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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 ...
Innovative Approach to Estimating Demand for Intercity Bus Services in a Rural Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Because existing models have their limitations, there is a significant need for a model to estimate demand for intercity bus services, especially in rural areas. The general objective of this research was to develop an ...
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 ...
Three Essays on Waterborne Transportation
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This dissertation introduces three different topics on waterborne transportation. River transportation is a very important alternative for freight shipments in some countries. A significant portion of United States ...
Organizing Transit in Small Urban and Rural Communities
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The justification of government support of rural transit on the basis of the presence of increasing returns to scale and the most efficient regional organization of transit is investigated. Returns to density, size, 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 ...
Optimal Resource Allocation to Minimize Last Mile Delivery Costs
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
This study focusses on a decision-making tool to assist an organization in planning for capacity needed for the Last Mile Delivery (LMD) services which is the most expensive part of the entire supply chain. Considering the ...
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, ...
Three Essays on Renewable Jet Fuel Supply Chain Network Design and Traffic Safety
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Because of rising energy consumption, climate change, and environmental concerns about fossil fuels, finding alternative renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly crucial. With the non-advanced share of the U.S. ...