Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Fall 2023
The ability to adaptively respond to changing environments is a fundamental aspect of intelligent behaviour. From catching a ball in motion to changing one’s mind in the face of new information, adaptation requires several key cognitive mechanisms, such as the flexible integration of sensorimotor...
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Fall 2022
Numerical methods are one of the most important aspects in the computer modelling of physical phenomena governed by differential equations. In order to study these phenomena precisely and in a timely manner, we need to use robust and efficient numerical methods for solving the underlying...
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Adaptive local threshold with shape information and its application to oil sand image segmentation
DownloadSpring 2010
This thesis is concerned with a novel local threshold segmentation algorithm for digital images incorporating shape information. In image segmentation, most local threshold algorithms are based only on intensity analysis. In many applications where an image contains objects with a similar shape,...