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Warren, Matthew; Leitch, Shona - 2010

infrastructure such as supply chain management (SCM) systems are distributed across a number of entities. The paper focuses upon the … security and risk issues associated with SCM systems within the realms of critical infrastructure protection. …

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EU-Russia energy relations: What chance for solutions? : A focus on the natural gas sector

Böhme, Dimo - 2011

Public debate about energy relations between the EU and Russia is distorted. These distortions present considerable obstacles to the development of true partnership. At the core of the conflict is a struggle for resource rents between energy producing, energy consuming and transit...

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Dynamic and Robust Capacitated Facility Location in Time Varying Demand Environments

Uster, Halit (contributor) - 2009

This dissertation studies models for locating facilities in time varying demandenvironments. We describe the characteristics of the time varying demand that motivatethe analysis of our location models in terms of total demand and the changein value and location of the demand of each customer....

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Solution methodologies for vehicle routing problems with stochastic demand

Goodson, Justin Christopher - 2010

We present solution methodologies for vehicle routing problems (VRPs) with stochastic demand, with a specific focus on the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demand (VRPSD) and the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demand and duration limits (VRPSDL). The VRPSD and the VRPSDL are...

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A simulated annealing methodology for clusterwise linear regression

DeSarbo, Wayne S.; Oliver, Richard L.; Rangaswamy, Arvind - 1989

In many regression applications, users are often faced with difficulties due to nonlinear relationships, heterogeneous subjects, or time series which are best represented by splines. In such applications, two or more regression functions are often necessary to best summarize the underlying...

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Estimating the parameters of Weibull distribution using simulated annealing algorithm

Abbasi, B; Jahromi, A - 2006

Weibull distribution plays an important role in failure distribution modeling in reliability studies. It is a hard work to estimate the parameters of Weibull distribution. This distribution has three parameters, but for simplicity, a parameter is omitted and as a result, the estimation of the...

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Sustainable Development of Oil and Gas in the Niger Delta

Ekwere, Kingsley Udo - 2009

against ownership and control of oil and gas and the distribution of its benefits, but also challenging policies and practices … an overview of the issue of ownership of oil and gas in Nigeria and to examine the principle of sustainable development …

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Local content development in the Nigerian oil and gas industry : why it is not succeeding? / C.O. Obi

Obi, Chuka Obinna - 2008

This research focuses on human capacity development in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The need for local capacity … building in this industry is imperative because oil and gas proceeds are the major source of foreign exchange earnings for the … implementation and particular attention is paid to specific factors that enhance participation of local firms in the oil and gas …

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The British North Sea: The Importance Of And Factors Affecting Tax Revenue From Oil Production

Hill, Mark T 1974- - 2003

The oil industry is the richest and most influential industry in the world. The industry has moved the fates of nations. Oil is required to fight wars and exert power, and the restriction of this energy source is paramount to the restriction of movement, control, and in the end, power....

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The Structure and Contributions of Relational Contracts: Theory and Evidence from Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements

Libecap, Gary D.; Smith, James L. - 1997

exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs in the United States and Canada. To mitigate common pool losses, oil fields often are …

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