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Practical Coordination of Multi-Vehicle Systems in Formation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-14)This thesis considers the cooperation and coordination of multi vehicle systems cohesively in order to keep the formation geometry and provide the string stability. We first present the modeling of aerial and road vehicles ... -
Practical Inclusion: Representing French-Canadians in the Army during the Second World War
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)This dissertation offers a thorough re-examination of the process and reasons for why French-Canadian representation in the Canadian Army increased during the Second World War. It argues that the army’s leadership endeavoured ... -
Practical interference management strategies in Gaussian networks
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-14)Increasing demand for bandwidth intensive activities on high-penetration wireless hand-held personal devices, combined with their processing power and advanced radio features, has necessitated a new look at the problems ... -
Practical Lattice Cryptosystems: NTRUEncrypt and NTRUMLS
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)Public key cryptography, as deployed on the internet today, stands on shaky ground. For over twenty years now it has been known that the systems in widespread use are insecure against adversaries equipped with quantum ... -
Practical Multi-Interface Network Access for Mobile Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-25)Despite the growing number of mobile devices equipped with multiple networking interfaces, they are not using multiple available networks in parallel. The simple network selection techniques only allow for single network ... -
Practical Performance Criteria and Durability Prediction Modeling of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-15)Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars are becoming a reasonable alternative to steel bars in reinforced concrete members as a method to address issues of corrosion and electromagnetic interference. This growing interest ... -
Practical Private Information Retrieval
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)In recent years, the subject of online privacy has been attracting much interest, especially as more Internet users than ever are beginning to care about the privacy of their online activities. Privacy concerns are even ... -
Practical Quantum Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)Current communication networks are based on classical physics and classical information-processing. However, for nearly a century, we have known that at its most fundamental level, the universe is governed by the laws of ... -
Practical Quantum Fingerprinting and Appointment Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-24)Quantum protocols for many communication tasks have been found which significantly improve on their classical counterparts. However, many of these protocols are beyond the reach of current technology. In this work, we find ... -
The Practical Realization of Quantum Repeaters: An Exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-27)This thesis is an exploration of quantum repeaters from a practical point of view. Quantum repeaters are devices which help improve the quantum communication capacity of a lossy bosonic channel (which include photonic ... -
Practical Reasoning and Rationality
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)Theories of practical reasoning and rationality have been expounded at least as far back as the Greeks. Beginning with several historical perspectives, I attempt to answer the descriptive and normative questions of practical ... -
Practical Routing in Delay-Tolerant Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) have the potential to connect devices and areas of the world that are under-served by traditional networks. The idea is that an end-to-end connection may never be present. To make ... -
Practical Systems for Personal Thermal Comfort
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-15)Conventional centralized HVAC systems cannot provide office workers with personalized thermal comfort because workers in a single zone share a common air handling unit and thus a single air temperature. Moreover, they heat ... -
Practice Molds Place: Communities of Pottery Production and Situated Identities at Location 3 (AgHk-54)
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-06)The archaeological study of Late Woodland communities in southern Ontario has identified two spatially and culturally distinct manifestations known as the Western Basin and Ontario Iroquoian Traditions. Recently, the ... -
A Practice-Based Exploration of Knowledge Utilization in the Canada Post Rural Mail Safety Review: Applying Pragmatic Inquiry and Engaged Scholarship to a Workplace and Public Health Challenge
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-08)The purpose of this research undertaking is to explore the form and content of one of the most extensive workplace occupational health and safety interventions undertaken to date by a Canadian employer: Canada Post ... -
Practices of Furtive Commoning in the [Post]Apartheid, [Post]Colonial City of Cape Town, South Africa
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-09)Contemporary neoliberal policies in Cape Town, South Africa repeat and perpetuate colonial and apartheid era patterns of socio-spatial segregation. These patterns result in the sustained quiet encroachment of informal ... -
Practices Surrounding Social Use of the Nintendo DS Handheld Gaming System
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-21)Ad-hoc wireless networking has recently become a standard feature of handheld video gaming systems. This capability, along with the portability of the devices, increases the number of places where people can easily engage ... -
Pragmatic Groundwater-Surface Water Model Coupling with Unstructured Grids
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-29)Faced with an array of water issues exacerbated by a rapidly changing climate, hydrologists and hydrogeologists have increasingly found themselves needing to simultaneously model the groundwater and surface water domains ... -
Pragmatic language use, inhibitory control, and attention in typically-developing preschoolers
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-28)Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by atypical levels of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity, and which is estimated to affect approximately 5% of ... -
Pragmatism and Cooperation: Canadian-American Defence Activities in the Arctic, 1945-1951
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)During the early Cold War, as the Soviet menace placed Canada in between two hostile superpowers, the Canadian government decided to take steps to ensure that its sovereignty and national interests were not threatened by ...