Browsing Department of Geography by Subject "733199"
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A case study on The Vicious Cycle of Food Insecurity in Small-scale Farmer Households in Zambia
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Acquisition policy design; An application of system dynamics for a heavy equipment dealer in Southeast Asia
(Master thesis, 2012-07-06)In this paper, a system dynamic model is developed to design a robust policy for heavy equipment acquisition, to improve the performance of the company by preventing the company from facing low liquidity while utilizing ... -
Agricultural production and food insecurity in Ethiopia: System dynamics approch
(Master thesis, 2013-06-10)Agriculture has been the main economic activity of many Ethiopians for centuries, and it has employed around 80 % of the population. Despite the involvement of a large proportion of population in the food production, food ... -
Analysis of Traffic in Mexico City: Mapping of the System’s Dynamic Structure and Policy Recommendation
(Master thesis, 2018-07-07)This thesis documents a System Dynamics study in which the problem of vehicle traffic in Mexico’s City is analysed. The document explored the System Dynamic methodology that was used, the results of the dynamic model and ... -
Attain and sustain competitive advantage: A system dynamics model of customer-based brand equity
(Master thesis, 2012-06-27)Using Vensim® I developed a simulation model of customer based brand equity based on the theoretical framework of Aaker (1991) incorporating the two way linkages of the elements of brand equity and market performance of ... -
Automated Model Conceptualization and Interactive Modeling Environment: A Software Prototype
(Master thesis, 2019-08-14)In system dynamics modeling process, modelers retrieve information from various sources to come up with a model that is able to reproduce a problematic behavior, then based on the model, policies are designed to alleviate ... -
Beyond diet and exercise: A system dynamics approach to understanding the relationships between weight and well-being.
(Master thesis, 2015-06-18)Over the past decade, the province of British Columbia has experienced undesirable rates of overweight and obesity among its residents. These rates result in challenges for both overweight and obese individuals, as well ... -
Biofuel and food security: insights from a system dynamics model. The case of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)Empirical evidence from research points to biofuel as a possible substitute to conventional fossil fuel-gasoline and diesel. Some countries USA and many in Europe are working towards mandates and legislations that impose ... -
Blackouts in Nepal & Dynamic pricing
(Master thesis, 2017)This paper mainly analyzes the power shortage in Nepal by using the system dynamics (SD) tools. From the last ten years, Nepal has been facing the challenge of load shedding and it is increasing year by year because the ... -
Business Strategy Deltares' Delft3D. How to adjust business strategy of the company according to the changes in the organizational policies
(Master thesis, 2014-07-02)A research institute in the field of coastal life and infrastructure has changed its strategy from licensing to the open-source code for the Delft3D modelling software - the company decided to use dare to share" concept. ... -
Carbon capture utilization and storage market dynamics: Matching CO2 supply and demand for enhanced oil recovery
(Master thesis, 2014-08-15)This thesis describes the project, which is a part of a wider collaboration between the University of Bergen, Norway and the University of North Dakota (UND) and the Institute for Energy Studies (IES), US established in ... -
Commuting, a choice or a necessity? A system dynamic simulation model for intra urban migration
(Master thesis, 2013-05-30)The number of commuters is one of the main determinants of traffic and pollution problems. In a growing city like Bergen, the number of commuters has been increasing dramatically. A simulation model has been built to explain ... -
A comparative, simulation supported study on the diffusion of battery electric vehicles in Norway and Sweden
(Master thesis, 2017-08-29)We are living at a point in history where global cost dynamics and specific political choices may lead to an integral transformation of the mobility system as we know it. After a century where the internal combustion engine ... -
Corruption - Can Brazil win this war?
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)Corruption in Brazil is endemic and has increased since the end of the military transition regime in 1985, a year marked by an indirect presidential election, which was followed by the 1988 Constitutional Reform. The present ... -
Developing an ASD Macroeconomic Model of the Stock Approach - With Emphasis on Bank Lending and Interest Rates -
(Master thesis, 2017-08-23)The financial crisis in 2008 evidenced an over-simplification of the role of banks made in the majority of macroeconomic models. Based on Accounting System Dynamics (ASD) modeling approach, the current research presents a ... -
Development of a system dynamics framework for analysing regional economies: The Sunshine coast case
(Master thesis, 2014-07-03)Policy Makers and stakeholders of the Sunshine Coast are aware of the significance of the current juncture, in which the performance of the economy has been deteriorating over the last years. Consequently, the status quo ... -
Development of Smoking Behavior in Adolescence: the Case of North Dakota
(Master thesis, 2015-07-16)This thesis describes a modeling project, performed by Oleksandr Ivanov, a student enrolled in European Master Program in System Dynamics, in cooperation with assistant professor Arielle Selya (University of North Dakota) ... -
Disease eradication and the challenges of global resource mobilization. An experimental approach to understand the perception of the benefits of polio eradication
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)The global effort to eradicate polio began in 1988. The target of the effort was to eradicate the disease by the year 2000, a target which was not attained. The annual number of polio cases has been reduced from 350,000 ... -
Does Stock and Flow diagrams lead to a better management of credit card ? The case of exponential growth bias. An experimental study
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)Abstract Exponential growth bias is the tendency to linearize exponential functions. It means that people underestimate the future value of a growing debt in case of borrowing and future value of a growing investment in ...