Crowdsourcing platforms have become quite popular due to the increasing demand of human computationbased tasks. Though the crowdsourcing systems are primarily demand-driven like MTurk, supply-driven marketplaces are becoming increasingly popular. Fiverr is a fast growing supply-driven marketplace where the sellers post micro-tasks (gigs) and users purchase them for prices as low as $5. In this ...

efflux time measurements are carried out for gravity draining of a liquid from a large cylindrical tank (where the flow is essentially laminar) through single exit pipe in the absence and presence of cetyl pyridinium chloride (cpc) surfactant solutions. the variables considered are initial height of liquid in the tank, dia. of tank, length of the exit pipe and concentration of surfactant. the d...

This paper presents an update about recent additions to the Modelica Buildings library. The Modelica Buildings library is a free open-source library with dynamic simulation models for building energy and control systems. The library contains models for air-based HVAC systems, chilled water plants, water-based heating systems, controls, room and envelope heat transfer, multizone airflow, includi...

by Anna-Lena Sachs : Retail Analytics: Integrated Forecasting and Inventory Management for Perishable Products in Retailing (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems) ISBN : #3319133047 | Date : 2014-12-18 Description : PDF-668c6 | This book addresses the challenging task of demand forecasting and inventory management in retailing. It analyzes how information from point-of-sale scann...

Improvements in technology and logistics practices have radically altered distribution chains. More efficient and less expensive transport, communication, and information systems have fuelled the extension of supply chains and the globalization of the world economy. At the micro-level, companies have become increasingly customer-orderdriven. Production systems such as JIT, Lean Production, or T...

Most formal research in support of agricultural development has focused on the alleviation of farm-level productivity constraints, with problem diagnosis often occurring through a single disciplinary lens. There is a strong push within national and international arenas to move toward broader units of analysis and intervention, including the landscape, catchment and watershed. However, there is ...

Production decisions in a manufacturing supply chain are no longer driven by manual systems based on instinct and experience. They are regulated interactions between analysts, production managers and their collective manipulation of policies within the production information system. This paper studies the demand behavior in manufacturing supply chains and its relationships to the logic of produ...