Browsing Research Articles (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Title

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  • An action design research approach within enterprise engineering 
    De Vries, Marne; Berger, Simone (Springer, 2017-04)
    Enterprise engineering (EE) is emerging as a new discipline that is multi-disciplinary in nature. As highlighted by researchers within the EE discipline, the current status of EE endeavours as taken by several universities ...
  • Activity-based travel demand generation using Bayesian networks 
    Joubert, Johannes Willem; De Waal, Alta (Elsevier, 2020-11)
    While activity-based travel demand generation has improved over the last few decades, the behavioural richness and intuitive interpretation remain challenging. This paper argues that it is essential to understand why people ...
  • Advantages and limitations of an automated visual inspection system 
    Smith, C.J.; Adendorff, Kris (Kristian) (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1991-06)
    'n Outomatiese visuele inspeksiestelsel is nie die wonderwerk wat die industrie verwag het nie. Daar is probleemareas wat goed ondersoek en verstaan moet word. Die vernaamste voordele en nadele word hier bespreek. Dit ...
  • An agent-based evaluation of transit network design 
    Nnene, Obiora A.; Joubert, Johannes Willem; Zuidgeest, Mark H.P. (Elsevier, 2019)
    This article presents the design and evaluation of transit networks using a route expansion heuristic and agent-based travel demand simulation. The route expansion mechanism is a type of constructive heuristic algorithm ...
  • An agent-based implementation of freight receiver and carrier collaboration with cost sharing 
    Bean, Willemiena Lodewika; Joubert, Johan W. (Elsevier, 2021-09)
    Freight transport stakeholders can benefit from collaborative planning. Unfortunately, appropriate decision and planning support tools are lacking. Consequently, freight stakeholders remain unaware of collaboration ...
  • Alternatiewe voorraadklassifikasiemetodes 
    Strasheim, J.J. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1992-06)
    Omdat daar duisende vooraaditems in die tipiese Motorhandelaar se onderdelevoorraad aangehou word genoodsaak dit die een of ander klassifikasiemetode vir die doeleindes van vraagvooruitskatting en bestuursverslaggewmg. ...
  • Analysis of the jam signal effect against the conical-scan seeker 
    Malatji, Tsholofelo M.; Du Plessis, W.P. (Warren Paul); Willers, Cornelius J. (Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2019-02)
    There remains a wide proliferation of second-generation frequency-modulated conical-scan seekers in the hands of irregular forces while the understanding of what makes a jam signal effective remains unclear. It is generally ...
  • Analytical structural model for implementing innovation practices in sustainable food value chain 
    Sharma, Rashi; Darbari, Jyoti Dhingra; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma; Agarwal, Vernika; Jha, P.C. (Springer, 2020)
    In the current scenario, sustainability is asserting a profound effect on the global Food Supply Chain (FSC). It is driven primarily by growing consciousness of consumers who want healthy food and at the same time, they ...
  • The application of an engineering based methodology to organisational diversification and refocusing - an overview 
    Leonard, Pierre; Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944- (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2001)
    An organisation is usually bound to the various life cycles of the industries that it serves. In order to ensure sustainability over the long-term, an organisation needs to align and continuously realign itself with its ...
  • An application of the extended technology acceptance model in understanding technology-enabled financial service adoption in South Africa 
    Wentzel, John Peter; Diatha, Krishna Sundar; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma (Routledge, 2013-12)
    The last 10 years have seen a significant increase in the provision of consumer services through technology. Computers, mobile phones, the Internet and self-service kiosks are examples of technology platforms that have ...
  • Applications of quadrivariate exponential distribution to a three-unit warm standby system with dependent structure 
    Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma; Vaidyanathan, V. S.; Chandrasekhar, P.; Abbas, S. (Taylor and Francis, 2017-03)
    Two-unit warm standby systems have been elaborately dealt within the literature. However, the study of standby systems with more than two units, though very relevant in state-of-the-art practical situations, has received ...
  • Applying min-max k postmen problems to the routing of security guards 
    Willemse, Elias J.; Joubert, Johan W. (© 2012 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. ., 2012-02)
    The most essential and alluring characteristic of a security estate is the estate's ability to provide 24-h security to its residents, of which the continual patrolling of roads and paths is vital. The objective of this ...
  • Architectural concepts for value chains 
    Janse van Rensburg, Antonie C. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2008-11)
    The Porter Value Chain has been widely adopted by the business community as a mechanism to understand and comprehend complexity in business environments, with the ultimate goal of structuring the business to maximize its ...
  • Are we getting vehicle emissions estimation right? 
    Grabe, Ruan Johannes; Joubert, Johan W. (Elsevier, 2022-11)
    Simulation is a valuable prediction tool to evaluate the impact of climate change interventions prior to disruptive implementations that may yield unintended and unwanted consequences. Advances in agent-based simulation ...
  • The art of simulation modelling 
    Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944- (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2003)
    It is the contention of the author that practising the “art” of modelling has been, and always will be, of great importance to the ultimate success of any project employing a simulation approach. Yet very few publications ...
  • As easy as OEE : enabling productivity improvement in schools by using overall equipment effectiveness as framework for classroom data analysis 
    Doyer, Ilse; Bean, Willemiena Lodewika (Emerald, 2023-08)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper was to develop a quantitative classroom observation method that is able to analyse the school day to identify Time-on-Task losses comprehensively and systematically, at a level of detail ...
  • Assessment of the quality of service provided by a national regulatory institution 
    Adetunji, Olufemi; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma; Malada, Awelani (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2013-05)
    Government institutions need to assess how well they meet the needs of their customers, and what their customers think about the quality of the services they provide. This is aligned with the ‘Batho Pele’ principle of the ...
  • Automated software distribution 
    Strasheim, J.J.; Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944- (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1998)
    Automated distribution of computer software via electronic means in large corporate networks is growing in popularity. The relative importance of personal computer software, in financial and logistical terms, is described ...
  • Bayesian energy measurement and verification analysis 
    Carstens, Herman; Xia, Xiaohua; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma (MDPI Publishing, 2018)
    Energy Measurement and Verification (M&V) aims to make inferences about the savings achieved in energy projects, given the data and other information at hand. Traditionally, a frequentist approach has been used to quantify ...
  • Bayesian structural time-series approach to a long-term electricity demand forecasting 
    Mokilane, Paul; Debba, Pravesh; Yadavalli, Venkata S. Sarma; Sigauke, Caston (Natural Sciences Publishing, 2019-03)
    The paper presents an application of Bayesian structural time-series model to forecast long-term electricity demand. Accurate trend specification in long-term forecasting is important; otherwise erroneous forecasts could ...