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A multi-tier linking approach to analyze performance of autonomous vehicle-based storage and retrieval systems
(Elsevier Ltd, 2017)
To improve operational flexibility, throughput capacity, and responsiveness in order fulfillment operations, several distribution centers are implementing autonomous vehicle-based storage and retrieval system (AVS/RS) in ...
An enhanced memetic algorithm for Single-Objective bilevel optimization problems
(MIT Press Journals, 2017)
Bilevel optimization, as the name reflects, deals with optimization at two interconnected hierarchical levels. The aim is to identify the optimum of an upper-level leader problem, subject to the optimality of a lower-level ...
Constitutional mandate and judicial initiatives influencing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes in India
(IWA Publishing, 2017)
This paper undertakes a thorough review of the legislative and policy framework of water supply and sanitation in India within the larger backdrop of the universal affirmation of right to water and sanitation under the UN ...
Assessing Administrative Reform in India
(Springer, 2017)
This paper outlines trends in efforts at administrative reform in India. It spans the shift of ideological paradigm of the Indian political economy. While the pre-1991 period was marked by a waning Statism, structural ...
Can rigorous impact evaluations improve humanitarian assistance?
(Routledge, 2017)
Each year billions of US-dollars of humanitarian assistance are mobilised in response to man-made emergencies and natural disasters. Yet, rigorous evidence for how best to intervene remains scant. This dearth reflects that ...