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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Distribution planning"”.
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Connected distribution : planning Boston for the future worker
As mobile technology continues to decentralize the workplace and employees are become liberated from their desks, the role of the office building within its urban context entered a state of flux. Accelerated by the burgeoning sharing economy and increased telecommuting, cities must start to …
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Distribution Planning for Rail and Truck Freight Transportation Systems
… In this dissertation, we study two different distribution planning problems that arise in rail and truck transportation systems. In the railroad industry, shipments are often grouped together to form a block to reduce the impact of reclassification at train yards. We consider the time and …
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Assessment of geographical based load forecast approach in distribution planning
Prior to the year 2007, Eskom Distribution followed a method of load forecasting (now referred to as legacy method in this report) that was based on collecting customer applications, historical load trending, and relied on the planner’s knowledge of the area to a large extent. It was based in a …
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Strategic Planning Models and Approaches to Improve Distribution Planning in the Industrial Gas Industry
… In this dissertation, we focus on improving distribution efficiency in the industrial gas industry by addressing the strategic level problem of bulk tank allocation (BTA) while considering the effects of important operational issues. The BTA problem determines the preferred size of bulk tanks …
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Effects of distribution planning systems on the cost of delivery in unique make-to-order manufacturing
… the effects of simulation through the use of a distribution planning system (DPS) on distribution costs in the setting of unique make-to-order manufacturers (UMTO). In doing so, the German kitchen furniture industry (GKFI) serves as an example and supplier of primary data. On the basis of a …
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Optimal Design and Planning of Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid
… This dissertation focuses on a hybrid microgrid planning model with the objective of minimizing the microgrid total planning cost. The model determines the optimal DER size and generation mix, the point of connection of DERs, and the type of each feeder, i.e., AC or DC. Moreover, it identifies …
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Essays on Infrastructure Development and Public Finance
… a comparative local and national electricity distribution planning in Senegal by examining the trade-off between access and costs. The third paper uses exogenous variations in rainfall across municipalities in Mali to estimate the causal effect of household income shocks on municipal-level tax …
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Software Architecture Considerations for Facilitating Electric Power System Planning Incorporating a Variety of Design Categories
… software applications for electric power system planning as well as some of the limitations that keep these applications from being more frequently used in distribution planning. This work presents a software framework that could facilitate much greater use of a wide variety of planning …
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An interval mathematics approach to economic evaluation of power distribution systems
… can be instituted by automating the power distribution system in an effort to make the system operate more efficiently and effectively. Increased efficiency on the distribution level improves the use of existing facilities on the distribution, transmission, and generation levels. The …
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A Heuristic Nonlinear Constructive Method for Electric Power Distribution System Reconfiguration
The electric power distribution system usually operates a radial configuration, with tie switches between circuits to provide alternate feeds. The losses would be minimized if all switches were closed, but this is not done because it complicates the system's protection against overcurrents. …
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A Study on Integrated Transportation and Facility Location Problem
… of problems that simultaneously involve the planning of the location of facilities and transportation decisions from such facilities to consumers. This has been termed integrated distribution planning problems with practical application in logistics and manufacturing. In this integration, …
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Moving horizon optimization methods, applications and tools for learning and controlling dynamical systems
… closed-loop optimal supply chain production and distribution planning framework to handle uncertainties, such as random customer demand and/or random product quality spoilage. I then propose a scalable solution heuristic approach to cope with larger supply chain networks, and I present several …
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Tactical Network Flow and Discrete Optimization Models and Algorithms for the Empty Railcar Transportation Problem
… for each equipment type, and to solve the distribution problem of repositioning empty multilevel autoracks of each type from points at which they are unloaded to automobile assembly facilities where they need to be reloaded. Each such problem is referred to in the railroad industry as a …