Search for dissertations about: "network theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 149 swedish dissertations containing the words network theory.

  2. 1. Essays on Network Effects and Money

    University dissertation from Department of Economics, P.O. Box 7082, S-220 07 LUND, Sweden

    Author : Mikael Stenkula; Lunds universitet.; Lund University.; [2003]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic policy; economic systems; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; network externality; network effect; Euro; EMU; monetary union; parallel currencies; monetary reforms; monetary systems; money; Currency; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori;

    Abstract : This thesis contains four separate papers in the field of monetary economics. The common basis for all the papers is that they deal with money and network effects in one way or another. Although the common basis is the same in all the articles, different approaches are used: theory, econometrics and history of economic thought. READ MORE

  4. 2. Quantitative vulnerability analysis of electric power networks

    University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH

    Author : Åke J. Holmgren; KTH.; [2006]
    Keywords : TEKNIKVETENSKAP; TECHNOLOGY; Safety Analysis; vulnerability; homeland security; risk analysis; network; electric power system; blackout; power law; statistical analysis; graph theory; branching process; game theory; Säkerhetsanalys;

    Abstract : Disturbances in the supply of electric power can have serious implications for everyday life as well as for national (homeland) security. A power outage can be initiated by natural disasters, adverse weather, technical failures, human errors, sabotage, terrorism, and acts of war. READ MORE

  5. 3. Efficient Coding Techniques for Networks & Channels with Transmission Errors

    University dissertation from Chalmers University of Technology

    Author : Ming Xiao; Chalmers tekniska högskola.; Chalmers University of Technology.; [2007]
    Keywords : TEKNIKVETENSKAP; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; TECHNOLOGY; Network Coding; Channels with Errors; Sink Bit Error Probability; Maximum-Likelihood Decoding; Deterministic Rateless Codes; Cross-Layer Design; Continuous Phase Modulation; Ring Convolutional Codes; Low-Density Generation-Matrix Codes; Adaptive Codes.;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of two parts, both of which investigate coding techniques for information transmission through channels in the presence of errors. Part I discusses topics of network coding and rateless codes. Part~II considers channel codes for continuous phase modulation. These two parts are clearly different, but they are also related. READ MORE

  6. 4. Pluripotent Circulations: Analyzing Articulations of Stem Cells in the USA, prior to 2001

    University dissertation from Göteborg University

    Author : Morten Sager; Göteborgs universitet.; University of Gothenburg.; [2005]
    Keywords : HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; Actor-Network Theory; meta-theory; obligatory point of passage; boundary objects; sociotechnical reality; articulations; human embryonic stem cells; spare embryos; pluripotency;

    Abstract : In this thesis, stem cell research and politics in the USA are analyzed by using actor-network theory (ANT). Here ANT is put to work on largely textual materials, often directly from US political settings, such as Congressional debates and national panels. READ MORE

  7. 5. Multinational Companies and Host Partnership in Rural Development : A Network Perspective on the Lamco Case

    University dissertation from Uppsala : Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mohammad Latifi; Uppsala universitet.; [2004]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Multinational Companies; Rural Development; Less Developed Countries; Network Theory; Lamco; Intermediary Organizations; Private Voluntary Organizations; Community Development; Liberia; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Multinational companies (MNCs) in less developed countries (LDCs) are regularly contracted to undertake rural development around their sites. Likewise, they regularly fail. READ MORE