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Probabilistic Optimal-Cost Scheduling
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2001During the planning and execution of construction projects, it often becomes necessary to shorten the duration of the project. A widely used technique for reducing the duration of a project is commonly referred to as least-cost scheduling. This procedure is based on deterministically arriving at the shortest project duration for the minimum cost ...
Leroy J. Isidore, W. Edward Back
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COST AUTOMATA, OPTIMALITY AND TOLERANCE
Kybernetes, 1982A simple adaption of Dijkstra's algorithm for finding a minimum weight path on a weighted directed graph serves to solve the optimal control problem posed by Arbib for tolerance automata with cost function. Cumulative cost automata and the application of network theory to cost automata are also discussed.
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Adaptation costs, coordination costs and optimal firm size
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1991The problem of determining the scope of a firm (what things are done within the firm) was in part addressed in chapter 4. This chapter considers the role of adaptation and coordination costs in explaining U-shaped cost curves and in determining optimal firm size, where size is defined as the number of individuals participating in the activity of the ...
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Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2003
Abstract The main goals of quality management in all industries are customer satisfaction by delivery of defect-free products and the radical reduction of defect rates and quality costs in the production. Controlled technological processes are the most important way to reach these goals. These principles are standard in mechanical engineering and are
M. Oppermann, W. Sauer, H. Wohlrabe
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Abstract The main goals of quality management in all industries are customer satisfaction by delivery of defect-free products and the radical reduction of defect rates and quality costs in the production. Controlled technological processes are the most important way to reach these goals. These principles are standard in mechanical engineering and are
M. Oppermann, W. Sauer, H. Wohlrabe
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District Heating Cost Optimization
Volume 1: Biofuels, Hydrogen, Syngas, and Alternate Fuels; CHP and Hybrid Power and Energy Systems; Concentrating Solar Power; Energy Storage; Environmental, Economic, and Policy Considerations of Advanced Energy Systems; Geothermal, Ocean, and Emerging Energy Technologies; Photovoltaics; Posters; Solar Chemistry; Sustainable Building Energy Systems; Sustainable Infrastructure and Transportation; Thermodynamic Analysis of Energy Systems; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies, 2016When buildings of various use-types are served by a district energy system, many societal benefits occur, including improved capacity utilization, reduced energy use, and more cost-effective redundancy. In addition, a central system may benefit financially from commodity leveraging, utility incentives and cogeneration.
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Cloud Native Cost Optimization
Proceedings of the 6th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering, 2015For traditional datacenter applications capacity is a fixed upfront cost, so there is little incentive to stop using it once it's been allocated, and it has to be over-provisioned most of the time so there is enough capacity for peak loads. When traditional application and operating practices are used in cloud deployments there are immediate benefits ...
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Cost Optimal Energy Performance
2013EPBD recast requires Member States (MS) to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements of buildings are set with a view to achieving cost optimal levels using a comparative methodology framework established by the Commission [1]. Cost optimal performance level means the energy performance in terms of primary energy leading to minimum life cycle
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