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Probabilistic complex phase representation objective function for multimodal image registration
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-05)An interesting problem in computer vision is that of image registration, which plays an important role in many vision-based recognition and motion analysis applications. Of particular interest among data registration ... -
A Probabilistic Corrosion Model for Copper-Coated Used Nuclear Fuel Containers
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-18)Lifetime predictions of used nuclear fuel containers destined for permanent storage in Deep Geological Repositories (DGRs) are challenged by the uncertainty surrounding the environment and the performance of both containers ... -
Probabilistic Failure Analysis of Complex Systems with Case Studies in Nuclear and Hydropower Industries
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-06)Detailed Monte-Carlo simulation of a complex system is the benchmark method used in probabilistic analysis of engineering systems under multiple uncertain sources of failure modes; such simulations typically involve a large ... -
Probabilistic Finite Element Analysis of Structures using the Multiplicative Dimensional Reduction Method
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-23)It is widely accepted that uncertainty may be present for many engineering problems, such as in input variables (loading, material properties, etc.), in response variables (displacements, stresses, etc.) and in the ... -
Probabilistic Fretting Fatigue Analysis of Bridge Stay Cables at Saddle Supports
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-01)Saddle systems have been used on recent projects to support the cables in cable-stayed and extradosed bridge structures. A major design consideration for these anchorage systems is the in-service fretting fatigue behaviour ... -
Probabilistic Graphical Models and Algorithms for
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-26)In this thesis I present research in two fields: machine learning and computational biology. First, I develop new machine learning methods for graphical models that can be applied to protein problems. Then I apply ... -
Probabilistic Life Cycle Assessment of Safety Valves
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-14)The objective of this this thesis is to develop a probabilistic model for assessing the life cycle performance of safety valves used in the nuclear piping system. The life cycle performance is quantified in terms of ... -
Probabilistic Models for Life Cycle Management of Energy Infrastructure Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-02)The degradation of aging energy infrastructure systems has the potential to increase the risk of failure, resulting in power outage and costly unplanned maintenance work. Therefore, the development of scientific and ... -
Probabilistic Program Analysis for Software Component Reliability
(University of Waterloo, 2002)Components are widely seen by software engineers as an important technology to address the "software crisis''. An important aspect of components in other areas of engineering is that system reliability can be estimated ... -
Probabilistic Properties of Delay Differential Equations
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Systems whose time evolutions are entirely deterministic can nevertheless be studied probabilistically, <em>i. e. </em> in terms of the evolution of probability distributions rather than individual trajectories. This ... -
Probabilistic Robust Design For Dynamic Systems Using Metamodelling
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-13)Designers use simulations to observe the behaviour of a system and to make design decisions to improve dynamic performance. However, for complex dynamic systems, these simulations are often time-consuming and, for robust ... -
Probabilistic Strain-Based Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Weldments
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-13)Welded joints are considered to be one of the most critical locations in structural components from a fatigue perspective because of high stress concentrations near the weld toe region, the presence of tensile residual ... -
Probability Antimatching
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-20)We present a conceptual inversion of probability matching called ``probability antimatching.'' Where probability matching describes a decision strategy of stimulus pursuit, probability antimatching describes an analogous ... -
Probability distribution of the seismic damage cost over the life cycle of structures
(Elsevier, 2018-05-01)In the life-cycle analysis, the total cost of damage caused by earthquakes is a significant but highly uncertain component. In the current literature, the seismic risk analysis is largely limited to the evaluation of the ... -
Probing Accretion Turbulence in the Galactic Centre with EHT Polarimetry
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-09)We explore the origin and the influence of the interstellar scattering on the observation of Sgr A*, and the method to mitigate this scattering via Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) polarimetry. Interstellar scattering is due ... -
Probing Dark Matter from the Galaxy to the Cosmic Web
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Dark matter, although invisible, accounts for the majority of matter of the universe. How this invisible component affects cosmic structure formation is one of the primary lines of inquiry in physical cosmology, and the ... -
Probing High Energy Physics Through Gravitational Waves
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-22)Over the last few years, gravitational wave detections have become ubiquitous, giving the physics community vast information about fundamental physics. As some of the universe’s highest energy events, neutron mergers ... -
Probing Ising Superconductivity and Light-Induced Phase Transitions in Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-23)2H-NbSe2 is a superconducting transition metal dichalcogenide that retains its superconductivity in its two-dimensional (2D) form. Owing to strong spin orbit coupling, 2D 2H-NbSe2 demonstrates unconventional superconductivity ... -
Probing Long-Range Polymer Chain Dynamics of Poly(L-lysine) in Aqueous Solution by Fluorescence
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-24)Information about long-range polymer chain dynamics (LRPCD) can be obtained by attaching a luminophore and its quencher onto a polymer and monitoring the rate at which the luminophore is quenched. Since a quenching event ... -
Probing Quantum Fields: Measurements and Quantum Energy Teleportation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-10)Quantum Energy Teleportation provides a testbed for modern ideas involving the interplay between quantum correlations and energy in the quantum thermodynamical regime. In this work, we provide a new class of Quantum Energy ...