Browsing Research Articles (Industrial and Systems Engineering) by Title

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  • 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 ...
  • Behavioural sensitivity towards emission concepts 
    Grabe, Ruan Johannes; Joubert, Johan W. (Elsevier, 2021)
    Agent-based simulation lends itself to study emergent behaviour when agents respond autonomously, based on their unique and individual attributes, to external interventions. In transport, the vehicle-specific attribute ...
  • Benchmark dataset for undirected and mixed capacitated arc routing problems under time restrictions with intermediate facilities 
    Willemse, Elias J.; Joubert, Johannes Willem (Elsevier, 2016-07)
    In this article we present benchmark datasets for the Mixed Capacitated Arc Routing Problem under Time restrictions with Intermediate Facilities (MCARPTIF). The problem is a generalisation of the Capacitated Arc Routing ...
  • Betroubaarheids- en instandhoubaarheidstoedeling 
    Lottering, W.A.; Claasen, S.J. (Schalk Johannes) (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1988-12)
    Ontwerpdoelwitte vir die betroubaarheid an instandhoubaarheid van substelsels moet so bepaal word dat die gebruikersvereiste ten opsigte van betroubaarheid en instandhoubaarheid van die stelsel behaal word as substelseldoelwitte ...
  • Betroubaarheids-, beskikbaarheids- en logistieke steunanalise 
    Claasen, S.J. (Schalk Johannes) (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 1991-06)
    AMIR en SPAR is Monte Carlo-gebaseerde rekenaarprogrammatuur waarmee betekenisvolle analise ten opsigte van die betroubaarheid, beskikbaarheid en logistieke steunbaarheid van komplekse stelsels uitgevoer kan word. Dit ...
  • Beyond re-engineering: de-engineering the corporation 
    Pellissier, Rene; Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944- (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2000)
    This paper addresses the failure of re-engineering to deliver its promise of better organizational performance through radical change. It looks at the change in Hammer and Champy's own perceptions of what re-engineering ...
  • Business design in the enterprise life-cycle 
    Rottier, Johan; Kruger, P.S. (Paul Stephanus), 1944-; Pretorius, Pieter J. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2001)
    The purpose of this paper is to facilitate systematic management of the design of Enterprises throughout their life-cycle by identifying the events (requirements) which should initiate (re)design. It identifies the high ...
  • Business process re-engineering and agile software development : applying the story-card method 
    Djan, Elijah Kwaku Addae Gyedu; De Vries, Marne (Springer, 2020-04)
    Enterprise designers need to continuously re-design their enterprise, re-evaluating the technologies that are available to digitize their operations. Although light-weight agile software development approaches are favored ...