Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "genetic algorithm"
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Bridge Management System with Integrated Life Cycle Cost Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-15)In recent years, infrastructure renewal has been a focus of attention in North America and around the world. Municipal and federal authorities are increasingly recognizing the need for life cycle cost analysis of infrastructure ... -
Design and Analysis of Intelligent Fuzzy Tension Controllers for Rolling Mills
(University of Waterloo, 2002)This thesis presents a fuzzy logic controller aimed at maintaining constant tension between two adjacent stands in tandem rolling mills. The fuzzy tension controller monitors tension variation by resorting to electric ... -
Model Reduction for Vehicle Systems Modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-30)The full model of a double-wishbone suspension has more than 30 differential-algebraic equations which takes a remarkably long time to simulate. By contrast, the look-up table for the same suspension is simulated much ... -
A Predictive Control Method for Human Upper-Limb Motion: Graph-Theoretic Modelling, Dynamic Optimization, and Experimental Investigations
(University of Waterloo, 2000)Optimal control methods are applied to mechanical models in order to predict the control strategies in human arm movements. Optimality criteria are used to determine unique controls for a biomechanical model of the human ... -
Utilization of Predictive Analytics & Constrained Metaheuristics to Achieve Optimal Operation of a Liquid-fueled Industrial Process Heater
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-11)The operation of industrial combustion devices to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, is necessary in many respects. Increasingly stringent environmental regulations and the present volatility of the price of ... -
Wavelet Shrinkage Based Image Denoising using Soft Computing
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-22)Noise reduction is an open problem and has received considerable attention in the literature for several decades. Over the last two decades, wavelet based methods have been applied to the problem of noise reduction and ...