Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 1974. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-96).

The author's inaugural dissertation, Zürich. / Lebenslauf. Issued also without thesis note. "Notenbeispiele": p. 84-91.

Inaug.-Diss.--Bonn. / Lebenslauf. "Verzeichnis der benutzten Literatur": p. 72-74.

In my thesis, I am trying to discover the beauty of proportion in architecture. I want to find the harmony and relationship between the elevation and interior spaces. After years of architectural learning, I always start a project from plan drawings. But it all finished by designing a facade which is completely separate from the interior space. The question of how to design an elevation has confused me. I believe the design of the elevation should be an integral part of the process of architectural design. Therefore, in this thesis, I made a series of studies about proportion in order to have a deeper understanding of the relationships between elements in architecture. the relationships between elements in architecture. / Master of Architecture

The development of solo literature for the bass trombone came relatively late in the history of instruments. Though the development of solo literature for this instrument and the birth and development of jazz occurring at the same time in history may be coincidental, the influence of one on the other is undeniable. Because of the large percentage of solo bass trombone literature that is influenced by jazz due to this coincidence, it is necessary that even a classically trained bass trombonist include jazz as a part of the study curriculum. In order to exemplify the influences of jazz harmony and jazz style on bass trombone literature, it was decided that the pieces chosen would be either from the library of standard bass trombone literature or would be an outstanding example for this topic. Then, the stylistic influences must be proved as being derived from the jazz idiom. The same must be shown true for any jazz harmonies discussed. For this topic, the following pieces were chosen: Eugène Bozza's New Orleans composed in 1962, Alec Wilder's Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano composed in 1969, and Daniel Schnyder's subZERO: Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra composed in 1999.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-131).

The harmony search algorithm was developed in 2001 as a heuristic optimisation algorithm for use in diverse optimisation problems. After its introduction it was extensively used in multiple engineering disciplines with great success. In order to demonstrate the value of harmony search in computer vision applications I developed four novel algorithms based on harmony search that efficiently solves three problems that are commonly found in computer vision, namely visual tracking, visual correspondence matching and binary image restoration. Computer vision is a large discipline that includes solving many different kinds of optimisation problems. Many of these optimisation problems are discontinuous with derivative information difficult or impossible to come by. The most common solution is to use population based statistical optimisation algorithms like the particle filter, genetic algorithms, PSO, etc. but harmony search has never been investigated as a possible alternative. This is surprising since harmony search has been shown to be superior to these methods in several other engineering disciplines. I therefore aim to show that harmony search deserves to be included in the computer vision researcher's toolbox of optimisation algorithms through the introduction of four novel algorithms based on harmony search that solve three diverse problems in computer vision. First the harmony filter (HF) is introduced as a visual tracking algorithm that is shown to be superior to the particle filter and the unscented Kalman filter (UKF) in both speed and accuracy for robust tracking in challenging situations. The directed correspondence search (DCS) algorithm is then introduced as a solution to the visual correspondence problem. Finally, two algorithms, counterpoint harmony search (CHS) and largest error first harmony search (LEFHS), are introduced for the blind deconvolution of binary images. Comparative results from these algorithms are very promising. The harmony filter was compared with the particle filter and the UKF both of which have been extensively used in visual tracking. In challenging situations consisting of rapid and erratic target movement, extended periods of total and partial occlusion and changing light conditions, the HF proved to be more accurate and faster on average than both the particle filter and the UKF. Under various conditions I show that the HF is at least 2 times faster than a UKF implementation and 4 times faster than a particle filter implementation (using 300 particles). While there are fewer algorithms specialising in the blind deconvolution of binary images, CHS and LEFHS were compared with a current state-of-the-art method and proved to be more robust to noise and more accurate. LEFHS is the only algorithm currently available that can recover a 24 x 12 binary image using blind deconvolution to 100% accuracy without putting constraints on the point spread function (blurring kernel). During the development of these algorithms several valuable insights into the inner workings of harmony search were discovered. In each application harmony search had to be adapted in a different way and with each new adaptation a deeper understanding of the advantages of harmony search is revealed. Knowing which components may be modified without degrading performance is key to adapting harmony search for use in diverse problems and allows one to use harmony search in situations it was not originally designed for without losing its superior performance. These insights and the adaptation strategies that they lead to are the main contribution of this thesis.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Accompanied by 3 compact discs with preliminary examples and village music, Bulgarian wedding music, and choral and instrumental obrabotki. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 527-529) and discography (leaves 529-531). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.

Inaug.-Diss.-Bonn. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 285-289.