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We apply a duration analysis to test the conflicting predictions of the median voter model and the lobbying model using panel data on regional trade agreement (RTA) formation. Our results show that the pro-labor prediction of the median voter model is supported by the full-fledged free trade...
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asked product designers to use various mathematical models to compare and select design alternatives, and a set of … practices and needs during decision making. Based on these studies, we concluded that the mathematical models, as formulated …
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Properly designed decision support environments encourage proactive and objective decision making. The work presented in this paper inquires into developing a decision support environment and a tool to facilitate objective decision making in dealing with road traffic noise. The decision support...
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comminution area at least, the more popular commercially available packages (e.g. JKSimMet, Limn, MODSIM) use the models developed … 30 years of hindsight, this paper discusses the assumptions and approximations used in developing these models … highlighted and an assessment made of the general applicability of each of the models, their limitations and the sources of error …
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Texas is experiencing dramatic population growth with an expected doubling by 2050. This growth suggests a substantial increase in the demand for potable water when the state already faces serious water issues. Such dynamics raise concerns regarding both the quantity and quality of future water...
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Gegenstand der Arbeit ist die Bewirtschaftung von Grundwasser unter dem besonderen Aspekt der Nachhaltigkeit. Bestehende Ansätze für eine nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft werden aufgegriffen, weiterentwickelt und Schlussfolgerungen für die Grundwasserpolitik gezogen. Die Untersuchung umfasst auch...
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eastern states, and which is based on the principle of minimal regulation. Mathematical models are developed for each water … dissertation recommends that policy makers give more consideration to the proportionally fair allocation due to its consistency …
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of understanding of the models currently in use, to standardize the methodology used in making planning and operations … models and should lead to better integrated and more comprehensive plans and policy decisions in future years. …This document is a preliminary effort to draw together some of the important simulation models that are available to …
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can absorb, resulting in the development of shallow watertables causing salinity and waterlogging. Policy based on … the economic impacts of adopting such a policy in the Coleambally Irrigation Area in southwestern New South Wales …
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. Financial and economic models of hardwood plantations in Queensland are developed to test this hypothesis. The economic model … accounts for carbon sequestration, salinity amelioration and other ecosystem service values of hardwood plantations. A carbon … model estimates the value of carbon sequestered, while salinity and other ecosystem service values are estimated by the …
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