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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Polarimetric Imaging: From Optical Coherent Tomography to Laser Radar A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS for the degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Field of Electric Engineering

Polarimetric Imaging: From Optical Coherence Tomography to Laser Radar

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Spatial Routines for Sketches: A Framework for Modeling Spatial Problem-Solving A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS for the degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Field of Computer Science By

ing out whatever does not align. This continues until the generalization contains only what is true across all the representations.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY A DISSERTATION Applications of Volume Holographic Gratings for Signal Processing SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS for the degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HIERARCHICAL PARALLEL MARKOV MODELS FOR INTERACTIVE SOCIAL AGENTS A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS for the degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Supply Chain Robustness and Reliability: Models and Algorithms A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS for the degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Field of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences By

Supply Chain Robustness and Reliability: Models and Algorithms