Doctoral Degrees (Industrial Engineering)
Recent Submissions
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Tiered-facility vehicle routing problem with global cross-docking
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The service delivery of public healthcare is severely threatened due to insu cient resources. A current South African public healthcare organisation responsible for processing pathological specimens ...
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Towards design rules for reinforced strain hardening cement composites (R/SHCC) in bending
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Strain Hardening Cement Composites (SHCC) are cement-based materials with remarkable characteristics. Its strain hardening ability under tension enables it to carry increased loads, after the material has ...
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Generator maintenance scheduling based on the expected capability of satisfying energy demand
(Stellenbosch : Stellebosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The integrity of an electric power system is significantly threatened by unexpected downtimes of power generating units (PGUs). In order to minimise the occurrence of such unexpected PGU downtimes, planned ...
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A model for the translation of South African economic activity into shipping container demand
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Quay wall container forecasts are often done by broad-stroke methods with large-scale infrastructure decisions then based on these forecasts. This research problem requires an investigation into more ...
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Self-organisation in traffic Signal control algorithms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Two popular types of traffic signal control are fixed-time control and vehicle-actuated control. The latter method involves switching traffic signals based on detected traffic ows and thus offers more ...
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New multi-objective ranking and selection procedures for discrete stochastic simulation problems
(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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Improving the efficiency of University technology transfer
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to improve the efficiency of university technology transfer. Research has shown that there are three primary ways of achieving this. First, determining how efficient technology transfer ...
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The base of the pyramid: a growth framework for SMME action
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A key challenge faced by South African enterprises operating in the market made up of the poorest socio-economic segment, namely the Base of the Pyramid (BOP), pertains to the difficulty of achieving ...
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Resource constrained project scheduling models and algorithms applied to underground mining
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The resource constrained project scheduling problem (RCSP) involves the scheduling of a number of activities over time, where each activity consumes a unit of some resource per time period. For a feasible ...
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An interactive supply framework to improve the successful outcome of the acquisition of a complex system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The investigation into and interest in the effect of the human factors in the successful execution of a program started in the middle part of the author’s 35-year career when he worked as a program manager ...
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Employee incentives engineering: towards a decision support system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the key challenges organisations face is how to enhance the level of performance of their employees. This research focuses on how incentive practices can be used to stimulate employee motivation. ...
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Towards an antifragile South African SME
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” – Bertrand Russell The contribution of small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ...
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An application of the supply chain operations reference model for the service supply chain for standardised back office services
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is common practice to apply manufacturing practices to services, with the intention of improving services through the practices of manufacturing. One of the manufacturing practices that has proven to ...
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An approach to enable and advance open innovation for small and medium-sized enterprises
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Small and medium-sized enterprises form a very important part of any economy. These organisations generally provide 60–70 percent of the employment in countries. The success and growth of SMEs have a ...
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An integrated management strategy to reduce time and cost overruns on large projects
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The completion of projects beyond their budgets and scheduled times is one of the biggest problems faced by many infrastructure projects today. Large infrastructure projects are the most affected by these ...
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Alignment of internal and external business & innovation domains
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of strategic alignment, the “golden thread”, lies at the heart of this research. The idea that all available resources are simultaneously attracted by the magnetic pull of a company’s ...
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A Techno-economic and pricing strategy simulation model of multiple manufacturing companies supplying micro milling
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Micro milling is a fairly new machining technology and is still developing in leaps and bounds. Many new products are also smaller than the products they replace, driven by microprocessing, portability ...
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Development and optimisation of incremental sheet forming of titanium grade 2: process mapping
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Manufacturing products ensure value creation from natural resources. The change in manufacturing systems to a greater emphasis on personalisation, increase the need for customised products. Manufacturing ...
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Bi-objective generator maintenance scheduling for a national power utility
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the key focus areas for the management of a power utility in a regulated energy market is planned preventative maintenance of the power generating units in its power system. The so- called generator ...
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An agent-based model of Eldana Saccharina Walker
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An agent-based simulation model is formulated in this dissertation in order to simulate the population dynamics of Eldana saccharina Walker infestation in sugarcane. The simulation model comprises four ...
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Decision support for response selection in maritime law enforcement
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the context of maritime law enforcement (MLE), a human operator is typically required to make a variety of counter-threat decisions following the detection and evaluation of threats at sea. These ...
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A Physical Asset Management Strategy Execution Enforcement Mechanism for the early detection and management of Physical Asset Management Strategy Execution Failure
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organizations are becoming increasingly more capital- and asset intensive and spending on Physical Asset (PA)s and Asset Maintenance have been increasing steadily over the past number of decades. ...
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A competitive strategy framework for E-business start-ups
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The strategic tools and insights that e-business start-ups require to better formulate their competitive strategies are obscured by the staggering amounts of strategy literature that is available. Yet at ...
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A critical success factor model for asset management services
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Business-to-business services relating to physical asset management are playing an increasingly important role in industry. This is in the midst of the current pressures which asset owning organisations ...
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Edge criticality in secure graph domination
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The domination number of a graph is the cardinality of a smallest subset of its vertex set with the property that each vertex of the graph is in the subset or adjacent to a vertex in the subset. This ...
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Towards a reference architecture for integrated knowledge networks
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis has as its focus the engineering of integrated knowledge networks (IKNs) through the use of a reference architecture. The purpose of the study is to gain a deeper understanding of the ...
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The development of a telemedicine service maturity model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A telemedicine service is a healthcare service (-medicine) that is delivered over a distance (tele-). The interest in the potential of telemedicine to increase the quality, accessibility, utilization, ...
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Application of Van-der-Waals forces in micro-material handling
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)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, ...
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Applying the cross-entropy method in multi-objective optimisation of dynamic stochastic systems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)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 ...
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On monitoring and intelligence in an integrated manufacturing system
(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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