Search for dissertations about: "delayed reward"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words delayed reward.

  2. 1. Customer Rewards Programs : Designing Incentives for Repeated Purchase

    Author : Henrik Sällberg; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Customer rewards program; incentives; repeated purchase; delayed reward; membership levels; group reward; consumption habit; non-linearity;

    Abstract : Firms have since long given their regular customers special treatment. With the help of IT, many firms have established formal ways to do this. An example is a so-called customer rewards program (CRP), by which the firm rewards the customer for repeated purchase. Firms allocate large resources in these programs with millions of customers enrolled. READ MORE

  4. 2. Markov Decision Problems in ATM Traffic Control

    Author : Ernst Nordström; Lars Asplund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer Systems; Datorteknik;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses how to make cost-effective use of the communication resources in the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN), which is based on the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switching and multiplexing technique.The thesis deals with two important functions in ATM traffic control, namely Call Admission Control (CAC) and routing, which affects both the network operator's revenue over time and the users' Quality of Service (QOS) and Grade of Service (GOS). READ MORE

  5. 3. Investigating anticipatory behaviours in lambs

    Author : Claes Anderson; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Many animals kept by humans receive cues that predict future events for example food or being let out. The interval between cue and future event may however be delayed. In the best of worlds, animals may not experience such waiting as negative and it is even suggested that the anticipation following such cues is experienced as pleasurable. READ MORE

  6. 4. Psychosocial work conditions - cardiovascular disease, perceptions and reactive behavior

    Author : Mia Söderberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The overall aims of this thesis were to improve our understanding of (1) associations between adverse psychosocial work conditions and less explored cardiovascular outcomes, and (2) workers’ perceptions and reactive behaviour when exposed to such conditions. Psychosocial job environment was evaluated with the job demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models. READ MORE

  7. 5. Automation of Wheel-Loaders

    Author : Siddharth Dadhich; Ulf Bodin; Fredrik Sandin; Ulf Andersson; Jerker Delsing; Juha Röning; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industriell elektronik; Industrial Electronics;

    Abstract : Automation and tele-remote operation of mobile earth moving machines is desired for safety and productivity reasons. With tele-operation and automation, operators can avoid harsh ergonomic conditions and hazardous environments with poor air quality, and the productivity can in principle be improved by saving the time required to commute to and from work areas. READ MORE