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A Comparative Study of Univariate Time-series Methods for Sales Forecasting
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)Sales time-series forecasters, data scientists and managers often use timeseries forecasting methods to predict sales. Nonetheless, it is still a question which time-series method a forecaster is best off using, if they ... -
Competitive Project Portfolio Management
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)Although project portfolio management (PPM) has been an active research area over the past 50 years, budget allocation models that consider competition are sparse. Firms faced with the project portfolio management problem ... -
Complementarities in the Implementation of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Within the last decade, the importance of flexibility and efficiency has increased in the manufacturing sector. The rising level of uncertainty in consumer preferences has caused many organizations to aggressively search ... -
A conceptual framework to explain technology acceptance of electronic negotiation utilizing software agents
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Electronic negotiation (e-negotiation) is a relatively new technology that has spawned as a result of the growth of electronic commerce (e-commerce). While researchers have dealt with a variety of topics in the area of ... -
A Conceptual Model for Assessing the Value of Information Technology
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The value of an IT system can be considered from a number of different perspectives. Specifically, the same IT system can be valued differently across different stakeholders, time periods, usage environments, and other ... -
Condition-based Inspection and Maintenance of Medical Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-25)Inspection and Maintenance of medical devices are essential for modern health services, but the low availability of devices or unnecessary maintenance can cause major problems. A proper maintenance program can signi ... -
Constraint-Guided Machine Learning for Solving Optimal Power Flow Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-31)Due to the nonlinear and non-convex attributes of the optimization problems in power systems such as Optimal Power Flow (OPF), traditional iterative optimization algorithms require significant amount of time to converge ... -
Contextual Effects of Goals, Stimuli, Performance, and Complexity on Cognitive Decision Biases
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-29)Existing research investigating human judgment and decision making describes patterns of systematic biases in the way people process information and make decisions. Framing effects, for example, demonstrate that logically ... -
The Continuous Time Service Network Design Problem
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-15)The service network design problem (SNDP) addresses the planning of operations for freight transportation carriers. Given a set of requests to transport commodities from specific origins to specific destinations, SNDP ... -
Control Mechanisms in Queueing Systems with Nonlinear Waiting Costs
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-14)In many queueing systems, customers have been observed to exhibit strategic behavior. Each customer gains a value when receiving a product or getting served and suffers when incurring a delay. We consider a nonlinear ... -
Coordinating the Optimal Discount Schedules of Supplier and Carrier
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-24)Transportation is important in making supply chain decisions. With the careful consideration of transportation expenses, the performance of each supply chain member, as well as the entire supply chain, could be improved ... -
Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Analyzing the Social Capital of Corporate Insiders
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-15)This dissertation is concerned with how the social capital of corporate insiders is associated with the governance and performance of publicly listed small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada. The premise of ... -
Costly Actions, External Incentives and Prediction Markets
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-25)Consider a prediction market of multiple rounds with a security contingent on a certain event whose final outcome is decided by the agents who also trade in the market. One such prediction market is one in which two agents, ... -
Crossdocking vs. Traditional Warehousing: Small-Sample Data Augmentation to Assess Product Suitability
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)This thesis tries to address the logistics strategy selection problem in distribution centers and transportation considering two main criteria pertaining to the decision: product characteristics and customer satisfaction. ... -
Cultural Influences On Video Games: players' preferences in narrative and game-play
(University of Waterloo, 2005)As an entertainment media, video games provide pleasure and enjoyment through interactions with various game elements. Some games are more successful in one part of the world than others, which sales data have clearly ... -
Cutting-Plane Separation Strategies for Semidefinite Programming Models to Solve Single-Row Facility Layout Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-27)The single-row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is concerned with finding the optimal linear placement of n departments with different lengths in a straight line. It is typically achieved by minimizing the cost associated ... -
Data Driven Efficiency for E-Warehousing: Descriptive and Prescriptive Analytics
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-18)Based on data provided by a warehouse logistics management company, we analyze the warehousing operation and its major processes of order picking and order consolidation. Without access to the actual layouts and process ... -
Data Envelopment Analysis may Obfuscate Corporate Financial Data: Using Support Vector Machine and Data Envelopment Analysis to Predict Corporate Failure for Nonmanufacturing Firms
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Corporate failure prediction has drawn numerous scholars’ attention because of its usefulness in corporate risk management, as well as in regulating corporate operational status. Most research on this topic focuses on ... -
Data-Driven Analysis of Optimal Repositioning in Dockless Bike-Sharing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-29)Bike-sharing systems provide sustainable and convenient mobility services for short-distance transportation in urban areas. The dockless or free-floating bike-sharing systems allow users to leave vehicles at any location ... -
Data-Driven Analytics to Support Scheduling of Multi-Priority Multi-Class Patients with Wait Targets
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-09)The aim of dynamic scheduling is to efficiently assign available resources to the most suitable patients. The dynamic assignment of multi-class, multi-priority patients over time has long been a challenge, especially for ...