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A Customer Centric Best Connected Channel Model for Heterogeneous and IoT Networks

Singh, Pushpa; Agrawal, Rajeev - In: Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC) 30 (2018) 4, pp. 32-50

This article describes how the Heterogeneous and IoT networks are the most sought solutions to significant coverage and connectivity to the users. This article suggests a model for a heterogeneous and IoT network comprised of grading of the users based on their movement pattern, usage, and...

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A Theatre Attendance Model

Bisceglia, Michele - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 6 (2017) 3, pp. 23-38

to the show comfortably seated. The author introduces a utility function that takes into account these aspects, in which …

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Using Inter-Block Synchronization to Improve the Knapsack Problem on GPUs

Sun, Xue; Wu, Chao-Chin; Chen, Liang-Rui; Lin, Jian-You - In: International Journal of Grid and High Performance … 10 (2018) 4, pp. 83-98

This article describes how as one of the hot parallel processors, the general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPU) has been widely adopted to accelerate various time-consuming algorithms. Dynamic programming (DP) optimization is a popular method to solve a particular class of complex problems....

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Entrepreneurial Action as Metaphorical Process and its Metaphorics

Baryshev, Alexey A. - In: International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and … 9 (2017) 1, pp. 24-39

entrepreneurial action and value created by it. Using the theory of metaphor, we find that entrepreneurial action is of metaphorical … history. The identification of the constituents was based on the theory of pillars and carriers of institutions by W. R. Scott …. The metaphors of appropriateness, utility and wellbeing were proposed for the different periods of the development of …

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Web Service Usability Analysis Based on User Preferences

Fabisiak, Luiza - In: Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC) 30 (2018) 4, pp. 1-13

This article attempts to closely examine the users' preferences in the author's method of assessing the usability of websites. In particular, the issues bring a closer evaluation of websites by users. It sets rules for the accuracy of users' preferences on the basis of the scoring method. In the...

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Integration of Demand-Side Management Programs and Supply-Side Alternatives for Decentralized Energy Planning: An Analysis of Energy Import and Export Effects

Rabbani, Masoud; Dolatkhah, Mahdi - In: International Journal of Applied Industrial Engineering … 3 (2016) 1, pp. 37-54

Optimally selection of an appropriate mix of renewable sources for supplying electricity of remote areas has been always an important challenge for policy makers. Also, in recent years, the great advantages of Demand Side Management (DSM) programs such as postponing investments in construction...

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Maximizing Clicks in Email Marketing Campaigns for a Retail Company

Wilck, Joseph H.; Mackintosh, Patrick; Brantley, Luke; … - In: International Journal of Applied Industrial Engineering … 4 (2017) 2, pp. 33-46

Retailers rely on strong marketing programs to make sales in a competitive environment. One of the biggest sectors of marketing is email loyalty programs. The industry uses Click Through Rate to measure the effectiveness of an email marketing campaign. Click Through Rate measures the ratio...

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Multi-Attribute Group Decision Making Method for Preference Conflicting with Heterogeneous Information

Liang, Kai-Rong - In: International Journal of Fuzzy System Applications (IJFSA) 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-14

The aim of this article is to propose a multi-objective decision-making method for researching and solving multi-attribute heterogeneous group decision-making problems. This is in the case that the characters of the decision information and decision makers' preferences are heterogeneous, and the...

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A Redesigned Benders Decomposition Approach for Large-Scale In-Transit Freight Consolidation Operations

Shaikh, Nazrul I.; Hanbazazah, Abdulkader S.; Abril, Luis E. - In: International Journal of Information Systems and Supply … 11 (2018) 2, pp. 1-15

The growth in online shopping and third-party logistics has caused a revival of interest in finding optimal solutions to the large-scale, in-transit freight consolidation problem. Given the shipment date, size, origin, destination, and due dates of multiple shipments distributed over space and...

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An Efficient Batch Scheduling Model for Hospital Sterilization Services Using Genetic Algorithm

Xu, Shubin; Wang, John - In: International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences (IJSDS) 9 (2018) 1, pp. 1-17

A major challenge faced by hospitals is to provide efficient medical services. The problem studied in this article is motivated by the hospital sterilization services where the washing step generally constitutes a bottleneck in the sterilization services. Therefore, an efficient scheduling of...

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