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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
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Spring 2016
In network reliability context, it is often assumed that both the components and the systems can take two possible states, completely working or totally failed. However, in many real-world network systems, the component states and the system state can take more than two values. This multi-state...
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Spring 2019
In the reinforcement learning (RL) problem an agent must learn how to act optimally through trial-and-error interactions with a complex, unknown, stochastic environment. The actions taken by the agent influence not just the immediate reward it observes but also the future states and rewards it...
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Fall 2022
Matrix multiplication is a key operation both in high-performance computing and in deep-learning applications. Generic building blocks have been introduced to abstract a matrix-multiplication operation and to enable the generation of efficient code for multiple architectures. This thesis presents...
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Spring 2022
The ever-growing market share of electrical transportation and energy storage stations has led to a demand surge for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Despite their popularity in global energy storage market, an efficient, sustainable and green method that can recycle spent LIBs is also in active...
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Fall 2012
This MSc Thesis demonstrates the use of a novel efficient metallic susceptor for generating controllable and rapid localized heating for low-cost substrate bonding using commercial microwave ovens. The microwave oven is modeled and enhanced microwave susceptors are designed based on...
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Spring 2023
Oil spills are a worldwide concern that threaten the environment, ecosystems, human health, and economy. Conventional methods to combat oil spills, such as in-situ burning, booms and skimmers, dispersants, and biodegradation are not effective enough. A more efficient technology is needed to...
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Fall 2024
This thesis studies a virtual power plant (VPP) that trades the bidirectional charging flexibility of privately owned plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) in a real-time electricity market to maximize its profit. The main contribution of this thesis is the development of scalable and efficient...