Network Synthesis

Contains research objectives and reports on three research objectives

Volume 58 - Issue 3 - October, 1947

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Network Applications and the Utah Homeless Network

Graph theory is the foundation on which social network analysis (SNA) is built. With the flood of big data, graph theoretical concepts and their linear algebraic counterparts are essential tools for analysis in the burgeoning field of network data analysis, in which SNA is a subset. Here we begin with an overview of SNA. We then discuss the common descriptive measures taken on network data as well as proposing new measures specific to homeless networks. We also define a new data structure which we call the location sequence matrix. This data structure makes certain computational network analyses particularly easy. Finally we apply Pulse Processes in a new way to the homeless network in Utah. We believe the new data structure and pulse processes, when used for analysis of the Utah homeless services. In particular, pulse processes, first introduced by Brown, Roberts, and Spencer, to analyze energy demand, form a dynamic population model that can provide a measure of the stability in a network and the patterns of action of individuals experiencing homelessness

Wind induced stresses on treehouse structures

2011 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.Treehouses have recently become a profitable public attraction in the United States. With this increase in popularity, it becomes important to standardize treehouse engineering practices as an important step towards regulation of these structures. This thesis outlines common practices among treehouse engineers and makes suggestions for calculation of the self-weight of a tree and stresses due to gravity and wind loads. In particular, this thesis uses a finite element model to analyze a foliage-free cottonwood tree with a rectangular treehouse under typical maximum wind loadings. Six scenarios are investigated, with a treehouse at different heights. Elastic analysis is used to determine the stresses due to wind near the base of the tree