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Ex-vessel Pricing and IFQs: A Strategic Approach
Fell, Harrison - 2010
In this article, intraseasonal fishing is modeled as a differential game between fishers in a total allowable catch (TAC)–regulated fishery with and without individual fishing quotas (IFQs). Heterogeneous harvest values are included by incorporating time-specific harvest costs and a...
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A TRADE NETWORK GAME WITH ENDOGENOUS PARTNER SELECTION
Tesfatsion, Leigh - 1995
This paper develops a Trade Network Game (TNG) that combines evolutionary game play with endogenous partner selection. Resource-constrained buyers and sellers choose and refuse trade partners on the basis of continually updated expected payoffs. Partner selection takes place in accordance with a...
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Risk-resilient heuristics and genetic algorithms for security-assured grid job scheduling
Song, SS; Hwang, K; Kwok, YK - 2006
In scheduling a large number of user jobs for parallel execution on an open-resource grid system, the jobs are subject to system failures or delays caused by infected hardware, software vulnerability, and distrusted security policy. This paper models the risk and insecure conditions in grid job...
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Product warranty logistics: Issues and challenges
Murthy, D. N. P.; Solem, O.; Roren, T. - 2004
Warranty is an important element of marketing new products. The servicing of warranty results in additional costs to the manufacturer. Warranty logistics deals with various issues relating to the servicing of warranty. Proper management of warranty logistics is needed not only to reduce the...
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Accounting for Additional Heterogeneity: A Theoretic Extension of an Extant Economic Model
Barney, Bradley John 1980- - 2007
The assumption in economics of a representative agent is often made. However, it is a very rigid assumption. Hall and Jones (2004b) presented an economic model that essentially provided for a representative agent for each age group in determining the group's health level function. Our work seeks...
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Whole life cost methods for computer systems
Bradley, Malcolm - 1998
This thesis provides an analysis of cost of ownership issues and techniques, andprovides the supporting data to enable future system designers to make rationaldecisions on design options. It represents the experience gained whilst collectingcost and cost relationship data in the Rolls-Royce...
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Ein genetischer Algorithmus zur kostenorientierten Losgr??en- und Reihenfolgebestimmung bei getakteten Mehrproduktflie?linien
Reidel, Sonja - 2006
In vorliegender Arbeit wird das Problem der kostenorientierten Losgr??en- und Reihenfolgebestimmung bei getakteter Mehrproduktflie?linienfertigung untersucht. Das Problem kann als Teilproblem der Produktionsablaufplanung f?r den Fall der Serien- oder Sortenproduktion charakterisiert werden....
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A Taxonomy of electricity demand forecasting techniques and a selection strategy
Maniatis, Paraschos - 2017
In this research, a taxonomy of known electricity demand forecasting techniques is presented based on extensive … empirical studies. In addition, a decision strategy for selecting an electricity demand forecasting method has been presented … demand forecasting experts (through a questionnaire). The techniques have been assessed based on time horizon, accuracy …
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The Relatve Influence of Advice from Human Experts and Statistical Methods on Forecast Adjustments
Önkal, Dilek; Goodwin, Paul; Thomson, Mary E.; … - 2009
methods. This research examines, in the context of stock price forecasting, how the apparent source of the advice affects the … expert and the other that they were generated by a statistical forecasting method. The participants were then asked to adjust …
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Do forecasts expressed as prediction intervals improve production planning decisions?
Goodwin, Paul; Önkal, Dilek; Thomson, Mary E. - 2010
A number of studies have shown that providing point forecasts to decision makers can lead to improved production planning decisions. However, point forecasts do not convey information about the level of uncertainty that is associated with forecasts. In theory, the provision of prediction...
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