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P2P Marketplaces and Retailing in the Presence of Consumers' Valuation Uncertainty
(Wiley, 2017-03)Can peer‐to‐peer (P2P) marketplaces benefit traditional supply chains when consumers may experience valuation risk? P2P marketplaces can mitigate consumers' risk by allowing them to trade mismatched goods; yet, they also ... -
P2TA: Privacy-preserving task allocation for edge computing enhanced mobile crowdsensing
(Elsevier, 2019-08)In conventional mobile crowdsensing (MCS) applications, the crowdsensing server (CS-server) needs mobile users’ precise locations for optimal task allocation, which raises privacy concerns. This paper proposes a ... -
Packaging and Characterization of a NbTiN Superconducting Nanowire for the Design of an Optimal Nanowire Meander Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-23)The Superconducting Nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) made with niobium-titanium nitride (NbTiN) thin films fabricated on oxidized silicon substrates are highly promising nanodevices. The SNSPD is an immensely capable ... -
Packaging and Characterization of NbN Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-22)Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are nanodevices usually made from thin niobium nitride (NbN) films. Operated at liquid helium temperature, they can exhibit high detection efficiency with low ... -
Packing: An Architect's Guide
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-19)A study of packing constructs a critique of the everyday: a dialogue between chaos and order, surface and area, interior and exterior, gravity and lightness. In search of tangible expression of the spatial processes I ... -
PACS: Private and Adaptive Computational Sprinting
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-25)Computational sprinting is a class of mechanisms that enables a chip to temporarily exceed its thermal limits to enhance performance. Previous approaches model the optimization of computational-sprinting strategies as a ... -
Pairing Generation for Airline Crew Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Airline planning is a complex and difficult process. The biggest airlines in the world plan for and operate fleets of over 700 aircraft using tens of thousands of crew members. As such, small percentages in savings translate ... -
Paleoevolution of Pore Fluids in Glaciated Geologic Settings
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-17)Nuclear power generation is being regarded as a solution to ever increasing demand for electricity, and concerns over global warming and climate change due to the use of fossil fuels. Although nuclear power generation is ... -
Palladium Nanoparticles Loaded on Carbon Modified TiO2 Nanobelts for Enhanced Methanol Electrooxidation
(Springer, 2013-09-12)Carbon modified TiO2 nanobelts (TiO2-C) were synthesized using a hydrothermal growth method, as a support material for palladium (Pd) nanoparticles (Pd/TiO2-C) to improve the electrocatalytic performance for methanol ... -
Palmprint Identification Based on Generalization of IrisCode
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-24)The development of accurate and reliable security systems is a matter of wide interest, and in this context biometrics is seen as a highly effective automatic mechanism for personal identification. Among biometric technologies, ... -
Panic Detection in Human Crowds using Sparse Coding
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)Recently, the surveillance of human activities has drawn a lot of attention from the research community and the camera based surveillance is being tried with the aid of computers. Cameras are being used extensively for ... -
Parallel Multiplier Designs for the Galois/Counter Mode of Operation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-09)The Galois/Counter Mode of Operation (GCM), recently standardized by NIST, simultaneously authenticates and encrypts data at speeds not previously possible for both software and hardware implementations. In GCM, data ... -
Parallel Run-Time Verification
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)Run-time verification is a technique to reason about a program correctness. Given a set of desirable properties and a program trace from the inspected program as an input, the monitor module verifies that properties hold ... -
Parallelizing Legendre Memory Unit Training
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-14)Recently, a new recurrent neural network (RNN) named the Legendre Memory Unit (LMU) was proposed and shown to achieve state-of-the-art performance on several benchmark datasets. Here we leverage the linear time-invariant ... -
Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis of Contaminant First Arrival Times at Household Drinking Water Wells
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-25)Exposure assessment, which is an investigation of the extent of human exposure to a specific contaminant, must include estimates of the duration and frequency of exposure. For a groundwater system, the duration of exposure ... -
Parameter estimation of an electrochemistry-based lithium-ion battery model
(Elsevier, 2015-09-30)Parameters for an electrochemistry-based Lithium-ion battery model are estimated using the homotopy optimization approach. A high-fidelity model of the battery is presented based on chemical and electrical phenomena. ... -
Parameter identification in dynamic systems using the homotopy optimization approach
(Springer, 2011-12)Identifying the parameters in a mathematical model governed by a system of ordinary differential equations is considered in this work. It is assumed that only partial state measurement is available from experiments, and ... -
Parameterizing Enterprise WiFi Networks: The Use of Wide Channels
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)We investigate the joint channel, power, and carrier sensing threshold allocation problem in IEEE 802.11ac enterprise networks in a single 160 MHz band and show that the current practice, which is to use narrower channels ... -
Parametric Design: An Implementation of Bentley Systems Generative Components
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis addresses the need for flexible parametric design tools. It focuses on the implementation of a particular tool, Bentley Systems' Generative Components, by exploring features, strengths and weaknesses, and ... -
The Parametric Facade: Optimization in Architecture through a Synthesis of Design, Analysis and Fabrication
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-25)Modular building systems that use only prefabricated parts, sometimes known as building “kits”, first emerged in the 1830s and 1840s in the form of glass and iron roof systems for urban transportation and distribution ...