P-Evolution: A Novel Approach to Ant Colony Optimization Akshay Joshi #1‚ C.G.Nitash #2‚ Anish Sawkar #3 Prof. Nilesh B Fal Dessai #4 and Prof Vijay Borges #5 # Information Technology Department‚ Goa College of Engineering‚ Goa akshayjoshi999@gmail.com1‚ cgnitash@gmail.com2‚ anishsawkar@gmail.com3‚ nfd@gec.ac.in4‚ vb@gec.ac.in5 Abstract The Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) technique uses the foraging behaviour of biological ants‚ which rely on less on memory and depends more on collective intelligence
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The term strategic alliance has become widely used to describe an agreement between two or more businesses joining together to cooperate in a specific business activity‚ so that each benefits from the strengths of the other and gains competitive advantage. The businesses are usually not in direct competition‚ but have similar products or services that are directed towards the same target audience.1 The formation of strategic alliances is widely seen asa response to globalization and increasing uncertainty
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Trivergent Health Alliance is considered a Management Service Organization (MSO). MSO’s provide several different kinds of services such as: Administrative‚ Operational‚ Financial‚ Information Technology‚ and many more. The goal of the Trivergent Health MSO is to support‚ unify‚ and streamline the non-healthcare functions of the three regional healthcare systems in Western Maryland: Western Maryland Health System‚ Meritus Health‚ and Frederick Regional Health System. By pulling these services out
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Program Evaluation Final Johannes Kieding Simmons School for Social Work Program Evaluation Final Introduction and Background The Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is one of the academic teaching hospitals of Harvard and Tufts Medical Schools. The hospital has many different departments‚ including primary care clinics‚ inpatient psychiatry‚ outpatient psychiatry‚ as well as specialty clinics such as the Latino‚ Haitian‚ Portuguese‚ and the Asian linguistic teams. The CHA has three main locations:
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Coordinator: Facilitator: Submission Date: 20TH OCTOBER 2014 Executive Summary F&N Dairies is seeking to penetrate the Taiwanese dairy produce market. It wishes to achieve this‚ through a formation of a complementary contractual strategic alliance between F&N Dairies and I-Mei Foods Co. which is a Taiwanese company that focuses in the production‚ supply and distribution of various type of food stuff. That being said it this paper I will examine the feasibility of this collaboration‚ through
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ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRIAL VISIT REPORT PARLE AGRO-FOODS OVERVIEW Who we are Parle Products has been India’s largest manufacturer of biscuits and confectionery for almost 80 years. Makers of the world’s largest selling biscuit‚ Parle-G‚ and a host of other very popular brands‚ the Parle name symbolizes quality‚ nutrition and great taste. With a reach spanning even to the remotest villages of India‚ the company has definitely come a very long way since its inception. Many of the
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The Author J.G. Jackson wrote an interesting book on the Pagan origins of the Christian religion. The author set out to discredit or reveal the Pagan background of the Christian religion and also the similarities to other religions before Christ ever existed. Jackson wrote this book to show others that many of the modern rituals seen today came from other religions long before Christ ever existed using many sources from books including the Bible to show holes in the Christian history. The book
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Date: - 19th February‚ 2016 Positivity • P. Atmiyabhai: - P. Praneshbhai’s Introduction ¬ P. Praneshbhai is a Sahishnu sevak and the Swamiji’s Driver. ¬ He understands Swamiji’s wish and acts accordingly. ¬ Once while driving Swamiji‚ Praneshbhai realized that Swamiji’s throat was congested and he needed to spit. Even though Swamiji had not said anything to him‚ Praneshbhai realized Swamiji’s wish and pulled over so that Swamiji can clear His throat. ¬ He is a Nisthavan sevak. ¬ Once on a long
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Countries believe that forming alliance can protect their sovereignty and security of their nation. The alliance can be beneficial but it can also be harmful‚ where there is no benefit out of it. Alliances each have their own purpose and meaning. Throughout history countries have made alliances to protect social and economic interests among themselves. When countries have others besides them it is easy to say that they are benefiting from the alliance. Countries can carry out plans with other countries
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G-III Apparel Group 1. How sound was G-III’s business? Was it suitable for an IPO? G-III’s business was based on consumer consumption of leather goods. While leather was a hot fashion item‚ and growth rate projections were expected to grow at about 3.5% in 1989-1990‚ the general economic conditions during this time period had increased such that people had more disposable income to spend on apparel. This brings up an interesting point-G-III’s business was based on the fickle tastes of consumers
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