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Feasibility Study of Lean Oil Sand as Base and Surface Material on Gravel Roads in Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-18)A major concern has been raised by Imperial Oil Inc. that dust issues extensively occurred on the gravel roads in Kearl Lake Oil Sand site in northern Alberta, Canada. Some mitigation measures had been utilized to minimize ... -
A Feasibility Study of Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers Functionalized for Ethanol Dectection
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-01)The chemical sensing system plays an important role in medical and environmental monitoring. Gases exhaled by humans include nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The VOCs are ... -
The Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity of Using the Self-report Version of interRAI Check-Up Among Community Dwelling Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-23)As the result of population aging around the world, the prevalence of chronic conditions is increasing. Early detection through constant monitoring is an effective strategy of minimizing the impact of chronic conditions ... -
A Feasible Lagrangian Approach with Application to the Generalized Assignment Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-28)Lagrangian relaxation is a widely used decomposition approach to solve difficult optimization problems that exhibit special structure. It provides a lower bound on the optimal objective of a minimization problem. On the ... -
Feathered roots and migratory routes: Latin American immigrants and birds
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)In our current age, which some call the Anthropocene, humans experience the combined effects of accelerated human mobility and ecological changes. These changes may affect people’s well-being, including their emotional and ... -
Feature Analysis and Classification of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Hidradenitis Suppurativa Using Data Mining
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-14)Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) refers to a group of conditions that primarily affect the gut and cause inflammation. In contrast, Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a chronic immune-mediated condition characterized by boils ... -
Feature Identification
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-04)We present several methods for identifying time periods of interest (features) in a wide range of data sets. The gamma method is a computationally inexpensive, flexible feature identification method which uses a comparison ... -
A Feature Interaction Resolution Scheme Based on Controlled Phenomena
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-15)Systems that are assembled from independently developed features suffer from feature interactions, in which features affect one another's behaviour in surprising ways. To ensure that a system behaves as intended, developers ... -
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, ...