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Theses and Dissertations
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A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Production Time in Industrialized Building Construction
DownloadFall 2021
Industrialized building construction is an effective approach for improving the performance and management of construction projects by offering higher quality products, minimized environmental impacts, and improved schedule predictability. The industrialized building construction approach...
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Fall 2021
Wind energy is emerging as a primary source of renewable energy in Canada, attracting over $23 billion in investment. Steadily increasing, a total capacity of 31,640 MW of wind energy must be installed by 2040 to meet the requirements of the Paris Agreement on Climate, requiring the construction...
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Fall 2021
Each year, 10-20% of newborns (about 13-26 million babies) worldwide will need help to breathe at birth. Helping babies breathe is the cornerstone of neonatal resuscitation. Healthcare providers (HCPs) must perform many tasks quickly and correctly to help babies breathe and prevent irreversible...
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Fall 2021
Traffic congestion is a severe problem in many cities. One way to reduce it is by optimizing traffic signal timings. Experts spend a lot of time analyzing traffic patterns to produce good handcrafted timing schedules. However, these timing schedules can be less responsive when there is a sudden...
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Fall 2021
This thesis describes a framework to analyze the impacts of job sequencing on a window manufacturing company through implementation of various dispatching rules. In order to develop the framework, a study is carried out at a window manufacturing facility in order to gain comprehensive knowledge...
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Fall 2021
Window manufacturing process involves a series of operations including cutting profiles, welding profiles, corner cleaning, installation of hardware and assembling the other components that complete a functional window (such as jam extension, brickmould). The main bottleneck of the manufacturing...