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Forecasting Daily Foreign Tourists For A Tour Operator In Thailand, Pornpawit Niamjoy

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Tour operators are playing an important role in the tourism industry which is an essential part of industries for Thailand's economy. Accurate tourist forecasting of daily tourist demands for tour operators is very important in revenue management and planning of tour operators, such as providing a guide or vehicle for each day. This research has presented and compared the forecasting models that will be selected to be suitable for the tour operator for a case-study company. The forecasting models used in this research consist of Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average model (SARIMA), Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average model with exogenous …

A Study Of Factors Affecting To Long-Term Relationship Of Outsourcing, Thitiporn Katato

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

"Outsourcing" is very important for the organization's strategy to seek to reduce costs and specialize in a limited number of core areas. Thailand is known worldwide as a key outsourcing service provider. To know the factors affecting long-term relationship outsourcing are essential for the business continuities of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) providers in Thailand. Based on the literature review, this research proposes a model that cooperation, control, and improvement will affect performance and then further affects outsourcing long-term relationship. Using a data set collected from 322 questionnaire surveys through e-mails, and 200 sent to personal to test proposed hypotheses from …

Curricular Optimization: Solving For The Optimal Student Success Pathway, William G. Thompson-Arjona

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Considering the significant investment of higher education made by students and their families, graduating in a timely manner is of the utmost importance. Delay attributed to drop out or the retaking of a course adds cost and negatively affects a student’s academic progression. Considering this, it becomes paramount for institutions to focus on student success in relation to term scheduling.

Often overlooked, complexity of a course schedule may be one of the most important factors in whether or not a student successfully completes his or her degree. More often than not students entering an institution as a first time full …