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A Model for Monitoring End-User Security Policy Compliance
(University of Plymouth, 2017)Organisations increasingly perceive their employees as a great asset that needs to be cared for; however, at the same time, they view employees as one of the biggest potential threats to their cyber security. Organizations ... -
A MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE PERFORMANCE OF IP VIDEOCONFERENCING
(University of Plymouth, 2004)With the incorporation of free desktop videoconferencing (DVC) software on the majority of the world's PCs, over the recent years, there has, inevitably, been considerable interest in using DVC over the Internet. The ... -
A Model for User-centric Information Security Risk Assessment and Response
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Managing and assessing information security risks in organizations is a well understood and accepted approach, with literature providing a vast array of proposed tools, methods and techniques. They are, however, tailored ... -
Model wave impulse loads on caisson breakwater aeration, scale and structural response
(University of Plymouth, 1999)The prediction of wave impact loads on prototype caisson breakwaters from the results of physical model tests is considered, with particular attention given to the effects of air, breaker shape, structural response and ... -
A model-based definition of the generic remanufacturing business process
(University of Plymouth, 2002)Remanufacturing is a process of bringing used products to a "like-new" functional state by rebuilding and replacing their component parts. The practice has a low profile in world economies, however, studies indicate that ... -
Modelling and Monitoring of Phosphorus Transport and Speciation in Soil
(University of Plymouth, 1998)Flow through soil into groundwater has been classically conceptualised as taking place through a set of aligned capillary tubes. In solute transport models these approximations are also present. Pore-Cor (a network model) ... -
Modelling business processes with links to ISO 9001
(University of Plymouth, 2001)This work in the domain of quality management and business process design looks at how the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard for quality management systems are designed and implemented in business. It is the aim of ... -
Modelling Coarse-Grained Beach Profile Evolution
(University of Plymouth, 2011)Coarse-grained beaches are particularly prevalent in the UK, composed of accumulations of either gravel, or mixed sand and gravel sediments. The aim of the work presented in this thesis is to improve capabilities for ... -
MODELLING CONTAINER LOGISTICS PROCESSES IN CONTAINER TERMINALS: A CASE STUDY IN ALEXANDRIA
(Plymouth University, 2015)This study aims to optimize the logistics processes of container terminals. Potentially powerful pipe-flow models of container terminal logistics processes have been neglected to date and modelling of terminals is rare. ... -
Modelling learning behaviour of intelligent agents using UML 2.0
(University of Plymouth, 2005)This thesis aims to explore and demonstrate the ability of the new standard of structural and behavioural components in Unified Modelling Language (UML 2.0 / 2004) to model the learning behaviour of Intelligent Agents. ... -
Modelling Learning to Count in Humanoid Robots
(Plymouth University, 2014)This thesis concerns the formulation of novel developmental robotics models of embodied phenomena in number learning. Learning to count is believed to be of paramount importance for the acquisition of the remarkable fluency ... -
Modelling machine induced noise and vibration in a ship structure
(University of Plymouth, 2000)Most high speed vessels are fitted with powerful high speed engines which are installed in confined spacesa nd, as a consequencec, ausea n extremely high level of noise and vibration. Often structure-borne sound power is ... -
Modelling of Fatigue Crack Closure via the Concept of Plastic Inclusions
(University of Plymouth, 2019)The phenomenon of closure is one of the most important phenomena that have been linked to the deeper understanding of fatigue cracks. Various methods have been employed to model the plastic zone around the crack tip which ... -
MODELLING OF SWASH ZONE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ON COARSE GRAINED BEACHES
(University of Plymouth, 1999)A review is presented which assesses the importance of the swash zone as a potential contributor to the longshore and cross-shore transport on steep coarse-grained beaches. Based on this review it is apparent that the ... -
MODELLING PORE-LEVEL PROPERTIES OF POROUS MATERIALS
(University of Plymouth, 1995)Pore-Cor is a 1.2 Mbyte Fortran 77 software package, which uses information from mercury porosimetry curves, supported by image-analysed electron micrographs, to generate a three-dimensional representational model of the ... -
MODELLING THE FISHERIES OF LAKE MANZALA, EGYPT, USING PARAMETRIC AND NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL METHODS
(University of Plymouth, 1999)Much attention has been given to the economic aspects of the fisheries in Egypt, while building a statistical or mathematical model for fish production has received little attention. This study is devoted to a comprehensive ... -
Modelling the Hydrodynamics of the Patos Lagoon, Brazil
(University of Plymouth, 2001)The Patos Lagoon, the largest choked coastal lagoon in the world, is a typical centre of population, commerce, industry and recreation, and consequently it is also a site for disposal of industrial, agricultural and ... -
MODELLING THE PREVALENCE OF DOWN SYNDROME WITH APPLICATIONS OF MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHODS
(University of Plymouth, 1998)This thesis was motivated by applications in the epidemiology of Down syndrome and prenatal screening for Down syndrome. Methodological problems arising in these applications include under-ascertainment of cases in livebirth ... -
Modelling the Water Quality of the Patos Lagoon, Brazil
(University of Plymouth, 2005)A two-dimensional depth integrated finite element modelling suite comprising the flow model TELEN4AC-2D and the water quality model WQFLOW-2D has been calibrated to simulate the physics and chemistry of the Patos Lagoon ... -
Modelling, testing and design, of a surface piercing propeller drive
(University of Plymouth, 2000)
