An optimization procedure for the optimal design of a trigenerative system to satisfy the energy needs of civil users is proposed. For the formulation of the mathematical model, it was necessary to refer to the class of MINLP (Mixed Integer Non Linear Programming Models), whose complexity is...

Hill farming in UK is experiencing very difficult economic circumstances and many farmers rely on subsidies provided by the government for a large fraction of their income. The Peak District National Park is used as a case study to examine how farmers might respond to current policy changes �...

This paper proposes a method for designing a seamless centralized emergency supply network by integrating three sub-networks (shelter network, medical network, and distribution network) to support emergency logistics operations in response to large-scale natural disasters. The proposed method...