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Deep learning-assisted analysis of infrared microspectroscopic data for enhanced chemical and optical characterization
(PhD thesis;2024:15, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is an accurate, rapid and non-destructive analytical technique widely applied across diverse scientific disciplines. It records an absorbance spectrum that quantifies the loss of intensity as IR ... -
Design and Control of Intelligent Robotic Systems for Applications in Life Sciences: Biological Sample Preparation and Strawberry Harvesting
(2019;90, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis aims to contribute knowledge to support fully automation in life-science applications, which includes design, development, control and integration of robotic systems for sample preparation and strawberry ... -
Detecting ideas in online communities : utilizing machine learning and text mining for finding ideas in online communities
(PhD Thesis;2017:18, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Online communities serve as a gathering point for dedicated product users and consumers who discuss all imaginable topics. Scholars have argued that this discussion can lead to new ideas useful for firms. That is, if the ... -
Developing models for winter processes in grasslands – Bayesian calibration and sensitivity analysis
(PhD Thesis;2010:9, Doctoral thesis, 2010)For grass-based agriculture at high latitudes, poor overwintering of perennial forage grasses often has economic consequences due to yield loss and re-establishment of grass fields. In order to assess the performance of ... -
Developing offshore floating wind turbines : the Tension-Leg-Buoy design
(PhD Thesis;2016:22, Doctoral thesis, 2016-04-07)A 5 MW Tension-Leg-Buoy (TLB) concept has been optimized and developed. The design is based on the MIT Double Taut Leg, initially proposed by Professor Sclavounos of MIT in 2005. Six variants have been tested, in two wave ... -
Development and verification of methods for the rheological characterization of materials for the process industry
(PhD Thesis;2011:19, Doctoral thesis, 2011)Process control, product quality and process design are continuously demanding new sensors and devices that can assess the rheological behavior of fluid and solid products. The need for more methods comes because of three ... -
Differential inclusions and piecewise models in biochemical and gene regulatory networks
(PhD Thesis;2010:31, Doctoral thesis, 2010)The simplification of a complex system is a widely accepted way of its modeling, the inevitable drawback of which is the ”resolution reduction”, i.e., the loss of information inherent to the real-world processes. In this ... -
Disentangling the risk factors and health risks associated with faecal sludge and wastewater reuse in Ghana
(PhD Thesis;2010:17, Doctoral thesis, 2010)The reuse of faecal sludge and wastewater in agriculture is widespread worldwide. However, the practice is also associated with significant microbial health risks especially in countries where systems for the treatment and ... -
Drivers behind variation in welfare, quality, and production performance in Atlantic salmon farming production data
(PhD Thesis;2021:46, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Atlantic salmon aquaculture is an important industry in Norway and farmed salmon is among the most economically important global aquaculture species. Despite this, the growth of the industry has stagnated in Norway and it ... -
Dry film FTIR spectroscopy for in-process food quality measurements
(PhD Thesis;2024:11, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Proteins are essential biological nutrients, and the global demand for protein-rich food and feed is increasing with population growth. To promote sustainability, industries are putting efforts to optimize resource ... -
Dynamics, drivers and impacts of land cover changes in the Lake Nakuru drainage basin and Eastern Mau Forest Reserve, Kenya
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Efficient model selection in the Tikhonov Regularization framework and pre-processing of spectroscopic data
(PhD Thesis;2019:99, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Machine learning is a hot topic in today's society. Data sets of varying sizes show up in a number of contexts, and learning from data sets is important for answering many questions. There is a plethora of methods that can ... -
Enhancement of coagulant dosing control in water and wastewater treatment processes
(PhD Thesis;2016:62, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Chemical coagulation is one of the most important treatment processes in wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment. Defining the optimal coagulant dosage is a vital operation that decides the treatment efficiency ... -
Environmental monitoring with ground-based interferometric radar systems
(PhD Thesis;2019:56, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The need for environmental monitoring is increasing with climate changes and natural resources exploitation, but the monitoring possibilities are also improving with the technological development enabling high spatial and ... -
Experimental and theoretical evaluation of thermodynamic properties of low melting chlorides suitable for liquefaction of biomass
(Phd Thesis;2022:59, Doctoral thesis, 2022)For many decades, molten salts have been employed in various industries due to their thermodynamic and physical properties. Climate change and the importance of renewable energy to stave off the worsening effects of rising ... -
Explainable and data-efficient learning for visual guidance of autonomous agri-robots
(PhD Thesis;2021:73, Doctoral thesis, 2021)To feed a growing world population and achieve the goal of zero hunger, we must develop new technologies to improve farm productivity and sustainability. Agri-robots can be a part of this solution, but new research is ... -
Exploring the transition from traditional data analysis to machine- and deep learning approaches
(PhD Thesis;2023:47, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Data analysis methods based on machine- and deep learning approaches are continuously replacing traditional methods. Models based on deep learning (DL) are applicable to many problems and often have better prediction ... -
Extracting movement patterns from geographical trajectory data
(PhD Thesis;2018:96, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Thanks to the recent advent of inexpensive positioning technologies, data about movement of various mobile objects are collected in rapidly growing amounts. Massive repositories of movement data require developing new data ... -
Field measurements and numerical simulations of snow transport and deposition around structures and into ventilation intakes
(PhD thesis;2014:66, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This work is concerned with field experiments and measurements, and numerical simulations of aeolian snow transport, especially the snow deposition on structures and around obstacles. The research work is interested in ... -
Flux enhancers in biofilm membrane bioreactors : insight into fouling control
(PhD Thesis;2019:83, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Conventional wastewater treatment technologies are not able to keep up with the population growth and new challenges and restrictions, induced by climate change. Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology has a high potential ...