Search for dissertations about: "geographically weighted regression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words geographically weighted regression.

  2. 1. Bank branches and Entrepreneurship : A spatial analysis of new firm formation in Swedish regions and industries in a changing financial landscape

    Author : Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Mikaela Backman; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; GWR; Sweden; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how bank branch closure has affected the formation of new firms and to explore the varying local relationships between the accessibility of bank branches and new firm formation in 290 Swedish municipalities. In the first paper, the effect of bank branch closure is examined through spatial econometric analysis, in particular, the fixed effects and the random effects spatial panel models. READ MORE

  4. 2. Analytics-driven approaches supporting asset management of sanitary sewer networks

    Author : Emmanuel Okwori; Annelie Hedström; Maria Viklander; Marius Møller Rokstad; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Data-driven; Decision Support; Network Robustness; VA-teknik; Urban Water Engineering;

    Abstract : Sewer blockages can cause overflows and flooding, with consequences such as damage to property and environmental pollution, risks to public health and economic loss. Despite the causes being understood, blockages in sewer networks may occur unpredictably. READ MORE

  5. 3. Data-driven approaches for proactive maintenance planning of sewer blockage management

    Author : Emmanuel Okwori; Annelie Hedström; Maria Viklander; Frédéric Cherqui; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; VA-teknik; Urban Water Engineering;

    Abstract : Blockages have been reported to account for a significant proportion of reported failures in sewer networks. The malfunctioning of the sewer network from blockages and the subsequent disruption to other public services and flooding may constitute a risk to the environment and human health. READ MORE

  6. 4. Price Formation in Real Estate Markets

    Author : Pia Nilsson; Åke E Andersson; Börje Johansson; Nancy Bockstael; Jönköping University; []
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    Abstract : This thesis includes an introductory chapter and four individual papers. The papers are held together by concepts associated with price formation in real estate markets, differentiated goods and the local character of land and housing markets. READ MORE

  7. 5. Excavating the Digital Landscape : GIS analyses of social relations in central Sweden in the 1st millennium AD

    Author : Daniel Löwenborg; Paul Sinclair; Julian D. Richards; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; landscape archaeology; GIS; Iron Age; Västmanland; burial grounds; Vendel Period; Viking Age; territorial organisation; watersheds; statistical analysis; chronology; discriminant analysis; GWR; spatial analysis; perception; topography; AD 536; Fimbulvinter; property rights; crisis; historical ecology.; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a number of GIS based landscape analyses that together aim to explore aspects of the social development in Iron Age Västmanland, central Sweden. From a perspective where nature and culture are seen as integrated in the landscape, differences in the relations to the physical landscape are interpreted as reflecting social organisation. READ MORE