Browsing Theses by Subject "simulation"
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An Adaptive Ecosystem Approach to Rehabillitation and Management of the Cooum River Environmental System in Chennai, India
(University of Waterloo, 2000)This research investigates the application of an adaptive ecosystem approach to the problem of the Cooum River and environs in Chennai (formerly Madras), India. The Cooum River is an extremely polluted urban stream that ... -
Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistor Models and Pixel Circuits for AMOLED Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-08)Hydrogenated amorphous Silicon (a-Si:H) Thin Film Transistor (TFT) has many advantages and is one of the suitable choices to implement Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode (AMOLED) displays. However, the aging of ... -
Analyzing an acquisition model and optimizing stock abnormal return using simulation techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2003)The relative economic efficiency of acquisitions as a means of restructuring financially distressed firms is investigated. Yearly accounting and daily stock price data are extracted for the period between 1979 and 1998 ... -
Autonomous Cooperating Web Crawlers
(University of Waterloo, 2002)A web crawler provides an automated way to discover web events ? creation, deletion, or updates of web pages. Competition among web crawlers results in redundant crawling, wasted resources, and less-than-timely discovery ... -
Canadian Border Security: Examining Border Services Officer and Traveller Knowledge Concerning Interaction Narratives and Technologization Within the Windsor Borderland
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-04)Through contrasting institutional discourses with frontline official and non-official knowledge gleaned from interaction narratives from past social interactions and supplied by border services officers (BSOs) and members ... -
Comparison of the ground penetrating radar characterization of winter processes with the results of hydrological simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-26)Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a useful tool to characterize and investigate a variety of cold region processes, including but not limited to permafrost development and glacial morphology. Despite a comprehensive coverage, ... -
Continuum Modelling of Al/CuO Nanothermite Pellet Combustion
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-15)Nanothermite mixtures are made up of nano-sized metallic fuel and inorganic oxidizer components. As this solid mixture represents a metastable intermolecular composite, an increase in nanothermite temperature can initiate ... -
Design with Energy in Mind
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-16)This study demonstrates how much impact an architect can have on the environmental loads imposed by a building, through fundamental choices of building form, proportion, orientation, and enclosure design. It also offers ... -
Designing a Real-Time Grid Simulator for use in Market and A.G.C. Studies
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-03)Market based generation dispatch is becoming the industry norm in advanced electrical jurisdictions. Due to the continuous evolution of markets and their potential impacts on system operation, studies are performed from ... -
Development and Assessment of a Soda Lime Glass Model for Ballistic Impact
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)Transparent armour (more commonly known as bullet-resistant glass) is used in armoured land vehicles to provide increased visibility while maintaining adequate levels of protection for the occupants. Soda-lime glass is ... -
Development and Comparison of 3D Dynamic Models of Golf Clubhead-Ball Impacts
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-24)The scientific understanding and modeling of impacts has led to major advancements in golf equipment performance. The latest generation of drivers allow golfers to hit the ball farther compared to previous models. ... -
Development of a predictive model for the VAPEX process.
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-11)Heavy oil in-situ recovery in Canada is largely achieved through energy intensive and en- vironmentally detrimental steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). By exchanging steam for a vapour solvent, it has been shown ... -
Development of Terahertz Quantum Well Photodetector at 3 THz
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)This thesis reports a new terahertz (𝑓=3.22 THz) quantum well photodetector (THz QWP) as well as comprehensive numerical models simulating device active region and different grating couplers including traditional diffraction ... -
Dispatching Work: Finding the best dispatching method for real job-shops
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-11)Motivated by a situation observed by our industry partner, we test if changing dispatch methods within a job-shop can reduce the percentage of late jobs while not reducing the maximum lateness across all jobs, the two ... -
Dynamic Scheduling and Control of MEA Absorption Processes for CO2 Capture Using gProms
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-03)There are three general approaches for the mitigation of carbon emissions from fossil fuel fired power plants; pre-combustion, oxyfuel and post-combustion carbon capture. The post-combustion absorption process using MEA ... -
Effcient Simulation of Message-Passing in Distributed-Memory Architectures
(University of Waterloo, 1996)In this thesis we propose a distributed-memory parallel-computer simulation system called PUPPET (Performance Under a Pseudo-Parallel EnvironmenT). It allows the evaluation of parallel programs run in a pseudo-parallel ... -
Imitation Learning and Direct Perception for Autonomous Driving
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-15)This thesis presents two learning based approaches to solve the autonomous driving problem: end-to-end imitation learning and direct visual perception. Imitation learning uses expert demonstrations to build a policy that ... -
Imputation, Estimation and Missing Data in Finance
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Suppose <em>X</em> is a diffusion process, possibly multivariate, and suppose that there are various segments of the components of <em>X</em> that are missing. This happens, for example, if <em>X</em> is the price of ... -
In-Silico Methods for De-Risking the Clinical Development of Subcutaneously Administered Therapeutic Macromolecules
(University of Waterloo, 2016-07-27)Prediction of human pharmacokinetics (PK) following subcutaneous (SC) administration to animals is challenged by potential interspecies differences in skin anatomy and physiology. With respect to biologic or macromolecule ... -
Intent Classification during Human-Robot Contact
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-15)Robots are used in many areas of industry and automation. Currently, human safety is ensured through physical separation and safeguards. However, there is increasing interest in allowing robots and humans to work in close ...