Essays about: "using agents"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 543 essays containing the words using agents.
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1. Simulating Mobility of Large Population using Mobile Application Data
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknikAbstract : Understanding people’s travel patterns and knowing the frequency of their travel activities provide important insights for effective transport management and infrastructure planning. While traditional travel surveys have historically contributed to this valuable information, they come with shortcomings such as being expensive to collect, easily outdated, and having short time coverage. READ MORE
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2. How do climate change adaptation plans consider gender? : An analysis of National Adaptation Plans in Sub- Saharan Africa
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Climate change is today an urgent threat, posing grave danger and requiring immediate attention. In order to adapt to the changes, policies, plans, and programmes have been created all over the world, such as the National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). READ MORE
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3. Reclaiming the Past and the Present: The Presentation and Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Cultural Institutions
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Cultural institutions such as museums and art galleries are important agents in educating the broader public on matters where current awareness is missing, inadequate or inaccurate. In this study, I focus on one such matter, which is the knowledge regarding ethnic minorities, their history, traditions, and current challenges. READ MORE
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4. Are Distributional Variables Useful for Forecasting With the Phillips Curve?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Does information on the distribution of wealth and income help us forecast aggregate macroeconomic variables? In this thesis, we study how adding such distributional variables to a standard forecasting model affects the forecast accuracy, in the context of inflation forecasting. Using the simulated inflation forecasting approach of Atkeson and Ohanian (2001), we perform a horse race between a textbook NAIRU Phillips curve to an extension augmented with variables from the wealth and income distributions. READ MORE
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5. Measuring bacterial metabolism and antibioticsusceptibility : using silicon nanowire field-effect transistor.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Fasta tillståndets elektronikAbstract : Antimicrobial resistance is considered by many prominent researcher and scientist as a profound global health crisis that us humans must face in the next decade. It is threatening the effectiveness of these once-reliable weapons against bacterial infections and leaving us susceptible to pathogenic agents. READ MORE
