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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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Estimating Diffusion Coefficients And Visualizing Interactions In Propane-Heavy Oil Systems
DownloadSpring 2019
Unconventional oil (mainly heavy oil, extra heavy oil and bitumen) represents a significant share of global oil reserves. Due to their high viscosity, efficient recovery of oil from these reserves is challenging and remains an issue of ongoing global research. Thermal recovery methods are...
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Estimating Fine-Grained Mobile Application Energy Use based on Run-Time Software Measured Features
DownloadFall 2020
Inefficient mobile software kills battery life. Yet, developers lack the tools necessary to detect and solve energy bugs in software. In addition, developers are usually tasked with the creation of software features and triaging existing bugs. This means that most developers do not have the time...
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Fall 2019
This thesis proposes a method to estimate robot localization error without having a ground-truth measurement of robot position. Robot localization refers to estimating a robot position and orientation (pose) within a known map, where the error is the difference between the robot’s ground-truth...
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Estimating Rock Strength of Moderately Fractured EDZ in Hard Rock Tunnels: Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory
DownloadFall 2014
Underground openings create various excavation-induced responses. The most noticeable response is the readily observed excavation damaged zone (EDZ) where the mechanical properties of the rock mass have been irreversibly altered, i.e., damaged. Within this damaged zone the stresses and...
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Fall 2015
Graphical models are frequently used to explore networks among a set of variables. Several methods for estimating sparse graphs have been proposed and their theoretical properties have been explored. There are also several selection criteria to select the optimal estimated models. However, their...
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Fall 2016
The overall objective of this study was to provide an estimate of the monetary value of drinking water reliability in Alberta. The study employed the results of an Alberta-wide survey on drinking water reliability. The survey elicited respondents’ experiences with, and risk perceptions of, three...