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Data-driven Models for Inferring the Patient Scheduling Policies via Inverse Reinforcement Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-23)In this work, we study multi-class patient scheduling with stochastic daily patient arrivals. Different classes of patients are characterized by different service times, waiting cost parameters, and rejection cost parameters. ... -
Data-Driven Models: An Alternative Discrete Hedging Strategy
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-16)Options hedging is a critical problem in financial risk management. The prevailing approach in financial derivative pricing and hedging has been to first assume a parametric model describing the underlying price dynamics. ... -
Data-Driven Network Management for Next-Generation Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-09)With the commercialization and maturity of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks, the next-generation wireless network (NGWN) is envisioned to provide seamless connectivity for mobile user terminals (MUTs) and to ... -
A data-driven optimization approach for mixed-case palletization and three-dimensional bin packing
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Palletization is the most standard method of packaging and transportation in the retail industry. Their building involves the solution of a three-dimensional packing problem with side practical constraints such as item ... -
Data-driven Optimization: Applications to Energy Infrastructure and Process Industry
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-20)Nowadays, the existence and ease of access to massive amounts of data encourage proposing data-driven solutions. As optimization has always been based on the interchange between models and data, high-level optimization ... -
Data-driven Regularization and Uncertainty Estimation to Improve Sea Ice Data Assimilation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-20)Accurate estimates of sea ice conditions such as ice thickness and ice concentration in the ice-covered regions are critical for shipping activities, ice operations and weather forecasting. The need for this information ... -
Data-driven Structure Detection in Optimization: Decomposition, Hub Location, and Brain Connectivity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-13)Employing data-driven methods to efficiently solve practical and large optimization problems is a recent trend that focuses on identifying patterns and structures in the problem data to help with its solution. In this ... -
Data-guided statistical sparse measurements modeling for compressive sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-22)Digital image acquisition can be a time consuming process for situations where high spatial resolution is required. As such, optimizing the acquisition mechanism is of high importance for many measurement applications. ... -
Data-intensive Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)In many modern data management scenarios, we encounter tasks, operations or computational phases that are data-intensive where the sheer volume of data proves to be overwhelming to handle and becomes a performance bottleneck. ... -
Database High Availability using SHADOW Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-21)Various High Availability DataBase systems (HADB) are used to provide high availability. Pairing an active database system with a standby system is one commonly used HADB techniques. The active system serves read/write ... -
Dataset Creation and Imbalance Mitigation in Big Data: Enhancing Machine Learning Models for Forest Fire Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-19)Historically, forest fire prediction methods have leaned on heuristics, local insights, and basic statistical models, often neglecting the complex interplay of variables such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and ... -
Dazzled and Confused: Bullshitting as a Strategic Behaviour
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-05)While much work has focused on receptivity to bullshit as a form of irrational belief which may predict the endorsement of other irrational beliefs, much less has been done examining how bullshit may be used strategically. ... -
DC, Microwave and Optoelectronic Characterization of YBa2Cu3O7-x Nano-Scale Thin Film Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)The nonlinear electrodynamic characteristics and presence of vortex dynamics in pseudo 2-dimensional microbridges make them attractive to design novel passive and active microwave circuits. Before such applications could ... -
DCT-based Image/Video Compression: New Design Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-29)To push the envelope of DCT-based lossy image/video compression, this thesis is motivated to revisit design of some fundamental blocks in image/video coding, ranging from source modelling, quantization table, quantizers, ... -
The de Broglie-Bohm Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and its Application to some Simple Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2003)The de Broglie-Bohm causal interpretation of quantum mechanics is discussed, and applied to the hydrogen atom in several contexts. Prominent critiques of the causal program are noted and responses are given; it is argued ... -
(de)militarized zone: faction space as borderline landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)Tension has been the most significant and constant factor in the relationship between North and South Korea over the past sixty years. The differences in the political systems and the economic disparity between the two ... -
De-Coding Urbanity : Learning from and for Old Delhi || Preserving Cultural Urban Codes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-14)The Walled City Of Old Delhi serves as the heart of metropolitan Delhi. The city is a complex amalgamation of Mughal, Colonial and post Colonial architecture. This overlap has resulted in a rich urban fabric and networked ... -
Dead Reckoning for Distributed Network Online Games
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-07)Online networked games are becoming increasingly popular. One type of network architecture used in these games is a distributed network architecture, where players send periodic updates to each other and each player must ... -
Deadly in pink: The impact of female-oriented cigarette packaging on brand appeal, beliefs about smoking, and risk perceptions among young women
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-27)Industry documents and anecdotal evidence suggest that cigarette packaging can target women by enhancing brand appeal and influencing important beliefs about smoking. Little research has been conducted on how cigarette ... -
Dealer Bank Influence and the International Political Economy of Over-the-Counter Derivatives Regulation: The Introduction of Mandatory Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Prior to the global financial crisis of 2008, large dealer banks exercised strong influence over the regulation of OTC (over-the-counter) derivatives in the United States and the European Union. Has there been any change ...