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Reforming the Tax System to Promote Environmental Objectives; An Application to Mauritius

Parry, Ian W.H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Fiscal instruments are potentially among the most effective, and cost-effective, options for addressing externalities related to poor air quality, urban road congestion, and greenhouse gases. This paper takes a case study, focused on Mauritius (a pioneer in the use of green taxes) to illustrate...

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Stochastic Goal Programming Model for Optimal Blending of Desalinated Water with Groundwater

Al-Zahrani, Muhammad; Ahmad, Abid - In: Water Resources Management 18 (2004) 4, pp. 339-352

A stochastic goal programming (GP) model is developed in orderto determine the daily production of desalination plants to meet the requirements of water blending stations (WBS) for major cities in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of SaudiArabia. The WBS is assumed to be a control point in the...

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Modelling in Distributed Telecommunications Networks

Tomasgard, Asgeir; Dye, Shane; Wallace, Stein W.; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997

The purpose of this paper is to formally describe new optimization models for distributed telecommunication networks …

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A combined optimal sizing and energy management approach for hybrid in-wheel motors of EVs

Hung, Yi-Hsuan; Wu, Chien-Hsun - In: Applied Energy 139 (2015) C, pp. 260-271

optimization improved total consumed energy by 15.31% and 15.16%, respectively. These results suggest that employing the novel …

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A review of energy sources and energy management system in electric vehicles

Tie, Siang Fui; Tan, Chee Wei - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 20 (2013) C, pp. 82-102

The issues of global warming and depletion of fossil fuels have paved opportunities to electric vehicle (EV). Moreover, the rapid development of power electronics technologies has even realized high energy-efficient vehicles. EV could be the alternative to decrease the global green house gases...

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An approach for the optimal planning of electric vehicle infrastructure for highway corridors

Sathaye, Nakul; Kelley, Scott - In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and … 59 (2013) C, pp. 15-33

An approach is presented for the estimation of minimum PEV charging infrastructure needs, and the optimization of … research that uses graph theory methods. We aim to obtain the optimal locations of publicly-funded infrastructure, to …

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Regionale Mobilität - erneuerbar und klimafreundlich

Neumann, Hans-Martin - In: Schneller, öfter, weiter? Perspektiven der …

Weltweit streben immer mehr Regionen Energieautonomie an. Angesichts der Zukunftsrisiken Klimawandel und Erdölverknappung beabsichtigen sie, ihren Energiebedarf zu 100 % aus eigenen erneuerbaren und daher CO2-neutralen Quellen zu decken. Während viele Regionen bei der Produktion von...

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Simulation-Optimization via Kriging and Bootstrapping : A Survey (Revision of CentER DP 2011-064)

Kleijnen, Jack P.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013

Abstract: This article surveys optimization of simulated systems. The simulation may be either deterministic or random …. The survey reflects the author’s extensive experience with simulation-optimization through Kriging (or Gaussian process …-free bootstrapping (or resampling) for random simulation. The survey covers: (1) Simulation-optimization through "efficient global …

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An Assessment of Estimates of Term Structure Models for the United States

Medeiros, Carlos I.; He, Ying - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

The paper assesses estimates of term structure models for the United States. To this end, this paper first describes the mathematics underlying two types of term structure models, namely the Nelson-Siegel and Cox, Ingersoll and Ross family of models, and the estimation techniques. It then...

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On the Estimation of Term Structure Models and An Application to the United States

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

This paper discusses the estimation of models of the term structure of interest rates. After reviewing the term structure models, specifically the Nelson-Siegel Model and Affine Term- Structure Model, this paper estimates the terms structure of Treasury bond yields for the United States with...

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