I rapporten utreds villkoren för personlig navigering på en aktuell mobilplattform (iPhone 4). I kapital 3 redogörs för geometriska, topologiska och probabilistiska metoder för map-matching. I kapital 4 diskuteras kvalitetsmått för map-matchingalgoritmer. Implementerade algoritmer beskrivs ingående i kapitel 6 och en kombinerad GPS/DR-metod presenteras. Att positionera en gående person i ett digitalt gångvägnät i stadsmiljö givet enbart en smarttelefon med icke-differentierad GPS och ett antal lågkostnads MEMS- sensorer är väsentligt svårare än att positionera en bil som kör på en väg.

Syftet med examensarbetet är att utifrån ett kundperspektiv undersöka hur kunder upplever e-tjänster i energibranschen. Examensarbetet har använt webbenkät som datainsamlingsmetod. Då all insamlad data inte användes skedde ett dataurval. Den utvalda datan har sedan analyserats med hjälp av befintlig teori för att finna upplevda problemområden och förbättringsförslag. I den teoretiska referensramen redogörs vad en e-tjänst är samt vilka faktorer som är viktiga vid skapandet av en e-tjänst.

This report intends to analyze the difference between the original rules and a modification of the rules for the Scandinavian version of the world famous dice game yatzy (yahtzee). Several works are made previously existing strategies for yatzy and Yahtzee.The study was conducted using the optimal strategy calculated and implemented in the programming language Java. The execution of the application to create the file containing the optimal strategy was running on leased powerful servers from Amazon and took just over six hours each.A simulated player played 100,000 games based on the strategy, to obtain data which then was used to plot graphs and analyze the expected score and its standard deviation. The expected value (mean) and standard deviation of the score for the possibility of three or four throws were 233.00 ± 44.82 and 280.07 ± 41.25.In view of the results drawn the expected conclusion that the four possible throws provides increased probability of getting a high score, unlike the case where the player may only be able to throw the dice three times. The fact that the variance is lower in the case of four throw session is equivalent to that the likelihood to get close to the expected value increases..

Large companies in today?s business environment are to a great extent depending on their credit score by rating institutes like Moody?s and Standard & Poor?s. There is however indications that these big institutes are not always rating companies accurately. This is why this thesis aims at developing a new credit rating model, CRITA-Score, with the objective of determining a company?s financial health more accurately.

Personlighetsfaktorerna har betydelse för hur mycket risker individer tar. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om det finns ett samband mellan personlighetsfaktorerna enligt femfaktormodellen och graden av generell riskbenägenhet. Mycket av tidigare forskning har kopplat personlighet till domänspecifikt risktagande som hälsa, ekonomi och arbete, medan denna studie undersöker kopplingen till generell riskbenägenhet i vardagen vilket kan vara att välja ett okänt resmål eller att söka till en ny universitetsutbildning. 189 undersökningsdeltagare i olika åldrar och från olika yrkesgrupper besvarade en enkät bestående av två olika tester, den svenska versionen av the Big Five Inventory (BFI) och en svensk översättning av the Risk Propensity Scale (RPS). Resultatet visar på ett signifikant samband mellan fyra av de fem personlighetsfaktorerna enligt femfaktormodellen och en ökad riskbenägenhet, nämligen Öppenhet, Samvetsgrannhet, Utåtriktning och Vänlighet.

Datum: 2009-06-02Nivå: Magisteruppsats i ekonomistyrning, 15 hpFörfattare: Charlotta Lind och Martin SlobergTitel: Ditt företag kan inte förutse konkurs -kan Z-score?Handledare: Esbjörn SegelodProblem: Våra forskningsfrågor är:Går det att förutse konkurs tre, fyra respektive fem år innan          konkursbeslutet?Vilka av den senaste Z-scoremodellens fyra nyckeltal är viktigast vid           prognostisering av konkurs?Syfte: Att testa i vad mån Z-scoremodellen kan användas för att förutse konkurserbland icke börsnoterade, icke tillverkande företag tre, fyra respektive fem årinnan konkurs; samt att undersöka vilka av denna modells inbördes nyckeltalsom är viktigast vid predicering av konkurser.Metod: Vi har genom kvantitativ metod analyserat årsredovisningar från 51 företagsom gått i konkurs 2008, dessa utgjorde vår huvudundersökningsgrupp och 29slumpmässigt utvalda företag, vilka utgjorde vår kontrollgrupp. Analysenskedde genom användandet av Altmans vidareutvecklade modell för attförutspå konkurser från år 1995. Totalt analyserades på detta sätt 240årsredovisningar.Slutsats: Modellens träffsäkerhet för de undersökta konkurs företagen var2003 45,09 %2004 47,05 %2005 54,90 %Vid hypotesprövning kunde vi endast för år 2005 påvisa samband förföretagsklassificeringsfrekvenser mellan konkursföretagen ochkontrollgruppen, detta gör att modellens prognostisering bör anses alltförosäker tidigare än tre år innan konkurs. Mot bakgrund till de påvisadeträffsäkerheterna för åren och hypotesprövningarna anser vi att modellenendast bör användas i kombination med andra analysformer .Sammanfattningsvis är Z-scoremodellens prognostiseringsförmåga för svag attsjälvständigt förutse konkurser.Sökord: Konkurs, Z-score.

This paper examines job coaching on the Swedish labour market. The study uses trygghetsråden, which are organizations established by an agreement from the labour and employer side, as a starting point for the study. In addition, the study examines the phenomenon from the perspective of the job coaches themselves and the coaches clients. The study concludes that job coaching is defined by the coach and the client's common goal of finding a suitable match for the client on the labour market. The job coach helps the client reach the goal of an appropriate job by making him or her aware of his or her competences and preferences.

The use of streaming media such as Spotify has increased rapidly in recent years. Although the consumption side of Spotify is well established with over 10 million users, the medium might provide new unexploited opportunities as an advertising channel. The purpose of this thesis is to increase knowledge about advertising through streaming media and in particular via Spotify. To contribute to such knowledge we have conducted a case study to investigate how Spotify can be used and serve as an advertising medium for a smaller firm, Hasseludden Yasuragi, so that it may reach its target group. To examine the medial effect, a quantitative as well as a qualitative study was carried out using the ARF Model as a basic framework.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka i vilken utsträckning som redovisningsdata är prognosrelevant för att förutsäga konkurser. Studien avgränsades till att gälla företag i handels och tjänstesektorn med 10-49 anställda, studien avgränsar sig också mot kreditbedömningsperspektivet. För att mäta till vilken grad som redovisningen ger prognosrelevans används nyckeltalen soliditet, kassalikviditet, nettomarginal och Altmans Z-score. Studien utförs på 371 utvalda företag och bestod av en grupp som gått i konkurs mellan 2008 -2010 och en grupp som var aktiva år 2010. Underlaget var de 4 senaste boksluten som urvalsföretagen publicerat.

Just how far is it possible to make learning of new parts for recognition and robot picking autonomous? This thesis initially gives the prerequisites for the steps in learning and calibration that are to be automated. Among these tasks are to select a suitable part model from numerous candidates with the help of a new part segmenter, as well as computing the spatial extent of this part, facilitating robotic collision handling. Other tasks are to analyze the part model in order to highlight correct and suitable edge segments for increasing pattern matching certainty, and to choose appropriate acceptance levels for pattern matching. Furthermore, tasks deal with simplifying camera calibration by analyzing the calibration pattern, as well as compensating for differences in perspective at great depth variations, by calculating the centre of perspective of the image.

Our population are ageing. As this happens more people will be in need of long term care facilities. We now know that some elderly people with certain background factors are more likely to be injured or sick. One of the four biggest background factors is fall propensity. Most of the reported falls come from long term care facilities, approximately 60 % of the care takers in long term care facilities fall one time or more each year.

Lately an increasing portion of the public debate in Sweden has been devoted to how societies may facilitate entrepreneurship, yet a negligible portion of this debate has discussed the impact of the community spirit on entrepreneurial activity. Further, this connection is a relatively uncharted field in terms of research as well. The aim of this study is accordingly to advance the study surrounding the impact of community spirit on the propensity for entrepreneurial activity and add new empirical data and insights to the existing body of theory. A four-month ethnographic study of the Provo-Orem region in Utah, USA, comprising of in-depth interviews and participant observations, was therefore undertaken with the aim of understanding the community spirit in the studied region and its influence on entrepreneurship. The thesis finds that numerous values such as self-reliance, family focus and security together with a strong religious culture make up the essence of the community spirit in Provo-Orem.

During 2012, the employer of this essay carried out a telephone survey with 18000 participants and a web panel survey with 708 participants. Those who partook in the telephone survey were given a choice to join the web panel. The purpose of this work is to study the participants of the telephone survey and see if they reflect the Swedish population with regards to several socio-demographic factors. Also, we intend to investigate if the propensity to join the web panel differs for participants of the telephone survey with regards to various socio-demographic affiliations. It is also of interest to study if the response pattern is different for participants of the telephone survey that would like to join the web panel and those who reject.

Electromyography (EMG) is a technique that measures muscle activity, whichmeans detecting the electrical signals that travel through the muscle in connectionwith muscle contraction. This project deals with how EMG can be used tocontrol a computer game.The project is centered around the game 'EMG Track Game' which has beenconstructed as part of this work. 'EMG Track Game' is controlled by twoelectrodes fastened on the player. These are attached to two selected musclesand control the motion in one direction each, one up and the other one down.The game is constructed in the purpose of being used in several elds of application.Among these are as entertainment, training equipment and a tool inresearch related to EMG and muscles.To highlight a possible application a study concerning muscle control has beenconducted. It answers the question of whether players score better with theirdominant arm in comparison with their non-dominant one.

AbstractTitle: Correlation between the levels of education and conformity to traditional masculine normsAuthors: Larsson, M., & Ljungqvist, D. (2008)Objective: This study is an attempt to explain correlations between the levels of education and conformity to traditional masculine norms. It is mainly based on the social construction of gender. Background: A high level of education is associated with a healthy living, and a high conformity to traditional masculine norms associated with harmful health behaviours. The background also presents different views of masculinity, the construction of gender and the construction of norms.