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Transient Analysis of a Single-Server Queue with Batch Arrivals Using Modeling and Functions Akin to the Modified Bessel Functions
(2009)
The paper considers a single-server queue with fixed-size batch Poisson arrivals and exponential service times, a model that is useful for a buffer that accepts messages arriving as fixed size batches of packets and releases ...
Drivers for change in the built environment and their implications in construction management curricula at African universities
(2009)
The paper explains the context of built environment in relation to construction management and identifies the drivers of change as globalization,
technology and competition. Specific drivers for change in the built ...
Performance enhancement of the cateringinformation systems in e-hotels, through ICT Interventions
(2009)
Prevailing trends of globalising world markets, along with their Information and Communication Technology (ICT) anchor, pose a critical challenge
to the local hotel industry. In order to maintain competitiveness in the ...
Rural-urban dualism and ineffective land use control instruments at the rural- urban Interface
(2009)
Hitherto, land use planning in Kenya was practiced in the colonial urban areas and the scheduled highlands but not in the African markets and
rural reserves. This then created favorable land use patterns in the European ...
Risk response in handling building materials on construction sites in Kenya
(2009)
construction site up to the point of fixing them. Material handling represents a major portion of total costs and may account for 10-80% of total
cost. Construction sites are exposed to various risks such as workmanship, ...
The design and production process of jua kali furniture in Kenya “Art or Chaos”
(2009)
The Jua Kali industry covers the informal manufacturer who operates informally under makeshifts on the outskirts of our major urban areas such Gikomba and
Shauri Moyo in Nairobi. This paper looks into the design and ...