Thesis (M.S.)--Georgia State University, 2004. / Title from title screen. Sushil K. Prasad, committee chair; Anu Bourgeois, Alex Zelikovsky, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Feb. 26, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-59). Source code: p. 75-123.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-344). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. / Keywords: Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling(DVFS); Energy; Graphics Process Unit(GPU); Multiple Clock Domain(MCD). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81).

The use of mobile phones and other mobile devices are becoming widespread and almost all of these mobile devices have some sort of mobile Internet access. Due to the increase in mobile Internet usage, many websites need altering in order to become mobile compatible. Creating a mobile compatible version of a website is challenging due to formatting and capability restrictions imposed by the mobile device. Currently, one of the popular methods of creating a mobile compatible website involves the creation of a new, dedicated mobile version of the website. However, this approach can prove to be expensive, and repetitive, since a fully functional desktop version of the website often already exists. A second method involves the use of a transformation proxy to transform the traditional website into a mobile compatible version. This research develops a transformation framework that enables a web developer to create a single set of source files that can be used to render output compatible with both traditional and mobile devices. In developing this framework, capabilities and restrictions of the mobile device were examined. Furthermore, current mobile web development guidelines and best practices were discussed. This resulted in the development of a method to identify and outline areas of a traditional website for transformation into a mobile friendly format. Furthermore, a transformation engine that allowed processing of the traditional website into a mobile compatible website was developed. This transformation engine extracted the outlined areas, and rendered the extracted content, all while maintaining the website’s original functionality. The development of a prototype verified that the transformation concepts are valid, and provided for the development of guidelines and recommendations. The development of a framework to enable the web developer to create a website once, and enable it to adapt its output for mobile devices, will have a positive impact on the development of content for the mobile web.

In today's world, desktop computers have become such an integral part of our lives that it is practically impossible to imagine anything being done without the aid of computers. As the world becomes more and more fast paced and users feel a need to have computers on the go, desktop computers have reduced in size without compromising on performance. The late 90s saw the desktop segment make room for the laptop and the small screen devices (SSD) segment, which demonstrated faster growth rates than the desktop segment. The SSD segment, however, had a growth rate that was nowhere near the combined growth rate of desktop and laptop computers. Portability of SSD was one factor that stood out among many others to account for the unprecedented growth rate of the SSD segment that the computer industry had witnessed. One of the most important, albeit under-represented and neglected, factors of a product is its usability. Usability, or the ease with which a product can be used, can be considered to be one of the most important factors in the success or failure of product. Determining the usability of small screen devices presents a bigger challenge, primarily because of the screen size of the SSD. The process of usability engineering aims to solve some/most of the problems that the SSD has. To make up for the drawbacks of usability engineering, systems engineering was used in this thesis, since both disciplines have considerable overlap in their processes. A growing number of SSD users use the Internet in one form or the other. The Internet has grown rapidly in the last decade, and nearly everyone using the Internet has come across a search engine sometime or other. Although research has been limited to the area of desktop search engines, there has not been enough research done in the area of search engines for small screen devices. This thesis compares two different search engines on small screen devices to find the better between the two. To do so, it takes a close look at the usability engineering approach from a system engineering perspective revealing several deficiencies, which may have hitherto gone unnoticed. It also shows a method to integrate several key Systems Engineering components into the usability engineering approach. / Graduation date: 2006

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drexel University, 2005. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-163).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Florida, 2002. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 79 p.; also contains graphics. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2007. / "August, 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-104). Online version available on the World Wide Web.