditions such as the size and origin of the capital might play a role in a capital owners' pro-liberal political orientation.
Three main conclusions emerge from this research: (1) Russian capital owners are not uniformly pro-liberal in their political orientation, some businessmen being hostile to democratic political rule, and others having only limited pro-liberal political attitudes; (2) those capital owners who have pro-liberal political attitudes, limited or not, are the least likely to participate politically; (3) owners of small and medium sized independent type capital constitute the most pro-democratic group among Russian businessmen.
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Duller, Michael [Verfasser]. "Management and Federation of Stream Processing Applications / Michael Duller." München : Verlag Dr. Hut, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1021719420/34.
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Delage, Benoit. "Three essays on policy function assignment in a federation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25040.pdf.
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Akhmetzyanova, Leyla. "Modeling Income-Based Residential Segregation in Moscow, Russian Federation." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-105298.
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This thesis investigates spatial patterns of income-based residential segregation at the neighborhood level in the Russian capital city Moscow within new administrative boundaries, which have received relatively little attention in prior studies. It is argued that Moscow faces high levels of income inequality exacerbated by growing levels of spatial segregation between the affluent and prestigious Center – South-West and poor industrial South – South-East. Applying a whole set of quantitative methods complemented with computer mapping techniques, based on the latest 2013 data by the City of Moscow Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics and 2010 Census data, this study provides new insights into spatial differentiation processes and elaborates policy solutions aimed at addressing economic disparities in the city. A key finding of this thesis is that income segregation in the study area has been driven to a larger extent by the isolation of very poor neighborhoods from middle- and upper-income areas.
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Larsen, Signe. "The European Union as a federation : a constitutional analysis." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2018. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3787/.
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What type of political association is the European Union? From the start of the European integration process, this question has puzzled scholars. Many different answers have been offered, but in the absence of an agreed response, most scholars implicitly avoid the issue by suggesting that the European Union is ‘sui generis’. In contrast, this thesis maintains that the European Union is a federation (Bund): a political union of states founded on a federal treaty-constitution that does not constitute a new federal state. The thesis maintains, further, that the federation is a discrete form of political association on a par with, though differentiated from, the empire and the state. The thesis aims to make three contributions. First, to contribute to the constitutional theory of the European Union by solving the mystery of its political form. Second, to contribute to the constitutional theory of the federation through an in-depth case study of the European Union as a federal union of states. Third, to contribute to both European Union studies and federalism studies by showing, first, how some of the most profound constitutional questions of the contemporary European Union raised by the rise of authoritarianism in Poland and Hungary and the Eurozone crisis can be properly understood on the basis of the constitutional theory of the federation. Second, by demonstrating how these contemporary issues shed light on the most difficult question for the constitutional theory of the federation: whether, to what extent and under what circumstances the Union has authority to intervene in the internal constitutional affairs of its Member States.
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DAVAL, FREROT CLAUDE. "Federation de courtiers de ressources en environnement reparti objet." Besançon, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999BESA2028.
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Le contexte general de cette these se situe aux frontieres des domaines systemes, parallelisme et reseaux. Les applications informatiques consommant toujours davantage de ressources, nous cherchons a concevoir des mecanismes qui permettent a ces applications d'etre plus performantes. Regroupes autour du terme de federation, des courtiers de ressources sont utilises pour repartir des ressources materielles proposees par certains, requises par d'autres. Sur une infrastructure objet, en l'occurrence corba et en suivant le modele de reference rm-odp, nous modifions une entite nommee courtier, normalisee, en la specialisant pour qu'elle ne traite que des offres et des demandes de ressources. Nous lui integrons notamment des politiques de repartition et de la qos. Par une etude preliminaire et des simulations appropriees, nous montrons que le courtier est un bon mediateur pour la repartition des ressources dans une infrastructure organisee.
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Bobade, Kailas B. "Personalized Credential Negotiation Based on Policy Individualization in Federation." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1259734008.
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Lee, Shong Cheng. "Class translator for the Federation Interoperability Object Model (FIOM)." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://sirsi.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Mar%5FLeeSC.pdf.
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Knox, Zoe 1975. "The struggle for religious pluralism : Russian orthodoxy and civil society in post-Soviet Russia." Monash University, Centre for European Studies, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8283.
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Noble, Ben. "Rethinking 'rubber stamps' : legislative subservience, executive factionalism, and policy-making in the Russian State Duma." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6a027f93-90d6-4ecc-9346-48712a003de0.
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Conventional wisdom views authoritarian legislatures as 'rubber stamps'. According to this model, non-democratic parliaments are entirely subservient to dominant executives, having no influence on the development of policy; as a result, all bills introduced into the legislature become laws without amendment. Although these bodies might perform other functions, they serve - according to this account - a purely ceremonial function in the policy-making process. There is evidence, however, inconsistent with this portrayal from a range of non-democracies, including evidence of executive bill failure and bill amendment. Existing attempts to explain these apparently deviant observations refer to some degree of legislative autonomy - bills fail and change as a result of legislator influence. According to these accounts, authoritarian elites use legislatures to co-opt members of the opposition and to gather information about citizen grievances. This dissertation, in contrast, argues that legislative activity in non-democracies can be driven by executive concerns. Whereas the 'rubber stamp' model infers from executive dominance an absence of legislative activity, the approach proposed by this dissertation suggests there are a variety of reasons why executive actors might want to amend or kill off their own bills in the legislature. In particular, these legislative policy developments can result from clashes between executive factions, which use legislative institutions to monitor, challenge, and amend each others' proposals. This dissertation proposes and assesses this new approach using fine-grained data on legislative processes and outputs from the contemporary Russian State Duma. The analysis draws on a variety of data sources, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The findings suggest that legislative institutions can still 'matter' in non-democracies, even with an entirely subservient body of legislators.
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Barnovi, Andro. "Russian stance in the Caucasus and the national security strategy of Georgia." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FBarnovi.pdf.
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Amerling, Leah. "Russia and China : the impact of reform and the prospect of democracy /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA404713.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2002.Thesis advisor(s): Lyman Miller, Donald Abenheim. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-59). Also available online.
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Smirnova, Li︠u︡dmila Vladimirovna. "Prodovolʹstvennoe snabzhenie grazhdanskogo naselenii︠a︡ severo-zapadnogo regiona RSFSR v period Velikoĭ Otechestvennoĭ voĭny na materialakh Leningradskoĭ, Pskovskoĭ, Novgorodskoĭ oblasteĭ /." Sankt-Peterburg : Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ gos. universitet, 1996. http://dds.crl.edu/CRLdelivery.asp?tid=12022.
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Abstract of Thesis (kandidat istoricheskikh nauk)--S.-Peterb. gos. un-t, 1996.At head of title: Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet. "Na pravakh rukopisi." Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14).
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T︠S︡vetkov, V. Zh. "Agrarnai︠a︡ politika belogvardeĭskikh pravitelʹstv Denikina i Vrangeli︠a︡, 1919-1920 gg." Moskva : [Mosk. ped. gos. un-t im. V.I. Lenina], 1996. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/33706.
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Smith, George Terence. "Federation and fullness, a history of the early years of federation at the University of Toronto from the viewpoint of the three denominational colleges." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0001/NQ28323.pdf.
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