Knut Seip
Encyclopedia
Knut Lehre Seip is professor in environmental management at Oslo and Akershus University college, Norway
. Seip obtained his masters in physics at the University of Oslo
, UiO, in 1969. He obtained his ph.D (doctor philos.) at UiO in 1992 with the thesis “Mathematical models of lake ecosystems.” Seip has served at several positions at Center for industrial research, SI / SINTEF
. Professor Seip held the first chair in Environmental management in Norway, at Telemark University College
1994-2000, then he became professor and head of Research and Management at Oslo University College
. From 2011 he has been professor and vice dean for research and development at the Faculty of technology, arts and design at Oslo and Akershus University College of applied Sciences.
with problems related to doubly bent surfaces, within the ecological field with models of rocky shore and lake ecosystem
s, and with population cycles in terrestrial environments. Within macroeconomic field he has worked on leading and lagging indexes and breakpoint identification. He has developed two methods for studying interactions between actors, the “leading –lagging, LL- strength method” and the “angle frequency method”. The first extends the analysis of associations with analyses of “leading” and “lagging” relationships for cyclic phenomena. The other extends the analysis of slopes in regression analysis
with the analysis of “compass directions”. Both methods are used to characterize the behavior of actors, for example as competitors, facilitators and gainers or engineers. The models are used within ecology and economy.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Seip obtained his masters in physics at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
, UiO, in 1969. He obtained his ph.D (doctor philos.) at UiO in 1992 with the thesis “Mathematical models of lake ecosystems.” Seip has served at several positions at Center for industrial research, SI / SINTEF
SINTEF
SINTEF , headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, is the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia. Every year, SINTEF supports research and development at 2,000 or so Norwegian and overseas companies via its research and development activity....
. Professor Seip held the first chair in Environmental management in Norway, at Telemark University College
Telemark University College
Telemark University College is the fourth largest university college in Norway. The University College has about 5000 students. It is split between four different locations. The campuses are located in Bø, Notodden, Porsgrunn and Rauland.-Hierarchy:The university college is organised into four...
1994-2000, then he became professor and head of Research and Management at Oslo University College
Oslo University College
Oslo University College , Norwegian: Høgskolen i Oslo is the largest state university college in Norway, with more than 11,000 students and approx. 1100 employees...
. From 2011 he has been professor and vice dean for research and development at the Faculty of technology, arts and design at Oslo and Akershus University College of applied Sciences.
Scientific focus
Seip has worked in applied mathematicsApplied mathematics
Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with mathematical methods that are typically used in science, engineering, business, and industry. Thus, "applied mathematics" is a mathematical science with specialized knowledge...
with problems related to doubly bent surfaces, within the ecological field with models of rocky shore and lake ecosystem
Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....
s, and with population cycles in terrestrial environments. Within macroeconomic field he has worked on leading and lagging indexes and breakpoint identification. He has developed two methods for studying interactions between actors, the “leading –lagging, LL- strength method” and the “angle frequency method”. The first extends the analysis of associations with analyses of “leading” and “lagging” relationships for cyclic phenomena. The other extends the analysis of slopes in regression analysis
Regression analysis
In statistics, regression analysis includes many techniques for modeling and analyzing several variables, when the focus is on the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables...
with the analysis of “compass directions”. Both methods are used to characterize the behavior of actors, for example as competitors, facilitators and gainers or engineers. The models are used within ecology and economy.
Books
Seip has written two books with coauthor Fred Wenstøp.- Seip, K.L. and F. Wenstøp: A primer on environmental environmental decision-making. An integrative quantitative approach (2006) Springer Verlag. ISBN 1-4020-4073-3
- Wenstøp, F. and K.L. Seip: Verdier og valg - verdibasert beslutningsanalyse i praksis (2009) Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788-2150-1410-4