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CARLOS, ERICA TELLES. "TRANSMISSION COSTS ALLOCATION VIA BILEVEL OPTIMIZATION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=28409@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO<br>FUNDAÇÃO DE APOIO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>BOLSA NOTA 10<br>O trabalho Alocação de Custos pelo Uso do Sistema de Transmissão via Otimização Binível propõe uma nova abordagem para o problema de alocação de custos do sistema de transmissão, combinando os problemas de fluxo de potência e de cálculo das tarifas de transmissão, usualmente resolvidos separadamente, em um modelo de otimização binível. A proposta se baseia na multiplicidade de soluções viáveis para

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Stratila, Dan. "Combinatorial optimization problems with concave costs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46661.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Operations Research Center, 2009.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-89).<br>In the first part, we study the problem of minimizing a separable concave function over a polyhedron. We assume the concave functions are nonnegative nondecreasing on R+, and the polyhedron is in RI' (these assumptions can be relaxed further under suitable technical conditions). We show how to approximate this problem to 1+ E precision in optimal value by a piecewise linear minimization problem so that the number of resultin

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Tomasi, Silvia. "Optimization Modulo Theories with Linear Rational Costs." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/11572/368143.

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In the contexts of automated reasoning (AR) and formal verification (FV),important { decision} problems are effectively encoded into Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT). In the last decade efficient SMT solvers have been developed for several theories of practical interest (e.g., linear arithmetic, arrays, bit-vectors). Surprisingly, little work has been done to extend SMT to deal with optimization problems; in particular, concerning the development of SMT solvers able to produce solutions which minimize cost functions over arithmetical variables (we are aware of only one very-recent work [

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Tomasi, Silvia. "Optimization Modulo Theories with Linear Rational Costs." Doctoral thesis, University of Trento, 2014. http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1197/1/phd_thesis_Silvia_Tomasi.pdf.

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In the contexts of automated reasoning (AR) and formal verification (FV),important { decision} problems are effectively encoded into Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT). In the last decade efficient SMT solvers have been developed for several theories of practical interest (e.g., linear arithmetic, arrays, bit-vectors). Surprisingly, little work has been done to extend SMT to deal with optimization problems; in particular, concerning the development of SMT solvers able to produce solutions which minimize cost functions over arithmetical variables (we are aware of only one very-recent wor

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Herrmann, Todd Matthew. "A critical parameter optimization of launch vehicle costs." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3927.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Aerospace Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Guasch, Rodriguez David. "Reducing total fulfillment costs through distribution network design optimization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80998.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2013.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-57).<br>Compared to legacy retailers, online retailers have the potential to better accommodate buyer needs by offering more service time and inventory options. One fundamental operational challenge faced by most online businesses is designing a cost effective distrib

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Chryssikou, Efthalia 1971. "Multiperiod portfolio optimization in the presence of transaction costs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9926.

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Myers, Jeremy D. (Jeremy Dale). "Portfolio optimization with transaction costs and preconceived portfolio weights." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61296.

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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2009.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).<br>In the financial world, many quantitative investment managers have developed sophisticated statistical techniques to generate signals about expected returns from previous market data. However, the manner in which they apply this information to rebalancing their portfolios is often ad-hoc, trading off between rebalancing their assets into an allocation that generates the greatest expect

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Liu, Cong. "Asset allocation and portfolio optimization with small transaction costs." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/42774.

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This thesis is devoted to the asset allocation and portfolio optimization with small transaction costs. Three topics are studied. The first and second topics are on asset allocation problems with purely proportional transaction cost and strictly positive transaction cost, respectively. The fundamental objective is to keep the asset portfolio close to a target portfolio and in the meantime to reduce the trading cost in doing so. For each problem, we derive the quasi-variational inequality and prove a verification theorem giving sufficient conditions for a QVI solution to be the value function.

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Asumeng-Denteh, Emmanuel. "Transaction costs and resampling in mean-variance portfolio optimization." Link to electronic thesis, 2004. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-0430104-123456/.

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Schmidt, Michael Frank. "Economic optimization of wind turbine design." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19740.

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Ding, Jiachuan. "A multiple secretary problem with switch costs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41735.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation for Design and Optimization Program, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 76).<br>In this thesis, we utilize probabilistic reasoning and simulation methods to determine the optimal selection rule for the secretary problem with switch costs, in which a known number of applicants appear sequentially in a random order, and the objective is to maximize the sum of the qualities of all hired secretaries over all time. It is assumed that the quality of each applicant is uniformly distributed and any hired secretary can be r

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Weiner, Scott M. "The effect of stochastic volatility on portfolio optimization with transaction costs." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324762.

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PESSOA, ARTUR ALVES. "TWO GRAPH OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION AND SEARCHING WITH ACCESS COSTS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2003. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=4356@1.

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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO<br>Consideramos dois problemas de otimização combinatória: o problema de transporte em redes de dutos (PTD) e o problema de busca com custos de acesso variados (PBC). No PTD, é dado um grafo orientado G = (N,A) onde cada arco tem um duto associado. Também é dado um conjunto de bateladas, onde cada batelada está inicialmente em um nó ou arco do grafo e tem um nó de destino. Algumas bateladas são chamadas de proteláveis. O objetivo do PTD é encontrar uma sequência de operações que transporte todas as bateladas não-proteláve

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Kuong-Lau, Kok-kin. "Quality assurance resource allocation using expert opinion and optimization." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24331.

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Potaptchik, Marina. "Portfolio Selection Under Nonsmooth Convex Transaction Costs." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2940.

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We consider a portfolio selection problem in the presence of transaction costs. Transaction costs on each asset are assumed to be a convex function of the amount sold or bought. This function can be nondifferentiable in a finite number of points. The objective function of this problem is a sum of a convex twice differentiable function and a separable convex nondifferentiable function. We first consider the problem in the presence of linear constraints and later generalize the results to the case when the constraints are given by the convex piece-wise linear functions. <br /><br /

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Yang, Zhi-Yuan. "Optimization of subsurface ventilation systems - application of genetic algorithms." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263422.

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Na, Sungsoo. "A Heuristic Approach to a Portfolio Optimization Model with Nonlinear Transaction Costs." NCSU, 2008. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04242008-122235/.

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In this thesis we extend the Markowitz Mean-Variance model to a rebalancing portfolio optimization problem incorporating realistic considerations such as transaction costs and a risk-free asset with short-selling allowed, and we apply the Tabu Search (TS) heuristic to solve practical portfolio problems. First of all, we propose a biobjective portfolio optimization model which we expect to yield a portfolio equilibrium by combining the two objectives: maximize the portfolioâs expected return and minimize its risk. For realistic portfolio problems we consider the multi-objective portfolio optimi

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Merriam, Ken (Ken A. ). "Reducing total fulfillment at costs at Amazon EU through network design optimization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39288.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74).<br>A key supply chain management issue encountered by any business requiring a distribution system is in designing its distribution network. A distribution network configuration has both direct and indirect ongoing effects on how a firm operates influencing everything from supplier relationship

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Perakis, Georgia. "The Price of Anarchy Under Nonlinear and Asymmetric Costs." Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Operations Research Center, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5136.

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In this paper we characterize the "price of anarchy", i.e., the inefficiency between user and system optimal solutions, when costs are non-separable, asymmetric and nonlinear, generalizing earlier work that has addressed "price of anarchy" under separable costs. The generalization models traffice equilibria, competitive multi-period pricing and competitive supply chains. The bounds established in the paper are tight and explicitly account for the degeee of asymmetry and nonlinearity of the cost function. We introduce and alternate proof method for providing bounds that uses ideas from semidenf

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Tichá, Lucie. "Analýza a řízení nákladů." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15650.

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The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the costs and their management in the company BAEST, a.s. BAEST, a.s. is a manufacturing engineering firm with a wide production range. In this work, the costs are investigated at first from the global point of view - it is analysed their structure and development here. Further part of the work gives attention to calculations. There are calculation methods characterized here, which are used by the company, and a part of this section is setting of the planned and the final calculation and analysis of variances. Conclusion is aimed to possible productio

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Mullen, Patrick B. "Learning in short-time horizons with measurable costs /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1585.pdf.

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Melnyk, Yaroslav Verfasser], and Ralf [Akademischer Betreuer] [Korn. "Portfolio Optimization and Stochastic Control under Transaction Costs / Yaroslav Melnyk. Betreuer: Ralf Korn." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1071087436/34.

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Belak, Christoph [Verfasser], and Jörn [Akademischer Betreuer] Sass. "Worst-Case Portfolio Optimization: Transaction Costs and Bubbles / Christoph Belak. Betreuer: Jörn Sass." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1069938688/34.

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Ramilton, Alan. "On Portfolio Optimization: The Benefits of Constraints in the Presence of Transaction Costs." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-226818.

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Most studies view transaction costs and constraints separate in the mean-variance framework. As such, I evaluate the benefits of holding and turnover constraints in the presence of transaction costs on Swedish Asset Returns. In theory, the benefits should be limited when transaction costs are included in the portfolio rebalancing problem. By using the model developed by Mitchell and Braun (2003), my results indicate that there are benefits of holding constraints in the mean-variance optimization. The main issue with the long-only portfolio is its lack of diversification. The strategy allocates

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Melnyk, Yaroslav [Verfasser], and Ralf [Akademischer Betreuer] Korn. "Portfolio Optimization and Stochastic Control under Transaction Costs / Yaroslav Melnyk. Betreuer: Ralf Korn." Kaiserslautern : Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1071087436/34.

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Ebadi, Nasim. "Estimating Costs of Reducing Environmental Emissions From a Dairy Farm: Multi-objective epsilon-constraint Optimization Versus Single Objective Constrained Optimization." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99304.

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Agricultural production is an important source of environmental emissions. While water quality concerns related to animal agriculture have been studied extensively, air quality issues have become an increasing concern. Due to the transfer of nutrients between air, water, and soil, emissions to air can harm water quality. We conduct a multi-objective optimization analysis for a representative dairy farm with two different approaches: nonlinear programming (NLP) and ϵ-constraint optimization to evaluate trade-offs among reduction of multiple pollutants including nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), gre

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Jiang, Tian. "Optimization problem in single period markets." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5650.

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There had been a number of researches that investigated on the security market without transaction costs. The focus of this research is in the area that when the security market with transaction costs is fair and in such fair market how one chooses a suitable portfolio to optimize the financial goal. The research approach adopted in this thesis includes linear algebra and elementary probability. The thesis provides evidence that we can maximize expected utility function to achieve our goal (maximize expected return under certain risk tolerance). The main conclusions drawn from this study

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Košútová, Katarína. "Řízení výměny nástrojů a optimalizace výrobního procesu za účelem snížení nákladů na prostoje." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-400963.

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Diploma thesis is analyses and optimizes downtimes in production of brake discs, to find causes of downtimes, quantifying the cost of downtimes and also proposing solutions. The thesis is divided into several parts. The first is the theoretical basis, which is the basis for the following two parts of the thesis, namely the analysis of the current state and technical-economic evaluation.

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Narimani, Zamanabadi Afsaneh. "Optimal allocation of central storage in segmented rural distribution networks considering operational costs and reliability." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103703/1/Afsaneh_NARIMANI%20ZAMANABADI_Thesis.pdf.

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In this research work a novel approach is established to optimize the capacity of storage devices; owned and operated by aggregator/retailer, which are centrally installed in each load populated segmenting structure of rural distribution network. The objective of this optimization framework is to minimize investment/maintenance and energy purchase costs for the aggregator/retailer while achieving a certain level of network reliability. Genetic algorithm and fmincon optimization methods are used in this work.

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Sheldon, Karl Edward. "Analysis Methods to Control Performance Variability and Costs in Turbine Engine Manufacturing." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32290.

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Few aircraft engine manufacturers are able to consistently achieve high levels of performance reliability in newly manufactured engines. Much of the variation in performance reliability is due to the combined effect of tolerances of key engine components, including tip clearances of rotating components and flow areas in turbine nozzles. This research presents system analysis methods for determining the maximum possible tolerances of these key components that will allow a turbine engine to pass a number of specified performance constraints at a selected level of reliability. Through the co

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Malik, Shadan A. "Optimization model for product mix and capacity management with activity-based information." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02022010-020435/.

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Pelletier, Geneviève. "Pump scheduling and reservoir releases for the optimization of water supply system operating costs." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/10249.

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The main goal of this project was to optimize pump scheduling and reservoir releases for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton's (RMOC) water supply system. The first objective was to identify, through application of an optimization model (OM), the potential savings from improved pump scheduling for RMOC's water supply system. A computer model was designed to optimize electricity costs at RMOC's water purification plants (WPPs) using linear programming (LP) with a Borland's Quattro Pro spreadsheet and its built-in LP solver called Optimizer. The model has two levels of optimization: Lev

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Yassir, Jedra. "Multi-period portfolio optimization given a priori information on signal dynamics and transactions costs." Thesis, KTH, Optimeringslära och systemteori, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-227264.

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Multi-period portfolio optimization (MPO) has gained a lot of interest in modern portfolio theory due to its consideration for inter-temporal trading e effects, especially market impacts and transactions costs, and for its subtle reliability on return predictability. However, because of the heavy computational demand, portfolio policies based on this approach have been sparsely explored. In that regard, a tractable MPO framework proposed by N. Gârleanu & L. H. Pedersen has been investigated. Using the stochastic control framework, the authors provided a closed form expression of the optima

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Hester, Joshua C. (Joshua Colón). "Flexibility for improved design : probabilistic quasi-optimization of building life cycle impacts and costs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119328.

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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2018.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>In order to design buildings with reduced environmental impacts, it is important to analyze and compare a variety of design alternatives starting at early stages of the design process. This dissertation discusses the development of a probabilistic life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology for single-family residential buildings called the Building Attribute to Impact Algorithm (BAIA), which was created

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Steffan, Philippe. "An optimization model: minimizing flour millers’ costs of production by blending wheat and additives." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14975.

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Master of Agribusiness<br>Department of Agricultural Economics<br>Jason Bergtold<br>ABSTRACT Grands Moulins d'Abidjan (GMA) is a flour milling company operating in Côte d'Ivoire. It wishes to determine the optimal blend of wheat and additives that minimizes its costs of production while meeting its quality specifications. Currently, the chief miller selects the mix of ingredients. The management of the company would like to dispose of a scientific tool that challenges the decisions of the chief miller. The thesis is about building and testing this tool, an optimization model. GMA blends up

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Mullen, Patrick Bowen. "Learning in Short-Time Horizons with Measurable Costs." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2006. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/808.

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Dynamic pricing is a difficult problem for machine learning. The environment is noisy, dynamic and has a measurable cost associated with exploration that necessitates that learning be done in short-time horizons. These short-time horizons force the learning algorithms to make pricing decisions based on scarce data. In this work, various machine learning algorithms are compared in the context of dynamic pricing. These algorithms include the Kalman filter, artificial neural networks, particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithms. The majority of these algorithms have been modified to handle

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Sheikh, Shaya. "Optimization and Risk Scenario Analysis of Procurements and Planning of Energy Systems Using Z- utility Theory." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1369301450.

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Lopez, Cesar. "Multi-energy systems simulator for hourly management and optimization of GHG emissions and fuel costs." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39803.

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Many legacy infrastructures are reaching the end of their service life. The necessary replacement of these infrastructures creates an opportunity to replace them with environmentally friendly and innovative systems. The steam plant at the University of British Columbia is one of those cases requiring replacement due to aging. The steam generation boilers are, on average, 53 years old and have short expected remaining service. The boilers process is fed by natural gas as main fuel. It was identified that almost 80% of the CO₂e emissions on campus are produced from the use of gas for heating pur

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Saxman, Tim. "The impact on fuel costs when optimizing speed and weight in a single truck transportation system." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63970.

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Traditionally, route planning in the transportation sector has only focused on minimizing the total distance driven when transporting goods or people. This is often done using software tools since planning the optimal route is a complex task that is hard to solve by hand. While driving the shortest distance possible is an effort towards lowering fuel costs, which is one of the largest operating costs for truck transportation companies, it is not necessarily the most fuel efficient route. Recently, research has emerged regarding fuel minimizing route planning in order to perform transport opera

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Penner, Margaret. "Optimal design for linear regression with variable costs and precision requirements and its applications to forestry." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29057.

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Various criteria are discussed and as algorithms for obtaining optimal designs for use in linear regression. Linear regression is used widely and effectively in forestry but the method of quantifying the linear relationship in terms of selecting observations or designing an experiment to obtain observations is often inefficient. The experiment or study objectives must be identified to develop a criterion for comparing designs. Then a method of obtaining observations can be found which performs well under this criterion. Biometricians in forestry have been slow to take advantage of one of the

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Ahrens, Lia [Verfasser]. "On Using Shadow Prices for the Asymptotic Analysis of Portfolio Optimization under Proportional Transaction Costs / Lia Ahrens." Kiel : Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1069290068/34.

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Ludwig, Andreas [Verfasser]. "Comparisons and asymptotics in the theory of portfolio optimization under fixed and proportional transaction costs / Andreas Ludwig." Kiel : Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1020283939/34.

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Mikalkėnas, Jonas. "Skalbimo resursų optimizavimo uždavinys." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2004. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2004~D_20040529_212847-78322.

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It is very important to reduce products and facilities costs for companies. The actual washing costs minimization problem is analysed in this work. The main aim of this work – to analyse the washing costs minimization problem and develop the application for minimal washing costs finding. Mathematical model of washing costs was created (for this is statistics experiment planning theory used). This model and results of multiregressional analysis were compared.

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Young, Kevin D. "Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process Optimization Algorithm in Best Management Practice Selection." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33815.

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The efficiency of a best management practice (BMP) is defined simply as a measure of how well the practice or series of practices removes targeted pollutants. While this concept is relatively simple, mathematical attempts to quantify BMP efficiency are numerous and complex. Intuitively, the pollutant removal capability of a BMP should be fundamental to the BMP selection process. However, as evidenced by the absence of removal efficiency as an influential criterion in many BMP selection procedures, it is typically not at the forefront of the BMP selection and design process. Additionally,

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Chaudhary, Muhammad Nadeem Rafique. "Real time optimization of chemical processes." Thesis, Curtin University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1419.

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Due to current changes in the global market with increasing competition, strict bounds on product specifications, pricing pressures, and environmental issues, the chemical process industry has a high demand for methods and tools that enhance profitability by reducing the operating costs using limited resources. Real time optimization (RTO) strategies combine process control and economics, and have gone through much advancement during the last few decades. A typical real time optimization application is model based and requires the solution of at least three (usually) nonlinear programming prob

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Reed, Terry William. "Qualitative investigation of cost optimization strategies for industrial-based fiber optic local area networks." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41586.

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The inherent properties of optical fibers such as small size and weight, EMI/RFI immunity, low attenuation, and large bandwidth provide many advantages over wire conductors that make fiber well-suited for communications. Fiber optic local area networks are particularly suited for use in electrically noisy and space sensitive industrial environments. The diversity of communication requirements that exist in a typical factory situation can be accommodated by the use of a hierarchical communications structure consisting of multiple tiers of fiber optic networks. The lowest tier of this structur

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Saeed, Maadi. "Hyperpath and social welfare optimization considering non-additive public transport fare structures." Kyoto University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/235081.

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Válek, Libor. "Optimalizace vlastních nákladů u dopravní firmy JOLLY trans, s.r.o." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264446.

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The Master´s Thesis deals with analyze of total costs in transportation company JOLLY trans, s.r.o., where these costs are divided into operational and financial. This thesis is preparing data for a pricing of the transportation. Operational costs are divided into salary for driver, fuel and much more, there are a lot of hidden charges, that affect the final price of transportation. Financial costs are one of the highest costs in company accountancy, because this costs include purchase of a truck and semitrailer. This thesis focus on optimization of this financial costs to save the money. Main

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Grose, Roger T. "Cost-constrained project scheduling with task durations and costs that may increase over time demonstrated with the U.S. Army future combat systems /." Thesis, View thesis via NPS View thesis via DTIC, 2004. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA424957.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2004.<br>Title from title screen (viewed June 28, 2005). "June 2004." Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61). Also issued in paper format.

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