Essays about: "motivation mechanism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words motivation mechanism.

  1. 1. A Generic Model of Motivation in Artificial Animals Based on Reinforcement Learning

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Birger Kleve; Pietro Ferrari; [2022-05-06]
    Keywords : reinforcement; learning; reward; shaping; animat; homeostasis; ecosystem; motivation;

    Abstract : This thesis is a part of a broader research project at Chalmers University of Technology focused on ecosystems’ simulations using reinforcement learning artificial animals, called animats. The scope of this project is to provide animats with a reward signal which should ultimately drive animats’ learning towards adaptation of their environment. READ MORE

  2. 2. Worlding Communication: The Foregrounding of Novel Communication Barriers in Literature

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Serra Hughes; [2022]
    Keywords : novel communication barriers; Eric Hayot; novum; world literature; estrangement; metadiegetic structures; Jürgen Habermas; Darko Suvin; language; linguistic novelty;

    Abstract : Novel communication barriers, innovative obstacles to mutual understanding that deviate from the norms of the actual world, are a recurring yet understudied presence in aesthetic worlds of all kinds. Some examples of this are Dana’s twentieth-century way of speaking that travels back in time with her in Kindred, or Americans under Japanese occupation struggling to speak through cultural and linguistic barriers in an alternate historical timeline in The Man in the High Castle, or the unique obstructions to communication in the alien encounters of Ursula Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness or Ted Chiang’s “The Story of Your Life. READ MORE

  3. 3. Discussing International Climate Regulations in a Post-colonial World : A Content Analysis on EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Iman Miriam Djelloul; [2022]
    Keywords : Global Trade; Carbon Emissions Trading; Climate Regulations; Carbon-colonialism; Post-colonialism; WTO; EU; CBAM.;

    Abstract : In a contemporary with intense concerns towards global warming, this thesis has investigated the matter of how trade regulation policies, responding to climate change, are rhetorically motivated and discussed within international forums. Particularly by looking at the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and by critically dissecting how the EU has been navigating its conflicting position; on one hand, as the self-appointed leader of progressive climate actions, on the other hand, as the guardian of the common economic interests of the Union – and on a third stand, as a prominent member of the World Trade Organization, with binding obligations to not violate its rules. READ MORE

  4. 4. Leadership in Multi-Tier Green Supply Chains : A case study about how supply chain leaders and their followers cascade green sustainability throughout a multi-tier supply chain

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Matthias Thorén; Matthew Wehmueller; [2022]
    Keywords : Multi-tier sustainable supply chain management; Green supply chain management; Supply chain followership; Supply chain leadership; Barriers to green supply chain management.;

    Abstract : Motivation: Previous research has shown that the focal firm’s supply chain leadership styles could have an impact on the outcome of green supply chain management. However, previous studies of focal firms, such as multinational corporations, have shown that many govern their supply chains through an indirect approach, which needs further research due to the lack of research in the combination of different supply chain leadership and followership styles. READ MORE

  5. 5. At your service! A case study on servitization in manufacturing from a dual business model perspective

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Samuel Norrby; Carina Wagner; [2022]
    Keywords : Servitization; Product-service system; Business model innovation; Ambidexterity;

    Abstract : The research on servitization of manufacturers has recently gained new traction as firms increasingly offer combinations of products and services empowered by digital means. As these firms expand their offerings to sell integrated product-services alongside their traditional commerce, they are confronted with having to juggle dual business models. READ MORE