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Application of Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Models for the Sustainable Management of Vine Pruning Residual Biomass: An Integrated Theoretical Approach

open access: yesLogistics
Background: This study explores the use of Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) models to optimize the collection and transportation of vineyard pruning biomass, a crucial resource for sustainable energy and material production.
Leonel J. R. Nunes
doaj   +1 more source

Urban water management: optimal price and investment policy under uncertainty [PDF]

open access: yes
Australian urban water utilities face a significant challenge in designing appropriate demand management and supply augmentation policies in the presence of increasing water scarcity and uncertainty over future dam inflows.
Brownlowe, Nathan   +3 more
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Expert opinion: uncertainties in hydraulic roughness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Water level predictions in rivers are used for a variety of purposes in water management. For example, designing flood defence measures and evaluating natural rehabilitation in flood plains, cannot be done without water level predictions.
Hulscher, S.J.M.H.   +2 more
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New approach to the design of mining operations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Analysis of the production development scenarios is proposed for strategic activity planning; criteria to make decisions under the uncertainty conditions as well as decision-making trees for day-to-day management are proposed to determine balanced ...
Hrinov, V., Khorolskyi, A., Mamaikin, O.
core   +1 more source

Integration of biological, economic and sociological knowledge by Bayesian belief networks: the interdisciplinary evaluation of potential Baltic salmon management plan [PDF]

open access: yes
There is a growing need to evaluate fisheries management plans in a comprehensive interdisciplinary context involving stakeholders. In this paper we demonstrate a probabilistic management model to evaluate potential management plans for Baltic salmon ...
Haapasaari, Paivi   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Livestock Gross Margin Insurance for Dairy Cattle: An Analysis of Program Performance and Cost under Alternative Policy Configurations [PDF]

open access: yes
Livestock Gross Margin insurance for dairy cattle (LGM-Dairy) is a risk management tool that can be used to insure a lower bound on a dairy producer’s gross margin.
Cabrera, Victor E.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Discussion: What Have We Learned from the New Suite of Risk Management Programs of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008? [PDF]

open access: yes
New revenue-based support programs in the 2008 Farm Bill represent a fundamental shift in farm programs and risk management decision-making. However, complexity, uncertainty, economics, and, arguably, an incomplete analysis of the new Average Crop ...
Lubben, Bradley D., Novak, James L.
core   +1 more source

Uncertainty management in the IPCC: agreeing to disagree [PDF]

open access: yes
Looking back over three and a half Assessment Reports, we see that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has given increasing attention to the management and reporting of uncertainties, but coordination across working groups (WGs) has ...
Arthur Petersen   +3 more
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Inventory Management under Product Mis-identification/Shipment Errors [PDF]

open access: yes
“Wrong-product” delivery - the delivery of a product different from that desired - is a significant, but as yet unexplored problem in supply-chain management research.
Leroy B. Schwarz   +2 more
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