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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 2012
Multi-Agent Simulation (MAS) is a widely used paradigm for modeling and simulating real world complex system, ranging from ant colony foraging to online trading. MAS describes a complex system by representing it as a collection of interactive and concurrent objects following a set of predefined...
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Adaptation of trembling aspen and hybrid poplars to frost and drought: implications for selection and movement of planting stock in western Canada
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This study contains a series of experiments to evaluate growth performance and survival of hybrid poplars (Populus spp.) and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) in boreal planting environments in western Canada. Ecophysiological traits related to drought resistance and winter survival...
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Fall 2012
Auction algorithms have been applied in various linear network problems, such as assignment, transportation, max-flow and shortest path problem. The inherent parallel characteristics of these algorithms are well suited for Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware implementation. In this...
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Fall 2023
With the increasing complexity and capacity of modern Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), there is a growing demand for efficient FPGA computer-aided design (CAD) tools, particularly at the placement stage. While some previous works, such as RLPlace, have explored the efficacy of single-state...
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Aspen (Populus tremuloides) root suckering as influenced by log storage, traffic-induced-root wounding, slash accumulation, and soil compaction
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The objective of this thesis was to determine how aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) root systems and suckering are affected by decking area (site of log processing and storage) disturbances and seasonal timing of these disturbances. In a field study, summer-built log decks reduced regeneration...
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Compact and accurate hardware simulation of wireless channels for single and multiple antenna systems
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The accurate simulation of wireless channels is important since it permits the realistic and repeatable performance measurement of wireless systems. While software simulation is a flexible method for testing hardware models, its long-running simulation time can be prohibitive in many scenarios....
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Design and Optimization of Decoders for Low-Denisty Parity Check Codes Synthesized from the OpenCL Specifications
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Open Computing Language (OpenCL) is a high-level language that allows developers to produce portable software for heterogeneous parallel computing platforms. OpenCL is available for a variety of hardware platforms, with compiler support being recently expanded to include Field-Programmable Gate...
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Design of FPGA-based Accelerators for Deflate Compression and Decompression using High-Level Synthesis
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As the volumes of data that are transmitted over the internet continue to increase, data compression is becoming increasingly necessary in order to efficiently utilize fixed data storage space and bandwidth. The Deflate compression algorithm is one of the most widely used lossless data...
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Disturbance Effects of Oil Sands Exploration Practices on Coarse-textured Soils and Populus tremuloides Michx. Regeneration
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Oils sands exploration (OSE) sites associated with in situ oil sands development are required to evaluate and delineate oil resources. Once these sites are cleared and disturbed for exploration, they can result in habitat disturbance and fragmentation, invasion of weed species, changes to surface...