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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"management uncertainty"”.
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Estimating Management Uncertainty for Marine Fisheries in the South Atlantic United States
… of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and the precarious state of many of the nation's fisheries, it has become essential to incorporate uncertainty in the process of setting annual catch limits (ACLs) and annual catch targets (ACTs). The accuracy with which we …
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Making decisions under uncertainty using Real Option Analysis
… potential of Real Options arises with increased uncertainty and risks of a project. When a project has a negative net present value, or is not considered profitable, the usage of Real Options reaches its maximum capacity. Using the Real Options Analysis could alter the estimations on …
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The Effects of Management's Forecast Strategy on Venture Capitalist Investment Screening Judgment
Prior research indicates that management forecast strategies affect investors' perceptions of management, which, in turn, influence investors' judgments about the firm. The current study hypothesizes and demonstrates that decisions about the completeness and form of management's forecast disclosure …
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Design and development of a context-aware collaborative autonomous real-time vehicle systems framework
… task processing, and quantifying prediction uncertainty in Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. Our intention is to move forward the state-of-the-art in autonomous systems based on our findings as we investigate the employment of noise as a stimulus to boost agent exploration. We also address …
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A methodology for the selection of a paradigm of reasoning under uncertainty in expert system development
… the selection of a paradigm of reasoning under uncertainty for the expert system developer. This is important since practical information on how to select a paradigm of reasoning under uncertainty is not generally available. The thesis explores the role of uncertainty in an expert system and …
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Assessment of SWAT to Enable Development of Watershed Management Plans for Agricultural Dominated Systems under Data-Poor Conditions
Modeling is an important tool in watershed management. In much of the world, data needed for modeling, both for model inputs and for model evaluation, are very limited or non-existent. The overall objective of this research was to enable development of watershed management plans for agricultural …
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Characterising Unplanned Logistics Operations in Urgent Settings
… they reconfigure their structures in response to uncertainty. Practical guidance for managing this unusual class of operations is severely lacking. To address this challenge, this thesis examines four fundamental issues in the management of these so-called ‘ad hoc logistics networks’. First, we …