Country: South Africa

Found 199 papers in total
Optimising an integrated crop–livestock farm using risk programming
Optimising an integrated crop–livestock farm using risk programming
2004,
Numerous studies have analysed farm planning decisions focusing on producer risk...
An analysis of the South African fruit logistics infrastructure
An analysis of the South African fruit logistics infrastructure
2004,
This paper gives an overview of a study that was done on the logistics infrastructure...
Spatial fire modeling in Mkuze Game Reserve: A case study
Spatial fire modeling in Mkuze Game Reserve: A case study
2002,
Controlled burning is a necessary and regular activity in Mzuke Game Reserve, South...
School results and access test results as indicators of first-year performance at university
School results and access test results as indicators of first-year performance at university
2004,
The goals set by the National Plan for Higher Education, the fact that many schools...
Statistical properties of indicators of first-year performance at university
Statistical properties of indicators of first-year performance at university
2004,
Appraisal of admission procedures is a matter of urgency for South African...
The construction of drape surfaces with constrained first derivatives
The construction of drape surfaces with constrained first derivatives
2001,
The need to construct optimal drape surfaces arises in airborne geophysical surveys...
Assets, liabilities and risk
Assets, liabilities and risk
2001,
Financial economists and actuaries do not always talk the same language. One...
Unpacking developmental local government using Soft Systems Methodology and MCDA tools
Unpacking developmental local government using Soft Systems Methodology and MCDA tools
2005,
This paper presents two different analytical approaches that may be useful in...
Robustness studies on coal gasification process variables
Robustness studies on coal gasification process variables
2004,
Optimisation of the Sasol-Lurgi gasification process was carried out by utilising the...
A stochastic model for a urea decomposition system
A stochastic model for a urea decomposition system
2005,
Availability is an important measure in describing the performance of a system. The...
Fairness of seat allocation methods in proportional representation
Fairness of seat allocation methods in proportional representation
2005,
In this paper the fairness of some methods of allocating seats in a proportional...
Simulation of fruit pallet movement in the port of Durban: A case study
Simulation of fruit pallet movement in the port of Durban: A case study
2005,
This paper gives an overview of a discrete-event simulation study that was performed...
Efficient heuristics for the rural postman problem
Efficient heuristics for the rural postman problem
2005,
A local search framework for the (undirected) Rural Postman Problem (RPP) is presented...
The rectilinear Steiner ratio
The rectilinear Steiner ratio
2005,
The rectilinear Steiner ratio was shown to be 3/2 by Hwang. We use continuity and...
An algorithm for the minimum of the concave knapsack problem
An algorithm for the minimum of the concave knapsack problem
2005,
This paper addresses the problem of resource allocation among activities where the...
A single product perishing inventory model with demand interaction
A single product perishing inventory model with demand interaction
2004,
The paper describes a single perishing product inventory model in which items...
A two-commodity perishable inventory system
A two-commodity perishable inventory system
2005,
We present a two-commodity perishable stochastic inventory system under continuous...
Quantifying the role of personal management style in the success of investment portfolios
Quantifying the role of personal management style in the success of investment portfolios
2001,
It is extremely difficult to quantify the effect of different management styles of...
A partitioning scheme for solving the 0–1 knapsack problem
A partitioning scheme for solving the 0–1 knapsack problem
2003,
The application of valid inequalities to provide relaxations which can produce tight...
Decision-making: Theory and practice
Decision-making: Theory and practice
2004,
This paper compares a number of theoretical models of decision-making with the way in...
Price reductions on stocks with decreasing demand
Price reductions on stocks with decreasing demand
2004,
This paper proposes a heuristic approach for the minimization of losses on stocks with...
Poverty in South Africa in 1995 – a totally fuzzy and relative approach
Poverty in South Africa in 1995 – a totally fuzzy and relative approach
2001,
Poverty is one of the major challenges facing the continent, Africa and also South...
Production mix problems: Formulation and solution strategies
Production mix problems: Formulation and solution strategies
2001,
This paper examines the sub-optimality of generalized greedy heuristics for solution...
A general approach to total repair cost limit replacement policies
A general approach to total repair cost limit replacement policies
1999,
A common replacement policy for technical systems consists in replacing a system by a...
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