Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Transportation Research Procedia 5 (2015) 186 – 200 SIDT Scientific Seminar 2013 Measuring transport systems efficiency under uncertainty by fuzzy sets theory based Data Envelopment Analysis: theoretical and practical comparison with traditional DEA model Sara Braya, Leonardo Caggiania and Michele Ottomanellia* a DICATECh – Politecnico di Bari, via E. Orabona 4, Bari 70125, Italy Abstract In transportation management the
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Microeconomics (PGP – I) Answer Keys for Problem Set IV 1. In 1996, US Congress raised the minimum wage from $4.25 per hour to $5.15 per hour, and then raised it again in 2007. Some people suggested that a government subsidy could help employers finance the higher wage. Suppose the supply of low-skilled labor is given by LS = 10w, where L is the quantity of low-skilled labor (in millions of persons employed each year), and w is the wage rate (in dollars per hour). The demand for labor is given
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Summary 5 1.0 Introduction 6 2.0 Data Collection 6 2.1 Context and issues of interest 6 2.2 Planning and collection of data 6 2.2.1 Planning 6 2.2.2 Collection of variables 7 2.3 Quality of data and discussion 8 3.0 Data Exploration 9 3.1 Handling and processing data 9 3.2 Exploring and analysis 10 3.2.1 Histogram of unit price 10 3.2.2 Stem-and-leaf of price and unit price 11 3.2.3 Descriptive Statistics of price, unit price with type 12 3.2.4 Scatterplot of unit price
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ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS AND STAFF RATINGS OF NEWER AND OLDER SPECIAL CARE UNITS FOR DEMENTIA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA by Annie Murray B.A. St. Thomas University 1998 A PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN THE GERONTOLOGY PROGRAM Annie Murray 2001 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY JUNE 2001 All rights reserved. This work may not be Reproduced in whole or in part, by photocopy Or other means, without the permission of the author. ii
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C. 20402. - 4th printing July 197 1 Office of Air P r o g r a m s Publication No. AP-26 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Oovemment Prlnting Offioe. Washington, D.C. 20402- Pdoe $1.00 Stock Number 5503-W16 PREFACE This workbook presents some computational techniques currently used by scientists working with atmospheric dispersion problems. Because the basic working equations are general, their application to specific problems usually requires special care and judgment;
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CHAPTER 7: COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS QUESTIONS 7-1 The underlying relationship in cost-volume-profit analysis is that costs, revenues, and profits all change in a predictable way as the volume of activity changes. 7-2 It is more practical to find the breakeven point in sales dollars for companies having thousands of individual items. Finding the breakeven point for each item would be laborious and meaningless. 7-3 The contribution margin ratio is: price - variable costs
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that produces motors for specialized equipment sold primarily to research laboratories and a major U.S. defense contractor. The operation is family owned and has been in business for 15 years. The company produces and sells three motors, named Motor 5, Motor 10, and Motor 15. Bob Noonan was recently hired as an accountant and reports to the controller, Jennifer Mackey. Bob has been performing routine types of accounting work, but he would like to become more involved in cost control and in analyses
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Managerial Accounting Midterm Exam 1, Spring 2014 Test Form A SOLUTION Name ______________________________________________________________________ UTEID ____________________________________ Instructor ____________________________________________ Class Days ___________________ Time ______________________ DO NOT OPEN until given instructions to do so. Instructions Pages are numbered sequentially, including this page. Confirm that you have 11 pages. 1. Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
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THE PROBLEM SOLVING 8D methodology Training plan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Introduction 8D history 1D – Estabilishing the team 2D – Problem description 3D – Containment action 4D – Root Cause 5D – Corrective action 6D – Validate corrective action 7D – Prevent recurrence 10. 8D – Verify and congratulate Team Introduction In any business firm or other organizations appear some problems, sometimes they are easy to remove and sometimes it seems that the solution is not possible. When problems
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Facilities Planning Lecture 7-8: Layout Planning Algorithmic Approaches Quadratic Assignment Problem Departments are to be assigned to predetermined locations (sites) in the floor plan. Each department is treated as a unit square, so that any department can be assigned to any site. This is a quadratic assignment problem, since the “cost” of assigning a department to a particular location depends on the locations of the other departments. Dr. Erkan Bayraktar 2 11.07.2010
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