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A Lagrangean Relaxation and A Heuristic for the Pooling Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)The pooling problem is one of the fundamental optimization problems encountered in the petroleum industry. In the pooling problem, final products are produced using two stages of blending operations. In the first stage, ... -
A Lagrangian Approach for The Airfreight Consolidation Problem Under Pivot-weight
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-23)International airfreight forwarders are faced with the problem of consolidating ship- ments for efficient transportation by airline carriers. The use of standard unit loading devices (ULDs) is a solution adopted by the ... -
A Lagrangian Relaxation Approach to a Two-Stage Stochastic Facility Location Problem with Second-Stage Activation Cost
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)We study a two-stage stochastic facility location problem in the context of disaster response network design. The uncertainty inherent in disaster occurrence and impact is captured by defining scenarios to reflect a large ... -
Learning Trustworthy Web Sources to Derive Correct Answers and Reduce Health Misinformation in Search
(ACM, 2022-07)When searching the web for answers to health questions, people can make incorrect decisions that have a negative effect on their lives if the search results contain misinformation. To reduce health misinformation in search ... -
Localization and Counting of Indoor Populations on a University Campus using Wi-Fi Connection Logs and Floor Plans
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-17)The localization and counting of persons in indoor spaces is an area of extensive research. Indoor population metrics can inform energy conservation, health and safety, security, resource optimization, and location-aware ... -
Location-Routing Problems with Economies of Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-26)The purpose of the location-routing problem is to select facility locations, assign customers to facilities, and design routes between facilities and customers. The most common objective is to achieve minimal cost. In ... -
Lot-Sizing of Several Multi-Product Families
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-19)Production planning problems and its variants are widely studied in operations management and optimization literature. One variation that has not garnered much attention is the presence of multiple production families in ... -
Machine Learning Methods for Annual Influenza Vaccine Update
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-30)Influenza is a public health problem that causes serious illness and deaths all over the world. Vaccination has been shown to be the most effective mean to prevent infection. The primary component of influenza vaccine is ... -
Make or Buy? Professional Designations, Human Capital and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-30)Over the last two decades, the use of professional designations as selection criteria has increased. In order to develop selection criteria, recruiters assess candidates from both job and organizational perspectives ... -
Makers and Quilters: Investigating Opportunities for Improving Gender-Imbalanced Maker Groups
(ACM, 2019-11)Recent efforts to diversify participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) activities through informal learning environments, such as hackathons and makerspaces, confirm a real desire for inclusion among ... -
The Market-oriented Contribution of Individuals: Translating Strategy into Action
(University of Waterloo, 2004)This research explores the management problem of how individuals can influence the development of a strategic orientation within a firm. A market orientation strategy builds upon three dimensions: the organisation-wide ... -
Meaning Construction: Cognitive Processes of Conceptual Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-06)This thesis proposes a theoretical framework explaining cognitive processes of meaning construction through conceptual interactions. It was noted that while the nine models or theories (Fuzzy Sets, Selective Modification ... -
Measuring Haptic Experience: Elaborating the HX model with scale development
(IEEE, 2021-07-06)Designers increasingly employ haptic feedback with the aim to improve user experience (UX). Designers and researchers currently use qualitative methods or demos for feedback, but neither approach scales to large studies ... -
Measuring Haptic Experience: Evidence for the HX model through scale development
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-18)Haptic technology allows one to receive tactile information through the sense of touch. Increasingly, designers and researchers are employing haptic feedback with the aim to improve user experience (UX). While they see the ... -
Measuring the Stability of Query Term Collocations and Using it in Document Ranking
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-26)Delivering the right information to the user is fundamental in information retrieval system. Many traditional information retrieval models assume word independence and view a document as bag-of-words, however getting the ... -
Measuring Tool Embodiment in Ready-to-Hand and Unready-to-Hand Situations Using Virtual and Physical Tools
(University of Waterloo, 2018-11-30)Virtual environments can provide access to a variety of information that can be designed to mimic physical attributes or afford physical-like actions. Virtual reality and other ways of interactions such as multi-touch, ... -
Measuring wellbeing performance of carbon emissions using hybrid measure and meta-frontier techniques: Empirical tests for G20 countries and implications for China
(Elsevier, 2019-11-10)A quantitative measure of performance that integrates national-level carbon emission profiles with key parameters of social and economic wellbeing can provide an effective management tool for policy interventions. This ... -
Mechanisms Driving Service Duration: A Large-Scale Empirical Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)Using large-scale MRI services data, a multi-type multi-priority scheduling system, we measure service duration and show that a number of covariates, including the shift during which the procedure is performed, patients' ... -
The Millennial Generation in the Workplace
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)A new generation of recent graduates and young workers, the Millennials, have started entering the workforce within the last ten years and work alongside older generations, such as Generation Xers and Baby Boomers. The ... -
Mobile commerce and device specific perceived risk
(Springer, 2016)This study examines the role of perceived risk and access device type on consumers’ on-line purchase decisions. We use a two-step hurdle approach to estimate consumer behavior. In the first step, the decision of whether ...