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Analyzing Supply Chain Networks for Blood Products
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The blood supply chain, starting from the donor until the blood is used to meet transfusion demands of patients, is a multi-echelon and complex system. The perishable and lifesaving characteristics of blood products, such ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Contributing Factors of DUI Recidivism Among First-Time Offenders in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2022)This study explored utilizing tree-based machine learning models to identify associations in a range of 107 factors and DUI recidivism among first-time DUI offenders. Three tree-based machine learning models, Decision Tree, ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility and Traffic Congestion: A Mixed Methods Study
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Traffic congestion (TC) is a complex issue having an adverse impact on the environment, business operations and health. Many cities are taking action to curb it. Corporations have increasingly engaged in corporate social ... -
Derived Demand for Grain Freight Transportation, Rail-Truck Competition, and Mode Choice and Allocative Efficiency
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The demand for grain freight transportation is a derived demand; consequently changes in the grain supply chain in production and handling, and those in the transportation domain will affect the demand for grain transportation. ... -
Developing Input to “Best-Value” Vehicle Procurement Practice: An Analysis of Supplier Evaluation and Selection in the U.S. Public Transportation Industry
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Collectively, US public transportation systems operated 137,047 vehicles per peak period in 2008 (American Public Transportation Association 2010). Buses accounted for the largest segment among these vehicles, and the ... -
Dynamics of Deprivation Cost in Last Mile Distribution The Integrated Resource Allocation and Vehicle Routing Problem
(North Dakota State University, 2014)One of the most critical tasks after a natural disaster is to organize and execute humanitarian relief operations effectively and efficiently while reaching an equitable outcome. However, due to limited resources in the ... -
Economic Modeling of Agricultural Production in North Dakota Using Transportation Analysis and Forecasting
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Agricultural industry is crucial for the economy; agricultural transportation is an integrated part of that industry. Optimization of the transportation and logistics costs is an important part of the transportation ... -
Essays on Biomass Supply Chain Network Design
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This dissertation is about the biomass supply chain network design considering the incentives as a financial support for entities in the supply chain such as the growers (farm) and biorefinery (plant) to produce energy ... -
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 ... -
Evaluating the Performance of Emergency Medical System in the US
(North Dakota State University, 2022)New and exciting opportunities are emerging for operational researchers to create and use models that provide managers with solutions to enhance the quality of their services as the importance of the service sector grows ... -
Game Theory Approach to the Vertical Relationships for U.S. Containerized Imports
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Multi-player interactions and vertical relationships in the U.S. containerized-import shipment market are investigated using game theory approaches. Bi-level programming problems (BLPP) are built to capture the hierarchy ... -
Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Determinant Factors: A Quantitative Study on Small and Medium Enterprises Using Structural Equation Modeling
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Considering the prominence of green supply chain management (GrSCM) research has developed expressively in this field. However, there is a dearth of studies from emerging economies comprised of modelling and empirical ... -
Heavy Vehicle Impact on Rural Two Lane Highway Segments Operating Under Various Levels of Service Conditions
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Oil boom in Western North Dakota State brings increasing number of oil trucks. The distinct characteristics of heavy vehicles such as oil trucks: low speed, large size, and slow accelerate and decelerate results in inaccuracy ... -
Identification, investigation, and spatial analysis of various contributing factors to crash and injury severity in different crash types
(North Dakota State University, 2024)This dissertation had three main objectives related to improving road safety by investigating factors that contribute to injury severity in different types of single-vehicle crashes. The first objective was to develop a ... -
The Impact of Automated Requisitioning Systems on the Effectiveness of Emergency Supply Chains
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This research examines the relevance of an automated requisitioning system on an emergency supply chain's performance. In this context, "automated requisitioning" refers to the ability to transmit requisitions through an ... -
Impact of Public Transit and Walkability on Quality of Life and Equity Analysis in Terms of Access to Non-Work Amenities in the United States
(North Dakota State University, 2020)The past literature suggest that transportation can impact quality of life (QOL) both directly and indirectly. The first part of this dissertation attempted to comprehensively evaluate the impact of transportation (specifically ... -
Impact of the Panama Canal Expansion in Global Supply Chain: Optimization Model for U.S. Container Shipment
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The transportation of containerized shipments will continue to be a topic of interest in the world because it is the primary method for shipping cargo globally. The primary objective of this study is to analyze the impact ... -
Improved Monte Carlo Simulation in the Presence of Outliers Using Labeling and Bayesian Averaging
(North Dakota State University, 2024-07)The problem of outliers is an old phenomenon in statistics, and it appears with surprising frequency in many datasets in both the natural and social sciences and can have both positive and negative effects on statistical ...