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Quantitative methodology and applications in measuring supply chain complexity
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Quantitative methodology and applications in measuring supply chain complexity.
Creator
Morgan, Courtney Luke, Sr., Florida Atlantic University, Han, Chingping (Jim), College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description
The study of this paper on entropy-based methodology for measuring and analyzing the material and information complexity across organizational interfaces within a logistical framework material and Information flows within the supply chain are often complex. The complexity analysis described in this paper can be used to highlight several issues that are critical to effective supply chain management, and for internal control. My methodology is based on the understanding that the level of...
Show moreThe study of this paper on entropy-based methodology for measuring and analyzing the material and information complexity across organizational interfaces within a logistical framework material and Information flows within the supply chain are often complex. The complexity analysis described in this paper can be used to highlight several issues that are critical to effective supply chain management, and for internal control. My methodology is based on the understanding that the level of control and predictability, as well as the dynamic characteristics and static of the flows contribute to the overall level of complexity within the supply chain. This study demonstrated that supply chain complexity is realistically understood, carefully and accurately assessed it can be used to monitor and effectively control the performance of the entire supply chain and delivery system. At the supply chain interface, the methodology can provide quantitative insights into the transfer of complexity along the supply chain.
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Date Issued
2002
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12938
Subject Headings
Business logistics, Entropy (Information theory)
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Studies on nonlinear activity and cross-entropy considerations in neural networks
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Studies on nonlinear activity and cross-entropy considerations in neural networks.
Creator
Abusalah, Salahalddin Tawfiq., Florida Atlantic University, Neelakanta, Perambur S., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description
The objectives of this research as deliberated in this dissertation are two-folded: (i) To study the nonlinear activity in the neural complex (real and artificial) and (ii) to analyze the learning processe(s) pertinent to an artificial neural network in the information-theoretic plane using cross-entropy error-metrics. The research efforts envisaged enclave the following specific tasks: (i) Obtaining a general solution for the Bernoulli-Riccati equation to represent a single parameter family...
Show moreThe objectives of this research as deliberated in this dissertation are two-folded: (i) To study the nonlinear activity in the neural complex (real and artificial) and (ii) to analyze the learning processe(s) pertinent to an artificial neural network in the information-theoretic plane using cross-entropy error-metrics. The research efforts envisaged enclave the following specific tasks: (i) Obtaining a general solution for the Bernoulli-Riccati equation to represent a single parameter family of S-shaped (sigmoidal) curves depicting the nonlinear activity in the neural network. (ii) Analysis of the logistic growth of output versus input values in the neural complex (real and artificial) under the consideration that the boundaries of the sets constituting the input and output entities are crisp and/or fuzzy. (iii) Construction of a set of cross-entropy error-metrics (known as Csiszar's measures) deduced in terms of the parameters pertinent to a perceptron topology and elucidation of their relative effectiveness in training the network optimally towards convergence. (iv) Presenting the methods of symmetrizing and balancing the aforesaid error-entropy measures (in the information-theoretic plane) so as to make them usable as error-metrics in the test domain. (v) Description and analysis of the dynamics of neural learning process in the information-theoretic plane for both crisp and fuzzy attributes of input values. Relevant to these topics portraying the studies on nonlinear activity and cross-entropy considerations vis-a-vis neural networks, newer and/or exploratory inferences are made, logical conclusions are enumerated and relative discussions are presented along with the scope for future research to be pursued.
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Date Issued
1996
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12447
Subject Headings
Neural networks (Computer science), Entropy (Information theory), Nonlinear control theory
Format
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Ubiquitous entropy and heat death in Philip K. Dick and Pamela Zoline
Title
Ubiquitous entropy and heat death in Philip K. Dick and Pamela Zoline.
Creator
Kasdorf, Krista., Florida Atlantic University, Scroggins, Mark
Abstract/Description
My scientifically informed readings of Philip K. Dick's Ubik (1969) and Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" (1967) consider entropy's multifarious meanings from both thermodynamics and information theory. Additionally, rather than relying upon overarching assumptions about the texts' cultural moment, I explore each fiction's presentation of entropy as negative or positive. For Dick, the loss of female mothering accelerates the heat death of late-capitalistic society, with entropy...
Show moreMy scientifically informed readings of Philip K. Dick's Ubik (1969) and Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" (1967) consider entropy's multifarious meanings from both thermodynamics and information theory. Additionally, rather than relying upon overarching assumptions about the texts' cultural moment, I explore each fiction's presentation of entropy as negative or positive. For Dick, the loss of female mothering accelerates the heat death of late-capitalistic society, with entropy a negative, destructive force. Zoline, however, recognizes the injurious ramifications of entrapping women within the gender role of self-sacrificing wife/mother; her protagonist purposefully accelerates entropy production to destroy such a closed system.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13359
Subject Headings
Entropy (Information theory), Literature and science, Science fiction, American--History and criticism, Dick, Philip K--Criticism and interpretation, Zoline, Pamela,--1941---Criticism and interpretation
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