Essays about: "Volta"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Volta.

1. 1. Customer churn prediction in a slow fashion e-commerce context : An analysis of the effect of static data in customer churn prediction

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Luca Colasanti; [2023]
   Keywords : Survival Analysis; Time To Event prediction; Churn retention; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Customer Clustering; E-commerce; Analisi di sopravvivenza; Previsione del tempo a evento; Ritenzione dall’abbandono dei clienti; Apprendimento automatico; Apprendimento profondo; Segmentazione della clientela; Commercio elettronico; Överlevnadsanalys; Tid till händelseförutsägelse; Churn Prediction; Maskininlärning; Djuplärning; Kundkluster; E-handel;

   Abstract : Survival analysis is a subfield of statistics where the goal is to analyse and model the data where the outcome is the time until the occurrence of an event of interest. Because of the intrinsic temporal nature of the analysis, the employment of more recently developed sequential models (Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and Long Short Term Memory (LSTM)) has been paired with the use of dynamic temporal features, in contrast with the past reliance on static ones. READ MORE

3. 2. Land grabbing in Ghana - A false promise? : Neo-colonialism or a development opportunity?

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Olivia Albers; Suhuur Anwar Muhammed; [2023]
   Keywords : : Land grabbing; Neo-colonialism; Development opportunity; Ghana; Brong-Ahafo; Ashanti; Volta; Customary land tenure system; Nkrumah;

   Abstract : A global land rush developed during the last decade, spared primiarly by the sharp rise inglobal food prices between 2007 and 2008. The inceased international food prices resulted inincreased interest from foreign actors to invest in agricultural land in developing countries inthe global south. READ MORE

4. 3. The sources and dynamics of technological change in cassava farming in Ghana

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Chekhros Kilichova; [2023]
   Keywords : Ghana; cassava; technology adoption; agricultural transformation; farm size; agricultural extension service; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Farm size expansion in some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Ghana, is a recent phenomenon, and is indicative of the agricultural transformation process taking place in the region. Technology use and adoption level is an integral and complex part of this process, which is studied in relation to the expanding farm sizes and agricultural transformation in this study. READ MORE

5. 4. On a mission of reducing methane burps: A case study of commercialising a low-carbon innovation in the food industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

   Author : Clara Swanbeck; Saga Ising; [2022]
   Keywords : low-carbon innovation; b2b and b2c commercialisation; methane-reducing feed supplement; stakeholder mapping; sustainable food system; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Commercialising low-carbon innovations implies complex issues to be managed but is a necessity to attain a transition of industries for a sustainable future. This thesis investigates how an innovator can facilitate the adoption of their low-carbon innovation among stakeholders within the food industry. READ MORE

6. 5. Agricultural Labor Structures: Interlinking Agricultural Transformation with Local Agricultural Labor Structures in Ghana

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Hedvig Lagercrantz; [2022]
   Keywords : Ghana; Agricultural labor; Agricultural Transformation; Casual labor; Cassava; Migration; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Agricultural transformation is regarded as a prerequisite for economic growth and development to be sustainable in the long run. However, agricultural workers are among the most disadvantaged workers as well as they are a distinct occupational group that forms an important part of sustainable agricultural development in terms of skills, knowledge, and experience. READ MORE