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Item Route planning using an emergent hierarchical architecture(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1993) Izurieta, Clemente IgnacioA cognitive map is a representation of an environment that consists of both nodes and connections. How this hierarchical structure might emerge from a computational standpoint is the focus of this research. The system builds a cognitive map by traversing routes in an environment. A hierarchical structure emerges when a certain place has been visited often enough to justify its coming to be representative of an entire region. Places are considered to be connected to one another when there is a traversable route that directly links them. Each time the route is traversed, the cognitive relationship between the two places strengthens. If a place is visited often enough, it will come to symbolize an entire region. Once a region is symbolized, all other places in the region are inhibited, allowing each region to be only symbolized by one place. This process can continue indefinitely, leading to a hierarchy with more and more levels. We explore some of the properties of such a hierarchical model including how it develops and how it affects the quality of a planned route.Item Absolute architecture : scaled experience(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2007) Ankeny, Samuel Robert; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Ralph JohnsonLocated near the edge of the North American Plate, in the great west of the United States, is an area known as the Colorado Plateau. Encompassing four states Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, it is also known as the four corners region. This Area has been widely recognized as one of the most powerful landscapes in the world and holds special meaning to the Native peoples of America. It is an area which is known to produce irregularities in the earths geomagnetic field. These irregularities have been described as many different things from spirits to extraterrestrials.1 More notably known for it's unique and diverse geology, this area is home to the Grand Canyon. It provides one of the most elaborate timelines of the earths history known. Near the western edge of the Colorado Plateau is an area of Utah known as the San Rafael Swell. It is a dome shaped anticline approximately 70 miles long and 40 miles wide. The area was thrust upward nearly 2000 feet above the surrounding desert and has since been eroded into a natural spectacle which defies verbal description.