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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"delivery reliability"”.
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The Multipath Fault-Tolerant Protocol for Routing in Packet-Switched Communication Network
… networks need to address the need for reliability of data delivery. Reliability can be improved by incorporating fault tolerance into network routing, wherein a set of multiple routes are used for routing between a given source and destination. This thesis proposes a new fault-tolerant …
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Benchmarking and productivity analysis in South Africa's automotive industry
… improvements in quality, inventory reduction and delivery reliability to customers. Although South Africa appears to be catching-up to its competitors, it still ranks poorly among auto-producers in emerging markets. Its competitors in the Far East, South America and Eastern Europe enjoy low …
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Implementing time based manufacturing practices in pharmaceutical preparation manufacturers. Improving time-based manufacturing practices and enhancing manufacturing performance through action research.
… of the order cycle time and increase of the delivery dependability. Based on the data of the two Case Companies, this study demonstrated the relationship between these two manufacturing performance parameters, which indicates that manufacturers may strive for both delivery speed and delivery …
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Multipath "Fresnel Zone" Routing for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
… shown that multipath routing can enhance data delivery reliability and provide load balancing. Nevertheless, only a few multipath routing algorithms have been proposed and their interaction with transport layer protocols has not been thoroughly addressed in the literature. In this work, we …
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A reliable trust-aware reinforcement learning based routing protocol for wireless medical sensor networks.
… to fulfill WMSN requirements in terms of delivery reliability, attack resiliency, computational overhead and energy efficiency. This doctoral research therefore aims to advance the state of the art in routing by proposing a lightweight, reliable routing protocol for WMSN. Ensuring a …
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Quantitative Chemical Analysis Throughout the FC CVD Process as a Route to Reliable Fibre Production and Research
… erratic and inaccurate behaviour of precursor delivery, held as responsible for the reactor’s poor performance up to this point. Precursor delivery reliability has now been greatly improved but can more importantly be corrected for live when making fibre, which has enabled the publication of a …
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An integrated framework for freight forwarders:exploitation of dynamic information for multimodal transportation
… network, we introduce a new class of pickup and delivery problems to carry out the customer load pickups, fleet management, cargo-to-flight assignments, and airport deliveries in a multiple airport region under alternative access airport policy. </p> <p>The main contributions of this research to …
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Predictive modeling of fulfillment supply chain for delivery performance improvement
… year. To support such rapid growth, exceptional delivery performance is critical. As consumers become more demanding about delivery precision and as competitors offer increasingly faster options, NIKE is also focusing on initiatives around delivery service to achieve its targets and remain the …
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Impact of financial risk on U.S. apparel buyers' need for information sources and information on product characteristics and vendor reputation
… demand, ability to meet specifications, and delivery reliability were significantly more important than the other listed information sources or types. Multiple regression analysis showed that the ratings of a chance of a financial gain or loss were negatively related to the firms' store type …
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Data-Driven Routing for Autonomous Trucks: Learning from Human Behavior with Context Awareness and Privacy Protection
… weather events. These factors directly affect delivery reliability, operating costs, and emissions. As the industry moves toward automation, the need for adaptive and data-driven route recommendation for autonomous truck fleets has become urgent. Unlike human drivers who draw on experiential …
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In-Network Processing For Mission-Criticalwireless Networked Sensing And Control: A Real-Time, Efficiency, And Resiliency Perspective
… increase the</p> <p>energy efficiency, reliability, and throughput of WCPS while satisfying QoS requirements of applications in a relatively static environment, but also they can provide low cost proactive protection against transient node failures in a more dynamic wireless …
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Model implementacije lin pristupa za unapređenje operativnih performansi nerepetitivnih proizvodnih sistema
Predmet istraživanja ove doktorske disertacije je mogućnost unapređenja operativnih performansi nerepetitivnih proizvodnih sistema – konkretno protočnog vremena i pouzdanosti isporuke – primenom lin pristupa. Primeri unapređenja operativnih performansi primenom lin pristupa su brojni, i najveći …
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Organisational climate, organisational practices and service delivery in a local government
… efforts in transforming and accelerating service delivery. Managers at all levels must support staff in service responsibility so that staff members feel valued, motivated, informed and challenged to put forth their best efforts on behalf of the people they serve. The objectives of this study were …