Search for dissertations about: "scenarios"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1674 swedish dissertations containing the word scenarios.

  2. 1. Scenarios and structural uncertainty

    Author : Karl Henrik Dreborg; KTH; []
    Keywords : scenarios; backcasting; structural uncertainty; gaming; tacit knowledge;

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  4. 2. Personas and Scenarios in Use

    Author : Rosa Gudjonsdottir; Yngve Sundblad; Henrik Artman; Jonathan Grudin; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ethnographic fieldwork; multi-sited fieldwork; participant observation; user-centered design; user research; personas; scenarios; Computer science; Datalogi; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi;

    Abstract : Personas are fictitious characters that represent the needs of the intended users, and scenarios complementing the personas describe how their needs can be met. The present doctoral thesis considers the usage of personas and scenarios and how they are used in system development projects. READ MORE

  5. 3. Scenarios we live by : Theorizing anticipatory practices for societal security

    Author : Mikael Linnell; Anna Olofsson; Susanna Öhman; Sissel Haugdal Jore; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis explores and theorizes practices for generating knowledge and experience of possible futures in the present. Often, our unreflected everyday actions are clearly focused on the future. READ MORE

  6. 4. Modelling energy demand in the buildings sector within the EU

    Author : Eoin Ó Broin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Residential; EU; Efficiency; Econometrics; Decomposition; Heating; Scenarios;

    Abstract : In the on-going effort within the EU to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and secure future energy supplies, the buildings sector is often referred to as offering a large potential for energy savings. The aim of this thesis is to produce scenarios that highlight the parameters that affect the energy demands and thus potentials for savings of the building sector. READ MORE

  7. 5. Pathways to future cropland : Assessing uncertainties in socio-economic processes by applying a global land-use model

    Author : Kerstin Engstrom; Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; land-use and land cover change; socio-economic modelling; scenarios; uncertainties;

    Abstract : Global agricultural production almost tripled within the last five decades. The production increase wasbased on expanding cropland and pastures, as well as the intensification of agriculture, including increased use ofhigh yielding crop varieties, machinery, irrigation, artificial fertilisers, and pesticides. READ MORE