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Estimating Intersection Annual Average Daily Bicycle Traffic from 8-hour Turning Movement Counts
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-23)This thesis outlines a set of procedures for estimating annual average daily bicycle traffic (AADB) from one day, 8-hour turning movement counts (TMCs). Factoring methods for annualizing short duration counts have been ... -
Estimating PM2.5 Concentrations Using 3 KM MODIS AOD Products: A Case Study in British Columbia, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)PM2.5 refers to fine particles with diameters smaller than 2.5 μm. The rising level of PM2.5 reveals adverse effects on climate change, economic losses, international conflicts, and public health. Exposure to the high level ... -
Estimating PM2.5 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Using MODIS AOD Products from 2014 to 2015
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-17)Fine particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) has harmful impacts on regional climate, economic development and public health. The high PM2.5 concentrations in China’s urban areas are mainly caused by ... -
Estimating retail market potential using demographics and spatial analysis for home improvement in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-24)Alongside the breadth of literature on retail location theory, retail market assessment, and consumer analysis, two major topics are addressed. First, a framework for estimating market demand spatially using consumer ... -
Estimating Risk-adjusted Process Performance with a Bias/Variance Trade-off
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-12)Decision makers responsible for managing the performance of a process commonly base their decisions on an estimate of present performance, a comparison of estimates across multiple streams, and the trend in performance ... -
Estimating Values of Integrated PV-Battery Systems for Single-Detached Residences in Japan
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-16)Climate change is now widely acknowledged as a threat facing the current generation. To combat this, photovoltaic (PV) power generation, one of the renewable energy sources, has been regarded as a preferable solution to ... -
Estimation and allocation of insurance risk capital
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-15)Estimating tail risk measures such as Value at Risk (VaR) and Conditional Tail Expectation (CTE) is a vital component in financial and actuarial risk management. The CTE is a preferred risk measure, due to coherence and ... -
Estimation and Control of Dynamical Systems with Applications to Multi-Processor Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-23)System and control theory is playing an increasingly important role in the design and analysis of computing systems. This thesis investigates a set of estimation and control problems that are driven by new challenges ... -
Estimation and Goodness of Fit for Multivariate Survival Models Based on Copulas
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-20)We provide ways to test the fit of a parametric copula family for bivariate censored data with or without covariates. The proposed copula family is tested by embedding it in an expanded parametric family of copulas. When ... -
Estimation and Hypothesis Testing for Stochastic Differential Equations with Time-Dependent Parameters
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-21)There are two sources of information available in empirical research in finance: one corresponding to historical data and the other to prices currently observed in the markets. When proposing a model, it is desirable to ... -
Estimation and Occurrence of Select Antimicrobials in the Grand River Watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-09)Antimicrobials are pharmaceutically active compounds that destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or viruses. This diverse group of compounds, used in both humans and livestock, are increasingly being ... -
Estimation and prediction methods for univariate and bivariate cyclic longitudinal data using a semiparametric stochastic mixed effects model
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-19)In this thesis, I propose and consider inference for a semiparametric stochastic mixed model for bivariate longitudinal data; and provide a prediction procedure of a future cycle utilizing past cycle information. This ... -
Estimation and Testing of the Jump Component in Levy Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-25)In this thesis, a new method based on characteristic functions is proposed to estimate the jump component in a finite-activity Levy process, which includes the jump frequency and the jump size distribution. Properties of ... -
Estimation for Linear and Semi-linear Infinite-dimensional Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-21)Estimating the state of a system that is not fully known or that is exposed to noise has been an intensely studied problem in recent mathematical history. Such systems are often modelled by either ordinary differential ... -
Estimation of Carbon Storage in Urban Trees Using Multispectral Airborne Laser Scanning Data
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-19)With the continued growth of global population, urbanization becomes an inevitable trend. As substantial urban expansion undergoes, ecosystem and global land cover have been altered consequently. Urban development becomes ... -
Estimation of Heading direction Using Optic Flow
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-26)Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the reduction of the uniocular light luminance as well as the effect of unequal retinal image sizes by using uniocular size lenses, on the heading ... -
Estimation of Phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a Concentration in the Western Basin of Lake Erie Using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 Data
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-04)Worldwide phenomena called algae bloom has been recently a serious matter for inland water bodies. Temporal and spatial variability of the bloom makes it di cult to use in-situ monitoring of the lakes. This study aimed to ... -
Estimation of Pile Capacity by Optimizing Dynamic Pile Driving Formulae
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-26)Piles have been used since prehistoric times in areas with weak subsurface conditions either to reinforce existing ground, create new ground for habitation or trade, and support bridges and buildings. Originally piles were ... -
Estimation of Stochastic Degradation Models Using Uncertain Inspection Data
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)Degradation of components and structures is a major threat to the safety and reliability of large engineering systems, such as the railway networks or the nuclear power plants. Periodic inspection and maintenance are thus ... -
The Estimation of Stochastic Models in Finance with Volatility and Jump Intensity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-26)This thesis covers the parametric estimation of models with stochastic volatility, jumps, and stochastic jump intensity, by FFT. The first primary contribution is a parametric minimum relative entropy optimal Q-measure ...