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Quality assurance in higher education : a managerial perspective at a university of technology
Harris, Maleecka - 2008
ofbusiness, the science of management is volatile. Higher Education Institutions areservice providers and the customers thereof … the Cape PeninsulaUniversity ofTechnology (CPUT), in terms of service delivery.IV~ To determine if management has a … strategic focus on the quality of service tostudents at CPUT.~ To demonstrate the impact that management has on the quality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447151
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Evaluation of resource impact factors versus social cost estimates in determining building energy performance standard levels
Nieves, L.A.; Nesse, R.J.; Adams, R.C.; McDonald, C.L. - 2011
In order to increase the welfare of society through the implementation of a building energy-performance standard, a method is required by which the least-cost means of obtaining the desired space conditioning of a building can be estimated. In other words, a life-cycle cost model must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435495
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Feasibility study to update annualized cost of leaving (ACOL) procedures at the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center (NPRDC)
Trumble, D.; Flanagan, D.M. - 2008
Personnel Research and Development Center (NPRDC), reviews existing forecasting and simulation methodologies and suggests new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435679
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A Review of Recent RTO Benefit-Cost Studies: Toward MoreComprehensive Assessments of FERC Electricity RestructuringPolicies
Eto, Joseph H.; Lesieutre, Bernard C. - 2009
readily estimated using traditional production-cost simulation techniques, which compare the cost of centralized dispatch … benefits (and costs) resulting from the impacts of RTOs on reliability management, generation and transmission investment and … management, generation and transmission investment and operation, and wholesale electricity market operation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435767
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Selection of technical risk responses for efficient contingencies
Kujawski, Edouard - 2008
The primary goal of good project risk management should be to successfully deliver projects for the lowest cost at an … Monte Carlo simulation tools. The approach is detailed using a realistic but simplified case of a project with two technical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435988
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2007 Wholesale Power Rate Case Initial Proposal : Risk Analysis Study Documentation.
United States. Bonneville Power Administration. - 2009
The RiskMod Model is comprised of a set of risk simulation models, collectively referred to as RiskSim; a set of … computer programs that manages data referred to as Data Management Procedures; and RevSim, a model that calculates net revenues … prices are estimated by the AURORA Model. Data Management Procedures facilitate the format and movement of data that flow to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436102
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2007 Wholesale Power Rate Case Final Proposal : Risk Analysis Study Documentation.
United States. Bonneville Power Administration. - 2009
The RiskMod Model is comprised of a set of risk simulation models, collectively referred to as RiskSim; a set of … computer programs that manages data referred to as Data Management Procedures; and RevSim, a model that calculates net revenues … prices are estimated by the AURORA Model. Data Management Procedures facilitate the format and movement of data that flow to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436116
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Evaluation Between Existing and Improved CCF Modeling Using the NRC SPAR Models
James K. Knudsen - 2010
Abstract: The NRC SPAR models currently employ the alpha factor common cause failure (CCF) methodology and model CCF for a group of redundant components as a single “rolled-up” basic event. These SPAR models will be updated to employ a more computationally intensive and accurate approach by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436483
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Addressing an Uncertain Future Using Scenario Analysis
Siddiqui, Afzal S.; Marnay, Chris - 2008
management purposes. The need to introduce some treatment of uncertainty arises both because it would be good general management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436634
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Real Time Pricing and the Real Live Firm
Moezzi, Mithra; Goldman, Charles; Sezgen, Osman; … - 2008
management strives to minimize operating costs and optimize profit, and labor, capital and energy are potential substitutes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437089