Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis presents an approach for automated grading of UML Use Case diagrams. Many software engineering courses require students to learn how to model the behavioural features of a problem domain or an object-oriented design in the form of a use case diagram. Because assessing UML assignments is a time-consuming and labor-intensive operation, there is a need for an automated grading… more
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The residential sector is a major consumer of electricity, and its demand will rise by 65 percent by the end of 2050. The electricity consumption of a household is determined by various factors, e.g. house size, socio-economic status of the family, size of the family, etc. Previous studies have only identified a limited number of socio-economic and dwelling factors. In this thesis, we… more
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Forecasting future values of time series has long been a field with many and varied applications, from climate and weather forecasting to stock prediction and economic planning to the control of industrial processes. Many of these problems involve not only a single time series but many simultaneous series which may influence each other. This thesis provides methods based on machine… more
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Learning how to model the structural properties of a problem domain or an object-oriented design in form of a class diagram is an essential learning task in many software engineering courses. Since grading UML assignments is a cumbersome and time-consuming task, there is a need for an automated grading approach that can assist the instructors by speeding up the grading process, as well… more
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Public transportation systems play important role in the quality of life of citizens</p><p>in any metropolitan city. However, public transportation authorities face</p><p>criticisms from commuters due to irregularities in bus arrival times. For example,</p><p>transit bus users often complain when they miss the bus because it arrived too</p><p… more