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Distributed Key Generation and Its Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-30)Numerous cryptographic applications require a trusted authority to hold a secret. With a plethora of malicious attacks over the Internet, however, it is difficult to establish and maintain such an authority in online ... -
Distributed Medium Access Control for QoS Support in Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-01)With the rapid growth of multimedia applications and the advances of wireless communication technologies, quality-of-service (QoS) provisioning for multimedia services in heterogeneous wireless networks has been an important ... -
Distributed Multiagent Resource Allocation using Reservations to Improve Handling of Dynamic Task Arrivals
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-26)In the artificial intelligence subfield of multi-agent systems, there are many applications for algorithms which optimally allocate a set of resources among many available tasks which demand those resources. In this thesis ... -
Distributed Policing with Full Utilization and Rate Guarantees
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-27)A network service provider typically sells service at a fixed traffic rate to customers. This rate is enforced by allowing or dropping packets that pass through, in a process called policing. Distributed policing is a ... -
Distributed Power Control and Medium Access Control Protocol Design for Multi-Channel Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-24)In the past decade, the development of wireless communication technologies has made the use of the Internet ubiquitous. With the increasing number of new inventions and applications using wireless communication, more ... -
Distributed Random Set Theoretic Soft/Hard Data Fusion
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-01)Research on multisensor data fusion aims at providing the enabling technology to combine information from several sources in order to form a unifi ed picture. The literature work on fusion of conventional data provided ... -
Distributed Search in Semantic Web Service Discovery
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis presents a framework for semantic Web Service discovery using descriptive (non-functional) service characteristics in a large-scale, multi-domain setting. The framework uses Web Ontology Language for Services ... -
Distributed Secondary Control of Hybrid ac/dc Microgrids
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-25)This thesis focuses on studying hybrid ac/dc-microgrids, composed of an ac-microgrid and a dc-microgrid, connected by Interlinking Converters (ICs). Specifically, this work is focused on developing distributed secondary ... -
Distributed Sensing and Observer Design for Vehicles State Estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-16)A solution to the vehicle state estimation problem is given using the Kalman filtering and the Particle filtering theories. Vehicle states are necessary for an active or a semi-active suspension control system, which is ... -
Distributed Target Engagement in Large-scale Mobile Sensor Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-29)Sensor networks comprise an emerging field of study that is expected to touch many aspects of our life. Research in this area was originally motivated by military applications. Afterward sensor networks have demonstrated ... -
Distributed Task Allocation and Task Sequencing for Robots with Motion Constraints
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-20)This thesis considers two routing and scheduling problems. The first problem is task allocation and sequencing for multiple robots with differential motion constraints. Each task is defined as visiting a point in a subset ... -
Distributed XML Query Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-24)While centralized query processing over collections of XML data stored at a single site is a well understood problem, centralized query evaluation techniques are inherently limited in their scalability when presented with ... -
Distributing Non-cooperative Object Information in Next Generation Radar Surveillance Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-21)Radar surveillance systems, in both airspace and maritime domains, are facing increasing challenges in dealing with objects that cannot be detected by traditional transponder-based radar surveillance technologies. These ... -
Distribution and Function of Soil Thaumarchaeota
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-17)Despite the importance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA; Thaumarchaeota) to soil nitrification (Chapter 1), their biogeography in terrestrial environments and relative contributions to nitrification remain unclear. ... -
The distribution of Dreissena and other benthic invertebrates in Lake Erie, 2002.
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-22)A lake-wide benthic survey of Lake Erie during summer 2002 indicated that Dreissena bugensis is the dominant dreissenid in Lake Erie, especially in the east basin where this species was found at every station but no Dreissena ... -
Distribution Planning with Consolidation - A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-07)The distribution planning problem with consolidation center(s) addresses the coordination of distribution activities between a set of suppliers and a set of customers, through the use of intermediate facilities in order ... -
Distribution System Planning and Reliability Assessment under High DG Penetration
(University of Waterloo, 2010-02-11)With power system restructuring, continuous growth of demand, and deregulation, small, scattered generators referred to as Distributed Generation (DG) are predicted to play a key role in the power distribution system. ... -
Distribution System Planning in Smart Grids to Accommodate Distributed Energy Resources and Electric Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-05)Major changes in planning paradigms have taken place in power systems in recent years because of deregulation of the power industry, environmental policy changes, advancements in technology, and the transformation of the ... -
Distribution System Planning with Distributed Generation: Optimal versus Heuristic Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-04)Distribution system design and planning is facing a major change in paradigm because of deregulation of the power industry and with rapid penetration of distributed generation (DG) sources. Distribution system design and ... -
Distribution, Abundance, and Spatial Variability of Microplastic Pollution in Surface Waters of Lake Superior
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)Plastic pollution in oceans and lakes has been a concern for more than three decades, and largely through the breakdown of large plastics, microplastic pollution has been of real concern for over 20 years. Most research ...