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2021-09-01
Raoufi, Mohammad, Fayek, Aminah Robinson
Labor productivity and performance both significantly influence the overall success of construction projects, and the motivation of crew members is a major factor affecting labor. The construction industry needs better methods of measuring motivation and its impact on performance, which in turn...
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Human resources for health challenges in Nigeria and nurse migration
2016
Dada, F. O., Adelakun, F. E., Salami, B.
The emigration of sub-Saharan African health professionals to developed Western nations is an aspect of increasing global mobility. This paper focuses on the human resources for health challenges in Nigeria and the emigration of nurses from Nigeria as the country faces mounting human resources...
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Hybrid fuzzy Monte Carlo agent-based modeling of workforce motivation and performance in construction
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Raoufi, Mohammad, Fayek, Aminah Robinson
Purpose – This paper aims to cover the development of a methodology for hybrid fuzzy Monte Carlo agentbased simulation (FMCABS) and its implementation on a parametric study of construction crew performance. Design/methodology/approach – The developed methodology uses fuzzy logic, Monte Carlo...
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Hybrid fuzzy system dynamics model for analyzing the impacts of interrelated risk and opportunity events on project contingency
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Siraj, Nasir B., Fayek, Aminah Robinson
Traditional risk analysis techniques are ineffective for capturing the dynamic causal interactions and subjective uncertainties involved in assessing risk and opportunity events since they treat risks independently and rely on the availability of sufficient historical data. In this paper, a...
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2022-01-24
Tiruneh, Getaneh Gezahegne, Fayek, Aminah Robinson
The majority of competency and performance modeling methods available in the literature are deterministic conceptual, statistical,and/or regression models that cannot capture the subjective uncertainty, complex, and nonlinear relationships inherent in construction, whichmakes accurate prediction...
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Hybridization of Reinforcement Learning and Agent-Based Modeling to Optimize Construction Planning and Scheduling
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Kedir, Nebiyu Siraj, Somi, Sahand, Fayek, Aminah Robinson, Nguyen, Phuong
Decision-making in construction planning and scheduling is complex because of budget and resource constraints, uncertainty, and the dynamic nature of construction environments. A knowledge gap in the construction literature exists regarding decision-making frameworks with the ability to learn and...
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Hybridization of reinforcement learning and agent-based modeling to optimize construction planning and scheduling
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Kedir, Nebiyu Siraj, Somi, Sahand, Fayek, Aminah Robinson, Nguyen, Phuong H.D.
Decision-making in construction planning and scheduling is complex because of budget and resource constraints, uncertainty, and the dynamic nature of construction environments. A knowledge gap in the construction literature exists regarding decision-making frameworks with the ability to learn and...
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2017-01-01
Kumar, Mayank, Olagire Oyedun, Adetoyese, Kumar, Amit
This study explores the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of wood chips to bio-crude followed by upgrading to diluents, which are used to transport bitumen through pipelines. In this study, we considered a 2000 dry t day-1 plant capacity with two scenarios. The first scenario uses hydrogen for...
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Identification of genes associated with ricinoleic acid accumulation in Hiptage benghalensis via transcriptome analysis
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Tian, Bo, Lu, Tianquan, Xu, Yang, Wang, Ruling, Chen, Guanqun
Background: Ricinoleic acid is a high-value hydroxy fatty acid with broad industrial applications.Hiptage benghalensis seed oil contains a high amount of ricinoleic acid (~80%) and represents an emerging source of this unusual fatty acid. However, the mechanism of ricinoleic acid accumulation in...