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A decomposition-based heuristic for a waste cooking oil collection problem
(Springer, 2020-01-01)Every year, a tremendous amount of waste cooking oil (WCO) is produced by households and commercial organizations, which poses a serious threat to the environment if disposed improperly. While businesses such as hotels and ... -
Demand-driven electricity supply options of electric vehicles: modelling, simulation, and management strategy of public charging stations
(Springer, 2021-10-13)In this chapter, we discuss the challenges and research opportunities in the demand-driven electricity supply options of electric vehicles (EVs) at public charging stations (CSs). EVs have gained increased attention in ... -
Design of bio-joint shaped knee exoskeleton assisting for walking and sit-to-stance
(Springer Nature, 2019)In this study, a bio-joint shaped knee joint exoskeleton is presented. This design is meant for avoiding misalignment of the exoskeleton joint with the biological knee joint. For this purpose a cam mechanism has been ... -
Design of energy-efficient white portland cement mortars for digital fabrication
(Springer, 2020)Additive manufacturing, i.e. three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has many advantages over traditional processes and the related technology is continuously improving. This study aims to develop an energy- efficient ... -
The development of social competence in children with disabilities
(Wiley, 2022-03-18)Children with disabilities experience unique challenges in developing social skills critical to achieve their social goals. In this chapter, the authors first introduce two theoretical frameworks that can guide research ... -
Discovering frequent patterns to bootstrap trust
(Springer International Publishing, 2013)When a new agent enters to an open multiagent system, bootstrapping its trust becomes a challenge because of the lack of any direct or reputational evidence. To get around this problem, existing approaches assume the same ... -
Discrete dipole approximation with surface interaction
(Elsevier, 2023-01-01)In this chapter, we discuss a methodology to determine absorption and scattering cross sections of particles of different size and shape placed on substrates. This approach is based on the principles of discrete dipole ... -
A distant reading of the Ottoman/Turkish serial novel tradition (1831–1908)
(Springer Nature, 2019)The emergence and spread of the Turkish press and the birth of the Ottoman Turkish novel occurred simultaneously in the Ottoman Empire, when the press and the novel largely sustained each other. Most of the early Turkish ... -
Drone routing for post-disaster damage assessment
(Springer, 2021)We consider drones to support post-disaster damage assessment operations when the disaster-affected area is divided into grids and grids are clustered based on their attributes. Specifically, given a set of drones and a ... -
Dubai. Una capitale contemporanea
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)Dubai is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, in the Arabian Peninsula, on the western shores of the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. The discovery of oil fields, starting from ... -
Dynamic price and lead time quotation strategies to match demand and supply in make-to-order manufacturing environments
(Springer, 2020)We summarize the literature on dynamic quotation strategies under which a seller provides price and/or lead time quotes to a potential buyer, who then either accepts or rejects the quote. The goal of quotation strategies ... -
Dynamics of the relation between producer and consumer price indices: A comparative analysis in the U.S. market
(IGI Global, 2020-06-01)The relation between the Producer Prices Index (PPI) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the U.S. is analyzed for two sub-periods: one spanning from 1947 to 1982, the post-war period marked by demand-side economic policies, ... -
Economic models of sponsored content in wireless networks with uncertain demand
(Wiley, 2014-09-09)This chapter evaluates an approach whereby the service provider can tap into an alternative source of revenue, originating from sales of advertisements or products and channelled by the content provider in the form of ... -
Effect of boronizing and WC coating on the high temperature mechanical behavior of AISI 321 stainless steel
(Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2022)In the current paper, the effect of two different coating techniques of boronizing and tungsten carbide (WC) coating on the room and high temperature tensile behavior of the AISI 321 stainless steel were investigated. ... -
Effect of the motion pattern on the turbulence generated by an active grid
(Springer, 2021)In the field of turbulence research, many experiments are performed using turbulence generated under reproducible conditions. In the past mostly static grids having a fixed blockage were adopted, but in order to generate ... -
Effort estimation for architectural refactoring to introduce module isolation
(Springer, 2014)The decomposition of software architecture into modular units is driven by both functional and quality concerns. Dependability and security are among quality concerns that require a software to be decomposed into separate ... -
European quality award winning companies: a situational analysis of tourism industry
(Emerald, 2016)The European Quality Award came into being in 1992. Since then, 42 organizations from various sectors have attained this internationally recognized award. Although the model of the award is considered as a single-generic ... -
Evolution of airline business models: The case of pegasus airlines
(Springer Nature, 2020)Pegasus Airlines has been an unique airline, as it changed its business model from a charter airline business model to a low-cost airline business model and is currently positioned itself with low-cost network carrier ... -
An expectancy model of green product consumption and green brand equity
(Springer, 2018)Drawing from the expectancy theory, this paper proposes a model of green product consumption and green brand equity. Consumers’ green product evaluation results in some expectations regarding their consumptions. These ... -
Externalising externalisation and bad governance of migration in the EU: Turkey learning from Europe
(Springer, 2022-09-05)While the European Union (EU) might not do likewise, Fortress Europe is definitely enlarging. Reports (see, for example, Akkerman 2018) underline the momentous growth in Europe's border externalisation policies using various ...
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