Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, November, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-130). Also available via the Internet.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-181).

The following thesis is a 38,400 word document of a part-time PhD by project undertaken at the painting department of The Royal College of Art between October 2002 and September 2008. The purpose of this research has been to reflect on how an expansive interpretation of the architectural model operates as a mode of fragmentary thought for dwelling. I extend critical / theoretical approaches to the use of the model within my art practice, and its equivalent, 'the essay form,' in the written component of the thesis. I begin by deflning the use of the model within a speciflc work I made early in the project, and also discuss the model's ability to operate between more rigidly deflned disciplines of knowledge. I use Benjamin's notion of immanent critique to reflect on the poeticised potential of the model form to unfold information, by probing the rapport between materials and motifs, groupings and spacings and the made and the found. I also show how the process of thought through the material development of the work, informed an equivalent fragmentary approach to writing. In the four main chapters, I attend to a critical pairing four Bruegel paintings and four particular buildings to understand how both painting and building can be revealed as a thought model for dwelling. The chapters in the following order read Bruegel's Fall of Icarus in relation to Casa Malaparte, Procession to Calvary with Melnikov's Cylindical House Studio, The Tower of Babel with Kiesler's unbuilt notion of The Endless House, and flnally the two dwellings initiated by Wittgenstein with Hunters in the Snow. I conclude by returning briefly to a recent piece of my own work to consider how the model of thought for dwelling has developed within my current practice.

The process of model generation is key to the realization of a Simulation Model Development Environment. Model generation is facilitated in the environment via the Model Generator - a software utility that assists a modeler in the development of a simulation model specification. Since modeling is inherently creative, the correct assistance provided to a modeler can neither be derived algorithmically, nor proved mathematically. Only through experimentation with prototypical assistance forms can we begin to understand the meaning of correctness. This thesis describes the development of a Model Generator prototype for the Simulation Model Development Environment. A review of the literature indicates the need for more extensive questioning of the model generation process to identify the proper foundational support than 1s available in applications designed under the program generation approach. The Conical Methodology provides the Conceptual Framework, and the Condition Specification provides the target specification form for the Model Generator prototype. A set of algorithms to derive a condition specification via a series of interactive dialogues is presented, and the results of early prototype experimentation are discussed. New questions are raised as to the role of relational attributes in the Conical Methodology and the extent and types of model analysis provided by a Model Generator. Finally, an analysis of the Model Generator as a platform for the assessment of the Conical Methodology/Condition Specification is given and directions for future research outlined. / Master of Science

This thesis examines those aspects of simulation with digital computers which concern the use of conceptual frameworks (CFs) for the design and implementation of a model. A literature review of CFs which are in common use is conducted. These CFs are applied to a complex modeling problem, a traffic intersection system. A comparative review of the CFs is given based upon the lessons learned from the above applications, and a taxonomy is developed. The research clarifies the differences that exist among the myriad of CFs in use today. In particular, the comparative review highlights the significant CF features that are necessary for successful model representation of discrete-event systems. The taxonomy provides a useful and meaningful classification of CFs and produces insights in to the conceptual relationships that exist among them. The characteristics of CFs that are desired to enable the development of model specifications that are analyzable, domain independent, and fully translatable are identified. The roles of CFs are better understood and specific potential directions for future research are pinpointed. / Master of Science