Perishable commodities make up a significant part of our global commerce, from the food we eat to the flowers we gift. Compared to conventional supply chains, the logistical operations involved in maintaining a cold chain for such perishables are appreciably more complex and cos…
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The dissertation develops a methodology framework to support decision-making in effectively predicting and disrupting an interdependent incomplete network. The proposed framework is tested on the Organized Criminal Network (OCNs), i.e. interdependent sex trafficking network and …
As residential consumers seek to reduce their electricity costs through renewable energy use and responding to time-varying electricity prices, energy storage is considered a potential solution to increase electricity cost savings. Due to this, this research is motivated by the …
Bu çalışmada İmam Mâtürîdî'nin kelam düşüncesinde ahlak anlayışı kelami bir çerçevede ele alınmaktadır. Ahlak ilmi tarihte felsefenin bir alt dalı olarak değerlendirilse de Kelam ilminin ahlak kapsamına giren bir takım konuları incelemesi ahlakın kelami bir bakış açısıyla ele al…
Bu tez çalışması, sermaye ve para piyasalarının tarihsel gelişim sürecini ve bugünkü yapısını ortaya koymakla birlikte, özellikle yatırımcıların alım ve satım aşamalarında kullandıkları analiz yöntemlerini incelemektedir. Teknik ve temel analiz yöntemleri, kullanımları ile birli…
Solving combinatorial optimization problems, especially stochastic problems, could be complicated. Reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms train a machine learning model to make a sequence of decisions. Instead of learning the direct rewards, it learns the long-term effects on th…
The delivery of care that meets both the quality of service (QoS) standards and organizational budgetary constraints is a fundamental objective for every healthcare manager. Designing an efficient service system, by optimally provisioning resources, can help achieve this goal. I…
This research contains two studies. First study investigated one of the factors that affect the performance of pads; the locations of pads relative to glass weave. Dage 4000plus bond tester was used in conducting a joint-level testing of pads on 370HR printed circuit board that …
The hypercompetitive business environment has enforced the need for enterprises to join a network in order to fulfill customers' demand. In this research the demand and capacity sharing decisions of a collaborative network (CN) have been modeled using proportional and cyclic app…
Requirement elicitation is one of the most challenging and critical phases of the software development lifecycle. Many faults are introduced into the system as the result of incomplete requirements. An effective approach for the design of software systems is to describe system r…
In any given industry, most operations are performed by hand. Hand grip strength is an important factor that can influence performance in terms of the amount of force a person can apply and his/her endurance limit (or time to fatigue). This research attempts to discover the rela…
Although Black-Scholes (BS) model was a major breakthrough in the theory of finance it exhibited significant, persistent, and systematic biases due to some of its simplified assumptions. Consequently, several parametric models have been developed where some of the BS's simplifie…
Cyclic storage of surface water and groundwater (CSSG) refers to physically integrated and operationally-interconnected surface water and groundwater subsystems with their full interactions. In such a system, surface and subsurface impoundment subsystems may be treated as compet…
Emission monitoring and control is becoming a crucial subject for process industry. Recently stringent regulations have been enforced to monitor and to keep the emissions to below regulatory levels. Boilers are one of the main sources of emissions of Nitrogen Oxides, commonly kn…
Distributed Healthcare System (DHS) is a network system developed and based on a distributed system concept. Each node of the national DHS will be a healthcare system. Each healthcare organization will have one or more electronic devices installed with the same business platform…
Queuing management systems have been widely improved in recent years. Many solutions are available to manage the flow of customers in the service sector. Additionally, these systems have been used to automate resource allocation, but it is challenging to use them efficiently in …
Inefficient inpatient flow management leads to overcrowding and long waiting times for patients in emergency departments (EDs). This consequently causes critical issues that delay the admission of ED patients to inpatient units (IUs), which lead to events known as `ED holds'. ED…
Project risk management is currently used in several industries and mandated by government acquisition agencies around the world to manage uncertainty in an effort to improve a project's probability of success. Common practice involves developing a list of risk items scored with…
The research presented here examines the assessment of the reliability of a system or product utilizing multiple data sources available throughout the different stages of its development. The assessment of the reliability as it changes throughout the development of a system is t…