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{\topskip=30pt \LARGE Numerical Methods for \\ Optimal Experimental Design \\ of Ill-posed Problems \par}

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Zhuojun Magnant \par

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Advisor: Eldad Haber, Ph.D. \par 
Advisor: James Nagy, Ph.D. \par

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An abstract of \par
a dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School \par
of Emory University in partial fulfillment \par
of the requirements of the degree of \par
Doctor of Philosophy

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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

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2011

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