Search for dissertations about: "proactive adaptation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words proactive adaptation.

  2. 1. Integration environmental aspects into product development : proactive measures

    Author : Sofia Ritzén; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Ecodesign; integrated product development; environmental aspects; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    Abstract : Environmental concern has greatly increased in magnitude within the companies of Swedish industry. Product development has become a strategic area: the environmental adaptation of products is fundamental for a decrease in environmental impact from human activities, and product development is an area of the greatest importance to the competitiveness of companies. READ MORE

  4. 2. The planner's dilemma : An ethical investigation of adaptation to sea level rise

    Author : Anna Döhlen Wedin; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Per Wikman-Svahn; Niklas Möller; Behnam Taebi; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adaptation; climate change; sea level rise; planning; ethics; applied ethics; value sensitive design; planning for uncertainty; Philosophy; Filosofi;

    Abstract : This is a thesis on the ethics of adaptation to sea level rise, with a focus on proactive adaptation planning. The research, which has been conducted within a transdisciplinary research project, takes a bottom-up approach to applied ethics, and has been conducted in close collaboration withadaptation planners and other project partners. READ MORE

  5. 3. Quality of experience measurement, prediction and provisioning in heterogeneous access networks

    Author : Karan Mitra; Lars Wolf; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Quality of Experience; context awareness; situation awareness; predicion; proactive adaptation; Pervasive Mobile Computing; Distribuerade datorsystem;

    Abstract : In mobile computing systems, users can access network services anywhere and anytime using mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones. Users usually have some expectations about the services provided to them by different service providers, for example, telecommunication operators and network providers. READ MORE

  6. 4. Context reasoning, context prediction and proactive adaptation in pervasive computing systems

    Author : Andrey Boytsov; Christian Becker; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Distribuerade datorsystem; Mobile and Pervasive Computing;

    Abstract : The paradigm of pervasive computing aims to integrate the computing technologies in a graceful and transparent manner, and make computing solutions available anywhere and at any time. Different aspects of pervasive computing, like smart homes, smart offices, social networks, micromarketing applications, PDAs, etc. READ MORE

  7. 5. Reconstructing Noah’s ark : Integration of climate change adaptation into Swedish public policy

    Author : Erik Glaas; Anna Jonsson; Carina Keskitalo; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Adaptation; climate change; policy integration; Sweden; vulnerability; Anpassning; klimatförändringar; policyintegrering; Sverige; sårbarhet;

    Abstract : Due to expected impacts such as flooding, landslides, and biodiversity loss, climate change adaptation has become recognized as an inevitable part of climate change policy and practice. However, our understanding of how to organize the management of adaptation is lacking, and few concrete measures have yet been implemented. READ MORE