Doctoral Dissertations: Recent submissions
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3D Sensor Placement and Embedded Processing for People Detection in an Industrial Environment
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 433, Doctoral thesis, 2023)At a time when autonomy is being introduced in more and more areas, computer vision plays a very important role. In an industrial environment, the ability to create a real-time virtual version of a volume of interest ... -
Improving the technical properties of recycled aggregates for road construction
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 428, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Sustainable construction, operation and maintenance of road infrastructure are currently of high priority in Norway. The development of the highway standards and specifications (e.g., N200) plays an important role, so that ... -
Modeling asteroid binary systems with the full two-body problem using surface integrals
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 432, Doctoral thesis, 2023)An asteroid binary system, where two asteroids are in mutual orbit, is important to study as it can provide knowledge of the history of the asteroid population. The most important mechanism to form asteroid binaries in the ... -
Online Machine Learning for Inference from Multivariate Time-series
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no: 429, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Inference and data analysis over networks have become significant areas of research due to the increasing prevalence of interconnected systems and the growing volume of data they produce. Many of these systems generate ... -
Environmental and economic assessments of electric vehicle battery end-of-life business models
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 426, Doctoral thesis, 2023)The number of electric vehicles is rapidly and continuously increasing due to the transport sector’s electrification to reduce emissions such as greenhouse gases. Each electric vehicle is powered by a battery that can ... -
Being White in Pluralist Proximity: Concerning postcolonial art, education and research in Scandinavia
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 427, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This combined doctoral thesis comprises 50% theory and 50% art practice. It emerges through the intersections of art, education and research. I share my evolving understanding of working processes in those fields as the ... -
Multiport DC-DC Converters for Hybrid Energy Systems
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 423, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Renewable energy sources (RESs) like solar and wind have gained attention for their potential to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate climate change. However, integrating multiple RESs into a power grid is challenging ... -
Religious Prosocial Crowdlending - Dual-market Success Mechanisms
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 425, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Crowdfunding is a relatively new and rapidly growing global phenomenon that has appealed to academic curiosity. At its crux, it is rooted in the communal philosophy of greater good. The online technological intervention ... -
Muliggørelser af mangfoldige musiktilblivelser
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 424, Doctoral thesis, 2023)The making of manifold musical becomings This doctoral thesis is an article-based and combined artistic and scientific dissertation that includes two internationally released music albums which are live-recordings of ... -
Nursing Competence in Norwegian Municipal in-patient Acute Care. Professional Accountability, Environment, and Leadership
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder;no. 386, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Background: Changes from the introduction of the Coordination Reform in Norway have induced an increase in the need for highly qualified nursing staff in the primary health care service. Among the most important initiatives ... -
Automatic Generation of Personalized Recommendations in eCoaching
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 421, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Denne avhandlingen omhandler eCoaching for personlig livsstilsstøtte i sanntid ved bruk av informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi. Utfordringen er å designe, utvikle og teknisk evaluere en prototyp av en intelligent ... -
The Entrepreneurial Tradition: Institutionalized in a Culture and in a Family. Navigating from Gold to Green
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Material–relational abstraction. Museum educational situations with abstract art
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 422, Doctoral thesis, 2023)The purpose of this Ph.D. thesis is to study how museum educational situations with abstract art can be created and understood in light of new materialist theorypractice. My approach is inspired by Gilles Deleuze’ (2021/1968, ... -
A healthy and potentially sustainable Nordic diet in early life and aspects of child growth and development
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 417, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Healthy diets optimize our developmental potential starting from life in womb and can promote longevity, well-being and healthy lives. On the other hand, diets of poor quality were attributable to one in five deaths globally ... -
Enhancement of Charging Resource Utilization of Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station with Heterogeneous EV Users
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 416, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis presents innovative charging resource allocation and coordination strategies that maximize the limited charging resources at FCS with heterogeneous EV users. It allows opportunistic EV users (OEVs) to exploit ... -
Autonomous Demand Side Management of Electric Vehicles
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 411, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Demand-side management approaches that exploit the temporal flexibility of electric vehicles have attracted much attention in recent years due to the increasing market penetration. These demand-side management measures ... -
A performative approach to wool felting : Rhizomatic relations in visual arts making and art education
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 415, Doctoral thesis, 2023)As the first combined dissertation in Fine Arts with the specialisation Arts in context submitted to the University of Agder, comprising artistic and scientific works, this research evolves between artistic and written ... -
Adaptive Control of Systems with Quantization and Time Delays
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 413, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis addresses problems relating to tracking control of nonlinear systems in the presence of quantization and time delays. Motivated by the importance in areas such as networked control systems (NCSs) and digital ... -
Real-Time Fault Diagnosis of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor and Drive System
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 414, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) have gained massive popularity in industrial applications such as electric vehicles, robotic systems, and offshore industries due to their merits of efficiency, power density, ... -
Long term stability of silicide based thermoelectric materials and modules
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 412, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Silicide-based thermoelectric generators are potential candidates for waste heat recovery at temperatures below 500 C. For the last two decades, the conversion efficiency of modules based on n-type magnesium silicides and ...