This thesis focuses on applying one of the rapidly growing non-deterministic optimization algorithms, the ant colony algorithm, for simulating automatic hose/pipe routing with several conflicting objectives. Within the thesis, methods have been developed and applied to single ob…
The purpose of this dissertation is to answer the question: why do ostensibly similar ethno-national conflicts within a system of settler-colonial domination see such wide variation in their outcomes? How they emerge from conflict through power sharing and social integration ver…
Son yüzyıllarda yaşanan teknik gelişmeler, insan hayatına ciddi derecede kon-for alanları sağlamakla birlikte geri dönüşü çok zor hatta mümkün olmayan pek çok yıkıma da neden olmuştur. Hızlı değişimler, sürekli tüketim, nüfus artışı, çevre kirliliği, insanların evrenin sahibi ve…
This dissertation grapples with the notion of domination in the western philosophical tradition by investigating a claim leveled from within feminist theology and Christian social ethics. That claim, first introduced by Sharon Welch, suggests that the deployment of any critique …
This project interrogates the bounds of empire by recovering neglected discourses of resistance to foreign domination in nineteenth century East Asia. During this period, European empires encountered several difficulties in expanding into East Asia, due in no small part to how a…
In this thesis we discuss two topics: domination parameters and inducibility. In the first chapter, we introduce basic concepts, definitions, and a brief history for both types of problems. We will first inspect domination parameters in graphs, particularly independent dominatio…