Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

8-18-1963

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate an "adaptive" communication system in order to characterize the elements of adaptation. Although the term "adaptive" does not have a universally accepted meaning in the technical literature, it is usually applied to systems that have a significant ability to adjust their performance automatically over relatively wide variations in environment. In this sense almost any feedback system is adaptive, but the term is usually reserved for the more exotic systems which appear to make a deliberate effort to monitor the environment and then adjust their performance. Man is usually taken as the primary example of an adaptive system.

Sponsors

University of New Mexico, Sandia Corporation

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Electrical Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Arnold Herman Koschmann

Second Committee Member

James Harman Abbott

Third Committee Member

Richard H. Williams

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