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EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGINEERING PRACTICES FOR THE ACQUISITION
AND EMPLOYMENT OF ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
by
DeWitt T. Latimer IV
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(COMPUTER SCIENCE)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 DeWitt T. Latimer IV
Object Description
| Title | Effectiveness of engineering practices for the acquisition and employment of robotic systems |
| Author | Latimer, DeWitt T., IV |
| Author email | dlatimer@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Computer Science |
| School | Viterbi School of Engineering |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-04 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-03-14 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Boehm, Barry |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sukhatme, Gaurav Settles, F. Stan |
| Abstract | This thesis is concerned with the identification of engineering practices that most influence the ability of an organization to successfully acquire and employ a robot. Of specific interest are the matches or mismatches between our technical efforts and achieving robotic systems that are suitable for the intended purpose. From a survey of engineers (n=18) who have advised or performed the acquisition of robots, candidate relations between engineering practices and system success metrics are proposed. Those relationships are then evaluated against a 5 case studies and one mini-study to examine more closely how the practices are implemented as specific engineering methods in context. From those observations, a series project feasibility rationales are proposed to aid engineers and managers evaluate the feasibility of their robotic system acquisition. |
| Keyword | robotics; engineering practice; acquisition |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1050 |
| Rights | Latimer, DeWitt T., IV |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Latimer-20080314 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Latimer-20080314.pdf |
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| Full text | EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGINEERING PRACTICES FOR THE ACQUISITION AND EMPLOYMENT OF ROBOTIC SYSTEMS by DeWitt T. Latimer IV A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMPUTER SCIENCE) May 2008 Copyright 2008 DeWitt T. Latimer IV |
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