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        National innovation system : South Africa and China compared 

        Zhang, Haoyi (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of National Innovation System (NIS) as new conceptual framework appeared in the late 1980s. The framework of NIS not only focuses on the science and technology development of a country, but ...
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        Near-optimum cost minimisation of transporting bioenergy carriers from source to intermediate distributors 

        Roberts, Theari (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world is facing an energy crisis with worldwide energy consumption rising at an alarming rate. The effects that fossil fuels have on the environment are also causing concern. For these two reasons ...
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        New multi-objective ranking and selection procedures for discrete stochastic simulation problems 

        Yoon, Moonyoung (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In stochastic simulation optimisation, several system designs are considered. These designs are ranked in order and the best is selected based on one or more performance measures. Any ranking and selection ...
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        The new product development process : small firm success by studying larger firms 

        Van Zyl, Wiehann (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008-03)
        The aim of this research was to investigate new product development practices for application to small businesses. Although larger companies, in general, have well-established practices from which smaller companies can ...
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        New reinforcement learning algorithm for robot soccer 

        Yoon, M.; Bekker, J.; Kroon, S. (Operations Research Society of South Africa, 2017)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a powerful technique to develop intelligent agents in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This paper proposes a new RL algorithm called the Temporal-Difference value ...
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        A new vision for education in quality 

        Reinecke, Robert (SAIIE, 1992)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Excellence in manufacturing follows immediately from the complementary attributes of productivity and quality. Both have a cultural and technical component. A culture ofexcellence in both doing the right ...
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        A Non-zero sampling plan for the moderation of examination papers 

        Van Wijck, W. (SAIIE, 2007)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The moderation of examination answer books is an area where quality assurance is essential, and should be employed to ensure that an examination paper’s standard, content and span, marking, etc. are ...
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        The normalisation of resource efficiency measures in healthcare facilities: the case of energy and water 

        Amunjela, Abimelek Shikongo (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Energy and water consumption performance comparisons are used at a healthcare management and policy formulation level when formulating benchmarks and energy improvement targets. Normalising for the ...
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        A normative model for assessing competitive strategy 

        Ungerer, Gerard David; Cayzer, Steve (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The hyper-competitive nature of e-business has raised the need for a generic way to appraise the merit of a developed business strategy. Although progress has been made in the domain of strategy evaluation, ...
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        A note on flow-based formulations for solving resource constrained scheduling problems 

        Terblanche, S. E.; Van Vuuren, J. H. (Operations Research Society of South Africa, 2017-02)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The resource constrained scheduling problem involves the scheduling of a number of activities over time, where each activity consumes one or more resources per time period. For a feasible solution to ...
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        A note on flow-based formulations for solving resource constrained scheduling problems 

        Terblanche, S. E.; Van Vuuren, J. H. (Operations Research Society of South Africa, 2017)
        The resource constrained scheduling problem involves the scheduling of a number of activities over time, where each activity consumes one or more resources per time period. For a feasible solution to exist, the total ...
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        A novel implementation framework for ISO 9001:2015 

        Becker, Jolanda (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study proposes an alternative implementation method for ISO 9001:2015 by using knowledge transfer best practice as a basis for the development of an implementation framework. ISO 9001 is by far the ...
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        A nurse rostering algorithm for a district hospital in South Africa 

        Treutnicht, M. J.; Lane-Visser, T. E.; Van Dyk, L.; Friedrich, S. S. (Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA), 2011-09)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An acute shortage of healthcare professionals is the rule rather than the exception in South Africa. Effective scheduling of nurses is critical to ensure good quality of care, while limiting sta related ...
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        On monitoring and intelligence in an integrated manufacturing system 

        Fourie, Cornelius J. (Cornelius Jacobus) (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-04)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Some concepts of manufacturing on their own playa decisive role in manufacturing like Integration, Intelligence and Remote Monitoring. They have been tried and tested with great success in various ...
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        On the comparison of modern production management philosophies 

        Sinclair, M. (SAIIE, 1990)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A variety of production management philosophies are discussed in the literature and implemented in industry. This paper will present a framework for the comparison of such management approaches. Each ...
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        On the impact of different system strategies on the material performance of selective laser melting- manufactured TI6AL4V components 

        Dimitrov, Dimitri; Becker, Thorsten Hermann; Yadroitsev, Igor; Booysen, Gerry (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016-11)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is a powder-based additive manufacturing process that has gained substantial interest in recent years due to its feasibility of producing geometrically- complex metallic ...
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        Die ontwerp van 'n gesentraliseerde instandhoudings fasiliteit vir die herbou van 7FDL12 en 7FDL8 General Electric diesel enjins en verwante komponente 

        Gildenhuys, Gerhardus Bernardus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The design of an effective layout for a facility plays an important roll in its successful operation. The centralisation of certain activities has advantages in that it can reduce inventory levels, ...
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        Die ontwikkeling van 'n pasklaar-vervaardigde kunsmatige intervertebrale skyf-implantaat 

        Odendaal, Adriaan Izak (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Current technology enables researchers to identify a broad spectrum of opportunities in the biomedical industry to develop new and innovative products. Imaging technology, such as Computerised Tomography ...
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        Operations research in telemedicine 

        Van Zyl, A. J.; Van Dyk, L. (Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA), 2011-09)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare, where distance is an issue. This paper explores the use of operations research techniques to contribute to the successful implementation of telemedicine systems. ...
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        Optimal machine parameters to maximize the accuracy of producing aluminum dovetails using WEDM 

        Oberholzer, J. F.; Oosthuizen, G. A.; De Wet, P. (Elsevier, 2017)
        Dovetail joints are one of the strongest joining methods used to connect two perpendicular components together. Dovetail joints are predominantly used in wooden components but can also be found in other non-wood components ...

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