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The cross section of expected stock returns revisited
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
We review and extend two important empirical financial studies: Fama and MacBeth [1973] and Fama and French [1992]. Fama and MacBeth [1973] sort stocks on the New York Stock Exchange into 20 portfolios based on their market ...
Safety at what price? : setting anti-terrorist policies for checked luggage on US domestic aircraft
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
In this thesis, we considered the costs and benefits of implementing Positive Passenger Bag Match (PPBM) - an anti-terrorist measure to keep bombs out of checked luggage - on US domestic passenger flights. We constructed ...
Potential benefits of information sharing during the arrival process at hub airports
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis explores the benefits of increasing communication and collaboration between airlines and air traffic controllers during the arrival process at hub airports. In particular, this study estimates operational ...
Models for project management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Organizations perform work essentially through operations and projects. The characteristics of projects makes them extremely difficult to manage: their non repetitive nature discards the trial and error learning, while ...
The aircraft sequencing problem with arrivals and departures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis investigates the Aircraft Sequencing Problem (ASP) with Arrivals and Departures. The ASP is the problem of sequencing the arriving and departing aircraft on a single nmway to minimize certain performance criteria. ...