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Decision support for generator maintenance scheduling in the energy sector

Schlunz, Evert Barend (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As the world-wide consumption of electricity continually increases, more and more pressure is put on the capabilities of power generating systems to maintain their levels of power provision. The electricity ...
A decision support system for scheduling the harvesting and wine making processes at a winery

Van der Merwe, Adri (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Technological advances made over the past century have had a major impact on traditional wineries. Software solutions for management issues are widely available and give rise to the prospect of computerized ...
Decision support with respect to facility location and fleet composition for FoodBank Cape Town

Lanz, Ernest John (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: FoodBank South Africa is an non-profit organisation formed to establish a national network of community foodbanks in urban and rural areas of South Africa, with all participants working towards the ...
The development and application of a freight transport flow model for South Africa

Havenga, Jan Hendrik (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)

South Africa currently experiences the double jeopardy problem of catching up to global economic competitiveness whilst at the same time feeling the pressures of sustainability management spearheaded by a global agenda. ...
The development of a freight flow segmentation methodology to inform rail reform : a South African case study

Simpson, Zane Paul (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Global rail reform is an important topic, especially seen against a backdrop of a worldwide requirement to facilitate modal shift back to rail. This modal shift is required because of growing environmental ...
Estimating the effectiveness of a mobile phone network's deferred revenue calculated through the use of a business automation and support system

Smuts, Francois (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mobile phone networks form an integral part of economic and social development globally. Mobile phones have become an everyday part of life and it is hard to imagine a competitive economy without the ...
An evaluation of the efficiency of self-organising versus fixed traffic signalling paradigms

Einhorn, Mark David (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: see item for full text
The hidden costs of automotive commodities procured from the People’s Republic of China

Boshoff, Oliza (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globalization has shifted to a level where market competition is tougher. Therefore, multinational companies focus on cutting cost along the company’s supply chain with heavy scrutiny on procurement. Developing ...
Metaheuristics for petrochemical blending problems

Venter, Lieschen (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-02-18)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main aim in blending problems is to determine the best blend of available ingredients to form a certain quantity of product(s). This product should adhere to strict speci cations. In this study ...
Minimising the total travel distance to pick orders on a unidirectional picking line

De Villiers, Anton Pierre (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Order picking is the most important activity in distribution centres. It involves the process of retrieving products from storage in response to a speci c customer request. The order picking system in ...
Modelling weapon assignment as a multiobjective decision problem

Lotter, Daniel Petrus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a ground-based air defense (GBAD) military environment, defended assets on the ground require protection from enemy aircraft entering the defended airspace. These aircraft are detected by means of a ...
Network reliability as a result of redundant connectivity

Binneman, Francois J. A. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)

There exists, for any connected graph G, a minimum set of vertices that, when removed, disconnects G. Such a set of vertices is known as a minimum cut-set, the cardinality of which is known as the connectivity number ...
Niche Occupation in Biological Species Competition

Janse Van Vuuren, Adriaan (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008-03)

The primary question considered in this study is whether a small population of a biological species introduced into a resource-heterogeneous environment, where it competes for these resources with an already established ...
Non-cooperative games on networks

Van der Merwe, Martijn (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There are many examples of cooperation in action in society and in nature. In some cases cooperation leads to the increase of the overall welfare of those involved, and in other cases cooperation may ...
On two combinatorial optimisation problems involving lotteries

Du Plessis, Andre (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-02-22)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Suppose a lottery draw consists of forming a winning ticket by randomly choosing t m distinct numbers from a universal set Um = f1; : : : ;mg. Each lottery participant forms a set of tickets prior to ...
Order sequencing and SKU arrangement on a unidirectional picking line

Matthews, Jason (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An order picking operation in a distribution centre (DC) owned by Pep Stores Ltd, located in Durban, South Africa was considered. The order picking operation utilises picking lines and the concept of ...
A Proposed System-Based Subsidy Approach for Integrated Public Transport in South African Metropolitan Areas

Swanepoel, Ilze (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The current subsidy system, designed to make South Africa’s public transport more affordable, has instead contributed to a worsening of the existent neglected state of affairs. Although subsidy policies ...
SKU duplication on a unidirectional picking line

Fivaz, Desima (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: PEP is a devision of Pepkor Retail Limited and is the biggest single brand store network in Southern Africa and also owns and runs the largest clothing factory in Southern Africa. It was founded in ...
South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints

De Bod, Anneke (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)

Although global changes like political security, depletion of natural resources, energy supply and global warming are affecting all continents; Africa struggle the most to cope with these changes. This is due to the many ...
Strategic high performance business development : sustainable procurement

Aucamp, Abram Carel (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The role of the traditional purchasing department has evolved significantly over the last decade into a competitive value adding procurement function within an organisation’s lean supply chain model. ...