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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"Planning Strategies"”.
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Path-planning strategies for ambush avoidance
… for efficiently computing the optimal mixed strategies for the first player to navigate between the origin and destination, so as to minimize the probability of being ambushed. The results are applicable to a wide range of real-life situations, including the routing of VIPs and convoys …
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Identification of robust water resources planning strategies
… of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning and Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1987.
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Measurement and evaluation of alternative planning strategies
Strategic Planning is a function practiced by most public and private sector organizations. Most managers are familiar with the concept of strategic planning and associated processes. There has been some research in the field of management focusing on the alternatives to strategic planning …
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Project delivery and planning strategies for public owners
… variable, the role of government in the capital planning process will need to be redefined. This thesis examines the capital planning process used by public owners, i.e. the government. The identification of ideal project planning and management principles led to a new framework for capital …
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Robust distributed planning strategies for autonomous multi-agent teams
… development of autonomous task allocation and planning methods that ensure spatial and temporal coordination for teams of cooperating agents. The basic problem can be formulated as a combinatorial optimization (mixed-integer program) involving nonlinear and time-varying system dynamics. For …
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Transitions between town and metropolis : planning strategies for development and conservation of colonial Zacatecas
This thesis examines the planning strategies critical for the conservation and development of cities full of historic, traditional and cultural value. The colonial city of Zacatecas in central Mexico, was chosen for this study because of its large and considerably well preserved historic center, …
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Short term evaluations of alternative investment and estate planning strategies on private nonindustrial forests
… of selected tax provisions and management strategies on the profitability of the forest assets over a short time horizon. The subject matter is organized into three separate and independent analyses. First, two major federal estate tax provisions, special use valuation and deferral and …
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Utilization of the empiric land use forecasting model for investigations of urban development planning strategies
… Model to investigate urban development planning strategies. These investigations required two applications, the first dealing with the selection of certain regional plans describing the use of transportation, zoning, open space, utilities, etc., and the subsequent determination of …
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Planning strategies in an age of active citizenship: a post-structuralist agenda for self-organization in spatial planning
… and disciplinary confines of participatory planning and existing planning frameworks. Planning strategies that answer to the dynamics of civic initiatives, meeting the complexity of an age of active citizenship, have so far been seriously underdeveloped. Based on empirical studies of 14 …
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Predictive models for pipe break failures and their implications on maintenance planning strategies for deteriorating water distribution systems
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1986.
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Application of spatial planning strategies to achieve sustainable transport systems in rapidly urbanizing cities : a study of Abuja, Nigeria
… these impacts to the legacy of the Modernist Planning/Master Planning paradigm which prevails in rapidly urbanizing cities in the global south region. While this strategic instrument is considered relevant and dominate the centre-stage of physical planning in most global south cities, earlier …
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Housing abandonment in Mexican metropolitan areas : analyzing planning strategies to reduce housing abandonment in the Metro Area of Guadalajara
… that current metropolitan efforts on urban planning in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara could have in reducing the high rates of housing abandonment the city currently faces. Previous efforts to reduce housing abandonment in the city have not delivered the expected results, and the …
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Upgrading of substandard housing in Portugal : planning strategies for the technical improvement of marginal settlements, case study, the Casal Ventoso
… The rationale of the concept, and technical strategies applied to a chosen prototypical case study area in Lisbon. A thorough explanation of the upgrading policy is given in Chapter 2.0, where social, political and economical issues are dealt with. The core of the thesis is found in Chapter …
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Reimaging vacant urban land as green infrastructure: Assessing vacant urban land ecosystem services and planning strategies for the City of Roanoke, Virginia
… contexts and improve urban forest policies, planning, and the management of vacant land. The study findings support the inclusion of trees on vacant land providing a new vision of vacant urban land as a valuable ecological resource by demonstrating how green infrastructure can be used to …
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Spatial planning strategies for sustainable municipal household water service provision: a case study of Thohoyandou Town in Vhembe District Municipality of Limpopo, South Africa
… delivery. This study focuses on how spatial planning can play a key role in supporting sustainability and access to household water services in Thohoyandou town. A mixed-methods case study approach was used to explore these issues in depth. Data collection included 382 household …
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Considerations for and Implementations of Deliberative and Reactive Motion Planning Strategies for the Novel Actuated Rimless Spoke Wheel Robot IMPASS for the Two-Dimensional Sagittal Plane
… discuss two different approaches to the motion planning problem for the two-dimensional sagittal plane. The first approach is deliberative in nature and depends on fairly accurate terrain sensing. The motion planning first decides on a set of contact points based on obstacle configurations and a …
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The impact of action strategies on the success of SME's in the South African context
… the connection between two dimensions of action strategies namely planning strategies and entrepreneurial orientation on the success according to the Giessen Amsterdam Model of Entrepreneurial Success. It is argued that although the traditional factors (example, access to capital and markets) …
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The impact of action strategies on the success of sme's in a South African context
… the connection between two dimensions of action strategies namely planning strategies and entrepreneurial orientation on the success according to the Giessen-Amsterdam Model of Entrepreneurial Success. It is argued that although the traditional factors (example, access to capital and markets) …
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Fire fighting in aerospace product development : a study of project capacity and resource planning in an aerospace enterprise
… to analyze the dynamics associated with project planning and resource planning strategies for both multi-project and single project scenarios. This analysis provides insight into the potential for project pipeline "tipping" and the effects of various project management and resource planning …
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