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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Fall 2011
This thesis work presents a novel and efficient circuit similarity algorithm to detect topological similarity between two circuits. Targeting placement, our proposed circuit similarity algorithm, namely CSBP, is able to significantly accelerate placement based on this similarity. Moreover,...
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Fall 2013
In wireless sensor networks, sensor nodes may fail due to energy depletion or physical damage. To recover the data of a failed node, we propose a fault recovery scheme which enables the remaining alive sensor nodes to use the redundant information with regard to the failed node to fulfill the...
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Fall 2021
Background Low back pain is common, costly, and considered the number one disability in the world. As a result, evidence-based clinical guidelines for the treatment of low back pain (LBP) have been developed to steer clinicians towards educating patients about their back pain, its natural...
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Fall 2014
To address the requirement of dynamic pricing and cost control in high-variation product manufacturing, nowadays many companies face the problem of generating quotes and order prices timely, accurately and consistently. This research reports a preliminary investigation on automatic cost...
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Spring 2018
Well completion is an intermediate process for oil production, or simply a connection between well drilling and oil recovery, it can influence wellsâ productivity, stability and longevity directly, hence has important effect on economic benefit of oilfield development. The selection of well...