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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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Assessing Social Vulnerability to Fire Hazards at the Kumasi Central Market, Ghana

Aboagye, Dacosta; Adu-Prah, Samuel; Ansah, Christabel E. - In: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 9 (2018) 4, pp. 57-73

between 2007 and 2016. This article uses a spatially-centered approach to assess human vulnerability to fire risk at the … risk and adaptive capacities. Mixed method approach was also used to collect survey data from traders and emergency … on fire risk and weak adaptive capacities. The article recommends provision of more fire hydrants and mass education on …

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Project Management Maturity Models: An Overview of the Common Models and a Proposed Uniform Model

Galli, Brian J. - In: International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) 8 (2018) 2, pp. 19-38

In today's highly dynamic and rapidly changing business landscape, project constraints are continuously increasing regarding cost, time, level of customer satisfaction, and return on investment. Project-related issues are also increasing due to increased complexity, increased number of...

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Security in Transnational Interoperable PPDR Communications: Threats, Requirements and Architecture Solution

Ferrús, Ramon; Sallent, Oriol; Verkoelen, Cor; … - In: International Journal of Distributed Systems and … 7 (2016) 4, pp. 41-60

requirements for the interconnection of PPDR networks via the new IP ISI and provides a discussion on the undertaken security risk …

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The Role of Service Recovery in Online Privacy Violation

Hazarika, Bidyut B; Gerlach, James; Cunningham, Lawrence - In: International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR) 14 (2018) 4, pp. 1-27

theory to measure repurchasing intention after consumer complaints in three different scenarios. The three scenarios differ … created satisfaction with service recovery, significantly increased consumer trust, decreased perceived risk and increased …

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A User-Centric Evaluation of e-Government Services in the GCC Region: Case of State of Qatar

Al-Yafi, Karim; Hindi, Nitham Mohammed; Osman, Ibrahim … - In: International Journal of Electronic Government Research … 12 (2016) 4, pp. 15-34

dimensions of the COBRA framework (Osman et al. 2014): Cost, opportunity, benefit and risk. SEM analysis demonstrated a good … model fit and supported the hypotheses related to the effect of risk and benefit on users' satisfaction. …

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