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Three Essays on Sustainability of Transportation and Supply Chain
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Climate change has emerged as one of the most problematic issues and key global threats to mankind, and sustainability has become an important issue for any organizations. Therefore, managing supply chains in a more ...
Estimation of Increased Traffic on Highways in Montana and North Dakota due to Oil Development and Production
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Advances in oil extraction technology such as hydraulic fracturing have improved capabilities to extract and produce oil in the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations located in North Dakota, Montana, Manitoba, and ...
Application of Data Mining Techniques in Transportation Safety Study
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Most of current studies are based on Generalized Linear Models (GLMs), which require several assumptions. Those assumptions limit GLMs with the nature of data, and jeopardize models’ performance when handling data with ...
Transportation Sustainability on Economic and Environmental Aspects in the United States: Statistical and Quantitative Approaches
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The dissertation consists of three essays: 1) Productivity growth in the transportation industries in the United States: An application of the DEA Malmquist productivity index; 2) how does a carbon dioxide emissions change ...
Three Essays on the Graduated Driver Licensing Program in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) is a stepwise driver licensing program for novice drivers. The objective of GDL programs is to improve novice drivers’ driving experience and skills over time, under low risk conditions. ...
Proposed Nonparametric Tests for the Simple Tree Alternative in a Mixed Design
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
For the general alternative, many test statistics exist for the dependent and independent
variables. However, no documented test statistics exist for simple tree alternative for the dependent
variables, independent ...
The Ship of Change: A Model for Organizational Diagnosis and Change Management
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Grounded in developmental theory, the Ship of Change provides a renewed look at diagnostic relationships between organizational elements, and their interactions through the lens of a metaphorical ship analogy. Elements are ...
Pavement Performance Evaluation Using Connected Vehicles
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Roads deteriorate at different rates from weathering and use. Hence, transportation agencies must assess the ride quality of a facility regularly to determine its maintenance needs. Existing models to characterize ride ...
Structural Changes in North American Fertilizer Logistics
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Nitrogen-based fertilizer industry in United States is undergoing major changes the demand for which is primarily driven by agriculture. Traditionally, this industry sources anhydrous ammonia through imports from Canada ...
Building a Predictive Model on State of Good Repair by Machine Learning Algorithm on Public Transportation Rolling Stock
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Achieving and maintaining public transportation rolling stocks in a state of good repair is very crucial to provide safe and reliable services to riders. Besides, transit agencies who seek federal grants must keep their ...