Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Behavioral heterogeneity"”.
-
Behavioral Heterogeneity and Disease Dynamics in House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)
… these results highlight the important role that behavioral heterogeneity can play in the acquisition and spread of pathogens, as well as the potential impacts of human behavior on wildlife disease dynamics. Future work should seek to identify specific physiological mechanisms driving Mg …
-
Studying coupled human and natural systems from a decentralized perspective: the case of agent-based and decentralized modeling
… A set of simulations show that incorporating behavioral heterogeneity of individuals in the model leads to the formation of spatial and temporal patterns. In other words, some of the patterns found in the real system could be partially explained by behavioral heterogeneity of farmers. …
-
Gambling behavior through the lens of big data
… data-intensive approach that integrates behavioral economics, machine learning, and financial modeling. The research critically reassesses established behavioral models, introduces novel methodological frameworks, and provides empirical insights into gambling decision mechanisms by …
-
Assessing the role of human behaviors in the management of extreme hydrological events: an agent-based modeling approach
… with modeling human behaviors are addressed: (1) behavioral heterogeneity, (2) social interaction, and (3) the interplay of multiple behaviors. The modeling approach is applied to two types of extreme hydrological events: floods and droughts. In the case of flood events, an ABM is developed to …
-
Individual-based modeling of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) movements and epizootiology
… dominated by forest in southern Illinois. Behavioral and demographic parameters that could not be estimated from the field data were estimated using published literature of deer ecology. I assumed that bioavailability of infectious pathogens deposited in the environment decreased …
-
Chromosomal Evolution of Malaria Vectors
… are often complicated by ecological and behavioral heterogeneity of vector mosquito populations. As an additional obstruction, mosquito genomes are highly plastic as evidenced by the wealth or chromosomal inversions that have occurred in this genus. Chromosomal inversions have been …
-
The development of a holistic approach to modeling driver behavior : accounting for driver heterogeneity in car-following models
… methodologies to adequately capture naturalistic behavioral heterogeneity are largely missing from the literature. For this dissertation, a sample from the second Strategic Highway Research Program Naturalistic Driving Study was analyzed. This sample contains 665 trips completed on freeways in …
-
Addressing agricultural salinity in the American West : harnessing behavioral diversity to institutional design
… and precludes consideration of more innovative behavioral change solutions. Through collaborative work with basin stakeholders, I developed an agent-based model - "ArkAgent" - which simulates a water quality trading market; the water use and market interactions of basin actors; and basin …
-
Heterogeneous Decision-Making in Socio-Technical Systems Methodologies for Efficiency Measurement and Decision Analysis with Mixed Data
… realities of STSs, which are characterized by behavioral heterogeneity, contextual variability, mixed-scale and imprecise data, and emergent performance shaped by environmental conditions. Recognizing these challenges, this research reconceptualizes DEA within a systems-theoretic framework and …
-
Essays on impact of risk preference on health and occupational choice
… data in order to ascertain whether there exists behavioral heterogeneity among people regarding health risk as compared to that of financial risk as well as whether there exists racial-ethnic and gender heterogeneity in the health state dependence of marginal utility. Given heterogeneous risk and …
-
Three Essays on Behavioral Economics
… within country on the joint association between behavioral heterogeneity and multi-dimensional subjective well-being in a common institutional setting. Chapter 3 considers that a short-term workplace intervention can induce meaningful improvements in retirement savings behavior. To address this …
-
Travel Behavior Dynamics in Multimodal Urban Transportation Systems: Public Transit and Active Mobility
… context of transportation planning, addressing heterogeneity in travel behavior is essential for developing user-centered and inclusive transportation systems. This dissertation explores the dynamic pattern of travel behavior by investigating the heterogeneity of travel behavior among urban …