Montañola i Sales, Cristina (Date of defense: 2015-04-24)
Computer modelling and complex systems simulation have dominated the scientific debate over the last decade, providing important outcomes in biology, geology and life sciences. In the social sciences, ...
Grzybwska, Hanna (Date of defense: 2012-06-08)
The urban network is a highly dynamic system. Thus, a modern and efficient fleet management in urban areas should account for dynamics of traffic conditions, variability in travel times, changes in ...
López Ramos, Francisco (Date of defense: 2014-02-24)
This thesis develops mathematical programming models which integrate network design (ND) and line frequency setting (LFS) phases. These appear in transport planning studies that extend an existing urban ...
Linares Herreros, Mª Paz (Date of defense: 2014-04-24)
In terms of sustainability, traffic is currently a significant challenge for urban areas, where the pollution, congestion and accidents are negative externalities which have strongly impacted the health ...
Lamberti, Giuseppe (Date of defense: 2015-06-22)
When collecting survey data for a specific study it is usual to have some background information, in the form for example, of socio-demographic variables. In our context, these variables may be useful ...
Huerta Muñoz, Diana Lucia (Date of defense: 2018-03-16)
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 ...
Porta Bleda, Núria (Date of defense: 2010-07-27)
Aquesta tesi tracta sobre tècniques d'anàlisi de supervivència en situacions amb múltiples esdeveniments i patrons complexes de censura. Proposem una nova metodologia per tractar la situació de riscos ...
López Segovia, Lucas (Date of defense: 2014-06-10)
The research developed in this thesis has been motivated by two datasets, which are introduced in Chapter 2, one concerning the mortality of calves from birth to weaning while the other refers to survival ...
Gómez-Mateu, Moisés (Date of defense: 2016-06-30)
The conclusions from randomized clinical trials (RCT) rely on the primary endpoint (PE), which is chosen at the design stage of the study; thus, it is of utmost importance to select it appropriately. ...
Parra, Xileidys (Date of defense: 2018-05-10)
The strong, progressive interaction between decision-making processes (DMP) and information technologies has led to breakthroughs in how business is conducted. These developments represent the advent ...