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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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Items in this Collection
- 2Pedrycz, Witold (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 2Reformat, Marek (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Marek Z. Reformat (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Mohamed, Yasser (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Pedrycz, Witold ( Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Reformat, Marek ( Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Fall 2013
An important contribution of the Semantic Web is a new format of data representation called Resource Description Framework (RDF). In RDF every piece of information is represented by a triple: <subject-property-object>. RDFs are densely interlinked between each other and are becoming very popular...
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Extracting and Integrating Industrial Construction Steel Trade Data in ill-formed BIM Models
DownloadFall 2017
Oil and gas are known for their huge-size and complex projects that consist of multiple trades’ subprojects such as concrete, steel, and piping. These subprojects are executed within a confined area during a limited time frame. This requires careful planning and coordination between these...
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Fall 2015
The concept of Semantic Web, introduced by Berners-Lee in 2001, emphasizes importance of expressing semantics of data stored on the web. The introduced data format called Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a meaningful way of expressing and exploring data relations. It provides basics for...
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Fall 2014
There is no doubt that Internet becomes one of the most important sources of information. At the same time the amount of information stored on the web and available for users becomes enormous. In order to make this information more accessible and create prospects for software to process it...
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Spring 2016
The web is a constantly growing repository of information. Enormous amount of available information on the web creates a demand for automatic ways of processing and analyzing data. One of the most common activities performed by these processes is comparison of data – it is done to find something...