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Queueing modeling and optimization of hybrid electric vehicle infrastructures using evolutionary algorithms

open access: yesInternational Journal of Thermofluids
The charging infrastructure for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) is essential for sustainable transportation, however, such systems experience challenges due to inconsistent operating patterns.
Shreekant Varshney   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of different models for estimating the residential sector customer interruption costs

open access: yes, 2015
Estimation of economic impacts of power interruptions in residential customers segment is a challenging and tedious task. The literature presents different methods to come up with sound calculations for these customer interruption costs. This paper makes
Küfeoğlu, Sinan, Lehtonen, Matti
core   +2 more sources

Reliability Analysis and Machine Learning Prediction for a Repairable Load-Sharing K-Out-of-N + W: G Power Supply System

open access: yesIEEE Access
Based on a power supply system, a repairable K-out-of- $N+W$ : G system with c repairmen and warm spares is considered, where each repairman asynchronously takes multiple working vacations and vacation interruption policy.
Shan Gao
doaj   +1 more source

Volatility analysis and forecasting of vegetable prices using an ARMA‐GARCH model: An application of the CF filter and seasonal adjustment method to Korean green onions

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

M/M/1 RETRIAL QUEUEING SYSTEM WITH VACATION INTERRUPTIONS UNDER PRE-EMPTIVE PRIORITY SERVICE

open access: yes, 2010
Consider a single server retrial queueing system with pre-emptive priority service and vacation interruptions in which customers arrive in a Poisson process with arrival rate λ1 for low priority customers and λ2 for high priority customers.
Annasamy, Muthu Ganapathi Subramanian
core   +1 more source

Animal‐Based Brands Taking the Plant‐Based Opportunity: A Tasting Experiment Exploring Consumer Acceptance of Plant‐Based Brand Extensions

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how consumer taste and brand equity perceptions shape the acceptance of plant‐based milk products. Using a blind/informed tasting experiment, we evaluated consumers' willingness to buy (WTB) and taste perception of a plant‐based milk alternative produced by a traditional dairy brand, compared with competing plant‐based ...
Federico Parmiggiani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on energy saving strategy and Nash equilibrium of base station in cognitive radio network

open access: yesTongxin xuebao, 2016
Spectrum utilization can be improved in cognitive radio network (CRN), however, the problem of increasing communication energy consumption was also brought.
Xiao-tong MA   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
wiley   +1 more source

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