Sökning: "action-oriented system"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden action-oriented system.
1. Norms and legal rules : An investigation of the tunnel construction through the Hallandsås ridge
Sammanfattning : In 1992 Swedens biggest tunnelproject begun. Two 8.5 km tunnels should cross a big ridge in southern Sweden which was seen as an obstacle to a fast and efficient railway line connecting Oslo and Gothenburg with Malmö and Copenhagen. However, the project had to stop in 1997 due to environmental damages. LÄS MER
2. Presence through actions : theories, concepts, and implementations
Sammanfattning : During face-to-face meetings, humans use multimodal information, including verbal information, visual information, body language, facial expressions, and other non-verbal gestures. In contrast, during computer-mediated-communication (CMC), humans rely either on mono-modal information such as text-only, voice-only, or video-only or on bi-modal information by using audiovisual modalities such as video teleconferencing. LÄS MER
3. Highly parallel computers for artificial neural networks
Sammanfattning : During a number of years the two fields of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and highly parallel computing have both evolved rapidly. In this thesis the possibility of combining these fields is explored, investigating the design and usage of highly parallel computers for ANN calculations. LÄS MER
4. Political Entrepreneurship in Swedish : Towards a (Re)Theorization of Entrepreneurial Agency
Sammanfattning : Public policies affect all of us, regardless of who we are or where we live. The study of public policymaking necessarily entails the study of the entire political system and to this end, researchers employ a multitude of frameworks, theories, and models, which tend to be complementary rather than mutually exclusive. LÄS MER
5. Stewardship towards responsible management of pesticides : the case of Ethiopian agriculture
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines pesticide use, practice and associated human health and environmental impacts in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. It uses participatory action research as a philosophy and methodology in order to understand the Ethiopian pesticide delivery system so as to bridge the gap amongst the main actors and create a space for dialogue. LÄS MER