Essays about: "picking"

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  1. 1. Exploring Coordination Mechanisms and Product Characteristics for Food Waste Reduction Principles: A Case Study in Physical Distribution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

    Author : Zacharias Samuelsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Food Waste; Food Waste Mitigation; Food Supply Chain; Food Retailing; Food Waste Mitigation in Distribution; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Title: Exploring Coordination Mechanisms and Product Characteristics for Food Waste Reduction Principles: A Case Study in Physical Distribution Author: Zacharias Samuelsson Thesis supervisor: Eva Berg, Faculty of Engineering at Lund University Thesis Purpose: Identify food waste causes in a global distribution network and develop an improvement proposal for minimizing food waste. Method: This study develops a food waste mitigation framework based on a literature review and assess it through a case at a company. READ MORE

  3. 2. Collecting the Environment : A Cultural and Aesthetic Historical Analysis of Mushroom Collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the Present

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Nicole Miller; [2022]
    Keywords : Collecting; Mushrooms; Aesthetics; Environment; History; Sweden; Exhibitions; Natural History; Visual Culture; Fungi; Phenomenology; Ethnomycology; Mycorrhizal Metaphor; Mushroom Time; Collecting the Environment; Nature; Mushroom picking; foraging; aesthetic experience; Svampar; Natur; Sverige; Svamputställningar; visuell kultur;

    Abstract : The aim of this project is to investigate a cultural history of mushroom collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the present with a focus on connections between aesthetics and the environment.  Collecting is defined broadly as gathering, storing, and accumulating. READ MORE

  4. 3. Along the paths of berry pickers : ascertaining the roles and positions of seasonal migrant berry pickers in Sweden through Swedish media

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anudini Wijayarathna; [2022]
    Keywords : Swedish wild-berry industry; seasonal migrant berry pickers; Thai berry pickers; free tourist pickers; roles; socio-economic positions; labour conditions;

    Abstract : Sweden is one of the northern European countries that receive seasonal migrant labour annually from Thai and free/tourist pickers for wild-berry picking in rural northern forests and lands of Sweden. Both Thai and free/tourist pickers are subjected to different irregularities and unfair labour conditions within the Swedish wild-berries industry. READ MORE

  5. 4. Effects of Local Data Distortion in Federated Learning

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Fredrik Peteri Harr; [2022]
    Keywords : federated learning; machine learning; neural networks; distortion;

    Abstract : This study explored how clients with distorted data affected the Federated Learning process using the FedAvg and FedProx algorithms. Different amounts of the three distortions, Translation, Rotation, and Blur, were tested using three different Machine Learning models. READ MORE

  6. 5. Optimisation through automation : Implications and opportunities of bin picking in manufacturing

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Enzo Seiholm; Jesper Sundius; [2022]
    Keywords : Industry 4.0; Bin picking; Discrete event simulation; KPI; Utility function;

    Abstract : Background Manufacturers have to adopt modern technologies to compete at the top of their field. However, adopting new technologies can be expensive and difficult to validate prior to implementation. One technology that has difficulties receiving a wider application is bin picking. READ MORE