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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"cost minimisation"”.
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Economic evaluation of health care : cautions for the developing country context
… of health care now extends from the humble cost-minimisation exercise, through cost effectiveness measures, to the more complex cost utility or cost benefit models. These methodologies have differing strengths and drawbacks. This paper evaluates those attributes on both the practical and …
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The adoption of the Taguchi Design of Experiments theory for the optimisation of a cosmetic manufacturers effluent treatment plant.
… improvement of effluent discharge and treatment costs through the Taguchi Design of Experiments theory.<br/><br/>The characteristics of the effluent are detailed and discussed including estimations of future hydraulic and concentration loadings. The performance of the plant for 1995-1997 is …
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Systematic review of economic evaluations for paediatric pulmonary diseases
… inclusion criteria. Seven of the articles were cost-effectiveness analyses, five cost-utility analyses, two cost-minimisation analyses, and eight cost analyses. Fourteen studies were conducted in high-income countries, eight in low-middle-income countries (LMICs). Ten studies were on asthma, …
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Optimal Operation of Multi-Energy Systems in Integrated Energy Networks with Distributed Peer-to-Peer Energy Transactive Framework
… enabling more efficient resource allocation and cost minimisation. Furthermore, to improve energy management across multiple energy networks, a novel model is developed to optimally size and site an innovative design for a multi-energy storage system (MESS). Lastly, to investigate the …
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The development of a cloudlet business model based on stakeholder’s service guarantees
… the service description, service objectives, cost, and penalties and is imposed on consumers using a disclaimer page. The feasibility study of the developed model based on a coffee shop scenario was conducted using a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) tool. The findings show that a coffee shop can …
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Using the health policy triangle framework to describe local, regional and national healthcare policy changes within Ireland's diverse healthcare settings
… as literature reviews, economic evaluations (cost-effectiveness analysis and cost minimisation analysis), and qualitative analysis (using the Framework Approach) helped provide evidence on the health-related policy decisions. Results: The narrative literature review in Chapter 2 identified …
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Developing SMEs through large firm-small firm linkages
… contrary to the arguments of transaction cost theory, outsourcing decisions are predicated on the need to comply with compulsory regulations in order to gain access to resources and m.arlcets, rather -than primarily on cost minimisation. Consequently, strategies which assure access to …
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An investigation into the cognitive effects of instructional interface visualisations.
… More often than not, the aim has been cost minimisation through an optimisation of the instructional delivery process for efficient knowledge acquisition. The outcome of such research effort in general have been largely divergent and inconclusive. The work reported in this thesis …
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Essays on banking
… imperfections, most especially real resources costs and imperfect competition. A special focus is made on the empirical estimation of the importance of such imperfections in the Portuguese market. The thesis is organised in three different essays, being the first focused on real resources …
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Property valuation under uncertain market conditions: a case of the Lagos property market
… which can be understood through their cost minimisation behaviour. The study employs an exploratory sequential mixed methods research approach where qualitative and quantitative data were collected sequentially from multiple sources. Specifically, qualitative data were extracted from …
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Market solutions to the low-income housing challenge – a case study of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
… operating environment to reduce development costs to levels that enable them to provide low-income housing successfully. Using the Structure-Agency model, which is a theoretical framework rooted in institutional economics, a conceptual model to study the development process was developed and …