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This study addresses the problem of car allocation to different routes under certain restrictions with the objective of reducing the excess cost of transportation. A meta-heuristic approach based on Ant Colony Optimisation (ACO) algorithm is proposed and implemented to schedule the cars...

With respect to developing countries, it is observed that climate change poses a serious threat to economic growth and impediment to the poverty reduction programmes undertaken in these countries for the upliftment of the vulnerable households. It can also have a major impact on issue of food...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the triggers of positive electronic word of mouth (eWOM) using real-time Big Data obtained from online retail sites/dedicated review sites. Design/methodology/approach: In this study, real-time Big Data has been used and analysed through...

In petrochemical industries, the gaseous feedstock like ethane and propane are cracked in furnaces to produce ethylene and propylene as main products and the inputs for the other plant in the downstream. A problem of low furnace run length (FRL) increases furnace decoking and reduces...

Achieving consistency of growth pattern for commercial yeast fermentation over batches through addition of water, molasses and other chemicals is often very complex in nature due to its bio-chemical reactions in operation. Regression models in statistical methods play a very important role in...