Read, Sebastian E. A.(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is a need for a coarse-to-fine positioning system as per a case study
presented by the project collaboration partner, the Technical University of
Chemnitz. The case study involves the picking and ...
Eksteen, Pieter De Waal(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Osteoarthritis (OA), also known as degenerative joint disease is a progressive disorder of the joints caused by gradual loss of cartilage and resulting in the development of bony spurs and cysts at the ...
De Beer, Thys(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to address the need for sustainable development within
waste management. It explores how sustainability can be assessed and used as
the basis for high level decision making ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Clustering has emerged as one of the drivers for economic growth and improved competitiveness for specific industries. In order for cluster initiatives to be successful, they need to be managed in a certain ...
Van Heerden, Johan P.(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Project management (PM) is a very important field in engineering as a whole. The management of most projects has become more complex in recent times, due to greater technical complexity and the requirement ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aerospace- and automotive industries have an urgency to save space and reduce weight, as well as a need to
increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. This has led to the use of lightweight ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Predictive analytics in healthcare has become one of the major focus areas in healthcare delivery worldwide. Due to the massive amount of healthcare data being captured, healthcare providers and health ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the implementation of an integrated capital budgeting
visual mapping framework comprised of both Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
and Real Options Analysis (ROA) techniques. Physical asset ...
Van Niekerk, Mariette(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Construction projects are risky by nature, with many variables a ecting their outcome.
A contingency cost and duration are allocated to the budget and schedule
of a project to provide for the possible ...
Stadler, Johan George(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a minerals processing environment, stable production processes, cost minimisation and energy efficiency are key to operational excellence, safety and profitability. At an ilmenite smelter, typically ...
Van Dyk, Liezl(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
The Telemedicine Service Maturity Model (TMSMM) is developed as part of the PhD studies of Liezl van Dyk from the Health System Engineering Research Group, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University, ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Society is continually in search of ways to optimise various objectives.
When faced with multiple and con
icting objectives, humans are in
need of solution techniques to enable optimisation. This ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is very seldom that a decision-making problem concerns only a single
value or objective. The process of simultaneously optimising two
or more con
icting objectives is known as multi-objective ...
This doctoral dissertation focuses on the application of Van-der-Waals’ forces in micromaterial
handling. A micro-material handling system consists of four main elements, which
include: the micro-gripper, the micro-workpart, ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A difficult subclass of engineering optimisation problems is the class
of optimisation problems which are dynamic and stochastic. These
problems are often of a non-closed form and thus studied by means ...