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Fall 2013
In this research two-dimensional mathematical models were developed to study adsorption of single component volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and competitive adsorption of n-component mixtures of VOCs from dilute gas streams in a fixed-bed adsorber. The models consist of the macroscopic mass,...
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Two Essays on Firm's Marketing Strategy: Auction Overlap Decision of Online Auctioneers and Product Positioning of Disadvantaged Firms
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Essay 1: Optimal Seller Strategy in Overlapping Auctions Overlapping auctions for identical products are commonly observed on auction websites. Such an on-line setting for competitive auctions changes the consumers’ bidding behaviours. Bidders are able to forward-look, cross-bid and learn during...
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Two Essays on Market Interdependencies, Price Volatility and Volatility Spillovers in the Western Canadian Feed Barley, U.S. Corn and Alberta Cattle Markets
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Over the last decade, Alberta cattle markets have experienced several extreme events, including the 2003 Canadian bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis and recent episodes of feed price surges. These events may have affected the price volatility of Alberta cattle and its interdependencies...
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Two Irons in the Fire: Synthesizing Libraries of Programs by Optimizing an Auxiliary Function while Solving Problems
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Program synthesis faces a significant challenge in exploring a vast program space to find a program that satisfies the user's intent. Prior studies have proposed using different methods to guide the synthesis process to address this challenge. We propose a method that offers search guidance which...