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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Systems framework"”.
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Information systems framework for enterprise agility
… it would be necessary and vital to develop frameworks or processes that can support effective change management. Such frameworks or processes should include techniques for modelling enterprises changes explicitly, so as to enhance the understanding of how changes relate to or affect …
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A Systems Framework for Multi-Messenger Astronomy
… knowledge. To this end, this thesis presents a framework using probabilistic graph models to simulate the performance of heterogeneous instrument networks, with applications to two case studies. The first case study regards the measurement of the Hubble parameter, i.e. the rate of expansion of …
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Predicting Goal Choice and Goal Commitment Within a Control Systems Framework
… conducted to test specific links in a control systems model of goal choice and goal commitment. Male and female subjects performed five trials on either a paper and pencil text editing task (Study 1) or a text transfer task on a microcomputer (Study 2). The results demonstrated that both …
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Architecting Absorptive Capacity: Systems Framework for Open Innovation in Japanese Enterprises
… of open innovation, the thesis develops a systems framework for understanding and designing absorptive capacity in the context of large Japanese firms. Using a systems architecture approach and conducting case studies of five Japanese companies recognized as high-performing innovators, the …
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AN ARCHITECTURE FOR DIALOGUE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS (FRAMEWORK, MODELING DYNAMIC, METHODOLOGY).
… designs is required. This research presents a framework for modeling user-computer interactions, or dialogues. The approach taken herein focuses on analysis of task, user, and information technology attributes. This analytical framework isolates dialogue entities and entity groupings. Together, …
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Design and development of a context-aware collaborative autonomous real-time vehicle systems framework
The increasing autonomy of intelligent systems, with applications extending from self-driving vehicles to home-based robots, has emerged as a critical area of focus in modern research. Yet, to acknowledge the full potential of these systems, numerous challenges must be addressed. This thesis …
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Facilitating seamless transitions in flexible microgrids: A unified control systems framework for enabling multi-mode inverters
… investigates a novel integrated control framework for DC/AC inverter that is capable of achieving seamless transitions among a spectrum of operational modes, including grid-forming (GFM), grid-following (GFL), static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), energy storage system (ESS), and …
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Applicability of Performance Management Systems Framework in public sector: A case study of a Teaching Hospital in Nigeria
… the applicability of performance management systems (hereafter, PMSs) framework in public sector. Using a teaching hospital as a case study, this thesis provides empirical evidence on how PMSs are functioning from the context of Nigeria. It demonstrates the extent to which performance …
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A systems framework and modeling approach to predict and manage the mental health effects of a military conflict
… poses complex challenges for policymakers that systems analysis could help elucidate. True population prevalence and future clinical need are highly uncertain, because individuals' PTSD symptomatology may fluctuate in time. Though we increasingly measure policy outcomes, outcome metrics often …
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Business Architecture Tool (BAT) : development and assessment of a systems framework to guide organisations from concept to delivery, in terms of creating deeper and meaningful integration across processes and functions
… a prolonged research period, wherein a practical systems based tool (prototype), was researched, developed and tested, so as to gain outputs of integration improvements for service delivery in South Africa (SA) specifically, and in general for developmental economies. The research question can be …
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Assessment of the Jones Act Waiver Process on Freight Transportation Networks Experiencing Disruption
… Traditional views of transportation systems do not adequately address questions of governance and behaviors that contribute to resilience. In contrast, recent development of a System of Systems framework provides a conceptual framework to study the relationship of law and policy …
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Extending the hierarchical systems knowledge representation framework : interfacing with geographic information systems
… and implementation of a geographic information systems framework in which engineering systems can be created and analyzed. This framework extends the hierarchical systems knowledge representation framework to allow geospatial information to be attributed to model objects and viewed within …
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Educational Decision making among Grade 9 learners in Cape Town
… investigated using Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Framework, comprising 5 traversing and Huberman’s (1994) approach to identify links between the socio-economic factors that influenced EDM, and to understand the learners’ educational context. These interactions were investigated using …
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The Role of a Medical Family Therapist: An Ecological Systems Look at Pediatric Illness
… Results were organized within the ecological systems framework (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) according to the various ways participants became a part of the family's illness experience. Participants identified roles directly with the family, with the health care team, and within the larger health …
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The effects of video programming, face-to-face instruction, modeling, and feedback on nutritious and economical food purchases
… this need, this study applied the behavioral systems framework in its design and application to nutrition change. The primary research question was to experimentally assess the differential impacts of a combined media and personal interaction condition (specifically using participant modeling …
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Firms, industries, and technological change : a patent-based approach to studying disruption and disruptors
… core of this approach lies a novel engineering systems framework of technological change. The framework focuses on the relationship between changes in technological competencies and changes in product designs, and encompasses both firm-level and industry-level dynamics. The new framework and …
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Contract closeout pathologies and recovery strategies
… all within the context of the Organizational Systems Framework Model. Critical pathologies identified include process friction, inadequate information technology, contract complexity, personnel skill level, contract financial issues, management concern, perceptions, timeliness, problematic …
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Residential Constraints and the Political Geography of the Populist Radical Right
… a comparative, cross-national “most-different-systems” framework of Finland and France, I use a multi-method research design and exploit both quantitative and qualitative evidence to test this claim. I demonstrate that the PRR performs well in areas where access to services and opportunities …
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Evaluating Network Scalability of Metaverse-Applicable Use Cases
… complex use cases. This thesis introduces a systems framework to evaluate the scalability of network architecture within the Metaverse, envisioned as the next generation of 3D-enabled internet. Through two experiments, we developed a model to determine whether various Metaverse use cases …
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