...Transactions in GIS, 2008, 12(3): 365– 375 XXX © 2008 UK 1467-9671 1361-1682 Transactions in GIS TGIS The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, 20083Blackwell Publishing Ltd Research Article Research D Ghosh Article A Loose Coupling Technique for Integrating GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Making A Loose Coupling Technique for Integrating GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Making Debasis Ghosh National Informatics Centre Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Calcutta, India Keywords Abstract Spatial decision making is characterized by problems associated with multiple and conflicting alternatives relating to geographical features and their attributes. As such, the search for the best possible alternative from a large set of such alternatives can be a daunting task. The aim of integrating GIS with Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is to develop a well-defined process that can scan through such extensive fields of choice to arrive at the best possible solution. Goal Programming is one tool (developed in conjunction with MCDM) that can handle a problem with multiple, conflicting and incommensurable alternatives, and this article explains how the loose coupling technique can integrate MCDM with GIS to assist decision making among competing alternatives. As an example, this methodology has been applied for community development purposes in the Hooghly District of West Bengal, India. 1 Background The inclusion of...
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...Science and technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan d Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark e Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, Liaoning Province 110016, PR China b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 2 March 2011 Received in revised form 12 March 2012 Accepted 12 March 2012 Keywords: Carbon footprint Reverse logistics Greenhouse emissions Case study a b s t r a c t Due to the environmental legislation and regulations, manufacturing firms have realized the importance of adopting environmental friendly supply chain management (SCM) practices. In this paper, a mixed integer linear model is developed for a carbon footprint based reverse logistics network design. The proposed model aims at minimizing climate change (specifically, the CO2 footprint), and it employs reverse logistics activities to recover used products, hence combining the location/transportation decision problem. The proposed model is validated by examining a case study from the plastic sector. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction With the increasing environmental concern, resource reduction, depleting landfill capacities in many countries and...
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...Intl. Trans. in Op. Res. 17 (2010) 85–102 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2009.00718.x INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH Integrating customer’s preferences in the QFD planning process using a combined benchmarking and imprecise goal programming model Mohamed Sadok Cherif a, Habib Chabchoubb and Belaı¨ d Aounic a Institut Supe´rieur d’Informatique et de Mathe´matiques, Universite´ de Monastir, B.P. 223, C.P. 5000, Monastir, Tunisia, b Institut Supe´rieur de Gestion Industrielle, Universite´ de Sfax, B.P. 954, C.P. 3018, Sfax, Tunisia, c Decision Aid Research Group, School of Commerce and Administration, Faculty of Management, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E2C6 E-mail: baouni@laurentian.ca Received 15 October 2008; received in revised form 29 March 2009; accepted 9 April 2009 Abstract Quality function deployment (QFD) is a customer-oriented design tool for developing new or improved products to achieve higher customer satisfaction by integrating various functions of an organization. The engineering characteristics (ECs) affecting the product performances are designed to match the customer attributes (CAs). However, from the viewpoint of the QFD team, product design processes are performed in imprecise environments, and more than one factor must be taken into account in determining the target levels of ECs, especially the limited resources and increased market competition. This paper presents an imprecise goal programming (GP) approach to...
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...University of Florence Faculty of Economy Master’s Degree in Bank, Insurance and Financial Markets Thesis in Applied Statistics for Banks and Insurances Credit Risk Models: Single Firm Default and Contagion Default Analysis Supervisor: P rof essor Fabrizio Cipollini Student: Marco Gambacciani Academic Year 2009/2010 Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Structural Models 1.1 Terminal Default . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 First Passage Models . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 The Black and Cox’s Model . . 1.2.2 Longstaff and Schwartz’s Model 1.2.3 Leland and Toft’s Model . . . . 1.2.4 Zhou’s Model . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.5 Random Threshold Model . . . 2 5 5 11 11 15 19 24 30 35 36 39 41 45 48 50 51 56 67 76 77 79 79 82 83 84 94 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Modelli reduced form 2.1 Approach With An Homogenous Poisson Process . . 2.2 Approach With a Non-Homogenous Poisson Process 2.3 Approach with a Cox’s Process . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Bond and Spread Valuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Models For The Correlation Between Defaults 3.1 Bottom-Up Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1.1 Structural Apporach . . . . . . . . 3.1.2 Intensity Models Approaches . . . 3.1.3 Approaches with...
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...Production, Manufacturing, Logistics The relationship between organization strategy, total quality management (TQM), and organization performance––the mediating role of TQM Daniel I. Prajogo a, Amrik S. Sohal b b,* a Bowater School of Management and Marketing, Deakin University, Australia Department of Management, Monash University, P.O. Box 197, Caulfield East, Vic. 3145, Australia Received 9 September 2003; accepted 16 March 2004 Available online 25 June 2004 Abstract The study presented in this paper examines the fit of total quality management (TQM) practices in mediating the relationship between organization strategy and organization performance. By examining TQM in relation to organization strategy, the study seeks to advance the understanding of TQM in a broader context. It also resolves some controversies that appear in the literature concerning the relationship between TQM and differentiation and cost leadership strategies as well as quality and innovation performance. The empirical data for this study was drawn from a survey of 194 middle/senior managers from Australian firms. The analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique by examining two competing models that represent full and partial mediation. The findings indicate that TQM is positively and significantly related to differentiation strategy, and it only partially mediates the relationship between differentiation strategy and three performance measures (product quality, product innovation, and...
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...THE IMPACT OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE jeLena RašULa1 vesna BosiLj vUkšić2 Mojca inDiHaR šteMBeRGeR3 a B st R ac t: Knowledge management is a process that transforms individual knowledge into organisational knowledge. The aim of this paper is to show that through creating, accumulating, organising and utilising knowledge, organisations can enhance organisa- tional performance. The impact of knowledge management practices on performance was empirically tested through structural equation modelling. The sample included 329 com- panies both in Slovenia and Croatia with more than 50 employees. The results show that knowledge management practices measured through. information technology, organisa- tion and knowledge positively affect organisational performance. ke ywords: knowledge management maturity, information technology, organisational performance, structural equation modelling, survey research. 1. intRoDUction For many companies, the time of rapid technological change is also the time of incessant struggle for maintaining a competitive advantage. It is obvious that knowledge is slowly becoming the most important factor of production, next to labour, land and capital [39]. Even though some forms of intellectual capital are transferable, internal knowledge is not easily copied. This means that the knowledge anchored in employees’ minds can get lost if they decide to leave the organisation. Therefore, the key objective of management is...
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...Blackjacking Security Threats to BlackBerry® Devices, PDAs, and Cell Phones in the Enterprise Daniel Hoffman Wiley Publishing, Inc. Blackjacking Blackjacking Security Threats to BlackBerry® Devices, PDAs, and Cell Phones in the Enterprise Daniel Hoffman Wiley Publishing, Inc. Blackjacking: Security Threats to BlackBerrys, PDAs, and Cell Phones in the Enterprise Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2007 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-0-470-12754-4 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, (317) 572-3447, fax (317) 572-4355, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher and the author make...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1. Background to the Study Films, generally, serve as a tool for national integration and development. Major types of film are home video, which develop, until now, from what is formerly known as cinema or stage play/drama. As part of mass media, home videos play the important roles of informing, educating, entertaining and transmitting social heritage. Through their educational role, however, home videos concern themselves with evolving a better society by exposing societal ill and wrongs. Since the emergence of home videos, at the turn of the twenty-first century the films industries, and both male and female actors in Nigeria, Nollywood, have considerably influenced the habits, belief systems, style of dressing and other behavioural idiosyncrasies on many Nigerian youths. Thus, one can say, however, that the emergence of home videos have helped to promote the Nigerian cultural heritage; aside this, it has awaken in many youths the Nigerian culture that was once lost during the colonial period. There are also negative effects of home videos on audiences. However, there have been cases where home videos are criticized to the cause for some societal ills. Social critics, who believes in this school of thought says that some antisocial behaviours like violence and extravagant life that many films portrays in their content perceptibly affect the behavior of the audience. Nonetheless, all these sum up to mean that home videos have both positive...
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...Introducere în publicitate cursuri universitare Dan Petre Mihaela Nicola Introducere în publicitate comunicare.ro Ilustraþia copertei: Cristian Kit Paul, Brandient Toate drepturile asupra acestei ediþii aparþin Editurii Comunicare.ro, 2004 SNSPA, Facultatea de Comunicare ºi Relaþii Publice „David Ogilvy“ Strada Povernei 6–8, Bucureºti Tel./fax: (021) 313 58 95 E-mail: difuzare@comunicare.ro www.editura.comunicare.ro Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naþionale a României PETRE, DAN Introducere în publicitate / Dan Petre, Mihaela Nicola. – Bucureºti: Comunicare.ro, 2004 Bibliogr. ISBN 973-711-004-8 I. Nicola, Mihaela 659.1 Cuprins Notã introductivã / 7 Introducere: surse teoretice ºi delimitãri conceptuale / 9 Surse teoretice / 10 Delimitãri conceptuale. Definiþii. Distincþii faþã de domeniile înrudite / 18 Scurt istoric al publicitãþii / 25 Scurt istoric al publicitãþii la nivel internaþional / 25 Scurt istoric al publicitãþii în România / 34 Publicitatea ca proces de comunicare / 41 Funcþiile publicitãþii / 44 Tipuri de publicitate / 47 Rolul publicitãþii în activitatea de marketing / 52 Obiectivele campaniei de publicitate / 55 Canalele media utilizate în publicitate / 56 Agenþia de publicitate / 67 Agenþia de publicitate / 67 Scurt istoric / 68 Agenþia de publicitate modernã / 71 Cercetarea pentru publicitate / 87 Cercetarea exploratorie ºi de dezvoltare a campaniei (developmental research) / 93 Cercetarea confirmatorie de testare (confirmatory research...
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...Pyxplot Users’ Guide A Scientific Scripting Language, Graph Plotting Suite and Vector Graphics Toolkit. Version 0.9.2 d sin θ = nλ ∇ · D = ρfree ¨ ∇ × E = − ∂B q(t) = − RR ∂t ˙ R2 ds2 = 1 − 2GM rc2 ∇·B =0 dL = dt2 xa + Γa xb xc = 0 ¨ bc ˙ ˙ ∇ × H =1 Jfree − ∂D ∂t L 4πF 2 H(t) = ˙ R R h ¯ 2 ∂2ψ 2m ∂x2 + V ψ = Eψ ∆φ Lead Developer: Dominic Ford Lead Tester: Ross Church Email: coders@pyxplot.org.uk This manual is also available in HTML, at http://www.pyxplot.org.uk/0.9/doc/html/ September 2012 Contents I 1 Introduction to Pyxplot Introduction 1.1 What is Pyxplot? . . . . . . 1.2 Compatibility with gnuplot . 1.3 The structure of this manual 1.4 An introductory tour . . . . 1.5 License . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 Spelling conventions . . . . . 1.7 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 3 4 4 4 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 18 20 20 22 23 24 25 27 27 28 28 29 30 30 31 34 2 Installation 2.1 Installation within Linux distributions . . . . 2.2 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Dependencies in Debian and Ubuntu 2.2.2 Dependencies in MacOS . . . . . . . 2.3 Installation from source archive . . . . . . . . 2.3.1 System-wide installation . . ...
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...GM614 Global Advertising Professor Christin Walth Jenessa Carder, Chia-Ying Chen, Fango Lin, Yi-Hsuan Su, Ya-Ling (Claire) Wang, Winette Yee May 5, 2010 Swatch: The Global Watch The IMC Plan in Brazil, Japan, and Switzerland 1 Statement of Purpose Swatch (‗Swiss‘ + ‗watch‘) watches, created under the management of Nicolas Hayek, are fashion statements and pop-culture icons. They feature witty, outlandish designs that use intense colors and are youthful, provocative, stylish, and unpredictable. The mission of the IMC campaign is to tie the brand image with creative art in order to tell the brand story, strengthen Swatch‘s brand identity among the target audience (young students or professionals, aged 18-25) globally, and consistently incorporate different and relevant mediums (print ad, website, MTV – user-generated content, and online communities) to reach the target audience. The multi-country marketing analysis of The Swatch Group will aid in developing the IMC strategy and campaign for Swatch‘s CreArt (‗creativity‘ + ‗art‘) Collection in the following three countries: Brazil, Japan and Switzerland. When reading this, please be aware that Swatch did not impose an integrated marketing campaign in Brazil; rather, they only held one event and communicated to customers through Twitter. Therefore, the Brazil section is composed mostly of what The Swatch Group should do in order to meet their objectives. Furthermore, the cultural dimensions and components that will affect...
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...STUDIES OF INVENTORY CONTROL AND CAPACITY PLANNING WITH MULTIPLE SOURCES A Dissertation Presented to The Academic Faculty By Frederick Craig Zahrn In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology August 2009 STUDIES OF INVENTORY CONTROL AND CAPACITY PLANNING WITH MULTIPLE SOURCES Approved by: Dr. Shi-Jie Deng, Advisor School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. John H. Vande Vate, Advisor School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Hayriye Ayhan School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Mark E. Ferguson College of Management Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Anton J. Kleywegt School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Date Approved: July 6, 2009 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank my advisors, Dr. Shi-Jie Deng and Dr. John H. Vande Vate, for their guidance of my research. I am particularly indebted to them—Prof. Vande Vate especially— for technical and expository advice in the portion of the dissertation on capacity planning. I also thank Dr. R. Gary Parker for his support of my graduate studies. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments iii Summary v Chapter 1: Average optimal control in an inventory model with multiple sources 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...burden of diabetes is due to its chronic complications leading to increased morbidity and mortality. The unique combination of various risk factors necessitates research studies to make appropriate risk assessment tools to control this diabetes pandemic. Better understanding of aetio-pathological genetic and environmental factors are suggesting prevention should begin much before the start of disease process and interventions in high-risk subjects alone will not be sufficient. It is necessary to initiate population based programmes for primary prevention of diabetes including a range of activities targeted at different age groups from fetal life to old age. Synchronized and coordinated efforts from public and private sectors are needed to combat this mammoth health and economic issue. Key words: Diabetes, Pakistan, Introduction: Escalation in rates of diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes in Pakistan is posing threats to the economy and quality of life of people due to poor glycemic control and very high rates of complications (1-6). Cost of care is estimated to be very high. Resource constraints society, lack of medical reimbursement and insufficient allocation of health budget are barriers to quality care. Most often the patient is unable to afford the high cost of treatment (7-9). This review was conducted to study research evidence...
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...Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing Series Editor Professor D. T. Pham Intelligent Systems Laboratory WDA Centre of Enterprise in Manufacturing Engineering University of Wales Cardiff PO Box 688 Newport Road Cardiff CF2 3ET UK Other titles in this series Assembly Line Design B. Rekiek and A. Delchambre Advances in Design H.A. ElMaraghy and W.H. ElMaraghy (Eds.) Effective Resource Management in Manufacturing Systems: Optimization Algorithms in Production Planning M. Caramia and P. Dell’Olmo Condition Monitoring and Control for Intelligent Manufacturing L. Wang and R.X. Gao (Eds.) Optimal Production Planning for PCB Assembly W. Ho and P. Ji Trends in Supply Chain Design and Management H. Jung, F.F. Chen and B. Jeong (Eds.) Process Planning and Scheduling for Distributed Manufacturing L. Wang and W. Shen (Eds.) Collaborative Product Design and Manufacturing Methodologies and Applications W.D. Li, S.K. Ong, A.Y.C. Nee and C. McMahon (Eds.) R. Venkata Rao Decision Making in the Manufacturing Environment Using Graph Theory and Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods 123 R. Venkata Rao, PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat Ichchanath Surat 395 007 Gujarat State India British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Rao, R. Venkata Decision making in the manufacturing environment : using graph theory and fuzzy multiple attribute decision making methods. - (Springer series in advanced...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON “EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION TOWARDS WELFARE MEASURES” AT RAJASHREE CEMENT UNIT OF GRASIM INDUSTRIES Ltd. Aditya Nagar, Malkhed Road, Dist: Gulbarga (Karnataka). A project report submitted to Visvesvarayya Technology University, Belgum As a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Submitted By: AKKANAGAMMA.S.W USN:3GN08MBA03. Under the Guidance of Internal Guide External Guide Mrs.PREETI JOSHI Mr.D.M.BIRADAR Guru Nanak Dev Engineering college. ASST. MANAGER, CSR. Bidar 2009-2010 AKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my privilege to Mr. P.K.Jain, Joint Executive President -HR, for giving me an opportunity to carry out my project work. I extend my sincere gratitude Mr. V.A. Yaligar, GM-HR for providing all the help to complete my project. My special thanks to Mr. B.H.Kalligud, Dy.MANAGER - HR, for their continuous guidance to complete my project. I would like to thanks my guide Mr.D.M.Biradar, Asst Manager CSR & my faculty for providing this placement. I am extremely grateful to all the staff of HR DEPT (TIME-OFFICE & CSR) for their invaluable insight and suggestion and sparing their precious time to interact with me. Finally I would like to thanks my beloved brother, family & my friends who encouraged me through out...
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