colony optimization techniques for the vehicle routing problemAuthor: John E. Bell‚ Patrick R. McMullenYear: 2004 | Representation: finding the minimum distance or cost of the combined routes of a number of vehicles m that must service a number of customers n.Fitness Function: * Each customer is visited only once by a single vehicle. * Each vehicle must start and end its route at the depot‚ v0. * Total demand serviced by each vehicle cannot exceed Q.Performance:Ant colony optimization clearly
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FERRIS COMPANY Mission • To make life easier • To create value and make a difference • To adopt sustainable practice for a better world Vision • Effectively balance current needs and future opportunities‚ • Consistently outperform competitors in revenue growth‚ profitability and total return to shareholders • Sustain superiority across time‚ business cycles‚ and changes in leadership. MISSION AND VISION BACKGROUND Having worked with thousands of corporate and government clients
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If you are taking your vehicle in to get the tires aligned for the first time‚ make sure that you brush up on your tire alignment lingo. This will help you understand the condition your car’s alignment is in‚ and what your mechanic did to fix it. The Basics Of Alignment An alignment is a process where the wheels on your vehicle are measured and adjusted in such a manner to ensure that the wear on your tires will be reduced as much as possible. That is not the only benefit of having your wheels aligned
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What is Scaffolding Theory? The Scaffolding Theory is based on the Social Development Theory of Learning by Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Vygotsky’s theory is that "social interaction plays a functional role in the process of cognitive development" (Encyclopedia of Educational Technology). The term "scaffolding" comes from the works of Wood‚ Bruna‚ and Ross (1976) and is meant to represent the support and assistance provided by the teacher or mentor in the learning process. "Scaffolding" is
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Optimization is the problem of finding the best feasible solution to the problem. Optimization in healthcare is in the industry from past three decades. But now-a-days optimizations in healthcare have become noticeably and is attracting operation researchers because of the decreasing birth rates in nearly all the developed countries. Optimization has been applied in healthcare for various problems from operational level decisions to the designing of national healthcare policies. This case study
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201-02 Dr. Loubna Youssef Subtitle: Research Paper (final Draft) A Solution: Urban Chaos in Cairo What is known today as the Greater Cairo Region is in fact a combination of a number of neighbouring cities and governorates (including Cairo‚ Giza‚ Helwan‚ Qalyubia and 6th of October. Since the first establishment in the region‚ Al- Fustat in 641 AD‚ Cairo was in continuous growth. The numerous and different reigns over Egypt since the establishment of Cairo‚ different Islamic periods‚ Ottoman‚ French
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The Reign of Terror -Not Justified 1793 to 1794 is when the Reign of Terror began and end. The Reign of Terror was about 2 years from when Louis XVI was beheaded and around the time 20‚000 people were guillotined. 35‚000 people were killed by officers and officials. The Reign of Terror was not justified.The claim stated can be supported by these 3 reasons: they were threatened in wrong ways for the wrong things ‚ the methods used were not necessary‚ and the reasoning they gave did not match the
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1 Costco Wholesale Corporation: Mission‚ Business Model‚ and Strategy Renee Francia Strategic Human Resources BME 0939883 May 2013 Term Company Background Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) is a retail membership warehouse chain which was founded by Jim Sinegal and Jeff Brotman in 1983. Headquartered out of Issaquah‚ Washington‚ Costco has grown in to one of the largest wholesale giants in the industry. The company’s business model was to generate high sales volumes
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Modern web search engines are highly intricate software systems that employ technology that has evolved over the years. There are a number of sub-categories of search engine software that are separately applicable to specific ’browsing’ needs. These include web search engines (e.g. Google)‚ database or structured data search engines (e.g. Dieselpoint)‚ and mixed search engines or enterprise search. The more prevalent search engines‚ such as Google and Yahoo!‚ utilize hundreds of thousands computers
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1 : What do you understand by ‘mission’? Explain why it is necessary at the starting point in the process of formulating a strategy? What do you understand by ‘mission’? As per Mintzberg - A mission describes the organisation’s basic function in society‚ in terms of the products and services it produces for its customers”. Mission defines the fundamental purpose of an oraganisation ‚ describes why it exists and answers the question “Wha do we do?”. Mission statement creates a sense of direction
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