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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Da possibilidade de emancipação humana: experiência formativa e elaboração do passado - contribuições de Theodor W. Adorno / On the possibility of human emancipation: formative experience and elaboration of the past contributions from Theodor W. Adorno

Juliana Litvin de Almeida 13 March 2009 (has links)
A presente pesquisa, de cunho teórico-bibliográfico, tem por objeto a posição filosófica de Adorno relacionada à possibilidade de emancipação. Pode-se constatar na Dialética da Aufklärung que a emancipação pretendida pelo pensamento do século XVIII aquela que prometeu progresso no conhecimento da natureza, aperfeiçoamento moral, emancipação social não se concretizou, pode-se também encontrar elementos que sustentariam ainda a busca por uma emancipação autêntica. Apesar de constante e justificada dúvida quanto ao ideal iluminista de emancipação através da razão, Adorno e Horkheimer parecem ainda confiar, de certo modo, na racionalidade. É esse certo modo o alvo da análise. Assim, temse como objetivo investigar as posições teóricas de Adorno quanto ao significado e às condições de possibilidade da emancipação humana, bem como investigar até que ponto a educação, a formação cultural e a experiência, realizando tais condições, poderiam contribuir para tal emancipação. Nesse sentido, questiona-se tanto o conceito adorniano de educação, em sua busca pela produção de uma consciência verdadeira, como o de formação cultural, enquanto a cultura tomada pelo lado de sua apropriação subjetiva, assim como o de experiência, como continuidade da consciência em que perdura o ainda não existente, que deságua, por fim, no de elaboração do passado, uma vez que o passado é uma experiência única. Para tanto, a pesquisa fundamenta-se nas próprias categorias da tradição filosófica da modernidade européia, assumidas e reelaboradas por Adorno e Horkheimer na constituição da Teoria Crítica. Tem-se, como principal base teórica, a Dialética da Aufklärung, escrita em conjunto com Horkheimer; os escritos desse sobre a Teoria Crítica da Sociedade; o livro Educação e Emancipação; bem como o ensaio Teoria da Semiformação, ambos de autoria de Adorno. Assim sendo, como metodologia optou-se pela leitura, análise e interpretação de fontes primárias do pensamento adorniano, com destaque para os textos supracitados e pela leitura e estudo de fontes secundárias com vistas a colher subsídios para a compreensão e explicação das posições de Adorno. A conclusão a que se chegou é que Adorno admite e considera possível, apesar de muito difícil e bastante improvável, outra emancipação. A educação e a formação cultural, através de um processo intenso, ininterrupto e infatigável de autoreflexão, poderiam refazer a possibilidade que no presente momento encontra-se obstruída de realização da experiência, contribuindo então para essa emancipação da humanidade. Ou seja, tal efetivação tem como pressuposto uma educação e uma formação cultural, reelaboradas a partir de sua própria autoreflexão. Sendo tanto a educação quanto a formação cultural dimensões do social, sua potencialidade é limitada, daí uma possível contribuição. A efetivação de uma emancipação autêntica dependeria de uma profunda transformação do todo social. / This research presents a bibliographic theoretical approach and assesses Adornos philosophical position regarding the possibility of emancipation. It is clear in the Dialektik der Aufklärung that the emancipation intended by the 18th-century thinking the one that promised progress in nature knowledge, moral improvement and social emancipation did not materialize, and that only some elements which would sustain a search for an authentic emancipation are present. Although there are doubts regarding the illuminist ideal of emancipation through reason, Adorno and Horkheimer keep their trust, to a certain point, in rationality. This certain point is the target of the analysis. The aim is to investigate Adornos theoretical position towards the possibility, meaning and conditions of human emancipation, and also to consider to what extent education, cultural formation and experience, fulfilling these conditions, contribute to such emancipation. In this sense, Adornos concept of education, searching the production of a true conscience, the cultural formation concept as the culture taken by its subjective appropriation, and the experience concept as the continuity of conscience in which the nonexistent lasts, are questioned, leading to the working through of the past concept, once the past is a unique experience. The research is based on the very own categories of the European philosophical tradition that Adorno and Horkheimer took and re-elaborated when constituting the Society Critical Theory. The main theoretical base is the Dialektik der Aufklärung, written together with Horkheimer; Horkheimers writings about the Society Critical Theory; the book Education and Emancipation; and the essay Theory of Self-Formation, the last two written by Adorno. As methodology were used reading, analysis and interpretation of Adornos thinking, the primary sources named above, and secondary sources that aim at supplementing the comprehension and explanations of Adornos positions. The conclusion is that Adorno admits and sees another emancipation as possible although very hard and unlikely. Education and cultural formation, through an intense, constant and restless self-thinking process, could bring the possibility that is now obstructed of realizing the experience, contributing therefore to humankinds emancipation. In conclusion, such a realization supposes education and cultural formation, re-elaborated from their own thinking. Because education and cultural formation are both social dimensions, the potential for emancipation is limited, therefore there is a possible contribution. The concretization of an authentic emancipation would require a profound transformation of the entire social order.
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La co-construction des positionnements identitaires des enseignants et des élèves en EPS / The co-construction of the identical positionings of teachers and pupils in physical education

Mangin, Florent 21 January 2015 (has links)
Ce travail doctoral s'intéresse aux positionnements identitaires des enseignants et des élèves induits par la relation que la scène sociale en Éducation Physique et Sportive instaure entre eux. Ces positionnements sont abordés par le biais des théories liées à la catégorisation sociale et plus précisément la théorie de l'identité sociale, la théorie de l'auto-catégorisation et les partitions sociales. Si les partitions sociales sont un prolongement des deux premières théories, elles possèdent également leurs propres fondements théoriques, issus de la psychologie sociale du langage, qui offrent de nouvelles perspectives liées à l'approche de la catégorisation sociale. Un premier travail de réflexion a ainsi été mené pour proposer une relecture de certains principes de la catégorisation sociale. À la suite de cette construction théorique, trois études principales ont été réalisées afin de déterminer le poids des pré-jugements portés par la scène sociale de la classe sur les processus de catégorisation sociale lors de la mobilisation des identités d'enseignants et d'élèves en EPS. Dans un contexte où l'enseignant est institutionnellement le dominant hiérarchique, les élèves perçoivent-ils des espaces identitaires leur permettant d'occuper une position sociale satisfaisante au sein de cette relation imposée? La première étude, s'articulant autour de trois sous-études, cherche à déterminer le poids de la scène sociale sur les effets de catégorisation sociale. Dans une scène sociale à l'avantage des hommes (football), les femmes, contrairement à ce qui était attendu, cherchent à établir une position sociale favorable pour leur groupe par le jeu de la catégorisation sociale. La deuxième étude s'intéresse aux différentes insertions identitaires sur lesquelles les enseignants et les élèves en EPS peuvent s'appuyer lors de leurs interactions. Les résultats montrent, à partir de l'analyse des verbatim d'une séance d'EPS, que si le contexte prédétermine leurs relations sur la base de leurs rôles sociaux, d'autres espaces identitaires sont co-construits et investis sans pour autant remettre en cause les règles de la scène sociale. Enfin, la troisième étude propose une cartographie des positionnements identitaires qu'implique la relation intergroupe enseignants-élèves en EPS. À partir de l'utilisation de l'outil RepMut, il s'avère qu'au niveau catégoriel, seuls les enseignants sont en mesure de se positionner de façon satisfaisante. En effet, le rôle d'élève qu'instaure la relation à l'enseignant ne permet aux élèves de bénéficier d'une position catégorielle que s'ils usent d'une dimension de comparaison différente de celle établie par la scène sociale. En conclusion, ce travail montre qu'en EPS, et a priori de façon plus générale, la relation enseignants-élèves ne permet qu'aux premiers d'occuper une place sociale conforme à celle attendue. En effet, face à l'enseignant, il semble bien difficile pour les élèves d'investir le rôle que l'école attend d'eux. / This doctoral work is interested in the identical positionings of the teachers and the pupils led by the relation that the social scene in Physical Education establishes between them. These positionings are approached by means of the theories bound to the social categorization and more precisely the theory of the social identity, the theory of the auto-categorization and the conception of the social partitions. If the social partitions establish a continuation of the first two theories, they also rest on their own theoretical foundation, based on social psychology of the language. The goal of the first work was to propose a review of certain principles of the social categorization. This proofreading leaned in particular on the idea that the positionings of every group co-build themselves from the relation intergroup, and that the positions adopted by each are not necessarily symmetric. Following this theoretical construction, three main studies were led to determine the weight of pre-judgments carried by the social scene of the classroom on the processes of social categorization during the mobilization of the identities of teachers and pupils in Physical Education. More precisely, in a context where the teacher is institutionally the hierarchical dominant of the pupils, the pupils do perceive identical spaces allowing them to occupy a satisfactory social position within this relation. The first study, articulating around three sub-studies, tries to determine the weight of the social scene on the effects of social categorization. Contrary to what was expected in this social scene to the advantage of the men (soccer), the women manage to establish a favorable social position for their group by the game of the social categorization. The second study focuses on the various identical insertions on which teachers and pupils in Physical Education can lean during their interactions. The results show, from the analysis of the verbatim of a session of Physical Education that, if the context predetermines their relations on the basis of their social roles, other identical spaces are co-built and invested without questioning the rules of the social scene. Finally, the third study proposes a mapping of the identical positionings which implies the relation intergroup teachers-pupils in physical education. The tool RepMut allows to highlight that at the category-specific level, only teachers are capable of positioning in a satisfactory way. Indeed, the relation to the teacher does not allow pupils to benefit from a satisfactory category-specific position, if it is not by using dimensions of comparison different from that established by the social scene. In conclusion, this work shows that in Physical Education, and prejudice in a more general way, the relation teachers-pupils allows only the first ones to occupy a social place in compliance with that waited. Indeed, in front of the teacher, it seems difficult for pupils to invest the role for which the school expects from them.
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Obnova katastrálního operátu přepracováním v katastrálním území Rakvice / Renewal of the cadastre documentation by revision in the cadastre unit Rakvice

Nováková, Martina January 2014 (has links)
This diploma thesis deals with a renewal of cadaster documentation by revision in a cadastral area Rakvice. This work describes single phases of the renewal and some irregularities, that occurred during the work, including their solutions. The next part of the thesis deals with comparison of a digitalized cadastral map, which came from the revision, and a digital cadastral map, which was created by a new mapping. The appendix contains protocols of processes of transformation and graphic comparison of cadastral maps.
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Tvorba zpřesněného rastru sáhové katastrální mapy v katastrálním území Těchanov / Creation more accurate raster of the cadastral map in the cadastral district Těchanov

Válková, Zuzana January 2012 (has links)
The thesis is dedicated to creation more accurated raster of the cadastral map in the cadastral district Těchanov. In the introductory part theoretical findings from the area of more accurate transformation are summarized and several terms related to raster problemacy are explained. The following chapter deals with the used software. Another part deals with description of the practical part, i.e. making out transformational key accurating transformation. The final chapters are dedicated to verifying the result of transformation by an independent control using the comparison of lenghts directly measured in terrain, measured on the original map of land cadastral or cadastral map and lenghts discovered from raster scan images before and after accurating transformation.
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Three Essays in Parallel Machine Scheduling

Garg, Amit January 2008 (has links)
No description available.
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金融控股公司之經營規範與個案探討--以中華開發金融控股公司為例 / The running regulation of the bank holding company

蔡俊明, Tsai, Jimmy Unknown Date (has links)
中文摘要 由於跨業經營已是國際間金融業整合之趨勢,因此,我國金融控股公司法的設立將付予國內金融機構進行整合、轉型的機制,讓其更具競爭力,只是是否每一金融集團均能成功轉換,恐怕短期問業者仍要面臨階段性的調整壓力,並非一蹴可及;再則,在該法設立後,金融監理一元化將更形重要,否則當金融機構跨業經營形成金融巨人後,未來發生弊端時,就會變成金融怪獸,所引爆的金融危機,將更為迅速且嚴重,連鎖反應將更為擴大。故本研究以我國金融控股公司之經營規範為主題,並以中華開發為個案探討藉以論述金融控股公司之因應策略。 究竟金融控股公司的設立,能否為國內的金融業帶來生機?以及政府應在准許業界設立金融控股公司的同時,要如何建立專業、獨立與有效率的監理機制,以避免增加業者的管理成本,並提升金融業的競爭力?此乃本論文之研究目的。 本研究亦提出在我國加入世界貿易組織(WTO)後,銀行業必然面臨與先進國家相互角逐金融市場之局面,故宜及早檢討其經營策略,俾掌握業務與客戶群,再造一個具有競爭力的經營體系;本研究並提出相關之建議。 摘要 鑒於美國、日本、韓國、歐盟之金融服務現代化改革中,均已朝向金融百貨化方式發展,並以金融控股公司作為發展跨業經營之主要型態,以利防火牆之設計及風險之區隔,並提高聯屬公司專業化經營效率。金融控股法是重整金融體質的法源,它能加快金融業走向大型化和國際化的腳步,進而提升我國金融業的國際競爭力。故政府為配合此一國際金融發展趨勢及符合國內現行體制與實務之需要,已於民國九十年六月二十七日通過金融控股公司法。因此,銀行、保險、證券等金融機構均得選擇以金融控股公司型態,以提高跨業經營之效率,並加速金融市場之整合。 同時在金融市場陸續開放後,金融機構所面對的風險愈趨複雜化,為因應金融環境的變遷,我國監理機關及監理制度規劃上亦宜有所興革。因為目前不同金融業問彼此互動頻繁,關聯度亦相對提高,近年來世界各國如英、美、日及韓等國,為強化金融主管機關合併監理功能,皆已完成對金融監理機構的整合。有鑑於此,我國必須積極落實金融監理機制的再造工程,推動金融監理一元化,以建立金融監理的整合體制。 第一章說明本研究的動機在於省思「金融控股公司法」之設立,能否付予國內金融機構進行整合、轉型的機制,但未來「金融監理一元化制度」將更形重要。本論文之研究目的在於探討究竟金融控股公司的設立,能否為國內的金融業帶來生機?以及政府應在准許業界設立金融控股公司的同時,要如何建立專業、獨立與有效率的監理機制,以維護社會公益,並提升金融業的競爭力?第二章論述金融控股公司之經濟意義和功能,以及弊病;第三章回顧先進國家跨業經營之沿革與規範;第四章說明我國金融控股公司法之監理規範;第五章:個案探討一以中華開發金融控股公司為例;第六章:結論與建議。 / Abstract Because it is the trend to cross running business within the integration of the international banks, our government set up “the Law of Bank Holding Company”for the local banks to enter into integration and transformation to improve their competition。But it is essential to establish the independent supervisory system to prevent the defaults in advance。Otherwise, its exposure will be serious and its contagious effect is more extensive。 Will Bank Holding Company bring the new era for the local banks ? How will the government set up the independent, professional, and effective supervisory system ? The above topics are the studying purposes of the essay。 The essay also indicates that our banks will have a fierce competition with international banks after we are allowed to enter WTO, and submits suggestions to set up well-run Bank Holding Company -----
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Batch Processsor Scheduling - A Class Of Problems In Steel Casting Foundries

Ramasubramaniam, M 06 1900 (has links)
Modern manufacturing systems need new types of scheduling methods. While traditional scheduling methods are primarily concerned with sequencing of jobs, modern manufacturing environments provide the additional possibility to process jobs in batches. This adds to the complexity of scheduling. There are two types of batching namely: (i) serial batching (jobs may be batched if they share the same setup on a machine and one job is processed at a time. The machine which processes jobs in this manner is called as discrete processor) and (ii) parallel batching (several jobs can be processed simultaneously on a machine at a time. The machine which processes jobs in this manner is called as batch processor or batch processing machine). Parallel batching environments have attracted wide attention of the researchers working in the field of scheduling. Particularly, taking inspiration from studies of scheduling batch processors in semiconductor manufacturing [Mathirajan and Sivakumar (2006b) and Venkataramana (2006)] and in steel casting industries [Krishnaswamy et al. (1998), Shekar (1998) and Mathirajan (2002)] in the Management Studies Department of Indian Institute of Science, this thesis addresses a special problem on scheduling batch processor, observed in the steel casting manufacturing. A fundamental feature of the steel casting industry is its extreme flexibility, enabling castings to be produced with almost unlimited freedom in design over an extremely wide range of sizes, quantities and materials suited to practically every environment and application. Furthermore, the steel casting industry is capital intensive and highly competitive. From the viewpoint of throughput and utilization of the important and costly resources in the foundry manufacturing, it was felt that the process-controlled furnace operations for the melting and pouring operations as well as the heat-treatment furnace operations are critical for meeting the overall production schedules. The two furnace operations are batch processes that have distinctive constraints on job-mixes in addition to the usual capacity and technical constraints associated with any industrial processes. The benefits of effective scheduling of these batch processes include higher machine utilization, lower work-in-process (WIP) inventory, shorter cycle time and greater customer satisfaction [Pinedo (1995)]. Very few studies address the production planning and scheduling models for a steel foundry, considering the melting furnace of the pre-casting stage as the core foundry operation [Voorhis et al. (2001), Krishnaswamy et al. (1998) and Shekar (1998)]. Even though the melting and pouring operations may be considered as the core of foundry operations and their scheduling is of central importance, the scheduling of heat-treatment furnaces is also of considerable importance. This is because the processing time required at the heat treatment furnace is often longer compared to other operations in the steel-casting foundry and therefore considerably affects the scheduling, overall flow time and WIP inventory. Further, the heat-treatment operation is critical because it determines the final properties that enable components to perform under demanding service conditions such as large mechanical load, high temperature and anti-corrosive processing. It is also important to note that the heat-treatment operation is the only predominantly long process in the entire steel casting manufacturing process, taking up a large part of total processing time (taking up to a few days as against other processes that typically take only a few hours). Because of these, the heat-treatment operation is a major bottleneck operation in the entire steel casting process. The jobs in the WIP inventory in front of heat-treatment furnace vary widely in sizes (few grams to a ton) and dimensions (from 10 mm to 2000 mm). Furthermore, castings are primarily classified into a number of job families based on the alloy type, such as low alloy castings and high alloy castings. These job families are incompatible as the temperature requirement for low alloy and high alloy vary for similar type of heat-treatment operation required. These job families are further classified into various sub-families based on the type of heat treatment operations they undergo. These sub-families are also incompatible as each of these sub-families requires a different combination of heat-treatment operation. The widely varying job sizes, job dimensions and multiple incompatible job family characteristic introduce a high degree of complexity into scheduling heat-treatment furnace. Scheduling of heat-treatment furnace with multiple incompatible job families can have profound effect on the overall production rate as the processing time at heat-treatment operation is very much longer. Considering the complexity of the process and time consumed by the heat treatment operation, it is imperative that efficient scheduling of this operation is required in order to maximize throughput and to enhance productivity of the entire steel casting manufacturing process. This is of importance to the firm. The concerns of the management in increasing the throughput of the bottleneck machine, thereby increasing productivity, motivated us to adopt the scheduling objective of makespan. In a recent observation of heat-treatment operations in a couple of steel casting industries and the research studies reported in the literature, we noticed that the real-life problem of dynamic scheduling of heat-treatment furnace with multiple incompatible job families, non-identical job sizes, non-identical job dimensions, non-agreeable release times and due dates to maximize the throughput, higher utilization and minimize the work-in-process inventory is not at all addressed. However, there are very few studies [Mathirajan et al. (2001, 2002, 2004a, 2007)] which have addressed the problem of scheduling of heat-treatment furnace with incompatible job families and non-identical job sizes to maximize the utilization of the furnace. Due to the difference between the real-life situation on dynamic scheduling of heat-treatment furnace of the steel casting manufacturing and the research reported on the same problem, we identified three new class of batch processor problems, which are applicable to a real-life situation based on the type of heat-treatment operation(s) being carried out and the type of steel casting industry (small, medium and large scale steel casting industry) and this thesis addresses these new class of research problems on scheduling of batch processor. The first part of the thesis addresses our new Research Problem (called Research Problem 1) of minimizing makespan (Cmax) on a batch processor (BP) with single job family (SJF), non-identical job sizes (NIJS), and non-identical job dimensions (NIJD). This problem is of interest to small scale steel casting industries performing only one type of heat treatment operation such as surface hardening. Generally, there would be only a few steel casting industries which offer such type of special heat-treatment operation and thus the customer is willing to accept delay in the completion of his orders. So, the due date issues are not important for these types of industries. We formulate the problem as Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model and validate the proposed MILP model through a numerical example. In order to understand the computational intractability issue, we carry out a small computational experiment. The results of this experiment indicate that the computational time required, as a function of problem size, for solving the MILP model is non-deterministic and non-polynomial. Due to the computational intractability of the proposed MILP model, we propose five variants of a greedy heuristic algorithm and a genetic algorithm for addressing the Research Problem 1. We carry out computational experiments to obtain the performance of heuristic algorithms based on two perspectives: (i) comparison with optimal solution on small scale instances and (ii) comparison with lower bound for large scale instances. We choose five important problem parameters for the computational experiment and propose a suitable experimental design to generate pseudo problem instances. As there is no lower bound (LB) procedure for the Research Problem1, in this thesis, we develop an LB procedure that provides LB on makespan by considering both NIJS and NIJD characteristics together. Before using the proposed LB procedure for evaluating heuristic algorithms, we conduct a computational experiment to obtain the quality of the LB on makespan in comparison with optimal makespan on number of small scale instances. The results of this experiment indicate that the proposed LB procedure is efficient and could be used to obtain LB on makespan for any large scale problem. In the first perspective of the evaluation of the performance of the heuristic algorithms proposed for Research Problem 1, the proposed heuristic algorithms are run through small scale problem instances and we record the makespan values. We solve the MILP model to obtain optimal solutions for these small scale instances. For comparing the proposed heuristic algorithms we use the performance measures: (a) number of times the proposed heuristic algorithm solution equal to optimal solution and (b) average loss with respect to optimal solution in percentage. In the second perspective of the evaluation of the performance of the heuristic algorithms, the proposed heuristic algorithms are run through large scale problem instances and we record the makespan values. The LB procedure is also run through these problem instances to obtain LB on makespan. For comparing the performance of heuristic algorithms with respect to LB on makespan, we use the performance measures: (a) number of times the proposed heuristic algorithm solution equal to LB on makespan (b) average loss with respect to LB on makespan in percentage, (c) average relative percentage deviation and (d) maximum relative percentage deviation. We extend the Research Problem 1 by including additional job characteristics: job arrival time to WIP inventory area of heat-treatment furnace, due date and additional constraint on non-agreeable release time and due date (NARD). Due date considerations and the constraint on non-agreeable release times and due date (called Research Problem 2) are imperative to small scale steel casting foundries performing traditional but only one type of heat treatment operation such as annealing where due date compliance is important as many steel casting industries offer such type of heat treatment operations. The mathematical model, LB procedure, greedy heuristic algorithm and genetic algorithm proposed for Research Problem 1, including the computational experiments, are appropriately modified and\or extended for addressing Research Problem 2. Finally, we extend the Research Problem 2 is by including an additional real life dimension: multiple incompatible job families (MIJF). This new Research Problem (called Research Problem 3) is more relevant to medium and large scale steel casting foundries performing more than one type of heat treatment operations such as homogenizing and tempering, normalizing and tempering. The solution methodologies, the LB procedure and the computational experiments proposed for Research Problem 2 are further modified and enriched to address the Research Problem 3. From the detailed computational experiments conducted for each of the research problems defined in this study, we observe that: (a) the problem parameters considered in this study have influence on the performance of the heuristic algorithms, (b) the proposed LB procedure is found to be efficient, (c) the proposed genetic algorithm outperforms among the proposed heuristic algorithms (but the computational time required for genetic algorithm increases as problem size keeps increasing), and (d) in case the decision maker wants to choose an heuristic algorithm which is computationally most efficient algorithm among the proposed algorithms, the variants of greedy heuristic algorithms : SWB, SWB(NARD), SWB(NARD&MIJF) is relatively the best algorithm for Research Problem 1, Research Problem 2 and Research Problem 3 respectively.
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Clone History Shapes the Populus Drought Transcriptome

Raj, Sherosha Joan Sharmila 15 February 2010 (has links)
The genus Populus is ideally suited to investigate questions related to the interplay between an individual’s environmental history and its capacity to respond to external stimuli. In order to dissect the influence of individual history on subsequent plant responses, transcriptome level changes due to water deficit were assessed in clonal populations of Populus hybrids. Results indicate variation in the drought transcriptomes of genetically identical clones originating from different locations can be shaped by the individual history of the clone. Additionally, yearly variations in drought transcriptome patterns showed specific trends associated with a clonal population that were not related to an unknown influence at a location, nor with the biological source of cuttings. Despite these sources of transcriptome variation, a common shared response was identified across all populations. The findings hint at the influence of the environment and epigenetic factors in the dynamic regulation of transcriptome level responses in clonal individuals.
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Clone History Shapes the Populus Drought Transcriptome

Raj, Sherosha Joan Sharmila 15 February 2010 (has links)
The genus Populus is ideally suited to investigate questions related to the interplay between an individual’s environmental history and its capacity to respond to external stimuli. In order to dissect the influence of individual history on subsequent plant responses, transcriptome level changes due to water deficit were assessed in clonal populations of Populus hybrids. Results indicate variation in the drought transcriptomes of genetically identical clones originating from different locations can be shaped by the individual history of the clone. Additionally, yearly variations in drought transcriptome patterns showed specific trends associated with a clonal population that were not related to an unknown influence at a location, nor with the biological source of cuttings. Despite these sources of transcriptome variation, a common shared response was identified across all populations. The findings hint at the influence of the environment and epigenetic factors in the dynamic regulation of transcriptome level responses in clonal individuals.
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[en] RESCHEDULING OF OIL EXPLORATION SUPPORT VESSELS WITHIN A METAHEURISTIC APPROACH / [pt] REPROGRAMAÇÃO DE EMBARCAÇÕES DE APOIO À EXPLORAÇÃO DE PETRÓLEO ATRAVÉS DE UMA ABORDAGEM METAHEURÍSTICA

VICTOR ABU-MARRUL CARNEIRO DA CUNHA 09 August 2017 (has links)
[pt] A dissertação aborda um problema real de reprogramação de uma frota de embarcações do tipo PLSV (Pipe Laying Support Vessel), responsáveis pelas interligações de poços petrolíferos submarinos. O cronograma de curto prazo dessas embarcações está sujeito à inúmeras incertezas inerentes às operações realizadas, acarretando em ociosidade nas embarcações ou postergações na produção de petróleo, que podem resultar em prejuízo de milhões de reais. Uma metaheurística ILS (Iterated Local Search) é proposta para atender a frequente demanda por reprogramações dos PLSVs. O método é composto de uma fase inicial de viabilização, para tratar potenciais inconsistências nas programações. Na sequência, iterativamente, são realizadas perturbações na solução por meio de movimentos de swap e aplicada uma busca local baseada na vizinhança insert, a fim de fugir de ótimos locais e encontrar soluções que aprimorem o cronograma. Foram feitos experimentos com diferentes parâmetros e critérios do ILS, sendo definidas duas abordagens aplicadas a dez instâncias oriundas de uma programação real de PLSVs. A partir de uma função de avaliação, capaz de medir o impacto operacional na programação, o ILS proporcionou uma melhoria média nos cronogramas acima de 91 por cento, quando comparados aos cronogramas originais. As soluções foram obtidas em um tempo computacional médio de 30 minutos, aderente ao processo da companhia. Em função dos resultados alcançados, o método provou ser uma boa base para uma ferramenta de apoio à decisão para a reprogramação dos PLSVs. / [en] This dissertation addresses a real-life rescheduling problem of a Pipe Laying Support Vessels (PLSVs) fleet, in charge of subsea oil wells interconnections. The short-term schedule of these vessels is subject to uncertainties inherent to its operations, resulting in ships idleness or delays in oil production, which may lead to losses of millions of Brazilian Reais. A method based on the ILS (Iterated Local Search) metaheuristic is proposed to meet the frequent demand of PLSVs rescheduling. The first step of this method aims to find a feasible initial solution from an incoming schedule with potencial inconsistencies. The following steps consists in, iteratively, performing a perturbation on a solution through swap movements and applying a local search based on the insertion neighborhood, in order to escape from local optimal and find better solutions. Extensive preliminary experiments were conducted considering different ILS parameters setups. The two most performing setups were selected and applied to ten instances of a real PLSV schedule. Taking into account an objective function that measures the operational impact on schedules, the ILS provided an average improvement above 91 percent in schedules when compared to the original planning. These solutions were obtained in an average computational time of 30 minutes, which fits in the company process. The obtained results showed that the proposed method might be a basis for a decision support tool for the PLSVs rescheduling problem.

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