Essays about: "sparsely populated areas"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 31 essays containing the words sparsely populated areas.

  1. 16. Improvement of RANS Forest Model via Closure Coefficient Modification

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Geoffrey DeSena; [2017]
    Keywords : wind; turbulence; forest; model; RANS; Lopes; closure; WindSim;

    Abstract : As wind farms continue to take up more land throughout Northern Europe, developers are looking to sparsely populated areas, particularly in northern Fennoscandia, which hosts strong winds but also mixed and patchy forests over complex terrain. The complexity makes wind resource assessments difficult, raising uncertainty and therefore cost. READ MORE

  3. 17. Spatial Statistical Modeling of Insurance Risk

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Oskar Tufvesson; [2017]
    Keywords : Insurance; Spatial modeling; Geographical pricing; Bayesian hierarchical modeling; Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to provide a statistical method for assessing the relative insurance risk associated with the policyholders geographical location. Number of claims and claims cost are modeled separately, where the Poisson distribution is assumed for the former and the Gamma distribution is assumed for the latter. READ MORE

  4. 18. DESIGN OF A TECHNO-ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION TOOL FOR SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS IN NAMIBIA

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Aksel Holmberg; Oscar Pettersson; [2016]
    Keywords : Solar home system; Optimization tool; PV; rural electrification; Optimization model; Namibia; Optimization; Simulation; Efficiency; Solar power;

    Abstract : The expansion of the electrical grid and infrastructure is an essential part of development since it contributes to improved standard of living among the population. Solar home systems (SHS) are one solution to generate electricity for households where the national grid does not reach or is too sparsely populated to build a local mini-grid. READ MORE

  5. 19. Need assessment of electricity in Namibia : Prerequisites for implementation of a small scale wind turbine

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Martin Koskela; Emil Uman; [2015]
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    Abstract : Namibia is one of the most sparsely populated countries with a total area of 825 600 km2. There are still many residents in the country without access to electricity, and with the present rapid technological development the need for electricity is increasing constantly. READ MORE

  6. 20. A Machine Learning Approach for Studying Linked Residential Burglaries

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datalogi och datorsystemteknik

    Author : Ángela Marqués Márquez; [2014]
    Keywords : k-means algorithm; residential burglaries; cluster analysis below the abstract.;

    Abstract : Context. Multiple studies demonstrate that most of the residential burglaries are committed by a few offenders. Statistics collected by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention show that the number of residential burglary varies from year to year. But this value normally increases. READ MORE