Search for dissertations about: "Conditional monitoring"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Conditional monitoring.

  2. 1. Formal and Informal Regulations: Enforcement and Compliance

    Author : Clara Villegas Palacio; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technological adoption; environmental policy; imperfect compliance; enforcement; disclosure; image motivation; public goods experiment targeted enforcement; Conditional cooperation; experiment; public goods; social group;

    Abstract : The question I address in the thesis is how cooperation in social dilemma situations and compliance with environmental regulations are determined by legal enforcement, intrinsic motivations and culture. In light of this, the thesis consists of five independent chapters. READ MORE

  4. 2. Deductive Planning and Composite Actions in Temporal Action Logic

    Author : Martin Magnusson; Patrick Doherty; John-Jules Meyer; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Temporal Action Logic; deductive planning; composite actions; interval algebra; constraint logic programming; execution monitoring; Computer science; Datalogi;

    Abstract : Temporal Action Logic is a well established logical formalism for reasoning about action and change that has long been used as a formal specification language. Its first-order characterization and explicit time representation makes it a suitable target for automated theorem proving and the application of temporal constraint solvers. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Empirical Development Economics: Education, Health and Gender

    Author : Martina Björkman; Jakob Svensson; Paul Gertler; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development economics; applied microeconometrics; education; health; gender; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three empirical essays in development economics on education, health and gender."Income Shocks and Gender Gaps in Education: Evidence from Uganda" uses exogenous variation in rainfall across districts in Uganda to estimate the causal effects of household income shocks on children's enrollment and cognitive skills conditional on gender. READ MORE

  6. 4. Incentives and Norms in Social Insurance: Applications, Identification and Inference

    Author : Johan Vikström; Per Johansson; John Ham; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained essays. Essay 1: (with Patrik Hesselius and Per Johansson) This essay tests if social work norms are important for work absence using a large scale randomised experiment. READ MORE

  7. 5. Improving Low-Power Wireless Protocols with Timing-Accurate Simulation

    Author : Fredrik Österlind; Thiemo Voigt; Adam Dunkels; Per Gunningberg; Tarek F. Abdelzaher; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Low-Power Wireless Protocols; Wireless Sensor Networks; Contiki; Cooja; Simulation; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot datorkommunikation; Computer Science with specialization in Computer Communication;

    Abstract : Low-power wireless technology enables numerous applications in areas from environmental monitoring and smart cities, to healthcare and recycling. But resource-constraints and the distributed nature of applications make low-power wireless networks difficult to develop and understand, resulting in increased development time, poor performance, software bugs, or even network failures. READ MORE