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Optimal and Sustainable Design of Integrated Biorefineries for Microalgae and Municipal Solid Waste Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)With drastic advances occurred in society over decades, there have been growing concerns towards global energy demand and sustainable feedstock supply. Particularly, biomass emerged as one of the potential energy sources ... -
Optimal Anti-Idling Systems for Service Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-25)Vehicles are major sources of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, so any improvement in their fuel efficiency can have a significant impact on the environment and economy. In this study, a regenerative auxiliary ... -
Optimal Control and Multibody Dynamic Modelling of Human Musculoskeletal Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)Musculoskeletal dynamics is a branch of biomechanics that takes advantage of interdisciplinary models to describe the relation between muscle actuators and the corresponding motions of the human body. Muscle forces play ... -
Optimal Control of a Heterogeneous Two Server System With Consideration for Power and Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-19)In this thesis we consider a system of two heterogeneous servers with a shared queue, and examine a scheduling policy for the optimal control of such a system. Previous results by Lin and Kumar and Koole found that a ... -
Optimal Control of Li-Ion Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)Hydrogen fuel cells are poised to become the next major power generation technology for the automotive industry. Fuel cell hybrid vehicles have similar power trains to conventional series hybrid electric vehicles. The ... -
Optimal Control Theory Techniques for Nitrogen Vacancy Ensembles
(University of Waterloo, 2022-03-01)Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centers have been used for many quantum sensing and navigation based applications. A diamond NV sensor with enhanced sensitivity through an ensemble measurement, and the ability to coherently and ... -
Optimal Coordination of Home Energy Management Systems in a Distribution Grid
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-02)Involving end-users in Demand Side Management (DSM) programs with home energy management systems (HEMS) is an important requirement in realizing a smart grid. One of the main advantages of smart grids is the presence of ... -
Optimal Decumulation for Retirees using Tontines: a Dynamic Neural Network Based Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-19)We introduce a new approach for optimizing neural networks (NN) using data to solve a stochastic control problem with stochastic constraints. We utilize customized activation functions for the output layers of the NN, ... -
Optimal Demand Response of Controllable Loads in Isolated Microgrids
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-24)The electric power industry worldwide has undergone significant changes over the last decade. Environmental compliance and energy conservation issues have occupied the forefront of the new age power system which have ... -
Optimal Design and Operation of Polygeneration Systems Incorporating Renewable Energy Sources and Chemical Production
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-16)With the energy transition underway, there is a consensus effort from both worldwide governments and industry, to facilitate the integration of more renewable energy into power grids. However, the main challenge with ... -
Optimal Design of Hybrid Membrane Networks for Wastewater Treatment
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-17)Water consumption and wastewater generation depletes water resources and has a destructive impact on the environment. Recent attention has aimed at preserving water resources and preventing pollution through several routes. ... -
Optimal Direction-Dependent Path Planning for Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-24)The focus of this thesis is optimal path planning. The path planning problem is posed as an optimal control problem, for which the viscosity solution to the static Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation is used to determine ... -
Optimal Dither and Noise Shaping in Image Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-20)Dithered quantization and noise shaping is well known in the audio community. The image processing community seems to be aware of this same theory only in bits and pieces, and frequently under conflicting terminology. ... -
Optimal Energy Management of Distribution Systems and Industrial Energy Hubs in Smart Grids
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-24)Electric power distribution systems are gradually adopting new advancements in communication, control, measurement, and metering technologies to help realize the evolving concept of Smart Grids. Future distribution ... -
Optimal Execution Strategies: A Computational Finance Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-27)In today's competitive business environment, strategies relating to market forecasting, decision making and risk management have received a lot of attention. The empirical results reveal that the market movement is not ... -
Optimal Experimental Design Applied to Models of Microbial Gene Regulation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-22)Microbial gene expression is a comparatively well understood process, but regulatory interactions between genes can give rise to complicated behaviours. Regulatory networks can exhibit strong context dependence, time-varying ... -
An optimal framework of investment strategy in brownfields redevelopment by integrating site-specific hydrogeological and financial uncertainties
(University of Waterloo, 2009-07-28)Brownfields redevelopment has been encouraged by governments or the real estate market because of economic, social and environmental benefits. However, uncertainties in contaminated land redevelopment may cause massive ... -
Optimal Integration of Renewable Energy Sources in Oil Refinery Operations
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-27)Petroleum refining is one of the energy intensive sectors of the oil and gas (O&G) industry. With increase in global energy demand and declining energy return on energy invested (EROEI) of crude oil, global energy consumption ... -
Optimal Learning Theory and Approximate Optimal Learning Algorithms
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-12)The exploration/exploitation dilemma is a fundamental but often computationally intractable problem in reinforcement learning. The dilemma also impacts data efficiency which can be pivotal when the interactions between the ... -
Optimal Load Management Application for Industrial Customers
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-24)The urgent need for greater planning and operation efficiency of current and future electrical networks, as well as the reduction of environmental impact due to current levels of greenhouse gas emissions have led to the ...