Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

suggest that a model based on expected utility theory may account for this observation. Agents that are predisposed to … linked to emotions. The paper suggests that by explicitly including emotions as an argument in the utility function, textbook …

The Utility Accommodation Policy (UAP) is a collection of the regulations and practices to control the utility … (2002) “Present FHWA regulations, policies, and practices dealing with utility relocation and accommodation matters have … imperative to develop a utility accommodation policy that reflects the current needs of the industry. The current utility …

This work is an initial exploration of the use of the decision-theoretic concept of utility to guide pattern mining. We … present the use of utility functions as against thresholds and constraints as the mechanism to express user preferences and … formulate several pattern mining problems that use utility functions. Utility guided pattern mining provides the twin benefits …

products on the other hand; resulted in estimating the demand ofrice in Togo at the second stage of utility maximization …

expenditures for demand-side capacity options before the electric utility takes any of these actions. Once the Commission orders … certification of such an action by the electric utility, the utility can automatically recover, with certain exceptions, the costs …