Covariance matrix estimation methods for constrained portfolio optimization in a South African setting by Madume, Jaison Pezisai

“…One of the major topics of concern in Modern Portfolio Theory is portfolio optimization which is centred on the mean-variance framework. …”
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Exploring behavioural challenges in supply chain management of George Municipality in order to function optimally by Pienaar, Adri

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Exploring the optimal role of residence heads in promoting student success: an institutional case study by Groenewald, Johan

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The effect of a structured problem solving strategy on performance and conceptual understanding in physics : a study in disadvantaged South African schools

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A study of the relative performance of South African unit trust fund managers utilizing the portfolio change measure technique by Garvin, Trevor

“…The author has shown conclusively that when utilizing the Portfolio Change Measure, unit trust managers in general are not able to consistently outperform the market. …”
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Utilizing principal agent and principal steward theories to assess the efficiacy of public private partnership in delivering black economic empowerment by Khatleli, Nthatisi

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The Coordination and control of smart inverters utilizing Volt-VAr and Volt-Watt in low voltage networks, and opportunities for South Africa by Xavier, Ria

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Convergent finite element approximations for problems of near-incompressible and near-inextensible transversely isotropic linear elasticity by Rasolofoson, Faraniaina

“…This work comprises a detailed theoretical and computational study of the boundary value problem for transversely isotropic linear elastic bodies. …”
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Reliability and validity of icpc-2 for coding/classification of diagnoses/health problems in an African primary care setting by Olagundoye, Olawunmi Abimbola

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Heuristic and metaheuristic approaches to the multi-period vehicle routing problem with time windows and rolling planning horizon by Harmse, Greg

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Assessing the physical and chemical properties of 15year old normal and coppiced teak (Tectona grandis) woods for their effective utilization by Dwumaa, Harriet

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Assessing the utilization and effectiveness of climate information services for disaster risk reduction: case study of smallholder agriculture sector in Eswatini by Hlanze, Dumsani Kenneth

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A Market approach to balance services pricing

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A discourse concerning certain stochastic optimization algorithms and their application to the imaging of cataclysmic variable stars

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Optimal cruise control of heavy-haul trains equipped with electronic controlled pneumatic brake systems

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Integrated Circuits Parasitic Capacitance Extraction Using Machine Learning and its Application to Layout Optimization by Saleh, Mohamed Saleh Abouelyazid

“…On the other hand, the new parasitic extraction accuracy requirements also added more challenges on existing parasitic-aware routing optimization methods, where simplified parasitic models are used to optimize layouts. …”
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Design of consistently near-optimal heat exchanger networks by a two-stage optimisation approach by Gcabva, Sibusiso Joshua

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A study of gradient based particle swarm optimisers

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Towards the development of an optimal SDN controller placement framework to expedite SDN deployment in emerging markets by Mamushiane, Lusani

“…During the network planning stage of an SDN deployment, the important questions that must be answered are: given a wide area network (WAN) topology, how many controllers are needed and where should they be placed to optimize SDN performance? Henceforth, this is referred to as the controller placement problem. …”
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