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Optimization of a furniture factory layout

open access: yesCroatian Operational Research Review, 2015
This paper deals with the problem of optimizing a factory floor layout in a Slovenian furniture factory. First, the current state of the manufacturing system is analyzed by constructing a discrete event simulation (DES) model that reflects the ...
Tadej Kanduč, Blaž Rodič
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This is what I'm doing and why: reflections on a think-aloud study of digital library users' information behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Many user-centred studies of digital libraries include a think-aloud element – where users are asked to verbalise their thoughts, interface actions and sometimes their feelings whilst using digital libraries to help them complete one or more information ...
Blandford, A., Cox, A. L., Makri, S.
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Utilizing Structural Network Positions to Diversify People Recommendations on Twitter

open access: yesAdvances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2022
Social recommender systems, such as “Who to follow” on Twitter, utilize approaches that recommend friends of a friend or interest-wise similar people.
Ekaterina Olshannikova   +4 more
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Concealing in the Public Interest, or Why We Must Teach Secrecy

open access: yesSecrecy and Society, 2021
Secrecy as the intentional or unintentional concealment of information is the subject of investigation within the humanities, social sciences, journalism, law and legal studies.
Susan Maret
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Montreal soundscapes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A spatial analysis of noise complaints and residents’ surveys

open access: yesNoise Mapping, 2023
Public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic provided researchers with a quasi-experimental situation to examine what happens when anthropogenic noise sources (e.g., traffic) are greatly reduced.
Trudeau Christopher   +2 more
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Measurement Error in Performance Studies of Health Information Technology: Lessons from the Management Literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Just as researchers and clinicians struggle to pin down the benefits attendant to health information technology (IT), management scholars have long labored to identify the performance effects arising from new technologies and from other organizational ...
Avgar, Ariel C   +2 more
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The Specialization of Information Science and its Relationship with other Specializations: The Experience of the Department of Information Studies at Sultan Qaboos University

open access: yesJournal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2016
This study aims to explore the interdisciplinary research and courses of the Department of Information Studies (DIS) at Sultan Qaboos University with other disciplines in the university, and to explore its impact on the management and development of ...
Khalfan Zahran Hamed Al Hijji   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mutual Information Analysis: a Comprehensive Study [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cryptology, 2010
zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Batina, L.   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Promoting SMEs effectiveness through innovative communication strategies and business-IT alignment [PDF]

open access: yesProblems and Perspectives in Management, 2020
The firm’s effective alignment of Information Communication Technology (ICT) capabilities with the SME’s business process to achieve agile communication strategies will distinguish profitable and failing firms in this global market milieu.
Patrick Ajibade, Stephen M. Mutula
doaj   +1 more source

Development Studies: a guide to finding information [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Using the library to find resources relating to development studies (development and emergency ...
Geoff Morgan
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