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Spatial Prediction of Groundwater Spring Potential Mapping Based on Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System and Metaheuristic Optimization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Groundwater is one of the most valuable natural resources in the world (Jha et al., 2007). However, it is not an unlimited resource; therefore understanding groundwater potential is crucial to ensure its sustainable use. ... -
Spotted Hyena Optimizer and Ant Lion Optimization in Predicting the Shear Strength of Soil
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Two novel hybrid predictors are suggested as the combination of artificial neural network (ANN), coupled with spotted hyena optimizer (SHO) and ant lion optimization (ALO) metaheuristic techniques, to simulate soil shear ... -
State investments and human rights? The case of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Abstract Purpose - The paper explores how the Norwegian Government incorporated its responsibility for human rights into the investment practices of its Global Pension Fund and how human rights issues were negotiated when ... -
Technological Innovations and Labor Demand Using Linked Firm-Level Data
(Chapter, 2020)This chapter illustrates how the relationship between technological innovations and labor demand can be analyzed in a cross-country setting by use of harmonized, multilinked, and microaggregated firm-level data. An ... -
The Feasibility of Three Prediction Techniques of the Artificial Neural Network, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System, and Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization for Assessing the Safety Factor of Cohesive Slopes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this paper, a neuro particle-based optimization of the artificial neural network (ANN) is investigated for slope stability calculation. The results are also compared to another artificial intelligence technique of a ... -
The impact of individual motivations on idea submission and future motivation to participate in an organization's virtual idea campaign
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We used time-lagged survey data to investigate the effects of various types of motivation on idea submission and future motivation to participate in a virtual idea campaign (VIC). We also used qualitative data to illuminate ... -
The riding trail as geotourism attraction: Evidence from Iceland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The geological aspects of tourism are much more extensive than just places to be viewed and/or experienced. The terrain traveled is also a geological phenomenon and an attraction in itself. For a hiker or a rider the type ... -
Thirty-year dynamics of LULC at the dong thap muoi area, Southern Vietnam, using google earth engine
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The main purpose of this paper is to assess the land use and land cover (LULC) changes for thirty years, from 1990–2020, in the Dong Thap Muoi, a flooded land area of the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam using Google Earth ... -
Threat Perception and Adaptive Capacity of Natural World Heritage Site Management
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study offers new insights into the largest threats to natural and mixed World Heritage sites in developed countries as considered by their management. In addition to this, the capacity of the management to deal with ... -
Time for carbon neutrality and other emission reduction measures at European airports
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Since 2009, one out of five European airports participate in carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction programmes, although only 8% of them are certified as CO2 neutral. This study aims to examine empirically internal as well as ... -
Time-varying impact of snow depth on tourism in selected regions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study uses a time-varying model that provides new evidence on the changing relationship between domestic overnight stays of selected winter sport destinations and natural snow conditions. A Kalman filter method combined ... -
Tomtebegrepene i tomtefesteloven - særlig om grensen mellom feste av bolig- og fritidstomter og andre tomter
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Tomtefesteloven gjelder for feste av tomter til bolighus, feste av tomter til fritidshus og feste av andre tomter. Et hovedskille går mellom feste av tomter til bolig- og fritidshus på den ene siden og feste av andre tomter ... -
Tourism development and border asymmetries: An exploratory analysis of market-driven cross-border shopping tourism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper explores whether shopping tourism in the context of cross-border regions may trigger more viable, and long-term, tourism despite persistent border asymmetries (e.g., price and tax differences) which are typically ... -
Toward a Technical Debt Relationship with the Pivoting of Growth Phase Startups
(Chapter, 2021)Context: Pivot has been a common strategical tactic of startups by shifting course of actions to adapt to environmental changes to the companies. Among many factors influencing the decisions of pivot or preserve, technical ... -
Towards a Secure DevOps Approach for Cyber-Physical Systems: An Industrial Perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)With the expansion of cyber-physical systems (CPSs) across critical and regulated industries, systems must be continuously updated to remain resilient. At the same time, they should be extremely secure and safe to operate ... -
Towards Designing an Experience-based Course around Innovation Bootcamps — A Cohort Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Context: This full research paper presents an experience-based course designed around a semester-long external Innovation Bootcamp activity. Objective: We sought to evaluate the impact of Innovation Bootcamp on students’ ... -
Translating mission-driven sustainability values into a value-creating business model: The Norwegian start-up Ducky AS
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Sustainability entrepreneurs are driven by their personal missions about the sustainability-based values that they wish to tap when building a business model. This teaching-case study presents insights into how the personal ... -
Two novel neural-evolutionary predictivetechniques of dragonfly algorithm (DA) andbiogeography-based optimization (BBO)forlandslide susceptibility analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Due to the wide application of evolutionary science in different engineering problems, the main aim of this paper is to present two novel optimizations of multi-layer perceptron (MLP) neural network, namely dragonfly ... -
Understanding determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy; an emphasis on the role of religious affiliation and individual’s reliance on traditional remedy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: The damage COVID-19 has caused interms of mortalities, economic breakdown and social disruption is immense. The COVID-19 vaccine has been one of the efficient prevention strategies so far in preventing the ... -
The uneven distribution of fees for virtual academic conferences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This study examines factors of importance for the pricing of virtual academic conferences based on information on their quality attributes. Data are based on 76 virtual conferences held or planned to be held in the field ...