Search for dissertations about: "utility theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 153 swedish dissertations containing the words utility theory.

2. 16. Differential Privacy - A Balancing Act

   Author : Boel Nelson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; vehicular data; utility; accuracy privacy trade-off; privacy; accuracy; differential privacy; data privacy; big data;

   Abstract : Data privacy is an ever important aspect of data analyses. Historically, a plethora of privacy techniques have been introduced to protect data, but few have stood the test of time. READ MORE

4. 17. Trials of Device : Wallace Stevens and the Realities of Poetic Language

   Author : Stefan Holander; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; literary theory; literature criticism; General and comparative literature; poetic prosody; metrics; rhythmic theory; Literary ethics; metaphor; modernism; Wallace Stevens; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

   Abstract : This dissertation studies Wallace Stevens? ideas and practice of poetic language with a focus on the 1930s, an era in which Stevens persistently thematized a keenly felt pressure for the possible social involvement and political utility of poetic language. The argument suggests how mutually implicated elements of his poetry such as diction, prosody and metaphor are relied on to signify or enact aesthetic closure; both in the negative terms of expressive impotence and unethical isolation and the positive ones of imaginative and linguistic change. READ MORE

5. 18. Topics in Cooperative Game Theory

   Author : Sofia Grahn; William Thomson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : Essay 1: A class of cooperative games arising from shortest path problems is defined. These shortest path games are shown to be totally balanced and allow a population-monotonic allocation scheme. READ MORE

6. 19. Control over the Cloud : Offloading, Elastic Computing, and Predictive Control

   Author : Per Skarin; Institutionen för reglerteknik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Cloud; Control Theory; Model Predictive Control; Offloading; Elastic Computing; Networks; Utility Computing; Cloud Services; Internet-of-Things; Distributed Cloud; 5G Systems;

   Abstract : The thesis studies the use of cloud native software and platforms to implement critical closed loop control. It considers technologies that provide low latency and reliable wireless communication, in terms of edge clouds and massive MIMO, but also approaches industrial IoT and the services of a distributed cloud, as an extension of commercial-of-the-shelf software and systems. READ MORE

7. 20. Essays on Smallholder Diversification, Industry Location, Debt Relief, and Disability and Utility

   Author : Sven Tengstam; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Zambia; agriculture; income diversification; structural change; poverty; global clothing industry; new economic geography; comparative advantages; industrial agglomeration; HIPC; debt relief; debt overhang; investment; incentives; disability; mobility impairment; marginal utility; hypothetical lotteries; risk.;

   Abstract : Essay 1 Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty? This paper investigates the relationship between income diversification (combinations of farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wage work, and own-business income) and income within Zambian smallholder households. Shifting to a higher degree of diversification is found to be associated with getting higher income per laborer. READ MORE