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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Resource Distribution"”.
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On resource distribution in network coordination game
… of the steady state. We find that our resource allocation model is a potential game and the efficiency of the steady state of the game is very good on average.
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Resource Distribution for Robots and Nexus between Water and Energy
<p>Here we provide an overview of my thesis work in two parts:</p><p>We consider the sorting operation at a recycling center using robots. For example, the operation may sort bottles and cans based on their material: iron, aluminum, and plastic. Currently we have a vision-based system consisting of …
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Integrating AI and GIS for Climate-Driven Malaria Monitoring and Demand-Based Resource Distribution and Supply Optimization in Low Developing Countries
… AI-predictive models and GIS tools can optimize resource distribution. Employing a multi-scalar mixed-methods approach, the research utilized Spatial Autoregressive Models (SAR), Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR), and Random Forest machine learning (R2 = .86) to analyze transmission …
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Mine? Yours? Ours? Reconceptualizing and contextualizing the leader-member relationship
<p>This study examines resource distribution within the intact workgroup, investigating the processes which prompt distribution from leader to member as well as the lateral lending of resources among coworkers. Espousing leader-member (LMX) and coworker relationships (CWX) within the larger …
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Social Influences on Children's Option Valuations
… economic exchange, and is key to assessing how resources are fairly distributed or favors reciprocated. As humans often need to make critical decisions with limited information, garnering information about value via social sources might be an adaptive strategy. This dissertation has two primary …
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Measuring and Analyzing Community Resilience During COVID-19 Using Social Media
… on two key factors, community wellbeing and resource distribution. We evaluate community wellbeing by assessing mental wellbeing and physical wellbeing while evaluating resource distribution by assessing economic resilience, infrastructural resilience, institutional resilience, and community …
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Border-crossing knowledge networking among multinational firms : the case of R&D facilities
… is expected, given their additional knowledge resources. The respondents' urgency in looking for the relevant knowledge is the primary explanation for this difference between the two networks. This difference in knowledge networking among the different groups did not result in more similar …
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Analysis of Ecofascist Tendencies on Reddit
… It avoids addressing systemic issues such as resource distribution and sustainable energy production, instead advocating for a so-called ‘cleansing’ of the world, often through acts of mass violence, as evidenced by the Christchurch shooting. This research builds on literature that adopts a …
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Graduation Equity for Undergraduate Black Men: A Multilevel Analysis of Four-Year Institutional Outcomes
… employed a critical lens to understand how the distribution of organizational resources and alignment with race-conscious state attainment policy were associated with racial equity outcomes across the landscape of four-year higher education institutions. The findings of this study offer …
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Success and failure of refugee local integration programmes in Zambia
… Refugees compete with local citizens for limited resources, such as land, shelter, food, and medical care, which increases the demand for essential services, including healthcare, education, and employment. Their locations in remote resettlement areas, outside national and local government …
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Planning by contract? : negotiated regulation in urban development
… claims concerning the CBAs as mechanisms of redistribution and political mobilization have been overstated. This analysis suggests that even widely praised CBAs can exacerbate the opacity of the legal and financial arrangements undergirding urban development. Planners should be alert to the …
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The trend towards sociality in three species of southern African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) : causes and consequences
… of physical factors as well as on the food resource distribution, its nutritional properties and its availability. Thus the soil moisture content, the annual rainfall pattern and the wear upon the extrabuccal incisors limit the amount of burrowing which can be undertaken by a single …
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Identity Politics, Indigene-Settler Dynamics and their Implications for Democracy in Jos, Nigeria
… the indigene-settler divide. In navigating resource distribution, groups strategically adopt identities to access influence, resulting in the construction and reconstruction of identities. The macro-level conflict involves the Hausa-Fulani against the Berom, Anaguta, and Afizere, while …
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Software orchestration of instruction level parallelism on tiled processor architectures
… long wires from its design by distributing its resources over a pipelined interconnect. By exposing the spatial distribution of these resources to the compiler, a TPA allows the compiler to optimize for locality, thus minimizing the distance that data needs to travel to reach the consuming …
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Exploring primary caregivers’ perceptions of children’s wellbeing during covid-19 within a low socioeconomic school context in the Cape Metropole
… due to the scarcity of digital learning resources caused by the inequity of resource distribution. Against this backdrop and adopting Bronfenbrenner’s ecological framework, this research aimed to explore primary caregivers’ perceptions of children’s wellbeing during COVID-19 within a low …
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Socio-Cultural Practices That Impact Women Farmers' Land Ownership: A Case of Sukuma Women in Tanzania
… and perceptions about women farmers' rights to resources. The Sukuma tribe has many clans with different cultural practices, therefore generalization should be made very carefully. More research should be conducted to identify the differences for easy planning and implementing land programs and …
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Chemical Signaling and Resource Use by African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
… like the African elephant, Loxodonta africana, resource distribution influences female dispersion, while the location of females shapes male dispersion. Human constriction of viable habitat has affected elephant movements and impact. Elephants travel in matriarchal family groups, as single males …
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Understanding Refugee Women at Risk Experiences in Light of Social Protection Initiatives and Policy Interventions in Uganda
… resilience, relying on personal and community resources like faith, counselling, savings groups, small businesses, and community dialogue. These strategies bolster hope, coping skills, and pathways to self-reliance. The study highlights how policies and structural barriers affect their daily …
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Constructing Community : class, privatization and social life in a Boston mixed income housing development
… subtle measures such as information control and resource distribution - that substantially negatively influenced interpersonal relations. Larger structural realities too shaped the actions of the management company. Relative to their lower income neighbors, higher income residents had …
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The unwritten rules of the game : a case study of European funding distribution in Wales
… of funding development, implementation and distribution. This study rejects the use of a sing le theory in understanding resource distribution and demonstrates the need for a multi-faceted approach that encompasses the institutional environment in which funds originate. The process of …
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