The objective of this study was to determine if a 3-dimensional computer vision automatic locomotion scoring (3D-ALS) method was able to outperform human observers for classifying cows as lame or nonlame and for detecting cows affected and nonaffected by specific type(s) of hoof lesion. Data collection …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact that unevenly allocating buffer capacity has on throughput and average buffer level regarding unreliable lines to better understand the relevant factors in supply chain design. Results show that the best patterns for unreliable merging lines in terms …

Côte d’Ivoire produces about 42 percent of the world’s total Cocoa but processes only a very few amount of the production. A big part of the country depends on the commercial benefits of the Cocoa production and supply chain of it. For that reason, the World Bank asked the simulation group of the Amsterdam …

De toenemende marktvraag naar diepgevroren aardappelproducten, appetizers en gedroogde aardappelvlokken is aanzienlijk groter dan dat LWM momenteel met de huidige capaciteit kan produceren. Deze groei heeft er helaas toe geleid dat de focus op de efficiëntie is verzwakt, wat heeft geresulteerd in een …

Making interorganizational cooperation successful proves a daunting task. While cur- rent approaches to interorganizational performance management (PM) highlight why interorganizational cooperation matters and which phases are required, it remains silent on the dynamics of interorganizational PM. …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify which knowledge, skills and behaviors are used to describe excellent performance in professional communication. As the demand for talented communication professionals increases, organizations and educators need an empirically defined set of performance …

Public standards for chicken chain in Vietnam are mainly offered by MARD. In comparison with international recognized practices, the standard system is not complete in all aspects of governancemanagement, operational management of certification schemes and standard content. The main problem with governance …

This research has been carried out as part of the research of the professorship sustainable agribusiness in metropolitan areas. The main objective was to evaluate the performance of Terimbere-Muhinzi cooperative in order to come up with viable options to link smallholder tomato farmers to high price …

Airports represent the major bottleneck in the air traffic management system with increasing traffic density. Enhanced levels of automation and coordination of surface operations are imperative to reduce congestion and to improve efficiency. This paper addresses the problem of comparing different control …

The four studies presented in this dissertation aimed to examine which aspects of self-regulated learning (think of planning, time management, and motivation) best predict academic performance in higher education, and whether and how self-regulated learning might be improved for better academic performance …