International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences
There are two sorts of energy resources: sustainable power resources and non-sustainable power re... more There are two sorts of energy resources: sustainable power resources and non-sustainable power resources. Due to some negative ecological effects including air pollution, climate change, and resource rot, people are concentrating on using sustainable energy resources to produce electricity. Solar energy, usually referred to as sun-oriented energy, is one of the most frequently researched environmentally beneficial power resources. In order to fulfill the growing demand for energy and increase energy efficiency, new developments and advancements in the field of solar energy are required. There are two sorts of energy resources: sustainable power resources and non-sustainable power resources. Due to some negative ecological effects including air pollution, climate change, and resource rot, people are concentrating on using sustainable energy resources to produce electricity. Solar energy, usually referred to as sun-oriented energy, is one of the most frequently researched environmenta...
The EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS), in cooperation with Birkbeck-Univer... more The EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS), in cooperation with Birkbeck-University of London, had the pleasure to organize the EWG-DSS London-2011 Workshop on Decision Systems on the period of June 23rd to June 24th, 2011, at the School of Business, Economics and Informatics at Birkbeck, in London. This Workshop’s main purpose was to provide a setting in which the professionals of the research and application areas related to Decision Making and Decision Support, could have the opportunity to meet and discuss about technical, methodological and social aspects for developing Decision Systems in an informal way. Based on this main aim, we have tried to find the ideal place for the Workshop to happen. We were lucky! We had the honor to count with the great support of one of the EWG-DSS founding members: Philip Powell, who is currently Executive Dean and Professor of Management at the School of Business, Economics and Informatics at Birkbeck. Philip enabled the EWG-DS...
The goal of this research was to look into how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning ... more The goal of this research was to look into how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques are being used in food industry and to come up with future research directions based on that. This study investigates the articles available on several scientific platforms that link both AI and supply chain from one side and ML and food industry from the other side, using a systematic literature review methodology. The findings of this research stated that although AI and machine learning technologies are yet in their beginning, the prospective for them to enhance the performance of the food industry (FI) is quite promising. Various investigators created AI and ML-related models that were verified and found to be effective in optimising FI, and so the use of AI and ML in FI networks provides competitive advantages for improvement. Other academics suggest that AI and machine learning are both now adding value, while others believe that they are still underutilised and tha...
ABSTRACT With the rapid growth of business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), el... more ABSTRACT With the rapid growth of business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), electronic retailers (e-retailer) as well as e-commerce and e-business become a necessary factor of any business strategy and powerful for economic development revolution [1-3]. Retailers’ have realised the importance of integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in business. Specifically, the use of ICT in business has enhanced productivity, encouraged greater customer participation, and enabled mass customization, besides reducing costs. Initially, retailers focused on competitive position and ability to determine emerging opportunities seek to adopt Web-based technologies, distinctions between traditional markets and the global electronic marketplace, utilization of human capital skills to make the most benefit of e-commerce application on overall performance [4,5]. The Egyptian online retail market is growing result from the large educated, open-minded and technologically savvy youth population [6]. On the other hand, research in developed countries (such as Egypt) indicates that e-commerce application still faces many obstacles [7,8]. Many Egyptian retailers are not achieving even minimal level of e-commerce application and adoption as would be expected [9]. This research will investigate and analyse the effect of e-commerce application and adaptation on electronic retailers in Egypt. It highlights and investigates the barriers, obstacles and challenges facing the e-commerce implementation in Egyptian retail industry, along with the introduction of generic and specific recommendations for retail industry policy makers to handle the challenges. Findings reveal that some achievements have been already made, but a lot more needs to be done to overcome the challenges come into E-retail industry development and implementation of e-commerce. The research has conducted the perspective of e-retailer and its customers. SERVQUAL model has been used to measure the level of e-retailers’ service quality provided. Therefore, recommendations highlight the benefit retailers can gain from applying e-commerce. Further, give the growing recognition of the potential use of the e-commerce application, the discussions are provided on how e-commerce can significantly affect a retailer’s strategic positioning to achieve higher business performance [10].
With the rapid growth of business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), electronic ... more With the rapid growth of business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), electronic retailers (e-retailer) as well as e-commerce and e-business become a necessary factor of any business strategy and powerful for economic development revolution [1-3]. Retailers’ have realised the importance of integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in business. Specifically, the use of ICT in business has enhanced productivity, encouraged greater customer participation, and enabled mass customization, besides reducing costs. Initially, retailers focused on competitive position and ability to determine emerging opportunities seek to adopt Web-based technologies, distinctions between traditional markets and the global electronic marketplace, utilization of human capital skills to make the most benefit of e-commerce application on overall performance [4,5]. The Egyptian online retail market is growing result from the large educated, open-minded and technologically sa...
Products are transported between different places in different stages within a supply chain. Tran... more Products are transported between different places in different stages within a supply chain. Transportation has a large impact on both responsiveness and efficiency. In addition transportation gains real time visibility fir customers. Therefore finding solutions that could improve product transportation and distribution has many benefits, including providing real time visibility, reducing operating costs, improving the time efficiency in logistics network, at the same time correcting the efficiency and productivity required by customers. However, the important point in a logistic chain is transportation that connects the separated activities and joins different stages in the supply chain. The organized retail sector in Egypt has been growing, thus the role of the supply chain becomes more important. It should become more responsive and adaptive to customers‘ demand. There is also need for the supply chain to be more cost efficient and collaborative to win over the immense competitio...
ABSTRACT For a solo researcher barriers have existed in how group model building scripts can be e... more ABSTRACT For a solo researcher barriers have existed in how group model building scripts can be easily facilitated for those participating from multiple agencies to engage in producing convincing models. Overcoming these barriers enables System Dynamics to reach prospective beneficiaries who may not have considered modelling as a means of addressing dynamically complex, multi-faceted issues that are widespread in community healthcare. This paper aims to improve script selection, achieving effective results for participants involved in validating multi-agent, policy alternatives. By studying targeted elicitation techniques from system dynamics and elsewhere, it is possible to shed light on how learning from scripts for modelling in system dynamics can inform other problem structuring methods for engaging management decision makers.
For a solo researcher barriers have existed in how group model building scripts can be easily fac... more For a solo researcher barriers have existed in how group model building scripts can be easily facilitated for those participating from multiple agencies to engage in producing convincing models. Overcoming these barriers enables System Dynamics to reach prospective beneficiaries who may not have considered modelling as a means of addressing dynamically complex, multi-faceted issues that are widespread in community healthcare. This paper aims to improve script selection, achieving effective results for participants involved in validating multi-agent, policy alternatives. By studying targeted elicitation techniques from system dynamics and elsewhere, it is possible to shed light on how learning from scripts for modelling in system dynamics can inform other problem structuring methods for engaging management decision makers. Index Terms-Group model building, scripts pilot, multi-agency engagement.
Nowadays, achieving good quality experience in higher learning institution is not restricted on t... more Nowadays, achieving good quality experience in higher learning institution is not restricted on teaching and learning aspect. However, several critical factors such as interaction quality, physical environment and outcome quality are substantiated to be explored. Therefore the aim of this paper is to investigate the importance of Hierarchical Service Quality Model (HSQM) and student satisfaction in higher education setting. Hence, data were collected via survey questionnaires to the total 179 respondents in Faculty of Office Management Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam, Selangor. All the hypothesized relationships were tested using Pearson correlation coefficient. The results indicated that elements of HSQM are positive and have significant relationship to the student satisfaction. Notably, physical environment of the faculty are the highest element that contributes to student satisfaction. In brief, the university should improve their service quality in order to remain competitive in this globalized environment as well as to increase student satisfaction.
International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences
There are two sorts of energy resources: sustainable power resources and non-sustainable power re... more There are two sorts of energy resources: sustainable power resources and non-sustainable power resources. Due to some negative ecological effects including air pollution, climate change, and resource rot, people are concentrating on using sustainable energy resources to produce electricity. Solar energy, usually referred to as sun-oriented energy, is one of the most frequently researched environmentally beneficial power resources. In order to fulfill the growing demand for energy and increase energy efficiency, new developments and advancements in the field of solar energy are required. There are two sorts of energy resources: sustainable power resources and non-sustainable power resources. Due to some negative ecological effects including air pollution, climate change, and resource rot, people are concentrating on using sustainable energy resources to produce electricity. Solar energy, usually referred to as sun-oriented energy, is one of the most frequently researched environmenta...
The EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS), in cooperation with Birkbeck-Univer... more The EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS), in cooperation with Birkbeck-University of London, had the pleasure to organize the EWG-DSS London-2011 Workshop on Decision Systems on the period of June 23rd to June 24th, 2011, at the School of Business, Economics and Informatics at Birkbeck, in London. This Workshop’s main purpose was to provide a setting in which the professionals of the research and application areas related to Decision Making and Decision Support, could have the opportunity to meet and discuss about technical, methodological and social aspects for developing Decision Systems in an informal way. Based on this main aim, we have tried to find the ideal place for the Workshop to happen. We were lucky! We had the honor to count with the great support of one of the EWG-DSS founding members: Philip Powell, who is currently Executive Dean and Professor of Management at the School of Business, Economics and Informatics at Birkbeck. Philip enabled the EWG-DS...
The goal of this research was to look into how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning ... more The goal of this research was to look into how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques are being used in food industry and to come up with future research directions based on that. This study investigates the articles available on several scientific platforms that link both AI and supply chain from one side and ML and food industry from the other side, using a systematic literature review methodology. The findings of this research stated that although AI and machine learning technologies are yet in their beginning, the prospective for them to enhance the performance of the food industry (FI) is quite promising. Various investigators created AI and ML-related models that were verified and found to be effective in optimising FI, and so the use of AI and ML in FI networks provides competitive advantages for improvement. Other academics suggest that AI and machine learning are both now adding value, while others believe that they are still underutilised and tha...
ABSTRACT With the rapid growth of business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), el... more ABSTRACT With the rapid growth of business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), electronic retailers (e-retailer) as well as e-commerce and e-business become a necessary factor of any business strategy and powerful for economic development revolution [1-3]. Retailers’ have realised the importance of integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in business. Specifically, the use of ICT in business has enhanced productivity, encouraged greater customer participation, and enabled mass customization, besides reducing costs. Initially, retailers focused on competitive position and ability to determine emerging opportunities seek to adopt Web-based technologies, distinctions between traditional markets and the global electronic marketplace, utilization of human capital skills to make the most benefit of e-commerce application on overall performance [4,5]. The Egyptian online retail market is growing result from the large educated, open-minded and technologically savvy youth population [6]. On the other hand, research in developed countries (such as Egypt) indicates that e-commerce application still faces many obstacles [7,8]. Many Egyptian retailers are not achieving even minimal level of e-commerce application and adoption as would be expected [9]. This research will investigate and analyse the effect of e-commerce application and adaptation on electronic retailers in Egypt. It highlights and investigates the barriers, obstacles and challenges facing the e-commerce implementation in Egyptian retail industry, along with the introduction of generic and specific recommendations for retail industry policy makers to handle the challenges. Findings reveal that some achievements have been already made, but a lot more needs to be done to overcome the challenges come into E-retail industry development and implementation of e-commerce. The research has conducted the perspective of e-retailer and its customers. SERVQUAL model has been used to measure the level of e-retailers’ service quality provided. Therefore, recommendations highlight the benefit retailers can gain from applying e-commerce. Further, give the growing recognition of the potential use of the e-commerce application, the discussions are provided on how e-commerce can significantly affect a retailer’s strategic positioning to achieve higher business performance [10].
With the rapid growth of business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), electronic ... more With the rapid growth of business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), electronic retailers (e-retailer) as well as e-commerce and e-business become a necessary factor of any business strategy and powerful for economic development revolution [1-3]. Retailers’ have realised the importance of integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in business. Specifically, the use of ICT in business has enhanced productivity, encouraged greater customer participation, and enabled mass customization, besides reducing costs. Initially, retailers focused on competitive position and ability to determine emerging opportunities seek to adopt Web-based technologies, distinctions between traditional markets and the global electronic marketplace, utilization of human capital skills to make the most benefit of e-commerce application on overall performance [4,5]. The Egyptian online retail market is growing result from the large educated, open-minded and technologically sa...
Products are transported between different places in different stages within a supply chain. Tran... more Products are transported between different places in different stages within a supply chain. Transportation has a large impact on both responsiveness and efficiency. In addition transportation gains real time visibility fir customers. Therefore finding solutions that could improve product transportation and distribution has many benefits, including providing real time visibility, reducing operating costs, improving the time efficiency in logistics network, at the same time correcting the efficiency and productivity required by customers. However, the important point in a logistic chain is transportation that connects the separated activities and joins different stages in the supply chain. The organized retail sector in Egypt has been growing, thus the role of the supply chain becomes more important. It should become more responsive and adaptive to customers‘ demand. There is also need for the supply chain to be more cost efficient and collaborative to win over the immense competitio...
ABSTRACT For a solo researcher barriers have existed in how group model building scripts can be e... more ABSTRACT For a solo researcher barriers have existed in how group model building scripts can be easily facilitated for those participating from multiple agencies to engage in producing convincing models. Overcoming these barriers enables System Dynamics to reach prospective beneficiaries who may not have considered modelling as a means of addressing dynamically complex, multi-faceted issues that are widespread in community healthcare. This paper aims to improve script selection, achieving effective results for participants involved in validating multi-agent, policy alternatives. By studying targeted elicitation techniques from system dynamics and elsewhere, it is possible to shed light on how learning from scripts for modelling in system dynamics can inform other problem structuring methods for engaging management decision makers.
For a solo researcher barriers have existed in how group model building scripts can be easily fac... more For a solo researcher barriers have existed in how group model building scripts can be easily facilitated for those participating from multiple agencies to engage in producing convincing models. Overcoming these barriers enables System Dynamics to reach prospective beneficiaries who may not have considered modelling as a means of addressing dynamically complex, multi-faceted issues that are widespread in community healthcare. This paper aims to improve script selection, achieving effective results for participants involved in validating multi-agent, policy alternatives. By studying targeted elicitation techniques from system dynamics and elsewhere, it is possible to shed light on how learning from scripts for modelling in system dynamics can inform other problem structuring methods for engaging management decision makers. Index Terms-Group model building, scripts pilot, multi-agency engagement.
Nowadays, achieving good quality experience in higher learning institution is not restricted on t... more Nowadays, achieving good quality experience in higher learning institution is not restricted on teaching and learning aspect. However, several critical factors such as interaction quality, physical environment and outcome quality are substantiated to be explored. Therefore the aim of this paper is to investigate the importance of Hierarchical Service Quality Model (HSQM) and student satisfaction in higher education setting. Hence, data were collected via survey questionnaires to the total 179 respondents in Faculty of Office Management Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam, Selangor. All the hypothesized relationships were tested using Pearson correlation coefficient. The results indicated that elements of HSQM are positive and have significant relationship to the student satisfaction. Notably, physical environment of the faculty are the highest element that contributes to student satisfaction. In brief, the university should improve their service quality in order to remain competitive in this globalized environment as well as to increase student satisfaction.
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