Urban Metabolism at UCL – A working paper
... Functional urban metabolism models measure flows in relation to the black box organism-‐ the city-‐ in terms of inputs and outputs. Inne Steenmans (Barlett, Planning)2 explains that “urban metabolism ...
... Functional urban metabolism models measure flows in relation to the black box organism-‐ the city-‐ in terms of inputs and outputs. Inne Steenmans (Barlett, Planning)2 explains that “urban metabolism ...
Taking a Stand: Nurses` role in Policy Development and
... • Interests – How you think the world should work • Ideology – How you would like the world to work • Beliefs – Based on our knowledge, how the world actually works ...
... • Interests – How you think the world should work • Ideology – How you would like the world to work • Beliefs – Based on our knowledge, how the world actually works ...
Critical Sociology
... is more appropriate than Popper’s. Popper’s ideas apply best to fields where experiments are expensive and time consuming, so few are done and they are likely to be critical. In these fields, a hypothesis is formed based on theory and past observations and then tested with new data. Popper’s approac ...
... is more appropriate than Popper’s. Popper’s ideas apply best to fields where experiments are expensive and time consuming, so few are done and they are likely to be critical. In these fields, a hypothesis is formed based on theory and past observations and then tested with new data. Popper’s approac ...
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... words, it critically evaluates the proposition forwarded in the literature (with an illustration of the Böhringer studies) advocating the use of Computable General Equilibrium models as the main analytical framework for effectively assessing sustainability outcomes of policy interference. An importa ...
... words, it critically evaluates the proposition forwarded in the literature (with an illustration of the Böhringer studies) advocating the use of Computable General Equilibrium models as the main analytical framework for effectively assessing sustainability outcomes of policy interference. An importa ...
Return To Rio - Expanding the Covey Model
... Even the work of a dedicated, resourceful, single focus agency in Leicester, Environ, has had an uphill task getting a group of leaders to see an overlap might occur. And even when they do see it, they still tend to ‘fight their own corner,’ looking out for their own limited self-interest. And who’s ...
... Even the work of a dedicated, resourceful, single focus agency in Leicester, Environ, has had an uphill task getting a group of leaders to see an overlap might occur. And even when they do see it, they still tend to ‘fight their own corner,’ looking out for their own limited self-interest. And who’s ...
Analysis and Modeling of Complex Data in Behavioural and Social
... A. D. with magnitude not less than 4.5 (data kindly provided by Basili, R. and Rotondi, R.). The spatial clustering of earthquakes issued by data depth is compared with the classification based on homogeneous tectonic regions. ...
... A. D. with magnitude not less than 4.5 (data kindly provided by Basili, R. and Rotondi, R.). The spatial clustering of earthquakes issued by data depth is compared with the classification based on homogeneous tectonic regions. ...
War, space, and the evolution of Old World complex
... ultrasocial traits (norms and institutions) (13). Each cell is inhabited by a community that has a “cultural genome,” a vector taking values of 1 or 0, depending on whether an ultrasocial trait is present. An ultrasocial trait can be gained in a community. However, because such traits are costly, th ...
... ultrasocial traits (norms and institutions) (13). Each cell is inhabited by a community that has a “cultural genome,” a vector taking values of 1 or 0, depending on whether an ultrasocial trait is present. An ultrasocial trait can be gained in a community. However, because such traits are costly, th ...
Challenges in Computational Modeling of Affective Processes
... compare predictions coming from the model’s performance on a task with human subject behavior on the same task [3], [11]. However, there are no commonly agreed upon protocols for evaluation, nor do benchmark scenarios for testing appropriate emotional behavior exist. Second, computational models of ...
... compare predictions coming from the model’s performance on a task with human subject behavior on the same task [3], [11]. However, there are no commonly agreed upon protocols for evaluation, nor do benchmark scenarios for testing appropriate emotional behavior exist. Second, computational models of ...
The hard part of taking advantage of this flood of geospatial
... and explanation (Kangassalo 1983). It will constrain and focus discourse on implementation by limiting the range of concepts that can be expressed (Kangassalo 1983; Benyon 1997). Systems’ operational levels are the KDGIS principal concern that addresses information flows and the process of knowledg ...
... and explanation (Kangassalo 1983). It will constrain and focus discourse on implementation by limiting the range of concepts that can be expressed (Kangassalo 1983; Benyon 1997). Systems’ operational levels are the KDGIS principal concern that addresses information flows and the process of knowledg ...
Macroeconomics
... how the world is. A normative statement is an assertion about how the world ought to be. When economists make normative statements, they are acting more as policy advisors than scientists. ...
... how the world is. A normative statement is an assertion about how the world ought to be. When economists make normative statements, they are acting more as policy advisors than scientists. ...
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... 2. Background and methodology The focus of this work is the analysis of stated intention of farming exit in Italy considering a set of characteristics and determinant of the farm household and taking into account the interconnections between the exits and related farm and asset management choices. I ...
... 2. Background and methodology The focus of this work is the analysis of stated intention of farming exit in Italy considering a set of characteristics and determinant of the farm household and taking into account the interconnections between the exits and related farm and asset management choices. I ...
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... There is a long-standing interest in public policies of cigarette smoking. The Surgeon General has warned of the risk of cigarette smoking as the single most important preventable cause of death in our society (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). In 1996 an entire issue of JAMA was devote ...
... There is a long-standing interest in public policies of cigarette smoking. The Surgeon General has warned of the risk of cigarette smoking as the single most important preventable cause of death in our society (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). In 1996 an entire issue of JAMA was devote ...
Housing and Urbanization in Africa : Unleashing a Formal Market
... building standards that were inappropriate for their level of income. This was not immediately apparent because in the early 1960s African cities were still small and occupied predominantly by well-paid government officials and expatriates. Further, it would have been an act of extraordinary courag ...
... building standards that were inappropriate for their level of income. This was not immediately apparent because in the early 1960s African cities were still small and occupied predominantly by well-paid government officials and expatriates. Further, it would have been an act of extraordinary courag ...
Introduction - Computer Science
... What is “Analytic Provenance”? • Analytic Provenance (AP): similar to workflow, is the provenance of the analysis (the steps of the analysis). ...
... What is “Analytic Provenance”? • Analytic Provenance (AP): similar to workflow, is the provenance of the analysis (the steps of the analysis). ...
(RDP) Housing Policy in South
... urban planning program designed for creating a better quality of life. Whereas this housing imperative could be an opportunity for re-designing urban settlements, with emphasis on sustainability, incorporating green spaces, community food gardens and centers for social cohesion, it is instead encour ...
... urban planning program designed for creating a better quality of life. Whereas this housing imperative could be an opportunity for re-designing urban settlements, with emphasis on sustainability, incorporating green spaces, community food gardens and centers for social cohesion, it is instead encour ...
A New Dimension
... community engagement with unique visualization technologies, which included 3D holograms and simple web views of TOD scenarios. The GIS team worked with Zebra Imaging, a leading 3D visualization company and Esri Partner (Austin, Texas), to create visually captivating, true 3D views of the analysis ...
... community engagement with unique visualization technologies, which included 3D holograms and simple web views of TOD scenarios. The GIS team worked with Zebra Imaging, a leading 3D visualization company and Esri Partner (Austin, Texas), to create visually captivating, true 3D views of the analysis ...
2004 CNU Charter Awards - Congress for the New Urbanism
... expansion of a disciplinary body of exemplary projects. Our goal was not only to select those projects that exemplify the Charter principles (as so many increasingly do) but to advance the Charter principles by selecting projects demonstrating new strategies and impressive ambitions from which there ...
... expansion of a disciplinary body of exemplary projects. Our goal was not only to select those projects that exemplify the Charter principles (as so many increasingly do) but to advance the Charter principles by selecting projects demonstrating new strategies and impressive ambitions from which there ...
Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks
... researchers have in recent years developed a variety of techniques and models to capture information di↵usion in online social networks, analyze it, extract knowledge from it and predict it. Information di↵usion is a vast research domain and has attracted research interests from many fields, such as ...
... researchers have in recent years developed a variety of techniques and models to capture information di↵usion in online social networks, analyze it, extract knowledge from it and predict it. Information di↵usion is a vast research domain and has attracted research interests from many fields, such as ...
Finding Your Friends and Following Them to Where
... at least 60% confidence. By contrast, with our approach we can predict over 90% of the friendships with confidence beyond 80% (see Figure 4). This is consistent with our experiments, where we show that location alone is generally a poor predictor of friendship (consider the “commuter train” example ...
... at least 60% confidence. By contrast, with our approach we can predict over 90% of the friendships with confidence beyond 80% (see Figure 4). This is consistent with our experiments, where we show that location alone is generally a poor predictor of friendship (consider the “commuter train” example ...
Introduction to Systems and Modeling and Simulation
... complex tasks of food gathering and nest building and at the same time exhibit an enormous degree of resilience if the colony is seriously disrupted • Swarm intelligence has inspired practical optimization techniques, such as ant colony optimization that have been used to solve practical scheduling ...
... complex tasks of food gathering and nest building and at the same time exhibit an enormous degree of resilience if the colony is seriously disrupted • Swarm intelligence has inspired practical optimization techniques, such as ant colony optimization that have been used to solve practical scheduling ...
BPR AND LOGISTICS: THE ROLE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELS
... keeping units), a flow map, a "bill of handling" (essentially a process plan for a sku), and order, a node (location in the warehouse), a link (movement between nodes) and relationships to all other entities. The state model adds a representation of workers and warehouse areas, and relationships to ...
... keeping units), a flow map, a "bill of handling" (essentially a process plan for a sku), and order, a node (location in the warehouse), a link (movement between nodes) and relationships to all other entities. The state model adds a representation of workers and warehouse areas, and relationships to ...
Contribution Handbook agent-based computational
... Bossel and Strobel model is of a cognitive agent interacting with the global system. Their agent bases its decisions on the state of the global system, using indicators, so-called system’s orientors, like existence needs, security, freedom of action, adaptivity, and effectiveness. This agent receive ...
... Bossel and Strobel model is of a cognitive agent interacting with the global system. Their agent bases its decisions on the state of the global system, using indicators, so-called system’s orientors, like existence needs, security, freedom of action, adaptivity, and effectiveness. This agent receive ...
Concentrek Overview for August 12, 2005 Concentrek Today Our
... On-Site Logistics Manager and Logistics Technician in Pella Phased program; LTL & Parcel, then outbound to dealers Logistics Support of Lean Manufacturing Program ...
... On-Site Logistics Manager and Logistics Technician in Pella Phased program; LTL & Parcel, then outbound to dealers Logistics Support of Lean Manufacturing Program ...
Housing and Urbanization in Africa: Unleashing a Formal Market
... housing. In South Africa, housing costs were kept low, but this was achieved using land that was remote from centers of employment and therefore cheap. In Angola, the government resorted to Chinese firms to construct a new city. However, even with Chinese workers and methods, the homes ended up cost ...
... housing. In South Africa, housing costs were kept low, but this was achieved using land that was remote from centers of employment and therefore cheap. In Angola, the government resorted to Chinese firms to construct a new city. However, even with Chinese workers and methods, the homes ended up cost ...
Regression Analysis and the Philosophy of Social Sciences --
... problematic and questionable. This view appears in textbooks as the only possible interpretation of the procedure. Thus, the practitioner of regression analysis who follows the textbook might unnecessarily subscribe herself to the problems of empiricism: the demand of operational definitions, the as ...
... problematic and questionable. This view appears in textbooks as the only possible interpretation of the procedure. Thus, the practitioner of regression analysis who follows the textbook might unnecessarily subscribe herself to the problems of empiricism: the demand of operational definitions, the as ...
Land-use forecasting
Land-use forecasting undertakes to project the distribution and intensity of trip generating activities in the urban area. In practice, land-use models are demand-driven, using as inputs the aggregate information on growth produced by an aggregate economic forecasting activity. Land-use estimates are inputs to the transportation planning process.The discussion of land-use forecasting to follow begins with a review of the Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) effort. CATS researchers did interesting work, but did not produce a transferable forecasting model, and researchers elsewhere worked to develop models. After reviewing the CATS work, the discussion will turn to the first model to be widely known and emulated: the Lowry model developed by Ira S. Lowry when he was working for the Pittsburgh Regional Economic Study. Second and third generation Lowry models are now available and widely used, as well as interesting features incorporated in models that are not widely used.Today, the transportation planning activities attached to metropolitan planning organizations are the loci for the care and feeding of regional land-use models. In the US, interest in and use of models is growing rapidly, after an extended period of limited use. Interest is also substantial in Europe and elsewhere.Even though the majority of metropolitan planning agencies in the US do not use formal land-use models, we need to understand the subject: the concepts and analytic tools shape how land-use/transportation matters are thought about and handled; there is a good bit of interest in the research community where there have been important developments; and a new generation of land-use models such as LEAM and UrbanSim has developed since the 1990s that depart from these aggregate models, and incorporate innovations in discrete choice modeling, microsimulation, dynamics, and geographic information systems.