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- Hassanien, Hossam
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Web Scraping Scientific Repositories for Augmented Relevant Literature Search Using CRISP-DM
- 2019
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI. - 2571-5577. ; 2:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Scientific web repositories are central cyber locations where academic papers are stored and maintained. With the nature of the unstructured and semi-structured information/metadata within these repositories, literature analysis for scholar writing becomes a challenge. Correspondingly, applying CRISP-DM poses a stance to address this challenge through formulating a rather augmented process for a relevant literature search. However, almost all repositories do not have a straight forward method where metadata could be extracted for preliminary data processing being applied as part of the CRISP-DM process. Additionally, most repositories do not follow open access standards. Until the time this paper was published, the topic of the augmented, relevant literature search had seen a methodological progress only, with the inability to apply the underlying methods on a larger scale, given data access constraints to open access repositories. The aim of this paper is to propose CRISP-DM as an augmented research methodology with a focus on web scraping as part of the data processing step. To substantiate the proposed methodology, a play role case study is conducted. This then works on alleviating these restrictions, as well as encouraging the wider adoption of the augmented analysis process for a relevant literature search within the research community.
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- Moshood, Taofeeq D., et al.
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Barriers and Benefits of ICT Adoption in the Nigerian Construction Industry: A Comprehensive Literature Review
- 2020
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI AG. - 2571-5577. ; 3:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is seen as a way to enhance knowledge collection in the construction sector. Although the theoretical benefits of ICT implementation have been clarified, realizing such benefits is insufficient. This paper attempted a systematic analysis of the literature using ATLAS.ti 9 software to save, identify, and analyze this study’s data. A total of 102 articles were actively reviewed, including 82 Scopus journals and 20 conference papers published from 2003 to 2020. In this article, from a construction industry point of view, the ICT adoption process is considered as an interaction between technology, task, and an individual from a construction industry perspective. While ICT is acknowledged as a source of aggressive gain by both practitioners and scholars, ICT’s sole presence would definitely not guarantee achievement in the industry’s ICT approval. Companies cannot grasp the full benefits of ICT, except that users are able to adopt the technology. Hence, the issues related to ICT adoption need to be examined.
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- Moshood, Taofeeq D., et al.
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Digital twins driven supply chain visibility within logistics: A new paradigm for future logistics
- 2021
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI AG. - 2571-5577. ; 4:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The supply chains shaping their distribution networks become more diverse as companies respond to global markets’ stringent criteria. This is also counterproductive to the visibility of the supply chain within the company and can adversely affect the organization’s core business. This paper attempts to evaluate how organizations can benefit from introducing Digital Twins to enhance their logistics supply network visibility. Additionally, deployment issues and technologies supporting Digital Twins were reviewed. This study used ATLAS.ti 9 software tools to save, classify, and evaluate the data for this analysis to systematically review the literature. We reviewed, compiled, and sorted papers from 227 publications for this article and then recognized 104 as critical to the work scope; this analysis’ quest date was set from 2002 to 2021. This article represents the first attempt at dealing with the issue of supply chain visibility through the Digital Twins in the logistics field. The research outcomes found that Digital Twins would help companies develop predictive metrics, diagnostics, projections, and physical asset descriptions for their logistics. This study also suggested some steps to overcome the challenges in implementing a Digital Twins in the logistics industry. For researchers, this review offers the possibility to unify and expand existing solutions and to identify links and interfaces that are still needed. As for managerial implications, this study can be used to identify future strategies and technologies to fulfil certain logistics tasks and develop new technological solutions for current and future demands.
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- Moshood, Taofeeq D., et al.
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“I Want to Serve, But the Public Does Not Understand”—An Approach to Employees’ Intention to Stay In the Malaysian Construction Companies
- 2021
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI AG. - 2571-5577. ; 4:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This paper explicitly clarifies an employee’s goal to voluntarily stay in his/her current employment. A large volume of research has concentrated on corporate environments on the causes of workforce turnover. Nevertheless, little was done to investigate workers’ desire to remain, which was the essential parameter in determining their stay in the construction sector. Therefore, this research was undertaken to explore the relationship between job embeddedness (off-the-job and on-the-job and the intent of staying in Malaysian construction companies with the mediating impact of continuance commitment. For the analysis, a simple random under probability sampling technique was used. Of the overall 280 samples surveyed, 243 responded and used it in the report, 86.8% of the response rate. A structural equation modeling approach was used to analyze the direct and indirect relationships as drawn by the hypotheses. This research showed that the component of the off-the-job, on-the-job embeddedness and intention to stay were substantially linked. At the same time, continuance commitment plays a full mediation between the convergence of off-the-job, on-the-job and the intention to stay. These findings suggest that construction companies in Malaysia need to consider organizational and community embeddedness relationships along with continuance commitment in the invention of programs designated to influence workers’ intention to stay on their current jobs.
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- Pandya, Sharnil, Researcher, 1984-, et al.
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Smart Home Anti-Theft System : A Novel Approach for Near Real-Time Monitoring and Smart Home Security for Wellness Protocol
- 2018
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI. - 2571-5577. ; 1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The proposed research methodology aims to design a generally implementable framework for providing a house owner/member with the immediate notification of an ongoing theft (unauthorized access to their premises). For this purpose, a rigorous analysis of existing systems was undertaken to identify research gaps. The problems found with existing systems were that they can only identify the intruder after the theft, or cannot distinguish between human and non-human objects. Wireless Sensors Networks (WSNs) combined with the use of Internet of Things (IoT) and Cognitive Internet of Things are expanding smart home concepts and solutions, and their applications. The present research proposes a novel smart home anti-theft system that can detect an intruder, even if they have partially/fully hidden their face using clothing, leather, fiber, or plastic materials. The proposed system can also detect an intruder in the dark using a CCTV camera without night vision capability. The fundamental idea was to design a cost-effective and efficient system for an individual to be able to detect any kind of theft in real-time and provide instant notification of the theft to the house owner. The system also promises to implement home security with large video data handling in real-time. The investigation results validate the success of the proposed system. The system accuracy has been enhanced to 97.01%, 84.13, 78.19%, and 66.5%, in scenarios where a detected intruder had not hidden his/her face, hidden his/her face partially, fully, and was detected in the dark from 85%, 64.13%, 56.70%, and 44.01%.
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- Sorooshian, Shahryar, 1980, et al.
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A System View to the Risks of COVID-19 Vaccination Projects
- 2022
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI AG. - 2571-5577. ; 5:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The global vaccination program provides hope for ending the present worldwide pan-demic. Due to the current pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines must be delivered and administered to communities once supplies are available. However, there are significant challenges in the sourcing, allocation, distribution, and uptake of vaccinations. A successful vaccination program would neces-sitate adequate risk management across the vaccination supply chain. This article has collected the predictable risks of the COVID-19 vaccines considered within the vaccine delivery system frame-work. The risks are presented based on relevant literature. Hence, this work’s framework is expected to contribute to better risk management of vaccination programs and similar future projects.
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- Sorooshian, Shahryar, 1980
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Systems and Industries in Response to COVID-19 Crisis: Closing Remarks
- 2022
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI AG. - 2571-5577. ; 5
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Many industries and systems have faced consequences as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. In this time, we are happy to had the publication of a Special Issue of Applied System Innovation titled “Systems and Industries in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis”. This editorial article contains the special issue’s closing remarks. However, while the scope of this given special issue grabbed the interest of practitioners and scholars, there is still much to be learned from COVID-19’s experience. Thus, suggestions for future special issues are included with this letter.
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- Asim, Zeeshan, et al.
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Significance of Sustainable Packaging: A Case-Study from a Supply Chain Perspective
- 2022
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI AG. - 2571-5577. ; 5:6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present case study-based research provides insights of the current packaging practices with a supply chain perspective and proposed sustainable packaging options that would cut down the environmental impact from supply chain operations at Midas Safety. The case study is based on qualitative research that used semi-structured open-ended interviews and observations to understand the current processes of the packaging and supply chain department of Midas Safety and how they are planning to adapt sustainability to their processes. Considering the current packaging practices, the study aimed to develop improved sustainable packaging practices with a supply chain aspect in order to cut down the negative environmental aspect such as standardization in packaging for all customers, elimination of wood pallets, developing local suppliers, change in packaging design, making the packaging more compact and lightweight, reducing carbon footprint and fuel consumption by encouraging trade through sea instead of air. The results concluded that internal factors such as alternate packaging material (like Mondi’s Aegispaper, Arjowiggins’ and Corrugated Bubble Wrap) along with the suggested sustainable packaging practices discussed above and external factors such as availability of local vendors are important requirements for successful sustainable packaging development.
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- Coelho, Denis A., 1971-
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Sustainable Design and Management of Industrial Systems : A Human Factors Perspective
- 2022
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI. - 2571-5577. ; 5:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this concept article is to articulate multiple contributions from socio-technical fields into an approach for sustaining human-centred lifecycle management of industrial systems. Widespread digitalization and advanced robotics have fostered interest on innovative human-machine integration and sophisticated organizational transformation that is conducive to meeting the challenges of sustainability. Complementing technology-driven and data-driven approaches to industrial systems development, the human factors approach offers a systems perspective that is at once human-centred while striving for overall system performance, by considering technological and organizational perspectives alike. The paper presents a set of recent human factors developments, selected based on their potential to advance sustainability in industrial systems, including an activity-centred design perspective of industrial systems, and a unified and entangled view on organizational goals yielding a dynamic change approach to socio-technical systems management. Moreover, developments in organizational resilience are coupled with recent breakthrough empirical understanding of conditions conducive to attaining resilience in operations. The cross-pollination of the human factors developments is further pursued, resulting in a proposal of combined key organizational vectors that can mutually leverage and sustain human-centred design and management of industrial systems (production and logistics systems alike) for resilience. Systems thinking encompassing human, organizational and technological perspectives supports integration of insights across entangled domains; this can leverage both system enhancements that promote the satisfaction of dynamic situation-dependent goals, as well as the fulfilment of objectives derived from long-term values of an organization.
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- Ramos, Patrícia, et al.
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Forecasting Seasonal Sales with Many Drivers : Shrinkage or Dimensionality Reduction?
- 2023
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI. - 2571-5577. ; 6:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Retailers depend on accurate forecasts of product sales at the Store × SKU level to efficiently manage their inventory. Consequently, there has been increasing interest in identifying more advanced statistical techniques that lead to accuracy improvements. However, the inclusion of multiple drivers affecting demand into commonly used ARIMA and ETS models is not straightforward, particularly when many explanatory variables are available. Moreover, regularization regression models that shrink the model’s parameters allow for the inclusion of a lot of relevant information but do not intrinsically handle the dynamics of the demand. These problems have not been addressed by previous studies. Nevertheless, multiple simultaneous effects interacting are common in retailing. To be successful, any approach needs to be automatic, robust and efficiently scaleable. In this study, we design novel approaches to forecast retailer product sales taking into account the main drivers which affect SKU demand at store level. To address the variable selection challenge, the use of dimensionality reduction via principal components analysis (PCA) and shrinkage estimators was investigated. The empirical results, using a case study of supermarket sales in Portugal, show that both PCA and shrinkage are useful and result in gains in forecast accuracy in the order of 10% over benchmarks while offering insights on the impact of promotions. Focusing on the promotional periods, PCA-based models perform strongly, while shrinkage estimators over-shrink. For the non-promotional periods, shrinkage estimators significantly outperform the alternatives.
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- Sorooshian, Shahryar, 1980
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Systematic nomination of covid-19 quarantine facilities
- 2021
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI AG. - 2571-5577. ; 4:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This short communication explains the need for a clear method for the selection of COVID-19 quarantine hotels. It also lists available systematic methods that are usable for this aim.
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- Sorooshian, Shahryar, 1980, et al.
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Toward a Modern Last-Mile Delivery: Consequences and Obstacles of Intelligent Technology
- 2022
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Ingår i: Applied System Innovation. - : MDPI AG. - 2571-5577. ; 5:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Last-mile delivery (LMD) is essential in supply chains, and providers of logistics services are aware that they must adapt to changing customer and society expectations, competition challenges, and modern technologies. In light of the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern technologies, this article employed a narrative literature review to recognize impacts of AI-powered technologies that aid in optimizing the LMD component. For this study, two possible classes of technologies were considered: tangible technologies, such as robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles, and intangible technologies, such as decision support tools and operating systems. Thus, this article frames potential developments in modern LMD, taking into account the fact that technological advancement brings both opportunities and challenges. According to this literature review, the modern version of LMD is capable of providing services that are both more productive and more sustainable, thus satisfying demands for better services. Last but not least, another goal of this article was to look into the challenges that limit the benefits of modern LMDs. Finally, suggestions are provided as a resource for practitioners and policymakers working in the supply chain to improve performance.
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