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Socio-economic performance of a novel solar photovoltaic/loop-heat-pipe heat pump water heating system in three different climatic regions
Zhang, Xingxing; Shen, Jingchun; Xu, Peng; Zhao, Xudong; … - In: Applied Energy 135 (2014) C, pp. 20-34
This paper aimed to study the socio-economic performance of a novel solar photovoltaic/loop-heat-pipe (PV/LHP) heat pump water heating system for application in three different climatic regions, namely, cold area represented by London, warm area represented by Shanghai, and hot (subtropical)...
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Dynamic and microscopic simulation of the counter-current flow in a liquid desiccant dehumidifier
Luo, Yimo; Yang, Hongxing; Lu, Lin - In: Applied Energy 136 (2014) C, pp. 1018-1025
The optimal design and operation of a liquid desiccant dehumidifier needs the understanding of the flow mechanism. However, the study in this aspect is still limited. In the present work, a model has been established on the basis of computational fluent dynamics (CFD) software. With the model,...
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Comparing resource balancing criteria in master surgical scheduling: A combined optimisation-simulation approach
Cappanera, Paola; Visintin, Filippo; Banditori, Carlo - In: International Journal of Production Economics 158 (2014) C, pp. 179-196
discrete event simulation model that samples surgical times and length of stay from a probability distribution and keeps track …
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Impact of transportation lead-time variability on the economic and environmental performance of inventory systems
Arıkan, Emel; Fichtinger, Johannes; Ries, Jörg M. - In: International Journal of Production Economics 157 (2014) C, pp. 279-288
highlighted by a simulation study based on empirical data from an international container shipping supply chain. …
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Optimal ordering, issuance and disposal policies for inventory management of perishable products
Haijema, Rene - In: International Journal of Production Economics 157 (2014) C, pp. 158-169
Perishables, such as packed fresh food and pharmaceutical products (a.o. blood products), typically have a fixed shelf life set by a fixed use-by date or sell-by date. Despite their limited life time, orders in practice are usually based on the stock level irrespective of the ages of the...
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Simulation for assessing the liberalization of biofuels
Franco, Carlos J.; Zapata, Sebastian; Dyner, Isaac - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 41 (2015) C, pp. 298-307
Global biofuel consumption has been growing in recent years as different countries worldwide have been exploring alternatives and complements to gasoline and diesel fuel for transport. This is due to a hike in oil prices and their increasing volatility as well as both a high dependence of the...
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Green power in Ontario: A dynamic model-based analysis
Qudrat-Ullah, Hassan - In: Energy 77 (2014) C, pp. 859-870
develops, validates, and applies a dynamic simulation model. The dynamic model endogenously represents Ontario's supply mix and …
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Response Surface Methodology
Kleijnen, Jack P.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2014
Abstract: This chapter first summarizes Response Surface Methodology (RSM), which started with Box and Wilson’s article in 1951 on RSM for real, non-simulated systems. RSM is a stepwise heuristic that uses first-order polynomials to approximate the response surface locally. An estimated...
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Sensitivity Analysis of Simulation Models
Kleijnen, Jack P.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009
This contribution presents an overview of sensitivity analysis of simulation models, including the estimation of … also reviews factor screening for simulation models with very many factors, focusing on the so-called "sequential … aim at the optimization of the simulated system, allowing multiple random simulation outputs. …
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Expected Improvement in Efficient Global Optimization Through Bootstrapped Kriging - Replaces CentER DP 2010-62
Kleijnen, Jack P.C.; van Beers, W.C.M.; van Nieuwenhuyse, I. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
This article uses a sequentialized experimental design to select simulation input com- binations for global … input/output data of the simulation model (computer code). This design and analysis adapt the clas- sic "expected …
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