Two stylized backstop systems with endogenous technological learning formulations (ETL) are introduced in MERGE: one for the electric and the other for the non-electric markets. Then the model is applied to analyze the impacts of ETL on carbon-mitigation policy, contrasting the resulting impacts...

This paper examines the conditions for credit volume or borrower rationing in a competitive credit market in which the project characteristics are private information of the borrowers. There can only be credit volume rationing if the higher-risk credit applicants have a higher return in the...

A large reservoir of frozen human embryos is a negative outcome of their cryostorage for in vitro fertilization treatments. The existence of unused stored embryos, referred to herein as "remaining embryos", places the service provider (usually a hospital) in a fragile situation. This is...

The level of service on public transit routes is very much affected by the frequency and vehicle capacity. The combined values of these variables contribute to the costs associated with route operations as well as the costs associated with passenger comfort, such as waiting and overcrowding. The...

In satellite communication, Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) has become one of the most promising techniques that can accommodate continuing increase in the number of users and traffic demands. The technology is based on radio resource sharing that separates communication channels in...

This paper presents an efficient design tool for the estimation of the transient electromagnetic peak torque and transient rotor over-voltages of wind turbines (WT) doubly-fed induction generators (DFIG) during severe fault conditions on the grid side. This versatile and robust tool is well...

There is a growing interest in applying robust techniques for profiling complex processes in industry. In this work, we present an approach for analyzing fractional-factorial data by building distribution-free models suitable for dealing with replicated trials in search of non-linear effects....

This paper deals with an inventory model for deteriorating items with inventory dependent demand function. Most of the inventory models are considered with constant rate of deterioration. In this article, we consider time varying deterioration rate. Based on the demand and inventory, the model...

Search-based advertising has become very popular since it provides advertisers the ability to attract potential customers with measurable returns. In this type of advertising, advertisers bid on keywords to have an impact on their ad’s placement, which in turn affects the response from...

This paper examines the conditions for credit volume or borrower rationing in a competitive credit market in which the project characteristics are private information of the borrowers. There can only be credit volume rationing if the higher-risk credit applicants have a higher return in the...