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Optimization of parcel machine routes on the example of AS Eesti Post Tallinn courierpoint
No full textAntud lõputöös uuris autor tänast pakiautomaadi veoringide ülesehitust, saadetiste mahte ja veovahendite mahutavust Omniva Tallinna kullerpunkti näitel. Lõputöö eesmärk oli leida uue hanketsükli jaoks efektiivsed ja optimaalsed veoringid pakiautomaatide teenindamiseks.
Lõputöö teoreetilises osas anti ülevaade pakiautomaatide viimase miili logistika teoreetilisest poolest. Lisaks uuris autor veebipõhiste optimeerimistarkvarade näitel, kas ja millised tarkvarad on saadaval ilma takistava maksumüürita. Võimalikuks sobivaks tarkvaraks osutus autori valikul OptimoRoute rakendus, mille kohta tegi autor ka lühiülevaate.
Teises peatükis andis autor üldise ülevaate Omnivast ning tutvustas olemasolevat Omniva Tallinna kullerpunkti teenindatavat pakiautomaatide võrgustikku ja veoringide ülesehitust.
Lõputöö empiirilises osas leidis autor lahendused järgmistele uurimisküsimustele:
• milline on tänase pakimahu olukorras veoringide efektiivsus;
• millised on tuleviku hanketsükli jaoks optimaalsed pakiautomaadi veoringid;
• milline on potentsiaalne kokkuhoid või täiendav kulu koostööpartnerite kasutamisel võrreldes Omniva omatööjõu kasutamisega.
Lisaks proovis autor kasutada valitud OptimoRoute tarkvara püstitatud ülesande lahendamisel, kas ja kui hästi sobib antud tarkvara Omniva Tallinna kullerpunkti veoringide analüüsiks ja optimeerimiseks. Käesoleva ülesande lahendamisel leidis autor, et antud tarkvara kasutamine ei ole ilma täispaketti ostmata võimalik. Autori arvates ei ole selle ülesande lahendamiseks mõistlik antud tarkvara litsentsi soetada, kuna pakiautomaadi veoringide planeerimisel on tegemist kohtkindlate aadresspunktidega, mis on päevast päeva samad ning piisab ainult ühekordsest optimeerimisest.
Töö tulemusena leidis autor, et tänased olemasolevad pakiautomaatide veoringid vajavad muutmist, kuna veoringide pakimahud on liiga kõrged ja tööajad liiga pikad. Pärast uute veoringide moodustamist teostas autor kuluarvutused koostööpartnerite ja Omniva omatööjõu kasutamise kohta. Arvutuse tulemusel leidis autor, et koostööpartnerite kasutamine on soodsam kui omatööjõu kasutamine.In the thesis, the author studied the structure of parcel machine transport routes and the volume and quality of shipments on the example of Eesti Post AS, i.e. Omniva, Tallinn courier point. The aim of the thesis was to find efficient and optimal transport routes for servicing the parcel machines for the new procurement cycle.
In the theoretical part of the thesis, an overview was given on the theoretical background of the last mile logistics of parcel machines. In addition, on the example of web-based optimization software, the author investigated whether and which, if any, software is available to use without an impeding tax wall. The author chose the OptimoRoute application as a software most likely suitable for the analysis, of which a brief overview was given by the author.
In the second chapter, the author gave a general overview of Omniva and introduced the existing network of parcel machines serviced by Omniva Tallinn courier point as well as the structure of the existing transport routes.
In the empirical part of the thesis, the author found solutions to the following research questions:
• what is the efficiency of transport routes in the case of current package volumes;
• what are the optimal parcel machine routes for the upcoming procurement cycle;
• what are the potential savings or additional costs of using cooperation partners compared to using Omniva's own workforce.
In addition, the author attempted to use the previously selected OptimoRoute software for solving the set task of whether and how suitable the software is for the analysis and optimization of the routes of Omniva Tallinn courier point.
In the process of attempting to solve the task, the author discovered that using the software is not possible without purchasing the full package. Per author's opinion, it is not reasonable to acquire a license for the software in order to solve the task, as planning parcel machine routes is based on location-specific address points which remain unchanged on a day-to-day basis, due to which a one-time optimization is sufficient.
As a result of the thesis, the author found that the current routes for parcel machines should be changed, as the delivery volumes of the routes are too high and the working hours are too long. After the formation of new routes, the author performed cost calculations on the use of cooperation partners and Omniva's own workforce. As a result of the calculation, the author found that the use of cooperation partners is less expensive than the use of own workforce
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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