Thesis (M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Howard, Richard M. Second Reader: Hauser, James P. "March 1990." Description based on signature page as viewed on August 25, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Aerodynamic configurations, remotely piloted vehicles, military aircraft, lightweight, research aircraft, canard configurations, wings, aerodynamic drag, computer programs, scaling factor, aerodynamic stability, performance(engineering), comparison, microcomputers, trade off analysis, aeronautical engineering, theses. DTIC Identifier(s): Pusher propellers, Tandem wing aircraft, Joined wing aircraft, Three surface aircraft. Author(s) subject terms: Aircraft design, remotely piloted vehicle, RPV, configuration, experimental Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 1983. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 1983. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-148). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 1983. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Adler, Richard W. Second Reader: Vincent, Wilbur R. "June 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on March 24, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Ionosphere Propagation, IONCAP Computer Program, Prophet Computer Program, High Frequency, Microcomputers, Theses. Author(s) subject terms: High Frequency (HF), Ionospheric Propagation. Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-53). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-164).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 24).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-86).

Although computers have long been studied in terms of their changing price/performance ratio, the issue of accounting for performance in computer systems has not been adequately addressed. This paper addresses the topic in three ways. First, a survey of IS Managers and business "power-users" of personal computers was conducted to empirically determine the attributes of computer systems that provide value to users; these results guide subsequent choices regarding the operationalisation of user value. Second, an index of system performance was developed from published performance benchmarks and used as a direct measure of performance in the hedonic function. Third, a set of technical proxies was shown to adequately reproduce the performance index derived above, and was used in an alternate specification of the hedonic function. Using data on IBM-PC compatible laptop and desktop systems, price indexes were constructed using both approaches to performance measurement. The results demonstrated that both approaches yielded good explanatory power and nearly identical estimates of the rate of quality adjusted price change in PC systems. Thus, the set of technical proxies could be used to operationalise performance in a larger data set for which direct performance measures are unavailable. For the 1990s, laptop PCs were found to have decreased in quality adjusted price at an average of 39% per year while the corresponding figure for desktop PCs was 35% per year.