Submitted by Vinicius Kfuri (vkfuri@gmail.com) on 2014-08-26T19:35:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao - Vinicius Kfuri.pdf: 2222768 bytes, checksum: 9c1f03c937603641cc15647f9bac7343 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Gisele Gammaro (gisele.gammaro@fgv.br) on 2014-08-29T17:35:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao - Vinicius Kfuri.pdf: 2222768 bytes, checksum: 9c1f03c937603641cc15647f9bac7343 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Gisele Gammaro (gisele.gammaro@fgv.br) on 2014-08-29T17:46:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao - Vinicius Kfuri.pdf: 2222768 bytes, checksum: 9c1f03c937603641cc15647f9bac7343 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-09-23T14:00:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao - Vinicius Kfuri.pdf: 2222768 bytes, checksum: 9c1f03c937603641cc15647f9bac7343 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-20 / One of the most popular products of the world is going through severe transformations and, as a consequence, the beer style we know as Pilsner (Light Lager) is no longer the only available option in the market. Given that this sector has a strong growth potential in Brazil, the main objective of this dissertation is to reveal the craft beer consumers preferences using stated preference methods through questionnaires that invite the subject to choose among options related to Color, Palate, Aroma and Alcohol. After stratifying the sample by Age and Experience, the results show that Palate, followed by Color and then Aroma are the most relevant attributes for the Experienced subject while the Non-Experienced value Color as the most relevant attribute, followed by Palate, with Aroma being an irrelevant attribute in his choices. The atribute Alcohol revealed itself insignificant in all stratifications. / Um dos produtos mais consumidos do mundo vem passando por grandes transformações, e a cerveja que conhecemos como tipo Pilsen (Light Lager) deixou de ser opção única nas prateleiras. Dado o potencial de crescimento do setor no Brasil, o objetivo deste trabalho é mapear as preferências do consumidor de cerveja artesanal, usando técnicas de preferência declarada, a partir da aplicação de questionários que convidam o entrevistado a elencar suas preferências diante das combinações dos atributos Cor, Paladar, Aroma e Álcool. A partir da estratificação da amostra em Idade e Experiência, os resultados indicam que Paladar, seguido da Cor e, por último, o Aroma são os atributos mais relevantes para o entrevistado Experiente, enquanto o Não Experiente atribui maior peso à Cor, seguida do Paladar, sendo o Aroma um atributo irrelevante em suas escolhas. O atributo Álcool revelou-se insignificante em todas as estratificações realizadas.

This thesis deals with the definitions of rural development, rural areas, brownfields, greenfields. In the practical part compares two real locations in South County. Greenfield site is located in the village in the district Vidov Czech Budejovice and borwnfield site is located in the village in the district Želeč Tabor. Both locations are assessed according to the model of South Bohemia, which is based on studies němcekého Ministry of Environment. This model consists zetří criteria - potential sites in terms of community benefit in terms of potential investor and the change in the value space - public interest in the regeneration of brownfield sites. These three criteria are still my sub, under which then determines the significance of the site. Then, by calculating the preference index (PI) to determine which location is more suitable for implementation.

AgÃncia Nacional do PetrÃleo / A utilizaÃÃo de modelos de escolha discreta à um mÃtodo eficaz que retrata o comportamento dos consumidores em diversos mercados. Sua aplicaÃÃo tem sido amplamente difundida na literatura para retratar a realidade de mercados de produtos e serviÃos no setor de transportes. Quando sÃo necessÃrios estudos de previsÃo de demanda, o modo mais adequado consiste na utilizaÃÃo conjunta de dados de preferÃncia declarada (PD) e preferÃncia revelada (PR). A combinaÃÃo destes dados fornece modelos estatisticamente mais consistentes do que aqueles estimados com dados puros de PD ou de PR. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho aplica uma metodologia baseada em modelos de escolha discreta com insumo de dados de PD e PR, chamada de GNVPREV, para analisar as preferÃncias dos usuÃrios de combustÃveis, enfocando o gÃs natural veicular - GNV, dentro de um contexto competitivo de um mercado de energÃticos veiculares. Esta anÃlise foi restrita aos usuÃrios de veÃculos leves - automÃveis, camionetas e caminhonetes - que utilizam a gasolina, o Ãlcool ou o prÃprio GNV. A metodologia GNVPREV foi aplicada para uma Ãrea de estudo constituÃda por uma parte do distrito sede do municÃpio de Caucaia, situado na RegiÃo Metropolitana de Fortaleza, Estado do CearÃ. O levantamento de dados a partir de questionÃrios de preferÃncia declarada e revelada, elaborados previamente, forneceu insumos para estimativas de funÃÃes de utilidade e obtenÃÃo de parÃmetros de elasticidade de demanda, trade-off entre alternativas e cenÃrios de previsÃo de demanda. Os resultados obtidos foram satisfatÃrios, dentro das limitaÃÃes dos dados primÃrios e secundÃrios, e confirmaram um melhor desempenho do modelo quando estimado com dados conjuntos de PD e PR.

The Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) is a farmland bird species, whose population size has declined very sharply in recent decades, especia ll y in Western and Central European countries. The aim of our study in 2015 was to record where the last populations of this critically endangered species in the Czech Republic are located and also what habitat the species associated with. We examined nine areas (925 km2 in total). Two main areas of occurrence (surface mines in northern Bohemia and farmland landscape of Silesia) and two small isolated populations in central Bohemia were registered for this species. In contrast, observations in some traditional areas of its occurence (České středohoří in northern Bohemia, Hovorany-Čejkovice region in southe r n Moravia and Javoricko region in Silesia) were negative. Altogether, we counted 75-79 singing males. Our estimation of the size of the Czech population in 2015 is 75-100 singing males, which indicates further population decline compared to the last mapping in 2001-2003. Furthermore, habitat associat io ns were investigated at two spatial scales and we made habitat compar is o n between farmland and post-mining landscape. Our research highlights a high degree of flexibility in habitat selection of Ortolan Bunting and also positive association with high...

Travel demand forecasting is essential for many decisions, such as infrastructure investments and policy measures. Traditionally travel demand modelling has considered trip frequency, mode, destination and route choice. This thesis considers two other choice dimensions, hypothesised to have implications for travel demand forecasting. The first part investigates how the increased possibilities to overcome space that ICT (information and communication technology) provides, can be integrated in travel demand forecasting models. We find that possibilities of modelling substitution effects are limited, irrespective of data source and modelling approach. Telecommuting explains, however, a very small part of variation in work trip frequency. It is therefore not urgent to include effects from telecommuting in travel demand forecasting. The results indicate that telecommuting is a privilege for certain groups of employees, and we therefore expect that negative attitudes from management, job suitability and lack of equipment are important obstacles. We find also that company benefits can be obtained from telecommuting. No evidences that telecommuting gives rise to urban sprawl is, however, found. Hence, there is ground for promoting telecommuting from a societal, individual and company perspective. The second part develops a departure time choice model in a mixed logit framework. This model explains how travellers trade-off travel time, travel time variability, monetary and scheduling costs, when choosing departure time. We explicitly account for correlation in unobserved heterogeneity over repeated SP choices, which was fundamental for accurate estimation of the substitution pattern. Temporal constraints at destination are found to mainly restrict late arrival. Constraints at origin mainly restrict early departure. Sensitivity to travel time uncertainty depends on trip type and intended arrival time. Given appropriate input data and a calibrated dynamic assignment model, the model can be applied to forecast peak-spreading effects in congested networks. Combined stated preference (SP) and revealed preference (RP) data is used, which has provided an opportunity to compare observed and stated behaviour. Such analysis has previously not been carried out and indicates that there are systematic differences in RP and SP data. / QC 20100825

The target of this work is to evaluate the unit trusts in light of the multiple-criteria decision making. The unit trusts are divided into the groups according to the investor categories: unit trusts with conservative, balanced and aggressive portfolio. The unit trusts were lined up by the medium of the multiple-criteria decision making methods (PRIAM, ORESTE, MAPPAC) and it is also made an analysis why have each of the methods chosen the particular unit trust in the group as the best compromise variant.

In my thesis I am looking into the comparison of communication strategy of the Coca-Cola company and its representative competitors in the Czech Republic and abroad. Each company has its own communication strategy and its communication mix, with help of which it is pursuing the successfulness of the communication strategy. The objective of my research is to find out to what extent it is successful and how strongly the communication mix affects the consumers. Based on the results of the research, I constitute my own recommendations for respective companies regarding the means of adjusting their communication mix in order to reach desired results.

La croissance exponentielle des données personnelles, et leur mise à disposition sur la toile, a motivé l’émergence d’algorithmes d’apprentissage de préférences à des fins de recommandation, ou d’aide à la décision. Les réseaux de préférences conditionnelles (CP-nets) fournissent une structure compacte et intuitive pour la représentation de telles préférences. Cependant, leur nature combinatoire rend leur apprentissage difficile : comment apprendre efficacement un CP-net au sein d’un milieu bruité, tout en supportant le passage à l’échelle ?Notre réponse prend la forme de deux algorithmes d’apprentissage dont l’efficacité est soutenue par de multiples expériences effectuées sur des données réelles et synthétiques.Le premier algorithme se base sur des requêtes posées à des utilisateurs, tout en prenant en compte leurs divergences d’opinions. Le deuxième algorithme, composé d’une version hors ligne et en ligne, effectue une analyse statistique des préférences reçues et potentiellement bruitées. La borne de McDiarmid est en outre utilisée afin de garantir un apprentissage en ligne efficace. / The rapid growth of personal web data has motivated the emergence of learning algorithms well suited to capture users’ preferences. Among preference representation formalisms, conditional preference networks (CP-nets) have proven to be effective due to their compact and explainable structure. However, their learning is difficult due to their combinatorial nature.In this thesis, we tackle the problem of learning CP-nets from corrupted large datasets. Three new algorithms are introduced and studied on both synthetic and real datasets.The first algorithm is based on query learning and considers the contradictions between multiple users’ preferences by searching in a principled way the variables that affect the preferences. The second algorithm relies on information-theoretic measures defined over the induced preference rules, which allow us to deal with corrupted data. An online version of this algorithm is also provided, by exploiting the McDiarmid's bound to define an asymptotically optimal decision criterion for selecting the best conditioned variable and hence allowing to deal with possibly infinite data streams.

The purpose of this study is to cover the subject of regional and settlement preferences of the Czech population. The study is not only focused on current situation description but it offers time development overview as well. The study describes evolution of the regional and settlement preferences and life values of the Czech population after year 1989. Method used is the representative questioner research done by the Public Opinion Research Centre of the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Faculty of Science of the Charles University in Prague. The research was supported by Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports No. MSM 0021620831 "Geographical systems and risk processes in context global changes and European integration" project. The study evaluates regional and settlement preferences under the ideal circumstances and based on respondents actual settlement situation and regional affiliation. From the results of the study the stratification of the regional and settlement preferences with the respondent age are highlighted. Preferences of metropolitan cities and the Prague's region decrees with the respondent age. Statistically insignificant appears the gender variation and the education level in regional and settlement preferences. The...

In this research, an attempt is made to evaluate the music program of a typical high school in terms of its contribution to the development of pupils who show evidence of possessing musical talent. One of the aims of modern education is to help pupils develop emotional stability, desirable attitudes, and worthy ideals. In other words, the purpose is to teach pupils to feel, as well as to know and do. Music can be powerful force in fulfilling this aim. The purpose of this report is to apply the results of the Pitch and Tonal Memory tests of the Seashore Measures of Musical Talent and the results of the Kuder Preference Record to the building of a Program Music in Borger High School.