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by Nathan Daniel Mead, Chair Stephen, Samuel H. Drake, Richard F. Riesenfeld, Fraser Smith, Charles L. Thomas, Date Stephen, C. Jacobsen, C. Jacobsen, Robert B. Roemer, Ann W. Hart
http://www.cs.utah.edu/gdc/publications/papers/ndmead_thesis.ps.Z
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Abstract:

This dissertation has been read by each member of the following supervisory committee and by majority vote has been found to be satisfactory.

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