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Nonlinear model predictive control of a multiscale thin film deposition process using artificial neural networks
(Elsevier, 2019-11-02)The purpose of this study was to employ Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to develop data-driven models that would enable the shrinking horizon nonlinear model predictive control of a computationally intensive stochastic ... -
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Reduction Strategies for Real-time Optimal Control
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)This thesis presents a variety of strategies to accelerate the turnaround times (TATs) of nonlinear and hybrid model predictive controllers (MPCs). These strategies are unified by the themes of symbolic computing, nonlinear ... -
Nonlinear Optimal Control of Automated Vehicles in a Connected Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-12)This thesis is based around the University of Waterloo EcoCAR Team (UWAFT) and the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge. The overall objective of the competition is to design and build a hybrid electric vehicle with SAE Level 2 ... -
Nonlinear optimal power flow by interior and noninterior point methods
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Nonlinear Parameter Estimation for Multiple Site-Type Polyolefin Catalysts Using an Integrated Microstructure Deconvolution Methodology
(University of Waterloo, 2011-03-17)The microstructure of polyolefins determines their macroscopic properties. Consequently, it is essential to predict how polymerization conditions will affect polyolefin microstructure. The most important microstructural ... -
Nonlinear Periodic Adaptive Control for Linear Time-Varying Plants
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)In adaptive control the goal is to deal with systems that have unknown and/or time-varying parameters. Adaptive control techniques have been developed since 1950’s and most results were proven in the cases when the ... -
Nonlinear Preconditioning Methods for Optimization and Parallel-In-Time Methods for 1D Scalar Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-18)This thesis consists of two main parts, part one addressing problems from nonlinear optimization and part two based on solving systems of time dependent differential equations, with both parts describing strategies for ... -
Nonlinear programming using an expanded Lagrangian function, a water resources management case study
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Nonlinear screening of external charge by doped graphene
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)In the rst part of this thesis we discuss some details of properties of graphene and we explain the tight-binding approach to nd the energy spectrum in graphene. In the second part of the thesis, we solve a nonlinear ... -
Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Brass Instruments
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)The study of wave production and propagation is a common phenomenon seen within a variety of math and physics problems. This thesis in particular will investigate the production and propagation of sound waves through musical ... -
Nonlinearity and Gating in Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)The quantum properties of electromagnetic radiation at single photon level promise to offer what are classically inaccessible. Single photon sources and detectors are therefore on demand for exploiting these properties in ... -
Nonparametric Estimation in a Compound Mixture Model and False Discovery Rate Control with Auxiliary Information
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-15)In this thesis, we focus on two important statistical problems. The first is the nonparametric estimation in a compound mixture model with application to the malaria study. The second is the control of the false discovery ... -
Nonparametric Methods for Road Safety Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-16)Crash models for predicting long-term crash risk at some specific components of a road network are fundamental to road safety analyses such as network screening and countermeasure studies. These models are often calibrated ... -
Nonparametric Neighbourhood Based Multiscale Model for Image Analysis and Understanding
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-28)Image processing applications such as image denoising, image segmentation, object detection, object recognition and texture synthesis often require a multi-scale analysis of images. This is useful because different features ... -
Nonprehensile Manipulation via Multisensory Learning from Demonstration
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-04)Dexterous manipulation problem concerns control of a robot hand to manipulate an object in a desired manner. While classical dexterous manipulation strategies are based on stable grasping (or force closure), many human-like ... -
Nonribosomal Peptide Analog Identification with Tandem Mass Spectrometry
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-29)Nonribosomal peptides (NRP) are a class of peptide secondary metabolites, usually produced by microorganisms like bacteria and fungi. NRP antibiotics, cytostatics, and immunosuppressants are in commercial use. ... -
Nonribosomal Peptide Identification with Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Searching Structural Database
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-24)Nonribosomal peptides (NRP) are highlighted in pharmacological studies as novel NRPs are often promising substances for new drug development. To effectively discover novel NRPs from microbial fermentations, a crucial step ... -
Nonrigid Image Registration Using Physically Based Models
(University of Waterloo, 2006)It is well known that biological structures such as human brains, although may contain the same global structures, differ in shape, orientation, and fine structures across individuals and at different times. Such ... -
Nonsmooth Bifurcations of Mean Field Systems of Two-Dimensional Integrate and Fire Neurons
(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2016)Mean field systems have recently been derived that adequately predict the behaviors of large networks of coupled integrate-and-fire neurons [W. Nicola and S.A. Campbell, J. Comput. Neurosci., 35 (2013), pp. 87-108]. The ... -
Nonsmooth Modeling of Vibro-Impacting Euler-Bernoulli Beam
(Hindawi, 2012-06-17)A new technique to simulate nonsmooth motions occurring in vibro-impacting continuous systems is proposed. Sticking motions that are encountered during vibro-impact simulation are imposed exactly using a Lagrange multiplier, ...