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Lot-Sizing of Several Multi-Product Families
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-19)Production planning problems and its variants are widely studied in operations management and optimization literature. One variation that has not garnered much attention is the presence of multiple production families in ... -
Love in the Time of Caller ID: Understanding the Role of Smartphone Technology in Committed Relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-23)Smartphones have changed the way our world works, and have had particularly unique impacts on the way human relationships function. Among the most important of those relationships are the ones that people form by choice ... -
Low Cost Thermal Imaging System for Welding Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-29)A significant component of welding research is devoted to studying the relationship between welding parameters and material properties. The fundamental link between process parameters and material properties is established ... -
Low Cost Wet Diaper Detector System
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-12)The role of smart wet diaper detectors to health caregivers cannot be over-emphasized. Prolong wetness in patients and babies is one of the major causes of rashes especially when the wetness is not detected on time. ... -
Low heterospecific pollen deposition on native plant stigmas despite high exotic abundance in southern Ontario meadows
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-17)In southern Ontario many meadow remnants are found within protected areas, including Conservation Authorities. These meadows occupy a fraction of their former area and are typically dominated by exotic species, yet they ... -
A Low Jitter Analog Circuit for Precisely Correcting Timing Skews in Time Interleaved Analog-to-Digital Converters
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-02)Time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters are an attractive architecture for achieving a high speed, high resolution ADC in a power efficient manner. However, due to process and manufacturing variations, timing skews ... -
Low Mobility Cable Robot with Application to Robotic Warehousing
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-17)Cable-based robots consist of a rigid mobile platform connected via flexible links (cables, wires, tendons) to a surrounding static platform. The use of cables simplifies the mechanical structure and reduces the inertia, ... -
Low Power Clock and Data Recovery Integrated Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-24)Advances in technology and the introduction of high speed processors have increased the demand for fast, compact and commercial methods for transferring large amounts of data. The next generation of the communication access ... -
Low Power Register Exchange Viterbi Decoder for Wireless Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Since the invention of wireless telegraphy by Marconi in 1897, wireless technology has not only been enhanced, but also has become an integral part of our everyday lives. The first wireless mobile phone appeared around ... -
The Low Temperature Magnetic Relaxation of Dy₂Ti₂O₇
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)The recent formulation of the monopole picture of spin ice[1, 2, 3], has lead to several studies of the signatures of monopole excitations[2, 4], as well as studies of the motion of magnetic monopoles[5, 6, 7]. In this ... -
Low Temperature RF MEMS Inductors Using Porous Anodic Alumina
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-29)In today’s communication devices, the need for high performance inductors is increasing as they are extensively used in RF integrated circuits (RFICs). This need is even more pronounced for variable inductors as they are ... -
Low Temperature Spectroscopy of Solid State Quantum Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Control and coupling of individual quantum systems remains an important research area in experimental quantum information. Single quantum systems in the solid state offer many attractive properties in terms of isolation ... -
Low Temperature Superconducting RF MEMS Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-06)Abstract Superconducting microelectronics technology (SME) has the potential of realizing high speed digital receivers capable of performing direct digitization of radio frequency signals with very low power consumption. ... -
Low to High Strain Rate Characterization of DP600, TRIP780, AA5182-O
(University of Waterloo, 2015-03-18)Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) and aluminum alloys are currently of great interest in the automotive industry due to their superior strength-to-weight ratio and good formability. This research work presents the results ... -
Low Vision Service Provision by Optometrist: A Nationwide Survey
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-29)Purpose: The prevalence of age-related visual impairment is projected to increase as the Canadian population ages. As a result, the demand for low vision service is also projected to increase. However, there is a lack ... -
Low Voltage Electrostatic Actuation and Displacement Measurement through Resonant Drive Circuit
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-26)An electrostatic actuator driven by conventional voltage control and charge control requires high actuation voltage and suffers from the pull-in phenomenon that limits its operation range, much less than its entire gap. ... -
Low-Complexity Multi-User MIMO Algorithms for mmWave WLANs
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-24)Very high throughput and high-efficiency wireless local area networks (WLANs) have become essential for today's significant global Internet traffic and the expected significant global increase of public WiFi hotspots. Total ... -
Low-Complexity Near-Optimal Detection Algorithms for MIMO Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-29)As the number of subscribers in wireless networks and their demanding data rate are exponentially increasing, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems have been scaled up in the 5G where tens to hundreds of antennas ... -
Low-Cost Visual/Inertial Hybrid Motion Capture System for Wireless 3D Controllers
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-10)It is my thesis that a cost-effective motion capture system for wireless 3D controllers can be developed through the use of low-cost inertial measurement devices and camera systems. Current optical motion capture systems ... -
Low-density Parity-check Codes for Wireless Relay Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-09)In wireless networks, it has always been a challenge to satisfy high traffic throughput demands, due to limited spectrum resources. In past decades, various techniques, including cooperative communications, have been ...