Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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The present thesis is aimed at analyzing the concept of quality and at dis-cussing, in a unified manner, its role not only in operations management but also in strategic thinking. It criticizes the widespread view that ...
(English) Europe is at the beginning of an energy revolution. The old energy paradigm where centralized power plants provide energy to passive consumers is ending. Distributed renewable energy resources and electrification ...
The goal of this Ph.D. Thesis is the design, development and testing of a 'well-engineered system' aimed at the demand-responsive traffic control of urban areas. Because of the author's background -software engineering-, ...
This thesis includes contributions to statistical methodologies and practical applications in situations where data has been obtained as a result of repeated measures. The first block includes a first article where different ...
Nowadays, one of the most important problems in urban areas concerns traffic congestion. This, in turn, has an impact on the economy, nature, human health, city architecture, and many other facets of life. Part of the ...
During the last decades, urban mobility has become the main concern for city councils and transportation operators. The main problem is the traffic congestion that easily appears in urban networks, producing negative ...
Currently, resources that may be spent in health care are limited so it is necessary to rationalize their consumption and prioritise their allocation to the options with higher health outcome and economic sustainability. ...
La implementació dels sistemes de transport intel·ligent (ITS) ha possibilitat disposar de gran quantitat de dades de trànsit en temps real, utilitzant les actuals infrastructures en la xarxa viària que ens permeten recollir ...
La memòria d'aquesta tesi doctoral s'estructura en un primer capítol on es descriuen els objectius de la tesi i l'organització del treball de recerca. Després, el Capítol 2: Anàlisis factorials de dades es destina a presentar ...
One of the main purposes of National Statistical Agencies (NSAs) is to provide citizens or researchers with a large amount of trustful and high quality statistical information. NSAs must guarantee that no confidential ...
Des de l'inici de la meva activitat laboral a final dels anys setanta he viscut experiències de implantació de Equips de Millora en diverses empreses del nostre entorn industrial, algunes de les quals formaven part de grups ...
In this thesis the Flexible Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem is introduced and studied. In this problem a carrier must establish a distribution plan to serve a given set of customers over a planning horizon using a fleet ...
Genomic datasets are fundamental to broaden our understanding of human biology in the context of health and disease. However, the high-dimensional nature of gene expression and other molecular traits poses a challenge when ...
Las actitudes, el conocimiento y las acciones generalmente se basan en muestras. Algunos basan sus conclusiones en muestras pequeñas y pocas veces toman en cuenta la magnitud de lo que se desconoce. Generalmente se carece ...
This operations research thesis should be situated in the field of the power generation industry. The general objective of this work is to efficiently solve the Generalized Unit Commitment (GUC) problem by means of specialized ...
En la tesi s'aborda el problema de l'homogeneïtat d'estil en el Tirant lo Blanc mitjançant l'ús de l'estilometria. Les hipòtesis al voltant de l'autoria del Tirant lo Blanc van des de l'autoria única de Joanot Martorell a ...
Distribution of goods is essential for the economic development of cities but at the same time it entails several problems to the urban systems and different stakeholders. Carriers spend a significant portion of their cost ...
La necesidad del análisis de supervivencia aparece cuando necesitamos estudiar las propiedades estadísticas de una variable que describe el tiempo hasta que ocurre un evento único. En algunas ocasiones, podemos observar ...
The objective of the current doctoral thesis is the theoretical and experimental application of Kansei engineering in the field of design. Kansei engineering is a method that aims to develop or improve products, services ...
