Christie M. Gray Gray 01 Professor Wilkinson Summer Quarter 2013 24 July 2013 Descriptive Statics Being a former employee with the Secretary of State Driver Services Department, also known as the Driver’s License Facility. There are a number of ways in which the organization displays the use of descriptive statics. According to Lind, “descriptive statistics is defined as methods of organizing, summarizing, and presenting data in an informative way.” The Secretary of State’s
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DAILY LIVES OF SELECTED JEEPNEY DRIVERS (PISTON-Lagro) DUE TO FARE DISCOUNTS A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the College of Engineering and Technology New Era University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Computer Science By: JOMAR DAVE E. ASUNCION 2013 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis proposal titled “A DATA MINING APPLICATION TO PREDICT THE INCOME LOSS, ITS EFFECT TO THE DAILY LIVES OF SELECTED JEEPNEY DRIVERS (PISTON-Lagro) DUE TO FARE DISCOUNTS”
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The growing U.S. economy has exposed a driver shortage among the motor carrier industry. The rise in consumer demand has increased freight volume in the industry. While this is positive news the growth in the industry could be hampered due to a lack of available drivers. According to the American Trucking Associations, the industry’s shortage is close to 35,000 drivers (Carey, 2014). This issue could continue to get worse if nothing is done to combat it. It is estimated by 2020, according to ATA
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UPS Mark Colvard a United Parcel Manager at San Ramon, California faced a difficult situation recently. One of his drivers asked 2 weeks off to take care of a ailing family member. But the company rules said that this driver was not eligible. If Colvard went by the book, the driver may eventually take the days off anyway and be fired. On the other hand Colvard chose to give the driver the time off. Although, he took some heat for the decision, he also kept a valuable employee. Had the Colvard been
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Tennessee River. Pickups are generally handled between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Driver routes are a combination of regularly scheduled daily stops and pickups that the customer calls in as needed. These call-in pickups are dispatched by radio to the driver. Most call-in customers want as late a pickup as possible, just before closing (usually at 5:00 p.m.). When the driver arrives at each pickup location, he or she provides supplies as necessary (an envelope or box if requested)
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Performance Management Driver Compensation: Uber does not offer their driver’s any compensation or incentive to improve performance. Their competitor lyft offers drivers who sign up and give 50 ride’s within 30 days can receive a anywhere from $50-$750 bonus dependent on which city you are driving in. Uber has also cut their rates which is starting to affect their driver’s. A reporter with Pbs interviewed an Uber driver named Bob who said “Before the rate cuts, about 20 hours a week. Now
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company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops markets and operates a mobile app based on transportation network also called Uber. Moreover, it does not have any cars or drivers. Its function is providing service through people who would like to make some extra money of being temporary taxi drivers. Convenience, cheapness, and newness are three things Uber makes its customer feel when using its service. Users need to have Uber app on their smartphones before enjoying its service
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forward thinking entrepreneur. Audi keynote was held for 3 days, they had 14 product categories, and over 200 exhibitors. The vision of technology has advance so far that cars are becoming too much for cars. As spoken by Mr. Gray,” Get change or be the driver of change.” According to Mr.Demeo, “Technology will always be at your service and support.” Partnering with leaders of automotive and consumer electronics to create to relaxing, time saving and convenient car from Audi. This idea and mind set has
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why the purpose of building the system is to help you to reduce car napping and acquire again your car by determining it by the system. BLACKBUSTER is an anti car napping/carjacking device invented by a Filipino. The device have been evaluated and endorsed by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines as an after-market device that can be installed to Mitsubishi vehicles. The BLACKBUSTER has long been patronized by car owners worldwide and installed into thousands of vehicles including Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi
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of what makes the DIAD such a powerful tool is the system - ODS (On-Demand Services) - that enables communication with the driver. Every UPS driver automatically logs into the ODS system first thing in the morning. This allows dispatchers and center management to access the driver via his/her DIAD throughout the day by sending generalized text messages. Virtually all drivers start their day with a list of predefined customer pickup locations for that day. Thanks to ODS, the addition of a one-time
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