Browsing University of Waterloo by Type "Doctoral Thesis"
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An adaptive framework for sensor planning in a coordinated multi-agent environment
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Adaptive Fringe Projection and Error-Compensated Calibration for Compact 3D Shape-Measurement Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-25)Measurement of the three-dimensional (3-D) shape of an object is needed for both industrial and consumer applications. In industrial applications, compact measurement systems are needed to accomplish certain tasks such as ... -
Adaptive Human-Chatbot Interactions: Contextual Factors, Variability Design and Levels of Automation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-05)The landscape of software development is undergoing a significant transformation characterized by various factors. A notable shift is the surging demand for software developers, driven by industries' increasing reliance ... -
Adaptive Learning Algorithms for Non-stationary Data
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-22)With the wide availability of large amounts of data and acute need for extracting useful information from such data, intelligent data analysis has attracted great attention and contributed to solving many practical tasks, ... -
Adaptive Medium Access Control for Internet-of-Things Enabled Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)An Internet-of-Things (IoT) enabled mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a self organized distributed wireless network, in which nodes can randomly move making the network traffic load vary with time. A medium access control ... -
Adaptive Monitoring of Complex Software Systems using Management Metrics
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)Software systems supporting networked, transaction-oriented services are large and complex; they comprise a multitude of inter-dependent layers and components, and they implement many dynamic optimization mechanisms. ... -
Adaptive OFDM Cooperative Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-08)Cooperative communication is a promising technique for wireless communication systems where wireless nodes cooperate together in transmitting their information. Such communication transmission technique, which realizes the ... -
Adaptive policies and drawdown problems in insurance risk models
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-31)Ruin theory studies an insurer's solvency risk, and to quantify such a risk, a stochastic process is used to model the insurer's surplus process. In fact, research on ruin theory dates back to the pioneer works of Lundberg ... -
Adaptive Power Amplifiers for Modern Communication Systems with Diverse Operating Conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2013-11-26)In this thesis, novel designs for adaptive power amplifiers, capable of maintaining excellent performance at dissimilar signal parameters, are presented. These designs result in electronically reconfigurable, single-ended ... -
Adaptive Streaming: From Bitrate Maximization to Rate-Distortion Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-30)The fundamental conflict between the increasing consumer demand for better Quality-of-Experience (QoE) and the limited supply of network resources has become significant challenges to modern video delivery systems. Stat ... -
Adaptive Traffic Signal Optimization Using Bluetooth Data
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Traffic congestion continues to increase in urban centers causing significant economic, environmental, and social impacts. However, as urban areas become more densely developed, opportunities to build more roadways decline ... -
Adaptive User Authentication on Mobile Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-19)Modern mobile devices allow users to access various applications and services anywhere. However, high mobility also exposes mobile devices to device loss, unauthorized access, and many other risks. Existing studies have ... -
Additive Manufacturing Methodology and System for Fabrication of Porous Structures with Functionally Graded Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-26)The focus of this dissertation is on the development of an additive manufacturing system and methodology for fabricating structures with functionally graded porous internal properties and complex three-dimensional external ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Graphene-based Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-19)Additive manufacturing (AM) introduces a new era for the fabrication of 3D structures. AM, as an emerging and disruptive manufacturing technology, has the potential to be employed for fabrication of polymeric, metallic, ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Architected Structures for Healthcare Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-07)This dissertation focuses on the development of architected structures via direct additive manufacturing (AM) and novel template-assisted techniques for sensing and tissue engineering applications. Although AM technologies ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Graphene-based Patterns
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-11)The focus of this dissertation is on the deployment and characterization of a micro-scale aerosol-jet additive manufacturing technology to print highly conductive and flexible graphene-based patterns. For this purpose, a ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Porous Titanium Structures for Use in Orthopaedic Implants
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-04)This dissertation explores additive manufacturing of porous titanium structures for possible use as scaffolds in orthopaedics. Such scaffolds should be tailored in terms of mechanical properties and porosity to satisfy ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Soft Polysiloxane-based Bio-structures with Heterogeneous Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2018-03-26)This thesis is concerned with the development of novel additive manufacturing (AM) systems and methodologies for high speed fabrication of complex material-graded silicone structures with controllable internal features ... -
Addressing cumulative effects in the context of sustainability and co-governance in Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in traditional territory, Yukon
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-26)Cumulative effects and impacts associated with non-renewable resource development are issues of sustainability, with potentially significant implications over broad geographic and temporal scales. In Canada, Indigenous ... -
Addressing groundwater over-extraction in India: assessments, monitoring methods and interventions
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-19)Groundwater is a vast distributed source of water that is critical for meeting the demands of various socio-environmental systems globally. However, the management of groundwater resources has proven to be challenging with ...