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Showing 1 to 20 of 167 for “"Decision Support Tool"”.
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Brackish Groundwater Desalination: A Decision Support Tool
… of this study is to provide water utility decision makers like city managers, water company managers, city council members, etc. with key questions to consider prior to choosing whether to embark on a brackish groundwater desalination program for their utility. The scholarly literature …
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A decision support tool for preliminary system design
… is lacking in the area of preliminary design. Decisions that greatly influence the product’s life-cycle cost are made during this stage of the design with minimal knowledge. One of the key decisions made during preliminary design is the allocation of the system’s functions to hardware, …
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Decision support tool for costing of the pultrusion process
… elements were main machine, auxiliary equipment, tooling, tool setting operator, building, installation, maintenance, overhead and the capital recovery cost of invested capital.;The technical cost model developed can be used to estimate the cost of fabricating different components by pultrusion …
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Decision Support Tool for Optimal Replacement of Plumbing Systems
… is given to copper plumbing pipe corrosion. A decision support tool for replacing copper plumbing pipes is presented. The deterioration process is grouped into early, normal and late stages. Because available data reflects late stage process, an optimization, neural network and curve fitting …
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Decision support tool for dynamic workforce scheduling in manufacturing environments \
… The focus of this thesis is the development of a decision support tool that can assist shift supervisors to rapidly generate new worker-task assignments during a shift to ensure that production stays on track. This research discusses the systems engineering development process of the …
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A Generic Simulation-based Perioperative Decision Support Tool for Tactical Decision
… panel's recommendation for a simulation-based decision tool to help hospitals inform decisions that can lead to improved access and efficiency. A generalised, simulation based perioperative decision tool is presented that can be used to test a variety of tactical decisions. The generic model …
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Developing a decision support tool for improved aquatic invasive species management
… knowledge and data types being involved in AIS decisions. Decision support tools (DST) can be powerfully effective methods for helping to simplify complex decisions, incorporating different types of knowledge, and assisting in clear communication between involved parties. Developing a useful …
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Development of a decision-support tool for TxDOT delivery methods selection
… its projects lead to the need of a formal decision process. This work presents the existent approaches made by different owner entities to formalize the delivery method decision. This research provides with decision procedures, criteria and principles to develop a quantitative …
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Life cycle cost modelling as an aircraft design decision support tool
… The usage of the life cycle cost framework as a decision support tool is outlined and three case studies are presented which include composites vs metals trade-off analysis, optimisation studies and web deployment for real time cost estimation. The novel contributions of this research are …
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Marine biological valuation as a decision support tool for marine management
Marine environments are currently experiencing intense pressures from both natural and anthropogenic impacts. Marine policy makers are therefore searching new ways to manage the sea in a sustainable way. This thesis describes the development and application of a biological instrument that can be …
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Assessing Net Returns to Blueberry Production Using a Decision Support Tool
… sustainable blueberry production budgeting tool that will be released in 2015.</p>
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Development of a decision support tool for transit network design evaluation
… As such, the need for efficient, pragmatic decision making on policy direction, infrastructure expenditure, or any transport interventions is becoming very critical. Thus, transport professionals are increasingly in need of tools to help them predict with increased accuracy the outcomes of …
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Enabling strategic fulfillment : a decision support tool for fulfillment network optimization
… is not clearly delineated. We have developed a tool to assist in the decision making process for Dell's 3P distribution network. This tool transparently presents the results of cost modeling and forecast variance simulation while maintaining usability to achieve broad adoption and exert …
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The design of an intelligent decision support tool for submarine commanders
… accidents points to the need for a better decision support in ship and submarine navigation. Towards this end, this thesis proposes a mobile decision support tool to aid maritime commanders in maintaining situational awareness and aiding in navigation and collision avoidance. The Mobile …
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Designing a graphical decision support tool to improve system acquisition decisions
System acquisition decision makers are frequently charged with choosing a single system from a set of feasible possibilities that could best fulfill the needs of their organizations. While numerous rules and regulations are already in place for both commercial and government acquisitions to ensure …
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Towards Sustainable Freight Energy Management - Development of a Strategic Decision Support Tool
… and policies to choose from to attempt this, decision-makers need support and guidance in terms of selecting which policies to adopt – they are faced with a complex and demanding problem. These complexities result, in part, from the vast range, scope and extent of measures to be considered by …
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Development of a computer aided decision support tool for selecting organisational improvement initiatives
… initiatives, (2) Develop a computer aided decision support tool (CADST) for selecting organisational improvement initiatives based on Malaysia context, as well as (3) Evaluate and refine the CADST for selecting organisational improvement initiatives . The main factors that should be …
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Development of decision support tool for advising on selecting ballast water treatment system
… companies or any organisation the important decisions are made to deal with the selection of a particular alterative. This thesis presents a decision support tool for selecting a Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) for a given ship. A single decision has to be made between a number of given …
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Decision support tool for the tanker second-hand market using data mining techniques
This thesis proposes an innovative decision support tool intended for market leaders and those anticipating market states of "sale and purchase". This is feasible with the use of powerful data mining techniques and the construction of explanatory forecasting models. Data mining techniques seek and …
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Business modeling as a decision support tool in the jet engine aftermarket business
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1999.
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