This paper presents a new approach to solve the short-term unit commitment problem using genetic algorithm-based simulated annealing method for utility system. The objective of this paper is to find the generation scheduling such that the total operating cost can be minimised when subjected to a...

This paper presents a new approach to solve the short-term unit commitment problem using genetic algorithm-based simulated annealing method for utility system. The objective of this paper is to find the generation scheduling such that the total operating cost can be minimised when subjected to a...

This article describes how slum upgrading comprehensive plans and urban regularization plans are two planning tools which have been used by Brazilian municipalities to promote integrated interventions in slums and illegal settlements. Aimed at urban-environmental improvements, as well as land...

Collaborative planning deals with aligning the production plans of legally separated companies. This thesis provides an approach for aligning detailed schedules in a scenario where several suppliers are delivering intermediate goods to one manufacturer. For producing the goods in a...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. October 2010. Major: Conservation Biology. Advisor: Kristen C. Nelson, PhD. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 182 pages, appendices 1-3.

Dieser Beitrag setzt sich auf der Basis einer internationalen Literaturübersicht mit Planungskonflikten in der pluralistischen Demokratie auseinander. Unser Ziel ist es, den Stand der Forschung zum Umgang der räumlichen Planung mit Konflikten nachzuzeichnen. Außerdem wird die Entwicklung von...

Place attachment, usually referring to the emotional relationships between people and places, has been studied intensely by environmental psychologists and humanistic geographers for decades. Its influence on landscape planning and development has recently gained increasing attention. Place...

Cooperation in the ocean liner shipping industry has always been important to improve liner shipping networks (LSN's). As tight cooperations like alliances are challenged by antitrust laws, looser forms of cooperation among liner carriers might become a reasonable way to increase efficiency of...