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Trofimenko, M. S. "Methods of mobile traffic management." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/50475.
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1. The vector field histogram - fast obstacle avoidance for mobile robots / J. Borenstein, Y. Koren –IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 1991. V. 7. N 3. P. 278–288 p.
2. Time optimal sliding-mode control of a mobile robot in a dynamic environment / M.Rubagotti, M. Della Vedova, A. Ferrara - IET Control Theory and Applications,2011,1916–1924 p.
3. Nearness Diagram (ND) navigation: collision avoidance in troublesome scenarios / J. Minguez, L. - Montano IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 2004, 45–59 p.
4. A globally converging algorithm for reactive robot navigation among moving and deforming obstacles / AS Matveev, MC Hoy, AV Savkin Automatica, 2015, 292–304 p.
5. et al. Path Planning for Vehicles Operating in Uncertain 2D Environments / Pshikhopov V.Kh - Butterworth-Heinemann: Elsevier, 2017, 312 p.
6. of Robot 3D Path Planning Algorithms / Yang L., Qi J., Song D., Han J., Xia Y. Survey -Journal of Control Science and Engineering, 2016, 225 p.
7. Planning Algorithms / LaValle S. - Cambridge University Press, 2006, 842 p.
8. Heuristic approaches in robot path planning: A survey / Mac T.T., Copot C., Tran D.T., De Keyser R. - Robotics and Autonomous Systems,2016, 1328p.
9. Intelligent Control and Path Planning of Multiple Mobile Robots Using Hybrid Ai Techniques / Jha A.K. - PhD thesis, 2016, 213 p.
10. Distributed sampled-data control of nonholonomic multi-robot systems with proximity networks / Liu Z. – Automatica, 2017, 170179 p.In order to be competitive, robotic systems must have the following properties: relative ease of operation; ease of use; easy to set up; adaptability to change; safety in use; ergonomics of units and mechanisms; energy efficiency, ensuring autonomous energy supply; versatility.
Для того, щоб бути конкурентоспроможними, роботизовані системи повинні мати такі властивості: відносна простота експлуатації; простота використання; проста у налаштуванні; пристосованість до змін; безпека у використанні; ергономіка агрегатів і механізмів; енергоефективність, що забезпечує автономне енергопостачання; універсальність.
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LAURERI, FEDERICA. "Methods for Optimal Microgrid Management." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Genova, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11567/929365.
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During the last years, the number of distributed generators has grown significantly and it is expected to become higher in the future. Several new technologies are being de-veloped for this type of generation (including microturbines, photovoltaic plants, wind turbines and electrical storage systems) and have to be integrated in the electrical grid. In this framework, active loads (i.e., shiftable demands like electrical vehicles, intelligent buildings, etc.) and storage systems are crucial to make more flexible and smart the dis-tribution system. This thesis deals with the development and application of system engi-neering methods to solve real-world problems within the specific framework of microgrid control and management.
The typical kind of problems that is considered when dealing with the manage-ment and control of Microgrids is generally related to optimal scheduling of the flows of energy among the various components in the systems, within a limited area. The general objective is to schedule the energy consumptions to maximize the expected system utility under energy consumption and energy generation constraints.
Three different issues related to microgrid management will be considered in detail in this thesis:
1. The problem of Nowcasting and Forecasting of the photovoltaic power production (PV). This problem has been approached by means of several data-driven techniques.
2. The integration of stations to charge electric vehicles in the smart grids. The impact of this integration on the grid processes and on the demand satisfaction costs have been analysed. In particular, two different models have been developed for the optimal integration of microgrids with renewable sources, smart buildings, and the electrical vehicles (EVs), taking into account two different technologies. The first model is based on a discrete-time representation of the dynamics of the system, whereas the second one adopts a discrete-event representation.
3. The problem of the energy optimization for a set of interconnencted buildings. In ths connection, an architecture, structured as a two-level control scheme has been developed. More precisely, an upper decision maker solves an optimization problem to minimize its own costs and power losses, and provides references (as
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regars the power flows) to local controllers, associated to buildings. Then, lower level (local) controllers, on the basis of a more detailed representation of each specific subsystem (the building associated to the controller), have the objective of managing local storage systems and devices in order to follow the reference values (provided by the upper level), to contain costs, and to achieve comfort requirements.
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Gábor, Richard. "Project Management and Problem Solving Methods in Management Consulting." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-71931.
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Conducting management consulting project for Transparency International Czech Republic, the leading non-profit non-governmental organization active in anti-corruption practices, by applying selected project management and problem solving methods, the objective of the thesis is to support the assumption that proper selection and application of suitable methods to problem identification, definition and decomposition enables to come up with the solution of the problem by analyzing it with no need for further solution development.
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Ivanova, Ivelina. "Supply chain management tools and methods." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2004. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/4591/.
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In today's business environment, manufacturers need to manage their enterprises as an inseparable part of a supply chain. Key to achieving this is the creation of an extended and integrated information system. In an attempt to find out what needs to be done to improve current supply chain methods and tools, the current research project 1) reviewed the literature to establish current approaches to Supply Chain Management (SCM); 2) identified what tools and methods are available; 3) categorised the current approaches to supply chain management and established a current practice SCM model; 4) identified the requirements for improved SCM; 5) produced an outline requirements specification for improved SCM. The research has made a number of contributions to knowledge. A literature survey on the subject of what SCM involves and what a SCM system is was carried out and was followed by the conclusions that existing software systems have not been classified and tested against the criteria of a true SCM system. A survey of existing SCM software solutions provided data for an analysis of what typical SCM applications include and concluded that a comprehensive SCM solution currently does not exist. That conclusion was verified by a survey based on SCM expert interviews. Three case studies were carried out that looked into different parts of the supply chain and demonstrated the significance of advanced SCM functionality for each one of them. The case studies also involved the design and implementation of a supply chain mapping tool and a supplier relationship management tool. Finally, a conceptual specification of an improved SCM system was developed. The research will be of interest to practitioners in the area of SCM that are looking for ideas to improve SCM procedures and namely, are looking into implementing or developing an already existing software system for SCM. It also suggests ideas for further research, which may be of interest to research students who are interested in the area of SCM.
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Springborg, Claus. "Art-based Methods in Management Education." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2014. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9212.
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The purpose of this dissertation is to develop explanatory theory for the learning processes facilitated by art-‐based methods in management education (ABMs). Such theory is important because managerial educators increasingly use ABMs, and without a well-‐developed theory it may be difficult to realise these methods’ full potential.
Current research on ABMs uses theories from other fields but generally sees ABMs as methods for making important information available for reflection, e.g. information about unconscious assumptions, aesthetic experience, or non-‐propositional or tacit knowledge. This shows that the field is grounded in a representationalist view of cognition.
This view of cognition makes it difficult to explain certain themes in the research field, such as, the importance of staying with the senses without reflecting, aesthetic agency, and the process of making. I therefore asked: What insights can be gained from exploring ABMs, using theories grounded in the embodied view of cognition, in particular Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) (Lakoff & Johnson, 1999) and simulation theories (Barsalou, 2008).
For the empirical work, I used an experimental design with 60 managers from Danish companies. All participants selected problems from their work they perceived as important, yet unsolvable. They were randomly divided into three groups: Two groups using different ABMs to address problems and a comparison group where no ABM was used.
The experiment indicated that 1) creating new metaphors for a problem based on different sensory metaphors enabled the participants to import behaviour from contexts unrelated to the problematic situation, and 2) focusing on sensory experience enabled participants to remove judgments about self or others. Furthermore, the experiment indicated that learning outcomes reflected participants’ experience of the concrete learning intervention.
These findings contribute to CMT by suggesting that it is possible to formulate relationships between changes in metaphors and specific learning outcomes. They contribute to ABM by suggesting that experiences that participants have during ABMs are later used as tools for structuring other experiences – not merely as data for reflection.ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
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Rubakantha, Seldi. "Risk-based methods in bridge management." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2001. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/932/.
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Thomson, Blaise Roger Marie. "Statistical methods for spoken dialogue management." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609054.
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Заговора, Ольга Володимирівна, Ольга Владимировна Заговора, and Olha Volodymyrivna Zahovora. "Decision making methods in project management." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/33556.
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The aim of the article is to demonstrate the importance of the production efficiency increase, and as a result, improvement of product quality. Such efficiency will be provided by implementation of project management methodology.
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Ibragimova, Yuliya. "New Methods in Human Resources Management." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193004.
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This diploma thesis concentrates on relationship between employee satisfaction and usage of new methods in Human Resources Management, particularly coaching and talent management. As employee satisfaction becomes one of the most important sources of influence on company's performance, it is also discussed in the theoretical background the relationship between employee satisfaction and company performance. The goal of the thesis is to find relationship between usage of new HRM methods (coaching and talent management) and employee satisfaction. The thesis has four chapters. First two chapters "Measurement Systems in an Organization" and "Methods in HR Management" set a theoretical background for the research. The third chapter concentrates on the research itself: employees of five Russian companies both with and without coaching and talent management, are tested. In the last chapter are compared research outcomes and theoretical approach, as well as, recommendations are given.
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Schaumburg, Julia. "Quantile methods for financial risk management." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16675.
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In dieser Dissertation werden neue Methoden zur Erfassung zweier Risikoarten entwickelt. Markrisiko ist definiert als das Risiko, auf Grund von Wertrückgängen in Wertpapierportfolios Geld zu verlieren. Systemisches Risiko bezieht sich auf das Risiko des Zusammenbruchs eines Finanzsystems, das durch die Notlage eines einzelnen Finanzinstituts entsteht. Im Zuge der Finanzkrise 2007–2009 realisierten sich beide Risiken, was weltweit zu hohen Verlusten für Investoren, Unternehmen und Steuerzahler führte. Vor diesem Hintergrund besteht sowohl bei Finanzinstituten als auch bei Regulierungsbehörden Interesse an neuen Ansätzen für das Risikomanagement. Die Gemeinsamkeit der in dieser Dissertation entwickelten Methoden besteht darin, dass unterschiedliche Quantilsregressionsansätze in neuartiger Weise für das Finanzrisikomanagement verwendet werden. Zum einen wird nichtparametrische Quantilsregression mit Extremwertmethoden kombiniert, um extreme Markpreisänderungsrisiken zu prognostizieren. Das resultierende Value at Risk (VaR) Prognose- Modell für extremeWahrscheinlichkeiten wird auf internationale Aktienindizes angewandt. In vielen Fällen schneidet es besser ab als parametrische Vergleichsmodelle. Zum anderen wird ein Maß für systemisches Risiko, das realized systemic risk beta, eingeführt. Anders als bereits existierende Messgrößen erfasst es explizit sowohl Risikoabhängigkeiten zwischen Finanzinstituten als auch deren individuelle Bilanzmerkmale und Finanzsektor-Indikatoren. Um die relevanten Risikotreiber jedes einzelnen Unternehmens zu bestimmen, werden Modellselektionsverfahren für hochdimensionale Quantilsregressionen benutzt. Das realized systemic risk beta entspricht dem totalen Effekt eines Anstiegs des VaR eines Unternehmens auf den VaR des Finanzsystems. Anhand von us-amerikanischen und europäischen Daten wird gezeigt, dass die neue Messzahl sich gut zur Erfassung und Vorhersage systemischen Risikos eignet.This thesis develops new methods to assess two types of financial risk. Market risk is defined as the risk of losing money due to drops in the values of asset portfolios. Systemic risk refers to the breakdown risk for the financial system induced by the distress of individual companies. During the financial crisis 2007–2009, both types of risk materialized, resulting in huge losses for investors, companies, and tax payers all over the world. Therefore, considering new risk management alternatives is of interest for both financial institutions and regulatory authorities. A common feature of the models used throughout the thesis is that they adapt quantile regression techniques to the context of financial risk management in a novel way. Firstly, to predict extreme market risk, nonparametric quantile regression is combined with extreme value theory. The resulting extreme Value at Risk (VaR) forecast framework is applied to different international stock indices. In many situations, its performance is superior to parametric benchmark models. Secondly, a systemic risk measure, the realized systemic risk beta, is proposed. In contrast to exististing measures it is tailored to account for tail risk interconnections within the financial sector, individual firm characteristics, and financial indicators. To determine each company’s relevant risk drivers, model selection techniques for high-dimensional quantile regression are employed. The realized systemic risk beta corresponds to the total effect of each firm’s VaR on the system’s VaR. Using data on major financial institutions in the U.S. and in Europe, it is shown that the new measure is a valuable tool to both estimate and forecast systemic risk.
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Boaro, Lorenzo. "Formal methods for semantic case management." Doctoral thesis, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11566/242722.
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Durante gli ultimi anni il Business Process Management (BPM) si è affermato
come la metodologia principe per gestire attività di routine. Poiché caratterizzati
da attività ripetibili, i processi aziendali possono essere strutturati e dunque
automatizzati. Al contrario, il Case Management (CM) e, più recentemente,
l’Adaptive Case Management (ACM) sono stati introdotti per affrontare tutte
quelle situazioni in cui le attività da svolgere non possono essere definite a priori
in quanto caratterizzate da un certo grado di incertezza.
Anche se i principi del Taylorismo affermano che è possibile effettuare una netta
distinzione tra il lavoro di routine e il lavoro della conoscenza, molto spesso le
organizzazioni si trovano ad affrontare situazioni in cui le attività eseguite non
appartengono ne all’uno ne all’altro: sono semplicemente un mix tra le due.
In questo lavoro viene proposta una sistematizzazione degli aspetti utilizzati
per rappresentare i cosiddetti processi knowledge-intensive, ossia processi basati
sulla conoscenza. L’obiettivo è quello di integrare le caratteristiche del BPM e
dell’(A)CM e formalizzare, attraverso aspetti procedurali e tecnologie semantiche,
gli elementi utilizzati per modellare ed eseguire simili processi.
La possibilità di rappresentare processi caratterizzati da percorsi di esecuzione
già definiti assieme ad altri non definiti avviene grazie all’introduzione un nuovo
linguaggio di modellazione basato su Business Process Modeling Notation
(BPMN). A partire da una rappresentazione grafica del processo (il modello),
ne viene fornita una semantica operazionale. Il risultato consiste in sistemi parametrici
basati su transizioni di stato e annotati semanticamente che possono
essere eseguiti all’interno di un qualsiasi motore di esecuzione. Tale rappresentazione
permette di applicare metodi formali basati su Model Checking che consentono
di introdurre due funzionalità principali: verifica e selezione. Mentre la
prima permette di verificare e monitorare le proprietà di un sistema, la seconda
favorisce il riuso dei processi aziendali e la collaborazione tra attori differenti.
Entrambe possono essere impiegate sia in fase di modellazione che di esecuzione
con l’obiettivo di fornire supporto agli utenti coinvolti nel processo.
Per valutare l’approccio descritto in questa tesi è stato preso in esame un
caso di studio relativo all’ambito sanitario. In particolare, considerando come le
visite radiologiche vengono eseguite all’interno degli ospedali, è stato possibile
analizzare i risultati ottenuti.During the years, Business Process Management (BPM) has emerged as the go-to approach for handling routine work. As a result, business processes can be structured and therefore automated since characterized by a certain level of repeatability. Case Management (CM) and, more recently, Adaptive Case Management (ACM) were coined for more dynamic approaches taking into account knowledge work. Unlike the first, CM and ACM fit in managing processes characterized by a certain degree of uncertainty. Even if the principles of scientific management propose a clear distinction between routine and knowledge work, organizations cannot do the same: almost all work that people do consists of routine work and non-routine work. In this thesis project we propose a systematization of the aspects involved to represent knowledge-intensive processes. The overall goal is to integrate BPM and (A)CM features and formalize, through behavioral and semantic aspects, the elements taking part in the design and the execution of business processes. The ability to represent processes with defined and undefined paths of execution is achieved through a new modeling language based on Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). In conjunction with the graphical notation, we also provide its operational semantics. Business processes are described through parametric and annotated state-based systems that can be executed in specific enactment engines. Furthermore, formal methods based on Model Checking techniques can be applied to introduce verification and selection functionalities both at design-time and run-time. While the verification allow to verify and monitor properties of the systems under consideration, the latter enable to reuse process fragments and improve collaboration among different actors. All this with the aim to provide support and guidance to users. To evaluate the proposed approach, a case study taken from the Healthcare scenario is considered. In particular, taking into account how radiological visits are performed within Hospitals, it is possible to analyze the main results achieved in our approach.
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Tran, Bao. "An investigation of network management methods." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/263.
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Networks are populations of interconnected devices. Disruptions to connectivity even for a short time, can potentially affect a large number of users. Network Management (NM) is concerned with minimising problems and down time. There are a number of NM tools and models with the primary objective of managing networks. However, experts agree that many of these tools lack functionality. Furthermore, the models used are out of date. A new model that may assist in managing the network and may also used to train network administrators is the State Model Diagram (SMD). SMDs extract and diagrammatically integrate the output from different Command Line Interfaces (a complex and commonly used hierarchical text based tool for NM) and hence succinctly describe protocol operation. In addition, SMDs may be use to describe different network devices such as firewalls, wireless access points, routers, switches, etc. SMDs also provide top down decomposition thereby enabling a large complex network to be partition into independent units of an emendable size. This new model may provide functionality not currently offered by current NM tools. Furthermore, using SMDs it is possible to obtain increasing levels of detail whilst still maintaining links and interfaces between different levels, thereby supporting student learning both at introductory and advanced level. SMDs were evaluated as a NM tool and as a tool to teach NM. The positive responses from the four extensive experiments among 75 participants have clearly demonstrated that SMD's were found to be as useful as the CLI for all aspects of NM, and, significantly, students learning based on SMDs have gained a richer conceptual understanding strongly aligned with that of an expert. However, further work is required.
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Репіна, В. С., and І. М. Савіцька. "Modern Methods And Models Of Management Decisions In Administrative Management." Thesis, КНТУ, 2016. http://dspace.kntu.kr.ua/jspui/handle/123456789/4499.
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Wendin, Jonathan Erik Purvis. "Bayesian methods in portfolio credit risk management." Zürich : ETH, 2006. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/ecol-pool/diss/abstracts/p16481.pdf.
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Ma, Yingnan. "Intelligent energy management system : techniques and methods." Thesis, City University London, 2011. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/1212/.
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ABSTRACT Our environment is an asset to be managed carefully and is not an expendable resource to be taken for granted. The main original contribution of this thesis is in formulating intelligent techniques and simulating case studies to demonstrate the significance of the present approach for achieving a low carbon economy. Energy boosts crop production, drives industry and increases employment. Wise energy use is the first step to ensuring sustainable energy for present and future generations. Energy services are essential for meeting internationally agreed development goals. Energy management system lies at the heart of all infrastructures from communications, economy, and society’s transportation to the society. This has made the system more complex and more interdependent. The increasing number of disturbances occurring in the system has raised the priority of energy management system infrastructure which has been improved with the aid of technology and investment; suitable methods have been presented to optimize the system in this thesis. Since the current system is facing various problems from increasing disturbances, the system is operating on the limit, aging equipments, load change etc, therefore an improvement is essential to minimize these problems. To enhance the current system and resolve the issues that it is facing, smart grid has been proposed as a solution to resolve power problems and to prevent future failures. This thesis argues that smart grid consists of computational intelligence and smart meters to improve the reliability, stability and security of power. In comparison with the current system, it is more intelligent, reliable, stable and secure, and will reduce the number of blackouts and other failures that occur on the power grid system. Also, the thesis has reported that smart metering is technically feasible to improve energy efficiency. In the thesis, a new technique using wavelet transforms, floating point genetic algorithm and artificial neural network based hybrid model for gaining accurate prediction of short-term load forecast has been developed. Adopting the new model is more accuracy than radial basis function network. Actual data has been used to test the proposed new method and it has been demonstrated that this integrated intelligent technique is very effective for the load forecast. Choosing the appropriate algorithm is important to implement the optimization during the daily task in the power system. The potential for application of swarm intelligence to Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch (ORPD) has been shown in this thesis. After making the comparison of the results derived from swarm intelligence, improved genetic algorithm and a conventional gradient-based optimization method, it was concluded that swam intelligence is better in terms of performance and precision in solving optimal reactive power dispatch problems.
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Dong, Wei S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Innovative color management methods for RGB printing." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38292.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 50).
Re-calibrating a printer in response to systematic changes is measurement and labor intensive. In this study, a fast correction method with cycle-to-cycle control was proposed. The process includes two steps: the creation of look-up table using a characterization data set, and image color compensation in conjunction with Windows printing architecture. Several types of correction models for determining printer characterization were proposed and evaluated, including polynomial models and neural network models. The most successful of these methods was the quadratic spline interpolation model, which removed most errors introduced by the changes of colorant and printing substrate. A significant reduction in error was realized by incorporating this technique into the color management program.
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Vanderpuije, Curtis N. "Innovative color management methods for RGB printing." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38285.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 57).
The demand for printing excellent quality images has increased tremendously in parallel to the growth spurts in the digital camera market. Printing good quality images consistently, however, remains a difficult and/or expensive venture despite the numerous advances in color technology and printing. To alleviate these issues, a color compensating software solution was developed to utilize the unique Kikuze calibration chart to improve printer output. The software solution integrates with the windows printing process at the operating system level through a UNIDRV plug-in. The plug-in retrieves the data within the print stream, passes it on to the color compensation engine which corrects the color data by mapping input and output colors obtained via a B-spline interpolation algorithm. The rendered image is re-introduced into the print stream for final printing. The prototype achieved successful results and can be packaged with commercial printers after a few refinements.
by Curtis N. Vanderpuije.
M.Eng.
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Kim, Byungsub 1978. "An efficient buffer management methods for Cachet." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28720.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-85).
(cont.) running simulation. Third, since BCachet is almost linear under the assumption of a reasonable number of sites, BCachet is very scalable. Therefore, it can be used to for very large scale multiprocessor systems.
We propose an efficient buffer management method for Cachet [7], called BCachet. Cachet is an adaptive cache coherence protocol based on a mechanism-oriented memory model called Commit-Reconcile & Fences (CRF) [1]. Although Cachet is theoretically proved to be sound and live, a direct implementation of Cachet is not feasible because it requires too expensive hardware. We greatly reduced the hardware cost for buffer management in BCachet without changing the memory model and the adaptive nature of Cachet. Hardware cost for the incoming message buffer of the memory site is greatly reduced from PxN FIFOs to two FIFOs in BCachet where P is the number of sites and N is the number of address lines in a memory unit. We also reduced the minimum size of suspended message buffer per memory site from (log₂ P+V) xPx(rq[max]), to log₂ P where V is the size of a memory block in terms of bits and rqma is the maximum number of request messages per cache. BCachet has three architectural merits. First, BCachet separates buffer management units for deadlock avoidance and those units for livelock avoidance so that a designer has an option in the liveness level and the corresponding hardware cost: (1) allows a livelock with an extremely low probability and saves hardware cost for fairness control. (2) does not allow a livelock at all and accept hardware cost for fairness control. Second, a designer can easily parameterize the sizes of buffer units to explore the cost-performance curves without affecting the soundness and the liveness. Because usual sizes of buffer management units are much larger than the minimum sizes of those units that guarantee the liveness and soundness of the system, a designer can easily find optimum trade-off point for those units by changing size parameters and
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Tytarenko, O. "The External Management Methods of Problematic Assets." Thesis, State Institution of Higher Education “National Mining University”, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/63705.
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Karlsson, Karl, and Andreas Lundevall. "Project management : working methods during early project phases." Thesis, University West, Department of Technology, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-800.
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Klang, Anders Brandén. "Sustainable Waste Management. Methods and Framework for analysis." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-2138.
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Dealing with waste is a major issue in our endeavour to create a sustainable society. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a model for assessing sustainable development in waste management systems. The model should provide a valid, reliable, useful and efficient assessment tool for waste management planners. The objective has been to improve methodologies that can support decision-making processes for sustainable waste management.
The study is based on a series of case studies in which suitable indicators of sustainability aspects for different types of waste have been developed and incorporated into a model that can be used to assess the potential for sustainable development of waste management systems. Some important methodological conclusions can be drawn:
1. Municipal decision-makers prioritise both environmental and financial issues as well as social aspects when they evaluate waste management methods (Paper IV).
2. Municipal decision-makers and municipal officers consider a holistic systems approach preferable to one that is based only on costs or only on the environmental effects (Paper IV).
3. A method that includes social aspects as well as economic and environmental ones might reach different conclusions than one that only considers eco-efficiency (Paper I).
4. A systems analysis is very dependent on definitions of the complementary systems, so a thorough understanding of possible technological development is crucial for the reliability of the analysis (Paper II).
5. Methods generating results on a very aggregated level, without employing a full life-cycle perspective, or omitting one or more aspects of sustainability, are not valid for sustainable waste management decision making (Papers I, III and IV)
6. A wide-spread opinion among local decision makers and municipal officers, that national directives and objectives for waste management are poorly adapted to the conditions of sparsely populated regions (Paper IV), does not seem to find support from systems analysis using sustainable development indicators (Papers I and II).
In addition to the methodological findings, the study also reveals how different options for waste management in a sparsely populated Scandinavian region perform differently in relation to a sustainable development. The study includes solid municipal waste, wastewater and demolition waste.
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Fan, Yun. "Bayesian methods in analysis of fund management performance." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/24562.
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This thesis develops a model of fund management performance that incorporates market behaviour, beliefs, opinions and economic index into measurement. Given that some of the measure will be subjective, it is inappropriate to use Bayesian methodology. Traditionally modelling of fund management performance has been based on the Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM), which has been revised and modified over time. The simple CAPM can be described as a linear regression model of the return of the fund against a benchmark. It can be extended to include other factors to aid modelling. A review of the literature, as well as to interviews and a survey, reveals 12 macro-economic variables as significant in predicting fund performance. Two estimation methods, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Bayesian Modelling (BM) were employed on a monthly data for 26 equity funds from the USA market over 15 year period. After several processes of filtering, five factors include Standard & Poor 500 and four other macro-economic factors: US federal funds rate, US federal funds rate target, US monetary base and US money supply 1 were left. These key variables were then used in subsequent modelling of fund performance. A range of models were considered for the modelling including: dependent and independent models. Results from different models are consistent. Five factors model consistently score a quite high adjusted R square which proves good tracking ability of the model on fund performance. Overall, funds do not have a superior performance compared to the benchmark and do have similar risk preference to the market portfolio. Intermarket effect has been investigated as well in the study and it is shown empirically that no such effects exist. Empirical Bayesian models are explored using Bootstrap Re-sampling method. The results obtained are similar previously.
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Decker, Stefan [Verfasser]. "Semantic web methods for knowledge management / Stefan Decker." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2002. http://d-nb.info/1013896521/34.
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Go, H. G. "Dynamic sampling methods for long term wealth management." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599449.
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In finance dynamic stochastic programming traditionally has been applied to institutional pension fund problems and more recently has become usable for more difficult individual wealth management problems. We develop several models to handle specific wealth management issues. We develop a US investment model with an exact tax basis and a rudimentary tax qualified portfolio. We show the ability to solve this model with up to 48 stages in 10 asset classes using an exact tax basis by approximating the solution employing information constraints. For fewer stages we show tractability of solving the full model with at least binary branching at every node of the scenario tree. We also introduce a mortgage model to investigate the effects of interest-only mortgages and their maturity. Modelling maturity selection as a binary decision variable, we find that the interest-only components of a mortgage are of interest when a borrower has a low income initially but expects it to grow. We do not consider the case of investors taking such mortgages to increase their leverage. It is noted that solutions may not be representative of all possibilities because the models reach an upper limit in terms of solvable problem sizes with currently available computing power. Expected value of perfect information (EVPI) calculation capabilities have been added to a modern solver. Given that aggregation is used to decrease solution times of such models we implement for the first time a disaggregator to allow calculation of EVPI subproblems without rereading the problem considered from disk. Aggregation is also found to increase solver speed applied to EVPI subproblems, especially after we reorder nodes. Sequential EVPI importance sampling is shown to be effective for the models introduced here and results improve drastically when mean matching of sampled scenarios is added. We successfully attempt to automate tuning for these algorithms by introducing percentile-based zero thresholds and adjusting these automatically when their current values are found to cause EVPI to fall.
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Alvarsson, Jonathan. "Ligand-based Methods for Data Management and Modelling." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-248964.
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Drug discovery is a complicated and expensive process in the billion dollar range. One way of making the drug development process more efficient is better information handling, modelling and visualisation. The majority of todays drugs are small molecules, which interact with drug targets to cause an effect. Since the 1980s large amounts of compounds have been systematically tested by robots in so called high-throughput screening. Ligand-based drug discovery is based on modelling drug molecules. In the field known as Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship (QSAR) molecules are described by molecular descriptors which are used for building mathematical models. Based on these models molecular properties can be predicted and using the molecular descriptors molecules can be compared for, e.g., similarity. Bioclipse is a workbench for the life sciences which provides ligand-based tools through a point and click interface. The aims of this thesis were to research, and develop new or improved ligand-based methods and open source software, and to work towards making these tools available for users through the Bioclipse workbench. To this end, a series of molecular signature studies was done and various Bioclipse plugins were developed. An introduction to the field is provided in the thesis summary which is followed by five research papers. Paper I describes the Bioclipse 2 software and the Bioclipse scripting language. In Paper II the laboratory information system Brunn for supporting work with dose-response studies on microtiter plates is described. In Paper III the creation of a molecular fingerprint based on the molecular signature descriptor is presented and the new fingerprints are evaluated for target prediction and found to perform on par with industrial standard commercial molecular fingerprints. In Paper IV the effect of different parameter choices when using the signature fingerprint together with support vector machines (SVM) using the radial basis function (RBF) kernel is explored and reasonable default values are found. In Paper V the performance of SVM based QSAR using large datasets with the molecular signature descriptor is studied, and a QSAR model based on 1.2 million substances is created and made available from the Bioclipse workbench.
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Tan, Nicola. "Inventory management for perishable goods using simulation methods." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90752.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.
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Amazon.com is the world's largest online retailer, and continues to grow its business by expanding into new markets and new product lines that have not traditionally been sold online. These product categories create new challenges to inventory and operations management. One example of this new type of products sold online includes the category of perishable goods. Perishable goods provide a unique inventory challenge due to the fact that products may expire at unknown times while in stock, making them unavailable for the customer to purchase. This thesis discusses a method for managing perishable goods inventory by characterizing the key variables into empirical probability distributions and developing a computational model for determining the key inventory attribute: the reorder point. This model captures both the demand and loss due to shrinkage based on the age of the product in inventory. The resulting model results in a 25% improvement in simulated inventory levels with more accurate results than current methods. This improvement is shown to come from accounting for the known variability in lead time, as well as survival rate of the product.
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Rodriguez, Sanchez Juan Pablo. "Modelling methods to support urban sewer system management." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/10141.
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In the context of developing countries, problems such as unplanned and unregulated urban developments, poor water quality in the water courses, lack of sanitation coverage and water treatment facilities, lack of institutional co-ordination, mismanagement of water resources, financial constraints, lack of wise expenditure on the required infrastructure, and a conventional fragmented wastewater management approach pose particular challenges. A sensible way forward in developing countries, which are initiating the building of treatment infrastructure, is to start integrated analysis and more efficient planning control measurements at an early stage. It is not feasible to build costly wastewater treatment plants which are not properly integrated to the sewer system and which are not solving the river pollution problems. As a part of integrated analysis, models can be used to gain better understanding of certain phenomena and to predict the spatial and temporal evolution of a system when looking towards an integrated management of urban drainage systems. Particularly, a key requirement for integrated sewer system models is data to quantify flows and pollution loads, ideally including uncertainty estimates. Because well-gauged systems are rare, particularly for large scale developing urban centres, there is a need for methods of synthesising these data sets. Furthermore, large urban centres also need appropriate modelling frameworks to support an optimised sewer system preventive maintenance scheme. The final goal is to determine a plan of action that achieves the best balance between proactive and reactive maintenance to minimize the overall cost of system operation. With this context as background and using Bogotá (Colombia) as main case study, this Thesis aims: (a) at an improved understanding of pollutant load contribution at the sewer sub-catchment level under dry weather conditions to be used to support the development of an appropriate modelling framework to assess and improve the interaction of the operation of the sewer system and the treatment facility; (b) to propose and critically assess a novel statistical model, supported by an exceptionally long and spatially detailed customer complaints data-base, to support proactive maintenance of the sewer system. This Thesis demonstrates the potential for using mixed deterministic/stochastic models to characterise ungauged sub-catchment outflows and water quality during dry weather. The novel contributions are a new empirical model for gauged and ungauged catchment applications, and the simultaneous inclusion of autocorrelations and cross-correlations for water quantity and quality determinants in the error model. Such models, if used to generate inputs to parsimonious sewer system models, can be useful to quantify discharges of untreated sewage into receiving watercourses, and their uncertainty, thus allowing these sources to be included in detailed dynamic river water quality models. Besides this, the impact of source control measures within the system can also be estimated. This is important, as source control is an essential complement to centralised wastewater treatment and stormwater storage. Additionally, it is also possible to quantify the transfer of pollutant loads from the wastewater system into the stormwater system due to wrong connections, thus helping water utilities with the prioritisation of corrective interventions. Furthermore, model-based research, using scientifically defensible tools such as the ones presented in this Thesis, is central to evaluating the performance of management practices such as proactive maintenance, water demand management and greywater recycling in Bogotá. Due to the wide scope of the aims of this Thesis, they reflect different but strongly interrelated areas in current need of further research. The contribution of this dissertation is, therefore, not only individual theses, but the recognition of the integrated application of advanced and state-of the art methods (i.e. models and analysis frameworks) to deal with different operational requirements in the context of large and complex sewer systems. More generally, the work also demonstrates the value of monitoring and modelling programmes, including having modellers actively involved in monitoring specification and operations.
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Gao, Huina. "Analysis of distribution-free methods for revenue management." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8783.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Robert H. Smith School of Business. Dept. of Decision and Information Technologies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Simola, Kaisa. "Reliability methods in nuclear power plant ageing management /." Espoo [Finland] : Technical Research Centre of Finland, 1999. http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/publications/1999/P379.pdf.
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Hultgren, Richard, and Peter Kullgard. "Improving configuration management, quality management and development methods in the computer game industry." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik och datavetenskap, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1677.
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There is a lack of maturity in the software game development that results in development companies using their own invented, but not fully completed, procedures. Through a case study this master thesis gives an overview of the game developers maturity in configuration management, quality assurance and development methods in general. It also presents a suggestion on how to address the issues found in the case study.Datorspelsindustrin är en omogen bransch vilket medför att företagen använder sig av icke kommersiella metoder och processer för utveckling. Magisterarbetets fallstudie ger läsaren en överblick av spelföretags mognadsnivå inom några delar av utvecklingsprocessen. Dessutom presenterar magisterarbetet råd för att förbättra de brister som har blivit definierade under fallstudien.
Questions about the master thesis can be sent to Peter Kullgard (kullgard@hotmail.com) or Richard Hultgren (richie@pc.nu) Special thanks to Martin Walfisz and Massive Entertainment of Sweden
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Duvel, Heimo. "Pricing methods for American options." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6903.
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Bibliography: leaves 89-94.This thesis is about the comparison of Pricing models for the valuation of American Options. Three classes of numerical approaches are considered. These are Lattice Methods, Analytic Approximations and Monte Carlo Simulation. Methods will be contrasted in terms of accuracy and speed of the computed American option price. One particular method utilises regression when estimating the American option price. For this approach the impact of outliers and multicollinearity is examined and alternative regression models fitted. Monte Carlo Simulation is implemented to calculate early exercise probabilities of American options in the South African market. Results are compared for both call and put options. A test set of 3550 options is simulated with parameters mirroring the South African economy. On this set, the accuracy of all methods is assessed relative to a benchmark price, which is computed by a convergent lattice approach. Finally, American Symmetry is used to evaluate both put and call options.
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Schrapers, Manuel. "Applying standards, guidelines and methods in construction project management." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2018. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253601.
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This dissertation scrutinizes the application of various standards, guidelines and methods in construction project management, and examines the use of such methods, tools and applications. Even though the availability of literature in the context of PM is extensive there has not been an adequate focus on applied project management with a specific interest in the constructing project management. This study describes the experiences gathered by the interviewees who are experienced construction executives and also discusses how they have managed their projects. The reason for the selection of a subjective, descriptive and phenomenal research approach is described and the advantages for this philosophical stance are also mentioned in the thesis. The question that emerges is in regards with how the construction managers accomplish any given project and how they ‘live' their PM. Hence, this study investigated the relevance of PM for managers working on construction projects. Various techniques, methods and procedures which were not included in the literature were highlight by the participants. There are studies available, mainly empirical, in the context of applied PM methods and the results of these studies do not correspond with the findings of this research. Another finding is that, in general, from the responses received, it is clear that PM certification programmes provide limited value to an experienced construction manager. Further results were summarized in the findings and result chapter of this work.
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Akufo, Kwabena D. "Theological bases for modern management methods for the local church." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Forsell, Nicklas. "Planning under risk and uncertainty : optimizing spatial forest management strategies /." Umeå : Dept. of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2009. http://epsilon.slu.se/200939.pdf.
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Dale, Anthony James Eric. "A Framework for Linking Projects and Project Management Methods." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1182.
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Software development processes such as the Waterfall process and Extreme Programming are Project Management Methods (PMMs) which are well known and widely used. However, conventional Project Management (PM) lacks the process concepts expressed in PMMs, and the connection between PMMs and PM is not much explored in the literature. Our research problem is to make this connection. We present data models for PM and PMM, in a framework that can articulate the PM-to-PMM relationship, illustrating with simple examples. Tools and visualizations created in terms of our framework can make use of the familiarity, history and context of project management tools, and the prescriptiveness and reactivity of PMMs, and we believe these may assist the management of complicated projects, such as IT projects. Project Mentor, a prototype Java/XML implementation of the framework semantics, can create and then revise a PMM-aware project, conforming to a specified PMM. The PM-to-PMM connection is persistent in project data, and we describe a visualization of the footsteps of a PMM in project data that does not rely on the state of a PMM process. The visualization can also be used by Project Mentor, to indicate the state of a PMM. We test for possible applications of our framework with a case study and survey of some existing project data, and conclude with a description of further work.
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Cléaz-Savoyen, Richard L. "Airline revenue management methods for less restricted fare structures." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32439.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005.Includes bibliographical references.
Traditional Revenue Management systems were developed to maximize airlines' revenues in restricted fare product environments, based on the assumption of independence of demand by fare class. With the rapid emergence of low-cost carriers in various parts of the world, the pricing environments have changed. The network carriers have had to deal with undifferentiated fare structures, for which demand for each fare class can no longer be assumed to be independent, given that customers systematically buy the lowest fare available in the absence of distinctions between fare products. In these fare structures, traditional Revenue Management systems lead to a "spiral down" of revenues. The first goal of this thesis is to present two alternatives that address the problem described above, allowing airlines to partially recover from the decrease in revenue which occurs when an airline removes the restrictions in its fare structure. These alternatives are designed for implementation into O&D-Control - or network Revenue Management - methods. The alternative methods are based on the sell-up probability, which is the probability that a passenger is willing to buy a higher-fare ticket in case his/her request is denied. One of the methods ("Q-Forecasting") modifies the forecaster by estimating the demand based on the probability of sell-up, while the other ("Fare Adjustment") acts at the booking limit optimizer level, accounting again for the sell-up potential.
(cont.) We focus in this thesis on explaining the processes and mechanisms involved in these two methods, how they are linked and complement each other, but also on their performances based on a simulator which allows us to observe the impact of each method under various characteristics of the booking process.
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Diwan, Sarvee. "Performance of Dynamic Programming methods in airline Revenue Management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61564.
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Thesis (S.M. in Transportation)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Operations Research Center, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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This thesis evaluates the performance of Dynamic Programming (DP) models as applied to airline Revenue Management (RM) compared to traditional Revenue Management models like EMSRb as DP models offer a theoretically attractive alternative to traditional RM models. In the first part of this thesis, we develop a simplified simulator to evaluate the effects of changing demand variance on the performance of standard DP on a single flight leg. This simulator excludes the effects of forecast quality and competitive effects like passenger sell-up and inter-airline spill. In the next part of the thesis, we introduce two network based DP methods that incorporate the network displacement costs in the standard DP based optimizer and perform simulation experiments in a larger competitive network using the Passenger Origin Destination Simulator to study the performance of DP methods in airline Revenue Management systems. The results of single flight leg experiments from the simplified simulator show that DP methods do not consistently outperform EMSRb and the sensitivity analysis show that the performance of DP relative to EMSRb depends on the demand variability, demand factor, fare ratios and passenger arrival pattern. The results from the PODS competitive network simulations show that DP methods, despite not showing any significant benefits in the simplified simulator, can outperform EMSRb when used in a competitive environment because DP's aggressive seat protection policy helps DP generate more revenues than EMSRb due to competitive feedback effects like inter-airline passenger spill-in, and passenger sell-up within the airline.
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Mohammadi, Javad. "Distributed Computational Methods for Energy Management in Smart Grids." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2016. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/710.
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It is expected that the grid of the future differs from the current system by the increased integration of distributed generation, distributed storage, demand response, power electronics, and communications and sensing technologies. The consequence is that the physical structure of the system becomes significantly more distributed. The existing centralized control structure is not suitable any more to operate such a highly distributed system. This thesis is dedicated to providing a promising solution to a class of energy management problems in power systems with a high penetration of distributed resources. This class includes optimal dispatch problems such as optimal power flow, security constrained optimal dispatch, optimal power flow control and coordinated plug-in electric vehicles charging. Our fully distributed algorithm not only handles the computational complexity of the problem, but also provides a more practical solution for these problems in the emerging smart grid environment. This distributed framework is based on iteratively solving in a distributed fashion the first order optimality conditions associated with the optimization formulations. A multi-agent viewpoint of the power system is adopted, in which at each iteration, every network agent updates a few local variables through simple computations, and exchanges information with neighboring agents. Our proposed distributed solution is based on the consensus+innovations framework, in which the consensus term enforces agreement among agents while the innovations updates ensure that local constraints are satisfied.
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Yeganehtalab, Babak. "Construction Management Methods and Techniques in Army Tactical Shelter." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609144/.
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This thesis presents a research effort aimed at developing using construction methods and techniques in army tactical shelter. The beginning step focuses on developing and identifying different activities and work breakdown structure applicable in shelter prototype. The next step focuses on identifying resource allocation. This include allocate resources based on the delivered project as per alternative one and for the second alternative as optimization, resource allocation modified and tried to level and minimize resource peak. In addition, the cost calculated for the whole project as well as for each WBS and activities which consider as alternative one and in the second alternative, cost mitigation applied according to available resources and adjusting predecessors and successors of each activity. In conclusion, two alternatives compared, available outcome presents, and future work suggested for the project team to continue this effort.
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Gkritsi, Aikaterini. "Agile game : a project management game for agile methods." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/272766/.
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Since mid-1990s, companies have adopted agile methods and incorporated them in their development methodologies. For this reason, future project managers and developers need to have a full understanding of these methods. At present, the university’s approach to agile methods is theoretical and is not reflected during the development of a product and their practical use. The purpose of this project is the creation of a software system in the form of a game, named Agile Game, which simulates their use. The system is designed for use as supplementary material in lectures, to help students understand agile methods, to present their use within a project, and to demonstrate how they differ from traditional project management methodologies. The final system, which is web based, was implemented using PHP, MySQL and JavaScript. It was fully tested against the requirements and evaluated by peer students. The evaluation showed that the majority of users were satisfied with the system but they thought that it should contain more detailed information at every step of the game. For this reason, some parts of the design and the content were reviewed to meet user requirements.
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Kravchenko, T. "The quantitative methods of estimation of corporate management efficiency." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2006. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/21605.
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Zawartka-Czekaj, Monika, and P. G. Pererva. "Economic methods of waste management in Poland and Ukraine." Thesis, NTU "KhPI", 2016. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/27082.
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Discussed the theoretical-methodical principles of cost management in transitive economy. The features of cost management in the Ukrainian and Polish economies.Розглянуто теоретико-методичні положення управління витратами в транзитивній економіці. Досліджено особливості менеджменту витрат в українській та польській економіці.
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Xu, Li. "Statistical Methods for Variability Management in High-Performance Computing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104184.
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High-performance computing (HPC) variability management is an important topic in computer science. Research topics include experimental designs for efficient data collection, surrogate models for predicting the performance variability, and system configuration optimization. Due to the complex architecture of HPC systems, a comprehensive study of HPC variability needs large-scale datasets, and experimental design techniques are useful for improved data collection. Surrogate models are essential to understand the variability as a function of system parameters, which can be obtained by mathematical and statistical models. After predicting the variability, optimization tools are needed for future system designs.
This dissertation focuses on HPC input/output (I/O) variability through three main chapters. After the general introduction in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 focuses on the prediction models for the scalar description of I/O variability. A comprehensive comparison study is conducted, and major surrogate models for computer experiments are investigated. In addition, a tool is developed for system configuration optimization based on the chosen surrogate model.
Chapter 3 conducts a detailed study for the multimodal phenomena in I/O throughput distribution and proposes an uncertainty estimation method for the optimal number of runs for future experiments. Mixture models are used to identify the number of modes for throughput distributions at different configurations. This chapter also addresses the uncertainty in parameter estimation and derives a formula for sample size calculation. The developed method is then applied to HPC variability data.
Chapter 4 focuses on the prediction of functional outcomes with both qualitative and quantitative factors. Instead of a scalar description of I/O variability, the distribution of I/O throughput provides a comprehensive description of I/O variability. We develop a modified Gaussian process for functional prediction and apply the developed method to the large-scale HPC I/O variability data.
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This dissertation focuses on three projects that are all related to statistical methods in performance variability management in high-performance computing (HPC). HPC systems are computer systems that create high performance by aggregating a large number of computing units. The performance of HPC is measured by the throughput of a benchmark called the IOZone Filesystem Benchmark. The performance variability is the variation among throughputs when the system configuration is fixed. Variability management involves studying the relationship between performance variability and the system configuration. In Chapter 2, we use several existing prediction models to predict the standard deviation of throughputs given different system configurations and compare the accuracy of predictions. We also conduct HPC system optimization using the chosen prediction model as the objective function. In Chapter 3, we use the mixture model to determine the number of modes in the distribution of throughput under different system configurations. In addition, we develop a model to determine the number of additional runs for future benchmark experiments. In Chapter 4, we develop a statistical model that can predict the throughout distributions given the system configurations. We also compare the prediction of summary statistics of the throughput distributions with existing prediction models.
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Coleman, Pheobie Latossa. "Executive Management Methods to Prepare Employees for Future Positions." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3149.
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Creating successful leaders is one of the challenges that social services organizations are facing. Employees may lack essential managerial skills to become productive leaders, and some managers may lack viable succession planning methods for preparing employees for leadership positions. The purpose of this case study was to explore methods that executive managers use to prepare employees for leadership positions. Path-goal theory and transformational leadership represent the conceptual framework that grounded this study. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 executive managers in the social services industry within southwest Georgia with experiences and skills specific to implementing successful succession planning. Company archives of corporate reports, government records, and business and management records were used for triangulation. The data were coded and analyzed using a modified van Kaam method. Participants verified the accuracy of the analysis of their responses through member-checking. The findings revealed 4 emergent themes: organizational management, hiring employees that fit the culture, leadership capabilities, and talent management. A recommendation from the study was that executive managers find methods to prepare employees for leadership positions. These findings may contribute to positive social change by identifying methods to prepare employees for leadership positions, thereby generating organizational sustainability, increasing organization revenue, and creating community economic development.
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Vitale, Dean C. Armenakis Achilles A. "Organizational change recipients and choosing an opinion leader a mixed methods investigation /." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/Management/Dissertation/Vitale_Dean_35.pdf.
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Belavendram, Nicolo. "Taguchi methods for manufacturing systems design." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306300.
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Ewerstein, Anders, and Markus Jansson. "Management method for Change Management in ERP systems." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-177379.
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Målet med detta arbete är att förbättra Spotifys processer när de gör förändringar internt som påverkar deras finansiella system. Arbetet har genomförts genom att kartlägga de team hos Spotify som skapar, påverkar och använder data i det finansiella systemet. Vidare har de olika teamens arbetssätt jämförts och skillnader i hur de arbetar identifierats. Baserat på de identifierade skillnaderna påvisas vilka utmaningar som finns när Spotify genomför förändringar där flera team är involverade. Kartläggningen visar att det finns både olika arbetssätt och grundinställning hos de olika teamen som skapar utmaningar i förändringsarbetet, speciellt i tvärfunktionella projekt. Slutsatser från resultatet presenteras i form av några olika förslag vilka kan hjälpa till att förbättra förändringsarbetet vid tvärfunktionella projekt hos Spotify. Skapa en koordinatorroll som fungerar som en gemensam kontakt för alla ärenden som genererar förändringar i det finansiella systemet. Genom den nya rollen tydliggör man informationsflödet. Skapa ett nytt team som ansvarar för alla förändringar som påverkar det finansiella systemet. Ett nytt team minskar beroenden mellan de olika teamen. Använda sig av tvärfunktionella projektledare som får dedikerade resurser att driva projekt där flera team är inblandade. Projektledaren kan då äga och ta ansvar för hela processen. Förändra så att alla inblandade team mäts på värdeskapandet för hela kedjan istället för att bedömas när de levererat sin del. Anordna en kortare workshop (1-5 dagar) med deltagare från de team som behöver interagera med varandra vid en förändring. Det blir ett effektivt sätt att minimera ledtiden mellan teamen. Skapa serviceavtal mellan de olika teamen, så att varje team effektivare kan planera sina resurser och veta vilka förutsättningar som gäller.The objective of this thesis is to help Spotify to improve their internal change management process in their financial system. The work was done by charting the internal teams that create, influence and use data in the company’s financial system. Furthermore, the working methods of the different teams were compared and differences in how they work were identified. Our findings show that there are both different working processes and attitudes between the teams. This creates challenges in the change management process, especially in cross-functional projects. Conclusions from the results are presented as suggestions. These may help to improve the change management process in cross-functional projects at Spotify: Implement a coordinator role, which works as a single point of contact for everything that is related to changes in the financial system. The new role helps to improve the distribution of information. Create a new team that is responsible for all changes that affect the financial system. A new team reduces dependencies betweenthe different teams. Introduce cross-functional project managers who receive dedicated resources to implement projects where multiple teams are involved. The project manager can then take full responsibility for the entire process. Make sure the effectiveness/productivity of all involved teams is measured by the value created for the whole value chain rather than when their respective part has been delivered. Have a workshop (1-5 days) in which participants from the teams that needs to integrate components work together. This will be an effective way to minimize the waiting time between the teams. Create a service level agreement between the different teams, so that each team can efficiently plan their resources and know what to expect from other teams.
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Bititci, Umit Sezer. "A study of business integration methods." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1994. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21343.
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Business-wide integration is a key strategic objective for survival in a global market place. The objective of the work presented in this thesis was to conduct a detailed study of business integration methods with a view to identifying development areas and developing the necessary methods, procedures and tools to address these gaps. Following a literature review the following development needs were identified: - -A Reference Model - An Audit Method -A Methodology The latter part of this thesis presents, in detail, the Reference Model, the Audit Method and the Methodology which' has been developed to fulfil the gaps identified. The Reference Model identifies six performance areas and criteria which an organisation would need to fulfil to achieve business-wide integration. The Methodology provides necessary framework, tools and techniques to achieve the performance criteria specified within the Reference Model. The Methodology consists of six main phases which ensures that the business vision, objectives and strategy are deployed through various functions down to operational processes. This is achieved through the use of an integrated set of performance measures. The Audit Method provides a set of procedures to measure an organisations performance against the criteria identified within the Reference Model. It is also used to measure the effectiveness of the methodology towards the achievement of the Reference Model. The application of the Methodology is illustrated through three different case studies. All three case studies, through the Audit Method, demonstrate that the application of the Methodology has resulted in considerable and measurable improvements in the levels of integration. Throughout the thesis emphasis has been placed on the research methods employed. The thesis concludes with a review of the work done and the research methods employed.
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Ren, Zhiwei. "Portfolio Construction using Clustering Methods." Link to electronic thesis, 2005. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-042605-092010/.
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Gelder, Brian Keith. "Land management database development methods for delineating management units and estimating crop and residue cover /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.
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