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A System Dynamics Approach for Streamlining the Report Request Process: a Case Study of a Local Healthcare Provider
(Master thesis, 2018-08-31)This project considers the case of a local healthcare provider. The company faces challenges posed by the considerable backlog of report requests. Due to the backlog of requests, the delivery time for reports has significantly ... -
A System dynamics approach to data center capacity planning - A case study
(Master thesis, 2012-06-26)This thesis is an empirical study where the System Dynamics methodology is applied to help the Chief Technical Officer of a Norwegian IT company, operating in the cloud computing industry, in planning for future data center ... -
A System Dynamics Based Study of Policies on Reducing Energy Use and Energy Expense for Chinese Steel Industry
(Master thesis, 2007)Chinese steel industry is one of the energy intensive industries in China. Coal and electricityare the two main energy sources for steel making. Steel industry in China is experiencing itstransition period because of economy ... -
System Dynamics in Transition Management : Participative modeling for transitioning towards a circular construction material industry
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-12-17)Climate change and biodiversity degradation are only two of humanity's major social and environmental issues. Scientists, global policy experts, and the general public are increasingly concluding that traditional interventions ... -
System Dynamics Model for Integrated Environmental Assessment of Large Scale Surface Irrigation
(2/2004, Working paper, 2004)Problems of irrigation systems performance and agricultural environment in large scale surface irrigation is analysed with a dynamic simulation model. Present model is a simplified and validated version of an original model ... -
A system dynamics model of capital structure policy for firm value maximization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The complexity surrounding the maximization of firm value agenda demands a comprehensive causal model that effectively embeds the intertwining relationships of the variables and the policies involved. System dynamics ... -
System Dynamics Modelling for hidden family homelessness - A case study in Fort Collins, Colorado
(Master thesis, 2017-12-19)Family homelessness is a long-lasting social problem and causes widespread concerns in the United States and throughout the world. Substantial efforts have been made to lift the homeless families out of the vulnerable ... -
System dynamics simulation models on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)It has increasingly been recognized that developing successful obesity prevention policies and interventions requires understanding of the complex mechanisms driving the obesity pandemic and that models could be useful ... -
A system dynamics study of instability in the Colombian coffee market
(Master thesis, 2010-08-04)The coffee market in Colombia is highly unstable, being moreunstable in the last 20 years (since theremoval of the ICO agreement). During 1980 and 1990 thecoffee price was varying around 8%around a mean and over the last ... -
System mapping with adolescents: Using group model building to map the complexity of obesity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Public health research and practice is increasingly employing systems thinking to help grapple with complex issues, from obesity to HIV treatment. At the same time, there is growing recognition that to address a given ... -
A systematic approach to reduce the transient problem in Fort Collins
(Master thesis, 2017-08-23)The phenomenon of transients and homeless in our society represents a complex reality. Transiency has existed for centuries, and the causes of it further differentiate the individuals involved. Fort Collins (Colorado), an ... -
A Systematic Method for Evaluating Implementations of Electronic Medical Records Systems in Low- and Medium-Income Countries
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-12-09)Background: Implementations of Electronic Medical Record systems (EMRs) in healthcare industry in Low- and Middle- Income Countries (LMICs) have been on the rise in recent years driven by the promise of improvements in ... -
A systematic overview of data federation systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Data federation addresses the problem of uniformly accessing multiple, possibly heterogeneous data sources, by mapping them into a unified schema, such as an RDF(S)/OWL ontology or a relational schema, and by supporting ... -
Systemic assessment framework of a learning organization's competitive positioning
(Journal article, 2014)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to devise an innovative feasible, replicable and comprehensive assessment framework of a learning organization's competitive positioning. Design/methodology/approach: The three ... -
Systemisk kreativitet i reklamebyrå
(Master thesis, 2010-05-31)Kreativitet er et ord som i senere tid både er brukt, men også overbrukt. Mange ser på kreativitet som en mystisk egenskap bare enkelte begavede personer innehar.Denne studien avviser synet på kreativitet som noe mystisk ... -
Systems approaches to sustainability : Innovation and social-ecological-technological systems
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-12-19)Bærekraft integreres i økende grad i innovasjons- og planleggingsprosesser, men begrepet blir ofte ufullstendig eller implisitt konseptualisert og operasjonalisert. Operasjonalisering av bærekraft krever vurdering av ... -
Systems Education at Bergen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-16)At the University of Bergen in Norway, educating students to use computer models and to think systemically about social and economic problems began in the 1970s. The International Masters Program in System Dynamics was ... -
Systems Engineering Applied to Evaluate Social Systems: Analyzing systemic challenges to the Norwegian welfare state
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-12-01)The Norwegian welfare state is one of the most generous in the world providing social security through universal healthcare, education and childcare. Elderly Norwegians also face a relatively secure retirement with a solid ... -
Søken etter fred. En sammenliknende studie av fredsprosessene i Somalia og Somaliland
(Master thesis, 2019-07-06)This thesis seeks to explain the differing outcomes of the peacebuilding processes in both Somaliland and Somalia. I conducted a comparative study of the peace processes in Somalia and Somaliland covering the period from ... -
Sørlandskvinner og dameblader - tradisjon, tro og trender. En resepsjonsanalyse av sosiale forskjeller i lesning av kvinnemagasiner.
(Master thesis, 2016-04-11)Oppgaven er en kvalitativ intervjustudie og tar for seg kvinner på Sørlandets resepsjons av to utvalgte norske kvinnemagasiner. De forskjeller som dukker opp i deres oppfatninger av magasinenes innhold, er forsøkt knyttet ...