Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of...

In this paper a microcomputer software package is implemented to help the decision maker (DM) to obtain the best energy conservation policy in the melting phase of glass production. A multiple objective linear programming formulation for the melting phase is developed that demonstrates how...