Browsing Mathematics (Faculty of) by Title
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Modeling human-coupled common pool resource systems with techniques in evolutionary game theory and reinforcement learning
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-26)Shared resource extraction among profit-seeking individuals involves a tension between individual benefit and the collective well-being represented by the persistence of the resource. In these systems, the decisions of ... -
Modeling Interactions of Graphene with Electrolyte in the Field-Effect Transistor Configuration
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-14)Understanding interactions of graphene with an electrolyte is fundamental to its applications for chemical and biological sensors, where graphene operates in the configuration of a field-effect transistor with its surface ... -
The modeling of blood rheology in small vessels
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Blood is a dense suspension of flexible red blood cells. In response to a background flow, these cells distribute themselves non-uniformly throughout the vessel. As a result, material properties that are well defined ... -
Modeling of Brain Tumors: Effects of Microenvironment and Associated Therapeutic Strategies
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-29)Gliomas are the most common and aggressive primary brain tumors. The most common treatment protocols for these brain tumors are combinations of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However, even with the most aggressive ... -
Modeling of Cancer Signaling Pathways
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-13)Cancer is an ongoing problem all over the world. To find a cure to this disease, both clinicians and scientists are looking for a reasonable treatment method. According to Hanahan and Weinberg, one of the hallmarks of ... -
Modeling Photoluminescence Decay Dynamics in Nanocrystals
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-17)Photoluminescence resulting from donor-acceptor recombination in gallium oxide nanocrystals was studied at short and long time scales for different nanocrystal sizes. A model for the intensity decay was formulated with two ... -
Modeling Protein Secondary Structure by Products of Dependent Experts
(University of Waterloo, 2001)A phenomenon as complex as protein folding requires a complex model to approximate it. This thesis presents a bottom-up approach for building complex probabilistic models of protein secondary structure by incorporating ... -
Modeling the Effects of AUTOSAR Overhead on Automotive Application Software Timing and Schedulability
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-14)AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) provides an open and standardized E/E architecture to support modularity, transferability, reusability and scalability of the various components required to implement a function ... -
Modeling Trust in Multiagent Mobile Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks through Enhanced Knowledge Exchange for Effective Travel Decision Making
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-24)This thesis explores how to effectively model trust in the environment of mobile vehicular ad-hoc networks. We consider each vehicle’s travel path planning to be guided by an intelligent agent that receives traffic reports ... -
Modeling User Affect Using Interaction Events
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-08)Emotions play a significant role in many human mental activities, including decision-making, motivation, and cognition. Various intelligent and expert systems can be empowered with emotionally intelligent capabilities, ... -
Modelling Acoustic Propagation with Dominant Paths
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-15)Hearing is one of our major senses. In addition to being, arguably, our primary form of communication, it affects how we perceive the world around us. Accurate acoustic simulation can complement graphical simulation systems, ... -
Modelling Allostery using a Computational Analysis of Side-Chain Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-30)Allostery refers to the regulation of protein activity arising from an effector molecule, such as a ligand, binding to a protein. The exact mechanisms that take place in allosteric regulation are still a source of debate ... -
Modelling and Analysis using Graph Transformation Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-01)Communication protocols, a class of critical systems, play an important role in industry. These protocols are critical because the tolerance for faults in these systems is low and it is highly desirable that these systems ... -
Modelling Chart Trajectories using Song Features
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-23)Over the years, hit song science has been a controversial topic within music information retrieval. Researchers have debated whether an unbiased dataset can be constructed to model song performance in a meaningful way. ... -
Modelling Interactions Between Forest Pest Invasions And Human Decisions Regarding Firewood Transport Restrictions
(Public Library of Science, 2014-04-15)The invasion of nonnative, wood-boring insects such as the Asian longhorned beetle (A. glabripennis) and the emerald ash borer (A. planipennis) is a serious ecological and economic threat to Canadian deciduous and mixed-wood ... -
Modelling Internal Solitary Waves and the Alternative Ostrovsky Equation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-25)Internal solitary waves (ISWs) are commonly observed in the ocean, and they play important roles in many ways, such as transport of mass and various nutrients through propagation. The fluids considered in this thesis ... -
A modelling investigation into the impacts of the convective parameterization on the tropical circulation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)Many studies have shown that the tropical circulations (Walker and Hadley circulations) will weaken in a warmer world. This is sometimes attributed to changes in the tropical mean water cycling rate (driven by convective ... -
Modelling Issues in Three-state Progressive Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2001)This dissertation focuses on several issues pertaining to three-state progressive stochastic processes. Casting survival data within a three-state framework is an effective way to incorporate intermediate events into an ... -
The Modelling of Biological Growth: a Pattern Theoretic Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-11)Mathematical and statistical modeling and analysis of biological growth using images collected over time are important for understanding of normal and abnormal development. In computational anatomy, changes in the shape ... -
Modelling resilience and sustainability of complex human-environment systems in agriculture and ecology
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-01)As we move further into the Anthropocene, numerous challenges to sustainable development present themselves. Questions abound: How do we feed a growing population? What steps must we take to conserve ecologically valuable ...