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Thoukis, Georgio. "A conceptual framework towards succession effectiveness in family wineries : the 'WineSuccess' conceptual framework." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2018. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/5595/.
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Succession effectiveness in family wineries is considered critical for the incumbents and the owning families looking forward to assure winery success and trans-generational continuity, as this endeavour requires substantial commitment, social skills, financial health, and idiosyncratic considerations that are more often than not unstable. Therefore, this thesis provides a platform of critical reflection and theoretical development upon the findings of a doctoral research on the topic of effective succession in family wineries for bringing further and closer theory and professional practice. Systematic literature review of the best available sources of knowledge served as a starting point. It was shown that there is a plethora of academic research on effective family business succession that makes available useful insights into this important process. The review has identified the major theories, models, and frameworks, and provided information on different factors and variables that are believed appropriate to foster succession process further. However, the review findings are often fragmented and subjective which makes it difficult to draw valid conclusions that can be representative for family wineries. Moreover, the review revealed certain gaps and uncertainties in the research that this thesis has aimed to bridge, and allowed the development of a preliminary conceptual framework (version one) with the testable research hypotheses. A primary research that followed in the organizational context of Cypriot family wineries made use of both quantitative and qualitative approaches, at a greater and lesser extent, respectively. These approaches were put forward based on the researcher’s ontological, epistemological and axiological assumptions. The numeric data were largely generated from a self-completed questionnaire survey that was comprehensive with an open aspect. The questionnaire was mailed to the entire population of fifty-four family wineries inclusive with hundred participants. The statistical analysis was undertaken using SPSS software. Pearson correlation analysis was the foremost statistical device used in the direction of establishment significant relationships among different succession factors. In order to enrich the meaning of statistical analysis with wine-specific insights, the researcher made further use of illustrative evidence collected from the survey open aspect.
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Maier, Christoph. "Leading diversity -- a conceptual framework /." Bamberg : Difo-Druck, 2002. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/356748251.pdf.
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Chahine, Joumane. "Public diplomacy: a conceptual framework." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=103489.
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Since its much publicized deployment in the wake of the September 11th attacks and during the subsequent so-called "War on Terror," public diplomacy has generated a substantial body of critical discourse emanating from both the professional and academic spheres. These analyses, however, have been for the most part empirical studies, aimed at strengthening the efficiency of the practice by identifying potential flaws or weaknesses in its current conception or application and offering possible correctives. Significant enquiries into the conceptual origins and evolution of the practice, on the other hand, have generally been rare and limited. This thesis proposes to remedy, in part, this lack by situating public diplomacy within a broader and deeper conceptual context. The term "public diplomacy" only entered the lexicon of political and international affairs in the Cold War environment of the mid-1960s. It could however be argued that the essence of the practice –government communication with foreign publics— is as old as history itself. The primary purpose of this dissertation is to argue that public diplomacy, as the specific form taken by the practice of government communication with a foreign audience in the latter half of the twentieth century, is a distinctive product of the development and ultimate intersection of several discrete though somehow connected concepts in social and political thought. We shall seek to substantiate this claim by identifying three fundamental concepts that lie at the heart of the idea of public diplomacy –public opinion, civil society and the information age-- and charting their historical trajectory and various points of interaction. The main body of the dissertation will therefore be divided into three genealogical chapters, one for each of the elected concepts cited above. Throughout, and increasingly as the thesis progresses, these various evolutional paths will be correlated, their points of convergence highlighted, so as to gradually situate the birth of public diplomacy at the intersection of their trajectories. The conclusion will offer further reflections on the continued influence of this collection of notions on the more recent development of public diplomacy, and the implications these might entail for its future.La notion de "diplomatie publique" a inspiré un nombre considérable d'études critiques, aussi bien professionnelles qu'académiques, suite à sa mise en pratique particulièrement publicisée durant la "guerre contre le terrorisme" déclarée par l'administration Bush. Ces analyses, cependant, semblent s'être principalement cantonnées à des considérations empiriques et prescriptives, cherchant surtout à identifier les faiblesses et mésinterprétations qui marqueraient l'application actuelle de la "diplomatie publique", et à proposer certaines mesures correctives. Les recherches substantielles quant aux origines conceptuelles de la pratique, en revanche, ont été, d'une manière générale, rares ou du moins limitées. Cette thèse tente de remédier à cette lacune en cherchant à placer l'idée de "diplomatie publique" dans un contexte conceptuel plus étendu et approfondi. Si la diplomatie traditionnelle exprime l'effort d'un état pour rallier à sa cause un ou plusieurs autres états, la "diplomatie publique", elle, consiste pour un état à faire passer son point de vue, non parmi ses homologues sur la scène internationale, mais au sein de la population de ces derniers. Bien que l'essence de la pratique ne soit pas nécessairement récente, l'appellation "diplomatie publique" (qui manque à ce jour d'équivalent exact en français) est relativement jeune, ayant fait son entrée dans le lexique de la politique internationale aux Etats-Unis dans les années soixante, en pleine Guerre Froide. L'objectif principal de cette thèse est de démontrer que la "diplomatie publique," comme forme singulièrement contemporaine de communication entre un gouvernement et un public étranger, est le produit distinct du développement et des entrecroisements de plusieurs concepts fondamentaux de la pensée politique et sociale. Afin de justifier cette proposition, nous identifierons trois concepts essentiels à l'idée de "diplomatie publique" –l'opinion publique, la société civile, et "l'âge de l'information"-- et soumettrons chacune de ses notions à une étude généalogique détaillée. Au fur et à mesure que la thèse avancera, ces différents cheminements conceptuels seront corrélés, leurs points de convergence mis en évidence, de manière à progressivement situer la genèse de la "diplomatie publique" à l'intersection de leurs trajectoires. S'appuyant sur ces observations, la conclusion ouvrira un nouveau champ de réflexion en examinant leurs retombées possibles sur le futur de la pratique.
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Lloyd, John Arthur Michael. "Headteacher leadership : a conceptual framework." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270804.
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Arroe, Beatrice. "CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187993.
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There is an absence of literature outlining the concepts which apply to alternative education. This study attempted to present a conceptual framework that is appropriate in developing alternative programs. It emphasized the process of personal relationships among the participants. A specific theory of personal processes was used to develop the conceptual framework. This study was descriptive in nature and limited to literature spanning the past twenty-five years. The contention of this study was that America needs to perpetuate the ideal of democracy through the educational system. Schools must create a democratic setting where people have choices and responsibility for all important aspects of their lives. Warm, productive, and personal relationships within the learning atmosphere were also considered crucial in this effort. It was suggested that a "Theory of Personal Processes" devised by Barnes could be used as a referent in attempting to behave democratically. This theory was used to develop a conceptual framework for alternative programming. The process of developing the democratic relationships which could form the behavioral framework for alternative schools consists of five categories: (1) Contact, (2) Consult, (3) Find, (4) Share, and (5) Accompany. Each category is broken into separate and distinct subcategories. For Contact they are Observe, Inform, Accept, and Choice. Consult includes Question, Listen, Concern, and Choice. Find incorporates Discover and Identify Interest. Share uses Clarify Desired Outcome, Consider Choices, Plan of Action, Ownership, Accept, and Observe. Accompany utilizes Doing It, Question, Observe, Reflect, and Accept. Initially, a separate chapter on the review of the literature is presented. This is followed by an exploration of each category and its subcategories in separate chapters. The philosophy and literature supporting each category and its subcategories are discussed extensively within each chapter. A final chapter summarizes the information presented. It was suggested that democratic processes can be productive if incorporated into the behavioral framework of alternative education. Such processes tend to produce warm and accepting relationships which foster productive learning.
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Van, der Merwe Erik. "A conceptual framework for ramp-up manufacturing." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251956.
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Wegberg, Marcus Jacobus Allegonda Maria van. "Multi-market competition theory a conceptual framework /." Maastricht : Maastricht : Universitaire Pers Maastricht ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1994. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=6586.
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Pun, Raymond Chee Wing. "A decision framework for conceptual engineering design." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/18848.
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Rehman, Fayyaz Ur. "A framework for conceptual design decision support." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2006. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=24303.
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The decisions made at the conceptual design stage are crucial to the overall success of the product as they affect all the downstream phases of the product life cycle, the user satisfaction of the product and the environment that the product is used and disposed of. The consequences due to these design decisions could therefore be good or problematic. Due to the lack of availability of knowledge and understanding about the complexity of such knowledge spanning these different areas, designers find it difficult to know the implications of their decisions made at the conceptual stage on the product's life cycle, the user of the product and the environment in which the product operates. Reviews of existing methodologies reveal that there is a, need for a holistic view of knowledge in terms of the total context of the design problem under consideration to aid designers in their decision making at the conceptual design stage. This thesis addresses this problem by proposing, implementing and evaluating a computational framework for supporting decision making at the conceptual design stage. The need for considering the implications of design decisions on other life cycle stages of the product and using the whole context of the design problem lead to the characterization and formalization of the Design Context Knowledge into different groups and context knowledge categories. This structuring facilitates the creation of feasible design solutions composed of what is called Product Design Elements (PDEs) i.e. basic elements as a functional means to constitute a conceptual product design solution. The proposed Function to POE mapping model uses the aforesaid design context knowledge structured in different categories for reasoning and eliciting consequences, associated with selecting a particular design solution and determining its implications on the product's subsequent life cycle stages, user of the product and on the product itself. After developing a system architecture model based on the system requirements, the PROCONDES prototype system has been implemented for a sheet metal component design domain. An evaluation of PROCONDES performed by conducting a case study indicates the importance of design context knowledge in proactively supporting effective decision making during function to POE mapping process (i.e. conceptual design stage) by generating timely potential (good and problematic) consequences. However, further work is required to improve the model and its implementation to fully explore the approach and use of PROCONDES for real-time design scenarios.
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Syed, Khuzzan Sharifah Mazlina. "A conceptual diagnostic learning styles questionnaire framework." Thesis, University of Salford, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.517542.
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Zhang, An, and 張安. "A conceptual framework of integrated landscape policy." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209434.
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Due to the diversity of landscapes and the complexity of landscape policies, integration principle plays a very important role in formulating a conceptual framework for effective landscape policies. This is often overlooked in normal practice of landscape related policy making, as a result of overemphasizing development and economic growth by local government. If the integration principle could be taken into account sufficiently, a consciously more responsive approach for landscape policy making could be formulated with higher effectiveness and less uncertainty.
This thesis seeks to contribute to the system of landscape policy that integrates multiple environmental and spatial planning concerns into its processes and structures. This thesis has combined landscape planning and policy theories to analyze landscape policies currently in force in cities of Asia to demonstrate the complexity of landscape policies and the importance of integration in policymaking process.
While there are few approaches in landscape policy studies except the European Landscape Convention which is a continental scale treaty with focus on environmental and cultural conservation within the context of Europe, there are widespread research on public policies particularly in urban planning, environmental protection, and sustainable development which provided plentiful sources as references. To apply integration principle in policymaking on the basis that landscape policy of nowadays is even important than before, a conceptual framework of landscape policy is established to gauge impacts and changes, as well as to inform planning, and implementation progressively.
After providing a combined literature review of landscape architectural theories, landscape policy related areas, and practices of current landscape policymaking, this thesis discusses the importance of integrated approach in landscape policymaking due to the complexity and multidisciplinarity nature of landscape architecture discourse, and sets a two-way action between theory and practice as research strategy. After an overview of current landscape policies of Europe and Asia, this thesis has summarized four types of landscape policies based on its administrative level to reflect the hierarchical structure of landscape policy, from European Landscape Convention at global level to Hong Kong’s Greening Master Plan at project scale. This thesis further looks into two best practices of landscape policymaking in Japan and Singapore, to further elaborate the conceptual basis of the research and analyze the gap between current landscape policies and its urban development practice context. Case studies of Japan and Singapore are employed as references for both discussion and comparative purpose, aiming to demonstrate different ways in which integration principle could be utilized and interpreted with coherent consistency across policy levels and different government sectors, so as to clarify implications of integration principle in policymaking, implementation, and the following continuous improvement processes mainly at city level.
The study is concluded by highlighting key issues of conceptual framework with recommendations for further research on integrated landscape policymaking, by applying Grounded Theory as main research method through collection and analysis of qualitative data, with the use of both explorative and interpretive approaches.published_or_final_version
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Gamito, Pedro Santos Pinto. "Soil bioengineering : prototyping a new conceptual framework." Thesis, University of Salford, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248897.
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Bolton, Gavin M. "A conceptual framework for classroom acting behaviour." Thesis, Durham University, 1997. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1627/.
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Ateshin, Hussein Mehmet. "A conceptual framework for 'Islamic architectural' education." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1987. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14808/.
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At present "Islamic Architecture" is a controversial topic of debate within architectural forums, very much talked about but lacking a clear definition. Saudi Arabia, birth place of Islam, modern pin-up board for many an example of "islamic architecture", has cause to be intimately linked with the area concerned and has initiated a programme for its incorporation within one of its universities. The following study is an attempt to bring a conceptual clarity to the term "Islamic Architecture" and devise an educational programme for its teaching at tertiary level of education in the Saudi Arabian context. The adjective "Islamic" necessitates that any noun that it qualifies should conform to the tenets of Islam. This may not be possible with "Architecture" which, as a term, is tinged with the ethos of. Classical Greece and is associated with "technique" and "object worship". In contrast, the equivalent term used in Islam's own epistemology, Al-Imarah, associates the discipline with "shaping the most suitable environment for the sustenance of human life". Therefore it will be more appropriate to speak of a distinct discipline of Al-Imarah instead of "Islamic Architecture" In defining the parameters of an independent discipline of Al-Imarah one can also establish parameters for a universal educational model that will train those who will be responsible for the shaping of the environment conforming with the attributes of Al-Imarah. In this model, Islam's own "system of thought" and "world view" will become the postulate and the ideal "Muslim Society enjoined by Islam" as its terms of reference. Based on this model a new university programme for the teaching of AI-Imarah, together with the structure of the courses, method of teaching of the courses, and contents of the courses will be proposed. Existing programmes for the teaching of "Architecture" are also suggested to be modified in order to facilitate the incorporation of ideals embodied in the concept of Al-Imarah.
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Veiga, Allan Koch. "A conceptual framework on biodiversity data quality." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3141/tde-17032017-085248/.
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The increasing availability of digitized biodiversity data worldwide, provided by an increasing number of sources, and the growing use of those data for a variety of purposes have raised concerns related to the \"fitness for use\" of such data and the impact of data quality (DQ) on outcomes of analyses, reports and decisions making. A consistent approach to assess and manage DQ is currently critical for biodiversity data users. However, achieving this goal has been particularly challenging because of the idiosyncrasies inherent to the concept of quality. DQ assessment and management cannot be suitably carried out if we have not clearly established the meaning of quality according to the data user\'s standpoint. This thesis presents a formal conceptual framework to support the Biodiversity Informatics (BI) community to consistently describe the meaning of data \"fitness for use\". Principles behind data fitness for use are used to establish a formal and common ground for the collaborative definition of DQ needs, solutions and reports useful for DQ assessment and management. Based on the study of the DQ domain and its contextualization in the BI domain, which involved discussions with experts in DQ and BI in an iterative process, a comprehensive framework was designed and formalized. The framework defines eight fundamental concepts and 21 derived concepts, organized into three classes: DQ Needs, DQ Solutions and DQ Report. The concepts of each class describe, respectively, the meaning of DQ in a given context, the methods and tools that can serve as solutions for meeting DQ needs, and reports that present the current status of quality of a data resource. The formalization of the framework was presented using conceptual maps notation and sets theory notation. In order to validate the framework, we present a proof of concept based on a case study conducted at the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University. The tools FP-Akka Kurator and the BDQ Toolkit were used in the case study to perform DQ measures, validations and improvements in a dataset of the Arizona State University Hasbrouck Insect Collection. The results illustrate how the framework enables data users to assess and manage DQ of datasets and single records using quality control and quality assurance approaches. The proof of concept has also shown that the framework is adequately formalized and flexible, and sufficiently complete for defining DQ needs, solutions and reports in the BI domain. The framework is able of formalizing human thinking into well-defined components to make it possible sharing and reusing definitions of DQ in different scenarios, describing and finding DQ tools and services, and communicating the current status of quality of data in a standardized format among the stakeholders. In addition, the framework supports the players of that community to join efforts on the collaborative gathering and developing of the necessary components for the DQ assessment and management in different contexts. The framework is also the foundation of a Task Group on Data Quality, under the auspices of the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and is being used to help collect user\'s needs on data quality on agrobiodiversity and on species distributed modeling, initially. In future work, we plan to use the framework to engage the BI community to formalize and share DQ profiles related to a number of other data usages, to recommend methods, guidelines, protocols, metadata schemas and controlled vocabulary for supporting data fitness for use assessment and management in distributed system and data environments. In addition, we plan to build a platform based on the framework to serve as a common backbone for registering and retrieving DQ concepts, such as DQ profiles, methods, tools and reports.A crescente disponibilização de dados digitalizados sobre a biodiversidade em todo o mundo, fornecidos por um crescente número de fontes, e o aumento da utilização desses dados para uma variedade de propósitos, tem gerado preocupações relacionadas a \"adequação ao uso\" desses dados e ao impacto da qualidade de dados (QD) sobre resultados de análises, relatórios e tomada de decisões. Uma abordagem consistente para avaliar e gerenciar a QD é atualmente crítica para usuários de dados sobre a biodiversidade. No entanto, atingir esse objetivo tem sido particularmente desafiador devido à idiossincrasia inerente ao conceito de qualidade. A avaliação e a gestão da QD não podem ser adequadamente realizadas sem definir claramente o significado de qualidade de acordo com o ponto de vista do usuário dos dados. Esta tese apresenta um arcabouço conceitual formal para apoiar a comunidade de Informática para Biodiversidade (IB) a descrever consistentemente o significado de \"adequação ao uso\" de dados. Princípios relacionados à adequação ao uso são usados para estabelecer uma base formal e comum para a definição colaborativa de necessidades, soluções e relatórios de QD úteis para a avaliação e gestão de QD. Baseado no estudo do domínio de QD e sua contextualização no domínio de IB, que envolveu discussões com especialistas em QD e IB em um processo iterativo, foi projetado e formalizado um arcabouço conceitual abrangente. Ele define oito conceitos fundamentais e vinte e um conceitos derivados organizados em três classes: Necessidades de QD, Soluções de QD e Relatório de QD. Os conceitos de cada classe descrevem, respectivamente, o significado de QD em um dado contexto, métodos e ferramentas que podem servir como soluções para atender necessidades de QD, e relatórios que apresentam o estado atual da qualidade de um recurso de dado. A formalização do arcabouço foi apresentada usando notação de mapas conceituais e notação de teoria dos conjuntos. Para a validação do arcabouço, nós apresentamos uma prova de conceito baseada em um estudo de caso conduzido no Museu de Zoologia Comparativa da Universidade de Harvard. As ferramentas FP-Akka Kurator e BDQ Toolkit foram usadas no estudo de caso para realizar medidas, validações e melhorias da QD em um conjunto de dados da Coleção de Insetos Hasbrouck da Universidade do Estado do Arizona. Os resultados ilustram como o arcabouço permite a usuários de dados avaliarem e gerenciarem a QD de conjunto de dados e registros isolados usando as abordagens de controle de qualidade a garantia de qualidade. A prova de conceito demonstrou que o arcabouço é adequadamente formalizado e flexível, e suficientemente completo para definir necessidades, soluções e relatórios de QD no domínio da IB. O arcabouço é capaz de formalizar o pensamento humano em componentes bem definidos para fazer possível compartilhar e reutilizar definições de QD em diferentes cenários, descrever e encontrar ferramentas de QD e comunicar o estado atual da qualidade dos dados em um formato padronizado entre as partes interessadas da comunidade de IB. Além disso, o arcabouço apoia atores da comunidade de IB a unirem esforços na identificação e desenvolvimento colaborativo de componentes necessários para a avaliação e gestão da QD. O arcabouço é também o fundamento de um Grupos de Trabalho em Qualidade de Dados, sob os auspícios do Biodiversity Information Standard (TDWG) e do Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) e está sendo utilizado para coletar as necessidades de qualidade de dados de usuários de dados de agrobiodiversidade e de modelagem de distribuição de espécies, inicialmente. Em trabalhos futuros, planejamos usar o arcabouço apresentado para engajar a comunidade de IB para formalizar e compartilhar perfis de QD relacionados a inúmeros outros usos de dados, recomendar métodos, diretrizes, protocolos, esquemas de metadados e vocabulários controlados para apoiar a avaliação e gestão da adequação ao uso de dados em ambiente de sistemas e dados distribuídos. Além disso, nós planejamos construir uma plataforma baseada no arcabouço para servir como uma central integrada comum para o registro e recuperação de conceitos de QD, tais como perfis, métodos, ferramentas e relatórios de QD.
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Clementini, Eliseo. "A conceptual framework for modelling spatial relations." Lyon, INSA, 2009. http://theses.insa-lyon.fr/publication/2009ISAL0028/these.pdf.
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The models of spatial relations have stimulated great interest among researchers in spatial databases from the nineties. We can distinguish three different levels of representation where we can identify spatial relations: a purely geometric one, where objects are represented as point-sets and relations can be formally defined in mathematical terms; a computational level, where objects are represented as spatial data types and relations are calculated using spatial operators; a user level, where objects and relations correspond to the concepts of user context. >From a geometric point of view, we can consider a categorization of spatial relations in three groups: topological, projective, and metric. This dissertation proposes both a general framework for modelling qualitative spatial relations and presents new developments for projective relations. By providing a formal mathematical framework to a qualitative description of relations, the models are of great research interest in geographic information science. The most important geometric property that has been taken into account is the collinearity of three points. The importance of this property is such that it influences the whole approach, making ternary relations the formal basis of the models. We have developed algorithms to calculate the relations from a vector data structure and a reasoning system on ternary projective relations. We also extended the model to the three-dimensional space and the sphere. >From a user perspective, projective relations should consider context information, combining them with reference systems to avoid ambiguities in the meaning of the relationLes modèles pour les relations spatiales ont stimulé un grand intérêt parmi les chercheurs dans les bases de données spatiales des années 90. On peut distinguer trois niveaux différents de représentation où nous pouvons identifier des relations spatiales : un niveau purement géométrique, où des objets sont représentés comme ensembles de points et les relations peuvent être formellement définies en termes mathématiques ; un niveau informatique, où les objets sont représentés en tant que types de données spatiaux et les relations sont calculées au moyen d'opérateurs spatiaux ; un niveau utilisateur, où les objets et les relations correspondent aux concepts du contexte d'utilisateur. Du point de vue géométrique, on peut considérer une catégorisation des relations spatiales dans trois groupes : topologique, projectif, et métrique. Ce mémoire de thèse propose à la fois un cadre général pour la modélisation des relations spatiales qualitatives, et présente des nouveaux développements pour les relations projectives. En offrant un cadre mathématique formel à une description qualitative des relations, les modèles envisagés se révèlent d’un grand intérêt dans la recherche en sciences de l’information géographique. La propriété géométrique la plus importante qui a été prise en considération est la colinéarité entre trois points. L’importance de cette propriété est telle qu’elle conditionne toute l’approche, en faisant des relations ternaires la base formelle des modèles envisagés. Nous avons développé les algorithmes pour calculer les relations à partir d'une structure de données en format vectoriel et un système de raisonnement sur les relations projectives ternaires. On a aussi étendu les modèles vers l’espace trois-dimensionnelles et la sphère. Du point de vue de l’utilisateur, les relations projectives doivent envisager l’information sur le contexte, en les combinant avec des systèmes de référence pour ôter les ambiguïtés du sens de la relation
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Svedin, Lina Maria Lovisa. "Organizational cooperation in crises a conceptual framework /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Hallerbach, Winfried G. "Multi-attribute portfolio selection : a conceptual framework : multi-attribute portefeuilleselectie : een conceptueel raamwerk /." Online version, 1994. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/23889.
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Isik, Zeynep. "A Conceptual Performance Measurement Framework For Construction Industry." Phd thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611240/index.pdf.
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The performance assessment done by objective measures have now been replaced with subjective measures. Within the context of this researchinterdependencies between a construction company&rsquo
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Derby, Cecilia Nana. "A conceptual framework for understanding contemporary child slavery." FIU Digital Commons, 2003. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2774.
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This thesis developed a conceptual framework aimed at enhancing our understanding of contemporary child slavery. A new variety of slavery exists today, the result of forms of forced servitude that existed alongside slavery many centuries ago. This is tantamount to slavery. There is, however, a critical lack of awareness about important aspects of the reality of this new child slavery. The framework and definitions of slavery in usage today, though interesting and sufficient to cover historical situations, are unable to adequately describe the conditions of the child slavery. Using existing literature and research, this thesis conceptualized children's labor in a manner that allows a clearer perception of the exploitation of their labor within and beyond the household. Explanatory factors such as culture, the age of victims, the number of hours worked and the ability or not of the victim to volunteer or withdraw their participation in the specific activities were employed to determine if particular situations should be considered as child slavery, repressive child labor or merely as child work, Important distinctions were made between the use of children's mental and physical energy in defined activities.
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Srinivasan, Uma Computer Science & Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "A FRAMEWORK FOR CONCEPTUAL INTEGRATION OF HETEROGENEOUS DATABASES." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Computer Science and Engineering, 1997. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/33463.
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Autonomy of operations combined with decentralised management of data has given rise to a number of heterogeneous databases or information systems within an enterprise. These systems are often incompatible in structure as well as content and hence difficult to integrate. This thesis investigates the problem of heterogeneous database integration, in order to meet the increasing demand for obtaining meaningful information from multiple databases without disturbing local autonomy. In spite of heterogeneity, the unity of overall purpose within a common application domain, nevertheless, provides a degree of semantic similarity which manifests itself in the form of similar data structures and common usage patterns of existing information systems. This work introduces a conceptual integration approach that exploits the similarity in meta level information in existing systems and performs metadata mining on database objects to discover a set of concepts common to heterogeneous databases within the same application domain. The conceptual integration approach proposed here utilises the background knowledge available in database structures and usage patterns and generates a set of concepts that serve as a domain abstraction and provide a conceptual layer above existing legacy systems. This conceptual layer is further utilised by an information re-engineering framework that customises and packages information to reflect the unique needs of different user groups within the application domain. The architecture of the information re-engineering framework is based on an object-oriented model that represents the discovered concepts as customised application objects for each distinct user group.
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Chen, Zhaohong. "Query processor for the conceptual integration modeling framework." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40276.
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A data warehouse is a giant information pot made by integrating data from different data sources. Its schema can easily become complicated in order to hold all historical data. This complexity can confuse end users. The Conceptual Integration Modeling (CIM) framework was proposed to bridge the gap between users and the schema by adding a user-defined conceptual layer. This thesis aims to fulfill the query processor component in the CIM framework. Traditional query languages like SQL require a relatively tough learning curve, which is too dynamic for business users. Instead we propose a new CIM query language and a query interface to work with the visual representation of the CIM framework. This query interface only focuses on user needs and hides unnecessary implementation details to the back end. Thus, it is easy for business users to pose queries. In addition, we also do some optimization on the query processor by selecting views to materialize. Our proposed algorithm can achieve the lower performance bound of 46.7% of the optimal solution.
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Gkiouzepas, Lampros. "Visual structures in advertising metaphors : A conceptual framework." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.514417.
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Yang, Kun. "A conceptual framework for semantic web-based ecommerce." Thesis, Université Laval, 2006. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2006/23745/23745.pdf.
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Tzanos, Ioannis. "A conceptual framework for tactical private satellite networks." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/3932.
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The purpose of this research is three-fold. First is to examine the current state of military satellite communications and to analyze current trends in the commercial satellite communications market that support military Command and Control, as well as facilitate network operations. Second is the operational implementation of such private satellite networks within the context of Net Centric Operations, as well as within the context of a coalition environment. Third, this work will illustrate how the private satellite network could be managed, as well as understanding how the network could be used in the context of a network management control channel to exercise management of numerous dispersed network devices and nodes. The focus will be to define, examine, and research the conceptual framework for a tactical private satellite network that facilitates Command and Control of geographically dispersed tactical units, as well as provides a mechanism for the management of tactical networks. After having acquired a clear picture of today's state and future's capabilities of SATCOM, research will be directed to how a tactical private satellite network would be implemented to support Network Centric Operations and how this tactical private satellite network could be utilized as a tool for the management of tactical networks. During the research, a number of secondary, yet supportive topics, need to be examined, such as, how that tactical private satellite network can be implemented to facilitate collaboration between Other Government Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Coalition partners from other countries or how it would be managed to offer to its subscribers the desired service in terms of quantity (throughput) and overall quality. To materialize the above, this thesis considers it essential to thoroughly examine a commercial base station which is fully capable of managing this satellite network under any conditions. The whole concept of this Tactical Private Satellite Network is examined based on two innovative approaches. First, the establishment of two different logical channels inside the physical one and second, the concept of a private satellite network and its implementation is examined as a method for direct delivery of data.
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Stylidis, Dimitrios. "Tourism and community life : building a conceptual framework." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2012. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/771377/.
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Tourism is widely considered as a means for enhancing local economies but as previous research has shown, is not always a panacea. The development of tourism at a destination, in particular, has considerable positive and negative impacts of economic, social, cultural and environmental nature that an increasing number of host communities are experiencing in their daily life. The significant effects tourism can have on a destination and its population led researchers to examine hosts' perceptions of the impacts of tourism in order to understand the influence of the industry on the life of residents, as well as identifY their level of support for tourism development. Aiming to understand the formation of residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and support for tourism development, which is vital for local authorities and planners in planning and developing tourism at a level that residents will endorse, previous studies examined a number of factors as potential antecedents of these perceptions. Even though researchers have so far highlighted the effect that the context of the destination (rural-urban) or its particular conditions (e.g. state of the local economy) have in forming residents' perceptions, no previous study has examined the way residents perceive their place as a place of residence and how this affects the formation of residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and support for further tourism development. In fact, as a destination image study has found (Schroeder, 1996), the way residents perceive their place as a tourist destination positively affects their intention to support tourism development as well as to recommend the destination to others. The first stage of this study, involved a thorough review of the literature on residents' perception of tourism impacts, aiming to identify the potential impacts of tourism as perceived by residents, the factors that influence residents' perceptions and support for tourism, and the major theories developed for understanding the formation of these perceptions. In addition, since there is a paucity of research in measuring residents' perception of their place as a place of residence, the researcher reviewed the destination image and community satisfaction literature as a theoretical background for establishing a construct termed residents' image of their place as a place of residence. Building on the social exchange theory, this study developed and tested a model with the aim to examine how factors (residence image, potential economic benefit, community 11 attachment) identified in the literature affect the formation of residents' perception of the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism which in tum were hypothesised to affect residents' support for further tourism development. After having established the theoretical framework, the researcher selected the quantitative research approach as the most relevant for the needs of this study. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to the adult residents of Kavala, and 481 usable questionnaires were retained for data analysis. The research findings confirmed most of the initial hypotheses, apart from the role of community attachment, and provided evidence to support the proposed model. Among the theoretical contributions of this study is the development of a construct (residence image) which is deemed useful for understanding the way residents perceive their place as a place of residence. Capturing residence image reveals the positive and negative images residents hold of their place, information which is useful for local authorities and marketers for improving the image of a city and building a successful brand image. This study contributes also to the body of knowledge by providing a theoretical framework for understanding the way specific elements (personal benefit from tourism, community attachment, residence image) affect residents' perception of tourism and support for tourism development. The examination of the effect that these factors, and especially residence image, have on perception of impacts is deemed useful in deciding which type of tourism development is appropriate and relevant for the destination and its population, in understanding how residents' perceptions of impacts and support for tourism development are formed, as well as how residents' support for tourism will increase. Finally, this thesis contributes to monitoring, planning and management of tourism, as the finding can assist local authorities, tourism planners and developers in the design and implementation of tourism development plans that will be supported by the majority of the host population. All in all, the theoretical framework developed contributes to planning and developing tourism to a level that residents will endorse, helping thus in maintaining a harmonious relationship between the host population and the tourist industry which is vital for the development of a sustainable and successful tourist destination.
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Meehan, Joanne. "Power in buyer-seller relationships : a conceptual framework." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2007. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5883/.
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This thesis provides a conceptual framework of power in buyer-seller relationships. Power as the potential to influence (or resist) the actions of others is an integral part of social reality yet its conceptual development is limited in the inter-organisational literature, which is dominated by descriptive empirical studies. Gaps in the extant literature relate to; what constitutes power in buyer-seller relationships, its underpinning ontological position, what buyers and sellers seek to influence and what motivates them to use their power. To enable the complex nature of power to be empirically captured and to reduce ontological constraints, a mixed-method research design was used incorporating three phases. The first two phases were exploratory to allow the practitioner population to identify variables associated with the research questions. Based on these outputs a questionnaire was designed and used as the primary data collection method. Through factor analysis, the results provide evidence that power is pluralistic and composed of multiple embedded realities. Power is held by individuals, organisations and relationships. The conceptual framework of power developed in this research underlines the importance of separating the various elements of power. Despite identifying some differences in attitudes between buyers and sellers, the results demonstrate considerable consistency of opinion between roles. Through this research, contributions are made to the conceptual development of power in buyerseller relationships.
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Shoreibah, Ream A. "Cause Placement: A Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6389.
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The use of embedded marketing, the practice of seamlessly integrating advertising messages into entertainment vehicles, continues to grow as media consumption shifts to on-demand forms, and reaching audiences with traditional advertising becomes more challenging. This dissertation investigates cause placement, the term proposed for the social marketing equivalent of product placement, the more widely known form of embedded marketing. Cause placement is the promotion of pro-social causes by verbally and/or visually inserting related elements into entertainment programming. Cause placement merits its own stream of research, because consumers are expected to react differently to the placement of social issues than to the placement of commercial products. However, cause placement has enjoyed little empirical research. This two-essay dissertation proposes a theoretical framework for the relationship between six independent variables, three of which have not been previously investigated in the embedded marketing research, on three dependent variables that measure the effectiveness of cause placement. The independent variables are placement modality, placement centrality, programming genre, image of the character, consistency of the behavior, and brandedness of the cause. The dependent variables are recall of the cause, attitude toward the cause, and intention to support the cause. Each of the two essays tests a portion of the proposed framework.
Essay 1 (Chapter 4) investigates the effects of brandedness of the cause and placement modality on the three dependent variables using a 2 (branded/unbranded) by 3 (verbal/visual/ both) between-subjects design. As hypothesized, a branded cause was found to yield better recall than an unbranded one regardless of modality. Contrary to expectations however, there was no interaction effect between modality and brandedness on attitude toward the cause and intention to support the cause. The branded cause resulted in higher attitudes than the unbranded ones, and there were no significant differences among the groups for intention to support the cause, likely due to a ceiling effect reached because of the familiar cause used. The pattern of results plotted for attitude toward the cause was in the predicted direction, such that for the unbranded conditions the both verbal and visual modality had the highest attitude while for the branded conditions the opposite was true.
Essay 2 (Chapter 5) investigates the effect of image of the character and consistency of the behavior on the three dependent variables using a 2 (“good guy”/”bad guy”) by 2 (consistent/ inconsistent) between-subjects design. As hypothesized, recall of the cause was higher when the main character’s behavior was consistent with his personality, regardless of the image of the character. Also as predicted, there was an interaction effect between image of the character and consistency of the behavior, such that attitude toward the cause was higher for consistent than inconsistent behavior when the image of the character was “bad guy,” but there was no significant difference in attitude toward the cause for consistent versus inconsistent behavior, when the image of the character was “good guy.” The analogous pattern hypothesized for intention to support the cause did not hold, however, perhaps due to the moral obligation that participants may have felt to follow the promoted behavior regardless of their personal attitude toward the cause. Limitations for both essays are discussed, as well as areas for future research.
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Conrad, Brian Tzanos Ioannis. "A conceptual framework for tactical private satellite networks." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2008/Sept/08Sep%5FConrad.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008.Thesis Advisor(s): Bordetsky, Alex. "September 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 5, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-181). Also available in print.
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Culham, James. "A conceptual framework for a theory of liquidity." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2018. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/165439.
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This study contributes to the understanding of liquidity in two ways. First, it considers the multifaceted nature of liquidity and its relationship with money. Second, it constructs a conceptual framework for a theory of liquidity. The first contribution is achieved by clarifying and categorising the various forms of liquidity to identify those overlooked by the existing literature. The second contribution consists of a realist critique of the literature on liquidity and money to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each theoretical approach. The study reflects on the attempts to analyse liquidity using moneyless models of perfect barter with the assumption that every commodity exhibits perfect saleability; an assumption that removes any need for a medium of exchange and, moreover, crowds out all other forms of liquidity. It is concluded that, because liquidity is a social and monetary phenomenon, it cannot be analysed with models populated by a representative agent consuming a single commodity. Furthermore, this conclusion is not altered by the introduction of ‘financial frictions’, which are fundamentally at odds with the nature of money. Instead, the clarification of the nature of liquidity forms the basis for an interpretation of Keynes’s theory of liquidity preference that emphasises its reliance on liquidity in general, not money in particular. The study introduces the terms redemption liquidity and exchange liquidity to explain the trade-off that underpins the theory of liquidity preference. Properly interpreted, the theory of liquidity preference can then address many of the deficiencies prevalent in the dominant theories of the rate of interest. The study therefore has implications for monetary policy and asset pricing.Doctor of Philosophy
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Sexton, Mary. "Patient-centredness : a conceptual framework for musculoskeletal physiotherapy." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2011. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/7b5f1fd2-cfdd-47ba-b05f-f5d4d12d96e1.
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Introduction The centrality of the patient to health care has been increasingly recognised both politically and professionally. Patient-centred care has become synonymous with high-quality care and a number of studies have reinforced patient's desire for, and the positive impact of the approach. Although the concept emerged over 30 years ago, it is still not clear what it is, upon what theories it is based, or how to measure it. Whilst the concept has been explored within medicine, nursing and other allied health professions, within physiotherapy there has only been minimal discussion. The aim of this research was to explore the meaning of patient-centred care in relation to low back pain, from the perspective of musculoskeletal physiotherapists. Methods Purposive sampling was initially used to select participants. Subsequently theoretical sampling was adopted whereby analysis of the data informed the sample selection. Nine musculoskeletal physiotherapists agreed to participate in the study. They ranged in experience from five to 25 years. Individual semi- structured interviews were adopted as the method of data collection. The interviews were audio taped and then transcribed verbatim. Analysis broadly followed the Grounded Theory approach outlined by Strauss and Corbin (1990). It consisted of a process of open, axial and selective coding. Constant comparative analysis resulted in the identification with a core category and three inter-related sub-categories and the development of a substantive theory of patient-centred care.
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Williams, Heather Rebecca Ambler. "A Conceptual Framework for Student Understanding of Logarithms." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3123.
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In the past, frameworks for what it means for students to understand elementary mathematical concepts like addition have been well-researched. These frameworks are useful for identifying what students must understand to have a good grasp of the concept. Few such research-based frameworks exist for secondary mathematical topics. The intent of this study was to create such a framework for what it means for students to understand logarithms, a topic that has been under-researched up to this point. Four task-based interviews were conducted with each of four different preservice secondary mathematics teachers in order to test a preliminary framework I had constructed to describe what it means for students to understand logarithms. The framework was adjusted according to the findings from the interviews to better reflect what it means for students to have a good understanding of logarithms. Also, a common practice taught to students learning logarithms, switching from logarithmic form to exponential form, was found to possibly have negative effects on student understanding of logarithms. The refined, research-based framework for what it means for students to understand logarithms is described in full in this document. The implications of the results of this study for mathematics teachers as well as for mathematics education researchers are also discussed.
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Borsato, Elisa <1988>. "Il Conceptual Framework for financial reporting. Le attività." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/6475.
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Kim, Byunggook. "A conceptual framework for leisure and Subjective Well-Being." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3378361.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 2009.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 7, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-10, Section: A, page: 4047. Adviser: Bryan McCormick.
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Ekaterina, Guseva. "The Conceptual Integration Modelling Framework: Semantics and Query Answering." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/33464.
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In the context of business intelligence (BI), the accuracy and accessibility of information consolidation play an important role. Integrating data from different sources involves its transformation according to constraints expressed in an appropriate language. The Conceptual Integration Modelling framework (CIM) acts as such a language. The CIM is aimed to allow business users to specify what information is needed in a simplified and comprehensive language. Achieving this requires raising the level of abstraction to the conceptual level, so that users are able to pose queries expressed in a conceptual query language (CQL).
The CIM is comprised of three facets: an Extended Entity Relationship (EER) model
(a high level conceptual model that is used to design databases), a conceptual schema against which users pose their queries, a relational multidimensional model that represents data sources, and mappings between the conceptual schema and sources. Such mappings can be specified in two ways: in the first scenario, the so-called global-as-view (GAV), the global schema is mapped to views over the relational sources by specifying how to obtain tuples of the global relation from tuples in the sources. In the second scenario, sources may contain less detailed information (a more aggregated data) so the local relations are defined as views over global relations that is called as local-as-view (LAV).
In this thesis, we address the problem of expressibility and decidability of queries written in CQL. We first define the semantics of the CIM by translating the conceptual model so we could translate it into a set of first order sentences containing a class of conceptual dependencies (CDs) - tuple-generating dependencies (TGDs) and equality generating dependencies (EGDs), in addition to certain (first order) restrictions to express multidimensionality. Here a multidimensionality means that facts in a data warehouse can be described from different perspectives. The EGDs set the equality between tuples and the TGDs set the rule that two instances are in a subtype association (more precise definitions are given further in the thesis).
We use a non-conflicting class of conceptual dependencies that guarantees a query's decidability. The non-conflicting dependencies avoid an interaction between TGDs and
EGDs. Our semantics extend the existing semantics defined for extended entity relationship models to the notions of fact, dimension category, dimensional hierarchy and dimension attributes.
In addition, a class of conceptual queries will be defined and proven to be decidable.
A DL-Lite logic has been extensively used for query rewriting as it allows us to reduce the complexity of the query answering to AC0. Moreover, we present a query rewriting algorithm for the class of defined conceptual dependencies.
Finally, we consider the problem in light of GAV and LAV approaches and prove the query answering complexities. The query answering problem becomes decidable if we add certain constraints to a well-known set of EGDs + TGDs dependencies to guarantee summarizability. The query answering problem in light of the global-as-a-view approach of mapping has AC0 data complexity and EXPTIME combined complexity. This problem becomes coNP hard if we are to consider it a LAV approach of mapping.
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Caron, Catherine M. "A conceptual framework for community interventions in successful aging." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26864.
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As the number and percentage of elderly Canadians increase, it becomes imperative to understand successful aging in order to keep this growing segment of our population healthy and productive. Conceptual models of successful aging have been proposed in a number of disciplines (biology, psychology, sociology, epidemiology), but these have yet to be integrated. There is not even agreement on how to define successful aging, or on whether it is a state of being or an adaptive process.
To date, there have been relatively few interventions to promote successful aging, and the lack of a theoretical approach makes it more difficult to design them and to assess the results of any interventions that have been attempted.
In this thesis, I build upon the insights from existing literatures, and I propose a conceptual model for successful aging. I then discuss the application of this model to guide community interventions for Successful Aging Ottawa.
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Holm, Anders, and Kullström Christoffer Sundberg. "User Responsive User Experience Design: Building a Conceptual Framework." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-1036.
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To a large extent, business-customer interactions are acted out on digital meeting places. When the possibilities for businesses to engage in face-to-face interactions decrease, relationship building and customer service becomes more of a challenge. Digital services are easily duplicated by competitors and with standardization of interfaces and products, customers tend to switch more frequently between providers. One area where the creation and maintenance of loyal customers appears to be highly relevant is the domain of e-banking. Studies have shown that by personalizing the experience for the user, customer loyalty can be enhanced. Existing methods of interface adaptation shifts the responsibility for the resulting user experience design from the designer to either the user or the system. However, research shows that handing over responsibility for the design to the user can damage the user experience. Furthermore, we argue that as long as computers cannot translate the meaning of what a human communicates, and understand the motivation that lies behind her actions, human designers and researchers need to own the responsibility for designing user experiences. Responsive web design differ from the concept of user responsiveness in the way that it is not truly responsive to the user but to the technical device that is used. Following a design science research methodology, this paper presents the development of a conceptual framework for user responsive user experience design (URUXD) that aims to strengthen the bond between user and provider by enabling a more relevant and personalized user experience. The conceptual framework introduces a way to design user responsive information systems that could be useful in domains where the user audience is large and diverse, as in the case of e-banking. A personalized user experience is enabled by transcending the current use of personas as design tools to also involve them in categorizing real-time users through the use of personas as mapping tools. Multiple persona sets are incorporated in the framework which gives the user experience designer the possibility of designing a holistic user experience for each persona set. The framework thus enables the incorporation of multiple GUI designs in an information system that is user responsive, without the risk of violating usability principles.Interaktionen mellan företag och kund sker nuförtiden oftast på digitala mötesplatser. När möjligheten för företag att träffa kunden öga mot öga minskar blir det en utmaning att skapa nära affärsrelationer och förmedla bra kundservice. Med konkurrenter som enkelt kopierar digitala tjänster och med en standardisering av gränssnitt och tjänster tenderar kunder att oftare byta leverantör. Inom e-banking framstår därför skapande och upprätthållande av lojala kunder som högst relevant. Genom att personifiera användarupplevelsen kan kundlojaliteten förbättras. Befintliga metoder för gränssnittsadaption lämnar över ansvaret för den resulterande designen från designern till antingen användaren eller systemet. Men, om ansvaret för designen tilldelas användaren kan resultatet bli i en skadad användarupplevelse. Så länge datorer inte kan översätta meningen bakom vad en människa kommunicerar eller skapa en förståelse för en användares bakomliggande motivation till varför hen utför handlingar, måste mänskliga designers inneha ansvaret för designen av användarupplevelsen. Vidare skiljer sig responsiv webbdesign från konceptet användarresponsivitet i meningen att responsiv webbdesign inte är direkt responsiv mot användaren utan snarare mot den tekniska apparat som används. Genom att följa en design science forskningsmetodik utvecklades ett konceptuellt ramverk för design av användarresponsiva användarupplevelser (user responsive user experience design (URUXD)). Målet var att stärka bandet mellan användare och leverantör genom att möjliggöra en mer relevant och personifierad användarupplevelse. Det konceptuella ramverket introducerar ett sätt att designa användarresponsiva informationssystem vilket kan vara användbart i domäner där användargruppen är stor och heterogen, vilket är fallet för e-banking. En personifierad användarupplevelse möjliggörs genom att utöka det befintliga användningsområdet för designverktyget personas till att även inkludera dem som mappningssverktyg för att kategorisera användare i realtid. Multipla persona sets införlivas i ramverket vilket skapar möjlighet för designern att skapa en holistisk användarupplevelse för varje enskilt persona set. Det konceptuella ramverket möjliggör därigenom för multipla gränssnittdesigns för ett informationssystem som därmed blir användarresponsivt, utan att underminera principer för användbarhet.
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Fu, Winnie. "Small business modelling within the financial accounting conceptual framework." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0006/MQ41701.pdf.
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Gao, Shi-Ji. "Systems evolution : the conceptual framework and a formal model." Thesis, City University London, 1992. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7971/.
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This research addresses to some of the fundamental problems in systems science. The aim of this study is to: (1) provide a general conceptual framework for systems evolution; (2) develop a formal model for evolving systems based on dynamical systems theory; (3) analyse the evolving behaviour of various systems by using the formal model so far developed. First of all, it is argued that a system which can be recognized by an observer as a system, is characterised by some emergent properties at a certain level of discourse. These properties are the results of the interactions between the system as components but not reducible to the individual or summative properties of those components. Any system is such an emergent and organized whole, and this whole can be defined and described as an emergent attractor. To maintain the wholeness in a changing environment, an open system may undergo radical changes both in its structure and function. The process of change is what is called of systems evolution. On reviewing the existing theories of self-organization, such as "Theory of Dissipative Structure", "Synergetics", "Hypercycle", "Cellular Automata", "Random Boolean Network" et al., a general conceptual framework for systems evolution has been outlined and it is based on the concept of emergent attractor for open systems. The emphasis is placed on the structural aspect of the process of change. Modem mathematical dynamical systems theory, with the study of nonlinear dynamics as its core, can provide (a) the concept of "attractor" to describe a system as an organized whole; (b) simple geometrical models of complex behaviour, (c) a complete taxonomy of attractors and bifurcation patterns; (d) a mathematical rationale for the explanations of evolutionary processes. Based on this belief, a formal model of evolving systems has been developed by using the language of mathematical dynamical systems theory (DST). Attractors and emergent attractors are formally defined. It is argued that the state of any systems can be described by one of the four fundamental types of attractors ( i. e. point attractor, periodic attractor, quasiperiodic attractor, chaotic attractor) at a certain level. The evolving behaviour of open systems can be analyzed by looking at the loss of structural stability in the systems. For a full analysis of systems evolution, the emphasis is put on the nonlinear inner dynamics which governs evolving systems. In trying to apply this conceptual framework and formal model, the evolving behaviour of various systems at different levels have been discussed. Among them are Benard cells in hydrodynamics, Brusselator in chemical systems, replicator systems in biology (hypercycle), predator-prey-food systems in ecology, and artificial neural networks. The complex dynamical behaviour of these systems, like the existence of various types of attractors and the occurrences of bifurcation when the environment changes, have been discussed. In most of the examples, the results in previous studies are cited directly and they are only re-interpreted by using the conceptual framework and the formal model developed in this research. In the study of artificial neural networks, a simple cellular automata network with only three neurons has been constructed and the activation dynamics has been analysed according to the formal model. Different attractors representing different dynamical behaviour of this network have been identified (point, periodic, quasiperiodic, and chaotic attractor). Similar discussions have been applied to a coupled Wilson-Cowan net. It is believed that the study of systems evolution is one of those attempts to bring systems science out of its primitive stage in which it ought not to be.
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Farsari-Zacharaki, Ioanna. "Understanding sustainable tourism policy : conceptual framework and cognitive mapping." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2006. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/937/.
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Dennis, Ian David. "A philosophical investigation into the conceptual framework for accounting." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433646.
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Gore, Pelham. "The FASB Conceptual Framework project 1973-1985 : an analysis." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.279329.
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Gilbert, Howard J. "The right to freedom of belief : a conceptual framework." Thesis, University of Essex, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327069.
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REIS, AUGUSTO DA CUNHA. "PRODUCT VARIETY MANAGEMENT: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND EMPIRICAL STUDIES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2013. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=23841@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Esta tese aborda o tema Gestão da Variedade de Produtos (GVP), designado pelo seu correspondente em inglês Product Variety Management (PVM). GVP é um campo do conhecimento que é, por essência, multidisciplinar, cujo efeito pode ser sentido nas mais diversas áreas de uma empresa. Se por um lado algumas áreas são mais propensas a sentirem os efeitos benéficos do aumento da variedade de produtos ofertada, outras, por sua vez, tendem a associar o aumento da variedade de produtos como um aspecto negativo. As áreas de marketing e de vendas tendem a ter uma visão positiva em relação ao aumento da variedade de produtos, já que associam uma maior variedade à customização do produto frente às necessidades dos cliente, ao aumento na receita, melhor visibilidade da imagem da marca da empresa, entre outros benefícios. Por outro lado, as áreas de produção, logística, compras e ambiental verificam um aumento na complexidade dos produtos, de seus processos e dos resíduos gerados a partir do aumento do mix de produto oferecido, gerando assim inúmeros desafios. Este episódio leva estas áreas a possuírem um receio em relação ao aumento da variedade de produtos. Neste sentido, a GVP é um conjunto de práticas gerenciais cujo objetivo é coordenar as ações dentro da empresa e ao longo da cadeia de suprimentos, buscando o melhor alinhamento das áreas e elos da cadeia. Esta tese tem por objetivo desenvolver um modelo conceitual (framework) para a GVP e de aplicá-lo por meio de estudos empíricos para analisar o uso desta gestão na indústria. A contribuição acadêmica é a de oferecer à literatura uma integração dos trabalhos dispersos sobre o tema e o de indicar como a compreensão de pesquisadores tem se desenvolvido ao longo do tempo. Membros da indústria também podem se beneficiar deste trabalho com os resultados da aplicação do modelo na indústria automotiva e de cosméticos. Para a construção do modelo conceitual utilizou-se uma revisão sistemática na literatura nas bases de dados Science Direct e Emerald. Nestas, 87 dos 455 artigos selecionados foram utilizados e, a partir daí, chegou-se às dimensões que compõem o modelo conceitual (input, structure and processing, measures e outcomes). Vale a pena destacar que foi verificada uma ausência de sínteses anteriores na literatura que abordem a GVP. Poucos artigos tratam a GVP de forma holística limitando-se, em geral, a um conjunto restrito de aspectos que compõe a GVP. Outra descoberta interessante é que grande parte dos artigos que abordam GVP o fazem em ambiente de manufatura. A vertente empírica desta tese reside nos estudos realizados em empresas. O objetivo destes estudos é validar empiricamente o modelo conceitual desenvolvido. Para tal foram realizados quatro estudos de caso que estão nos capítulos 5 e 6. No capítulo 5 foram realizados dois estudos em profundidade na indústria automotiva entre empresas contendo um relacionamento cliente-fornecedor em uma cadeia de suprimentos (fabricante de chassis de ônibus e encarroçadora). No capítulo 6 foi realizado um estudo comparativo na indústria automotiva e na de cosméticos, com o intuito de verificar a validade do modelo conceitual além do contexto vivido dentro da indústria automotiva. A criação de um modelo conceitual para a GVP e sua posterior aplicação empírica trouxe à tona importantes aspectos relacionados à GVP. O primeiro deles é a própria avaliação do modelo com suas dimensões e variáveis. Por se tratar de um dos primeiros esforços em organizar e sistematizar o conhecimento acerca da GVP, sua aplicação demonstrou aderência com a GVP realizada nas empresas (vertente empírica) bem como com a literatura acadêmica (vertente teórica). Por fazer parte do cotidiano de todas as principais áreas de uma organização, o caráter interdisciplinar da GVP foi ratificado. A partir da aplicação percebeu-se que áreas como a de operações e a ambiental buscam mitigar os efeitos negativos oriundos da variedade de produtos. Já as áreas de marketing e
High product variety is a reality in many industries. The automotive and cosmetic industries are among those most affected. Within this context, companies need to manage their product variety to compete and to achieve success in the market. Although product variety is an important issue, the literature lacks models and frameworks that help its management. The main goal of this thesis is the development of a conceptual framework for product variety management (PVM) and its use to analyze this management in the industry. The academic contribution is to offer a framework to the literature that integrates the highly dispersed works on product variety and to indicate how researchers’ understanding of this topic has developed. Practitioners can also benefit from the results, as this framework is applied to different cases via empirical studies within the automotive and cosmetic industries.
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DiGiovanni, Thomas G., and Margot A. Lyman. "The development of the Grapevine Valley : a conceptual framework." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73269.
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Lanning, Paul I. Jr. "Developing expertise in higher education fundraising: A conceptual framework." Scholarly Commons, 2007. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2372.
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This study is designed to identify traits that enable the novice professional to advance toward expertise in fundraising in higher education. The goal was to develop a conceptual framework that explains how the novice professional can advance toward expertise in fundraising in the higher education sector. This study found that CFREs employed in higher education tend to be Caucasian females between 41 and 60 years of age who move between jobs more commonly and tend to have less formal education than the older males now heading toward retirement. Male or female, younger or more mature, CFREs in this study tended to have fallen into their current careers by accident or without formal training for the profession. CFREs tend to rely upon annual conferences and informal networking for professional development rather than formal education. CFREs in this study identified several traits requisite for expertise in the field, even if they did not exhibit some of those traits themselves. Based upon these findings, a model for skill acquisition in higher education fundraising is proposed, and based upon that model a set of recommendations is offered for revisions to the current qualification and testing of CFREs and for the development of curriculum that will foster expertise. This curriculum is both replicable at multiple sites and expandable to other institutions and to online delivery, providing the industry with a means by which to prepare more fundraising professionals to meet the growing need in the sector.
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Farid-Arbab, Sona. "Moral empowerment : elements of a conceptual framework for education." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2012. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020699/.
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In this inquiry I focus on the philosophical framework that could guide educational programmes seeking the moral empowerment of students-the systematic development of the capacity to pursue their own intellectual and spiritual growth and to engage actively in the long-term transformation of their communities, two inseparable aspects of a twofold purpose. Moral empowerment, it is proposed, cannot be achieved by raising political consciousness alone or by pursuing moral education as activity isolated from other components of the overall curriculum. Tue iterative process through which the individual and the environment are transformed is in need of the full force of knowledge. The inquiry draws on the experience of Fundacion para la Aplicacion y Ensenanza de las Ciencias, FUNDAEC, a BaM'i inspired organization in Colombia, in order to identify the essential elements of the evolving conceptual framework under consideration. Nurturing understanding is argued to be central to the desired educational process, necessitating a critical examination of the 'subject' and the 'object' of understanding, and how the 'process of understanding' is shaped by them. Nurturing understanding must go hand in hand with the development of a number of spiritual qualities. For this to be achieved, the historical view holding science and religion in opposition should give way to the perspective that they are two complementary systems of knowledge and practice. The integration of knowledge into the content of the teaching-learning experience demands that sharp division between the cognitive and the motivational, between reason and faith, be avoided. The concept of 'capability' discussed in relation to both being and doing, is presented as an effective strategy for this purpose, with the potential to overcome certain dichotomies prevalent in educational thought and practice. 3
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Yusoff, Amri. "A conceptual framework for serious games and its validation." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/171663/.
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This research introduces a conceptual framework for the design of serious games and uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) for its validation. An initial study identified 12 attributes of educational serious games that can be used to support effective learning. These attributes are used in the conceptual framework to support learning and pedagogy in combination with the games. The Serious-Games-TAM was used to confirm that serious games, based on the proposed framework, would both be accepted by the learner and be useful for learning. Validation involved the collection and analysis of data from learners using a specially developed serious game that introduced international students to public transport in Southampton. After completing the game, participants completed a short questionnaire and the data was analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The results identified the attributes and combinations of attributes that led the learners to accept and to use the serious game for learning. These findings significantly contribute to helping game designers and educational practitioners design serious games for effective learning.
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Ibrahim, Roziana. "A conceptual framework for supporting gender inclusivity in games." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2011. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/301220/.
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Gender inclusivity in games is still exploratory and despite an increase in games and gender research, many challenges remain in designing a more gender-inclusive game. This thesis addresses the problem of how to support gender-inclusivity in games by incorporating theories in games and gender. Existing research in games and gender tend to focus on finding out how each gender plays and their preferences in games. However, there is little evidence that researchers have approached the issue of gender inclusivity in games with the intent of building a cohesive understanding of gender inclusivity in games and the relationships that exist between the different dimensions and components. Consequently, the aim of this research is to develop a conceptual framework that can support gender inclusivity in games. A central contribution of this research is the development of a Gender Inclusivity Framework (GIF) to support an integrative approach to understanding and evaluating gender inclusivity in games. The proposed framework aimed to understand the makeup of gender-inclusivity in games and measure the level of gender-inclusiveness in games. Drawing upon established theories and prior research findings, the proposed framework suggests that gender inclusivity in games can be determined by 3 dimensions: (1) gameplay, which relates to game behaviours; (2) content, which relates to aesthetics elements of a game and; (3) genre, which relates to types of games. Each dimension in the framework is divided into individual components that can be modified or further investigated in future studies. Each component in combination describes the dimension in terms that can be measured and evaluated in empirical studies. Hence, the combination of dimensions and components used to construct the framework provide the description of gender-inclusivity in games, which in turn is expected to predict the degree of gender-inclusiveness in games. An example of GIF application was demonstrated through the development of a novel measuring instrument called Gender Inclusivity Rating Scale (GIRS) and through a series of experiments, the measuring instrument was validated and used in a research scenario to investigate the differences in gender inclusivity in games’ components between a gamer’s gender role orientations. This thesis presents a detailed discussion of the GIF development, validation and application. For researchers, GIF provides a common framework in which to conceptualize their research and make it easier to see how individual variables fit into the larger picture. For game designers, GIF enables deconstruction of the concept of gender inclusivity in games into smaller, conceptually distinct and manageable component to guide the design of gender inclusivity in games.
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Schumann, Benjamin. "Aeronautical life-cycle mission modelling framework for conceptual design." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2014. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/366537/.
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This thesis introduces a novel framework for life cycle mission modelling during conceptual aeronautical design. The framework supports object-oriented mission definition using Geographical Information System technology. Design concepts are defined generically, enabling simulation of most aeronautical vessels and many non-aeronautical vehicles. Moreover, the framework enables modelling of entire vessel fleets, business competitors and dynamic opera-tional changes throughout a vessel life cycle. Vessels consist of components deteriorating over time. Vessels carry payload that operates within the vessel environment. An agent-based simulation model implements most framework features. It is the first use of an agent-based simulation utilising a Geographical Information System during conceptual aero-nautical design. Two case studies for unmanned aircraft design apply the simulation. The first case study explores how the simulation supports conceptual design phase decisions. It simulates four different unmanned aircraft concepts in a search-and-rescue scenario including lifeboats. The goal is to learn which design best improves life cycle search performance. It is shown how operational and geographical impacts influence design decision making by generating novel performance information. The second case study studies the simulation optimisation capability: an existing aircraft design is modified manually based on simulation outputs. First, increasing the fuel tank capacity has a negative effect on life cycle performance due to mission constraints. Therefore, mission definition becomes an optimisation parameter. Changing mission flight speeds during specific segments leads to an overall improved design.