Thesis (S.T.M.)--Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1996. / This is an electronic reproduction of TREN, #020-0165. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-207).

Thesis (MS)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2009. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Dennis Neuman. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-138).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-146).

Dissertation (Ph. D.) -- Lewis & Clark College, 2009. / Includes bibliographic references (leaves 134-151).

Dissertation (Ph. D.) -- Lewis & Clark College, 2009. / Includes bibliographic references (leaves 140-148).

Dissertation (Ph. D.) -- Lewis & Clark College, 2009. / Includes bibliographic references (leaves 250-266).

Dissertation (Ph. D.) -- Lewis & Clark College, 2010. / Includes bibliographic references (leaves 111-117).

Dissertation (Ph. D.) -- Lewis & Clark College, 2009. / Includes bibliographic references (leaves 134-138).

This thesis deals with the adjustment of the current distribution routes of the company CHEMIE STAR Ltd. and at the same time with a creating of new distribution routes with the aim of economic savings, which is achieved through a reduction in the length of routes and the time required for the routes. In the introductory theoretical part of the work the logistics is defined, its functions, importance and influence on the enterprise. And this part also provides an overview of methods dealing with the traveling salesman problem. In the practical part the optimization of the input data into the model at the current routes is performed, where there is always selected the cheapest route between the two nodes using unit costs. Subsequently, the methods solving the traveling salesman problem are applied, namely the method of the Nearest neighbor, Vogel approximation method and Clark-Wright method. The layout of the new routes, which is limited in capacity by car and the purchasers requirements, is done using Mayer method and Sweep algorithm and with the subsequent application of the method solving the problem of traveling salesman problem. In the chapter evaluation of the results and recommendation all obtained outcomes are compared and interpreted.

Os cortes de Gordon Matta-Clark: um ritual de destruição e reconstrução da arquitetura parte de uma indagação sobre um elemento na confluência com as artes visuais: o corte. O conceito de corte desdobra-se nas várias etapas desse trabalho transformando-se em um conceito operatório, que se reflete nas obras do artista norte-americano Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978). Assim se estabelece um diálogo sinestésico entre Arquitetura e Arte no próprio campo da arquitetura. A tese tem por hipótese o corte como princípio revelador da espessura interior para o pensamento da arquitetura e da arte. Os cortes realizados por Matta-Clark se afirmam em diferentes meios: no desenho, no edifício, na fotografia e no trabalho interminável da fotografia. A pesquisa toma sua última manifestação artística denominada Circus-Caribbean Orange (1978) como objeto central para explicar a poética do corte na sua obra – cortes, buracos, escavações. Assim, a sua produção é considerada aqui como um processo que se expande no tempo, permitindo uma abordagem que a encara em permanente estado de questionamento. Do interior dos próprios processos que transparecem nos documentos utilizados e deixados pelo artista se estabelece um modo de leitura e de reflexão que se constitui em um sistema de rede de múltiplas conexões com diferentes áreas do conhecimento. / The cuts of Gordon Matta-Clark: a ritual of destruction and rebuild of architecture searches an answer to the investigation about an element on the confluence with the visual arts: the cut. The concept of cut unfolds in the many phases of this work changing into an operatory concept that rebounds in the works of the North- American artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978). Thereby a synesthetic dialogue is established between Architecture and Art in the very field of architecture. The thesis has as hypothesis the cut that is the revealing principle of the interior thickness for the thinking of architecture and art. The cuts made by Matta-Clark stand on different means: on design, on building, on photography and on the never ending work of photography. The research takes its last artistic manifestation designed Circus-Caribbean Orange (1978 ) as the central purpose to explain the poetics of cut on his work – cuts, holes, excavations. Thus, his production is here considered as a process that is expanded in time, permitting an approach that faces it as a permanent state of questioning. From the interior of the processes that appear in the documents used and left by the artist, a way of reading and reflection is established constituting a net system of multiple connections with different areas of knowledge.