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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 ...
Reducing material convergence in disaster environments: The potential of trusted change agents
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
The research in this paper seeks to advance the effective management of one of the most intractable aspects of disaster response phenomena: material convergence-the sudden and mostly uncoordinated arrival of physical ...
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 ...
An eco-friendly closed-loop supply chain facing demand and carbon price uncertainty
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Springer
, 2022 , Article)
The greenhouse gas emissions due to the energy use in production and distribution in a supply chain are of interest to industries aiming to achieve decarbonization. The industry subjected to carbon regulations require ...
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, ...
System requirements and optimization of multi-chillers district cooling plants
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
District cooling systems (DCS) are particularly important in the Middle East due to higher overall temperatures on most days of the year. The design, operation, and control of a new DCS should consider the abundant ...
Energy consumption and conservation practices in Qatar - A case study of a hotel building
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
This paper considers energy conservation practices in Qatar with special emphasis on commercial buildings. Energy conservation approaches are classified into five main areas and an Energy Conservation Matrix (ECM) database ...