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The influence of the legal and economical environment and the profile of activities on the optimal design features of a natural-gas-fired combined heat and power plant

Kotowicz, Janusz; Bartela, Łukasz - In: Energy 36 (2011) 1, pp. 328-338

The paper deals with the effect of some selected quantities occurring in the legal and economical environment on the optimal values of some selected design quantities of a natural-gas-fired CHP plant. This trend of investigations results from the newly observed legal changes in the legislation...

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Extraction of synoptic pressure patterns for long-term wind speed estimation in wind farms using evolutionary computing

Carro-Calvo, L.; Salcedo-Sanz, S.; Kirchner-Bossi, N.; … - In: Energy 36 (2011) 3, pp. 1571-1581

In this paper we present an evolutionary approach for the problem of discovering pressure patterns under a quality measure related to wind speed and direction. This clustering problem is specially interesting for companies involving in the management of wind farms, since it can be useful for...

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Generating random graphs with tunable clustering coefficients

Heath, Lenwood S.; Parikh, Nidhi - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 390 (2011) 23, pp. 4577-4587

neighbors of each other. We propose two algorithms, Conf and Throw, that take triangle and single edge degree sequences as input …

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Optimization of the size of a solar thermal electricity plant by means of genetic algorithms

Cabello, J.M.; Cejudo, J.M.; Luque, M.; Ruiz, F.; Deb, K.; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 11, pp. 3146-3153

not possible and genetic algorithms have been used. An important feature of the model is that the minimum level of the …

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Prediction of daily maximum temperature using a support vector regression algorithm

Paniagua-Tineo, A.; Salcedo-Sanz, S.; Casanova-Mateo, C.; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 11, pp. 3054-3060

Daily maximum temperature can be used a good indicator of peak energy consumption, since it can be used to predict the massive use of heating or air conditioning systems. Thus, the prediction of daily maximum temperature is an important problem with interesting applications in the energy field,...

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Event Processing and Variable Part of Sample Period Determining in Combined Systems Using GA

Maximilián, Strémy; Pavol, Závacký; Martin, Jedlička - In: Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and … 19 (2011) 30, pp. 99-104

particularly on sampling period design, cyclic processing tasks and related processing algorithms in the combined event management … systems using genetic algorithms. …

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Genetic Algorithms for Solving Scheduling Problems in Manufacturing Systems

Anna, Ławrynowicz - In: Foundations of Management 3 (2011) 2, pp. 7-26

. Therefore, many researchers have proposed methods with genetic algorithms to support scheduling in the manufacturing system. The … genetic algorithms for the advanced scheduling. In addition, the author proposes a new approach to the distributed scheduling …

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Application of a Genetic Algorithm for the Optimization of a Complex Reservoir System in Tunisia

Louati, Mohamed; Benabdallah, Sihem; Lebdi, Fethi; … - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 10, pp. 2387-2404

A genetic algorithm (GA) model is developed and used for optimizing the allocation of water resources within a complex multiple reservoir system located in Tunisia. The GA model considers two objectives: the water allocation to demand centers and the salinity level of the water supply to end...

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Overall design optimization of wind farms

González, J. Serrano; Rodríguez, Á.G. González; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 7, pp. 1973-1982

An Evolutive Algorithm (EA) for wind farm optimal overall design is presented. The algorithm objective is to optimize the profits given an investment on a wind farm. Net Present Value (NPV) will be used as a figure of the revenue in the proposed method. To estimate the NPV is necessary to...

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Two Algorithms for Relaxed Structural Balance Partitioning: Linking Theory, Models, and Data to Understand Social Network Phenomena

Brusco, Michael; Doreian, Patrick; Mrvar, Andrej; … - In: Sociological Methods & Research 40 (2011) 1, pp. 57-87

the nature of partition structures for balanced signed networks. Algorithms for partitioning signed networks, informed by … model are appropriate. The authors consider two algorithms for establishing partitions of signed networks in terms of … their contributions are discussed. Together, the two algorithms provide a sound foundation for partitioning signed networks …

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