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Feature Model Mining
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)<p>Software systems have grown larger and more complex in recent years. Generative software development strives to automate software development from a systems family by generating implementations using domain-specific ... -
Feature Model Synthesis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)Variability provides the ability to adapt and customize a software system's artifacts for a particular context or circumstance. Variability enables code reuse, but its mechanisms are often tangled within a software artifact ... -
Feature Ranking for Text Classifiers
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-18)Feature selection based on feature ranking has received much attention by researchers in the field of text classification. The major reasons are their scalability, ease of use, and fast computation. %, However, compared ... -
Feature selection and artifact removal in sleep stage classification
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The use of Electroencephalograms (EEG) are essential to the analysis of sleep disorders in patients. With the use of electroencephalograms, electro-oculograms (EOG), and electromyograms (EMG), doctors and EEG technician ... -
Feature selection and hierarchical classifier design with applications to human motion recognition
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)The performance of a classifier is affected by a number of factors including classifier type, the input features and the desired output. This thesis examines the impact of feature selection and classification problem ... -
Feature Selection for Gene Expression Data Based on Hilbert-Schmidt Independence Criterion
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-25)DNA microarrays are capable of measuring expression levels of thousands of genes, even the whole genome, in a single experiment. Based on this, they have been widely used to extend the studies of cancerous tissues to a ... -
A Feature-Oriented Modelling Language and a Feature-Interaction Taxonomy for Product-Line Requirements
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-18)Many organizations specialize in the development of families of software systems, called software product lines (SPLs), for one or more domains (e.g., automotive, telephony, health care). SPLs are commonly developed as a ... -
Features of a Multi-Threaded Memory Allocator
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-21)Multi-processor computers are becoming increasingly popular and are important for improving application performance. Providing high-performance memory-management is important for multi-threaded programs. This thesis looks ... -
Features of Conflict Situations That Inform Culturally Appropriate Apology
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-18)Commerce occurs globally, to remain competitive businesses need to effectively manage their international relationships which can be threatened by cultural differences (Bercovich & Elgstrom, 2001). The following research ... -
Federal Road Management for Sub-Saharan African Nations: A Nigerian Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-24)The World Bank specifically indicates that poor transport infrastructure and services in sub-Saharan Africa are serious obstacles to poverty reduction (Plessis-Fraissard, 2007). Two thirds of Africa's rural population, who ... -
Fee Structure and Surrender Incentives in Variable Annuities
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-05)Variable annuities (VAs) are investment products similar to mutual funds, but they also protect policyholders against poor market performance and other risks. They have become very popular in the past twenty years, and the ... -
Feedback and Cooperation in Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-18)The demand for wireless data services has been dramatically growing over the last decade. This growth has been accompanied by a significant increase in the number of users sharing the same wireless medium, and as a result, ... -
Feedback Controls in Droplet Microfluidics
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)The ability to stabilize and move individual droplets would allow scientists to perform micro-scale manipulation, and unlock the advantages of microfluidics. The challenge lies in the fact that droplet displacements are ... -
Feederism: an exploratory study into the stigma of erotic weight gain
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-15)This thesis presents qualitative exploratory research findings on the phenomenon of feederism. Feederism, also referred to as "erotic weight gain," involves people who are sexually aroused by gaining weight (called "feedees" ... -
"Feeling out of place suddenly, and you haven't even moved": Food gentrification, alternative foods, and sociospatial justice in Downtown Kitchener, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-15)In recent years, alternative food practices have gained popularity among urban sustainability planners as a way to promote environmentalism and attract affluent residents to the city core. As Slocum (2006) describes, ... -
Feeling Queer Together: Identity, Community, and the Work of Affect in the Pre-Stonewall Lesbian Magazine, The Ladder
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-07)This project examines the emergence of lesbian identity and community through the work of queer feeling, specifically as it was produced in the American magazine, the Ladder (1956-1972). The Ladder was published by the ... -
Feelings of Obligation Related to Volunteering as Serious Leisure Within a Communitarian Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-04)This research explores feelings of obligation to volunteer, which lie at the interface of volunteering as simultaneously individual and collective and challenge traditional understandings of volunteering as leisure. The ... -
Female Labour Supply with Time Constraints
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-29)The Italian labour market seems unable to allocate a significant fraction of the working age population efficiently. The gap between the employment rate in Italy and in the other developed economies is foremost attributable ... -
Female Masochism in Michael Haneke’s La Pianiste and Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)The figure of the female masochist, along with her desires and experiences, has been largely ignored within theories of masochism and examinations of masochistic aesthetics. With the rise of more graphic and challenging ... -
Female Sex-Workers in Rome: Agency and Self-Representation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-31)This project addresses the notion that female sex-workers at Rome wore the toga. The toga was a symbol of masculine responsibility, authority, political involvement, and citizenship. Focusing on legal, literary, and material ...