Search for dissertations about: "ranking"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 238 swedish dissertations containing the word ranking.

  2. 16. Essays on discrimination in the marketplace

    Author : Luca Fumarco; Dan-Olof Rooth; Magnus Carlsson; Stefan Eriksson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability Discrimination; Field Experiment; Housing Market; Correspondence Studies; Discrimination; Hiring Discrimination; Ethnic Discrimination; Labor Market Tightness; Ranking Models; Screening Models; Relative age; Labor Markets in Sports; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis is composed of four self-contained papers and focuses on discrimination in themarket place.Essay 1: “Disability Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market – A Field Experiment onBlind Tenants. READ MORE

  4. 17. Essays on job market screening, in-group bias and school competition

    Author : Gustaf Lundgren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains four essays in various fields of economics. The first paper shows how to construct a model of the labor market with multiple applications and goes on to show empirical support for such a model compared to the standard version. READ MORE

  5. 18. Sport-sort : sorting algorithms and sport tournaments

    Author : Hans Block; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Arrange a really short, thrilling and fair tournament! Execute parallel sorting in a machine of a new architecture! The author shows how these problems are connected. He designs several new tournament schemes, and analyses them both in theory and in extensive simulations. He uses only elementary mathematical and statistical methods. READ MORE

  6. 19. The World-Class Ordination : A Field Theory Approach to the Study of Global University Rankings

    Author : Pablo Antonio Lillo Cea; Mikael Börjesson; Emil Bertilsson; Yves Gingras; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology of education; globalisation; field theory; universities; higher education; rankings; Utbildningssociologi; Sociology of Education;

    Abstract : Using Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory, this thesis explores the idea of a “world-class university” by analysing the narratives and dynamics that shape this classification in the context of global university rankings. It uses a combination of methods, including historical studies, bibliometrics, multiple correspondence analysis, and social network analysis to examine the socio-historical factors determining world-class status in higher education. READ MORE

  7. 20. Aggregation as Unsupervised Learning in Software Engineering and Beyond

    Author : Maria Ulan; Welf Löwe; Neil Ernst; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; quality assessment; quantitative methods; aggregation; multi-criteria decision making; unsupervised machine learning; Data- och informationsvetenskap; Computer and Information Sciences Computer Science;

    Abstract : Ranking alternatives is fundamental to effective decision making. However, creating an overall ranking is difficult if there are multiple criteria, and no single alternative performs best across all criteria. Software engineering is no exception. READ MORE