The process of vehicle inspection in the United Arab Emirates has been investigated in this study using multiple decision-making criteria. The objective was to assess the current situation and set out recommendations to improve vehicle inspection procedure. Inspected mechanical and environmental parameters have been compared among different inspection centers in the country. The assessment incl...

In common IT-Service business, e.g., field technicians for maintenance and servicing of office machines, processes are usually paper-based. This causes error-prone and time-consuming activities. The integration of mobile tools might improve these business processes. Nevertheless, the implementation of mobile-integrated business processes within corporate IT-Systems is a major and still increasi...

periodic vehicle routing problem focuses on establishing a plan of visits to clients over a given time horizon so as to satisfy some service level while optimizing the routes used in each time period. this paper presents a new effective heuristic algorithm based on data mining tools for periodic vehicle routing problem (pvrp). the related results of proposed algorithm are compared with the resu...

The technician routing and scheduling problem consists in routing and scheduling a crew of technicians in order to attend a set of service requests, subject to skill, tool, and spare part constraints. In this study we propose a formal definition of the problem and present a constructive heuristic and a large neighborhood search optimization algorithm.

OBJECTIVE verify the application of the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need method in the prediction of nursing human resources at a Family Health service. METHOD descriptive and quantitative study, undertaken at a Family Health service in the city of São Paulo. The set of sequential operations recommended in the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need method was used: definition of the profess...

t is the position of the American Dietetic Association that children and adolescents should have access to an adequate supply of healthful and safe foods that promote optimal physical, cognitive, and social growth and development. Nutrition assistance programs, such as food assistance and meal service programs and nutrition education initiatives, play a vital role in meeting this critical need....

In the service industry, it is crucial to efficiently allocate scarce resources to perform tasks and meet particular service requirements. What considerably complicates matters is when these resources, for example skilled technicians, have to visit different customer locations. This paper provides a comprehensive survey on resource constrained routing and scheduling. The latter unveils the prob...

The elicitation of a positive patch test reaction in a given individual depends upon the dose of the sensitizer applied, the patch test technique and the occlusion time. The dose is determined by the concentration and volume/amount of test preparation applied. If the same amount/volume of a test preparation is applied all the time with the same test technique (same area of skin) and occlusion t...

Electric vehicle sharing is necessary for achieving carbon neutrality. The self-service electric mode offers unique advantages in terms of freedom movement and privacy protection. Meanwhile, this requires a high-quality service guarantee because the separation management use. purpose study to propose framework risk control optimization vehicles, which includes life cycle analysis, assessment by...