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Optimal Reinsurance Designs: from an Insurer’s Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)The research on optimal reinsurance design dated back to the 1960’s. For nearly half a century, the quest for optimal reinsurance designs has remained a fascinating subject, drawing significant interests from both academicians ... -
Optimal Reinsurance Retentions under Ruin-Related Optimization Criteria
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-02)Quota-share and stop-loss/excess-of-loss reinsurances are two important reinsurance strategies. An important question, both in theory and in application, is to determine optimal retentions for these reinsurances. In ... -
Optimal Relay Station Placement in Broadband Wireless Access Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)With the development of IEEE 802.16j multihop relay protocol, the requirement to enhance the network capacity in a wireless network has been met e ectively. In this thesis, we study the capacity enhancement problem for a ... -
Optimal Renewable Energy Integration into the Process Industry and Energy Infrastructure Using the Multi-Energy Hub Approach with Economic and Environmental Considerations
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-08)Fossil fuels are an integral part of the current energy infrastructure and the major contributor towards carbon emissions. Energy intensive industries and local energy framework, inclusive of the transport sector, can be ... -
Optimal Retirement Planning: Scenario Generation, Preferences, and Objectives
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)The global trend of shifting from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) workplace pension plans is putting growing pressure on individuals to take more ownership in retirement planning and financial decision-making. ... -
Optimal Routing in Battery-Powered Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)The increased interest in reducing greenhouse gas emissions has motivated renewed interest in electric vehicles technology as an alternative to current fossil-fuel based transportation equipment. Electric vehicles (EVs) ... -
Optimal Scheduling for Asymmetric Multi-core Server Processors
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-16)The arrival rate of jobs at servers in a data-center can vary significantly over time. The servers in data-centers are typically multi-core processors, which allow jobs to be processed at different degrees of parallelism ... -
Optimal Scheduling for Chemical Processes and its Integration with Design and Control
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-13)Optimal scheduling is an active area of research as the economics of many chemical processes is affected to a great extent with the optimality of schedules of their operations. Effective use of resources and their capacities ... -
Optimal Sensor Location for the Estimation of a Linear Dispersive Wave Equation
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-07)The problem of optimal sensor location for the estimation of a linear dispersive wave equation is considered in this work. A steady-state Kalman filter was used as an optimal state observer with localized velocity information ... -
Optimal Shipping Decisions in an Airfreight Forwarding Network
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-23)This thesis explores three consolidation problems derived from the daily operations of major international airfreight forwarders. First, we study the freight forwarder's unsplittable shipment planning problem in an ... -
Optimal Signaling and Labelling For Constellation-Constrained Communication Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Most communication systems use a finite signal set as their alphabet set to form a codebook to transmit data over a communication channel in a reliable fashion. The problem with Conventional methods which implement Coded ... -
Optimal Siting and Sizing of Solar Photovoltaic Distributed Generation to Minimize Loss, Present Value of Future Asset Upgrades and Peak Demand Costs on a Real Distribution Feeder
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)The increasing penetration of distributed generation (DG) in power distribution systems presents technical and economic benefits as well as integration challenges to utility engineers. Governments are beginning to acknowledge ... -
Optimal Sizing of Battery/Ultracapacitor-Based Energy Storage Systems in Electric Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-19)In recent years, electrification of powertrain has gradually become the core of research and development efforts in automotive industry. This is mainly due to the fact that electrified powertrains can effectively alleviate ... -
The Optimal Steady-State Control Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)Many engineering systems -- including electrical power networks, chemical processing plants, and communication networks -- have a well-defined notion of an "optimal'" steady-state operating point. This optimal operating ... -
Optimal Strategies with Tail Correlation Constraints
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-16)Optimal strategies under worst-case scenarios have been studied in Bernard et al. [2013a]. Bernard et al. utilize copulas to construct cost-efficient strategies with a predefined dependence structure in the tail between ... -
Optimal Success Bounds for Single Query Quantum Algorithms Computing the General SUM Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-27)In this thesis the problem of computing the sum of a string of arbitrary finite length drawn from an arbitrary finite alphabet is treated. The resource considered is the number of queries to some oracle which hides the ... -
Optimal Trading Strategies for an Asset with Disordered Return
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-18)We explore various trading strategies from a mathematical and practical perspective. Using a geometric Brownian motion with a disorder to model asset price bubbles, we apply this model to multiple periods and explore the ... -
Optimal trajectory calculation using neural networks
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-08)Optimal control methods for linear systems have reached a substantial level of maturity, both in terms of conceptual understanding and scalable computational implementation. For non-linear systems, an open-loop feedback ... -
Optimal Vibration Control in Structures using Level set Technique
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Vibration control is inevitable in many fields, including mechanical and civil engineering. This matter becomes more crucial for lightweight systems, like those made of magnesium. One of the most commonly practiced methods ... -
The optimality of a dividend barrier strategy for Levy insurance risk processes, with a focus on the univariate Erlang mixture
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)In insurance risk theory, the surplus of an insurance company is modelled to monitor and quantify its risks. With the outgo of claims and inflow of premiums, the insurer needs to determine what financial portfolio ensures ...