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Cost-benefit analysis and evolutionary computing : optimal scheduling of interactive road projects
Taplin, John H. E. (ed.); Qiu, Min (ed.);  … - 2005
This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban projects and to the optimization of maintenance. The authors...
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The economics of hydroelectric power
Edwards, Brian Keith - 2003
Despite the extensive body of literature on energy economics, very little economics research has been conducted that focuses specifically on dams and hydroelectric power. Brian Edwards addresses this deficiency by examining the multiple roles that dams play, as well as the role of hydroelectric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474088
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Reforming transport pricing in the European Union : a modelling approach
Borger, Bruno de (contributor); Proost, Stef (contributor) - 2001
This timely book deals with the problem of pricing passenger and freight transportation within Europe. The contributors argue that current legislation affecting pricing and regulation is increasingly less successful in dealing with market failures and externalities such as congestion, air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851849
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Optimal monetary policy under uncertainty
Froyen, Richard T. - 2007
Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of optimal monetary policy under uncertainty. This book provides a thorough survey of the literature that has resulted from this renewed interest. The authors ground recent contributions on the 'science of monetary policy' in the...
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Decisions, preferences, and heuristics : an introduction to economic psychology and behavioral economics
Mir Artigues, Pere - 2023
elements together, the author presents a seminal model combining preferences and heuristics to explain choices in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372512
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Marketing automation and decision making : the role of heuristics and AI in marketing
Guercini, Simone - 2023
role of heuristics and marketers' decision making within the industry's growing utilisation of AI. Simone Guercini analyses … over a decade of research, arguing that heuristics remain an important behavioural indicator despite complex data …-driven models now characterising marketers' decision making. Key examples of heuristics within marketing automation are referenced …
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Cooperative networks : control and optimization
Grundel, Don (ed.); Murphey, Robert (ed.);  … - 2008
Cooperative networks have gained a tremendous amount of attention over the last several years because of their existence not only in biological, social and economic arenas, but because of direct applications in many more areas such as communications, robotics and military sciences. This volume...
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Elgar companion to Herbert Simon
Gigerenzer, Gerd (ed.); Modarres-Mousavi, Shabnam (ed.);  … - 2024
subjective expected utility theory and Bayesian theory, chapters discuss how he instead promoted the development of empirically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544819
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, A. P.; McCombie, J. S. L.; Arestis, Philip; … - 2006
demonstrates the considerable influence that his work on economic theory has had on his contemporaries, and the profession as a … / Mark Roberts -- Endogenous growth theory : a partial critique / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- The nature of economic … growth and the neoclassical approach. : more questions than answers? / John McCombie -- On the core of macroeconomic theory …
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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges
Djellal, Faridah - 2008
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850594