From Project economics prospective, EE options are seen as"no regrets" policies, since their net financial cost can be negative, i.e., the measures are justified purely on high financial returns. The justifiable factor is aligning programs to behavioral attitudes for utility's financial...

We discuss a few supply chain design concepts and optimization models that have been applied in the energy sector. It is not our intention to provide a comprehensive review of the vast literature. Our goal is to provide the reader with pointers to some interesting and challenging problems,...

Telecommunication networks are characterised by a complex group of intermediaries and each one of them faces two types of operational costs: transmission costs and delivery cost. This scheme allows the operator to evaluate the market structure and to perform the telecommunication service. The...