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Taxonomy of Scheduling Problems with Learning and Deterioration Effects

open access: yesAlgorithms, 2022
In traditional scheduling problems, job processing times are considered constant and known in advance. This assumption is, however, a simplification when it comes to hand-intensive real-life production contexts because workers usually induce variability ...
Yenny Alexandra Paredes-Astudillo   +2 more
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A DEA approach for merging dairy farms

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2021
This paper proposes a model for determining the most advantageous merger within a set of dairy farms. It uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to estimate the total technical efficiency improvement that the merger would produce and for decomposing it into
Sebastián Lozano   +1 more
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The effect of media literacy on effective learning outcomes in online learning

open access: yesEducation and Information Technologies, 2022
Nowadays, online learning is already ubiquitous in the education of most countries and is one of the fastest-growing trends in the use of educational technology. However, despite literature on the effectiveness of online learning, little is known about the influence of student media literacy on effective learning outcomes in online learning.
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Learning-by-Exporting Effects: Are They for Real? [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2007
This paper thoroughly examines the learning-by-exporting (LBE) hypothesis for Colombian manufacturing plants during 1981-1991 and finds significant evidence in its favor. The results are robust to the use of different samples of the dataset, different econometric methods, and different modeling approaches.
Fernandes, Ana M., Isgut, Alberto E.
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Further development of a commercial driving simulation for research in occupational medicine

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2013
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to refine a commercial car driving simulation for occupational research. As the effects of ethanol on driving behavior are well established, we choose alcohol as a test compound to investigate the performance of ...
Axel Muttray   +7 more
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Integrating Group Setup Time Deterioration Effects and Job Processing Time Learning Effects with Group Technology in Single-Machine Green Scheduling

open access: yesAxioms
We study single-machine group green scheduling considering group setup time deterioration effects and job-processing time learning effects, where the setup time of a group is a general deterioration function on its starting setup time and the processing ...
Na Yin   +4 more
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A Cascaded Multimodal Natural User Interface to Reduce Driver Distraction

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
Natural user interfaces (NUI) have been used to reduce driver distraction while using in-vehicle infotainment systems (IVIS), and multimodal interfaces have been applied to compensate for the shortcomings of a single modality in NUIs.
Myeongseop Kim   +4 more
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Active Learning in Maritime Education [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2017
In the field of education, the importance of active learning as a more effective educational method has recently been noted. The element of active learning was introduced to the anchoring training of the training ship for third-year students of Tokyo ...
Yoshiaki Kunieda   +3 more
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The effects of prolonged learning on learning

open access: yesJournal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1962
Summary The Ss in this experiment were presented six English-Russian pairs to learn by the anticipation method to a criterion of one correct reproduction. The presentation rate was 2 sec. After a list was learned to criterion a new list was immediately introduced and learned to the same criterion. This was followed by further lists.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA ( host institution )   +1 more
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Exploring the Impact of Educational Quizzes and Stamp Collecting Trails on Zoo Visitor Learning and Exhibit Observation

open access: yesJournal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2021
Visitors observe diverse animals during zoo visits and learn more about animals by reading information boards that provide conservation education on animal behavior and habitats.
Yushin Asari, Chiharu Ikuta
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