UCLA French Department Dissertation Abstract

Dissertation Abstract

Patent data have long been used as an indicator of the output of innovative processes. While simple patent counts are publicly available and easily obtained, the private and social value of innovations protected by patents varies widely, making patent counts too noisy an indicator of innovative output in many cases. In finding good measures of the value of patents, it is essential to observe th...

Dissertation Abstract

Dissertation Abstract

Along the brief history of Space Exploration the expertise of Space Agencies has grown, from small rockets, not even able to escape the atmosphere, to missions beyond the solar system. At present, robots are gaining prominence in several scenarios as planetary exploration or ISS exploitation. Satellites are endowed with autonomous systems to improve their performance and safety. On the horizon,...

Dissertation Abstract

In November 2012 I joined the research group Artificial Intelligence of the university of Basel as a Ph.D. student, supervised by Malte Helmert. Since at the time of writing of this abstract, I have been working as a Ph.D. student for roughly three months, I can not develop an elaborated research plan of my studies, as it is not very clear to me on what area my thesis will focus yet. Therefore ...

abstract of dissertation in political sciences

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