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Developing Algorithms To Detect Incidents On Freeways From Loop Detector And Vehicle Re-Identification Data, Biraj Adhikari

Civil & Environmental Engineering Theses & Dissertations

A new approach for testing incident detection algorithms has been developed and is presented in this thesis. Two new algorithms were developed and tested taking California #7, which is the most widely used algorithm to date, and SVM (Support Vector Machine), which is considered one of the best performing classifiers, as the baseline for comparisons. Algorithm #B in this study uses data from Vehicle Re-Identification whereas the other three algorithms (California #7, SVM and Algorithm #A) use data from a double loop detector for detection of an incident. A microscopic traffic simulator is used for modeling three types of incident …

Zac: A Zone Path Construction Approach For Effective Real-Time Ridesharing, Meghna Lowalekar, Pradeep Varakantham, Patrick Jaillet

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Real-time ridesharing systems such as UberPool, Lyft Line, GrabShare have become hugely popular as they reduce the costs for customers, improve per trip revenue for drivers and reduce traffic on the roads by grouping customers with similar itineraries. The key challenge in these systems is to group the right requests to travel in available vehicles in real-time, so that the objective (e.g., requests served, revenue or delay) is optimized. The most relevant existing work has focussed on generating as many relevant feasible (with respect to available delay for customers) combinations of requests (referred to as trips) as possible in real-time. …

Volumetric Optimization Of Freight Cargo Loading: Case Study Of A Smu Forwarder, Tristan Lim, Michael Ser Chong Ping, Mark Goh, Shi Ying Jacelyn Tan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Purpose: Freight forwarders faces a challenging environment of high market volatility and margin compression risks. Hence, strategic consideration is given to undertaking capacity management and transport asset ownership to achieve longer term cost leadership. Doing so will also help to address management issues, such as better control of potential transport disruptions, improve scheduling flexibility and efficiency, and provide service level enhancement.Design/methodology/approach: The case company currently hastruck resource which is unprofitable, and the firm’s schedulers are having difficulty optimizing the loading capacity. We apply Genetic Algorithm (GA) to undertake volumetric optimization of truckcapacity and to build an easy-to-use platform to help …

A Study Of The Diffusion Of Innovations And Hurricane Response Communication In The U.S. Coast Guard, Melissa L. Leake

Communication & Theatre Arts Theses

Hurricane Harvey (HH) is considered to be the first natural disaster where social-network applications to request help surpassed already overloaded 911 systems (Seetharaman & Wells, 2017). Increasing interpersonal connectivity via Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites correspond to an increasing need for researchers and responders to recognize how people use social media platforms to connect, share, and receive information especially during times of crisis such as natural disasters. Heightened public perceptions and expectations of response efforts in the digital era make it especially important for first responders to evaluate, monitor, and adapt to these shifts in communication. Disaster-relief groups …

An Analysis Of The Differences Between Non-Profit Board Members According To The Method By Which Non-Profit Board Positions Are Acquired, Patricia N. Birungi

School of Public Service Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines the differences between individuals who acquire non-profit board positions by actively seeking out these positions and individuals who acquire non-profit board positions in other ways in regards to the concept of public service motivation, antecedents of public service motivation, and characteristics of service. First, Public Service Motivation (PSM) theory is used to study how the concept of public service motivation relates to the method by which individuals acquire positions on non-profit boards. Second, using PSM theory, this dissertation examines how antecedents of public service motivation, such as religious socialization and family socialization, are related to an individual’s …

Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach For Lagrangian Control: Improving Freeway Bottleneck Throughput Via Variable Speed Limit, Reza Vatani Nezafat

Civil & Environmental Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Connected vehicles (CVs) will enable new applications to improve traffic flow. The focus of this dissertation is to investigate how reinforcement learning (RL) control for the variable speed limit (VSL) through CVs can be generalized to improve traffic flow at different freeway bottlenecks. Three different bottlenecks are investigated: A sag curve, where the gradient changes from negative to positive values causes a reduction in the roadway capacity and congestion; a lane reduction, where three lanes merge to two lanes and cause congestion, and finally, an on-ramp, where increase in demand on a multilane freeway causes capacity drop. An RL algorithm …

A Case Study Of Participant Responses To Organizational Change Involving Technology In The National Security Domain: How Informal Processes Iterate Structure And Outcomes, Brian E. Martinez

School of Public Service Theses & Dissertations

Nuanced differences between organizations and the pace of change within the national security domain have routinely produced equivocal results involving information and communication technology (ICT) development. These results are characterized by unpredictable costs, unrealistic delivery schedules, and dubious ICT performance in-use. This research is a case study exploration of organizational change involving technology (also referred to as ICT) in the national security domain of the public sector.

This research used machine learning and manual content analysis to compare the results of three experiments on interview transcripts. The first experiment investigated linkages between empirical and interpretive elements of organizational change. Empirical …

Is Pakistani State At War With Free Press?, Umer Bin Ajmal

MSJ Capstone Projects

Pakistan’s media scene today depicts a similar picture where many journalists say they have been “conditioned” to self-censor news. But unlike Pavlov using a sound as a stimulus, certain “powers that be” use threat and violence to intimidate journalists and force them to behave in a certain way. Psychologists around the world say there is a lesson in this experiment: it demonstrates that human behavior, too, can be manipulated or maneuvered through conditioning.

Outcasts – In Search Of Identity, Syed Hasan Haider

MSJ Capstone Projects

The idea for this documentary came from a story published in the express tribune which talked about the people who are unable to vote in 2018 elections due to having Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) in the Ibrahim Hyderi locality in Karachi.

Not having a CNIC in Pakistan means that you are not able to participate in civic life and also not subscribe to basic facilitates like housing, water, gas and employment.

This documentary film looks at different cases and through the experience of some journalists what it is like to live as an undocumented citizen. The film also explores …

Agony Of Delayed Justice, Ahmed Saeed

MSJ Capstone Projects

Martin Luther King Jr in his famous letter from a Birmingham jail wrote that justice too long delayed is justice denied. King said so to highlight that justice for African-Americans had been delayed for far too long. (King, 1963) According to ancient Latin maxim, ‘to delay justice is injustice’ but in the land of pure, delayed justice is a new normal. Courts in Pakistan have a backlog of 1.9 million pending cases to be adjudicated. Some of these cases have been pending for three or four decades.

Media Discourses That Normalize Colonial Relations: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of (Im)Migrants And Refugees, Meng Zhao, Jorge Rodriguez, Lilia D. Monzó

Education Faculty Articles and Research

The im(migration) and refugee crisis that are being exacerbated under the Trump administration, is a manifestation of empire-building and the long history of colonization of the Global South. A Marxist-humanist perspective recognizes these as consistent aspects of a clearly racist global capitalism that functions in the interest of multibillion dollar U.S.–based corporations and increasingly transnational corporations. Trade agreements, international economic policy, political intervention, invasion or the threat of these, often secure corporate interests in specific countries and regions. The authors use critical discourse analysis to examine the discourses around Mexican, Central American, and Syrian im(migrants) and refugees as examples of …

Applying Coso Internal Control Framework To Disaster Management Evaluation According To Hyogo Framework For Action (Hfa) In Iraq, Khawla Hussein Hamdan

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

The research aims to study at introducing internal control components of COSO framework and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) ; evaluating internal control components namely (control environment, risk assessment, control activities , information , communication and monitoring )to manage disasters in the Iraqi environment according to the core indicators of the five priorities adopted in Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Building the resilience of Nations and communities to disasters 2005-2015 .with their activities under each indicator. Framework application report results 2013-2015 were used According to an answer for Ministry of the Environment in Iraq to the questions from the …

Quality Of Documentation In Videographicform In The 2019 Inacraft Exhibition, Hanida Vidadelya Revonza, Budiman Mahmud Mustofa

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

Documentation is an important thing in a company. One of the most influential documentation is documentation in the form of videography. The purpose of this study was to find out how the quality of videography as a form of documentation made by PT Mediatama Binakreasi at the 2019 Inacraft Exhibition. This research is a collection of qualitative data, methods of collecting observation data, and interviews with Moch Sobri as multimedia designers from PT Mediatama Binakreasi and Rizky as videographer from Numoto Photo. The results of this study provide knowledge that videography as a form of documentation made for the 2019 …

Price Registration At Events Pt. Pactoconvexniagatama Case Study Dasabakti Smi 2019 &Group Meeting Egmont 2019, Fairuz Salsabila, Debrina Vita Ferezagia

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This Study discusses a case study of the participants registration from two events managed by PT. Pactoconvex Niagatama, There are Dasabakti PT. SMI 2019 event that used the manual registration system, and the Egmont Group Meetings 2019 Event that used online registration system. The results of this case study are that the online registration system has better and safer in handling participants data and more efficient than the manual registration system. In addition, the author also wrote about the function of registration in an event and which registration methods are commonly used at an event.

ادارة الأرباح في المصارف الخاصة واثرها على القيمة السوقية بحث تطبيقي على المصارف الخاصة المدرجة في سوق العراق للأوراق المالية, عباس فاضل علي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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التجديد الاستراتيجي مدخلا لتعزيز المناعة التنظيمية دراسة تحليلية لأراء عينة من القيادات الادارية في الجامعة التقنية الشمالية وجامعة الموصل, صفاء ادريس عبودي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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تقييم جاهزية المنظمة الصناعية لتطبيق الصيانة الانتاجية الشاملة (Tpm) دراسة حالة في شركة اور العامة – ذي قار, صالح مهدي العامري, انتصار عباس جبر العوادي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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دور تقنية التكلفة على اساس المواصفات في تحقيق الميزة التنافسية لمواجهة اثار العولمة التطبيق في شركة الاصباغ الحديثة, منال جبار سرور, ميعاد حميد علي, مهند عبد الرحمن سلمان

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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في ظل حجم الاستثمار الاجنبي المباشر في العراق والجزائر للمدة (2005-2012) الاصلاحات التشريعية والاحصائيات الواقعية, محمد حسن رشم, فضيله بوطره, نوفل سمايلي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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العلاقة بين المعرفة التسويقية وتكنولوجيا المعلومات واثرها في تطوير الهيكل الاداري للشركة دراسة تحليلية في عينة من الشركات الصناعية العراقية المدرجة في سوق العراق للأوراق المالية, غيث عبد الرضا الكنزاوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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Quality Concierge Services At The Hotel Double Treeby Hilton Jakarta – Diponegoro, Malik Hermawan, Deni Daniel Kesa

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The focus of this study is to discuss about the service quality of concierge at DoubleTree By Hilton Jakarta - Diponegoro on running the operational activities and giving the excellent service to the guest related to five dimensions of service quality. This research is descriptive research. The data were collected by means of questionnaire distribution to 30 hotel guest. The researcher suggests that the amount of concierge equipment availability to assisting operational activities must be added more and the concerness of team member concierge to every guest must be improved not only to create engagement but also to give special …

The Promotion Mix Of "South Korea Halaltourism Package" In Cheria Halal Holidaytravel, Karina Mayza, Rahmi Setiawati

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The focus of this study is about Promotional Mix "Halal Tour Packages of South Korea" on Cheria Halal Holiday. The purpose of this study is to know promotional mix activities on Cheria Halal Holiday in marketing "Halal Tour Packages of South Korea" and their obstacles. South Korea became one of the countries that began to develop halal tourism. This is an opportunity for Cheria Halal Holiday to promote South Korea's halal tour packages. In this study using Qualitative Descriptive method by interviewing with resource person and direct observation at Cheria Halal Holiday office. The concepts used in writing are Tourism, …

Role Of Call Sales In Improving Levelsroom Days In The Saler Salak The Heritagehotel, Laras Paramitha, Priyanto Priyanto

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The focus of this journal is about Role Sales Call to increase occupancy Hotel Salak The Heritage. The Purpose of this study is to know role sales call to increase occupancy and to describe obstacles of increase occupancy. This research is qualitative descriptive. The concept of this study is Tourism, Hotel, Marketing, Sales Call, SWOT analysis, Marketing Mix, Market Segmentation, Positioning, Deferensation. Stratgegy Marketing Hotel Salak The Heritage is Referring to Promotion. Marketing Strategy Salak The Heritage Hotel is important to increase occupancy every year.

Indonesia Tourism Marketing In South Korea, Bella Sophia, Karin Amelia Safitri

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This paper describes the analysis of Indonesian tourism marketing process in the Repubic of Korea. The analysis started from the preparation process up till the implementation process; such as product instrument, instrument distribution, promotion instrument, public relations, and evaluation. It is revealed the obstacles of tourism marketing process the which has been done. Those are the lack of human resources, lack of marketing funds, and closed Korea Busan Indonesia Center. It also Explains the strategy of tourism marketing to increase of the number of Korean tourists to visit the country. Qualitative research was conducted in this final paper. The result …

اختبار انموذج قياس لجودة تصميم نظام المعلومات الادارية بأستخدام التحليل العاملي التوكيدي الخطوات التفصيلية في اطار دراسة تطبيقية, احمد يونس السبعاوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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دور تدقيق الاداء في تطبيق مؤشرات الامن الغذائي بحث تطبيقي على بعض مؤسسات القطاع العام في العراق, وعد هادي عبد الحساني

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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قياس مخاطر الائتمان المصرفي ودورها في التنبؤ بالتعثر المالي للمصارف العراقية دراسة تطبيقية لعينة من المصارف العراقية, عقيل دخيل كريم

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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استخدام استراتيجية انتروبيا المعلومات للتنبؤ بأسعار الصرف دراسة تحليلية في القطاع المصرفي العراقي, هاشم فوزي العبادي, علي رزاق العبادي, عباس عبد الخضر عبد الله

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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امكانية تحقيق التكامل بين المحاسبة القضائية وحوكمة الشركات للمساهمة في الحد من اساليب المحاسبة الابداعية – دراسة تحليلية, بشائر عزيز سلمان, حيدر حسين عذافة

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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تحليل العلاقة بين التخطيط المالي والموازنة المالية العامة واثرها على الناتج المحلي الزراعي للفترة من 2010-2011 – بحث تطبيقي في شركة التجهيزات الزراعية, جاسم محمد كريم, احمد منخي كشيش, عقيل جابر كاظم

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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