Dissertations / Theses: 'Performance technology'

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Oliver, M. L. "The digital performer : performance, technology and new performance paradigms." Thesis, University of Salford, 2014. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/30850/.

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This thesis, portfolio of published original performances and texts, examines the extent to which one can create an equitable and convincing ‘live’ performance presence when creating performances that incorporate mediatised performers. The experimental process forefronts the dialogic relationship of the onstage to the on-screen performer, as such the devising methodology has primarily been focused on experimentation with the scripted narrative. The research illustrates significant technological and formal transitions during the research period, which has also seen the development from analogue to digital formats. In a systematic series of test-bed performances the author has created work exploring the qualitative interface between the onstage and digitally produced performer. Each new undertaking has articulated a different sub-set of research questions, but these have all been explored within the overarching framework. The argument presented here is that this research has contributed new knowledge to interpretations of our understanding of liveness and performer presence in contemporary performance. The critical contextual analysis examines twelve selected outputs. These are a combination of original performances and selected publications, where the author has reflexively discussed the findings of her practice. The critical contextual study is presented in four sections: Liveness revisited; The impact of the digital performer on our understanding of performer presence; Experiments with narrative; The actor slave and the diabolical digital performer.

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Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens. "Technology, firm performance and market structure." kostenfrei, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus-313.

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Cragg, Paul B. "Information technology and small firm performance." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1990. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6953.

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This study utilised both mail questionnaire and case study approaches to investigate propositions related to information technology (IT) in small firms. The major proposition investigated IT Sophistication as one cause of small firm success. Data was collected from 289 engineering firms by mail questionnaire, including 120 with at least one computer. Multiple regression analysis gave no support to IT as a success factor. Similarly, non-parametric statistical tests suggested that firms with more sophisticated IT performed no better than firms with no or less sophisticated IT. Furthermore, among only the firms with computers, many negative rather than positive correlations were found between IT variables and financial performance. Therefore, rather than support the major proposition that IT was a success factor for small firms, the mail questionnaire provided evidence to the contrary. An indepth analysis of six firms provided evidence that developing IT had, in some firms, increased operating costs and consumed important managerial time. Furthermore, there was evidence to suggest that some factors tended to encourage both IT growth and poorer performance simultaneously, which would explain the negative correlations found between IT and financial performance. Two further propositions were investigated, both relating to IT success. Using path analysis, the following factors were found to influence IT success: external assistance in identifying IT requirements, owner involvement in IT planning and in control, planning IT development, and the use of IT for many applications. However, the measure of IT success was not found to be correlated with financial performance, and this must put in question how MIS researchers should measure "success".

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Johnsson, Stefan. "Performance and performance measurements in complex product development." Licentiate thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-5608.

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In today’s competitive environment, in which competition increases and the pace of technological change accelerates, the need for deploying product development investments more efficiently and effectively is stronger than ever. The ability to create streams of new successful products to the market is vital for every product delivering company’s survival. Performance measurements are important in order to evaluate the current state of operation of the product development and decide on actions to improve its’ performance. However, in contrast to the concept of productivity in the production process there are no commonly adopted methods for measuring performance within product development. The methodology used in this research is explorative multiple case studies at five companies developing complex products. Complex products in this research involve mechanics, electronics, and software. Moreover, complex products are often long living and most development work is evolutionary in character. An extensive interview study among senior managers and decision makers has been conducted to get a broad and systematic understanding of what performance is and what to measure. The main results developed from this research are two conceptual tools. The first one, the Performance Measurement Evaluation Matrix (PMEX) can be used to evaluate the performance measurement system used at a company. The PMEX makes it possible for managers to get a more holistic view and discuss what the performance measurement system is measuring, and what it is not measuring, in order to decide on what to measure. The second tool, the Product Development Organizational Performance Model (PDOPM) can be used to conceptually analyze performance in the product development process from a holistic system perspective. This is achieved by making efficiency, effectiveness, and uncertainty explicit and by showing how they relate at a strategic, project, and product implementation level. The PMEX and the PDOPM can be used by managers in order to increase the understanding of what performance is and to be able to decide on actions in order to improve the performance of the product development process.

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Narahara, Sheryl K. "Occupational narratives of human performance technology (HPT)." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. 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:3329712.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Instructional Technology, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 19, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 3919. Adviser: Thomas Schwen. Includes supplementary digital materials.

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Lindsay, Jon Randall. "Information friction : information technology and military performance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65320.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2011.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-544).
Militaries have long been eager to adopt the latest technology (IT) in a quest to improve knowledge of and control over the battlefield. At the same time, uncertainty and confusion have remained prominent in actual experience of war. IT usage sometimes improves knowledge, but it sometimes contributes to tactical blunders and misplaced hubris. As militaries invest intensively in IT, they also tend to develop larger headquarters staffs, depend more heavily on planning and intelligence, and employ a larger percentage of personnel in knowledge work rather than physical combat. Both optimists and pessimists about the so-called "revolution in military affairs" have tended to overlook the ways in which IT is profoundly and ambiguously embedded in everyday organizational life. Technocrats embrace IT to "lift the fog of war," but IT often becomes a source of breakdowns, misperception, and politicization. To describe the conditions under which IT usage improves or degrades organizational performance, this dissertation develops the notion of information friction, an aggregate measure of the intensity of organizational struggle to coordinate IT with the operational environment. It articulates hypotheses about how the structure of the external battlefield, internal bureaucratic politics, and patterns of human-computer interaction can either exacerbate or relieve friction, which thus degrades or improves performance. Technological determinism alone cannot account for the increasing complexity and variable performances of information phenomena. Information friction theory is empirically grounded in a participant-observation study of U.S. special operations in Iraq from 2007 to 2008. To test the external validity of insights gained through fieldwork in Iraq, an historical study of the 1940 Battle of Britain examines IT usage in a totally different structural, organizational, and technological context.
(cont.) These paired cases show that high information friction, and thus degraded performance, can arise with sophisticated IT, while lower friction and impressive performance can occur with far less sophisticated networks. The social context, not just the quality of technology, makes all the difference. Many shorter examples from recent military history are included to illustrate concepts. This project should be of broad interest to students of organizational knowledge, IT, and military effectiveness.
by Jon Randall Lindsay.
Ph.D.

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Watson, Amanda Annette. "Wearable Technology For Healthcare And Athletic Performance." W&M ScholarWorks, 2020. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1593091706.

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Wearable technology research has led to advancements in healthcare and athletic performance. Devices range from one size fits all fitness trackers to custom fitted devices with tailored algorithms. Because these devices are comfortable, discrete, and pervasive in everyday life, custom solutions can be created to fit an individual's specific needs. In this dissertation, we design wearable sensors, develop features and algorithms, and create intelligent feedback systems that promote the advancement of healthcare and athletic performance. First, we present Magneto: a body mounted electromagnet-based sensing system for joint motion analysis. Joint motion analysis facilitates research into injury prevention, rehabilitation, and activity monitoring. Sensors used in such analysis must be unobtrusive, accurate, and capable of monitoring fast-paced dynamic motions. Our system is wireless, has a high sampling rate, and is unaffected by outside magnetic noise. Magnetic noise commonly influences magnetic field readings via magnetic interference from the Earth's magnetic field, the environment, and nearby ferrous objects. Magneto uses the combination of an electromagnet and magnetometer to remove environmental interference from a magnetic field reading. We evaluated this sensing method to show its performance when removing the interference in three movement dimensions, in six environments, and with six different sampling rates. Then, we localized the electromagnet with respect to the magnetic field reader, allowing us to apply Magneto in two pilot studies: measuring elbow angles and calculating shoulder positions. We calculated elbow angles to the nearest 15â—¦ with 93.8% accuracy, shoulder position in two-degrees of freedom with 96.9% accuracy, and shoulder positions in three-degrees of freedom with 75.8% accuracy. Second, we present TracKnee: a sensing knee sleeve designed and fabricated to unobtrusively measure knee angles using conductive fabric sensors. We propose three models that can be used in succession to calculate knee angles from voltage. These models take an input of voltage, calculate the resistance of our conductive fabric sensor, then calculate the change in length across the front of the knee and finally to the angle of the knee. We evaluated our models and our device by conducting a user study with six participants where we collected 240 ground truth angles and sensor data from our TracKnee device. Our results show that our model is 94.86% accurate to the nearest 15th degree angle and that our average error per angle is error per angle is 3.69 degrees. Third, we present ServesUp: a sensing shirt designed to monitor shoulder and elbow motion during the volleyball serve. In this project, we will designed and fabricated a sensing shirt that is comfortable, unobtrusive, and washable that an athlete can wear during and without impeding volleyball play. To make the shirt comfortable, we used soft and flexible conductive fabric sensors to monitor the motion of the shoulder and the elbow. We conducted a user study with ten volleyball players for a total of 1000 volleyball serves. We classified serving motion using a KNN with a classification accuracy of 89.2%. We will use this data provide actionable insights back to the player to help improve their serving skill. Fourth, we present BreathEZ, the first smartwatch application that provides both choking first aid instruction and real-time tactile and visual feedback on the quality of the abdominal thrust compressions. We evaluated our application through two user studies involving 20 subjects and 200 abdominal thrust events. The results of our study show that BreathEZ achieves a classification accuracy of 90.9% for abdominal thrusts. All participants that used BreathEZ in our study were able to improve their performance of abdominal thrusts. Of these participants, 60% were able to perform within the recommended range with the use of BreathEZ. Comparatively no participants trained with a video only reached that range. Finally, we present BBAid: the first smartwatch based system that provides real-time feedback on the back blow portion of choking first aid while instructing the user on first aid procedure. We evaluated our application through two user studies involving 26 subjects and 260 back blow events. The results of our study show that BBAid achieves a classification accuracy of 93.75% for back blows. With the use of BBAid, participants in our study were able to perform back blows within the recommended range 75% of the time. Comparatively the participants trained with a video only reached that range 12% of the time. All participants in the study, after receiving training were much more willing to perform choking first aid.

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Michael, Rebekah. "Gendered Performance Difference in Information Technology Courses." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1543920227122293.

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Liem, Clifford B. (Clifford Benjamin) Carleton University Dissertation Engineering Electrical. "Performance driven technology mapping for cell generators." Ottawa, 1991.

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Chellino, Susan N. "Improving organizational results through human performance technology." Thesis, Boston University, 1988. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/38018.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
This study investigated the effects of a performance improvement program on operational results in a business setting. The purpose of the study was to determine if the intervention influenced results the corporation used to measure its success. The intervention involved setting goals, which would its success. The intervention involved setgiving feedback and developing remediation overcome difficulties if goals were not achieved. Goal-setting and feedback were done at regularly scheduled intervals. Two work groups within the organization were studied: one which applied the program and one which did not. The effect of the intervention was evaluated using a 2 x 2 design. Two factors represented the pre-program versus post-program time periods; the other two factors represented the experimental conditions: treatment and control. The effect of the program was quantified in terms of five measures of organizational success. These measures were: attendance, safety, quality, maintenance efficiency and installation efficiency.
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Shepherd, Jonathan. "Smart Measurement Technology for Quantifying Performance in Sport." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/385130.

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Throughout history there has been a significant union between sport and technology. Technology can be found in all aspects of sport including; the playing surface, the apparel worn, the equipment used, to measure performance, and to provide feedback to aid future performance. As sport is a highly competitive landscape there has been significant innovation, causing a proliferation of commercially available measurement devices. However, researchers have questioned if technology is facilitating better performance, or if an over reliance on data is negatively affecting sporting outcomes. This thesis aimed to review the landscape of measurement devices in sport and considered if the use of sporting technology for measuring performance is an optimised system. The literature review chronologically follows what technology is used to measure sporting performance and how this technology is applied to measure performance. The thesis then explored why and in which context technology is used, with a sub-categorisation that technology can either be embedded into the equipment, worn on the athlete, or embedded in the environment. While there is an abundance of possible measurement technologies, a framework for selection or creation does not exist. Furthermore, there were no clear guidelines to inform how to implement specific technology to measure performance. To address this gap, an operational framework termed the SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) framework, was created and implemented. The created framework outlined in this thesis, was designed to be an evaluative criterion for selecting and implementing technology. These guidelines, how to use them, and their place in technology implementation, aim to clarify the role of sports technology for capturing sports performance data. To test the framework, six case studies across five different sports were explored all of which necessitated a novel engineering solution to be developed. These case studies resulted in eight peer reviewed publications which are reformatted and presented within the thesis chapters, with an additional reformatted publication in the literature review. A diverse set of case studies was important to ensure the SMART measurement creation and implementation framework could be generalised appropriately. For all contexts, the measurement question had no off-the-shelf technology solution which satisfactorily addressed the problem and as such there was a requirement to engineer a measurement solution. This included; • Different sports (wheelchair basketball, netball, boxing, track cycling, and rowing) • Different times where technology could be used to assess performance (training, game, rehabilitation) • Different groups of participants (male/female, athletes with disabilities, teams and individuals) • Different measurement hardware (virtual reality headsets, inertial sensor technology) • Different measurement software (variety of application software with bespoke algorithms) For all case studies, the framework successfully aided the successful creation of a SMART compliant measurement device addressing the specific measurement question that was posed. Overall, this indicated that the SMART methodology was generalisable for application across many different sports with differing measurement requirements. The adoption of this framework is hypothesised to lead to better measurement outcomes, and future work should be aimed at adopting these guidelines to test this hypothesis. For practitioners reading this document there are many examples where a solution does not require a unique design as an off-the-shelf solution exists. Appendix I (Chapter 8.1) provides a practical guideline for how to select technology and a case study example is shown in Appendix II (8.3).
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Eng & Built Env
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Di, Shuang. "USB Attached Network Performance : Uplink Performance." Thesis, KTH, Kommunikationssystem, CoS, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-91529.

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More and more people all over the world are using a USB modem to connect to the Internet. This is especially true in Sweden- which has the highest 3G coverage in Europe. Comparable to fixed broadband access, using a 3G USB modem is a wonderful experience for the customer. Increasingly, anywhere we can use our cellular phone is a place that we are able to access the Internet, even if we are traveling in a train, walking in a park, or sitting on the beach. This makes working on the move much easier. However, customers do not know if the network throughput, delay, and the cost of connectivity match their needs. Additionally, there is also the question of the time to connect to the network when there has not been some traffic for a period of time. However, the throughput, delay, and "time to connect" when using such a modem to connect to a wireless network depend on several factors. In this thesis we will examine these factors. More specifically, the thesis will analyze in detail the effects of using a USB attached network interface, in order to gain greater understanding of such an interface’s network performance. We have chosen to focus on the uplink, as it was expected to have a low throughput and it has not had as much attention as the downlink performance.
Fler och fler människor över hela världen använder ett USB-modem för att ansluta tillInternet. Detta gäller i synnerhet i Sverige, som har den största 3G-täckning i Europa.Jämförbar med fast bredband, med hjälp av ett 3G USB-modemet är en underbar upplevelseför kunden. Allt var som helst vi kan använda vår mobiltelefon är en plats som vi hartillgång till Internet, även om vi färdas i ett tåg, promenad i en park, eller sitter på stranden.Detta gör att arbeta på resande fot mycket enklare. Men kunderna inte vet om nätetgenomströmning, fördröjning, och kostnaden för anslutning passar deras behov. Dessutomfinns det också en fråga om tid att ansluta till nätverket när det inte har funnits några trafikför en tid. Men den genomströmning, fördröjning och "tid för att ansluta" när du använderett modem för att ansluta till ett trådlöst nätverk beror på flera faktorer. I denna avhandlingkommer vi att undersöka dessa faktorer. Mer specifikt avhandlingen analyserar i detaljeffekterna av att använda en USB bifogade nätverkskort, för att få större förståelse för ettsådant gränssnitt nätverk prestanda. Vi har valt att fokusera på upplänk, eftersom detförväntas ha låg kapacitet och det har inte fått lika mycket uppmärksamhet som denerlänkning prestanda.

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Bromage, Adrian. "Technology-led curriculum change : from anticipation to performance." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275669.

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Liu, Peter. "Applying Expert System Technology To Enhance Computer Performance." NSUWorks, 1993. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/678.

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Computer performance has become increasingly important at modern computer installations. At the same time, performance analysts have shown a strong interest in using expert system technology to meet these new demands. Because of the importance of the system sort product in improving overall system performance, a prototype expert system (KBSORT) was developed. When embedded in the system sort utility, KBSORT optimizes the CPU time performance of the sort applications generated by the system utility. A thorough search of the available literature revealed that no work had yet been done on applying expert system technology to enhancing sort performance. Because the research for this study is a first attempt in this area, a rigorous twelve step procedure was followed in developing the KBSORT prototype. The steps included formulating test cases, researching sort performance enhancement techniques, interviewing experts on sort performance, developing the rules for the expert system, embedding the prototype in the sort utility, and running the sort utility to study the difference in CPU time performance when the expert system was in use. Interviews with sort performance experts revealed that the expert system had to optimize in three areas. It had to choose (1) the best sorting algorithm for the current circumstances, (2) the optimal amount of core for the particular sort, and (3) the proper sort work allocation on the input/output devices available while taking into account the current level of contention for those devices. The results of this study support the original hypothesis that the use of a sort utility with an embedded expert system designed to improve CPU time performance generates applications that run more efficiently than sort applications generated by a sort utility without such an embedded expert system.

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Raji, Atanda Kamoru. "Performance evaluation and improvement of grid-connected technology." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1198.

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Dissertation (DTech(Electrical Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012
The confluence of the limited resources of fossil fuels (e.g. coal, oil and natural gas), environmental degradations leading to climate change, security of supplies and fossil fuels high costs have demanded a tremendous efforts on humanity to seek for a sustainable and unlimited natural energy sources. Amongst these renewable energy sources stands out solar energy because of its ubiquitousness. Solar energy is converted to DC electricity by the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic (PV) power systems installed in commercial and industrial buildings are a good example of distributed power generation. Here the energy consumption and production match and thus electricity taken from the grid during daytime peak hours can be reduced. This is beneficial as the transmission losses in the grid are avoided and also transmission need is reduced. The cost effectiveness of a solar energy system has hindered its wide adoption and deployment in terms of the initial capital cost even though it has a zero energy cost and very minimal operating and maintenance costs. Different governments have instituted many financial incentives for fast adoption of PV systems for both residential and commercial applications. However, all these incentives are not sustainable in the longer term forecast. For PV system to attain grid parity requires more than unsustainable approach of many governments providing time limited subsidies. The technical solution to the problem is to reduce the overall system cost through technical innovations. One such method is the adoption of transformerless inverter technology as the grid interface system. Transformerless inverter topology provides galvanic isolation through innovative inverter topology and switching strategies that eliminates problems created by not employing the service of transformer.

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Amouzgar, Reza. "High-performance tsunami modelling with modern GPU technology." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/3689.

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Earthquake-induced tsunamis commonly propagate in the deep ocean as long waves and develop into sharp-fronted surges moving rapidly coastward, which may be effectively simulated by hydrodynamic models solving the nonlinear shallow water equations (SWEs). Tsunamis can cause substantial economic and human losses, which could be mitigated through early warning systems given efficient and accurate modelling. Most existing tsunami models require long simulation times for real-world applications. This thesis presents a graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerated finite volume hydrodynamic model using the compute unified device architecture (CUDA) for computationally efficient tsunami simulations. Compared with a standard PC, the model is able to reduce run-time by a factor of > 40. The validated model is used to reproduce the 2011 Japan tsunami. Two source models were tested, one based on tsunami waveform inversion and another using deep-ocean tsunameters. Vertical sea surface displacement is computed by the Okada model, assuming instantaneous sea-floor deformation. Both source models can reproduce the wave propagation at offshore and nearshore gauges, but the tsunameter-based model better simulates the first wave amplitude. Effects of grid resolutions between 450-3600 m, slope limiters, and numerical accuracy are also investigated for the simulation of the 2011 Japan tsunami. Grid resolutions of 1-2 km perform well with a proper limiter; the Sweby limiter is optimal for coarser resolutions, recovers wave peaks better than minmod, and is more numerically stable than Superbee. One hour of tsunami propagation can be predicted in < 1 minute using 1350 m or coarser resolutions. Run-time is reduced by > 50 times on a regular low-cost PC-hosted GPU, compared to a single CPU. For 450 m resolution on a larger-memory server-hosted GPU, performance increased by ~70 times. Finally, two adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) techniques including simplified dynamic adaptive grids on CPU and a static adaptive grid on GPU are introduced to provide multi-scale simulations. Both can reduce run-time by ~3 times while maintaining acceptable accuracy. The proposed computationally-efficient tsunami model is expected to provide a new practical tool for tsunami modelling for different purposes, including real-time warning, evacuation planning, risk management and city planning.

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Skog, Andersen Jonas, and Joakim Eriksson. "Investigating the practical performance of the LoRaWAN technology." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Databas och informationsteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-144387.

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New innovations, technologies, ideas and businesses are driving the realisation of the Internet of Things (IoT) vision. As with many other fields in technology comes competing protocols and standards, ranging from modulation schema used for transmitting data to security standards used to ensure safe operation and the privacy needs for all involved entities. This thesis looks into one of the competing modulation schema and network protocols for IoT applications: the LoRaWAN protocol. The main contribution of this thesis is a datadriven empirical study that helps verify theoretically obtained results from other authors. Our results also suggest that as long as other signals on the same frequency band uses different modulation techniques (or just other parameters for the same modulation technique), then only the signal to noise ratio is affected without introducing collisions. This affects the scalability and overall practical distance covered by a LoRaWAN. Our general conclusion is that the LoRaWAN as a technology/protocol has its disadvantages, mainly how heavily different traffic profiles may affect the scalability of it and a general lack of hard quality of service guarantees.

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De, Stefano Timothy. "Information communication technology, broadband infrastructure and firm performance." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37298/.

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Zhang, Man. "Information technology capability, organizational culture, and export performance." Online access for everyone, 2005. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2005/M%5FZhang%5F040505.pdf.

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Ohiomah, Alhassan Abdullahi. "The Technology-to-Performance Chain: How Lead Management Systems Drive Inside Sales Performance." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32736.

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Understanding how technology usage influences performance in the inside sales industry has become an important issue for practitioners. Yet, there is a dearth of literature in this area. Inside sales are sales that are performed remotely using the phone or Internet technologies. Leads (i.e., potential customers) are the life-blood of any inside sales setting, and their effective management is crucial for business success. Lead management systems are information technology (IT) tools designed to automate and support effective lead management. This study developed a conceptual model based on the Technology-Task-Fit (TTF) theory, capturing the impact of lead management systems on inside sales performance through the following mediating mechanisms: task characteristics (call productivity and effort on lead follow-up), selling behaviour (adaptive selling) and salesperson characteristics (salesperson’s competency). To validate this model, we conducted an empirical study with 108 responses collected from sales managers and decision makers. Using PLS-SEM for the analysis, our findings show that the use of lead management systems affects inside sales performance via improving salespeople’s adaptive selling, effort on lead follow-up and competency. The findings of this study contributes to the inside sales literature, and also educate practitioners of the key enablers of inside sales performance and technology usage approaches to the inside sales process.

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Meyer, Marc H. "New product strategy in the technology-based firm : product technology, market strategy, and performance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/15191.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1986.
MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND DEWEY.
Bibliography: leaves 212-218.
by Marc H. Meyer.
Ph.D.

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Reid, Michael. "Sales Performance and Emotional Intelligence of Technology Sales Professionals." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1609.

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United States business leaders spend $15 billion per year on sales training, but approximately 50% of salespeople still fail to reach their annual sales targets. Business leaders have limited understanding of the relationship between emotional intelligence and its central constructs (self-perception, self-expression, interpersonal, decision making, and stress management) and sales performance of sales professionals based in the United States. The purpose of this correlational research study was to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and sales performance via an online pre-existing emotional intelligence assessment. The theoretical framework incorporated emotional intelligence theory and job performance theory. The sample included 86 technology sales professionals working in the United States who were recruited through a nonrandom purposive sampling method. The correlation results showed an association exists between decision making and sales performance (r = .310, n = 73; p Ë? .01). For all 6 predictor variables, the regression model was not a significant predictor of sales performance, F(6,66) = 1.295, p = .272, R-² = .105. By including only decision making, the linear regression model was a significant predictor of sales performance, F(1,71) = 7.550, p Ë? .01, R-² = .096. The results were not generalizable, but suggest that decision making is significant in achieving sales performance. These results suggest that higher decision making skills lead to higher sales performance. Social implications for sales and business leaders include using these results to seek and hire emotionally intelligent sales professionals and training existing sales professionals about emotional intelligence competencies to improve company-wide sales performance.

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Jung, Hans-Helmuth. "Technology management control systems in technology-based enterprises design and implementation of systems to control technology strategy and performance /." Zürich : [s.n.], 2002. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=14857.

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Puttaswamy, Kiran. "Designing high-performance microprocessors in 3-dimensional integration technology." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19759.

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Thesis (Ph.D)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.
Committee Chair: Loh, Gabriel H.; Committee Co-Chair: Lee, Hsien-Hsin S.; Committee Member: Lim, Sung Kyu; Committee Member: Prvulovic, Milos; Committee Member: Yalamanchili, Sudhakar; Committee Member: Yoder, Douglas.

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Sihombing, Anto. "Performance of Repeaters in 3GPP LTE." Thesis, KTH, Kommunikationssystem, CoS, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-48940.

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Repeater communication is one promising candidate solution in future cellular networks because of its ability to increase throughput, data rate and coverage. It is also considered as one candidate technology feature in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) Advanced. Traditionally repeaters have been active continuously and perform blind forwarding without knowing the signal. However the repeater in LTE Advanced is likely to include some advanced functionalities such as frequency selectivity, gain controllability, multi antenna ability, advanced antenna processing, optimum power control algorithm, etc. In this thesis, on-frequency repeaters with frequency selectivity and gain controllability are analyzed and it is shown that the performance of repeater is highly dependent on the environment. It is necessary that the composite path gain (two-hop link) must be better than direct path gain (direct link) and the interference is attenuated in order to use the repeaters. The repeater directional donor antenna can be employed to further improve these two-hop links. And finally the benefit of advanced repeater functionalities is larger for uplink than downlink especially in heavy interference scenario however power limitation is often a bottleneck in uplink.

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Alasali, Mohammad. "LTE MIMO Performance Measurements on Trains." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-108079.

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Providing passengers internet on board trains with continuous connectivity at high speeds and over large rural distances is a challenging issue. A promising solution to the problem is to use an on board WI-FI network combined with a cellular radio system connected to the LTE (long term evolution) 900/800MHz networks deployed outside the train. However, in order to reach the data rates that today's business traveller is expecting, \Multiple Input Multiple Output" (MIMO) may be needed. In this project the plausibility of achieving LTE MIMO functionality to moving trains is studied both theoretically and through measurements on a Swedish high speed train in a live LTE 900 network. The measurements were conducted along the main track between Stockholm and Gothenburg. Eight antennas were deployed at 4m height on the roof of a X2000 train that was moving at speeds between 100 and 200km/h. The average distance between the base stations and the track was 2.35km and the average base-station antenna height 45m. The measurement data was recorded using an LTE scanner provided by Rohde&Schwarz (TSMW). The simulations were conducted in Matlab and the above parameters were simulated for typical rural Line of Sight (LOS) radio channels. The simulation results show that MIMO may perform well on trains and reach higher rank in the above described radio channel, given that the inter-element distances are correctly chosen dependent on the base station-to-train distance. In the measurement a 2X2 MIMO system was tested and confirmed the model by showing that the condition number (CN), was less than 15 for 65% of the track covered by LTE. Hence, we find that it is indeed plausible to achieve MIMO functionality in LOS on the roof of a fast moving train. Furthermore, the report concludes that LTE-Advance with 8x8 MIMO functionality and carrier aggregation feature, may be a suitable solution in order to provide the internet capacity needed for all the passengers on board high speed trains.

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Oeltjen, Craig L. "A comparison of computational cognitive models : agent-based systems versus rule-based architectures." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Mar%5FOeltjen.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003.
Thesis advisor(s): Rudolph Darken, Barry Peterson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61). Also available online.

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Keating, D. A. "On technology for the measurement and reproduction of sound." Thesis, University of Reading, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381922.

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Yong-Rae, Kim. "Technology acquisition strategy and firm performance : an empirical study of the Korean information technology industry." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414886.

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Wang, Dan. "Three essays on bank technology, cost structure, and performance." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2007.

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Sarwar, Ferdous. "Electrical Performance Analysis of a Novel Embedded Chip Technology." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26715.

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Recently ultra-thin embedded die technology gained much attention for their reduced footprint, light weight, conformality and three-dimensional assembly capabilities. The traditional flexible circuit fabrication process showed its limitations to meet the demand for increasing packaging density. The embedded die technology can be successfully utilized to develop flexible printed circuits that will satisfy the demand for reliable and high density packaging. With a tremendous application potential in wearable and disposable electronics, the reliability of the flexible embedded die package is of paramount importance. Presented is the author's contribution to the novel fabrication process for flexible packages with ultrathin (below 50 ?m) dice embedded into organic polymer substrate and the results from the investigation of the electrical performance of embedded bare dice bumped using three different techniques. In this research, embedded flexible microelectronic packaging technology was developed and reliability of different packages was evaluated through JEDEC test standards based on their electrical performance. The reliability test of the developed packages suggested the better and stable performance of stud bump bonded packages. This research also covered the thinning and handling ultra-thin chips, die metallization, stud bump formation, laser ablation of polymers, and assembly of ultra-thin die. The stud bumped flexible packages that were designed and developed in this research have promising application potential in wearable RFID tags, smart textile and three dimensional-stacked packaging, among the many other application areas.

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Rossouw, Tasneem. "Remembering Repertoires: exploring performance as a social innovation technology." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30523.

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This thesis explores some of the functions that performance rituals play in social space. It proposes that these curated performance interventions may bring people together, and assist them in negotiating the past and their place in the present, in relation to that past. The possibility that through undergoing this process, these newly formed and/or strengthened communities are enabled to collectively build towards better futures, is also explored. Specifically, this work considers whether the ways in which this happens may qualify this applied form of performance intervention as a technology for Social Innovation. The study explores how the dynamic tensions between the document Archive (cf. Derrida, 1998)1 and the performance Repertoire (cf. Taylor, 2003)2 may contribute to this process. It further considers the roles of curatorial framing within this exchange. Elements of Case Study, Practice as Research, and Grounded Theory are combined to provide a methodological locus. The thesis counterpoints observations drawn from a case study, the Clanwilliam Arts Project, with two examples of the authoress’ own practice.

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Dhawan, Aishwar. "How can technology help us understand performance in sport." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695328.

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Scientific understanding of sports performance have a multitude of advantages; such as improving technical or motor performance, devising efficient training protocols, optimising decision making skills and reducing injuries. The thesis reports a series of studies which utilizes state of the art motion capture and emerging virtual reality technology to (i) investigate technical aspects of goal kicking in rugby union and (ii) to examine decision making behaviour across cricket batters. The biomechanics of goal kicking in rugby union has received little attention in scientific literature owing to its importance, more so in a goal directed naturalistic setting. Within this aspect, the aim was to identify any common lower limb performance criterion's that existed across a sample of elite goal kickers which led to a successful performance. An increased ball speed, a higher hip angular velocity at ball impact, existence of hip and knee strategy to achieve similar levels of performance were identified. The conclusions have implications for adapting technology to goal kicking practise and future research. The second phase of the thesis described the development and application of a novel virtual reality cricket batting simulator. The simulator was applied to study decision making behaviour across cricket batters by feeding in realistic information. The kinematics of a fast bowling action was also evaluated independently as its understanding is central to how and when batter chose to perform. Elite batters were identified of perceptual and temporal components in context of advance information pick up and batswing behaviour that differed from their less capable peers. Comparable results from analogous studies indicated the strength of behavioral realism of the virtual reality batting simulator. Challenges of the simulator were also outlined in context to cricket batting. The conclusions have broader implications for virtual reality technology in movement coordination, perception action research and from an applied perspective

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Goyal, Aparajita. "Information technology and rural market performance in Central India." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8126.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.
Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Economics. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Amato, Danielle Anna. "Collage corporeality : body and technology in contemporary American performance /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3099913.

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Perkmen, Serkan. "Factors that influence pre-service teachers' technology integration performance." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2008. 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:3310804.

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Wolcott, Peter. "Soviet advanced technology: The case of high-performance computing." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186298.

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This study uses Soviet high-performance computing (HPC) as a vehicle to study technological innovation, organizational transformation, and the R&D of advanced technologies in centralized-directive economies in the past and during periods of transition. Case studies are used to identify the factors most strongly influencing the evolution of high-performance systems and the facilities within which they were developed. Although closely tied to the military, the HPC sector was not able to overcome basic systemic and technological difficulties. HPC illustrates the limits of centralized-directive economic management's ability to coordinate and prioritize development and production of highly complex, rapidly evolving technologies. Projects were delayed by complex bureaucratic structures, the monopolistic nature of the supporting infrastructure, and resistance of production factories. Progress of individual projects was dependent on the degree to which they drove supporting industries, used immature technologies, had an industrial vs. academic orientation, and were developed in conjunction with production facilities. The benefits of the reforms--direct contacts between organizations, increased local control of finances and research, greater flexibility in the management of R&D, and improved opportunities for international contacts--have been overshadowed by economic decline and fundamental weaknesses in the supporting infrastructure. R&D facilities have been transformed into a collection of loosely-coupled semi-autonomous organizational units, increasing short-term viability, but threatening their ability to carry out large-scale, long-term, integrated development. Links between R&D and production facilities have been disrupted. The upstream infrastructure remains ill-suited for providing the technologies necessary for HPC development. Preconditions to long-term viability are restoration of the integrity of the development-production cycle and reduction of the HPC sector's dependency on domestic industries. Taking advantage of mass-produced Western technologies will require changes in philosophies of development and architectural approaches. The concept of a unified sector-wide technological paradigm is not well suited for explaining the diversity of architectural approaches and specific development trajectories. A paradigm consisting of layers of "micro-paradigms" better captures the patterns of continuity and change within projects and features shared between projects. This study suggests that the nature of the revenue stream and the opportunities for alternative organizational forms have a significant influence on organizational structure.

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Kwabiah, William Archibold. "Small Business Strategies for Information Technology Implementation in Developing Countries." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7309.

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Leaders of small businesses need dynamic capabilities created through careful implementation of information technologies (ITs) to enhance efficiency, performance, and output. The purpose of this multicase study was to explore strategies leaders of small businesses used in developing countries to implement ITs for improved business performance. The framework for this study was the technology, organization, and environment model. The sample population consisted of 10 leaders of small businesses located in the Accra region of Ghana. The study participants had at least 5 years of experience working with small businesses that implemented IT. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and review of companies' strategic and project plans. The data analysis process included methodological triangulation, coding, the identification and congregation of themes, and the interpretation of inferences. Five themes emerged: top management support for IT implementation, investment in appropriate IT infrastructures, engaging in appropriate IT knowledge and skills training, creating an organizational culture of IT acceptance, and embracing legal and regulatory frameworks for IT. Findings from this study might assist leaders of small businesses in gaining insights into key IT strategies required for improving small business survivability. The implications of this study for positive social change include the potential to facilitate employment generation and reduce poverty in developing countries by improving small business performance.

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Hirohata, Mikihito, Yasuo Kitane, and Yoshito Itoh. "Lifecycle Performance Assessment Technology for Port Steel Structures with a Focus on Post-repair Performance." 日本鉄鋼連盟, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/18854.

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Tangen, Stefan. "Evaluation and revision of performance measurement systems." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Production Engineering, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-19.

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Performance measurement is a topic that has received considerable attention during the last decades. There are many motives for using performance measures in a company but perhaps the most crucial one is that they will help to improve productivity when used properly. Productivity is of vital importance to a company’s ability to compete and make profits over time. A company that is not able to efficiently utilise its resources in creating value for its customers will not survive in the competitive business environment of today.

However, the development of fully functional and suitable performance measurement systems (i.e. set of measures) has proven to be a very challenging task. This research has focused on the last phase of the development of performance measurement system, namely the continuous updating of the performance measures, which still have not been explored in a satisfactory manner. The objective is to investigate and clarify how to evaluate and revise performance measurement systems. In order to reach this objective, several obstacles that contribute to the complexity of the research area are treated.

In the beginning, the thesis thoroughly investigates the confusing terminology within the field and frequently used terms like productivity, profitability, performance, efficiency and effectiveness are explained. Then, a categorisation of ways to measure performance is presented along with advantages and shortcomings of different productivity and other performance measures. Several key-factors found to affect the productivity of a manufacturing company are also discussed, such as: design of processes and equipment, disturbances and losses, management and control, product design, and job design and work organisation. Much attention is given to the different requirements that performance measurement systems must fulfil, both on the system level and the measure level. Finally a method called the performance measurement progression map is finally proposed, which has been developed in order to give measurement practitioners a comprehensive guide of how to evaluate and revise performance measurement systems.

The thesis is concluded with the results from several empirical investigations in which the usefulness of the developed method is validated.

Keywords: Performance measurement, Performance measurement systems, Productivity, Evaluation

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Miller, Eric R. "The Influence of Recording Technology on Music Performance and Production." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1367581047.

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Fan, W. F. "An investigation into the impact of information technology on business performance." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233911.

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Shao, Rui. "Application of wavelet technology and neural networks in the process industries." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287840.

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Bergner, Christiane, and Thomas Köhler. "The link between information technology, performance management and school effectiveness." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2018. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-234339.

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In the last decades, several research studies have been executed on the key factors that influence school effectiveness. Taking state of the art literature into account, six broad areas can been identified: student, home, school and leadership, curricula, teachers and teaching/learning approaches. As part of the area of school and leadership, the overarching topic of performance management has been empirically tested to be an effective strategy for improving student outcomes. The role of organizational performance metrics and monitoring cannot be overstated as a success factor of an organization because they affect strategic, tactical and operational planning in setting objectives, evaluating performance, and determining future courses of action. Consequently, the research project at hand aims to analyze, as a first step, the interrelation between the use of technology and performance monitoring and, as a second step, the impact of these management practices on the organizational effectiveness of schools. For that, an online survey is sent to about 20.000 principals in Germany. Statistical analysis will be conducted.

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Kunkel, Susanne [Verfasser], Gerhard [Akademischer Betreuer] Schneider, and Abigail [Akademischer Betreuer] Rhodes-Morrison. "Simulation technology for plastic neuronal networks on high-performance computers." Freiburg : Universität, 2015. http://d-nb.info/111989865X/34.

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Wills, Lister. "Performance evaluation of powerline technology on low voltage distribution networks." Thesis, Open University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607482.

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Powerline technology (PL T) employs the electrical distribution network to transmit data in addition to supplying power. PL T is currently employed to provide data networking in many domestic environments, and is expected to play a major part in the development of the forthcoming Smart Grid. Given that the electrical distribution network was not designed with data transmission in mind, electromagnetic radiation from the network can give rise to interference. Regulators and researchers have considered the impact of such widespread radiation, and investigations of the various aspects of powerline have been conducted over the last decade. Despite this prolonged period, however, there remains a lack of agreement on the typical performance of such networks or the implications for regulation policy. An accurate model of the radio frequency (RF) properties of the typical electrical distribution network would be extremely valuable in developing standards and informing policy. The aim of this thesis is to provide a cohesive approach to determining the RF characteristics of a typical domestic property and applying such parameters to model the performance of PL T. The thesis reviews the recent development of broadband PL T, the progress made by the more prominent regulators, and the trials undertaken to define the key parameters affecting propagation. A detailed experimental programme carried out both in the laboratory and at typical sites is described.

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McGregor, Suzanne, and Elvia Jaggers. "Surveillance of Information Technology (IT) Performance Based Service Acquisitions (PBSAs)." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9994.

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GAO report 05-274 states nearly half of an organization's yearly budget is being spent on services. Consequently, DoD must ensure that contractors performing these services are being effectively monitored. The purpose of this joint applied project is to examine IT performance based service acquisitions and assess what performance measurements are being used to gauge the contractor's effectiveness. This research project will provide a literary review of Performance Based Contracts (PBCs), Performance Based Service Contracts (PBSC), Performance Based Service Acquisition (PBSA) and related topics. This review will be conducted using various Governmental legislative and regulatory guidance and best commercial practices. The research will include a gathering of survey information from contracting officers, Directors of Information Management offices, Information Technology (IT) technical personnel and TACOM IT contractors. This information will then provide a comparative analysis for recommendations and conclusions. To conclude, this joint applied project will include creating and posting performance measurement guidance for the TACOM Community website to provide all contracting personnel with the means to develop performance measures for IT performance based service contracts.

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Wan-chi, Lai, and 賴宛圻. "Technology Strategy, Performance Measurement, and Research and Development Performance." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61247540935106288490.

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會計學研究所
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Research and Development (R&D) has been recognized as an important activity in the value chain. With an effective strategy, continuous monitoring, and performance measurement, companies can create and sustain competitive advantage. This thesis investigates the association between technology strategy and performance measurement, and explores the effect of the fit between them on performance. Performance measures of financial, customer, internal process, and learning and growth dimensions are developed according to the balanced scorecard. The R&D managers and financial managers of 1,152 electronic companies in Taiwan are solicited to respond to the questionnaire. The results based on 118 useful responses from the R&D mangers, and 70 useful responses from both R&D and financial managers are as follows. First, prospectors place more emphasis on product development than defenders, while defenders emphasize more on process innovation. But, the difference is not statistically significant. Second, the companies in the sample emphasize the financial measures least among the four dimensions of performance measures. Third, Prospectors place more emphasis than defenders on all the four dimensions of performance measures. Finally, technology strategy and emphasis on customers and learning and growth performance measures interactively affect performance in that prospectors with more emphasis on customers and learning and growth measures perform better than those with less emphasis. Prospectors with more emphasis on financial measures perform poorer than those with less emphasis. No significant interactive effect of technology strategy and internal process emphasis on performance exists.

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Hsu, Wan-Lung, and 許萬龍. "Performance Drivers of University Technology Transfer." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32783084407680579735.

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國立交通大學
科技管理研究所
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Universities are designated to disseminate innovative knowledge and technologies to enterprises and facilitate the economic growth. The activities of university technology transfer are composed of a multitude of mechanisms, such as patent applications and patent granted, patent licensing, technology licensing, contract research, collaboration research, technology-oriented start-up, and other forms of formal or informal information transfer. The university sector, receiving government funding to perform basic research, is designated to produce and widely disseminate innovative knowledge to industry in many countries. Knowledge occurred in university research can be traced with patent data. Take Taiwan’s universities as a research base, this study investigates the knowledge creation and citation of Taiwan’s universities by USPTO patent database. The patent analysis finds a dramatic increase in the number of university patent after 2002 and some observations of research areas and patent citation in research universities are derived. This study also intends to identify the critical drivers of the multitudinous outputs of university technology transfer in order to understand the important factors of performance of technology transfer. Fuzzy Delphi method, interpretive structural modeling (ISM), and analytic network process (ANP) are employed sequentially to derive the relative importance of the performance drivers. The human capital and the institutional/culture resources are two most emphasized resources towards the improvement of university technology transfer in Taiwan. Faculty quality and size of technology transfer offices are the most critical drivers within the dimension of human capital. Incentive policy and experience of technology transfer offices are the most critical drivers within the dimension of institutional /culture resources. Finally, some policy implications are derived based on this results.

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LIN, YI-JING, and 林益靖. "Applying Emerging Technology Embedded Organizational Performance Management System Enhance Organizational Performance." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02784933150684052933.

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國立臺北教育大學
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One of the reasons for the success of the enterprise is to be able to anticipate the development and signs of things, and to grasp the development trend of today's business opportunities. Therefore, the use of computer equipment and information systems to enhance business performance has become an inevitable trend for modern enterprises to enhance their competitiveness. Information technology plays an important role by building a set of information that can help companies analyze costs, master progress, risk, and customer satisfaction, as it provides faster access to real-time information for business decision making and forecasting. This reseach uses the “trust” and “altruistic” spirit of the social exchange theory to explore whether the Effectiveness Efficiency Quality System (EEQ) expected to improve the performance of the organization's members and organizations as they expected to introduce into the organization to explore the use of electronic systematization performance management system for practical use. We based on the information success model (DeLone & McLean Information Success Model). After discussing with the experts, we summarized the following constructs: system quality, information quality, intention to use, user satisfaction, the individual effect and the effect to organization as a research model and used to analyze the association of EEQ system to enhance organizational performance. This research based on the Delphi method, the research object is for the employees and operators of the industry, after trial system conducted a questionnaire survey. The analysis of the data shows that these two constructs: Intention to Use, User Satisfaction have moderately significant on the Individual Effect, and the Individual Effect has significant positive to Effect to Organization, which proves that the EEQ system can enhance individual and organizational performance.

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