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Data, Debt & Daemons: Systemic Asymmetries on Spaceship Earth
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-17)Day by day, the rate at which we create new data increases exponentially. Our capacity to learn cannot keep up. We are tiny members of a vast universal network, incapable of discerning cause and effect. Instead, we develop ... -
Data-Driven Analysis of Optimal Repositioning in Dockless Bike-Sharing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-29)Bike-sharing systems provide sustainable and convenient mobility services for short-distance transportation in urban areas. The dockless or free-floating bike-sharing systems allow users to leave vehicles at any location ... -
Data-Driven Analytics to Support Scheduling of Multi-Priority Multi-Class Patients with Wait Targets
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-09)The aim of dynamic scheduling is to efficiently assign available resources to the most suitable patients. The dynamic assignment of multi-class, multi-priority patients over time has long been a challenge, especially for ... -
A Data-Driven Approach for Generating Vortex Shedding Regime Maps for an Oscillating Cylinder
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Recent developments in wind energy extraction methods from vortex-induced vibration (VIV) have fueled the research into vortex shedding behaviour. The vortex shedding map is vital for the consistent use of normalized ... -
Data-Driven Inverse Optimization with Applications in Electricity Markets
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-19)Due to the increasing penetration of renewable resources and demand response instruments in the electricity markets, generation planning models have become more complex and require detailed information on the inherent ... -
Data-driven Models for Inferring the Patient Scheduling Policies via Inverse Reinforcement Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-23)In this work, we study multi-class patient scheduling with stochastic daily patient arrivals. Different classes of patients are characterized by different service times, waiting cost parameters, and rejection cost parameters. ... -
Data-Driven Network Management for Next-Generation Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-09)With the commercialization and maturity of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks, the next-generation wireless network (NGWN) is envisioned to provide seamless connectivity for mobile user terminals (MUTs) and to ... -
A data-driven optimization approach for mixed-case palletization and three-dimensional bin packing
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Palletization is the most standard method of packaging and transportation in the retail industry. Their building involves the solution of a three-dimensional packing problem with side practical constraints such as item ... -
Data-driven Optimization: Applications to Energy Infrastructure and Process Industry
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-20)Nowadays, the existence and ease of access to massive amounts of data encourage proposing data-driven solutions. As optimization has always been based on the interchange between models and data, high-level optimization ... -
Data-driven Regularization and Uncertainty Estimation to Improve Sea Ice Data Assimilation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-20)Accurate estimates of sea ice conditions such as ice thickness and ice concentration in the ice-covered regions are critical for shipping activities, ice operations and weather forecasting. The need for this information ... -
Data-driven Structure Detection in Optimization: Decomposition, Hub Location, and Brain Connectivity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-13)Employing data-driven methods to efficiently solve practical and large optimization problems is a recent trend that focuses on identifying patterns and structures in the problem data to help with its solution. In this ... -
Data-guided statistical sparse measurements modeling for compressive sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-22)Digital image acquisition can be a time consuming process for situations where high spatial resolution is required. As such, optimizing the acquisition mechanism is of high importance for many measurement applications. ... -
Dataset Creation and Imbalance Mitigation in Big Data: Enhancing Machine Learning Models for Forest Fire Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-19)Historically, forest fire prediction methods have leaned on heuristics, local insights, and basic statistical models, often neglecting the complex interplay of variables such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and ... -
DC, Microwave and Optoelectronic Characterization of YBa2Cu3O7-x Nano-Scale Thin Film Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)The nonlinear electrodynamic characteristics and presence of vortex dynamics in pseudo 2-dimensional microbridges make them attractive to design novel passive and active microwave circuits. Before such applications could ... -
DCT-based Image/Video Compression: New Design Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-29)To push the envelope of DCT-based lossy image/video compression, this thesis is motivated to revisit design of some fundamental blocks in image/video coding, ranging from source modelling, quantization table, quantizers, ... -
(de)militarized zone: faction space as borderline landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)Tension has been the most significant and constant factor in the relationship between North and South Korea over the past sixty years. The differences in the political systems and the economic disparity between the two ... -
De-Coding Urbanity : Learning from and for Old Delhi || Preserving Cultural Urban Codes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-14)The Walled City Of Old Delhi serves as the heart of metropolitan Delhi. The city is a complex amalgamation of Mughal, Colonial and post Colonial architecture. This overlap has resulted in a rich urban fabric and networked ... -
Dead Reckoning for Distributed Network Online Games
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-07)Online networked games are becoming increasingly popular. One type of network architecture used in these games is a distributed network architecture, where players send periodic updates to each other and each player must ... -
Dear Paul: Still absurd, after all these years
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)I grew up in the suburbs, and perhaps I am embarrassed to admit it. But there is no use denying it. It’s written all over my face. Even though I have been away for nearly a decade, the residue of that past life still ... -
Death and Memory: A Memorial and Museum for Euromaidan
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)Memorials are a way of mending hardship through the commemoration of past events. They are a physical manifestation and expression of events, used as a way to come to terms ends. They also create an opportunity for ...