Energy storage system (ESS) plays a critical role in balancing the temporal imbalance between power generation and demand in the energy market. However, large-scale ESS deployment has been limited due to high upfront costs. To encourage grid-scale battery deployment, various forms of incentive...

The scheduling approach constitutes a key element of services trade agreements as it is the means to pursue liberalization. This paper provides an overview of the scheduling approaches adopted in 187 trade agreements notified under GATS Article V as of 30 April 2022, analyses the differences...

Purpose: The research studies the production system having multiple items being processed on the same production line. The objectives are to (1) investigate the influence of production sequence on the optimal value of production run size, (2) explore the effect of production sequence on the...

Problem definition: This paper studies the coordination of referral and scheduling policies where access to specialized medical services is managed through a centralized intake system. In this increasingly common mode of operation, a central body makes decisions regarding the allocation of...