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The Use Of Kullback-Leibler Divergence In Opinion Retrieval
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-01)With the huge amount of subjective contents in on-line documents, there is a clear need for an information retrieval system that supports retrieval of documents containing opinions about the topic expressed in a user’s ... -
Use of Markov Decision Process Models in Preventive Medicine
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-02)The biggest trade-off when proposing health care policies is about balancing the effectiveness and the practicality of the policies. The optimal policies providing benchmark performances can be driven through using operations ... -
The Use of Risk Analysis Techniques to Determine the Probability of Producing Non-Compliant Drinking Water: Focusing on Dual Media Rapid Gravity Filtration
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The main goal of a drinking water treatment plant is to provide safe drinking water for its consumers. Historically, this was accomplished through monitoring the influent and effluent water quality to ensure that the ... -
Use of Sensors for Fire Detection and Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-17)The ultimate goal of placing fire detection systems in buildings and structures is to allow for the rapid detection of fire and accurate prediction of ensuing fire behavior. Through a-priori prediction of how a fire might ... -
Use of Slip Prediction for Learning Grasp-Stability Policies in Robotic-Grasp Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-04)The purpose of prosthetic hands is to restore a portion of dexterity lost through upper limb amputation. However, a key capability of human grasping that is missing from most currently available prosthetic hands is the ... -
Use of Supercritical Propylene to Produce Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites via in situ Polymerization
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-02)Nanocomposites have been receiving a lot the attention in the last decade from both industry and academia, since a small amount of nanofiller can significantly improve the materials properties. In the field of thermoplastics, ... -
Use of Technological Tools for Supporting Interpersonal Trust: From Modelling to Fostering Trust Through Design
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-15)Trust is a core construct of our social lives, influencing how we interact with other individuals that are part of our social circle. Whether at work, in teams, or with friends and family, trust influences how much information ... -
The Use of the Internet in Distributing Packaged Software
(University of Waterloo, 2006)To reflect common practice in the software industry and extend transaction cost theory, this research developed building on previous research and empirically tested a model based on to identify conditions in which software ... -
User Interface Design and Validation for the Automated Rehabilitation System
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-27)In current physical rehabilitation protocols, patients typically perform exercises with intermittent feedback or guidance following the initial demonstrations from the physiotherapist. Although many patient-centered systems ... -
A User-Centric Approach to Improve the Quality of UML-like Modelling Tools and Reduce the Efforts of Modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-28)As software systems grow in size and complexity, their development and maintenance are becoming increasingly challenging. Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) has been proposed as a means to increase the developer's productivity ... -
User-Defined Gestures with Physical Props in Virtual Reality
(ACM, 2021-11-05)When interacting with virtual reality (VR) applications like CAD and open-world games, people may want to use gestures as a means of leveraging their knowledge from the physical world. However, people may prefer physical ... -
User-Defined Gestures with Physical Props in Virtual Reality
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-01)When building virtual reality (VR) environments, designers use physical props to improve immersion and realism. However, people may want to perform actions that would not be supported by physical objects, for example, ... -
A User-level, Reliable and Reconfigurable Transport Layer Protocol
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-20)Over the past 15 years, the Internet has proven itself to be one of the most influential inventions that humankind has ever conceived. The success of the Internet can be largely attributed to its stability and ease of ... -
Using a Credibility Classifier to Improve Health-Related Information Retrieval
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-19)In this thesis, we address improving the credibility and correctness of information retrieved by search engines in health-related searches. Health misinformation presented in the search engine results pages (SERPs) is a ... -
Using AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design Tools to Evaluate Flood Impact on Concrete Pavement Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-21)The resilience of concrete pavement to flood impact has remained positive based on previous experimental investigations and overtime recommended as a pre-flood adaptation strategy in countries such as Australia and the ... -
Using Building Data Models to Represent Workflows and a Contextual Dimension
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-31)The context-workflow relationship is often poorly defined or forgotten entirely. In workflow systems and applications context is either omitted, defined by the workflow or defined based on a single aspect of a contextual ... -
Using Discrete Event Simulation to Model the Benefits of VMI and CPFR
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment or CPFR, is a cooperative business methodology where supply chain members exchange demand information and develop a single shared forecast. CPFR promises to improve ... -
Using Finite Element Modeling to Gain Insights into the Mechanics of Wound Healing in Drosophila
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Although it is not difficult to observe the healing of induced wounds in animal embryos, mapping the forces that drive lesion closure has proved challenging. Laser microsurgery, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and other ... -
Using IR Thermography to Evaluate Temperature Distributions on a Diesel NOx Adsorber Catalyst during Simulated Operation
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-06)In emissions catalyst applications, an axial distribution of reaction, surface chemistry, and temperature all exist on or along the surface of the catalyst. Understanding these distributions is very important in developing ... -
Using Machine Learning to Understand the Hydrologic Impacts of Permafrost Thaw-Driven Land Cover Change
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)Discontinuous permafrost regions are experiencing a change in land cover distribution as a result of permafrost thaw. In wetlands interspersed with discontinuous permafrost, climate change is particularly problematic because ...