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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"risk-based approach"”.
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A Risk Based Approach to Intelligent Transportation Systems Security
… in a dynamic environment. A holistic security approach, in which all infrastructure performs within the satisfactory level of security remains undiscovered. Previously, hacking of road infrastructure was a rare event, however, in recent years, field devices such as DMS are hacked with higher …
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A risk-based approach to optimal margins in ship design
Thesis (S.M. in Ocean Systems Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 2002.
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Incorporating contextual integrity into privacy decision making: a risk based approach.
… tool or prototype for determining privacy risks, thereby integrating the privacy decision-making function into organisational decision-making by default. This was achieved by way of a meta-model from which two separate privacy assessment frameworks were derived, each represented as a …
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A risk based approach to enhancing public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Nigeria
… Therefore, against the backdrop that proper risk management is the most critical success factor for PPPs, the thesis evaluated how risks have been allocated and mitigated in the projects concluded thus far in Nigeria. This is premised on the basic assumption that if risks are better managed, …
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Exploring the benefits of a risk based approach to the management and resilience of infrastructure assets.
… in order to understand a/ the extent to which risk based asset management is implemented and b/ to explore any difference in the maturity of asset management planning across different sectors. If differences are identified a secondary objective is to explore the reasons why.<br/>2/ To determine …
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Promoting Enhanced Decision-Making and Proactive Management for Modularization in the Construction Industry Using Risk-Based Approach, Analytical Hierarchy Process, and Graph Theory
<p>"Modularization is an approach that can potentially mitigate many of the current construction industry’s challenges. Despite the documented advantages of modularization, the industry is still not able to capitalize on its full potential and benefits. The latter is due to the outdated …
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International human rights law and climate change: the case for a duty to mitigate climate change
… end, the dissertation develops and proposes a risk-based approach that helps overcome the complex issue of causation. After a short introduction (section I), the thesis establishes the framework (section II) by defining climate change on one hand and international human rights law on the other …
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Learning from others’ deficiencies: How group affiliation and election basis jointly affect auditors’ effective use of inspection feedback
… select audit engagements to inspect using a risk-based approach (i.e. they pick those they predict are more likely to have deficiencies). While reducing the amount of resources needed to find audit deficiencies, this approach can perversely influence the behavior of non-inspected auditors who …
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Risk-based interruption cost index based on customer and interruption parameters
… done correctly in all cases by methods that are based on the commonly used average values. It is the objective of this thesis to find a new way of calculating interruption costs which would combine the precision of a probabilistic method with the flexibility and correctness of customer and …
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THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ONLINE HATE SPEECH AND INTERMEDIARY LIABILITY IN EU AND UK LAW
… existing legislative frameworks and their approaches to objectionable content. Emphasis is placed on evaluating the compatibility of these legal provisions with essential human rights, notably the right to freedom of expression. The study highlights the Digital Services Act (DSA) as a …
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Process Analytical Technology in biopharmaceutical manufacturing
… "Pharmaceutical cGMPs for the 21st Century: A Risk-Based Approach." The FDA defines PAT as "a system for designing, analyzing, and controlling manufacturing through timely measurements (i.e., during processing) of critical quality and performance attributes of raw and in-process materials and …
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Chemical performance of cement stabilised contaminated clay
… This has encouraged in-situ remediation approaches, for which stabilisation / solidification (S/S) is particularly suitable for treating metal contamination. However, concerns over long-term effectiveness and durability of S/S needs to addressed, because contamination is contained but not …
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Applying risk informed methodologies to improve the economics of sodium-cooled fast reactors
… developed by the U.S. NRC. By applying this risk-based approach to safety, rather than the traditional approach of applying deterministic requirements, it will be shown that significant savings can be realized without compromising fundamental safety. A methodology was developed using the …
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The role of reliability in characterizing green stormwater infrastructure in urban areas
… Green infrastructure— the use of nature-based solutions to target, treat, and store stormwater at its source— has emerged as a possible solution. While green infrastructure does offer multiple benefits for urban users, its performance is also highly variable. This dissertation addresses a …
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Using probability density functions to analyze the effect of external threats on the reliability of a South African power grid
The implications of reliability based decisions are a vital component of the control and management of power systems. Network planners strive to achieve an optimum level of investments and reliability. Network operators on the other hand aim at mitigating the costs associated with low levels of …
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Privacy in the small
… in their dual role and the socio-technical risks DPOs navigate in diverse operational contexts. Chapter 3 focuses on user understanding of privacy policies across linguistic boundaries, proposing a methodology for creating cross-language comparable corpora. Using English and Italian privacy …
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A risk-budgeting framework for the combination of factor equity portfolios
This dissertation examines a risk-budgeting approach to the construction of factor equity portfolios, proposed by de Carvalho et al. (2014). The approach begins with the construction of active-weighted portfolios with exposure to factors that historically have been linked to excess returns in the …
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Development and Application of a Risk-Based Online Body-of-Knowledge for the U.S. Underground Coal Mining Industry: RISKGATE-US COAL
… control. While many solutions to reducing the risk of mine disasters have been proposed, including stricter regulation and improved technology, a comprehensive risk management approach has yet to be fully integrated in the U.S. mining industry. Comprehensive risk management systems have been …
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Privacy Preserving Network Security Data Analytics
… this research we propose methods that support a risk based approach to privacy preserving data publication for network security data. Our main research objective is the design and implementation of technical methods to support the appropriate release of network security data so it can be utilized …
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