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This thesis investigates the applicability of using machine learning for demand forecasting at HMS Networks. Using the design science research methodology, multiple forecasting artifacts were developed and tested iteratively, using historical sales data. Four tree-based models; Decision Tree, Random Forest, LightGBM and XGBoost, were tested with different pre-processing and feature engineering tec
Global manufacturing companies operate in increasingly uncertain and complex environments where changes in sourcing strategies, supplier structures and logistics networks create significant challenges for decision- making. Traditional analytical methods often struggle to capture the dynamic and interconnected nature of modern supply chains, limiting their ability to support proactive evaluation
Global manufacturing companies operate in increasingly uncertain and complex environments where changes in sourcing strategies, supplier structures and logistics networks create significant challenges for decisionmaking. Traditional analytical methods often struggle to capture the dynamic and interconnected nature of modern supply chains, limiting their ability to support proactive evaluation of s
Lignin, the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose, is a promising renewable material but remains underutilized due to challenges in its dissolution and processing. This study combines a literature review and an experimental investigation to better understand the solubility behavior of kraft lignin in different solvent systems. The literature review analyzed recent studies (2012-2023) on
In this study a development of a GC-FID method to detect adulteration in commercial olive oils based on fatty acid composition and free fatty acid content was conducted. Adulteration of olive oils and especially extra virgin olive oils is a common issue. Due to their popularity and high cost they are often mixed with other vegetable oils or lower quality olive oil for increased profit. Olive oil h
Wind generation’s growing share of Nordic electricity supply has made imbalance settlement an increasingly costly exposure for producers. Under the Nordic single-price mechanism, all residual imbalance is settled at a single imbalance price, regardless of direction, determined by the mFRR activation market. Before that price is known, the producer fixes a day-ahead position, adjusts on the continu
Variations in groundwater levels result from several complex hydrological processes (such as precipitation, evapotranspiration and groundwater-surface water interactions), and the groundwater response depends on factors including topography and physical properties related to the geology of the aquifer. By studying time series of hydrogeological data, such as groundwater levels and precipitation, i
This thesis examines how intelligent case evaluation systems participate in the everyday production, interpretation, and enforcement of judicial norms within Chinese judicial organizations. Drawing on a qualitative documentary analysis of central-level policy documents, a published technical patent, and operational reports from courts and procuratorates, the study traces how abstract expectations
The current crime debate in Sweden surrounds the overarching issue of criminal networks and children’s exploitation by them. In Sweden, younger children are getting involved in serious criminality, carrying out offences for criminal gangs such as murder and aggravated weapons crimes, which has sparked the government’s interest in possible changes to the youth criminal justice system. One of those
This thesis analyses the emergence of judicial tax litigation in Peru as a differentiated professional practice among tax lawyers. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and documentary review, the research reconstructs the process through which certain high-value tax disputes, initially channelled through administrative venues, gradually moved into the Judiciary. The central argument is that this
This paper examines how institutional vulnerabilities are reproduced, institutionalised, and solidified through the translation of legal norms within Japan’s new admission policy, the Employment for Skill Development (ESD) system. Japan has de facto accepted foreign workers for over three decades by granting various residence statuses to address its declining birthrate and labour shortage. However
Crime prevention in Sweden has become decentralised as the municipalities’ responsibility to contribute to the national crime preventive work has been established in law, while still being shared with the state. At the same time, national focus has shifted to organised criminality and the production of the criminal other. The aim of this thesis was to explore how these two policy developments were
In Chinese fan fiction communities, the reporting button was made for flagging inappropriate content, but it has become a weapon in community conflict. An anonymous report can trigger removal or suspension, and those affected receive little explanation of how the decision was made. This thesis names this phenomenon weaponised reporting and asks how it operates and how targets pursue remedies under
This thesis examines how Danish health and welfare authorities framed women in Greenland's (Kalaallit women’s) reproduction as a social problem requiring intervention between 1950 and 1975. Through a socio-legal analysis of 104 pages of archival documents from the Danish National Archives, the study traces the administrative logics that constructed Kalaallit fertility as a governable risk, the
This thesis examines how children navigate redress-seeking for child-abuse grievances in rural Zambia. Using a process-tracing approach grounded in Felstiner, Abel and Sarat’s (1980) naming–blaming–claiming model, the study analyses how redress-seeking emerges, transforms, or dissipates, and identifies the factors that facilitate or constrain these transformations. The research employed a document
This thesis examines how Swedish legal and administrative frameworks governing LKAB’s mining operations have historically produced and reproduced the invisibility of Sámi land use, and how these patterns of exclusion continue to be mobilized within contemporary green transition justifications. Drawing on settler colonial theory and anopticism, the study argues that Sámi exclusion within Swedish re
The ways in which victims of rape are portrayed in news media is important, as they influence public perceptions of blame and responsibility. Media coverage can contribute to victim blaming by emphasising certain behaviours or circumstances, or by framing specific narratives. Despite extensive research on this topic, little is known about how such portrayals are affected by legal change, and how ‘
This thesis examines how freedom of expression and misinformation are governed within contemporary digital environments, focusing specifically on the relationship between platform governance on X and international human rights discourse developed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. As social media platforms increasingly shape political communication and public debate, questions regarding w
