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Resource Allocation Decisions for the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-22)Abstract This research explores the problems of resource allocation during the process of internationalization by small and medium-sized manufacturing firms. The literature largely portrays a positive view of ... -
Resource Allocation Models in Healthcare Decision Making
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)We present models for allocating limited healthcare resources efficiently among target populations in order to maximize society's welfare and/or minimize the expected costs. In general, this thesis is composed of two major ... -
Response Time Reduction and Service Level Differentiation in Supply Chain Design: Models and Solution Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-22)Make-to-order (MTO) and assemble-to-order (ATO) systems are emerging business strategies in managing responsive supply chains, characterized by high product variety, highly variable customer demand, and short product ... -
Risk Assessment in Entrepreneurship
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-24)This PhD dissertation applies the science of decision making to management, specifically entrepreneurship. The purpose of this research is to better understand entrepreneurial behaviour under condition of Knightian ... -
Risky Intertemporal Choice in the Loss Domain
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-16)Risky intertemporal choice is a fairly new topic in the realm of behavioral economics that involves examining the interactions between individuals’ time and risk preferences. Previous research has looked at the gains and ... -
Robust Direct Aperture Optimization Methods for Cardiac Sparing in Left-Sided Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)Designing conformal and equipment-compatible radiation therapy plans is essential for ensuring high-quality treatment outcomes for cancer patients. Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a commonly-used method of ... -
Robust inverse optimization
(Elsevier, 2018-05-01)Given an observation of a decision-maker’s uncertain behavior, we develop a robust inverse optimization model for imputing an objective function that is robust against mis-specifications of the behavior. We characterize ... -
Robust Multi-Class Multi-Period Scheduling of MRI Services with Wait Time Targets
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)In recent years, long wait times for healthcare services have become a challenge in most healthcare delivery systems in Canada. This issue becomes even more important when there are priorities in patients' treatment which ... -
A Robust Optimization Approach for Advance Scheduling in Health Care Systems with Demand Uncertainty: Policy Insights
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-17)Patient wait times have increased significantly over the past few decades. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), 40% of Canadians have experienced difficulties in receiving diagnostics tests. ... -
A Robust Optimization Approach to the Self-scheduling Problem Using Semidefinite Programming
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-21)In deregulated electricity markets, generating companies submit energy bids which are derived from a self-schedule. In this thesis, we propose an improved semidefinite programming-based model for the self-scheduling problem. ... -
Robust Optimization for Airline Scheduling and Vehicle Routing
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-03)Robust optimization is an emerging modeling approach to make decisions under uncertainty. It provides an alternative framework to stochastic optimization where operational parameters are random and do not assume any ... -
Robust Optimization for SCED in AC-HVDC Power Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-15)Wind power is a clean, renewable and low-carbon resource for power generation that has received increasing attention in power systems over the last few decades. There are two main challenges associated with the large-scale ... -
The Role of Affect in Commercializing New Ideas
(University of Waterloo, 2008-07-22)Psychological attachment to an entrepreneurial opportunity may motivate the entrepreneur to persevere but can also bias decisions made in the entrepreneurial process, especially on market entry. This thesis investigates ... -
Role of Category Structure in Human Information Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-19)This investigation will use this ability in a different way. Studies have shown that a category can create a grade structure of prototypical items. We will take a graded structure generated by a category, and see if we can ... -
The Role of Impression Management in Goal Setting
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This paper examines the effect of impression management on goal level and commitment to the goal. Participants involved in a goal-setting program in the United States were asked to complete a web survey regarding their ... -
A Semidefinite Programming Model for the Facility Layout Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)The continuous facility layout problem consists of arranging a set of facilities so that no pair overlaps and the total sum of the pairwise connection costs (proportional to the center-to-center rectilinear distance) is ... -
Sequential Decision Making Schemes in Inventory and Transportation Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-10)Many mathematical models exist for the simultaneous optimization of transportation and inventory functions. A simultaneous model, while giving the lowest total cost, may not be easily implemented in a firm with decentralized ... -
Service System Design with Immobile Servers, Stochastic Demand and Economies of Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-26)The service system design problem seeks to locate facilities, determine their capacity, and assign customers to them in order to improve the service quality and the customers' experience while minimizing the capacity ... -
Shared Community Energy Storage Allocation and Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-13)Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) have been playing an increasingly important role for managing households energy costs. DERs consist primarily of energy generation and storage systems utilized by individual households ... -
Shipment Consolidation in Discrete Time and Discrete Quantity: Matrix-Analytic Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Shipment consolidation is a logistics strategy whereby many small shipments are combined into a few larger loads. The economies of scale achieved by shipment consolidation help in reducing the transportation costs and ...