Search for dissertations about: "mining dissertation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words mining dissertation.

2. 1. Data Stream Mining and Analysis : Clustering Evolving Data

   Author : Christian Nordahl; Håkan Grahn; Veselka Boeva; Marie Netz; Plamen Angelov; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Data Stream Mining; Clustering; Data Streams; Data Mining; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : Streaming data is becoming more prevalent in our society every day. With the increasing use of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G networks, the number of possible data sources steadily increases. Therefore, there is a need to develop algorithms that can handle the massive amount of data we now generate. READ MORE

4. 2. Mining for Meaning : using computational text analysis for social inquiry

   Author : Miriam Hurtado Bodell; Marc Keuschnigg; Måns Magnusson; Peter Hedström; Laura Nelson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Text-as-data; Analytical sociology; Meaning-making; Computational text analysis; Computational social science;

   Abstract : People interpret their surroundings through associations, determining what they perceive as belonging or not belonging together. For instance, one individual may view immigrants as a beneficial addition to the domestic labor market, while another may perceive them as a threat to job opportunities for native citizens. READ MORE

5. 3. Legal Implications of Data Mining : Assessing the European Union’s Data Protection Principles in Light of the United States Government’s National Intelligence Data Mining Practices

   Author : Liane Colonna; Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg; Antonina Bakardjieva-Engelbrekt; Dan Svantesson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; data mining; data protection; privacy; Directive 95 46 ec; data transfers; EU law; US law; rättsinformatik; Law and Information Technology;

   Abstract : This dissertation addresses some of the data protection challenges that have arisen from globalization, technological progress, terrorism and seamless cross-border flows of personal data.  The focus of the thesis is to examine ways to protect the personal data of EU citizens, which may be collected by communications service providers such as Google and Facebook, transferred to the US Government and data mined within the context of American national intelligence surveillance programs. READ MORE

6. 4. The comfort of alignment: Mining, green steel, and killjoy desires in Sweden/Sápmi

   Author : Georgia de Leeuw; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; extractivism; mining; green steel; iron ore; comfort; alignment; Sweden; Sápmi;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with Swedish extractivism in Sápmi through the examples of a planned iron ore mine in Gállok/Kallak and the hydrogen-based steel transition. The main aim is to understand the trust that is placed in extraction as a means to arrive at a happy, prosperous, green future. READ MORE

7. 5. Mining Booms in Africa and Local Welfare Effects: Labor Markets, Women’s Empowerment and Criminality

   Author : Anja Tolonen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development; Extractive Industries; Mining; Economic Growth; Women s Empowerment; Labor Markets; Africa; Criminality; Gender;

   Abstract : The role that extractive industries can play in processes of economic development is frequently described as, at best non-existent, or at worst, persistently negative. Extractive industries, while focusing on unearthing large sub-soil wealth, are sometimes linked to adverse political and macroeconomic outcomes in developing countries. READ MORE