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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

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This thesis investigates three hypotheses in relation to the cognitive explanation of normal and problematic gambling behaviour. The "strong cognitive hypothesis" takes the view that if cognitive processes alone account for different levels of play, then the order of the events experienced during a task may be a good predictor of the levels of play. Four large scale experiments are presented focusing on the Illusion of Control, particularly the order effects originally observed by Langer and Roth (1975). Drawing on Hogarth and Einhom's (1992) belief adjustment model an adjusted methodology is employed making the paradigm resemble the real gambling decision making task more closely. The results of the Illusion of Control experiments suggest that the strong cognitive hypothesis can account for gambling in general, but there is no consistent support in favour of its role in explaining differential levels of play. Three questiormaire studies are then presented investigating the two alternative hypotheses assessed in this thesis. The "weak cognitive hypothesis" stipulates that an additional individual differences element is necessary to supplement the strong cognitive hypothesis in order to explain differential levels of gambling behaviour. Individual differences in the level of everyday general dissociation, the enjoyment and engagement in two forms of processing (Rational or Experiential, Epstein 1990), and in the extent to which heuristics and biases are used when making decisions are investigated. Factor analysis for the heuristics and biases investigation, particularly in relation to the understanding of the principle of randomness, reveals some evidence for the weak cogmtive hypothesis. Strongest evidence emerges in relation to the "integrative hypothesis" which stipulates that cognitive factors and processes are only important in relation to and interaction with other variables. The questioimaire studies investigate the role of erroneous beliefs and their relationship with the dissociation experienced within the gambling task. Using Structural Equation Modelling techniques, the results lead towards the generation of a new model of differential levels of gambling and the causal links between these variables and the loss of control are discussed.

by Stanley B. Gershwin ... [et al.]. / "September, 1984." / Bibliography: leaves 14-17.

Thesis--Technische Hogeschool, Eindhoven. / Vita. "Stellingen": 5 leaves inserted. Summary in Dutch. Bibliography: p. 183-188.

The lean manufacturing system that evolved in Japan since World War II has leapt across the globe to North America and Europe. The secret success of Japan’s manufacturing machine has been shared. In Europe and America, lean has been identified as a manufacturing best practice that should be adopted to ensure competitive manufacturing efficiency. Many success stories have been told of American companies adopting the Japanese lean tools and techniques. Now, South African manufacturers are implementing the lean manufacturing philosophy, some with more success than others. This research paper explores lean manufacturing implementations at two South African automotive component manufacturers and identifies the critical success factors that have driven the implementation process forward. Commitment from top company executives, extensive training, worker empowerment and other critical success factors for implementing lean manufacturing into a South African environment are identified as a result of the research conducted.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-03T15:04:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoeltonFB_DISSERT.pdf: 887273 bytes, checksum: d3d21c6f9340a0a9d396b1c840cef67e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-09-19 / The chart of control of Hotelling T2 has been the main statistical device used in monitoring multivariate processes. Currently the technological development of control systems and automation enabled a high rate of collection of information of the production systems in very short time intervals, causing a dependency between the results of observations. This phenomenon known as auto correlation causes in the statistical control of the multivariate processes a high rate of false alarms, prejudicing in the chart performance. This entails the violation of the assumption of independence and normality of the distribution. In this thesis we considered not only the correlation between two variables, but also the dependence between observations of the same variable, that is, auto correlation. It was studied by simulation, the bi variate case and the effect of auto correlation on the performance of the T2 chart of Hotelling. / O grafico de controle T2 de Hotelling tem sido o principal dispositivo estat?stico utilizado no monitoramento de processos multivariados. Atualmente com o desenvolvimento tecnol?gico dos sistemas de controle e automa??o possibilitou uma elevada taxa de coletas das informa??es dos sistemas produtivos em intervalos de tempo muito curto, provocando uma depend?ncia entre os resultados das observa??es. Este fen?meno conhecido como autocorrela??o provoca no controle estat?stico de processos multivariado uma grande quantidade de alarmes falsos, prejudicando no desempenho do gr?fico. Isto acarreta na viola??o do pressuposto de independ?ncia e da normalidade da distribui??o. Nesta disserta??o considerou-se n?o s? a correla??o entre duas vari?veis, mas tamb?m a depend?ncia entre observa??es de uma mesma vari?vel, isto e, a autocorrela??o. Estudou-se, por meio de simula??o, o caso bivariado e o efeito da autocorrela??o no desempenho do gr?fico T2 de Hotelling

Esta dissertação aborda o desenvolvimento e a implementação de um laboratório remoto para a disciplina \"SEL0431 - Laboratório de Controle de Processos Industriais\", a qual visa proporcionar aos alunos o contato direto com sistemas de controle e supervisão de processos industriais através de projetos desenvolvidos em uma planta didática industrial. O laboratório foi implementado em 2017 e é constituído por uma planta de escala reduzida, que contém instrumentos de campo, controladores lógicos programáveis, redes de comunicação digitais e um servidor, que conecta a rede local do laboratório à rede da Universidade. Os estudantes acessam este servidor através de aplicações de protocolo remoto RDP sobre VPN com portais online e ferramentas adicionais de suporte para que realizem seus experimentos à distância com a planta. Além de atuar como gateway entre a planta e as máquinas dos alunos, o servidor autentica seus usuários, gerencia acessos simultâneos e permite que os alunos visualizem e obtenham os dados da planta mais facilmente. Ao final de cada projeto, o autor deste trabalho conduziu um questionário para registrar a impressão dos estudantes sobre o uso do laboratório remoto e comparou os resultados apresentados pelos alunos da turma de 2016 e os da turma de 2017 desta disciplina. Esta análise indicou que a adição de um laboratório remoto apresentou um impacto positivo no desempenho acadêmico dos estudantes nesta disciplina: eles atingiram resultados mais completos, exploraram mais a fundo os recursos da planta e avaliaram positivamente o uso da ferramenta. Ademais, esta solução técnica adotada para desenvolver o laboratório remoto é replicável a outras disciplinas e possui a vantagem de permitir o controle total da planta pelos alunos sem abdicar da segurança durante os experimentos. / This thesis addresses the development and implementation of a remote laboratory for the discipline \"SEL0431 – Industrial Processes Control Laboratory\", which aims to provide students with direct contact with control and supervision systems of industrial processes through projects developed in a didactic plant. The laboratory was first implemented in 2017 and consists of a reduced scale plant, which contains field instruments, programmable logic controllers, digital communication networks and a server that connects the laboratory\'s local network to the University Wide Area Network (WAN). Students access the server through RDP applications over VPN and they are supported by online portals and additional tools to perform their remote experiments with the plant. In addition to serving as a gateway between the plant and the students\' machines, the server authenticates its users, manages simultaneous access and enables students to view and obtain plant data more easily. At the end of each project, the author of this paper conducted a survey to record the students\' impression of the use of the remote laboratory and compared the results presented by the students of 2016 classes and those of 2017 classes of this discipline. The analysis revealed the remote laboratory positively impacted on the academic performance of students in this discipline: they achieved more complete results, explored more deeply the plant resources and positively evaluated the use of such tool as a support for teaching industrial processes control and supervision. Furthermore, the technical solution is replicable to other practical courses and presents the advantage of enabling students to totally control the plant without forgoing the security during their experiments.

Esta dissertação aborda o desenvolvimento e a implementação de um laboratório remoto para a disciplina \"SEL0431 - Laboratório de Controle de Processos Industriais\", a qual visa proporcionar aos alunos o contato direto com sistemas de controle e supervisão de processos industriais através de projetos desenvolvidos em uma planta didática industrial. O laboratório foi implementado em 2017 e é constituído por uma planta de escala reduzida, que contém instrumentos de campo, controladores lógicos programáveis, redes de comunicação digitais e um servidor, que conecta a rede local do laboratório à rede da Universidade. Os estudantes acessam este servidor através de aplicações de protocolo remoto RDP sobre VPN com portais online e ferramentas adicionais de suporte para que realizem seus experimentos à distância com a planta. Além de atuar como gateway entre a planta e as máquinas dos alunos, o servidor autentica seus usuários, gerencia acessos simultâneos e permite que os alunos visualizem e obtenham os dados da planta mais facilmente. Ao final de cada projeto, o autor deste trabalho conduziu um questionário para registrar a impressão dos estudantes sobre o uso do laboratório remoto e comparou os resultados apresentados pelos alunos da turma de 2016 e os da turma de 2017 desta disciplina. Esta análise indicou que a adição de um laboratório remoto apresentou um impacto positivo no desempenho acadêmico dos estudantes nesta disciplina: eles atingiram resultados mais completos, exploraram mais a fundo os recursos da planta e avaliaram positivamente o uso da ferramenta. Ademais, esta solução técnica adotada para desenvolver o laboratório remoto é replicável a outras disciplinas e possui a vantagem de permitir o controle total da planta pelos alunos sem abdicar da segurança durante os experimentos. / This thesis addresses the development and implementation of a remote laboratory for the discipline \"SEL0431 – Industrial Processes Control Laboratory\", which aims to provide students with direct contact with control and supervision systems of industrial processes through projects developed in a didactic plant. The laboratory was first implemented in 2017 and consists of a reduced scale plant, which contains field instruments, programmable logic controllers, digital communication networks and a server that connects the laboratory\'s local network to the University Wide Area Network (WAN). Students access the server through RDP applications over VPN and they are supported by online portals and additional tools to perform their remote experiments with the plant. In addition to serving as a gateway between the plant and the students\' machines, the server authenticates its users, manages simultaneous access and enables students to view and obtain plant data more easily. At the end of each project, the author of this paper conducted a survey to record the students\' impression of the use of the remote laboratory and compared the results presented by the students of 2016 classes and those of 2017 classes of this discipline. The analysis revealed the remote laboratory positively impacted on the academic performance of students in this discipline: they achieved more complete results, explored more deeply the plant resources and positively evaluated the use of such tool as a support for teaching industrial processes control and supervision. Furthermore, the technical solution is replicable to other practical courses and presents the advantage of enabling students to totally control the plant without forgoing the security during their experiments.