Management Considerations and Financial Implications for Sustainable Beef Cattle Integration in Winter Cereal Systems in the Swartland by Sandile, Nkambule

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Efficient radio resource management in integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks by Birabwa, Denise Joanitah

“…First, the research formulates the user association and resource allocation problem in the ITNTN as a multi-objective optimisation problem (MOOP) that jointly maximises the total data rate of the ITNTN while minimising the probability of mobility-induced handoffs. …”
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Conversion of sugar cane A-molasses and lignocellulosic biomass to value-added products: techno-economics and greenhouse gas emissions by Phasha, Motshamonyane Jacob

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Optimum predictive modelling, holistic integration and analysis of energy sources mix for power generation and sustainability in developing economies : a case of the Nigerian power...

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Sustainable rural community: waste to business (W2B) model by Omar, Hala

“…Unfortunately, not enough research is published to propose solutions to approach full utilization of all types of wastes generated in rural villages and reach sustainability. …”
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A Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Fabrication Hours for Industrial Steel Structure Projects by Ibrahim, Dalia

“…The objectives were achieved by employing combinations of six machine learning models and various pre-processing techniques to find the model that best enhances the estimates of the fabrication hours of the collaborating company. …”
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Computer-assisted analysis of Namibian land reform policy by Okafor, Uzochukwu Godsway Ojo

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Studies on the hatching, growth and energy metabolism of ostrich chicks : Struthio Camelus var. Domesticus by Swart, Derick

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The effect of fatigue protocols on knee control during functional activities by Pretorius, Jaco

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An investigation of the potential interrelationships between the coping-values of entrepreneurs and the developmental stages of their businesses by Le Grange, Andries

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The synthesis of Combined Heat and Mass Exchange Networks (CHAMENs) with renewables considering environmental impact by Kim, So-Mang

“…The proposed CHAMEN model is also extended to handle multi-objective optimisation (MOO) of environmental impact and economic objectives to identify the optimal network configuration. …”
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“The graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Community Eye Health: how do they manage?” by Minnies, Deon

“…The study concluded that the constituent elements of the health system are not inanimate objects, as commonly portrayed, but people, who are connected in intimate, complex and multi-dimensional ways through communication, relationships and team dynamics to deliver health outcomes.…”
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Modeling and optimization of remanufacturing operations of spent products for sustainability by Heikal, Eman

“…However, there is no decision making system the manufacturers could use for cost / benefit assessment of disassembling and recovering these products that considers the following points: (1) evaluating the value of recovering the whole product versus value associated with recovering its disassembled items , (2) using Multi-Objective Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) to assign spent products and their items to various recovery alternatives considering their received physical conditions, (3) selection of operations for items is not limited by a fixed regular production-hour capacity for each operation, (4) model assumptions, constraints, and formulation that satisfy the three aspects of sustainability, which are economic, social responsibility, and environmental aspects in one step model , (5) considering other vital dimensions which are the quality of recovered products and the minimum batch size for vending recycled materials, (6) utilizing the recycling operation in the optimum way that increases revenue from vending isolated materials. …”
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Time-cost-quality trade-off analysis for construction projects by ElBassuony, Mahmoud

“…For the aforementioned purpose, three various Microsoft Excel based TCQT models have been developed as follows: • First, a simplified model is developed with the objective of optimizing the total duration, cost, and quality of simple construction projects utilizing the GA-based Excel add in Evolver. • Second, a stochastic model is developed with the objective of optimizing the total duration, cost, and quality of construction projects applying the PERT approach in order to consider uncertainty associated with the performance of execution options and the whole project. • Third, an advanced multi objective optimization model is developed utilizing a self-developed optimization tool having the following capabilities: 1. …”
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The economic burden, patients' well-being, and social determinants related to diabetes in South Africa by Hellebo, Assegid

“…The third and fourth objectives utilised cross-sectional data of 539 people living with diabetes (PLWD) from urban and rural primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in Western Cape, South Africa. …”
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Bioenergy supply chain optimisation: the case study of South Africa by Egieya, Jafaru Musa

“…It includes additional features such as storages of raw materials, intermediate and final products, recycle and reuse of intermediate and final products, different transportation modes, variations in production (monthly- or hourly-based), model reduction techniques and single- and multi-objective optimisation, among other features. …”
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Beyond supply chain management : investigating the extent of barriers to internet usage within South African organisations' supply chains

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Vacuum polarization energy of a soliton with many internal degrees of freedom by Du Toit, Arne

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An investigation into higher and partial moment portfolio selection frameworks by Polden, Stuart John

“…This is due partly to the weaknesses of mean-variance optimisation, as discussed throughout the dissertation, and the appropriateness of considering higher moments to better meet the investors utility functions. This dissertation investigates the usage of two bi-objective optimisation frameworks, a Skewness/Semivariance framework previously suggested by Brito et al (2016), and a proposed upside and downside semivariance framework (referred to as Semivariance/Semivariance), developed from Cumova and Nawrocki’s (2014) general upper partial and lower partial moment framework. …”
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Vulnerability, resilience and climate adaptive strategies of forest-dependent communities in Central and Southern Malawi

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