Search for dissertations about: "2011 cost"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 265 swedish dissertations containing the words 2011 cost.

2. 1. Road Design for Future Maintenance : Life-cycle Cost Analyses for Road Barriers

   Author : Hawzheen Karim; Björn Birgisson; Ulf Isacsson; Rolf Magnusson; Robert Thomson; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; road maintenance; road management; road planning; road design; life-cycle cost; road barrier; guardrails; cable barrier; road traffic injuries; barrier collisions and barrier repair costs.; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur; Vägprojektering för minskade drift- och underhållskostnader;

   Abstract : The cost of a road construction over its service life is a function of design, quality of construction as well as maintenance strategies and operations. An optimal life-cycle cost for a road requires evaluations of the above mentioned components. READ MORE

4. 2. Transaction cost and transparency on the owner-occupied housing market : An international comparison

   Author : Sylwia Lindqvist; Hans Lind; Jaap Zevenbergen; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transaction process; transaction cost; real estate transaction; property transaction; residential transaction; cross-border transaction; transparency;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of four essays with specific objectives. The overall objective is, however, to seek a further understanding of the issue of cross-border residential transaction markets. READ MORE

5. 3. Cost management for underground infrastructure projects : a case study on cost increase and its causes

   Author : Peter Lundman; Stuart D. Green; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Mining and Rock Engineering; Gruv- och Berganläggningsteknik;

   Abstract : Extensive investments in infrastructure for transportation are currently being carried out in Sweden. A substantial part consists of underground road- and railway projects. READ MORE

6. 4. From Cost Accounting to Customer Accounting in the HospitalityIndustry : a Constructive Approach

   Author : Mats Carlbäck; Sweden Göteborg Handelshögskolan Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Restaurant Industry; Management Accounting Tools; Management Control; Experience Accounting; FAMM; Cost Allocation; Performance Measurement; Constructive Approach;

   Abstract :  The objective of this research project is to analyse and identify the role of tools used in the restaurant industry to improve resource management efficiency and performance, to develop and test the Experience Accounting tool, and to test and evaluate if this particular system is the system that could fill a gap in the hospitality industry.The research is based on the notion that the hospitality business is part of the experience industry and is producing experiences rather than a plate of food and a bed to sleep in. READ MORE

7. 5. Toward applications oriented optimal input design with focus on model predictive control

   Author : Christian Larsson; Håkan Hjalmarsson; Cristian Rojas; James Welsh; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : Modern control designs are, with few exceptions, in some way model based. In particular, predictive control has rapidly become a popular control strategy, implemented in a large number of industrial plants. Model predictive control (MPC) uses a model to predict the impact of future control inputs on the controlled plant. READ MORE