Essays about: "Point Allocation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 68 essays containing the words Point Allocation.

  1. 21. Environmental Implications of Media Consumption embedded in Digital Ecosystems : A bottom-up systems approach to the perennial case of paperless reading in Germany

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Joachim Felix Aigner; [2018]
    Keywords : Digitalization; Sustainable Development; Environmental Hot-spots; Bottom-up Analysis; Life Cycle Assessment LCA ; Environmental Impacts; Carbon Footprint; Global Warming Potential; Media Consumption; Digital Ecosystem; Paperless Publishing and Reading; E-Book; E-Magazine; E-Paper; Germany;

    Abstract : Digitalization has been reshaping the media landscape in recent years, often conveying an implicit promise of becoming less dependent on physical resources. At the same time, the current understanding of digital reading goes beyond dedicated e-readers or definable digital media products such as magazines or newspapers. READ MORE

  3. 22. Being vulnerable; it’s attractive to a point. An exploration of the major determinants of climate change adaptation finance allocation.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nicholas Saunders; [2017-07-28]
    Keywords : climate change; vulnerability; finance; aid; two-step hurdle model;

    Abstract : I study the major determinants of climate change adaptation finance allocation. Both the intensive margin decision and the extensive margin decision are considered. All adaptation finance allocations made by OECD Development Assistance Committee nations to eligible developing countries or territories since 2011 are considered. READ MORE

  4. 23. Water Management in the midst of Climate Change and Growing Tourism: A Field Study from the Peruvian Andes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Robert Nylander; [2017-03-28]
    Keywords : Water Management; Peruvian Andes; Water Users; Climate Change; Tourism;

    Abstract : According to climate researchers, melting glaciers is one of the most sever effects of the global climate change. Peru that contains more than seventy percent of the world’s tropical glaciers is particularly vulnerable to this effect. READ MORE

  5. 24. Assessing the Construction ofCharging Stations for Electric Buses:A Case Study for Stockholm InnerCity

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Oier Lopez de Briñas Gorosabel; [2017]
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    Abstract : Electro-mobility has gained momentum within public transport in an effort to improve its sustainability. Sweden is one of the leaders in the field, with several ongoing electric bus demonstration projects and many research projects analyzing efficient infrastructure placement. READ MORE

  6. 25. Distributed Dominant Resource Fairness using Gradient Overlay

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Alexander Östman; [2017]
    Keywords : Distributed; DRF; Dominant; Resource; Fairness; Gradient; Overlay;

    Abstract : Resource management is an important component in many distributed clusters. A resource manager handles which server a task should run on and which user’s task that should be allocated. If a system has multiple users with similar demands, all users should have an equal share of the cluster, making the system fair. READ MORE