In this paper we try to identify manufacturing and service clusters in Spain, using data from Mercantile Registers of 2006. The proposed methodology partially follows contributions of Duranton and Overman (2005), Brenner (2003 and 2004) and Ellison and Glaser (1997), but departing from them we...

The location of a residential property in a city directly affects its market price. Each location represents different values in variables such as accessibility, neighbourhood, traffic, socio-economic level and proximity to green areas, among others. In addition, that location has an influence...

The purpose of this paper is to test the effect of non-parametric methodology of ANNs on enhancing decision-making procedures compared to classic multivariate Regression models. We implement the two methods on decision-making for loan allowances and on a valuation of collaterals using data from...

Electricity demand from air conditioners are increasing every year due to increasing ambient air temperature. Several air-conditioned rooms in Thailand currently use low-efficient fixed-speed air conditioners. Prediction of heat load entering air-conditioned rooms may lead to better control of...

In recent times, there has been a renewed interest in cluster policies for supporting industrial and regional development. Prominent economics like Porter and Krugman emphasise the role of clusters in regional competition and show in which way clusters can positively affect competition by...