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Conferences > Past ORSSA Conferences > 44th Annual ORSSA Conference
Papers delivered at the 44th Annual Conference of ORSSA, held on 13-16 September 2015 at Pecan Manor, Hartbeespoort:
Author(s) | Paper Title |
T APPEL, DP LOTTER & JH VAN VUUREN | Decision support for agricultural crop irrigation |
P BENADE, A VAN DER MERWE & HA KRUGER | Optimising critical emergency care options for stroke patients |
R BENNETTO, D CLARK & C PHILLIPS | Applied uses of cloud computation for the distributed optimisation of rapid scenario evaluation |
RA BENNETTO & JH VAN VUUREN | Augmenting constraint satisfaction problem search with evolutionary strategies |
W BOSSENGER & I NIEUWOUDT | 2D irregular strip packing at Kohler Signs |
BJ CRONJE, EB SCHLUNZ & JH VAN VUUREN | A new metaheuristic solution approach for the in-core fuel management optimisation of a nuclear reactor core |
P DE WET & L POTGIETER | Optimisation of agricultural landscape structures for pest suppression |
T DU TOIT & HA KRUGER | Comparing an RBFNN optimized by simulating social behaviour with a GANN for classifying spam messages |
DW EVANS | OR and OD: helping OR deliver |
DW EVANS | The ORSSA database |
J EYGELAAR, DP LOTTER & JH VAN VUUREN | Estimation of unplanned capability loss factors for generator maintenance scheduling |
LP FATTI | Analytics, big data, data science - the end of OR? |
E GIBSON & SE VISAGIE | A decision tool to address patient waiting times in rural hospitals |
MFP HARMSE | Portfolio management for a community-based programme |
A HERBON | Game-based approach for modelling asymmetric information on consumer location and sensitivity to remaining product shelf-life |
AM HEYNS & JH VAN VUUREN | A multi-objective approach towards GIS-based facility location |
NJ HUMAN & SE VISAGIE | Container sequencing |
HW ITTMANN | Social media analytics |
J JANSE VAN RENSBURG & JH VAN VUUREN | Decision support for the assignment of real-estate agents to properties in the market |
GJ LE ROUX & SE VISAGIE | A multi-objective approach to the assignment of stock-keeping units to unidirectional picking lines |
BG LINDER & JH VAN VUUREN | Tri-objective generator maintenance scheduling for a national power utility |
DP LOTTER & JH VAN VUUREN | A weapon assignment system as real-time decision support in a ground-based air defense environment |
J LOTTER & JH VAN VUUREN | A modelling framework for shelf space allocation of fresh produce at a local retailer |
PE LUTU | Analysis of social media data: Challenges and opportunities |
L MASIPA | A hybrid Tabu-Benders heuristic for solving stochastic programming problems |
T MEYER, R REED & JH VAN VUUREN | Toward decision support for rebase locations in Table Mountain National Park |
S MOVIUS & JH VAN VUUREN | Evaluation of the effectiveness of self-organisation in traffic signal control algorithms |
E MUDIMU & GN ENGELBRECHT | Agent-based model for social and sexual partnerships formation |
CP MULLER & L POTGIETER | Doctor! Doctor! |
L OOSTHUIZEN & JF BEKKER | A location science model for the placement of POC CD4 testing devices as part of South Africa's public healthcare diagnostic service delivery model |
A RADEMEYER | Applying OR at a Discovery Health call centre |
K RAJARATNAM | Logistic random effects models for economic capital provisioning in consumer loan portfolios |
PG REYNOLDS & SE TERBLANCHE | A mixed integer programming formulation for collateral optimisation |
EB SCHLUNZ, PM BOKOV & JH VAN VUUREN | Application of artificial neural networks for predicting core parameters for the SAFARI-1 nuclear research reactor |
T SCHMIDT-DUMONT & JH VAN VUUREN | Decision support for radio transmission tower placement in cellular telephone communication networks |
J SCHUURMAN & JH VAN VUUREN | Scheduling sequence-dependent colour printing jobs |
M SCRIBANTE & JF BEKKER | A decision support tool for profit maximisation of retail stores through inventory management and markdown optimisation |
SP SILAL, F LITTLE & K BARNES | Predicting the impact of border control on malaria transmission: A simulated focal screen and treat campaign |
B SHAVAZIPOUR & TJ STWAERT | A novel approach to dealing with deep uncertainty in multiple criteria decision making |
A SMITH, AA COLMANT, L OOSTHUIZEN & JH VAN VUUREN | A new vehicle routing problem with application to pathology laboratory service delivery |
TJ STEWART | Genetic algorithm for a reference point approach to project portfolio selection |
R STEYNBERG, DP LOTTER & JH VAN VUUREN | Success indicators for the allocation of bursaries to underprivileged tertiary students |
BJ STRAY, Z PATEL & TJ STEWART | Commercial sugarcane estate irrigation system evaluation using a network flow model with a piecewise linear objective function |
R TAYLOR | The Square Kilometre Array: Big telescope, big science, big data |
E THOM & SE VISAGIE | Measuring the effectiveness of allocation models |
M TRICK | Combining predictive and prescriptive analytics to have broad impact |
ML TRUTER & JH VAN VUUREN | Value-based methods for threat value fusion within a ground-based air defence environment |
JC VAN DER WALT & JH VAN VUUREN | Decision support for the selection of water release strategies at open-air irrigation reservoirs |
W VAN HOEPEN | Scoring of control points at metrogaine events |
C VAN ROOYEN & I NIEUWOUDT | Wheelchair-friendly covered pathways on the campus of Stellenbosch University |
H VAN SCHALKWYK & L POTGIETER | Modelling biological control strategies for water hyacinth |
BJ VAN VUUREN, L POTGIETER & JH VAN VUUREN | An agent-based model for simulating the population dynamics of Eldana saccharina Walker |
P VENTER, SE TERBLANCHE & M VAN ELDIK | Off-gas power generation optimization via a mixed integer linear programming model |
L VENTER & SE VISAGIE | Towards a hybrid simulation model of the South African education system |
C WILLEMSE & JH VAN VUUREN | A cost-benefit analysis methodology for deciding whether to install emergency power generators at retail outlets |