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Bus crew scheduling using mathematical programming [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
This thesis describes a bus crew scheduling system, IMPACS, which has been demonstrated to be successful for a wide variety of scheduling conditions, and is at present in regular use by three British bus companies including the largest, London Buses Ltd.
Smith, Barbara Mary
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An Iterative Approach to Robust and Integrated Aircraft and Crew Scheduling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In airline scheduling a variety of planning and operational decision problems have to be solved. We consider the problems aircraft routing and crew pairing: aircraft and crew must be allocated to flights in a schedule in a minimal cost way.
Ehrgott, M   +5 more
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Corporate social performance and non‐financial reporting in the cruise industry: Paving the way towards UN Agenda 2030

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 29, Issue 6, Page 1931-1953, November 2022., 2022
Abstract This article investigates the role of accounting disciplines in assessing and fostering corporate social performance (CSP) of business organisations to meet the UN Agenda 2030. Drawing from legitimacy theory, this qualitative study analyses if and how non‐financial reporting positively affects and fosters CSP practices and outcomes within the ...
Assunta Di Vaio   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eating pizza in prison

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 221-233, May 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT Police work is obviously a question of pursuing subjects. In postslave societies, one figure dominates; police are always after the young Black man. Meanwhile, another distinctive subject of policing exists. In São Paulo, Brazil, police detectives are also worried about the failing White father.
GRAHAM DENYER WILLIS
wiley   +1 more source

Racial capitalism and the sea: Development and change in Black maritime labour, and what it means for fisheries and a blue economy

open access: yesFish and Fisheries, Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 648-662, May 2022., 2022
Abstract The ‘Blue Economy’ is often framed as a revolutionary and transformative approach to marine and fishery development. However, scholars increasingly critique the Blue Economy in hopes that equity‐related concerns can become more prevalent. While these efforts are important, historical materialist perspectives can more deeply challenge the ...
Timothy P. Clark
wiley   +1 more source

A multi-agent system for a bus crew rescheduling system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Unpredictable events (UE) are major factors that cause disruption to everyday bus operation.
Shibghatullah, Abdul Samad
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Coming together: Embodied and pre‐reflective interaction in The Plague

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, Volume 77, Issue 2, Page 126-141, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Albert Camus’s The Plague has often been investigated as a moral deliberation on humans’ responsibilities in the face of a deadly threat, be it as an allegory of World War Two or in a more general fashion. In this article, I argue that by looking at the pre‐reflective and embodied aspects of the interaction between the protagonists, the novel ...
Mats Haraldsen
wiley   +1 more source

The optimistic utopia: sacrifice and expectations of political transformation in the Angolan Revolutionary Movement

open access: yesSocial Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 123-140, February 2021., 2021
In this paper, I propose an anthropological discussion of the correlation of utopia and optimism, in relation with ideas of personal and collective sacrifice. To do so, I will invoke my ethnographic research on political activism in Angola, particularly the so‐called Revolutionary Movement – a group of young activists challenging Angola’s authoritarian
Ruy Llera Blanes
wiley   +1 more source

Theatre on Tour: Amsterdam’s Schouwburg as a European Hub

open access: yes, 2022
Renaissance Studies, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 122-141, February 2022.
Frans R. E. Blom
wiley   +1 more source

Parallella minsta snitt : En förbättrad CREW PRAM algoritm

open access: yes, 2020
This thesis considers the minimum cut problem in undirected, weighted graphs. We present a simple randomized CREW PRAM algorithm to find the minimum cut in a graph G with n nodes and m edges, based on Karger’s celebrated randomized near-linear time min ...
López Martínez, Andrés
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