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Semi-automated Generation of High-accuracy Digital Terrain Models along Roads Using Mobile Laser Scanning Data
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-19)Transportation agencies in many countries require high-accuracy (2-20 cm) digital terrain models (DTMs) along roads for various transportation related applications. Compared to traditional ground surveys and aerial ... -
Semi-automated Generation of Road Transition Lines Using Mobile Laser Scanning Data
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-18)Recent advances in autonomous vehicles (AVs) are exponential. Prominent car manufacturers, academic institutions, and corresponding governmental departments around the world are taking active roles in the AV industry. ... -
Semi-Automated Methods for Measuring Practice Conformance for Capital Projects
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-06)The goal of this thesis is to explore semi-automated methods for measuring practice conformance for capital projects. Thorough measurement of practice conformance for capital projects typically requires manual audits. ... -
Semi-Automated Microscopic Traffic Flow Simulation Development Using Smart City Data
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-24)Microscopic traffic simulation models have been widely used by transportation planners and engineers for conducting various road network planning and traffic engineering tasks. Due to data limitations, traffic simulation ... -
Semi-automatic Road Extraction from Very High Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery by RoadModeler
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-22)Accurate and up-to-date road information is essential for both effective urban planning and disaster management. Today, very high resolution (VHR) imagery acquired by airborne and spaceborne imaging sensors is the primary ... -
A Semi-Supervised Approach for Kernel-Based Temporal Clustering
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-23)Temporal clustering refers to the partitioning of a time series into multiple non-overlapping segments that belong to k temporal clusters, in such a way that segments in the same cluster are more similar to each other than ... -
A Semi-Supervised Approach to the Construction of Semantic Lexicons
(University of Waterloo, 2012-03-21)A growing number of applications require dictionaries of words belonging to semantic classes present in specialized domains. Manually constructed knowledge bases often do not provide sufficient coverage of specialized ... -
Semiconductor Device Characterization and Modelling for Effective Design of 5G Front-Ends
(University of Waterloo, 2018-11-27)The realization of fifth-generation mobile communication will require transceiver front-ends that can handle data-rates of multi-gigabits per second. To provide such data-rates, bandwidth in the hundreds of megahertz will ... -
Semiconductor Nanowire Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters: Modeling, Fabrication, and Characterization
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)Semiconductor nanowire (NW) arrays’ unique advantages over bulk forms, including enhanced surface area, high mechanical flexibility, high sensitivity to small forces, better charge collection, and enhanced light absorption ... -
Semicrossed Products, Dilations, and Jacobson Radicals
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-18)We compute the C*-envelope of the isometric semicrossed product of a C*-algebra arising from number theory by the multiplicative semigroup of a number ring R, and prove that it is isomorphic to T[R], the left regular ... -
Semidefinite Embedding for the Dimensionality Reduction of DNA Microarray Data
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Harnessing the power of DNA microarray technology requires the existence of analysis methods that accurately interpret microarray data. Current literature abounds with algorithms meant for the investigation of microarray ... -
Semidefinite Facial Reduction for Low-Rank Euclidean Distance Matrix Completion
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-27)The main result of this thesis is the development of a theory of semidefinite facial reduction for the Euclidean distance matrix completion problem. Our key result shows a close connection between cliques in the graph of ... -
A Semidefinite Programming Model for the Facility Layout Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)The continuous facility layout problem consists of arranging a set of facilities so that no pair overlaps and the total sum of the pairwise connection costs (proportional to the center-to-center rectilinear distance) is ... -
Semidefinite Programming Relaxations of the Simplified Wasserstein Barycenter Problem: An ADMM Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-04)The Simplified Wasserstein Barycenter problem, the problem of picking k points each chosen from a distinct set of n points as to minimize the sum of distances to their barycenter, finds applications in various areas of ... -
Semiosis and the Crisis of Meaning: Continuity and Play in Peirce and Derrida
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-17)Semiosis and the Crisis of Meaning addresses the difference between continuity and play in Charles Peirce’s and Jacques Derrida’s theory of signs. The main aim is to offer a reply to Derrida’s reading of Peirce in Of ... -
Semiparametric Empirical Likelihood Inference under Two-sample Density Ratio Models
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)The semiparametric density ratio model (DRM) provides a flexible and useful platform for combining information from multiple sources. It has been widely used in many fields. This thesis considers several important inference ... -
Semiparametric Methods for the Analysis of Progression-Related Endpoints
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-22)Use of progression-free survival in the evaluation of clinical interventions is hampered by a variety of issues, including censoring patterns not addressed in the usual methods for survival analysis. Progression can be ... -
Semiquinone-Bridged bis-Dithiazolyls as Neutral Radical Conductors
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)Radicals are potential building blocks to prepare conductive and magnetic materials. In order to achieve high conductivity, materials displaying a large bandwidth W and a low on-site Coulomb repulsion energy U must be ... -
Semistable rank 2 co-Higgs bundles over Hirzebruch surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-07)It has been observed by S. Rayan that the complex projective surfaces that potentially admit non-trivial examples of semistable co-Higgs bundles must be found at the lower end of the Enriques-Kodaira classification. ... -
Seniors and Cruising: Motivations and Satisfactions
(University of Waterloo, 2008-03-10)Millions of vacationers are taking a cruise each year and nearly one-third are senior tourists. There is little attention to this sector in the literature. This qualitative study reveals some of the motivations and ...