Targeting uptake of exercise-promoting structured patient education intervention: foundational research and process description of a discrete choice experiment to understand perceived intervention utility and design preferences for men with prostate cancer by Ezenwankwo, Elochukwu Fortune

“…This thesis presents foundational research and process description of a discrete choice experiment designed to understand perceived intervention utility and design preferences among men with prostate cancer for an exercise-promoting structured patient education intervention. …”
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Emergency department design evaluation and optimization using discrete event simulation by Rofaeel, Irinie Wanis Tadros

“…Based on the data collected and the several verifications, a discrete event simulation model was developed using ARENA software. …”
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Discrete choice experiments in medical education : the role of management, health economics and research

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Roadmakers pavage, pulse reformation framework and image segmentation in the discrete pulse transform

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Optimisation of power plant utility systems using process integration

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Rural internship job preferences of final year medical students in South Africa: a discrete choice experiment by Jose, Maria

“…An online, unlabelled discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted, the results effects coded, and mixed logit models applied. …”
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Blaze-DEM : a GPU based large scale 3D discrete element particle transport framework

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Estimating mode choice: A discrete choice analysis of a park and ride system for Florida road, Durban by Bilala, Nikita

“…A questionnaire asking respondents about their current travel patterns and personal characteristics was also administered. A discrete choice experiment was then carried out. A discrete choice experiment models the stated choices of respondents and provides a relative evaluation on the attributes presented, based on their responses. …”
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Synthesis of integrated solar thermal networks for domestic and industrial utilization by Abikoye, Semilore Ben Olaoluwa

“…The residential heat network includes water and space heating, periodic heat storage and backup utility, while other essential attributes of the design are incorporated and accounted for periodically in the proposed model. …”
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Untripped manoeuvre induced rollover prevention for sport utility vehicles

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Particle filtering on hybrid dynamical systems for sensor fault detection by Loubser, Simone Diana

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Opportunities for short-sea shipping in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region: evidence based on discrete choice modelling by Konstantinus, Abisai

“…Discrete choice modeling permits the construction of general utility functions incorporating various decision maker characteristics and choice attributes to elicit preference of respondents. …”
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Discrete element modeling and computational fluid dynamics approach to determination of tortuosity through packed bed of crushed rock particles by Piwang, Howard

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The application of let-through-energy protection in multi-source interconnected utility networks

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Advanced Construction Scheduling: Capturing Conditional and Stochastic Relationships by Elsabagh, Amr

“…The goal of this research is to develop a novel scheduling method based on conditional relationships and stochastic inter-activity associations, which tackles the shortcomings of current deterministic and limited stochastic scheduling techniques. This research utilizes the discrete event simulation on AnyLogic software to model the behavior of activities in stochastic networks to determine the overall project completion. …”
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Preferences for index-based pasture insurance : a choice experiment in Limpopo Province, South Africa

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Stakeholder preferences for ecosystem services provided by wetlands in Eswatini

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Flow and heat transfer in packed beds of rock. by Hassan, E. B. E.

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Understanding and supporting pricing decisions using multicriteria decision analysis: an application to antique silver in South Africa by Stephens, Jed

“…A risk adverse relationship between multicriteria model score and price is characterised and various inverse utility functions investigated. Two decision support systems are fully developed to address the needs of Cape silver decision makers in South Africa.…”
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The effect of Ulva lactuca on in vitro ruminal gas production kinetics, intrinsic methane production and the performance of Dohne Merino ewes by Nell, Sone

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