Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-71).

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Melich, Michael ; Boger, Dan C. Second Reader: Rosenthal, Richard E. "September 1990." Description based on title screen viewed on December 16, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Cost models, recovery, models, low costs, cost estimates, costs, sea launched, logistics, fuel tanks, space transportation, space missions, rocket fuels, position(location), fuels. DTIC Identifier(s): Launch vehicles, cost analysis, sea launch and recovery space transportation systems, theses. Author(s) subject terms: Optimization. Also available in print.

(M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University, 1967. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 85).

Thesis (M.U.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-89).

<p> Aggressive driving behavior is the cause of a large percentage of accidents and fatalities, and it is growing every year. In several cases some drivers perceive their driving as non-aggressive when in fact they drive aggressively. To investigate factors affecting perceived (self-reported) and observed (based on the data from a driving simulation experiment) aggressive driving behavior, four fixed effect bivariate ordered probit models for three categories of aggressive driving behavior (i.e., observed and perceived non-aggressive, somewhat aggressive and very aggressive driving) are estimated. The models simultaneously account for panel data effects and cross equation error correlation. To further address unobserved heterogeneity, six grouped random parameter bivariate probit models for two outcomes (observed and perceived non-aggressive and aggressive driving) are estimated. Each model type is estimated using different barriers as driving behavior separators (either physical barriers in the distribution, or basic statistical measures). The results show that different socio-demographic characteristics, driving experience and exposure, and behavioral information of the participants affect the observed and the perceived aggressive driving behavior. The proposed approach, as a whole, provides an incremental step towards better understanding the different factors that affect the observed and the perceived aggressive driving behavior.</p>

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The term air cabotage refers to the carriage of air traffic between two points within the territory of the same state. This carriage is generally reserved to the aircraft of the territorial state and is thus inaccessible to foreign carriers. / This thesis gives a brief account of the origins of the concept of cabotage in maritime law and of its introduction in the early international air law conventions. / The thesis then proceeds to focus on the problem of air cabotage in the North-American context and particularly on the current bilateral negotiations between the USA and Canada at which cabotage rights in the USA are being sought by Canada. / It further projects on the EEC context, where air transport liberalization measures toward the completion of a single integrated market will eventually (perhaps very soon) lead to the availability for Community carriers of cabotage rights within any EEC Member State. The creation of a "Community cabotage area" where only Community carriers would be able to carry Community traffic is also analyzed. / Finally, the consequences of these developments are examined as far as EEC Member States' obligations under the Chicago Convention and relations with third states are concerned. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

The economic regulation of air transport is a field that was, in large part, left out from the Chicago Convention of 1944 drafted at the Chicago Conference, due to a lack of agreement amongst the participants. Since then, ICAO has made numerous unsuccessful attempts to fill this void. With the inclusion of air transport services in the General Agreement on Trade in Services of 1993, the subject has once again come to the forefront of the aviation liberalization efforts. / This thesis describes the economic regulation of air transport since 1944 as set out in the Chicago Convention, its consequences and the liberalization efforts that have since been proposed. The principles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) are presented as is the debate concerning their application to air transport services. The final text of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the Annex on air transport services is analyzed and its implications for the future regulation of air transport services are discussed. Finally, the question of the appropriate forum for the future regulation of such services is also examined.