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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Cost variables"”.
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GPU-based Lagrangian heuristic for multidimensional assignment problems with decomposable costs
… technique to solve the MAPs with decomposable costs. But the major contribution was an efficient parallelization of this algorithm on a graphics processing unit (GPU) based programming architecture. Bigger problems with larger data sets were solved by using multiple processors with each having …
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A Study of the Programmatic Costs Associated With Educating K--12 Public School Students in Illinois and Their Student Achievement as Measured by the IGAP Standardized Test Scores
The programmatic costs associated with educating public K--12 students are an important predictor of student achievement, even when considered within the context of demographic variables. Frequently these programmatic cost variables were the second most significant predictors identified, following …
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Multi-Channel Retailing: Function of Consumers' Perceived Benefits and Costs and Retail Synergy
… to predict the effect of shopping benefits and costs perceived from each channel on the consumer's purchase intention. Data analysis (N = 500) indicated that the purchase intentions were affected by different shopping benefit and cost variables. Qualitative analysis of retailers (N= 10) revealed …
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A Cost Per Behavior Change Analysis for Physical Therapy-Behavior Modification Projects
… be used to determine the effects and related costs of producing certain physical-motor skills in multiple handicapped retardates. This study should provide a data base for later cost-effectiveness studies. Procedure. Child development workers on the program unit were trained to conduct …
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The Economic Feasibility of Partially Replacing Coal with Poultry Litter during the Production fo Energy in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Watershed
… energy failed to include uncertainty in benefit-cost variables, therefore, this study used risk analysis to incorporate variable uncertainty. Project net worth in previous studies was measured under a public investment scenario with risk neutral preferences but did not take into account risk …
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Technology innovation management in the Nigerian banking industry: integrating stakeholders' perspectives, an exploration of strategy and policy implications.
… This extended model entails the addition of cost variables to the mix of Rogerss five attributes of innovation diffusion (i.e. Relative Advantage, Complexity, Compatibility, Trialability and Observability). Cost variables according to this study are the three types of switching costs, the …
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Analysis of air cargo transport systems using stochastic simulation
… of shipping quantities. Key performance and cost variables were identified, and shipping data were analyzed to determine distribution parameters. A computer simulation model called CARGOSIM was developed to represent the air transport system and provide a tool for the evaluation of various …
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An economic analysis of gene marker assisted seedstock selection in beef cattle
… the technology unless the marginal and fixed cost variables (not estimated in this study) of the monopolist, are excessively high. Producer surplus was simulated as positive with three of the four elasticity data sets. The share of surplus capture by producers is generally low relative to the …
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Choice and Use of Services Under an Employer -Provided Dental Benefit Program: A Pilot Study
… specifically addressed are: (1) What are the 'cost' variables that best explain the differences between users and non-users of dental services? (2) Which predisposing and enabling variables best explain preventive dental service utilization? (3) What are the effects of choice of plan type on …
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Theoretical and empirical investigations of excessive congestion as a result of market and planning failures
… is only a small share (5%-23%) of the total cost of congestion; policies seeking to produce free-flow speeds may lead to substantial welfare loss. Simulations demonstrate how that, when planning failures dominate region, even the first-best pricing is not so effective since planning failures …
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The Economic Value of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and Implications for Adjacent Local Communities
… at the park. We make use of individual Travel cost variables. Models accounting for all problems found in on-site surveys tend to outperform other models. Estimated consumer surplus is large, given the usually low entrance fees. Precise measurement of the travel cost variable is important to …
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Formulation of weighted disclosure indices and its application in evaluating accounting disclosure and financial performance of listed firms
… regression analysis together with agency costs and economic value-added metric, to study listed firms on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). This concept was motivated by the dearth of weighted disclosure indices in literature for measuring accounting …
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Essays on aviation, regional economic development, and migration
… employment and non-traditional business variables. Furthermore, comparison of the Denver MSA to the wider state illustrates differences associated to the distance to the hub city. Chapter 2, titled as "Inter-fuel Substitution in the Aviation Sector and Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Case …