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Model Optimization For Resource Allocation In A Consulting Firm, Riad Alharithi, Karthik Manjunath, Sara Ferdousi, Vladislav Ruchin, Jennifer Lynn Zeitouni Oct 2021

Model Optimization For Resource Allocation In A Consulting Firm, Riad Alharithi, Karthik Manjunath, Sara Ferdousi, Vladislav Ruchin, Jennifer Lynn Zeitouni

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Assigning employees with multiple skill sets to projects at the right time has long been a challenge in professional settings. Whether it is assigning a salesperson to a product, an employee to a task, or a company to a project, many variables affect such decisions and make them taxing for managers and owners. In this project, an optimization issue observed in a team member’s workplace is being addressed.. The aim is to efficiently allocate employees to different concurrent projects. The firm's organizational structure is similar to a Project Management Office (PMO) that has an employee pool with varying skill sets …


Autonomous Farming With Uavs, Pallavi Agrawal, Karthik Manjunath, Cherokee Rawls, Sujitha Raj Rajagopal, Riad Alharithi, Kamal Thapa Oct 2021

Autonomous Farming With Uavs, Pallavi Agrawal, Karthik Manjunath, Cherokee Rawls, Sujitha Raj Rajagopal, Riad Alharithi, Kamal Thapa

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As the global need for food grows, agriculture is adapting autonomous farming techniques to scale in response. One of the most useful tools are UAVs (Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles), which are providing invaluable information and assistance to farmers. In some countries, UAVs are being rapidly embraced, while in others this progress is much slower. For a number of reasons, the United States has not broadly adopted this technology in assisting agricultural practices. In this article, we focus on the challenges companies and farmers are facing in making use of UAVs and what might be done to push this technology into widespread …


Tourism Route Optimization For Portland, Oregon, Duane Murray, Mohammed Thawab, Adnan Binmahfood, Mohammed Zaid, Colin Owens Oct 2021

Tourism Route Optimization For Portland, Oregon, Duane Murray, Mohammed Thawab, Adnan Binmahfood, Mohammed Zaid, Colin Owens

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The city of Portland, Oregon has experienced an unprecedented reduction in tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This reduction in tourism has had a negative impact on all businesses in the area. This paper provides a methodology and tool that can be used to help local businesses potentially gain patrons, and at the same time help visitors in maximizing their time while minimizing costs. when visiting the city after the pandemic abates. To accomplish this, first, an itinerary of selected attractions are filtered by the visitor. Next, a linear programming method using a travelling salesman problem (TSP) algorithm is implemented …


Amazon Robotic Service (Ars), Patil Girija, John Mareena, Jin Fenny, Kandula Swapna, Ketsaraporn Kaewkhiaolueang Jul 2021

Amazon Robotic Service (Ars), Patil Girija, John Mareena, Jin Fenny, Kandula Swapna, Ketsaraporn Kaewkhiaolueang

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Warehouse robots are the most effective replacement to minimize the pressure and availability of manual labor. The warehouse robots are mainly used for heavy lifting, picking up packages, transporting, and other tasks in the facility. The growing market of Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and machine learning in the warehouse industry is forecasted to grow in the robots market in the near future. In order to build the final product i.e technology roadmap our team did market research, analysed competitors for the company, identified target customers, analyzed market, product and pricing strategy and at the end came up with the …