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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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,...
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Spring 2019
In reservoir management, seismic surveillance is crucial to maximize the value of the field. It is not only useful in revealing the current reservoir situation, but also in managing future risks. In a typical seismic monitoring project, repeated data acquisition and processing are required for...
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Spring 2016
Monte Carlo methods are a simple, effective, and widely deployed way of approximating integrals that prove too challenging for deterministic approaches. This thesis presents a number of contributions to the field of adaptive Monte Carlo methods. That is, approaches that automatically adjust the...