Browsing Bilkent Theses by Title
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M/M/1 polling models with two finite queues
(Bilkent University, 1995)Polling models are special kinds of queueing models where multiple-customer type single-stage is considered. In this thesis, first an overview and a classification of polling models will be given. Then two-costomer one ... -
Machining conditions optimization, tool allocation, and tool magazine arrangement on a CNC turning center
(Bilkent University, 1993)In the view of the high investment and tooling cost of a CNC machining center, the cutting and idle times should be optimized by considering the tool consumption and the non-machining time components for an effective ... -
Mackey group categories and their simple functors
(Bilkent University, 2012)Constructing the Mackey group category M using axioms which are reminiscent of fusion systems, the simple RM-functors (the simple functors from the R-linear extension of M to R-modules, where R is a commutative ring) can ... -
Macrocrystals of semiconductor nanocrystals for light emitting diodes
(Bilkent University, 2013)Worldwide energy consumption is rapidly increasing and general lighting constitutes an important portion of it. By considering most of the lighting sources to rely on fluorescent lamps today, solid-state lighting has a ... -
Macroeconomic impacts of derivative markets
(Bilkent University, 2006)There has been much debate over the effect of financial development on economic growth and well-being. A conclusion has not been reached yet; some of the works assert that the level of financial development leads to ... -
Macroprudentials : separate from monetary policy or part of it?
(Bilkent University, 2012)The structure of central bank in bank supervision is an important issue on which there is not much focus whereas the independence of central banks for the implementation of monetary policy is well investigated. ... -
"Made in Massachusetts" : converting hides and skins into leather and Turkish immigrants into industrial laborers (1860s-1920s)
(Bilkent University, 2010)Early twentieth-century America witnessed a large influx of immigrants largely from eastern and southern Europe as well as the Near East. The major “pull” factor stimulating the growth of migration was the rise of several ... -
Madness and women in turkish literature through the lens of gender and aesthetic autonomy
(Bilkent University, 2014-12)In this study, I examine why and how madness—an overarching concept that is positioned as the opposite of rationality and functions as a way of showing what is abnormal—has been associated with femininity in Turkish ... -
Magnetic resonance technologies based on reverse polarization for image-guided interventions
(Bilkent University, 2010)In this PhD dissertation, we presented four magnetic resonance (MR) technologies established upon reverse polarization for image guided interventions. The first three studies are based on tracking interventional devices, ... -
Magnetism of transition metal nanowires
(Bilkent University, 2008)In this thesis we investigated structural, electronic and magnetic properties of 3d (light) transition metal (TM) atomic chains and Cr nanowires using firstprinciples pseudopotential plane wave calculations. Infinite ... -
Main factors of unemployment in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 1993)This study attempts to assess the main factors which are affecting unemployment behavior in Turkey. The candid variables are chosen in such a way that some relations have been enunciated for I’uikey and for some other ... -
Maintenance and marginal cost analysis of a two-unit cold standby system
(Bilkent University, 1997)The Marginal Cost Analysis (MCA) of maintenance policies is a concept gaining interest in the recent years. This approach, due to Berg, has been categorized as an Economics Oriented Approach, as different from the ... -
The major determinants of high growth rates in East Asian economies
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Major sources of collocational errors made by EFL learners at Koya University
(Bilkent University, 2010)The aim of the present study was to explore the main sources of collocational errors made by learners of English as Foreign Language (EFL). To address this issue, 40 Kurdish seniors studying EFL at Koya University’s ... -
Majority voting rule and oligarchic social choice rules
(Bilkent University, 2001)In the first part of this study majority voting rule for two alternatives and continuum agents is characterized. As in the finite agent case, symmetry among agents, neutrality between alternatives and positive responsiveness ... -
Making a cosmopolitan model in Rûm: Dâ’î and 15th century Ottoman textual culture
(Bilkent University, 2017-09)In this study, the texts written by the 15th century court-poet Dâ’î, his literary identity and his audience are examined within the scope of vernacularization and the concept of edeb. Therefore, it is accepted that the ... -
The making and the crisis of Turkish social democracy: Roots, discourses and strategies
(Bilkent University, 1999)The making and the crisis of social democracy in Turkey has a structural and historical context. It is also an agent of Turkish political modernisation which is an authoritarian one. In this sense it is interrelated with ... -
The making of Turkey's western alliance : 1944-1952
(Bilkent University, 2001)This study analyses the formulation of Turkish foreign policy in the period 1944 to 1952 and considers the making of Turkey’s Western Alliance in this context. The thesis aims at indicating that Turkey’s resolute quest ... -
Making the implicit explicit: Unpacking the revision process
(Bilkent University, 2015-06)Providing feedback is an intrinsic component of writing instruction, and arguably one of the most important components when teaching a second language. Learners of English generally receive feedback on their written texts ...
