A case study at a global pharmaceutical company has been conducted toanalyse how the Hidden Structure method using the Enterprise Architecture Analyses(EAAT) tool, developed at KTH, can be used to visualize the IT architecture and tocreate a better understanding on which applications could increase a risk of therobustness of the architecture if changes was done to them. Also the measure of ITsupport metrics as incidents and changes per system has been analysed to understandif they can be used to understand the robustness of the incident. The tool was used tocreate a model of the enterprise architecture of the company and the analysis showedthat the robustness of the IT architecture was good; the core applications that couldcreate most damage were identified. The analysis of the IT support metrics showedthat it was difficult to use the change records as indicators since the number ofchanges per systems were very few. The incident analysis showed that the systemswith the highest number of incidents were classified as belonging core or peripheralcategory.

In dieser Arbeit entwickeln wir einen Löser für elliptische Randwertprobleme. Dazu diskretisieren wir ein Randwertproblem mittels der Methode der finiten Elemente und erhalten ein Gleichungssystem. Mittels Gebietszerlegungstechniken unterteilen wir das Gebiet der Differentialgleichung und können Teilprobleme des Randwertproblems definieren. Durch die Gebietszerlegung wird eine Hierarchie von Zerlegungen definiert, die wir mittels eines Gebietszerlegungsbaumes festhalten. Anhand dieses Baumes definieren wir nun einen Löser für das Randwertproblem. Dabei berechnen wir die verschiedenen Matrizen des Lösers durch den sogenannten HDD-Algorithmus (engl. hierarchical domain decomposition). Die meisten der zu erstellenden Matrizen sind dabei vollbesetzt, weshalb wir sie mittels Hierarchischer Matrizen approximieren. Mit Hilfe der Hierarchischen Matrizen können wir die Matrizen mit einem fast linearen Aufwand erstellen und speichern. Der Aufwand der Matrixoperationen ist ebenfalls fast linear. Damit wir die Hierarchischen Matrizen für den HDD-Algorithmus verwenden können, müssen wir die Technik der Hierarchischen Matrizen erweitern. Unter anderem führen wir eingeschränkte Clusterbäume, eingeschränkte Blockclusterbäume und die verallgemeinerte Addition für Hierarchische Matrizen ein. Zusätzlich führen wir eine neue Clusterbaum-Konstruktion ein, die auf den HDD-Algorithmus zugeschnitten ist. Die Kombination des HDD-Algorithmus mit Hierarchischen Matrizen liefert einen Löser, den wir mit einem fast linearen Aufwand berechnen können. Der Aufwand zur Berechnung einer Lösung sowie der Speicheraufwand ist ebenfalls fast linear. Des Weiteren geben wir noch einige Modifizierungen des HDD-Algorithmus für weitere Anwendungsmöglichkeiten an. Zusätzlich diskutieren wir die Möglichkeiten der Parallelisierung, denn durch die Verwendung der Gebietszerlegung wird das Randwertproblem in unabhängige Teilprobleme aufgeteilt, die sich sehr gut parallelisieren lassen. Wir schließen die Arbeit mit numerischen Tests ab, die die theoretischen Aussagen bestätigen.

La transcription automatique de musique polyphonique consiste à estimer automatiquernent les notes présentes dans un enregistrement via trois de leurs attributs : temps d'attaque, durée et hauteur. Pour traiter ce problème, il existe une classe de méthodes dont le principe est de modéliser un signal comme une somme d'éléments de base, porteurs d'informations symboliques. Parmi ces techniques d'analyse, on trouve l'analyse probabiliste en composantes latentes (PLCA). L'objet de cette thèse est de proposer des variantes et des améliorations de la PLCA afin qu'elle puisse mieux s'adapter aux signaux musicaux et ainsi mieux traiter le problème de la transcription. Pour cela, un premier angle d'approche est de proposer de nouveaux modèles de signaux, en lieu et place du modèle inhérent à la PLCA, suffisamment expressifs pour pouvoir s'adapter aux notes de musique possédant simultanément des variations temporelles de fréquence fondamentale et d'enveloppe spectrale. Un deuxième aspect du travail effectué est de proposer des outils permettant d'aider l'algorithme d'estimation des paramètres à converger vers des solutions significatives via l'incorporation de connaissances a priori sur les signaux à analyser, ainsi que d'un nouveau modèle dynamique. Tous les algorithmes ainsi imaginés sont appliqués à la tâche de transcription automatique. Nous voyons également qu'ils peuvent être directement utilisés pour la séparation de sources, qui consiste à séparer plusieurs sources d'un mélange, et nous proposons deux applications dans ce sens. / Automatic music transcription consists in automatically estimating the notes in a recording, through three attributes: onset time, duration and pitch. To address this problem, there is a class of methods which is based on the modeling of a signal as a sum of basic elements, carrying symbolic information. Among these analysis techniques, one can find the probabilistic latent component analysis (PLCA). The purpose of this thesis is to propose variants and improvements of the PLCA, so that it can better adapt to musical signals and th us better address the problem of transcription. To this aim, a first approach is to put forward new models of signals, instead of the inherent model 0 PLCA, expressive enough so they can adapt to musical notes having variations of both pitch and spectral envelope over time. A second aspect of this work is to provide tools to help the parameters estimation algorithm to converge towards meaningful solutions through the incorporation of prior knowledge about the signals to be analyzed, as weil as a new dynamic model. Ali the devised algorithms are applie to the task of automatic transcription. They can also be directly used for source separation, which consists in separating several sources from a mixture, and Iwo applications are put forward in this direction

Les services écosystémiques (SE) sont définis comme les bénéfices que les humains retirent des écosystèmes. A titre illustratif, un arbre peut produire des fruits, séquestre du carbone et différentes activités récréatives ou valeurs esthétiques lui sont liées. Parmi les différentes approches d’évaluation des SE, la matrice de capacité est une méthode considérée comme flexible et rapide à mettre en œuvre. Constituée d’une table d’allocation d’un score pour chaque SE et chaque écosystème considéré, elle est de plus en plus utilisée en France, ainsi qu’à l’international. Dans le cadre de cette thèse nous avons travaillés sur l’évaluation des scores à dire d’experts dans le but, notamment, de déterminer certains biais et limites méthodologiques, mais également d’explorer des développements innovants pour différentes applications sur le Parc Naturel Région Scarpe-Escaut et la Région Hauts-de-France. Enfin nous avons intégré les disservices (les effets indésirables de la nature sur l’Homme) et l’intégrité écologique (la condition/santé de l’écosystème) dans l’évaluation des SE afin d’avoir une vision plus complète de la relation homme-nature / Ecosystem services (ES) are the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. For example, a tree produces fruit that we pick, sequesters carbon as it grows, supports various recreational activities and has aesthetic value. Among the different approaches developed to assess ES, the experts-based capacity matrix is flexible and quick to implement. The matrix is a look-up table that assigns each ecosystem type a score defined by experts expressing its ES capacity. It is increasingly used in France, Europe and internationally. Three themes are addressed in the thesis: (i) methodological analysis to define and specify limits and specify methodology to address them, (ii) application of the method to the Scarpe-Escaut Regional Natural Park and to the Hauts-de-France Region, and (iii) integration of the evaluation of disservices (undesired effects of the natural environment on humans) and ecological integrity (condition/health of the ecosystem) into the evaluation of ES to take fuller account of the relation between humans and their natural environment.

Thesis (Elec.E. and S.M. in Electrical Engineering)--Joint Program in Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2003. / "February 2003." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-141). / by Andrea L. Kraay. / Elec.E.and S.M.in Electrical Engineering

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第18800号 / 理博第4058号 / 新制||理||1584(附属図書館) / 31751 / 京都大学大学院理学研究科地球惑星科学専攻 / (主査)教授 平原 和朗, 教授 澁谷 拓郎, 准教授 久家 慶子 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

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This research uses Regression analysis of fluorescence spectroscopy results to correlate with Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5). Fluorescence spectroscopy was applied to samples taken from seven sample sites in the Provo and Orem waste water treatment plants found in Utah County. A total of 161 samples were collected for this research. 23 samples each were taken from four sites in the Provo waste water treatment plant namely Provo head works, aeration basin, primary filter settlement basin and the Provo effluent basin. The Orem head works, the clarifier and the Orem effluent basin were the three sample sites in the Orem waste water treatment plant where 23 samples each were collected to carry out the analysis. The fluorescent characteristics of the samples were determined using fluorescence spectrometry. These intensities were correlated with standard five day Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) values which were used as a measure of the amount of biodegradable organic material present. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) data were also taken from these treatment plants for correlation purposes. Three different correlation analyses were made which were the correlation of fluorescence spectroscopy excitation-emission matrix (EEM) against (1) individual sites BOD and COD values (2) Provo only and Orem only BOD and COD values (3) combined Provo and Orem BOD and COD values. The correlation of Individual site EEMs against BOD and COD values produced the best results. There was a higher correlation of EEM with BOD data than COD data. The R-squared for the combined Provo and Orem BOD data was 0.756 and that for COD was 0.729. Very high R-squared was obtained for Provo Influent data and Orem Influent data which were 0.955 and 0.946 respectively. This method can be used by wastewater stakeholders in deriving quick results in determining potential pollution events within a shorter time frame. This research demonstrates that there is a correlation between EEM and BOD/COD.

[pt] Nesta pesquisa são investigadas as práticas devocionais afrodiaspóricas envolvidas na décima sétima Festa de Iemanjá realizada no Mercadão de Madureira-RJ. Dentre tantas outras manifestações públicas das religiões de matrizes africanas no Rio de Janeiro, as festas de Iemanjá destacam-se por uma excepcionalidade: são exclusivamente devotadas a uma divindade de origem africana, ou seja, sem inclusão sincrética de santos católicos. A tese, a partir da perspectiva do ritual, investiga as materialidades acionadas pela devoção festiva no mercado transformado em território-terreiro. Neste estudo, tais materialidades são compreendidas pelos usos do corpo, do espaço e dos elementos votivos em circulação através dos trajetos dos devotos. O ciclo festivo no referido espaço secular ocorre ao longo de todo o mês de dezembro, quando fiéis depositam oferendas e pedidos escritos diante da estátua da divindade homenageada, instaurando um verdadeiro fluxo de dádivas. Entretanto, uma vez compreendida a festa enquanto ritual e, portanto, de estrutura processual, também faz parte deste percurso etnográfico os meses que antecedem a culminância do evento, que em 2019 ocorreu predominantemente no interior do mercado. São examinadas também as cartas e os presentes ofertados à Mãe d água na construção do cenário devocional, que tem como ícone central a estátua de Iemanjá em proporção humana. Então, analisando o ciclo festivo através dos percursos dos atores sociais e das coisas envolvidas na devoção deflagram-se as polissemias do fazer festivo. / [en] This research analyzes the aphrodiasporic devotional practices involved in the 17th Festa de Iemanjá held at the Mercadão de Madureira-RJ. Among so many other public manifestations of African-based religions in Rio de Janeiro, the Iemanjá festivities stand out for their exceptionality: they are exclusively devoted to a deity of African origin, that is, without the syncretic inclusion of Catholic saints. The thesis, from the perspective of ritual, investigates the materialities triggered by festive devotion in the market transformed into terreiro-territory. In this study, such materialities are understood by the uses of the body, space and votive elements in circulation through the paths of the devotees. The festive cycle in this secular space takes place throughout the entire month of December, when the faithful deposit offerings and written requests in front of the statue of the honored divinity, creating a real flow of gifts. However, once the festival is understood as a ritual and, therefore, as a procedural structure, the months preceding the culmination of the event, which in 2019 took place predominantly within the market, are also part of this ethnographic journey. However, the letters and gifts offered to the Mãe d água in the construction of the devotional setting, whose central icon is the statue of Iemanjá in human proportion, are also examined. So, examining the festive cycle through the paths of social actors and the things involved in devotion, the polysemy of festive making is unleashed.

This study investigates E-banking Operational Risk Assessment (ORA) to enable the development of a new ORA framework and methodology. The general view is that E-banking systems have modified some of the traditional banking risks, particularly Operational Risk (OR) as suggested by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 2003. In addition, recent E-banking financial losses together with risk management principles and standards raise the need for an effective ORA methodology and framework in the context of E-banking. Moreover, evaluation tools and / or methods for ORA are highly subjective, are still in their infant stages, and have not yet reached a consensus. Therefore, it is essential to develop valid and reliable methods for effective ORA and evaluations. The main contribution of this thesis is to apply Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) and Tree Augmented Naïve Bayes (TAN) classifier as standard tools for identifying OR, and measuring OR exposure level. In addition, a new ORA methodology is proposed which consists of four major steps: a risk model, assessment approach, analysis approach and a risk assessment process. Further, a new ORA framework and measurement metrics are proposed with six factors: frequency of triggering event, effectiveness of avoidance barriers, frequency of undesirable operational state, effectiveness of recovery barriers before the risk outcome, approximate cost for Undesirable Operational State (UOS) occurrence, and severity of the risk outcome. The study results were reported based on surveys conducted with Nigerian senior banking officers and banking customers. The study revealed that the framework and assessment tools gave good predictions for risk learning and inference in such systems. Thus, results obtained can be considered promising and useful for both E-banking system adopters and future researchers in this area.