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Carbon Emissions Policies and its Impact on the Design of Supply Chains
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Carbon emission is a concern across the industry due to its environmental impact. In order to reduce carbon emissions, industry have to look not only at their processes but also in the generation of emissions in the whole ...
A Multi-echelon Network Distribution Model For Emergency Resource Planning
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Resource planning in emergency management is a challenging task as it involves disaster situations where the demands are rapidly increasing and the resources are scarce. Conventional planning involves a centralized network ...
Stakeholders' roles in virtual project environment: A case study
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Elsevier
, 2011 , Article)
The rising cost of resources within an organization, increasing capability of information technology, the need to conduct project at different places and availability of competent and inexpensive manpower elsewhere have ...
A model for planning locations of temporary distribution facilities for emergency response
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
We propose a network flow model for dynamic selection of temporary distribution facilities and allocation of resources for emergency response planning. The model analyzes the transfer of excess resources between temporary ...
A real study-based modeling of stochastic behavior of traffic crash counts using penalized poisson-GzLM
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IEOM Society
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Data-based prediction models for vehicular crash counts are in high demand by transport and traffic authorities in Qatar. The road crash models based on in-depth data are important for developing efficient road safety ...
Key performance indicators (KPIs) for evaluation of energy conservation in buildings
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
The main objectives of this paper are to: identify key performance indicators (KPIs) related to intelligent buildings (economical, environmental, reliability, and quality), and; propose a simulation framework for evaluation ...
Building thermal energy modeling with loss minimization
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
The thermal losses in buildings are significant energy sinks. The Energy Semantic Network (ESN) is a new method for finding these losses at the design stage, as well as for the existing structures. The research purpose of ...
Application of Petri nets towards improved utilization of machines in job shop manufacturing environments
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the use of Petri nets in a job shop setup for the improvement in the utilization of machines. Design/methodology/approach - The study discusses concepts such as reachable ...
Performance evaluation of gas-power strategies for building energy conservation
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
The work provided herein involves a comparison of natural gas and hydrogen fuels for the purpose of energy conservation for buildings via alternative energy generation methodologies. A case study simulation was developed ...
Stakeholder's perception of service quality: a case in Qatar
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and report students' perception of service quality in a university by examining the perceptual context of service quality with respect to students' loyalty behavior, ...