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Automatically Measuring Neuromuscular Jitter
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The analysis of electromyographic (EMG) signals detected during muscle contraction provides important information to aid in the diagnosis and characterization of neuromuscular disorders. One important analysis measures ... -
Automatically Tuning Database Server Multiprogramming Level
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-06)Optimizing database systems to achieve the maximum attainable throughput of the underlying hardware is one of the many difficult tasks that face Database Administrators. With the increased use of database systems in many ... -
Automaticity Revisited: When Print Doesn't Activate Semantics
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-16)It is widely accepted that the presentation of a printed word “automatically” triggers processing that ends with full semantic activation. This processing, among other characteristics, is held to occur without intention, ... -
Automating and Optimizing a Transportation Mode Classification Model for use on Smartphone Data
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-01)As transportation engineering and planning evolve from “data poor” to “data rich” practices, methods to automate the collection and translation of data to information become increasingly important. Advances in wireless ... -
Automating Big Data Cleaning: An Example Using Local Bibliometric Data
(2017-04-06)The University of Waterloo recognizes bibliometric data as an important piece of evidence-based research assessment, and recommends bibliometric data as one measure, among many, for capturing research productivity trends, ... -
Automating Manufacturing Surveillance Processes Using External Observers
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)An automated assembly system is an integral part of various manufacturing industries as it reduces production cycle-time resulting in lower costs and a higher rate of production. The modular system design integrates main ... -
Automating Programming Assignment Marking with AST Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-14)This thesis presents a novel approach to automatically mark programming assignments. We hypothesize that correct student solution ASTs will be more similar to reference solution ASTs than incorrect student solutions and ... -
Automating Radiotherapy: Parameterizations of Sensor Time Delay Compensators and the Separation Principle
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Motivated by recent research to automate radiotherapy, this thesis looks into feedback control problems where the feedback sensor imposes considerable time delay. The use of an asymptotic estimator is considered as a ... -
Automating Water Capital Activities Using Naïve Bayes Classifier with Supervised Learning Algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-09)Municipal governments have the responsibility to provide safe drinking water to residents. Maintaining water infrastructure systems to keep a certain level of service is a vital service. It is possible by assessing all ... -
Automation of Electrospark Deposition of TiCp/Ni on RSW Copper Electrodes
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-22)Electrospark Deposition (ESD) is a specialized micro-bonding process which is used to coat a base material, known as the substrate, with a stronger, tougher, and more durable top layer, the electrode. Short durations of ... -
The Automation of Glycopeptide Discovery in High Throughput MS/MS Data
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Glycosylation, the addition of one or more carbohydrates molecules to a protein, is crucial for many cellular processes. Aberrant glycosylation is a key marker for various diseases such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. ... -
Automation of Shoe Last Modification and Tool Path Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2009-02-20)To make mass production of footwear a viable operation for manufacturers and retailers, the number of sizes per model must be optimized. For this reason, manufacturers generally only scale designs by length and width ... -
Automation of Sleep Staging
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-21)This thesis primarily covers the automation problem for sleep versus awake detection, which is sometimes accomplished by differentiating the various sleep stages prior to clustering. This thesis documents various experimentation ... -
An Automaton-Theoretic View of Algebraic Specifications
(University of Waterloo, 2005)We compare two methods for software specification: <em>algebraic specifications</em> and automata. While algebraic specifications have been around since the 1970s and have been studied extensively, specification by ... -
Automotive Electronic/Electric Architecture Modeling, Design Exploration and Optimization using Clafer
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-10)Modern car systems are getting more complex, so do car electronic/electric (E/E) architectures. E/E architecture of a car includes sensors, actuators, programmable ECUs and all the related communications. The complexity ... -
Autonomic Resource Management for a Cluster that Executes Batch Jobs
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Resource management of large scale clusters is traditionally done manually. Servers are usually over-provisioned to meet the peak demand of workload. It is widely known that manual provisioning is error-prone and ... -
Autonomous Control of a Differential Thrust Micro ROV
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-22)Underwater vehicles that use differential thrust for surge and yaw motion control have the advantage of increased maneuverability. Unfortunately, such vehicles usually don’t have thrusters/actuators to control the lateral ... -
Autonomous Cooperating Web Crawlers
(University of Waterloo, 2002)A web crawler provides an automated way to discover web events ? creation, deletion, or updates of web pages. Competition among web crawlers results in redundant crawling, wasted resources, and less-than-timely discovery ... -
Autonomous Driving at Intersections: A Critical-Turning-Point Approach for Planning and Decision Making
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-28)Left-turning at unsignalized intersection is one of the most challenging tasks for urban automated driving, due to the various shapes of different intersections, and rapidly changing nature of the driving scenarios. Many ... -
Autonomous Driving: A Multi-Objective Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Autonomous driving is a challenging domain that entails multiple aspects: a vehicle should be able to drive to its destination as fast as possible while avoiding collision, obeying traffic rules and ensuring the comfort ...