Search for dissertations about: "case based thesis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 5428 swedish dissertations containing the words case based thesis.
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1. Case-Based Structural Design : reusing design calculation document information
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2. Understanding development of dynamic capabilities in industrialized house building : A case study
Abstract : Industrialized house building of multi-storey residential buildings is not only gaining practical importance in Sweden but is also emphasized as a way for companies to address the demands for lower and more predictable production costs, shorter delivery times and higher product quality. However, to be competitive on the market, IHB companies need to protect and capitalize their specific investments into platforms and organizations. READ MORE
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3. The Use of Case-Based Reasoning in a Human-Robot Dialog System
Abstract : As long as there have been computers, one goal has been to be able to communicate with them using natural language. It has turned out to be very hard to implement a dialog system that performs as well as a human being in an unrestricted domain, hence most dialog systems today work in small, restricted domains where the permitted dialog is fully controlled by the system. READ MORE
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4. Urban poverty, social exclusion and social housing finance. The case of PRODEL in Nicaragua
Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to further understand key conceptual and operational challenges that international aid donors, and public and private institutions, face while designing and implementing alternative forms of social housing finance which aim to be inclusive for the urban poor. Based on an in-depth study of the work of the Foundation for the Promotion of Local Development (PRODEL) in three cities in Nicaragua during a period of 15 years, the thesis tries to answer three research questions: What are the constraints the urban poor face in financing the incremental way they build their individual housing and collective assets? Why does housing microfinance not always enhance inclusion of the urban poor? How does the tension between the goal of achieving financial sustainability and increasing financial inclusion affect the policy of international donors and governments, and the practice of local financial institutions? To answer these questions, the thesis adopts a realist approach as well as a critical case study method as used in disciplines such as political science and history to explain the trends and complexities of the phenomena investigated, and formulates an argument in the form of a proposition: if financial exclusion occurs in PRODEL it might also occur elsewhere. READ MORE
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5. Opinion-Based Systems : The Cooperative Perspective on Knowledge-Based Decision Support
Abstract : During the last fifteen years expert systems have successfully been applied to a number of difficult problems in a variety of different application domains. Still, the task of actually developing these systems has been much harder than was predicted, and among systems delivered many have failed to meet user acceptance. READ MORE
