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Simulation optimization of mine operations for uncertainty based short term and operational planning in open pit mines
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The objective of this PhD thesis is to develop, implement and verify a theoretical framework to generate practical, achievable and robust uncertainty based short term plans meeting operational objectives and short term planning targets. This thesis intends to develop a mathematical optimization...
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Real Options Decision Framework for Research and Development: A Case Study on a Small Canadian High-Technology Start-Up
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Research and Development (R&D) projects can be both innovative and highly uncertain. Allowing for managerial flexibility and adopting real options methods and incorporating technology readiness level scales to assess the maturity of technologies progressing through development stages, can help...
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Spring 2016
Narrative in videogames remains a frequently discussed topic in game studies. In 1997, two books offered differing points of view on the value of videogames as storytelling mediums: Janet Murray’s Hamlet on the Holodek and Espen Aarseth’s Cybertext. In the former, though Murray refers to the...
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Expanded Fields: Revisiting the Notion of a Framework for Installation Art in the 21st Century
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This thesis examines the emergence and proliferation of installation art in the 20th Century and the ways in which its complexities have been contended through the establishment of three frameworks that establish categories belonging to the genre. Frameworks by Nicolas de Oliveira, Mark...
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eHealth and mHealth Pipelines for Clinical Decision Support to Improve Medication Selection and Safety
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Although much work has been done over the past decade on developing personalized and evidence-based medicine, such as diagnostic tests based on genetics to better predict patients' responses to therapy, stumbling blocks remain that have prevented knowledge, tests, and other pertinent...
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Design, Simulation and Evaluation of Effective Industrial Information Systems: Case of Machine Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Management Information Systems
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Industrial information systems can improve the management of industrial operations by providing relevant and timely information on the status of physical assets via condition and process monitoring systems, and by enabling the effective use of data by systems and processes that restore proper...
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Linkage of Truck-and-shovel Operations to Short-term Mine Plans Using Discrete Event Simulation
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The scope of this research is concerned with improving truck-and-shovel systems’ efficiency using simulation. The major shortcomings of the current simulation models reviewed in literature are: a) considering shovels as continuously working equipment, b) modeling the system based on a shovel’s...