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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
- 1Data Analysis
- 1Elections
- 1Knowledge Graphs
- 1Lucene
- 1Natural Language Processing
- 1Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Fall 2021
Weather-related power outages in the distribution grid have a significant impact on the grid reliability - they impose a high cost on power utilities and considerable inconvenience to customers. Improvements in monitoring and data collection practices, as well as advanced data processing methods,...
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Spring 2024
We introduce the background of the natural language processing field, outlining the benefits and drawbacks of rule-based versus statistical methods. We present knowledge graphs as a way to integrate the explainability of rule-based methods and the power of statistical methods, large language...
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Fall 2016
Social Networks become an important part of people's lives. A large number of individuals contribute to their contents. All aspects of everyday life -- from work to politics, and further from entertainment to personal events -- are reflected in posts generated on a daily basis. Those posts are...