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Weber, P. "Location intelligence : a decision support system for business site selection." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1302551/.
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As one of the leading ‘world cities’, London is home to a highly internationalised workforce and is particularly reliant on foreign direct investment (FDI) for its continued economic success. In the face of increasing global competition and a very difficult economic climate, the capital must compete effectively to encourage and support such investors. Given these pressures, the need for a coherent framework for data and methodologies to inform business location decisions is apparent. The research sets out to develop a decision support system to iteratively explore, compare and rank London’s business neighbourhoods. This is achieved through the development, integration and evaluation of spatial data and its manipulation to create an interactive framework to model business location decisions. The effectiveness of the resultant framework is subsequently assessed using a scenario based user evaluation. In this thesis, a geo-business classification for London is created, drawing upon the methods and practices common to geospatial neighbourhood classifications used for profiling consumers. The geo-business classification method encapsulates relevant location variables using Principal Components Analysis into a set of composite area characteristics. Next, the research investigates the implementation of an appropriate Multi-Criteria Decision Making methodology, in this case Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) allowing the aggregation of the geo-business classification and decision makers’ preferences into discrete decision alternatives. Lastly, the results of the integration of both data and model through the development of, and evaluation of a web-based prototype are presented. The development of this novel business location decision support framework enables not only improved location decision-making, but also the development of enhanced intelligence on the relative attractiveness of business neighbourhoods according to investor types.
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Clouse, Candice Marie. "The Role of Place Image in Business Location Decisions." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu15051306584967.
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Ferreira, Renee. "The location decision of PE College after a merger." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/256.
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The Port Elizabeth College (PE College) was founded in January 2002 as a result of the merger between the three technical colleges in Port Elizabeth, namely, Russell Road, Bethelsdorp and Iqhayiya. Similar courses are offered in duplicated facilities, contrary to the sentiment of the legislation requiring the reduction of the number of technical colleges from 152 to 50. A further problem experienced by the management of PE College is that the Russell Road campus is so full that it is necessary to turn prospective students away, while the other campuses are under-utilised. The focus of this study is the evaluation of the location and coverage offered by the six PE College sites of delivery. The study examined the physical facilities of the PE College and investigated the requirements of staff and students, regarding their campuses of choice. The objectives were achieved through site visits to the six campuses, as well as a quantitative, structured, self-administered survey of all staff and students of the PE College in October 2003. The questions used in the survey were selected only after a literature review of location theory, which highlighted the factors to be considered in location decisions. Completed questionnaires were received from 1 256 student and 120 staff respondents. The empirical study showed that 13,2% of students and 9,2% of staff wished to study or work at a different campus. Sixty-eight percent of students who wanted to change campuses preferred to be based at the Russell Road campus, which is already full. As a result, this study has led to the recommendation that the PE College should use a product-based location strategy, where each campus specialises in a different field of study. Although this location strategy will not necessarily offer the greatest accessibility to students and staff, it will result in the least amount of duplication, and, therefore, reduced costs.
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Sokol, Vadym, and Kristijan Jordanov. "Site selection for small retail stores using sustainable and location-driven indicators : Case study: Starbucks coffee shops in Los Angeles." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-20053.
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Site selection decisions remains a complex yet crucial process for strong business performance. Despite the extensive number of publications in this field, the emergence of new data collection technique, improved location analytics, and changes in consumers’ preferences call for testing of new models and hypothesis. This study compares traditional site selection indicators (e.g. property size, proximities, competition, and demographic profiles) with novel site-selection indicators (e.g. environmental sustainability performance and socio-demographic characteristics from Tapestry data). By investigating a case study of Starbucks coffee stores in Los Angeles, we argue that environmental sustainability performance and socio-demographic Tapestry segments correlate with business performance indicators of small retail shops in two ways. First, higher sustainability scores result in increased foot traffic, and by extension increased business performance. Second, Tapestry segmentation stands as significant indicator of business performance in site selection modeling – specifically, by demonstrating the significant correlation between socio-demographic consumers’ segments and the number of visitors per location. The output of this study offers an alternative location-driven site selection method, important for businesses and key industry-players in sharpening location-allocation decision-making processes.
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Fadiya, Olusanjo Olaniran. "Development of an integrated decision analysis framework for selecting ICT-based logistics systems in the construction industry." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/250494.
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The current application of logistics in the construction industry is relatively inefficient when compared with other industries such as retail and manufacturing. The factors attributed to this inefficiency include the fragmented and short-term nature of construction process and inadequate tracking facilities on site. The inefficiency of construction logistics creates inter alia loss of materials and equipment, waste, construction delay, excessive cost and collision accident on site. Meanwhile, several information and communication technologies (ICT) have been proposed and developed by researchers to improve logistics functions such as tracking and monitoring of resources through the supply chain to the construction site. Such technologies include global positioning system (GPS), radio frequency identification devices (RFID), wireless sensors network (WSN) and geographical information system (GIS). While considerable research has been undertaken to develop the aforementioned systems, limited work has so far been done on investment justification prior to implementation. In this research, a framework has been developed to assess the extent of construction logistics problems, measure the significances of the problems, match the problems with existing ICT-based solutions and develop a robust ready-to-use multi-criteria analysis tool that can quantify the costs and benefits of implementing several ICT-based construction logistics systems. The tool is an integrated platform of related evaluation techniques such as Fault Tree Analysis, Decision Tree Analysis, Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Multi-Attribute Utility Theory. Prior to the development of this tool, data was collected through questionnaire survey and analysed by means of statistical analysis in order to derive some foundational parameters of the tool. Quantitative research method was adopted for data collection because the processes of the tool for which the data was required are quantitative. The implementation of this tool is novel given the integration of the analytical techniques mentioned above and the application of the tool for selecting ICT-based construction logistics systems. The tool takes in data such as cost and quantities of materials for a building project and quantifies the cost and benefits of alternative ICT-based tracking systems that can improve the logistics functions of the project. The application of the tool will eliminate guesswork on the benefits of ICT-based tracking systems by providing an objective platform for the quantification of cost and benefits of the systems prior to implementation.
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Bangarth, Peter Robert Matthias. "Chachapoyan archaeological site location with satellite imagery." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ30778.pdf.
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Woywitka, Robin John. "Archaeological site location data implications for GIS /." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 2002. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?MQ81330.
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Nutakor, Christopher. "Decision support system for locating traffic information dissemination sites along freeway corridors." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39171.
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Dynamic route guidance systems which are products of the Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS) Technology have been reasonably useful in guiding motorists from their
origins to destinations. In general, transportation networks could be used more efficiently
if dynamic route guidance information could be provided to motorists at all relevant
locations along freeway corridors. This is however not possible, particularly because of
financial constraints. It is therefore imperative that information be provided to motorists
at locations where it will be of maximum benefit.
The objective of this research is to develop methodologies and computer models for
estimating utility of motorist information at different locations along freeway corridors.
Such models will be very useful in guiding transportation professionals to optimize
resources when providing guidance information to motorists. The methodologies have been developed based on both recurrent and non recurrent
traffic congestion situations. The methodologies assume that motorists behave rationally
and will divert from congested freeways to uncongested arterials based on the user
equilibrium traffic assignment criteria. The utility of information estimation has however
been based on total system time savings. Computer models have been developed based
on the methodologies using the C++ programming language. Nonetheless, because the
computer models have been developed based on historical traffic data, they have been
validated using real time simulation models developed with the SIMSCRIPT II.5
programming language. The validation process proved reasonably successful.
Many factors which include traffic volumes on alternate arterial routes to a given freeway
link, the number of alternate routes to the freeway link especially under recurrent traffic
congestion conditions, link lengths, volume of traffic on the freeway link and incident
history in the case of non recurrent congestions influence the utility of information. With
the particular networks investigated in this research however, the results indicate volume
of traffic on the freeway links as the most influencing factor, since freeway links with
relatively high traffic volumes tend to have relatively high utility values. The reason for
this is probably because of the small size nature of the networks used, hence as a result
all the freeway links tend to have only one or two alternate routes and the traffic volumes
on the arterial links also do not differ significantly. The freeway link volumes therefore
become the dominating factor in influencing the information utilities.Ph. D.
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Ong, Alen Sen Kay. "Asset location decision models in life insurance." Thesis, City University London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336430.
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Milatos, Gerasimos Dionisios. "Evaluation of site effects on a high frequency direction finding single site location system." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1993. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA267465.
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Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1993.Thesis advisor(s): Adler, Richard W. "March 1993." Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-113). Also available online.
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Ansar, Atif. "'New departures' in infrastructure provision : an ongoing evolution away from physical assets to user needs." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1f938334-bf4e-45cc-81fc-be50afa5dc9e.
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Infrastructure—communications, energy, transport, waste, and water networks—is critical for economic activity and social well-being. Practitioners, politicians, and economists advocate high levels of investment in infrastructure under the rubric of 'planning for growth' (or the 'push' paradigm). This paradigm relies on complex public-private arrangements in the name of public interest. These seemingly reasonable arrangements are, however, not delivering their promise. Evidence shows that the needs of infrastructure users in rich and poor countries are not being met, many private providers of infrastructure earn rich returns, assets are rarely built in time or on budget, and there is tremendous waste in the operation of many infrastructure industries. No other sector could survive the profligacy and slack common in infrastructure. I distil the following primary propositions of the accepted wisdom, which is inspired by mainstream economics: First, infrastructure assets necessarily entail high sunk costs and large economies of scale. Consequently, assets last for very long periods of time, and they cannot be readily moved. Second, infrastructure outputs are homogeneous. Third, one network fits all users (large and small). Fourth, infrastructure users, even large ones, are likely to have weak bargaining power in procurement of infrastructure outputs. I challenge these four propositions of the conventional wisdom by putting forward alternative hypotheses. First, instead of being monolithic and costly, infrastructures can be assembled (and disassembled) as flexible modules for specific users in specific places. Drawing on option pricing theory in quantitative finance, I recast infrastructures as 'portfolios of real options'. Second, infrastructure outputs are, in fact, heterogeneous and differentiated services. Third, one infrastructure network cannot fit all users, either today or in the future. Users are remarkably heterogeneous, not only in terms of unique user preferences but also in terms of spatial location. Infrastructure networks need to evolve in tandem with user needs or risk spatial, temporal, and relational obsolescence. Finally, users, large and small, are adept at exerting strong bargaining power in procuring infrastructure both prior to and after rendering durable and immobile investments. Users also strategically deploy intermediaries, e.g. futures and Over-the-Counter (OTC) exchanges, and real estate developers, to negotiate private contracts for infrastructure services. These findings are supported by two case studies. The first case study details the process by which ThyssenKrupp, a large steel company, bargained for its infrastructure by locating to a manufacturing site in the U.S. The second case study focuses on residents of Lavasa, one of the largest property developments in India. Here, small users of infrastructure exert strong bargaining power with the aid of intermediaries—the real estate developer and the property asset manager. New departures in infrastructure provision are urgently needed at a practical level. Poor investments rendered today—particularly if costly, inflexible, and durable—will suffocate tomorrow’s possibilities. The spatial, temporal, and relational approach proposed in this dissertation begins to offer an alternative account of how tomorrow can be modularly shaped.
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Kelly, Ingrid Michelle. "3' splice site location and recognition in S. cerevisiae." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.627288.
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Gibson, Rick. "Plant Your Tree in the Right Location." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/561223.
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5 pp.As long term investments, trees are expected to provide benefits for extended periods of time, usually decades. Trees planted in locations where they cannot survive or where they create problems rarely stay in place for any length of time. Trees experiencing shortened lives waste money, create hazards, and fail to perform their intended horticultural function. The bulletin highlights the importance of selecting a tree right for the location in which it will be planted. Key suggestions for making sound horticultural decisions along with ten examples of trees planted in locations where problems can far outweigh the benefits are presented.
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Gish, Donald A. "Failure site location by acoustic emission for composites reliability assurance." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA305888.
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Zhou, Guoqing. "Co-Location Decision Tree for Enhancing Decision-Making of Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26059.
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A pavement management system (PMS) is a valuable tool and one of the critical elements of the
highway transportation infrastructure. Since a vast amount of pavement data is frequently and
continuously being collected, updated, and exchanged due to rapidly deteriorating road
conditions, increased traffic loads, and shrinking funds, resulting in the rapid accumulation of a
large pavement database, knowledge-based expert systems (KBESs) have therefore been
developed to solve various transportation problems. This dissertation presents the development
of theory and algorithm for a new decision tree induction method, called co-location-based
decision tree (CL-DT.) This method will enhance the decision-making abilities of pavement
maintenance personnel and their rehabilitation strategies. This idea stems from shortcomings in
traditional decision tree induction algorithms, when applied in the pavement treatment strategies.
The proposed algorithm utilizes the co-location (co-occurrence) characteristics of spatial
attribute data in the pavement database. With the proposed algorithm, one distinct event
occurrence can associate with two or multiple attribute values that occur simultaneously in
spatial and temporal domains.
This research dissertation describes the details of the proposed CL-DT algorithms and steps of
realizing the proposed algorithm. First, the dissertation research describes the detailed colocation
mining algorithm, including spatial attribute data selection in pavement databases, the
determination of candidate co-locations, the determination of table instances of candidate colocations, pruning the non-prevalent co-locations, and induction of co-location rules. In this step, a hybrid constraint, i.e., spatial geometric distance constraint condition and a distinct event-type constraint condition, is developed. The spatial geometric distance constraint condition is a
neighborhood relationship-based spatial joins of table instances for many prevalent co-locations
with one prevalent co-location; and the distance event-type constraint condition is a Euclidean
distance between a set of attributes and its corresponding clusters center of attributes. The
dissertation research also developed the spatial feature pruning method using the multi-resolution
pruning criterion. The cross-correlation criterion of spatial features is used to remove the nonprevalent co-locations from the candidate prevalent co-location set under a given threshold. The dissertation research focused on the development of the co-location decision tree (CL-DT)
algorithm, which includes the non-spatial attribute data selection in the pavement management
database, co-location algorithm modeling, node merging criteria, and co-location decision tree
induction. In this step, co-location mining rules are used to guide the decision tree generation and
induce decision rules. For each step, this dissertation gives detailed flowcharts, such as flowchart of co-location decision tree induction, co-location/co-occurrence decision tree algorithm, algorithm of colocation/co-occurrence decision tree (CL-DT), and outline of steps of SFS (Sequential Feature Selection) algorithm. Finally, this research used a pavement database covering four counties, which are provided by NCDOT (North Carolina Department of Transportation), to verify and test the proposed method. The comparison analyses of different rehabilitation treatments proposed by NCDOT, by the traditional DT induction algorithm and by the proposed new method are conducted. Findings and conclusions include: (1) traditional DT technology can make a consistent decision for road maintenance and rehabilitation strategy under the same road conditions, i.e., less interference from human factors; (2) the traditional DT technology can increase the speed of decision-making because the technology automatically generates a decision-tree and rules if the expert knowledge is given, which saves time and expenses for PMS; (3) integration of the DT and GIS can provide the PMS with the capabilities of graphically displaying treatment decisions, visualizing the attribute and non-attribute data, and linking data and information to the geographical coordinates. However, the traditional DT induction methods are not as quite intelligent as oneâ s expectations. Thus, post-processing and refinement is necessary. Moreover, traditional DT induction methods for pavement M&R strategies only used the non-spatial attribute data. It has been demonstrated from this dissertation research that the spatial data is very useful for the improvement of decision-making processes for pavement treatment strategies. In addition, the decision trees are based on the knowledge acquired from pavement management engineers for strategy selection. Thus, different decision-trees can be built if the requirement changes.Ph. D.
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Stefanovici, Celia, and Mirela Sehic. "Organizations and the location of the decision making authority." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Business Administration, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-4248.
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This dissertation was aimed to research how well the existing theories in decision making and organizational structure agree with the modern organizations of today. The nature of our research made it necessary for us to use both the deductive and the inductive approach. The deductive mainly because we started our research by exploring already existing data and the inductive approach because we created our own data though the multiple case studies, in form of semi-structured interviews, of three Swedish organizations. This was done in order to make it possible for us to get a deeper understanding of the chosen subject, and we kept an open mind for the results. We also researched where in the organizations the authority of decision making is located, in order to see to what extend these organizations are centralized/decentralized and how much authority the local managers have in their own hands.
The results we got in our research to both the first research question, which was where in the organizations the authority of decision making is located, and to the second research question, which was how much authority the interviewed local managers had, were similar. The results showed that the researched organizations were both centralized and decentralized at the same time. Yet, the level of centralization and decentralization and the authority held by the interviewed local managers depends on the structure of the organization and on the environment that the organizations operate in.
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鄧麗儀 and Lai-yee Sandy Tang. "Retail location decision analysis: the cases of chain stores." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31979956.
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Tang, Lai-yee Sandy. "Retail location decision analysis : the cases of chain stores /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25803517.
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Sukumaran, Sujith Gue Kevin R. "A decision support system for biorefinery location and logistics." Auburn, Ala, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1699.
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Pellegrino, Cristina. "Decision support system for Brownfield Site Sustainable Regeneration." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2007. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54600/.
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The work described in this thesis concerns the development of a Brownfield Site Sustainable Regeneration - Decision Support System (BSSR-DSS). The project aims to develop a pilot system that can provide information and alternatives for sustainable brownfield regeneration as a platform to make decisions in this context. One of the main characteristics of the BSSR-DSS is its ability to process the input data (related to site characteristics), run simulations and assess/evaluate different scenarios in order to obtain the most sustainable solution. The process input data for the BSSR-DSS relates to a wide range of sustainability indicators that have been developed in the European Project "RESCUE - Regeneration of European Sites in Cities and Urban Environments". The system involves the elaboration of methods and approaches using innovative mathematical techniques such as Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic to analyze and evaluate the input data (site characteristics and sustainability indicators) to produce a significant output. The literature review undertaken confirmed that no current system integrating the two above mathematical techniques has been implemented to date. The system is also linked to a Geographic Information System (GIS) called MAPINFO. This allows extensive information searches to be undertaken that can be site specific, and the information displayed on a map.
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Weems, Cathy Jo. "Site-based Curricular Decision Making : A Case Study." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277991/.
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Short, Duncan M. "The location of the cytochrome c binding site on flavocytochrome b2." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/11915.
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Flavocytochrome b2 is a L-lactate dehydrogenase found in the intermembrane space of certain yeasts. Its physiological partner is cytochrome c. The enzyme exists as a homotetramer with each subunit consisting of two domains, a flavodehydrogenase domain and a cytochrome domain. The cytochrome domain is homologous with the extensively studied cytochrome b5. The two domains are joined by an inter-domain hinge. A computer model of how a complex may be formed between flavocytochrome b2 and cytochrome c was produced in 1993, and predicted several residues to be important for molecular recognition. In accordance with other simulated models of protein complexes, the negative aspartates and glutamates of flavocytochrome b2 were aligned with the positive arginines and lysines of cytochrome c. The haems were found to be parallel, with an iron-iron separation of 25.6Å. An electron-transfer pathway was also proposed between the two haems. This involved the side-chain of isoleucine 50, which is in contact with the flavocytochrome b2 haem, the backbone of lysine 51, and the aromatic ring of phenylalanine 52, which was reported to be in van der Waal's contact with the haem of cytochrome c. The model predicted a key residue for complex formation on flavocytochrome b2, glutamate 91. The construction of a mutant-enzyme, with glutamate 91 mutated to a lysine, produced a second-order rate constant for the reduction of cytochrome c of 37.7 μM-1s-1, within the value for the wild-type enzyme of 34.8 μM-1s-1 (pH 7.5, I = 0.1M, 25°C). The haem redox potential for the mutant-enzyme was -13mV, a value again within error of the wild-type enzyme, 017mV. These data, along with data from two other mutant-enzymes, showed that the hypothetical complex was not a realistic model of how cytochrome c binds to flavocytochrome b2. However, with the aid of molecular graphics and the sequence homology conserved within the 'cytochrome b5 fold', several residues were postulated to form a binding site for cytochrome c.
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Di, Pace Brian S. "Site- and Location-Adjusted Approaches to Adaptive Allocation Clinical Trial Designs." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5706.
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Response-Adaptive (RA) designs are used to adaptively allocate patients in clinical trials. These methods have been generalized to include Covariate-Adjusted Response-Adaptive (CARA) designs, which adjust treatment assignments for a set of covariates while maintaining features of the RA designs. Challenges may arise in multi-center trials if differential treatment responses and/or effects among sites exist. We propose Site-Adjusted Response-Adaptive (SARA) approaches to account for inter-center variability in treatment response and/or effectiveness, including either a fixed site effect or both random site and treatment-by-site interaction effects to calculate conditional probabilities. These success probabilities are used to update assignment probabilities for allocating patients between treatment groups as subjects accrue. Both frequentist and Bayesian models are considered. Treatment differences could also be attributed to differences in social determinants of health (SDH) that often manifest, especially if unmeasured, as spatial heterogeneity amongst the patient population. In these cases, patient residential location can be used as a proxy for these difficult to measure SDH. We propose the Location-Adjusted Response-Adaptive (LARA) approach to account for location-based variability in both treatment response and/or effectiveness. A Bayesian low-rank kriging model will interpolate spatially-varying joint treatment random effects to calculate the conditional probabilities of success, utilizing patient outcomes, treatment assignments and residential information. We compare the proposed methods with several existing allocation strategies that ignore site for a variety of scenarios where treatment success probabilities vary.
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Tsimiklis, Georgios. "Offshore location decision and economic crisis (The case of Greece)." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-98207.
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Outsourcing is a trend that has penetrated many industries over the last years taking the form of offshore outsourcing in many cases. However the location decision that follows the offshore outsourcing or the offshoring decision is quite complex and almost impossible to be answered through a linear model. A series of frameworks have been developed attempting to facilitate the process above.The focus of this work is the analysis of the location decision making through the reflection of the existing literature and the example of a specific country, Greece. Greece is chosen as a dynamic environment where the recent economic crisis has provoked structural reforms at the country, affecting the attractiveness of the location. The analysis of country is based on an OECD recent survey while the comparison is made with the assistance of a specific location decision model.Based on the findings of this study, it can be claimed that the case of Greece is quite different compared to other countries at the past which have faced similar situations. Further the reforms that take place need more time in order to be projected and trigger the attractiveness of the location.
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Lin, Xiangyi, and Yuanyuan Zu. "Multi-criteria GIS-based procedure for coffee shop location decision." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-15232.
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The location selection of a coffee shop is crucial for its success or failure. It should be decided in a strategical and comprehensive way. Geographic Information System (GIS) technology has rapidly become a popular tool for complicated location decision problems, because of its remarkable function for handling spatial and non-spatial data. In this particular project, based on GIS softwares, a spatial interaction model, the Huff model, and a decision making model, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), a multi-criteria model, were used to determine the most promising area for opening a new coffee shop in San Francisco, United States. By using two GIS softwares, ArcMap and ERDAS, to analyze different kinds of criteria, which can be classified as socioeconomic and demographic, three customized optimizing location maps, the optimized location for Huff capture, the optimized location for AHP-based multi-criteria model and the optimized location map for both Huff and AHP, were obtained. When these three maps were compared with the actual situation, the commercial district and the area that was surrounded by a university and parks were evaluated as the most suitable location for establishing a new coffee shop in San Francisco. The result shows that visitor flow rate was a primary factor that influences the operation of coffee shops.
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Tao, Xiaoyong. "Cash & carry sector : location models and GIS decision support." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2003. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/cash--carry-sector(3dd17c18-e63f-40af-b0f8-53b827b2b6a5).html.
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Although diverse methods/models have been studied and applied in general retail location areas, very few actually related to an important trade sector - Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club. Because of the distinguishing characteristics of this sector, the methods and models successfully used in other sectors cannot be simply transferred. To solve this problem, a thorough study has been conducted to compare the characteristics of the sector with available methods/models. Based on the outcome of this study, the regression model has been identified to be a better choice for the sector. Multiple key regression issues, such as model selection, trade area definition, overfilling and multicol linearity, measurement of competitiveness, subjective judgements and quantitative modelling, etc., have been explored in the configuration of a regression model for the sector. The resulting model based on the data from a British Cash & Carry company has achieved the highest R2 and R 2 (adj) when compared to similar research (based on literature search up to the year 2003). With the emergence of Geographic Information System (GIS), a powerful spatial information analysis tool, retail location enters the era of the use of Spatial Decision Support System technology to enhance the decision efficiency. Meanwhile, a dynamic location analysis system is important and necessary to retailers. This is why a Spatial-DSS is proposed and designed in the thesis. The designed system integrates technologies such as Database Management Systems (DBMS), Statistics Software, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Decision Support Systems (DSS) and others. Although these technologies have been used in various areas before, integrating them to form a coherent unity is new.
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Yanitski, Norman William. "Site-based management, its impact on school decision-making." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq23103.pdf.
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Dalton, Don Fredrick. "Middle school teacher involvement in site-based decision making /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Emsley, Margaret W. "A model to optimize single tower crane location within a construction site." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2001. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7560.
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This thesis describes the development of a descriptive mathematical model to determine the optimum position of a single tower crane. The objective function of the model is that of minimization of total travel time necessary to complete all movements from the installation of the crane until it is dismantled and removed. Previous models which have been developed to determine optimum crane selection and location are categorized as simulation models, expert systems and mathematical models and three particular models are credited as making contributions to the problem of tower crane location. However, the model developed here overcomes many of the deficiencies exhibited by these models. In developing a model to determine optimum tower crane location, the characteristics of the construction site in which it will be placed and those of the crane itself must be considered separately. The most challenging and significant problem is in determining the total number of movements which will occur during the time when a particular crane is installed on a particular site. The method adopted was the application of a linear programming technique, the Simplex Method. Once the (computer) model had been developed a wide range of simulations were carried out to see if any general truth concerning the optimum layout could be evinced. The result of these simulations demonstrated that there are potentially significant savings to be made, in terms of the time to complete all movements, by locating the crane in the optimum position rather than in one where the maximum time to complete all movements occurs. Typical savings were in the order of 30% but situations where the time savings were in excess of 100% and even 200% were not uncommon. The layout configuration was shown to have very little influence on the magnitude of the minimum time to complete all movements. And these optimum positions were found to consistently occur at the site perimeter, very often at the corners, whilst the positions associated with the maximum times were consistently located internally. However, when the cost implications of locating the crane at the perimeter, which necessitates the use of a crane with a longer jib than would be necessary were the crane located internally, were taken into account, it was shown that, in terms of cost benefits, the cheaper option is to use the crane with a short a jib as is viable for the purposes of reaching the points the crane is required to service, and locate the crane internally. Finally, neural networks were shown to have potential as a tool to predict optimum crane location, but further work is needed to produce a working model.
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Štola, Josef. "Srovnání vybraných způsobů ocenění pro nemovitost typu pozemek v lokalitě Znojmo." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-232489.
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The subject of my thesis is a comparison of selected methods of measurement suitable for land in the Znojmo area, assess the appropriateness of valuation methods in comparison with the cost of actually realized by sale, devise a procedure for pricing and evaluating the most common method of valuation of land in the selected location. For this work I chose the land, the sale was conducted last year by one of Znojmo Realtors.
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Wise, Laura. "The relationship between crime and park site design." Virtual Press, 1989. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/562787.
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There currently exist no usable criteria that planners and park designers can use when evaluating whether a particular parcel of land is well suited for park uses vis a vis its susceptibility to criminal activity. Previous crime/environment studies have primarily focused on residential and commercial areas. Furthermore, these studies have not given consistent results. Studies by Moran and Dolphin (1986) and Samdahl and Christensen (1985) have, however, established the importance of context when determining a particular feature's influence on criminal activity.This study examined the relationship between the design features of two Indianapolis parks and incidences of crime in an attempt to identify facilitating or. inhibiting environmental influences on crime. Documentation of the site features and any potential these two parks and the areas immediately surrounding them as a method of identifying these factors. Documentation of the respective site features revealed that the two parks were similar enough that their differences could be isolated and related to the available crime data. The results indicated that bordering streets exerted a facilitating influence on crime while the existence of bordering homes had an inhibiting effect.Department of Landscape Architecture
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Lopes, Rui Jorge Ferreira Soares Borges. "Location-routing problems of semi-obnoxious facilities: approaches and decision support." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/4014.
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Doutoramento em Gestão IndustrialA presente tese resulta de um trabalho de investigação cujo objectivo se centrou no problema de localização-distribuição (PLD) que pretende abordar, de forma integrada, duas actividades logísticas intimamente relacionadas: a localização de equipamentos e a distribuição de produtos. O PLD, nomeadamente a sua modelação matemática, tem sido estudado na literatura, dando origem a diversas aproximações que resultam de diferentes cenários reais. Importa portanto agrupar as diferentes variantes por forma a facilitar e potenciar a sua investigação. Após fazer uma revisão e propor uma taxonomia dos modelos de localização-distribuição, este trabalho foca-se na resolução de alguns modelos considerados como mais representativos. É feita assim a análise de dois dos PLDs mais básicos (os problema capacitados com procura nos nós e nos arcos), sendo apresentadas, para ambos, propostas de resolução. Posteriormente, é abordada a localização-distribuição de serviços semiobnóxios. Este tipo de serviços, ainda que seja necessário e indispensável para o público em geral, dada a sua natureza, exerce um efeito desagradável sobre as comunidades contíguas. Assim, aos critérios tipicamente utilizados na tomada de decisão sobre a localização destes serviços (habitualmente a minimização de custo) é necessário adicionar preocupações que reflectem a manutenção da qualidade de vida das regiões que sofrem o impacto do resultado da referida decisão. A abordagem da localização-distribuição de serviços semiobnóxios requer portanto uma análise multi-objectivo. Esta análise pode ser feita com recurso a dois métodos distintos: não interactivos e interactivos. Ambos são abordados nesta tese, com novas propostas, sendo o método interactivo proposto aplicável a outros problemas de programação inteira mista multi-objectivo. Por último, é desenvolvida uma ferramenta de apoio à decisão para os problemas abordados nesta tese, sendo apresentada a metodologia adoptada e as suas principais funcionalidades. A ferramenta desenvolvida tem grandes preocupações com a interface de utilizador, visto ser direccionada para decisores que tipicamente não têm conhecimentos sobre os modelos matemáticos subjacentes a este tipo de problemas.
This thesis main objective is to address the location-routing problem (LRP) which intends to tackle, using an integrated approach, two highly related logistics activities: the location of facilities and the distribution of materials. The LRP, namely its mathematical formulation, has been studied in the literature, and several approaches have emerged, corresponding to different real-world scenarios. Therefore, it is important to identify and group the different LRP variants, in order to segment current research and foster future studies. After presenting a review and a taxonomy of location-routing models, the following research focuses on solving some of its variants. Thus, a study of two of the most basic LRPs (capacitated problems with demand either on the nodes or on the arcs) is performed, and new approaches are presented. Afterwards, the location-routing of semi-obnoxious facilities is addressed. These are facilities that, although providing useful and indispensible services, given their nature, bring about an undesirable effect to adjacent communities. Consequently, to the usual objectives when considering their location (cost minimization), new ones must be added that are able to reflect concerns regarding the quality of life of the communities impacted by the outcome of these decisions. The location-routing of semi-obnoxious facilities therefore requires to be analysed using multi-objective approaches, which can be of two types: noninteractive or interactive. Both are discussed and new methods proposed in this thesis; the proposed interactive method is suitable to other multi-objective mixed integer programming problems. Finally, a newly developed decision-support tool to address the LRP is presented (being the adopted methodology discussed, and its main functionalities shown). This tool has great concerns regarding the user interface, as it is directed at decision makers who typically don’t have specific knowledge of the underlying models of this type of problems.
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Hernandez, Juan Antonio. "The role of geographic information systems within retail location decision making." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264718.
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Hodge, Samantha. "Spatial patterns in serial murder : a conceptual model of disposal site location choice." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266365.
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Givens, Wade Alexander. "Development of a site-specific herbicide application decision support system." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2007. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/ETD-browse/browse.
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Restine, Keith. "Teacher Influence in Site-Based Decision Making: A Descriptive Study." TopSCHOLAR®, 1992. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2762.
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Site-based decision making has been the focus of considerable research. However, the study of perceived teacher influence in schools utilizing site-based decision making has been neglected as applied to specific sites. Much of the research on participatory decision making has focused primarily on the effective group behaviors of decision making bodies, the structural components of programs, descriptive case studies of programs, or on general themes such as school restructuring. Much of the literature on decision making has been remiss in describing the process from a human orientation, as opposed to a product orientation.
This study examines the perception of teachers in a school with a decision making council. The focus of the study is on the perceived degree of teacher influence found in one school utilizing a site-based decision making council. The focus of this analysis was on the perceived degree of teacher influence in relation to the structural factors found at the school site.
This study employed the techniques of qualitative methodology. Data were obtained through document review, observation, interview, and questionnaire. The concern was for insight into the perceived degree of influence from the viewpoint of individual perspectives which were examined. The subjects included members of a decision making council and the teachers represented by the council.
The data revealed two distinct structures which were influential in the perceived degree of teacher influence. These structures were referred to as formal and informal impact agents. Sub-groupings of the formal structure were referred to as historical and novel.
The formal structural variables are described as historical (hierarchical systems entrenched by tradition or role authority) and novel (hierarchical systems which impact the implementation phase of decisions). Informal structures are characterized as collegial and deal with traditional and nontraditional interaction patterns among school personnel.
A consistent theme was the belief that the novel structural system accommodated more teacher influence at the school site. Collegial interactions, which were observed and described, reflected this belief.
Data suggest that there are implications for focusing on the degree of influence perceived by teachers when introducing a system of governance involving site-based decision making.
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Coombes, Matthew. "Landing site reachability and decision making for UAS forced landings." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2016. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/21139.
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After a huge amount of success within the military, the benefits of the use of unmanned aerial systems over manned aircraft is obvious. They are becoming cheaper and their functions advancing to such a point that there is now a large drive for their use by civilian operators. However there are a number of significant challenges that are slowing their inevitable integration into the national airspace systems of countries. A large array of emergency situations will need to be dealt with autonomously by contingency management systems to prevent potentially deadly incidences. One such emergency situation that will need autonomous intervention, is the total loss of thrust from engine failure. The complex multi faceted task of landing the stricken aircraft at a potentially unprepared site is called a forced landing. This thesis presents methods to address a number of critical parts of a forced landing system for use by an unmanned aerial system. In order for an emergency landing site to be considered, it needs to be within glide range. In order to find a landing site s reachability from the point of engine failure the aircraft s glide performance and a glide path must be known. A method by which to calculate the glide performance, both from aircraft parameters or experiments is shown. These are based on a number of steady state assumptions to make them generic and quick to compute. Despite the assumptions, these are shown to have reasonable accuracy. A minimum height loss path to the landing site is defined, which takes account of a steady uniform wind. While this path is not the path to be flown it enables a measure of how reachable a landing site is, as any extra height the aircraft has once it gets to the site makes a site more reachable. It is shown that this method is fast enough to be run online and is generic enough for use on a range of aircraft. Based on identified factors that make a landing site more suitable, a multi criteria decision making Bayesian network is developed to decide upon which site a unmanned aircraft should land in. It can handle uncertainty and non-complete information while guaranteeing a fast reasonable decision, which is critical in this time sensitive situation. A high fidelity simulation environment and flight test platform are developed in order to test the performance of the developed algorithms. The test environments developed enable rapid prototyping of algorithms not just within the scope of this thesis, but on a range of vehicle types. In simulation the minimum height loss paths show good accuracy, for two completely different types of aircraft. The decision making algorithms show that they are capable of being ran online in a flight test. They make a reasonable decision and are capable of quickly reacting to changing conditions, enabling redirection to a more suitable landing site.
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Park, Kunsoon. "Identification of Site Selection Factors in the U.S. Franchise Restaurant Industry: An Exploratory Study." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30900.
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The purpose of this study was to identify and rank the importance of the site selection factors that influence the U.S. franchise restaurant industry as well as rank the confidence level of the experts. To identify the site selection factors, this study sought assistance and support from restaurant professionals. The Delphi technique was used to elicit the opinions of a panel of experts regarding the site selection factors.
The panel was composed of restaurant professionals of restaurant companies which had already developed franchised units in the U.S. Panel members suggested a total of 56 factors under six different headings: general location, position of site, demographics, traffic information, competition, and cost consideration. They reached a consensus on the site selection factors on most of the issues. The result of study showed that the factors identified under position of site and competition are major aspects that influence the site selection of the restaurant companies.Master of Science
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Venable, Laura Leigh. "A decision support system for the location of Naval Surface Reserve Units." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA349580.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998."March 1998." Thesis advisor(s): William R. Gates, Mark A. Murphy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47). Also available online.
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Al, Qur'an Marwan. "Location decision-making processes of internationalising firms: a multiple case study investigation." Curtin University of Technology, Curtin Business School, 2005. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=16311.
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Research into the location decision of Australian international firms was primarily directed toward investigating motivations of Australian investors for setting up their foreign direct investments (FDI) in specific foreign countries. Nevertheless, the strategic decision-making process concerning the selection of a beneficial foreign country for either Australian or Western Australian international operations has been neglected in the existing literature; hence, an evident and significant gap was identified. Therefore, the current exploratory investigation used an interpretive paradigm to examine ‘how do Western Australian internationalising firms arrive at a beneficial foreign location choice for their international operations and hence attain successful international expansion. As an attempt to provide rich and deep insights into managerial actions and procedures, as well as critical success factors, that should be considered in effective international location decision-making process to attain a beneficial foreign location choice, five empirical comparative in-depth case studies excluding a pilot case study were purposefully selected from among sixteen potential Western Australian firms which established manufacturing and service operations abroad. Furthermore, seven international location decision-making processes were examined within these five cases through relying on several data sources: in-depth face to face interviews, short telephone and follow-up interviews and questionnaire instrument as primary data sources besides field notes, documents review when available and internet sources as secondary data sources. Two main stages of analysis were undertaken in the current research, namely, within and cross-case analyses.The empirical findings of the extant research show that a thorough consultative and international experience-based strategic decision process should be considered to attain effective foreign country selection decisions. The consultative decision process encompasses five crucial managerial phases; that is, (1) strategic analysis of internationalisation drivers, (2) strategic searching and development of location factors and alternatives, (3) acquiring of adequate and relevant information about the prospective locations and, hence, strategic assessment for these alternatives, (4) strategic selection of final beneficial foreign location choice, and finally, (5) effective implementation of the selected location choice. Results reveal that the decision process cannot separately lead to the selection of a beneficial foreign location choice in the absence of four critical success factors, i.e., (1) international business experience of the selected location team, (2) the country knowledge about the potential foreign locations, (3) in-house and external consultations with international business experts and (4) identification of a trustworthy and internationally experienced manager or local partner for the international operation. The findings also illustrate that the comprehensive foreign country selection decision process is a multi-stage decision process which incorporates three separate location selection processes, namely, (1) country selection, (2) city selection and (3) site selection process. The current research extends the satisficing or bounded rational decision theory by confirming the appropriateness and the effectiveness of the theory in foreign country selection decisions.
In addition, the earlier critical success factors are adding new and important aspects of knowledge to the existing research on location decision-making process in international business, as well as foreign direct investment decisions. Accordingly, the former management phases and critical success factors were integrated into a conceptual model. The major and the unique contribution of the current thesis to existing theory is the development of a decision model which combines two fields of management research; that is, strategic decision-making and location decision-making in international business. The research provides important methodological contributions to international business research in relation to an effective multiple case study approach to capture elements of the comprehensive and complex international location decision-making process. Finally, the research findings and decision model have practical managerial implications for both international and internationalising firms by assisting them to improve the effectiveness of their foreign country selection decision processes. Further, the findings provide benefits for foreign investment policy-makers as well as local development officials in both home and host countries by assisting them to increase their outward FDI and attract more inward FDI and, consequently, boost the economic development movement in their countries.
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Aliyu, Mohammed Aminu. "Microeconometric analysis of the residential location decision : the case of Kano, Nigeria." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2010. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/34205/.
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Al, Qur'an Marwan Nayef Mustafa. "Location decision-making processes of internationalising firms : a multiple case study investigation /." Full text available, 2005. http://adt.curtin.edu.au/theses/available/adt-WCU20060310.093745.
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Mensah, Michael, and Grace Nakkazi. "Distribution center location decision making : A case study of Melcom Ghana limited." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-27882.
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Saleh, Areej. "A Location-aided Decision Algorithm for Handoff Across Heterogeneous Wireless Overlay Networks." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/10043.
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Internetworking third generation (3G) technologies with wireless LAN (WLAN) technologies such as Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems (UMTS) and IEEE 802.11, respectively, is an emerging trend in the wireless domain. Its development was aimed at increasing the UMTS network's capacity and optimizing performance. The increase in the number of wireless users requires an increase in the number of smaller WLAN cells in order to maintain an acceptable level of QoS. Deploying smaller cells in areas of higher mobility (e.g., campuses, subway stations, city blocks, malls, etc.) results in the user only spending a short period of time in each cell, which significantly increases the rate of handoff. If the user does not spend sufficient time in the discovered WLAN's coverage area, the application cannot benefit from the higher data rates. Therefore, the data interruption and performance degradation associated with the handoff cannot be compensated for. This counters the initial objective for integrating heterogeneous technologies, thus only handoffs that are followed by a sufficient visit to the discovered WLAN should be triggered. The conventional RF-based handoff decision method does not have the necessary means for making an accurate decision in the type of environments described above. Therefore, a location-aided handoff decision algorithm was developed to prevent the triggering of handoffs that result from short visits to discovered WLAN's coverage area. The algorithm includes a location-based evaluation that runs on the network side and utilizes a user's location, speed, and direction as well as handoff-delay values to compute the minimum required visit duration and the user's trajectory. A WLAN coverage database is queried to determine whether the trajectory's end point falls within the boundaries of the discovered WLAN's coverage area. If so, the mobile node is notified by the UMTS network to trigger the handoff. Otherwise, the location-based evaluation reiterates until the estimated trajectory falls within the boundaries of the discovered WLAN's coverage area, or the user exits the coverage area. By taking into consideration more then merely RF-measurements, the proposed algorithm is able to predict whether the user's visit to the WLAN will exceed the minimum requirements and make the decision accordingly. This allows the algorithm to prevent the performance degradation and cost associated with unbeneficial/unnecessary handoffs.Master of Science
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Wirstam, Hans. "A probabilistic decision model for ore charcterization and mine planning : Ramp location." Licentiate thesis, Luleå, 1990. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-25663.
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Wongsuphasawat, Luxmon. "Extended metropolitanisation and the process of industrial location decision-making in Thailand." Thesis, University of Hull, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264954.
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Schiantarelli, Harry Thornberry. "Performance analysis of high frequency single-site-location antenna arrays using numerical electromagnetic modeling." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA240868.
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Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Systems Engineering (Electronic Warfare))--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990.Thesis Advisor(s): Adler, Richard W. Second Reader: Jauregui, Stephen. "September 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on December 18, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Electronic Support Measures, Direction Finding, Propagation, Warfare, Models, Performance Tests, Paths, Theses, Reflection, Vertical Orientation, Electromagnetic Radiation, Coordinates, Communication And Radio Systems, Radio Waves, Antenna Arrays, Law Enforcement, Ionospheric Propagation, Triangulation, Mathematical Models, Ionosphere. Author(s) subject terms: Single-Sight-Location, Direction Finding, High Frequency, Numerical Electromagnetics Code. Includes bibliographical references (p. 116). Also available in print.
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Sorenson, Matthew R. "Location Analysis of Lifestyle Centers: Uncovering Patterns and Potential Driving Factors behind Site Selection." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538760/.
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The shopping center has held an important place in the American economy for decades. However, the concept has seen multiple revolution in terms of format. The most recent shopping center concept to gain rapid popularity is the lifestyle center – an outdoor shopping mall made to resemble a pleasant main street setting, with a tenant mix emphasizing dining and entertainment. In other words, the lifestyle center concept is geared toward selling consumers things to do, versus things to buy. This thesis studies the geography of lifestyle centers in the United States in both the large-scale and small-scale view. Results show that lifestyle centers are concentrated into larger urban areas, often with a population of over 1 million. An analysis of spatial agglomeration revealed that lifestyle centers are often several miles away from the nearest traditional mall, indicating that developers do not feel the need to build near established shopping districts where traditional malls lie. Finally, results concerning trade area characteristics show the characteristics of consumers in areas where lifestyle centers have been built. Findings in this study indicate that developers are utilizing a unique approach when selecting sites for lifestyle centers compared to traditional indoor malls.
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Younies, Hassan Zeidan Wesolowsky George O. "Planar maximal covering location problem under different block norms /." *McMaster only, 2004.
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Tam, Edwin Kwan Lap. "Decision methodology for site owners for the remediation of contaminated sites." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0012/NQ41514.pdf.
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