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
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A Framework for Aggregation of Heterogeneous Experts' Opinions in Construction Risk Assessment
DownloadSpring 2018
Construction companies constantly seek to improve risk analysis techniques to determine projects' risk contingency. The construction risk assessment practice relies on heterogeneous experts' opinions in a group decision making (GDM) process to determine the risk probabilities and impacts on a...
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A framework for assessing the safety performance of industrial projects using safety-related measures
DownloadFall 2017
Pereira, Estacio Siemann Santos
Although previous research has emphasized the use of safety-related measures to assess and control safety performance, many construction companies continue to rely on reactive indicators for safety control. The reluctance of industry to use safety-related measures for the proactive evaluation of...
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A Framework for Associating Mobile Devices to Individuals Based on Identification of Motion Events
DownloadFall 2020
The ubiquity of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices in everyday life allows various sensors to be utilized in networked systems for solving a number of real-world problems. Models utilizing specific sensing modalities achieve impressive performance in understanding human activity and are used in...
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Fall 2019
In the current practice, cabinets (in kitchen, bathroom, and closet) are designed and manufactured using different software and tools. Sales use simple visualization tools (i.e. Sketchup) to communicate with their clients while the same cabinets are re-drafted for estimation, permits, and...