Browsing Masters Theses by Issue Date
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The Mountain Pass Theorem and Applications
(2010-11-08)This project lies at the interface between Nonlinear Functional Analysis, unconstrained Optimization and Critical point theory. It concerns mainly the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz's Mountain Pass Theorem which is a min-max theorem ...
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Practical Approach to Effective Sand Prediction, Control and Management
(2010-11-12)The production of formation sand is a problem associated with most oil deposits in the world. Major Sand production effects affect safety, well or field economics and continuous production. This has prompted the continued ...
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Object Oriented Implementations for DEVS Formalism
(2010-11-15)Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) formalism is a Modeling and Simulation (M&S) framework that provides a means of specifying an object called a system. This work presents implementations of this formalism using ...
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Effect of Gas-Oil-Ratio on Oil Production
(2010-11-15)Maximum production from an oil well can be achieved through proper selection of tubing size. The selection of optimum tubing size must be evaluated when completing a well in any type of reservoir especially solution gas ...
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An Approach to Stimulation Candidate Selection and Optimization
(2010-11-15)Well stimulation consists of several methods used for enhancing the natural producing ability of the reservoir when production rate declines. A de tailed literature review of some of the well published stimulation models ...
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Statistical Characterization of Performance of Biopolymer Drill-In Fluid for Different Rheological Models
(2010-11-15)Appropriate selection of rheological models is important for hydraulic calculations of pressure loss prediction and hole cleaning efficiency of drilling fluids. Power law, Bingham-Plastic Herschel-Bulkley models are the ...
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Floquet Theory and Applications
(2010-12-05)This project is at the interface between Analysis, Natural Sciences and Modeling Theory. It deals with Floquet Theory (also re ered to as Floquet-Lyapunov theory) which is the main tool of the theory of periodic ordinary ...
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Isoperimetric Variational Techniques and Applications
(2010-12-05)This project is at the interface between Nonlinear Functional Analysis, Convex Analysis and Di erential Equations. It concerns one of the most powerful methods often used to solve optimization problems with constraints; ...
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Monotone Operators and Applications
(2010-12-07)This project is mainly focused on the theory of Monotone (increasing) Operators and its applications. Monotone operators play an important role in many branches of Mathematics such as Convex Analysis, Optimization Theory, ...
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A Model-View-Controller Based Platform for the Modeling and Simulation of the Hoist Scheduling Problem
(2010-12-12)The hoist scheduling problem is a critical issue in the design and control of many manufacturing processes. When the hoist number and tank numbers are very large, finding an optimal schedule is very hard. As a result of ...
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Multicore System on Chip Electrocardiography
(2010-12-12)Basically electrocardiography is a commonly used, non-invasive procedure for recording electrical changes in the heart. The record, which is called an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), shows the series of waves that relate ...
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An Eclipse-Based Graphical Modeling Tool for Discrete Event Simulation
(2010-12-12)We propose DEVS-Driven Modeling Language (DDML), a graphical notation for DEVS [1] modeling and an Eclipse-based graphical editor, Eclipse-DDML. DDML attempts to bridge the gap between expert modelers and domain experts ...
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Performance Evaluation of Queue Processors Vs Risc Architecture
(2010-12-12)Nowadays, shifts in Hardware and Software technologies have forced designers and users to look at micro-architecture that process instructions stream with high performance and low power consumption. In Striving for such ...
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An Experimental Model to Predict and Control Oilfield Emulsion Tightness: a Novel Approach
(2010-12-12)Formation of water-in-oil emulsions are among the major challenges encountered by production and surface facilities engineers during the recovery of crude oil, especially in a large multi-wells system in both onshore and ...
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Optimization of Strategies for Natural Gas Utilization: Case Study of the Niger Delta
(2010-12-12)Nigeria is endowed with huge proven gas reserves estimated to be 184 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). It ranks as the 7th holder of natural gas reserves in the world, and the largest in Africa. Nigeria also flares more natural ...
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Prevention of Hydrates in Pipelines using Hybrid Thermodynamic Inhibitors
(2010-12-12)Chemical method is the most efficient and flexible method of hydrate control in offshore operations. In recent times, polymers and surfactants have been used to influence the kinetics of hydrate growth and coagulation. ...
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Building and Ranking of Geostatistical Petroleum Reservoir Models
(2010-12-12)Techniques in Geostatistics are increasingly being used to generate reservoir models and quantify uncertainty in reservoir properties. This is achieved through the construction of multiple realizations to capture the ...
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Diagnostic Plots for Analysis of Water Production and Reservoir Performance (A Case Study)
(2010-12-12)The research is aimed at the understanding of the various diagnostic plots for the analysis of water production that are available as well as the application of these methods in a case study. It also aimed at the establishment ...
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Effect of Pipe Eccentricity on Hole Cleaning and Wellbore Hydraulics
(2010-12-12)The consideration of pipe eccentricity and its impact on hole cleaning has not been widely reported in literature. Pipe eccentricity affects the average velocity of the drilling fluid in the annulus which is one of the ...