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  • Review of methodologies used in electricity supply and demand forecasting 
    Dissanayake, B; Perera, N; Velmanickam, L [Article-Full-text]
    The electricity market is a critical component of modern society, providing the essential energy needed to power our homes, businesses, and industries. European countries began to liberalize their electricity markets in ...
  • Risk assessment in project supply chains in Maldives hospitality sector 
    Sugathadasa, R; Weerasinghe, B [Article-Full-text]
    The article evaluates the enabling factors of risks in the project management supply chain process within the Maldives hospitality sector within identification of needs in procurement process. The tourist arrivals in the ...
  • RPA success remains a non-trivial endeavor 
    Piyatilake, A; Thibbotuwawa, A; De Silva, M [Article-Full-text]
    Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is becoming an integral part of today’s businesses that compete in more dynamic business environments. RPA is a technology that enables organisations to automate rule-based and repetitive ...
  • Scholarly Output : 2015 ++ 
    Dias, D [Article-Full-text]
    A single slide from a presentation entitled “Research Outputs of Sri Lanka and How Expats Can Help” by Prof. Saman Halgamuge of the University of Melbourne, in June 2021 sparked interest among the University of Moratuwa community.
  • Seeking new frontiersfrom the shouldersof giants : the power of systematic reviews 
    Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    A literature review is where a solid research begins. However, it is likely that two researchers conducting a literature review independently on the same domain may conduct the review differently with varying results.
  • Should We Care about how Birds Fly? 
    De Silva, L; Samaraweera, N; Jayaweera, N; Sugathapala, T [Article-Full-text]
    Bird flight has intrigued human minds ever since the Stone Age. Paintings in Lascaux cave in France are considered the oldest representation of birds in flight made by early ancestors of humans. The ability to fly has been ...
  • The SiTa Trilingual translation system 
    Perinpanathan, T; Dias, G [Article-Full-text]
    The National Languages Processing Center (NLPC), at the University of Moratuwa has been developing the SiTa Computer-Assisted Translation System since 2018.
  • Soft robotics to ensure safe food handling 
    Lihini, C; Kulasekara, A; Chathuranga, D; Gopura, R [Article-Full-text]
    Soft robotics is a subfield of robotics that concerns the design, control, and fabrication of robots composed of compliant materials, instead of rigid links [1]. Using softer materials similar to those found in living ...
  • Stones that stand the test of time: exploring the durability and weathering of metamorphic Rocks of Sri Lanka 
    Kanagasundaram, G; Dassanayake, A; Jayawardena, C; Samarasuriya, C [Article-Full-text]
    Weathering and durability are the key properties of the rock to evaluate the suitability and end-use for different kinds of applications such as building and construction material and engineering structures. Weathering is ...
  • Teetoy – teeth cleaning device for children revolutionizing children’s dental care with nature-Inspired precision 
    Kandanarachchi, R [Article-Full-text]
    Addressing the intricacies of dental hygiene in the critical 3-5 age range has presented a persistent challenge, marked by discomfort, taste aversion, and a general lack of enthusiasm. Acknowledging the formative nature ...
  • Towards a sustainable Agri-Food supply chain 
    Jayalath, M; Thibbotuwawa, A; Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    The agri-food industry is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in many developed and developing countries. This industry requires large volumes of natural resources. This resource requirement has been a key barrier to ...
  • Towards commercializing the “made in Sri Lanka” Lithium-ion batteries 
    Hewawasam, D; Karunathilake, H; Subasinghe, L; Witharana, S [Article-Full-text]
    Energy plays a crucial role in the human civilization. Today, the whole world is facing an energy crisis with the rising energy demand, fluctuating prices, supply constraints, and environmental concerns. While renewable ...
  • Transforming online retail: the innovations of inventory backcasting in demand forecasting 
    Hasini, A; Perera, N; Talagala, P [Article-Full-text]
    Online retail, commonly known as e-commerce, has experienced tremendous growth and trans- formation in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this trend, making online shopping the go-to option for consumers ...
  • Understanding the income profile of the elderly in Sri Lanka 
    Shyama, C; De Silva, T [Article-Full-text]
    While Sri Lanka’s experience of population ageing is closer to that of a developed country, the level of income at which this is happening is much lower. Therefore, ensuring the welfare of the elderly is and will be a ...
  • Unlocking the blue economy: financing a sustainable ocean future 
    Niluka, G; Dushyantha, N [Article-Full-text]
    The world’s oceans are integral to the livelihoods, food security, and economic well-be- ing of billions of people around the world. More than three billion people, roughly 40% of the global population, reside in coastal ...
  • Unlocking the Power of Big Data: How Remote Sensing and Land Zoning Data are Revolutionizing Urban Planning 
    Senarathna, T; Kanagasundaram, G; Samarasuriya, C [Article-Full-text]
    Urbanization is a rapidly growing trend, and cities are facing unprecedented challenges in managing growth, ensuring sustainability, and promoting social equity. Urban planning is a complex and challenging process, as it ...
  • Unveiling the critical drivers of purchasing and supply management in apparel manufacturing industry 
    Thalagala, N; Perera, N [Article-Full-text]
    In a multibillion-dollar industry employing millions, the role of purchasing and supply management (PSM) is often underestimated despite its pivotal contribution. This study addresses the pressing need to understand and ...
  • Unveiling the unusual: a task view for anomaly dection in R 
    Talagala, P [Article-Full-text]
    Anomalies play a critical role in statistical analysis, as their presence in data can lead to biased parameter estimation, model misspeci cation, and misleading results if classical analysis techniques are blindly applied. ...
  • Urban food security of the Colombo Metropolitan Region (CMR) in Covid times 
    Ovitipana, AORBEWD; Dasanayaka, SWSB [Article-Full-text]
    Colombo Municipality Region (CMR) consists of a highly complex food system that relies on the supply from distant outstations which literally collapsed during the pandemic situation. A requirement exists for empirical ...
  • Use of videography for traffic surveys in Sri Lanka 
    Herath, OK; Perera, P; Sivakumar, T; Ayesha, B; Kumarage, AS; Perera, AS [Article-Full-text]
    Traffic Surveys are crucial for different transport studies like Origin-Destination studies, Traffic Volume estimations, Vehicle Flow characteristics Determinations, Speed and Delay Studies, Turning Movement analysis, ...