This release adds a PDF document containing the approved and published version of my thesis in UCalgary's thesis vault (https://hdl.handle.net/1880/118186). Note that this document is exactly the same as the manuscripts/thesis/2024-02-06_mccarthy-michael_msc-thesis-revised.docx document aside from the file name and file format, which were changed to follow UCalgary's submission guidelines for theses.
The README has also been updated with a citation for the published document.