Browsing Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology by Supervisor "Joubert, Johan W."

Browsing Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology by Supervisor "Joubert, Johan W."

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  • Multi-objective optimisation of a commercial vehicle complex network 
    Meintjes, Sumarie (2013-11-11)
    In this project we build on research that has been done by Joubert and Axhausen (2013), who built a commercial vehicle complex network for Gauteng. Two shortcomings are identi ed in the approach they followed. The rst ...
  • Optimization of the Virgin Active Group Exercise Communication System 
    Du Plessis, Louis Philip; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2012)
    Every Virgin Active health club has several independent instructors that teach group exercise classes at the facility. The current method of communicating with staff is very archaic and can be greatly improved upon. Not ...
  • Quantifying supply chain vulnerability using a multilayered complex network perspective 
    Viljoen, Nadia M. (University of Pretoria, 2018-02)
    Today's supply chains face increasing volatility on many fronts. From the shop-floor where machines break and suppliers fail to the boardrooms where unanticipated price inflation erodes profi tability. Turbulence is the ...
  • Residential recycling: an Industrial Engineering approach to strategic waste collection 
    De Vos, Hugo; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2011)
    Residential recycling has become something of a proverbial carrot or stick situation: either residents have the moral motivation to recycle, the carrot, or are forced to recycle due to local law, the stick. Households need ...
  • Scheduling coal handling processes using metaheuristics 
    Conradie, David Gideon (University of Pretoria, 2011-01-24)
    The operational scheduling at coal handling facilities is of the utmost importance to ensure that the coal consuming processes are supplied with a constant feed of good quality coal. Although the Sasol Coal Handling Facility ...
  • A volunteer rostering problem: scheduling of moderators to provide optimal coverage in an on-line chess website 
    Van Buisbergen, Marilize; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2012)
    This project aims to change the way ChessCube manages its moderators by introducing Operations Research related concepts to the moderator management process to improve the coverage provided by existing moderators, as well ...