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Cost Model Based Service Placement in Federated Hybrid Clouds

Altmann, Jorn; Kashef, Mohammad Mahdi - Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program … - 2014

As cloud federation allows companies in need of computational resources to use computational resources hosted by different cloud providers, it reduces the cost of IT infrastructure by lowering capital and operational expenses. This is the result of economies of scale and the possibility for...

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Control Plane Framework Emergence and its Deployment Cost Estimation

Hassan, Ahmad Mohammad; Altmann, Jorn; Lopez, Victor - Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program … - 2012

calculate the deployment cost of new technologies in production transport networks. Apart from OPEX and CAPEX, which are … rooted in technical factors but also in a lack of understanding of economic factors. Standard OPEX and CAPEX cost models … framework deployment will lead to a 50 percent decrease in OPEX and despite the fact that transport providers seek new ways to …

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Comparing FTTH access networks based on P2P and PMP fibre topologies

Jay, Stephan; Neumann, Karl-Heinz; Plückebaum, Thomas - In: Telecommunications Policy 38 (2014) 5, pp. 415-425

There is an ongoing discussion in the market which Next Generation Access (NGA) architecture best suits future needs and which investment and cost differences exist. The discussion can be subsumed as P2P vs. GPON, which is somewhat misleading as this article reveals. The discussion is driven by...

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Beachfront commons

Elsner, Jens; Weber, Arnd - In: Telecommunications Policy 38 (2014) 8, pp. 709-714

potentially disruptive technology would be to have unlicensed transmission in the lower UHF bands at power levels up to, e.g. 2 W …

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TESTING OF UHF RFID READER FOR ITS APPLICATION IN WAREHOUSING MANAGEMENT

Knuth, Peter; Modrák, Vladimír; Šebej, Peter; … - In: Advanced Logistic systems 3 (2009) 1, pp. 157-162

This paper deals with UHF RFID reader testing of optimal tag positions for maximal and minimal read range. Consequently …, this knowledge about optimal tag position is used in verification of UHF RFID technology suitability in the environment of …

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AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS IN WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT

Modrák, Vladimír; Knuth, Peter - In: Advanced Logistic systems 4 (2010) 1, pp. 151-154

Automatic identification of items saves time and is beneficial in various areas, including warehouse management. Identification can be done by many technologies, but RFID technology seems to be one of the smartest solutions. This article deals with testing and possible use of RFID technology in...

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The farm to biorefinery continuum: A techno-economic and LCA analysis of ethanol production from sweet sorghum juice

Caffrey, Kevin R.; Veal, Matthew W.; Chinn, Mari S. - In: Agricultural Systems 130 (2014) C, pp. 55-66

This paper describes the economic, environmental, and energy issues of the farm to biorefinery continuum related to production of ethanol from soluble sugars recovered from sweet sorghum using the BE3 (bioenergy economics, energy, and environmental) model methodology. A comparative analysis of...

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A feasibility study of a stand-alone hybrid solar–wind–battery system for a remote island

Ma, Tao; Yang, Hongxing; Lu, Lin - In: Applied Energy 121 (2014) C, pp. 149-158

This paper presents a detailed feasibility study and techno-economic evaluation of a standalone hybrid solar–wind system with battery energy storage for a remote island. The solar radiation and wind data on this island in 2009 was recorded for this study. The HOMER software was employed to do...

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Lipase-catalyzed process for biodiesel production: Enzyme immobilization, process simulation and optimization

Zhao, Xuebing; Qi, Feng; Yuan, Chongli; Du, Wei; Liu, Dehua - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 44 (2015) C, pp. 182-197

Transesterification of oil feedstocks using immobilized lipase (IL) is a promising process for biodiesel production. However, the running cost of this process is still higher than that of conversional chemical-catalyzed approaches. To address this challenge, both upstream and downstream...

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Achieving competitive advantage through Lean thinking

Bertels, Thomas; Appiotti, Massimo - In: Journal of Financial Transformation 18 (2006), pp. 101-104

This opinion piece describes the basic components of a Lean Banking System and how it can help drive performance improvement. Also, the article discusses the importance of metrics and the importance of considering Lean Principles when outsourcing specific processes.

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