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A computational study of Ising‐based solvers for discrete landscape exploration in process optimization

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conceptual process design combines discrete configuration choices with continuous operating decisions, often yielding difficult mixed‐integer nonlinear or simulation‐based optimization problems. This work presents an exploratory computational assessment of Ising‐based solvers, simulated annealing, quantum annealing, and entropy computing, as ...
Yirang Park, David E. Bernal Neira
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Process‐informed co‐optimization of liquid air energy storage and data centers under off‐design thermodynamic operation

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The rapid growth of AI data centers (AIDCs) is intensifying stress on power systems and exposing operators to volatile electricity markets. This work develops a process‐informed co‐optimization framework that integrates liquid air energy storage (LAES) with AIDC operation. Unlike black‐box storage models, the proposed formulation captures LAES
Zhicong Fang, Xiaopo Cheng, Hui Geng, Jiaze Ma   +3 more
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Building a scenario based active mapping investment tool within a physical asset management framework

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2014
This study explores the implementation of an integrated capital budgeting visual mapping framework comprised of both Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Real Options Analysis (ROA) techniques.
Cedric Abraham Campher, PJ Vlok
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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
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Financial management practices and Agri-SME performance: does subjective financial literacy hold the key?

Cogent Business & Management
This study investigates how four key financial management practices (FMPs), namely the working capital, capital budgeting, financial reporting, and financing affect Agri-SME performance in Tanzania, focusing on the mediating role of the manager’s ...
Kulwa Mwita Mang’ana
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
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Certainty equivalent coefficients and capital budgeting: A caveat

South African Journal of Business Management, 1993
The purpose of this technical note is to draw attention to the problems which are inherent in the use of certainty equivalent coefficients as an approach to incorporating risk into capital budgeting.
S. Paulo
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Capital Budgeting: the Romanian Credit Analysts’ Points of View [PDF]

This study aims to disclose the methods and instruments used by the credit analysts in the most important Romanian banks regarding capital budgeting. It can be noticed that the dominant standpoint converges to the recommendations of the main reference ...
Andreea Semenescu, Ingrid-Mihaela Dragota, Lucian Tâtu, Nicoleta Vintila, Victor Dragota, Daniel Traian Pele   +5 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
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Community partner perspectives on community‐academic health research partnerships with Black American communities: A scoping review

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Evaluations of community‐engaged research (CEnR) typically emphasize health outcomes rather than the partnership processes that contribute to intervention effectiveness. This scoping review synthesized community partner‐identified strategies for successful community‐academic health research partnerships with Black American communities and ...
Kaylyn A. Garcia, Dylan R. Wong, Derek Griffith, Nada M. Goodrum, Bret Kloos, Shannon Deutsch, Guillermo M. Wippold   +6 more
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