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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"estimated costs"”.
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An Examination Of The Variation In Information Systems Project Cost Estimates: The Case Of Year 2000 Compliance Projects
… opportunity to explore the relationship between estimated costs of software projects and five cost influence dimensions described by the Year 2000 Enterprise Cost Model (Kappelman, et al., 1998) -- organization, problem, solution, resources, and stage of completion. This research was a field …
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The indirect impact of road freight transport - case study: N3 Johannesburg to Durban road freight corridor
… aim of this investigation is to determine the estimated cost of the indirect impacts of road freight on the N3 corridor between Johannesburg and Durban. This corridor, approximately 600 kilometres in length, forms the link between the country's industrial hub (Johannesburg) and its key Port …
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Scale economies in college and university student health centers: An econometric analysis
… of higher learning in the United States. Estimated costs of these services is greater than {dollar}1 billion annually. A translog cost function is employed to analyze data from a random sample of 80 American College Health Association member institutions across the country. The results …
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The economic and environmental implications of feedlot manure utilization in the Texas High Plains
Environmental regulations and rising fertilizer costs have made livestock waste management issues important to cattle feedlots, farmers and consumers. These problems are especially evident in the Texas High Plains (THP), an area where vast numbers of cattle are fed alongside a large farm base. The …
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An estimation of the costs associated with commercial broiler production in Virginia
This study is a summary of production costs of commercial broilers as reported by a sample of producers and contract feed dealers in the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. The results are presented in the form of estimated costs under stated situations of production facilities, performance, and …
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Evolutionary cluster costing for weapon system early design
… a single existing case to estimate new system costs. The purpose of ECCM is to extract cost characteristics from an existing system by separating it into mutually independent function clusters. Accordingly, ECCM consists of three essentials: function activity cost tables (FACT), an evolutionary …
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A management science approach for developing a decision model for portfolio rationalization of consumer personal computers
… has imposed substantial complexity costs on Dell. Modeling this selection process as a Newsvendor "life-time buy" includes this variability while optimizing for profit. Estimated costs of overage, costs of underage, and complexity costs are used as inputs. This thesis seeks to …
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Study of the audio coding algorithm of the MPEG-4 AAC standard and comparison among implementations of modules of the algorithm
… among these implementations, considering estimated costs, execution time, and advantages and disadvantages of each one.
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Modeling agricultural recycling systems for system size and economic potential
… analyses and modeling are conducted on the estimated costs of raw material, equipment, labor, and transportation. The resulting model shows that the modular systems approach is a promising alternative solution to economic, environmental, and social issues for rural areas, although the …
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The socio-economic status, sign language interpreter utilisation and the cost of providing South African sign language interpreter services in the Cape Metropole District health services
… about 15- 26% of the world’s population with an estimated prevalence of 3.7% in South Africa. Although sign language Interpreters (SLIs) improve the communication challenges in health care they are unaffordable for many Deaf people. On the other hand, there are no legal provisions in place to …
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The role of industrial carbon capture and storage in emissions mitigation
… emission sources from cement and investigate the estimated costs associated with CCS in cement production. These costs are evaluated based on a variety of factors, including the technological maturity of the capture process, the amount of CO2 captured in different parts of a plant, the percentage …
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Conversion of oil and gas wells to geothermal reinjection
… utilization, it could significantly reduce costs and environmental impact compared to making new wells from scratch. The focus of this project is conversion of existing oil and gas wells to geothermal reinjection for potential geothermal utilization in north-west part of Croatia. Legrad …
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Defining farm-safety research priorities and adjusting farm insurance premiums by a risk analysis approach
… due to a particular risk factor with the estimated costs of injuries, the EIC indices were derived for farm workers and activities. Agricultural safety education and research priorities were defined based upon the risk model developed in this study. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to …
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Economic costs of seeking malaria care to households in the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana
… other cause, however little was said about the costs to households. The aim of the study was to estimate the economic costs (direct and indirect) of seeking malaria care to households and in doing this, the study used data collected from a randomly sampled 423 households in K-N district. Malaria …
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Technoeconomic Assessment of a Gossamer, Planar, Gigawatt-Scale Space-Based Solar Power System
… of 91.5 W/kg, comparable to the specific power estimated for Caltech’s SSPP concept (98 W/kg). In contrast, NASA’s SPS-ALPHA concept has reportedly been designed to achieve a specific power of 57 W/kg. The financial infeasibility has been proven by the negative NPV and the exorbitant LCOE for …
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An evaluation of short innovation contest implementation in the federal context
… four contests procured technology solutions for estimated costs of less than half that of traditional procurement methods. It was also found that recent contest policy initiatives were unsuitable for short innovation contests. This thesis provides recommendations for policies appropriate for …
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Employee assistance programmes : a needs assessment and cost-benefit analysis
… and comprised a monetary comparison of the estimated costs and benefits (savings) of the EAP. Thereafter the economic efficiency of the EAP was expressed in terms of savings per rand invested. The benefits of the EAP were represented by estimated savings due to reduction in absenteeism and …
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Enhancing the Shared Mobility Market: Dissolving Market Segmentation and Understanding Market Friction
… supply, we estimate switching and multi-homing costs in a platform duopoly using public and limited high-level survey data in a shared mobility market with a transportation network company duopoly. Estimated costs are sizeable, and reductions in multi-homing and switching costs significantly …
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Development of A Ready-To-Assemble Construction System
… criteria. A comparison between the estimated costs of a RTA building and the costs of traditional on site construction of a building of equal dimensions indicated that the RTA system is economically competitive.
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Grazing in the urban environment : An economic and social appraisal of conservation grazing schemes.
… sites and those of other local organisations.The costs and benefits varied considerably depending on the approach taken. Owning stock has major capital and revenue implications for an organisation as well as additional responsibilities of animal welfare. There are the added benefits of having …
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