Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-166). / Microfiche. / 166 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Shizuhiko Nishisato.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Shizuhiko Nishisato.

Li Chi Yin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-80). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Unidimensional Scaling (UDS) --- p.15 / Chapter 1.3 --- Circular Unidimensional Scaling (CDS) --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4 --- The Goodness of fit of models --- p.24 / Chapter 1.5 --- The admissible transformations of the MDS configuration --- p.26 / Chapter 2 --- "Computational Methods on MDS, UDS and CDS" --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1 --- Classical Scaling --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2 --- Guttman's updating algorithm and Pliner's smoothing algorithm --- p.36 / Chapter 2.3 --- Circular Unidimensional Scaling/Circumplex Model --- p.43 / Chapter 3 --- A new algorithm for CDS --- p.45 / Chapter 3.1 --- Method of choosing a good starting value in Guttman's updating algorithm and Pliner's smoothing algorithm --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2 --- A new approach for circular unidimensional scaling --- p.54 / Chapter 3.3 --- Examples --- p.62 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Comparison of the new approach to existing method --- p.62 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Illustrations of application to political data --- p.64 / Chapter 4 --- Conclusion and Extensions --- p.67 / Chapter A --- Figures and Tables --- p.70 / Chapter B --- References --- p.78

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2008. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-72). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-72). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-80) and index.

by Shum Suk-Chong. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-49). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / CHAPTER / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Statement of Problem --- p.2 / Focus of Research --- p.3 / Job Characteristics Model --- p.4 / Number of Response Categories --- p.6 / Response Sets of the Chinese --- p.7 / Importance of this Study --- p.9 / Development of the Research Hypotheses --- p.10 / Research Hypothesis in the Null Form --- p.10 / Chapter II --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.12 / Design of Questionnaire --- p.12 / Layout of Section I --- p.13 / Layout of Section II --- p.14 / Layout of Section III --- p.15 / Pre-testing and Adjustments --- p.16 / Selection of Respondents --- p.16 / Estimates for the Variables --- p.17 / Transforming the Scale --- p.18 / Response Rate --- p.19 / Chapter III --- RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.21 / Research Hypotheses --- p.21 / Research Hypothesis in the Null Form --- p.22 / Reliability Coefficients --- p.22 / Means and Standard Deviations --- p.24 / T-tests on Means and F-tests on Standard Deviations --- p.24 / Correlation Among Factors --- p.25 / Conclusion --- p.26 / Chapter IV --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.27 / Response Scale --- p.27 / Validity of Job Characteristics Model in Hong Kong . --- p.28 / Characteristics of University Graduates in Hong Kong --- p.29 / Limitations of Study --- p.29 / Implications for Future Study --- p.31 / APPENDIX --- p.33 / Questions used in Questionnaire --- p.44 / REFERENCES --- p.48

Lau Yung Hang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-82). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / List of Figures --- p.viii / List of Tables --- p.x / List of Algorithms --- p.xi / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Justifying the Need for US and DTW --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Motivating Examples --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Contributions --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Organization --- p.10 / Chapter 2 --- Problem Definition --- p.11 / Chapter 3 --- Preliminaries --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Time Warping Distance --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2 --- Constraints and Lower Bounding --- p.16 / Chapter 3.3 --- Uniform Scaling --- p.20 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Lower bounding uniform scaling --- p.21 / Chapter 4 --- Scaling and Time Warping --- p.23 / Chapter 4.1 --- Tightness of the lower bounds --- p.27 / Chapter 4.2 --- Experimental Evaluation --- p.32 / Chapter 5 --- A Faster and more Flexible Approach --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Enveloping Sequences Revisited --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2 --- Speeding up LB Distance Computation --- p.43 / Chapter 5.3 --- Experimental Evaluation --- p.44 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Query Time Comparison --- p.44 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Effect on Pruning Power --- p.46 / Chapter 6 --- Indexing for SWM --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1 --- Related Work --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Fast subsequence matching --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Duality-based subsequence matching --- p.50 / Chapter 6.1.3 --- Nearest Neighbor Search --- p.53 / Chapter 6.1.4 --- Dimension Reduction --- p.57 / Chapter 6.2 --- Proposed Indexing for SWM --- p.60 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Index construction algorithm --- p.60 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Utilizing the index --- p.61 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Nearest Neighbor Search --- p.63 / Chapter 6.3 --- Experimental Evaluation --- p.64 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Range Queries --- p.64 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- One nearest neighbor search --- p.68 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- k-nearest neighbor search --- p.72 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.76 / Bibliography --- p.78