Submitted by Johnny Rodrigues (johnnyrodrigues@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-08-09T17:52:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CARLOS ANTONIO PEREIRA DA SILVA - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGMAT 2014..pdf: 597533 bytes, checksum: 741e2e32988fe89dd00df90b6aa0c5c9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T17:52:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CARLOS ANTONIO PEREIRA DA SILVA - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGMAT 2014..pdf: 597533 bytes, checksum: 741e2e32988fe89dd00df90b6aa0c5c9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08 / Capes / Neste trabalho, como uma aplicação adequada do bem conhecido Princípio do Máximo Generalizado de Omori-Yau, obtemos resultados relativos a rigidez para hipersuperfícies tipo-espaço completas imersas na metade Hn+1 do espaço de De Sitter Sn+11 , que é chamado de steady state space. Por outro lado, usando uma isometria equivalente para o modeloHn+1, estenderemos nossos resultados a uma família maior de espaços-tempos. Por fim, estudaremos também a singularidade de gráficos verticais inteiros nesses espaços-tempos ambiente. / In this work, as a suitable application of the well known generalized Maximum Principle of Omori-Yau, we obtain rigidity results concerning to complete spacelike hypersurfaces immersed in the half Hn+1 of the de Sitter spaceSn+11 , which models the so-called steady state space. Moreover, by using an isometrically equivalent model for Hn+1, we extend our results to a wider family of spacetimes. Finally, we also study the uniqueness of entire vertical graphs in such ambient spacetimes.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-02-16T09:52:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 alamsilvamenezes.pdf: 8301590 bytes, checksum: aed618e30f38206da4bf4f329924f87e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-02-26T12:30:53Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 alamsilvamenezes.pdf: 8301590 bytes, checksum: aed618e30f38206da4bf4f329924f87e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-26T12:30:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 alamsilvamenezes.pdf: 8301590 bytes, checksum: aed618e30f38206da4bf4f329924f87e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-01 / A presente tese propõe soluções ao problema da explicitação do conteúdo espectral de processos estacionários e não estacionários, com aplicações na estimação de frequência, estimação da densidade espectral de potência e no monitoramento do espectro. A técnica de estimação de frequência proposta nesta tese, baseada na warped discrete Fourier transform, apresenta, de acordo com as simulações computacionais, o melhor desempenho frente às demais técnicas comparadas, atingindo o Cramer-Rao bound para uma ampla faixa de relação sinal ruído. Em relação a estimação da densidade espectral de potência, a Hartley Multitaper method, proposta nesta tese, apresenta desempenho similar à multitaper method, em termos da variância de estimação e da polarização do espectro, mas simpli cação de implementação. Uma técnica para monitoramento do espectro para sistemas power line communication é proposta, levando em consideração o conceito de quanta e a diversidade observada quando os sinais são aquisitados a partir da rede de energia elétrica e do ar. Baseando-se em sinais sintéticos, gerados em computador, assim como dados de medição do espectro, obtidos utilizando uma antena e o cabo de energia elétrica como elementos sensores, veri fica-se que o desempenho da técnica proposta supera a monitoração padrão, sobretudo quando a diversidade gerada pelo cabo e pela antena sobre o sinal monitorado é explorada na detecção. / This dissertation aims at discussing solutions to deal with spectral analysis of stationary and non-stationary processes for frequency estimation, power spectral density estimation and spectral monitoring applications. The frequency estimation techniques are assessed through computer simulations. The proposed technique for frequency estimation is based on warped discrete Fourier transform outperforms other techniques, achieving the Cramer-Rao Bound for a wide range of signal to noise ratio. Regarding the power spectral density estimation, the proposed Hartley Multitaper Method shows similar performance, in terms of variance of estimates and polarization spectrum; however, it can simplify the implementation complexity. The introduced spectrum sensing technique is based on quanta de nition and the diversity o ered by the signals acquired from the electric power grids and the air. Based on computer-generation data and those one obtained during a measurement campaign, which one in this thesis is evaluated using synthetic signals, generated by computer, as well as measurement data of the spectrum. The numerical results show that the proposed technique outperforms a previous technique and can attain the very detection ratio and the very low false alarm when the diversity yielded by electric power grid and air is exploited.

Cette thèse présente divers problèmes d'estimation fonctionnelle adaptative par sélection d'estimateurs en projection ou à noyaux, utilisant des critères inspirés à la fois de la sélection de modèles et des méthodes de Lepski. Le point commun de nos travaux est l'utilisation de données transformées et/ou incomplètes. La première partie est consacrée à une procédure d'estimation par "déformation'', dont la pertinence est illustrée pour l'estimation des fonctions suivantes : régression additive et multiplicative, densité conditionnelle, fonction de répartition dans un modèle de censure par intervalle, risque instantané pour des données censurées à droite. Le but est de reconstruire une fonction à partir d'un échantillon de couples aléatoires (X,Y). Nous utilisons les données déformées (ф(X),Y) pour proposer des estimateurs adaptatifs, où ф est une fonction bijective que nous estimons également (par exemple la fonction de répartition de X). L'intérêt est double : d'un point de vue théorique, les estimateurs ont des propriétés d'optimalité au sens de l'oracle ; d'un point de vue pratique, ils sont explicites et numériquement stables. La seconde partie s'intéresse à un problème à deux échantillons : nous comparons les distributions de deux variables X et Xₒ au travers de la densité relative, définie comme la densité de la variable Fₒ(X) (Fₒ étant la répartition de Xₒ). Nous construisons des estimateurs adaptatifs, à partir d'un double échantillon de données, possiblement censurées. Des bornes de risque non-asymptotiques sont démontrées, et des vitesses de convergences déduites. / This thesis presents various problems of adaptive functional estimation, using projection and kernel methods, and criterions inspired both by model selection and Lepski's methods. The common point of the studied statistical setting is to deal with transformed and/or incomplete data. The first part proposes a method of estimation with a "warping" device which permits to handle the estimation of functions such as additive and multiplicative regression, conditional density, hazard rate based on randomly right-censored data, and cumulative distribution function from current-status data. The aim is to estimate a function from a sample of random variable (X,Y). We use the warped data (ф(X),Y), to propose adaptive estimators, where ф is a one-to-one function that we also estimate (e.g. the cumulative distribution function of X). The interest is twofold. From the theoretical point of view, the estimators are optimal in the oracle sense. From the practical point of view, they can be easily computed, thanks to their simple explicit expression. The second part deals with a two-sample problem : we compare the distribution of two variables X and Xₒ by studying the relative density, defined as the density of Fₒ(X) (Fₒ is the c.d.f. of Xₒ). We build adaptive estimators, from a double data-sample, possibly censored. Non-asymptotic risk bounds are proved, and convergence rates are also derived.

Main concern of the thesis is a structural design of main load bearing elements of steel, four-storey high administration building. Designed building has 36 m long and 24 m wide rectangular footprint. Roof is shaped into a hyperbolic paraboloid surface. Main load bearing structure is consisting of six main cross sections formed by truss columns, and generally curved roof truss beams, accompanied by storey supporting frames with composite slabs. Overall shape of the roof is defined by warped surface. Cladding of the building is consisting of aluminium facade system.

Under senare år har smartphones växt till att bli det mest populära sättet att besöka internet. I takt med detta har även väntande online blivit mer påverkat av externa faktorer kopplat till användarkontexten, exempelvis visuella och auditiva distraktioner. I studien utforskar vi nödvändiga designval vars syfte är att anpassa designen efter en allt mer varierande omgivning och påverkande distraktioner med avseende i en minskad upplevd väntetid för användaren. Vi utforskar och utvärderar olika sätt att designa med syftet att minska användarens upplevda väntetid och därmed bidra till en mer positiv helhetsupplevelse under smartphoneanvändandet. Studiens bidrag landar i tre designförslag till hur laddare kan designas för en bättre upplevd väntetid i en mobil användarkontext med externa distraktioner i åtanke. / The recent years have seen smartphone use grow to become the most popular way to access the web. With this, waiting online has also become increasingly affected by surrounding factors connected to context, for example through visual and auditory distractions. In the study, we explore necessary design-choices in order to adapt the design to the increasingly varied surroundings and distractions in a smartphone environment and to reduce the user(s) perceived waiting time. We explore and evaluate ways to design with the purpose to shorten the user(s) perceived waiting time and therefore lead to a more positive user experience during smartphone use. The study’s contribution results in three design suggestions for how loaders can be designed for a better perceived waiting time within a mobile user context with external distractions in mind. / <p>Tilldelad pris för bästa kandidatuppsats inom informatik vid Högskolan i Halmstad år 2020.</p>