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Model-based Evaluation: from Dependability Theory to Security
(University of Waterloo, 2013-07-16)How to quantify security is a classic question in the security community that until today has had no plausible answer. Unfortunately, current security evaluation models are often either quantitative but too specific (i.e., ... -
Model-based Reinforcement Learning of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-25)Model-based Reinforcement Learning (MBRL) techniques accelerate the learning task by employing a transition model to make predictions. In this dissertation, we present novel techniques for online learning of unknown dynamics ... -
Model-Based Validation of Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Control Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-07)Hydrogen fuel cell technology has emerged as an efficient and clean alternative to internal combustion engines for powering vehicles, and hydrogen powertrains will aid in addressing key environmental issues such as urban ... -
Model-guided Code Assistance for Framework Application Development
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)<p>Object-oriented frameworks are currently widely used in software application development. Unfortunately, they are known to be generally difficult to use because of the difficulty in understanding the concepts and ... -
Modeling a controlled-sourced, multichemical plume undergoing natural attenuation
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Sampling of an emplaced creosote source installed below the water table at CFB Borden was conducted over a period of ten years, with over nine thousand samples taken from approximately 250 multilevel samplers. This ... -
Modeling a NOx Storage and Reduction Catalyst
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-28)Lean burn engines are more fuel efficient than standard stoichiometric-burn engines but at the same time, the conventional three-way catalyst is not effective in reducing the NOx in oxygen-rich exhaust. One of the recent ... -
Modeling age-related ocular media changes using the Farnsworth Munsell (FM) 100-Hue Test
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-31)Introduction: Evaluation of chromatic discrimination can help diagnose and monitor diseases and disorders of the visual system; however, normal age-related changes can make diagnosing colour discrimination losses challenging. ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Emergency Messaging Delay in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-01)Road crashes, occurring at a high annual rate for many years, demand improvements in transportation systems to provide a high level of on-road safety. Implanting smart sensors, communication capabilities, memory storage ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Location Service Management in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-03-11)Recent technological advances in wireless communication and the pervasiveness of various wireless communication devices have offered novel and promising solutions to enable vehicles to communicate with each other, establishing ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Multilateral Negotiations
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-19)Abstract The modeling and analysis of multilateral negotiations are studied under the assumption that reaching an agreement is the main objective of the negotiators. A new methodology and associated definitions are ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Price-Responsive Loads in the Operation of Smart Grids
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-23)In this thesis, a demand elasticity model is developed and tested for the dispatch of high voltage power systems and microgrids. The price obtained from dispatching a network in a base-case scenario is used as input to a ... -
Modeling and Analysis of Software Product Line Variability in Clafer
(University of Waterloo, 2013-11-19)Both feature and class modeling are used in Software Product Line (SPL) engineering to model variability. Feature models are used primarily to represent user-visible characteristics (i.e., features) of products; whereas ... -
Modeling and Analysis of the Buckling Phenomena in the Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Biomembranes
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-06)In this project, nonlinear behavior of biomembrane are modeled as heterogeneous elastic biological systems. In addition to the static behavior of the membranes, their dynamic behavior are modeled to be able to investigate ... -
Modeling and Characterization of Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Electrodes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-29)A detailed understanding of lithiation/delithiation dynamics of battery active materials is crucial both for optimizing the existing technologies and for developing new materials. Among all, LiFePO4 (LFP) has been subject ... -
Modeling and Control of a Magnetic Drug Delivery System
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)Therapeutic operation risk has been reduced by the use of micro-robots, allowing highly invasive surgery to be replaced by low invasive surgery (LIS), which provides an effective tool even in previously inaccessible parts ... -
Modeling and Control of a Magnetically Levitated Microrobotic System
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Magnetically levitated microrobotic systems have shown a great deal of promise for micromanipulation tasks. A new large-gap magnetic suspension system has recently been developed at the University of Waterloo in order ... -
Modeling and Control of Low-Voltage DC Microgrid With Photovoltaic Energy Resources
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-29)The use of DC microgrids is a promising concept that could improve power system reliability and stability in the future. The advantages of microgrids in general include an increase in energy efficiency through lowered ... -
Modeling and Control of the Hybrid Power Flow Controller for Steady-state and Dynamic Studies and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-19)Flexible ac transmission system (FACTS) controllers offer new opportunities to better control power systems, and can address some of the critical challenges faced by the grid, especially in the context of smart grids. ... -
Modeling and Controller Design of a Wind Energy Conversion System Including a Matrix Converter
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-30)In this thesis, a grid-connected wind-energy converter system including a matrix converter is proposed. The matrix converter, as a power electronic converter, is used to interface the induction generator with the grid and ... -
Modeling and Design of Photoconductive and Superconductive Terahertz Photomixer Sources
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Terahertz technology is a fast growing field with variety of applications in biology and medicine, medical imaging, material spectroscopy and sensing, monitoring and spectroscopy in pharmaceutical industry, security, and ...