Dissertations / Theses: 'Serials management'

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Batko, Michael. "Business Management Simulations - a detailed industry analysis as well as recommendations for the future." Serious Games Society, 2016. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5181/1/Batko_2016_IJSG_Business%2DManagement%2DSimulations.pdf.

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Being exposed to serious games showed that some simulations widely vary in quality and learning outcome. In order to get to the bottom of best practices a detailed review of business management simulation literature was conducted. Additionally, an industry analysis was performed, by interviewing 17 simulation companies, testing a range of full and demo games, and conducting secondary research. The findings from both research efforts were then collated and cross-referenced against each other in order to determine three things: firstly, the practices and features used by simulation companies that have not yet been the subject of academic research; secondly, the most effective features, elements and inclusions within simulations that best assist in the achievement of learning outcomes and enhancement the user experience; and finally, 'best practices' in teaching a business management course in a university or company with the assistance of a simulation. Identified gaps in the current research were found to include the effectiveness of avatars, transparent pricing and the benefits of competing the simulation against other teams as opposed to the computer. In relation to the second and third objectives of the research, the findings were used to compile a business plan, with detailed recommendations for companies looking to develop a new simulation, and for instructors implementing and coordinating the use of a simulation in a business management context. (author's abstract)

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Matus, Castillejos Abel, and n/a. "Management of Time Series Data." University of Canberra. Information Sciences & Engineering, 2006. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20070111.095300.

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Every day large volumes of data are collected in the form of time series. Time series are collections of events or observations, predominantly numeric in nature, sequentially recorded on a regular or irregular time basis. Time series are becoming increasingly important in nearly every organisation and industry, including banking, finance, telecommunication, and transportation. Banking institutions, for instance, rely on the analysis of time series for forecasting economic indices, elaborating financial market models, and registering international trade operations. More and more time series are being used in this type of investigation and becoming a valuable resource in today�s organisations. This thesis investigates and proposes solutions to some current and important issues in time series data management (TSDM), using Design Science Research Methodology. The thesis presents new models for mapping time series data to relational databases which optimise the use of disk space, can handle different time granularities, status attributes, and facilitate time series data manipulation in a commercial Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). These new models provide a good solution for current time series database applications with RDBMS and are tested with a case study and prototype with financial time series information. Also included is a temporal data model for illustrating time series data lifetime behaviour based on a new set of time dimensions (confidentiality, definitiveness, validity, and maturity times) specially targeted to manage time series data which are introduced to correctly represent the different status of time series data in a timeline. The proposed temporal data model gives a clear and accurate picture of the time series data lifecycle. Formal definitions of these time series dimensions are also presented. In addition, a time series grouping mechanism in an extensible commercial relational database system is defined, illustrated, and justified. The extension consists of a new data type and its corresponding rich set of routines that support modelling and operating time series information within a higher level of abstraction. It extends the capability of the database server to organise and manipulate time series into groups. Thus, this thesis presents a new data type that is referred to as GroupTimeSeries, and its corresponding architecture and support functions and operations. Implementation options for the GroupTimeSeries data type in relational based technologies are also presented. Finally, a framework for TSDM with enough expressiveness of the main requirements of time series application and the management of that data is defined. The framework aims at providing initial domain know-how and requirements of time series data management, avoiding the impracticability of designing a TSDM system on paper from scratch. Many aspects of time series applications including the way time series data are organised at the conceptual level are addressed. The central abstraction for the proposed domain specific framework is the notions of business sections, group of time series, and time series itself. The framework integrates comprehensive specification regarding structural and functional aspects for time series data management. A formal framework specification using conceptual graphs is also explored.

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謝永然 and Wing-yin Tse. "Time series analysis in inventory management." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31977510.

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Lee, Kam-ying Rebecca. "The effects of ISO 9000 quality management system and ISO 14000 environmental management system on property management companies in Hong Kong /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40698257.

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Lee, Kam-ying Rebecca, and 李琴英. "The effects of ISO 9000 quality management system and ISO 14000 environmental management system on property management companies inHong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45009338.

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Pisanelli, Gioele. "Time series forecasting for smart waste management." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/22432/.

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Questo lavoro di tesi, svolto in ambito di tirocinio presso Sis.Ter Srl, propone un sistema di ottimizzazione della raccolta dei rifiuti applicato ai cestini della spazzatura presenti sul territorio della città di Delft, in Olanda. Tale sistema crea il percorso migliore utile allo svuotamento dei cestini che più lo necessitano, determinandolo in base allo stato dei cestini attuale (noto grazie a sensori) e futuro (predetto tramite l'uso di reti neurali).

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Barsky, David Edward. "Entrepreneurial Heuristics and Serial Entrepreneurs." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2010. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/66251.

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Business Administration
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This dissertation is comprised of three separate entrepreneurship papers. Paper 1, "Entrepreneurial Heuristics...", found that being mentored, rather than either having extensive higher education or more work experience, was primarily responsible for entrepreneurs acquiring the simplified decision rules (heuristics) that can be useful to them in their business pursuits. The study also found that entrepreneurs do not seem to switch their decision making processes from a "rational man" (thorough) mode to a more abbreviated, heuristic mode as some current thinking suggests. Also in Paper 1 this researcher presented and utilized a 27 item heuristics scale which was used to identify "use of heuristics" by the entrepreneurs studied. Paper 2, "Female Serial Entrepreneurs...", examined the characteristics of female serial entrepreneurs (SE's) as a group of growing size and importance. Three areas- business size, hours worked in the business, and amount and type of capital raised- were explored through contrasting female SE's with female non-SE's and male SE's. The primary findings were as follows: the businesses of female SE's are larger than those of female non-SE's, and female SE's in the professional, technical and scientific services industry borrow more debt than female SE's in this industry, but they do not work longer hours than female non-SE's. It was also found that female SE businesses, in the industries examined in the study, have come to rival male SE businesses in size, as measured in revenues. Paper 3, "The Serial Entrepreneur Dilemma...", explained a conundrum: why serial entrepreneurs do not seem to outperform novice entrepreneurs. A literature review is given consisting of the scholarly thinking about the causes of the conundrum, and then three hypotheses are tested to explore the dilemma. It was found that looking at serial entrepreneurs and novices over time, rather than cross-sectionally, helps to explain the conundrum: the SE's are willing to take losses early on (thus not performing higher than the novices) in expectation of future profits. It was also found that in slow-moving industries, serial entrepreneurs performed much better than novice entrepreneurs in revenues, whereas in fast-moving industries the difference between the two groups in performance was negligible.
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Siwela, Blessing. "Web-based management of time-series raster data." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6441.

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Data discovery and data handling often presents serious challenges to organizations that manage huge archives of raster datasets such as those generated by satellite remote sensing. Satellite remote sensing produces a regular stream of raster datasets used in many applications including environmental and agricultural monitoring. This thesis presents a system architecture for the management of time-series GIS raster datasets. The architecture is then applied in a prototype implementation for a department that uses remote sensing data for agricultural monitoring. The architecture centres on three key components. The first is a metadatabase to hold metadata for the raster datasets, and an interface to manage the metadatabase and facilitate the search and discovery of raster metadata. The design of the metadatabase involved the examination of existing standards for geographic raster metadata and the determination of the metadata elements required for time-series raster data. The second component is an interactive tool for viewing the time-series raster data discovered via the metadatabase. The third component provides basic image analysis functionality typically required by users of time-series raster datasets. A prototype was implemented using open source software and following the Open Geospatial Consortium specifications for web map services (WMS) version 1.3.0. After implementation, an evaluation of the prototype was carried out by the target users from the RRSU (Regional Remote Sensing Unit) to assess the usability, the added value of the prototype and its impact on the work of the users. The evaluation showed that the prototype system was generally well received, since it allowed both the data managers and users of time-series datasets to save significant amounts of time in their work routines and it also offered some raster data analyses that are useful to a wider community of time-series raster data managers.

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Arvidsson, Edvin. "Improving on Inventory Management Using Time Series Forecasting." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för systemteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-451064.

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In this master thesis project, four well known time series forecasting models areconstructed and tuned with the purpose of predicting the future consumption of glueon one of AkzoNobels customers production lines. The goal was to examine thepossibility of utilizing their vastly collected data with these models to improve on theinventory management for both AkzoNobel and their customers. The predictedproduct usage rate would aid in the customers' decision making about when neworders of product should be placed, based on when the current storage tanks areforecasted to be emptied. This information could also be useful for AkzoNobelthemselves. The data that is handled in this project is a time series with timestampsfor every glue consumption process on the customers production line since 2017. Asubgoal was to determine what data resolution would be the most effective formodelling, so each model has two versions, one using higher and one using lowerresolution data. The models that are examined are a seasonal naive model,along-short term memory model, a Facebook Prophet model as well as two separateAutoregressive Integrated Moving Average models, specifically one automaticallyandone manually constructed. Beyond these models, a combined model using trueaveraging of the two automatic ARIMA models was examined as well. Ultimately it was found that, for most models, forecasting ahead with a one day resolution was the most accurate using the models trained on one-day-separated-data, compared to three-hour-separated-data. Further it is presented that the best models are the two naive models, closely followed by the one-day-case automatic ARIMA and Prophet models. These models also performed similarly on simple tests for predicting a date when a tank will be empty. Mostly differing around four days on average from the true date for an empty tank on those tests, with a max forecast range of forty days. It is concluded that it is possible to sufficiently model the data to a point where the best models in this project could be an effective tool for both the AkzoNobel and its customers.

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Nelson, Henrik, and Andreas Karlsson. "An Android application for Meter Terminal Management using Bluetooth Serial Port Profile." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Programvara och system, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-89118.

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When maintaining and configuring systems for Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) it is important to have access to powerful tools for on-site management of the connected metering devices. These tools include mobile phone applications which allow system operators to directly manage the devices through the physical interfaces they expose. This thesis report explores and describes the implementation of an application, the problems and choices which arose while developing it, like choice of platform and communication protocols. The result is an Android application that is capable of setting up communication variables on the metering devices and reprogram them with new firmware, amongst many other features.

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Mousavi, Bamdad. "Scalable Stream Processing and Management for Time Series Data." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42295.

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There has been an enormous growth in the generation of time series data in the past decade. This trend is caused by widespread adoption of IoT technologies, the data generated by monitoring of cloud computing resources, and cyber physical systems. Although time series data have been a topic of discussion in the domain of data management for several decades, this recent growth has brought the topic to the forefront. Many of the time series management systems available today lack the necessary features to successfully manage and process the sheer amount of time series being generated today. In this today we stive to examine the field and study the prior work in time series management. We then propose a large system capable of handling time series management end to end, from generation to consumption by the end user. Our system is composed of open-source data processing frameworks. Our system has the capability to collect time series data, perform stream processing over it, store it for immediate and future processing and create necessary visualizations. We present the implementation of the system and perform experimentations to show its scalability to handle growing pipelines of incoming data from various sources.

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SESKAUSKIS, ZYGIMANTAS, and ROKAS NARKEVICIUS. "Sales forecasting management." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10685.

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The purpose of this research is to investigate current company business process from sales forecasting perspective and provide potential improvements of how to deal with unstable market demand and increase overall precision of forecasting. The problem which company face is an unstable market demand and not enough precision in sales forecasting process. Therefore the research questions are:  How current forecasting process can be improved?  What methods, can be implemented in order to increase the precision of forecasting? Study can be described as an action research using an abductive approach supported by combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis practices. In order to achieve high degree of reliability the study was based on verified scientific literature and data collected from the case company while collaborating with company’s COO. Research exposed the current forecasting process of the case company. Different forecasting methods were chosen according to the existing circumstances and analyzed in order to figure out which could be implemented in order to increase forecasting precision and forecasting as a whole. Simple exponential smoothing showed the most promising accuracy results, which were measured by applying MAD, MSE and MAPE measurement techniques. Moreover, trend line analysis was applied as well, as a supplementary method. For the reason that the case company presents new products to the market limited amount of historical data was available. Therefore simple exponential smoothing technique did not show accurate results as desired. However, suggested methods can be applied for testing and learning purposes, supported by currently applied qualitative methods.

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Tsang, Chak-wah. "The application of total quality management and ISO 9000 in the management of residential properties in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22358444.

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Aderinto, Mary Adebunmi. "A comprehensive evaluation of integrated management systems [at] Company XYZ." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007aderintom.pdf.

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Norvell, Joakim. "Statistical forecasting and product portfolio management." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-116866.

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For a company to stay profitable and be competitive, the customer satisfaction must be very high. This means that the company must provide the right item at the right place at the right time, or the customer may bring its business to the competitor. But these factors bring uncertainty for the company in the supply chain of when, what and how much of the item to produce and distribute. For reducing this uncertainty and for making better plans for future demand, some sort of forecasting method must be provided. A forecast can however be statistically based and also completed with a judgmental knowledge if the statistics are not sufficient. This thesis has been done in cooperation with the Sales and Operations (S&OP) department at Sandvik Mining Rock Tools in Sandviken, where a statistical forecast is currently used in combination with manual changes from sales. The forecasts are used as base for planning inventory levels and making production plans and are created by looking at the history of sales. This is done in order to meet market expectations and continuously be in sync with market fluctuations. The purpose with this thesis has been to study the item- customer combination demand and the statistical forecasting process that is currently used at the S&OP department. One problem when creating forecast is how to forecast irregular demand accurately. This thesis has therefore been examining the history of sales too see in what extent irregular demand exists and how it can be treated. The result is a basic tool for mapping customers' demand behavior, where the behavior is decomposed into average monthly demand and volatility. Another result is that history of sales can get decomposed into Volatility, Volume, Value, Number of sales and Sales interval for better analysis. These variables can also be considered whenever analyzing and forecasting irregular demand. A third result is a classification of time series working as a guideline if demand should be statistically or judgmentally forecasted or being event based. The study analyzed 36 months history of sales for 56 850 time series of item- customer specific demand. The findings were that customers should have at least one year of continuous sales before the demand can be entirely statistically forecasted. The limits for demand to even be forecasted, the history of sales should at least occur every third month in average and contain at least six sales. Then the demand is defined as irregular and the forecast method is set to judgmental forecasting, which can be forecasted using statistical methods with manual adjustments. The results showed that the class of irregular demand represents approximately 70 percent in the aspect of revenue and therefore requires attention.
För att ett företag ska kunna vara lönsamt och konkurrenskraftigt måste kundnöjdheten vara mycket hög. Detta betyder att ett företag måste kunna förse rätt produkt i rätt tid på rätt plats, annars kommer kunden troligtvis att vända sig till konkurrenten. Men dessa faktorer kommer med osäkerhet för företaget i försörjningskedjan i när, vad och hur mycket av produkten de ska producera och distribuera. För att minska osäkerheten och för att planera bättre för framtida efterfrågan, måste någon typ av prognos upprättas. En prognos kan vara baserad på statistiska metoder men också kompletterad med subjektiv marknadsinformation om statistiken inte är tillräcklig. Studien som denna rapport beskriver är gjord i samarbete med Sales och Operations- avdelning (S&OP) på Sandvik Mining Rock Tools i Sandviken. Där används statistiska prognoser i kombination med manuella förändringar av säljare samt regionala planerare som bas för planering av lagernivåer och produktion. Detta gör man för att möta marknadens efterfråga och för att kontinuerligt vara uppdaterad med marknadens variationer. Syftet med detta arbete har varit att studera kunders efterfrågan av produkt- kund kombination och den metod som används vid statistiska prognoser hos S&OP- avdelningen. Ett problem som finns när man vill skapa prognoser är hur man ska prognostisera oregelbunden försäljning korrekt. Detta arbete har därför analyserat historisk försäljning för att se i vilken utsträckning oregelbunden efterfrågan finns och hur den kan hanteras. Resultatet är ett enkelt verktyg för att kunna kartlägga kunders köpbeteende. Ett till resultat är att historisk försäljning kan bli uppdelat i Volatilitet, Volym, Värde, Antalet köptillfällen och Tidsintervallet mellan köptillfällena. Dessa variabler kan även tas till hänsyn när man analyserar och prognostiserar oregelbunden försäljning. Ett tredje resultat är en klassificering av tidsserier som kan fungera som riktmärken om efterfrågan ska vara statistisk eller manuellt prognostiserade eller inte bör ha en prognos över huvud taget. Denna studie analyserade 36 månaders historik för 56 850 tidsserier av försäljning per produkt- kund kombination. Resultaten var att en kund bör ha åtminstone ett år av kontinuerlig efterfrågan innan man kan ha en prognos med statistiska modeller. Gränsen för att ens ha en prognos är att efterfrågan bör återkomma var tredje månad i genomsnitt och ha en historik av åtminstone sex försäljningstillfällen. Då klassificeras efterfrågan som oregelbunden och prognosen kan vara baserad på statistiska metoder men med manuella ändringar. I resultatet framkom det att oregelbunden efterfrågan representerar cirka 70 procent i avseende på intäkter och kräver således mycket uppmärksamhet.

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Ma, Kwan-pok. "A study of the effectiveness of ISO 9000 quality management system in the management of shopping centres in Hong Kong /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40698014.

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Pahkasalo, Carolina, and André Sollander. "Adaptive Energy Management Strategies for Series Hybrid Electric Wheel Loaders." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Fordonssystem, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-166284.

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An emerging technology is the hybridization of wheel loaders. Since wheel loaders commonly operate in repetitive cycles it should be possible to use this information to develop an efficient energy management strategy that decreases fuel consumption. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate if and how this can be done in a real-time online application. The strategy that is developed is based on pattern recognition and Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy (ECMS), which together is called Adaptive ECMS (A-ECMS). Pattern recognition uses information about the repetitive cycles and predicts the operating cycle, which can be done with Neural Network or Rule-Based methods. The prediction is then used in ECMS to compute the optimal power distribution of fuel and battery power. For a robust system it is important with stability implementations in ECMS to protect the machine, which can be done by adjusting the cost function that is minimized. The result from these implementations in a quasistatic simulation environment is an improvement in fuel consumption by 7.59 % compared to not utilizing the battery at all.

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Altiparmak, Fatih. "Online Management and Mining of Heteregenous and Dynamic Time-Series." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1204314683.

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Pawlak, Caroline E. "Orthodontic Informed Consent Considering Information Load and Serial Position Effect." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1395964866.

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Rae, Alan P. "The application of serial electrophysiological testing in the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293501.

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Reed, Paul Armstrong. "Environmental management systems, IS0 1400 1 and regulatory opportunities /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envr325.pdf.

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Thesis (M. Env. St.)--University of Adelaide, Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, 1998.
Australian/New Zealand Standard Environmental management systems papers AS/NZS ISO 14001:1996, AS/NZS14004:1996 inserted. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-168).

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Lockhart-Ross, Simon. "Cross-sectional and time-series momentum on the JSE." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20816.

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This research report documents multiple accounts of past return-based momentum strategies employed on South African-listed equities over the period 2002.02-2015.05. Two cross-sectional momentum approaches-strategies that go long (short) in assets with relative formation period out performance (underperformance) of peer stocks to make the winner (loser) portfolio-and four time-series approaches-strategies that go long (short) in assets with formation period outperformance (underperformance) of a hurdle rate to make the winner (loser) portfolio-are employed in this report. This report finds that both the top decile winner portfolio and top half winner portfolio long-only cross-sectional momentum strategies outperform the benchmark. The 12-month formation period top decile winner achieves the highest long-only excess return of 30.21% per annum, whilst all the loser cross-sectional portfolios constitute a return-reducing funding portfolio when conducting a n investment-neutral winner minus loser approach. Short-term zero investment exposure cross-sectional momentum strategies earn strong negative returns, thus presenting contrarian investment opportunities The two exposure-neutral winner minus loser time-series strategies exhibit similar results to the corresponding cross-sectional strategies, however the variable exposure strategies earn positive returns for every formation period-the 12-month formation period strategy being the best earner (25.92% p.a.). These variable exposure strategies earn time-varying returns from the market due to their non-zero net long market exposure as well as some residual return. This premium is left uncaptured by all investment-neutral app roaches and is a strong cause of the lack of skewness of the variable exposure strategies' returns. All of the examined exposure-neutral strategies exhibit significant leftward skewness due to two incidences of extreme and sustained drawdowns. Both incidences occur as a result of the momentum strategy holding market beta exposure of the opposite sign to the market's drastic turn ; the first: positive exposure and market downturn, the second : negative exposure and positive upturn. These drawdowns are reduced when employing strategies of a more intermediate-term formation period such as the 12-month formation strategy. This report's findings confirm the existence of cross-sectional and time-series momentum in South African-listed equities, as well as the case of equity momentum crashing. Further, it provides evidence for both explained and unexplained variations between the two types of momentum trading, with possibilities for further profitability when combining the two.

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Treves, Katharine F. "The management of insomnia on a residential pain management programme : a single case series and qualitative analysis." Thesis, n.p, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Li, Wing-yee Renee. "An evaluation of the effectiveness of total quality management in the Hong Kong private property management sector." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31969434.

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Cross, Patrick Wilson. "System Modeling and Energy Management Strategy Development for Series Hybrid Vehicles." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24785.

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A series hybrid electric vehicle is a vehicle that is powered by both an engine and a battery pack. An electric motor provides all of the mechanical motive power to the transmission. Engine power is decoupled from the transmission by converting engine power into electricity which powers the electric motor. The mechanical decoupling of the engine from the transmission allows the engine to be run at any operating point (including off) during vehicle operation while the battery back supplies or consumes the remaining power. Therefore, the engine can be operated at its most efficient operating point or in a high-efficiency operating region. The first objective of this research is to develop a dynamic model of a series hybrid diesel-electric powertrain for implementation in Simulink. The vehicle of interest is a John Deere M-Gator utility vehicle. This model serves primarily to test energy management strategies, but it can also be used for component sizing given known load profiles for a vehicle. The second objective of this research is to develop and implement multiple energy management strategies of varying complexity from simple thermostat control to an optimal control law derived using dynamic programming. These energy management strategies are then tested and compared over the criteria of overall fuel efficiency, power availability, battery life, and complexity of implementation. Complexity of implementation is a critical metric for control designers and project managers. The results show that simple point-based control logic can improve upon thermostat control if engine efficiency maps are known. All control method results depend on the load profile being used for a specific application.

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Lucius, Tommie J. "Department of Defense quality management systems and ISO 9000:2000." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://sirsi.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Mar%5FLucius.pdf.

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Baskan, Fevzi. "Analysis Of Serial Inventory Systems Under Nonstationary Demand." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605584/index.pdf.

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In this study we consider a two-echelon supply chain with a nonstationary demand process. The retailer batches the customer demand for a predetermined number of periods before placing an order to the supplier. We show that the demand process for the supplier is more variable than that for the retailer. It is observed that the supplier can reduce the variability of orders by tracking the exogenous demand occurring at the retailer'
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Tsang, Chak-wah, and 曾澤華. "The application of total quality management and ISO 9000 in the management of residential properties in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31968703.

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Ma, Kwan-pok, and 馬君樸. "A study of the effectiveness of ISO 9000 quality management system in the management of shopping centres in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45009405.

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Csorba, Robert. "An analysis of serial number tracking automatic identification technology as used in naval aviation programs." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02sep%5FCsorba.pdf.

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Katzel, Charmaine Tzila. "Event greening : is this concept providing a serious platform for sustainability best practice." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/431.

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"This thesis uses a proposed rating system to measure the sustainability factor of event greening projects and in so doing remove the "green wash" syndrome associated with the concept"--T.p. Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

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Masuda, Takashi. "Nonlinear modeling of time series prediction in the capital markets." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11164.

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Clough, Jennifer. "A risk control management system in the ISO 9000 format for Company XYZ." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998choughj.pdf.

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Leung, Kar-yee. "A feasibility study of applying ISO 14000 to wastewater management in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42576027.

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Noorian, Farzad. "Risk Management using Model Predictive Control." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14282.

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Forward planning and risk management are crucial for the success of any system or business dealing with the uncertainties of the real world. Previous approaches have largely assumed that the future will be similar to the past, or used simple forecasting techniques based on ad-hoc models. Improving solutions requires better projection of future events, and necessitates robust forward planning techniques that consider forecasting inaccuracies. This work advocates risk management through optimal control theory, and proposes several techniques to combine it with time-series forecasting. Focusing on applications in foreign exchange (FX) and battery energy storage systems (BESS), the contributions of this thesis are three-fold. First, a short-term risk management system for FX dealers is formulated as a stochastic model predictive control (SMPC) problem in which the optimal risk-cost profiles are obtained through dynamic control of the dealers’ positions on the spot market. Second, grammatical evolution (GE) is used to automate non-linear time-series model selection, validation, and forecasting. Third, a novel measure for evaluating forecasting models, as a part of the predictive model in finite horizon optimal control applications, is proposed. Using both synthetic and historical data, the proposed techniques were validated and benchmarked. It was shown that the stochastic FX risk management system exhibits better risk management on a risk-cost Pareto frontier compared to rule-based hedging strategies, with up to 44.7% lower cost for the same level of risk. Similarly, for a real-world BESS application, it was demonstrated that the GE optimised forecasting models outperformed other prediction models by at least 9%, improving the overall peak shaving capacity of the system to 57.6%.

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Yu, King-ho. "Overview on environmental management in Hong Kong construction industries /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25436089.

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Choi, Jason Jinho. "Raw material inventory planning in a serial system with warehouse capacity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90775.

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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-54).
The thesis explores inventory management principles in the context of a storage capacity constrained warehouse. Amgen Inc. is building a new manufacturing facility in Singapore. Due to internal raw material warehouse capacity constraints, Amgen is evaluating the use of a 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) for additional warehousing space. The goal of this project is to recommend a raw material inventory strategy to reduce inventory levels and a 3PL operation guideline to ensure the availability of storage space and to minimize the transfers of raw material between Amgen and the 3PL. The project developed four inventory management methodologies to reduce raw material inventory in the context of a warehouse with a capacity constraint: I. Batch size optimization with an extension of the economic order quantity (EOQ) that adjusts batch size based on available warehouse space. 2. Safety stock reduction with the removal of demand variability by fixing the production schedule for 6 months. This results in a 10% inventory reduction by value and an 18% reduction in warehouse space usage. 3. Vendor managed inventory (VMI) with suppliers in Singapore to reduce inventory by 5%. 4. Maintaining commonality of disposable raw materials at 75% for new products that use the Manufacturing of the Future (MoF) platform to mitigate a 46% increase in room temperature warehouse space. As Amgen starts to use a 3PL, we recommend: 1. Use the 3PL in series with Amgen's warehouse to minimize raw material transfers. 2. Use the created warehouse model for 3PL operation guidelines. The model calculates the raw material requirements for a given production plan and recommends how to route the raw material and computes the space required for Amgen and the 3PL. 3. Use recommended key performance indicators to ensure data input into the warehouse model is accurate for correctly optimized results.
by Jason Jinho Choi.
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Lau, Choi-ngor. "The study of applying ISO 14001 in wastewater management by Hong Kong Government /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21301669.

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N, Schönfeldt Sara, and Jelena Miznikova. "The Serious Business of Humor : A qualitative study of humor as a management tool." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-35849.

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This research was initiated due to the novelty of the topic. Humor is a common phenomenon in the daily interaction of many people; however this study is particularly interested in humor as used by managers. As a preconception to the study it was assumed that appropriately used humor results in benefits for a leader, thus we wish to explore how managers in Swedish organizations reason about if and how humor can be used as a management tool. For this purpose we employed qualitative research with semi-structured interviewing method. The subjects for investigation reside in Umeå, northern Swedish town, and are leaders in 8 medium/big sized, private, service companies.

The findings of this research suggest that managers often do realize the benefits of using humor and even consider it as a management tool. Our findings furthermore illustrate that the utility of humor to achieve the desired organizational outcomes of reduced stress, group cohesiveness, improved communication, creativity and leadership effectiveness is in fact very situation dependent. We could also see that our respondents tended to attribute the use of humor to their natural skills as they reason that they rarely use humor on purpose. Interestingly though, our findings showed both that managers were aware of the effects of humor and that they often utilized the benefits of humor. We therefore conclude that humor thus instead is consciously used as the managers often clearly are aware of the beneficial effects that humor brings. However, we do believe that it could be difficult to state to what extent one implements the benefits of humor in practice since humor is, as mentioned by the majority of our respondents, simply a part of their personality.

We think that one of the most important things that this study can contribute with would be to inform the reader that it is acceptable and OK to use humor also as a manager or a leader. People do not have to be less serious or effective because they have fun at work. On the contrary there are instead many benefits with humor that our research shows and if implemented, humor could contribute to make the workplace more pleasant.

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Müller-Clemm, Werner Johannes. "Halting the revolving door of serious mental illness, evaluating an assertive case management program." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq21943.pdf.

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Manning, Peter Christopher. "Development of a Series Parallel Energy Management Strategy for Charge Sustaining PHEV Operation." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49436.

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The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team of Virginia Tech (HEVT) is participating in the 2012-2014 EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition series organized by Argonne National Lab (ANL), and sponsored by General Motors Corporation (GM) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The goals of the competition are to reduce well-to-wheel (WTW) petroleum energy consumption (PEU), WTW greenhouse gas (GHG) and criteria emissions while maintaining vehicle performance, consumer acceptability and safety. Following the EcoCAR 2 Vehicle Development Process (VDP) of designing, building, and refining an advanced technology vehicle over the course of the three year competition using a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu donated by GM as a base vehicle, the selected powertrain is a Series-Parallel Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) with P2 (between engine and transmission) and P4 (rear axle) motors, a lithium-ion battery pack, an internal combustion engine, and an automatic transmission. Development of a charge sustaining control strategy for this vehicle involves coordination of controls for each of the main powertrain components through a distributed control strategy. This distributed control strategy includes component controllers for each individual component and a single supervisory controller responsible for interpreting driver demand and determining component commands to meet the driver demand safely and efficiently. For example, the algorithm accounts for a variety of system operating points and will penalize or reward certain operating points for other conditions. These conditions include but are not limited to rewards for discharging the battery when the state of charge (SOC) is above the target value or penalties for operating points with excessive emissions. Development of diagnostics and remedial actions is an important part of controlling the powertrain safely. In order to validate the control strategy prior to in-vehicle operation, simulations are run against a plant model of the vehicle systems. This plant model can be run in both controller Software- and controller Hardware-In-the-Loop (SIL and HIL) simulations. This paper details the development of the controls for diagnostics, major selection algorithms, and execution of commands and its integration into the Series-Parallel PHEV through the supervisory controller. This paper also covers the plant model development and testing of the control algorithms using controller SIL and HIL methods. This paper details reasons for any changes to the control system, and describes improvements or tradeoffs that had to be made to the control system architecture for the vehicle to run reliably and meet its target specifications. Test results illustrate how changes to the plant model and control code properly affect operation of the control system in the actual vehicle. The VT Malibu is operational and projected to perform well at the final competition.
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DeGomez, Tom, and Melanie Lenart. "Management of Forests and Woodlands (Climate Change and Variability in Southwest Ecosystems Series)." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146920.

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Climate change may have dramatic effects on Arizona's forests and woodlands. Wildfires and insects may become of greater concern. Plant species will likely shift in elevation to adapt to the warming conditions.

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Koropp, Christian [Verfasser], Dietmar [Gutachter] Grichnik, and Christian [Gutachter] Koziol. "Financial behavior in family firms : paper series / Christian Koropp. Gutachter: Dietmar Grichnik ; Christian Koziol." Vallendar : WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1113538295/34.

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Li, Wing-yee Renee, and 李穎儀. "An evaluation of the effectiveness of total quality management in the Hong Kong private property management sector." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31969434.

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Chan, Kwai-sun Kenneth. "A comparative study of cost benefit analysis and environmental performance in a property management site before and after ISO 14001 implementation." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23339342.

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Lau, Sin-tong William. "Environmentalism, environmental performance standards, and the business sector in Hong Kong : assessing the impacts of ISO 14000 /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B24872726.

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Plennert, Silke Verfasser], and Susanne [Akademischer Betreuer] [Robra-Bissantz. "Ein Serious Game zur Erhebung von Informationsbedürfnissen in der Customer Journey / Silke Plennert ; Betreuer: Susanne Robra-Bissantz." Braunschweig : Technische Universität Braunschweig, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1175816450/34.

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Busch, Philipp [Verfasser]. "Spielerische Ansätze in der Internationalen Zusammenarbeit - Gamification und Serious Games als Alternative zum traditionellen Methodenportfolio? / Philipp Busch." Mainz : Universitätsbibliothek Mainz, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1155735048/34.

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Singh, Gurpal Luv Verfasser], Grichnik [Gutachter] Dietmar, and Holger [Gutachter] [Ernst. "Resource management of nascent entrepreneurs : paper series / Gurpal Luv Singh. Gutachter: Grichnik Dietmar ; Holger Ernst." Vallendar : WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:992-opus4-540.

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Singh, Gurpal Luv [Verfasser], Grichnik [Gutachter] Dietmar, and Holger [Gutachter] Ernst. "Resource management of nascent entrepreneurs : paper series / Gurpal Luv Singh. Gutachter: Grichnik Dietmar ; Holger Ernst." Vallendar : WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1113594713/34.

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