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Showing 1 to 20 of 199 for “"Human behaviour"”.
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Modelling Human Behaviour for Believable NPCs
… when fulfilling the role typically reserved for human players in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre. Numerous experiments are conducted, which are focused on acquiring specific data on gameplay patterns and behaviours that emerge when undertaking tasks and actions in a deathmatch scenario. The …
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Designers' Understanding of Changing Human Behaviour
A review of design models for behaviour change established that although design with an intent to change human behaviour is a topic under discussion, there is a need to understand better the perceptions that professional spatial designers hold on human behaviour and how to influence it. Therefore …
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A cognitive human behaviour model for pedestrian behaviour simulation
Pedestrian behaviour simulation models are being developed with the intention to simulate human behaviour in various environments in both non-emergency and emergency situations. These models are applied with the objective to understand the underlying causes and dynamics of pedestrian behaviour and …
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Assessing Evolutionary Explanations of Human Behaviour Using Visual Cognition.
The ‘hunter gatherer hypothesis’ posits that prehistoric environments and social roles have resulted in the evolution of specific, yet distinct cognitive abilities in men and women (Silverman & Eals, 1992). The majority of previous research however has focused solely on sex differences in spatial …
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SEMANTIC ANALYSIS AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN VIDEO STREAMING
… thesis investigates the semantic analysis of the human behaviour captured by video streaming, both from the theoretical and technological points of view. The video analysis based on the semantic content is in fact still an open issue for the computer vision research community, especially when …
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Towards a comprehensive understanding of human behaviour in dwelling fires
This thesis looks at human behaviour in accidental dwelling fires (ADFs), specifically the behaviours and motivations of those who survive fires in low-rise dwellings. Human behaviour in fire is a well-established subject area, but the primary research focus has been on behaviour in public, …
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Human Behaviour and the Environment: Experiments in Behavioural Environmental Economics
Human behaviour lies at the heart of the climate crisis. Not only is it the primary cause of global climate change and environmental degradation, but also key to responding and adapting to them. Tackling the climate crisis thus requires a complete understanding of human behaviour. So far, however, …
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A procedure to test human behaviour under producer scrounger conditions
… literature to model social foraging, to human beings. It is argued that humans do find themselves in economically important situations that can be described by the producer scrounger dynamic.
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En Plein Air: Studying Human Behaviour and Attitudes in a Stratified World
… of cost-effective, psychologically informed (behavioural) policymaking. The second is the persistent belief that a combination of hard work and talent facilitates socioeconomic improvement for large swaths of society. I argue that both phenomena reveal a shared fallacy, namely, the notion that …
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The role of ICT and human behaviour in the knowledge transfer process among academics
… subtleties are indeed factors both tacit and human behavioural that can play a vital role between any two academics when exchanging knowledge over online. The academic knowledge exchange being envisaged to include global context. It can also be argued that a good proportion of our higher …
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Incorporating human behaviour in an agent based model of technology adoption in the transition to a smart grid
The requirement for affordable, secure and sustainable energy production is a pressing global challenge and the production of electricity with low carbon emissions is crucial. This usually entails large quantities of renewable energy generation, which is intermittent and often highly distributed …
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The evaluation of the 90 second certification test and the analysis of human behaviour within aircraft evacuation modelling
The majority of fatalities during an aircraft accident occur after impact with approximately 95% due to burns and smoke inhalation due to sub optimal evacuations. If post-crash survivors can be evacuated quickly enough then the survival rate could be improved. This thesis will examine the influence …
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The impact of open-plan office spatial components on the perceived human behaviour and level of collaboration: The United Arab Emirates
… evaluation of employee perceptions and workplace behaviours dates back more than 70 years and serves as the topic's basis. The majority of these studies ignored the office layout environment in favour of focusing on job satisfaction. In contrast, studies that analysed the indoor office environment …
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An examination of the use of a human behaviour model for natural resource policy design and implementation by government (central and regional) agencies
… depending upon the assumed influence of peoples' behavioural and social contexts in addition to the technical characteristics of the tools themselves. However, there has been a limited range of policy theories to guide the integration of policy analysis, and formulation and operational planning …
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Using Big Data Sets to Analyse Human Behaviour Patterns and Urban Spatial Structure - A Case Study of the Spatial-Temporal Dynamics in Shanghai
Big Data is changing the traditional way of data collection. As an example of Big Data, mobile phone signal data can be used in geography and urban planning analysis. The approximate spatial position of the mobile-phone user can be calculated according to the signal data sent by a mobile-phone and …
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Human Behavior in Context: Analyzing Routines and Interactions Through Multi-Source Behavioral Data
… has greatly enhanced our ability to study human behaviour in real-world contexts. This development has given rise to Computational Social Science, a new discipline that aims to uncover patterns in human behaviour through an inherently multidisciplinary approach. From analyzing collective …
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Making Sense of Interaction Using a Model-Based Approach.
… theoretical method for developing and designing human computer interaction based on a continuous control process on mobile computing devices. This view provides a tight coupling between the user and system based on a continuous exchange of input/output dynamic information over a period of time, …
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Synthesizing play: exploring the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate game user experience
… product quality and our understanding of human behaviour. A common GUR methodology is usertesting, where researchers gain insights from human users interacting with products. However, usertesting is expensive in terms of expert labour, time, and resource costs. To address these concerns, …
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