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Bi-objective p-hub Location Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-09)In this thesis, we introduce, model, and solve bi-objective hub location problems. The two well-known hub location problems from the literature, the p-hub median and p-hub center problems, are uni ed under a bi-objective ... -
Bias in the Estimate of a Mean Reversion Parameter for a Fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-19)In this thesis we studied the estimation bias of the least squares estimate of the mean reversion parameter, when the underlying dynamics is governed by fractional Brownian motions. Fractional Brownian motion is a ... -
A Bias-Variance-Privacy Trilemma for Statistical Estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-28)The canonical algorithm for differentially private mean estimation is to first clip the samples to a bounded range and then add noise to their empirical mean. Clipping controls the sensitivity and, hence, the variance of ... -
Bichromatic dressing of Rydberg atoms and on the correctness of many-mode Floquet theory
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-20)Many-mode Floquet theory [T.-S. Ho, S.-I. Chu, and J. V. Tietz, Chem. Phys. Lett. 96, 464 (1983)] was designed as an extension of Floquet theory suitable for solving the time-dependent Schrodinger equation with multiple ... -
Biconfessionalism and Tolerance: The Peace of Augsburg in Three Imperial Cities
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-14)In contrast to the atmosphere of mistrust and division between confessions that was common to most polities during the Reformation era, the Peace of Augsburg, signed in 1555, declared the free imperial cities of the Holy ... -
Bicultural Identity Integration at Work: Effects of Identity Conflict on Role Conflict Perceptions and Exhaustion
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)Identifying with more than one culture has been found to confer numerous benefits, including greater psychological and emotional well-being. However, it is not clear how bicultural identity integration (BII; defined as ... -
bicycle factory » a post-post-Fordist urban intervention
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-24)Cities were once filled with bicycles and factories—urban typologies now regarded as anachronistic elements of the landscape, as their relationship to the built environment evolved throughout the Industrial Revolution, ... -
Bicycle-Light Rail Transit Integration in Kitchener-Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Active transportation, such as walking and cycling, are typically considered the first and last mile options for people who live close to transit corridors or transit hubs. Compared to walking, cycling allows faster travel ... -
Bidirectional Learning in Recurrent Neural Networks Using Equilibrium Propagation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)Neurobiologically-plausible learning algorithms for recurrent neural networks that can perform supervised learning are a neglected area of study. Equilibrium propagation is a recent synthesis of several ideas in biological ... -
Bidirectional TopK Sparsification for Distributed Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-27)Training large neural networks requires a large amount of time. To speed up the process, distributed training is often used. One of the largest bottlenecks in distributed training is communicating gradients across different ... -
Bifocals in children with Down syndrome (BiDS)
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-28)Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of mental challenge in individuals and is associated with many ocular disorders. One of these anomalies which is frequently present in this population is reduced accommodation ... -
Bifurcation analysis of a system of Morris-Lecar neurons with time delayed gap junctional coupling
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-27)We consider a system of two identical Morris-Lecar neurons coupled via electrical coupling. We focus our study on the effects that the coupling strength, γ , and the coupling time delay, τ , cause on the dynamics of the ... -
Bifurcation Analysis of Large Networks of Neurons
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-23)The human brain contains on the order of a hundred billion neurons, each with several thousand synaptic connections. Computational neuroscience has successfully modeled both the individual neurons as various types of ... -
Bifurcation and Robust Control of Instabilities in the Presence of Uncertainties
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-06)In real-world applications, nominal mathematical models that are used to describe the state behaviors of dynamical systems are usually less robust to deal with environmental disruptions. Uncertainties, such as imprecision ... -
Big Ships, Small Towns: The Impact of New Port Developments in the Cruise Tourism Industry. The case of Falmouth Jamaica
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-18)ABSTRACT The cruise sector constitutes one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry. With the continued growth of the industry comes the need to develop new ports to accommodate the increased volume of ... -
A Big Tiny Problem: Flows of Primary Microplastics in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Microplastics are ubiquitous across ecosystems, posing chemical and physical risks to wildlife and human health. To effectively monitor and manage the microplastics problem, a baseline of the mass of primary microplastics ... -
Bilateral Macro-Micro Teleoperation Using A Magnetic Actuation Mechanism
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-25)In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the advancement of microrobotic systems in micro-engineering, micro-fabrication, biological research and biomedical applications. Untethered magnetic-based microrobotic ... -
BIM-Based Decision Support for Evaluation of Architectural Submittals during Construction
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-15)Submittal review is a formal process that takes place after construction has begun. All materials, equipment, and processes submitted by a contractor are evaluated for compliance with specifications before they can be ... -
Bimetal Temperature Compensation for Waveguide Microwave Filters
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-24)Microwave communication devices have become ubiquitous in the past decade. As an increasing number of systems compete for spectrum, guard bands have shrunk to increase bandwidth efficiency. The frequency behaviour of ... -
Bimodal Gate Oxide Breakdown in Sub-100 nm CMOS Technology
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-19)In the last three decades, the electronic industry has registered a tremendous progress. The continuous and aggressive downsizing of the transistor feature sizes (CMOS scaling) has been the main driver of the astonishing ...