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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Budget-Constrained Dynamics in Multiagent Systems

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
conference
Authors
Naumov, Pavel
Cao, Rui
Department or Program
Computer Science Department
Document Type
Conference
Abstract

The paper introduces a notion of a budget-constrained multiagent transition system that associates two financial parameters with each transition: a pre-transition minimal budget requirement and a post-transition profit. The paper proposes a new modal language for reasoning about such a...

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Food Security and Choice: Poughkeepsie Plenty Community Food Assessment

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
report
Authors
Nevarez, Leonard
Document Type
Report
Abstract

The final report of the Poughkeepsie Plenty Community Food Assessment, published in January 2013. This report presents original survey data, focus group interviews, and additional research to document the extent of food insecurity and the nature of the food system...

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Textbook: the sitcom, "Louie", and the French New Wave

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Cristian Uriostegui
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

It is through visual storytelling style, Francois Truffaut believed, that a director's expressive tendencies could be seen, imprinting a work with their signature style. In the world of television, collaboration is key and production's industrial processes tend to erase the...

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Wanted: Smart Students from Poor Families Neoliberal Multiculturalism & Diversity in the New Racial Capitalism

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Jeremy Ignacio Garza
Department or Program
Independent Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

The primary objective of this senior thesis is to explore how the logics of access, affirmative action, equal opportunity, educational pipelines, and diversity have been constructed, defined, and understood in contemporary U.S. American higher education; and how these meanings and...

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