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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Economic design"”.
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Economic Design of CUSUM Control Charts
… other styles of control chart. A study of the economic design of CUSUM control charts is undertaken via a comparative study of long-run hourly cost (LRHC) and a computational search algorithm is used to minimize LRHC for a CUSUM chart using nine parameters confined to their respective feasible …
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Essays on economic design and coalition formation
This thesis consists of three essays on economic design and coalition formation. The first chapter studies the stability of many-to-one matching, such as matching between students and colleges or interns and hospitals. Complementarities and peer effects are inherent in many such matching …
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The economic design of multivariate acceptance sampling plans
A total expected cost model for multivariate acceptance sampling is developed. The components of cost included in the model are presented in two phases: the cost of making the quality control decision (sampling inspection) and the cost of implementing the quality control decision (accept the …
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Model-based design of an ultra high performance concrete support structure for a wind turbine
… above the earth boundary layer. A successful design should ensure safe, efficient and economic design for the whole wind turbine system. It should provide easy construction and easy access for maintenance of the rotor components and sub-components. UHPC materials have been used in various …
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A dynamic programming approach to single attribute process control
This thesis focuses on the economic design of process control procedures for attributes sampling. The process is modeled as a continuous time, discrete space stochastic process which possesses the Markov property, and hence a Markov chain is used to describe its behavior. Two models are developed. …
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An economic evaluation of variable sampling interval Shewhart control charts for means
… in terms of decision variables pertinent to the economic design of control charts. Each entry in the resulting probability vector is interpreted as the average proportion of time spent in the corresponding process state. The cost of occupying each state is also defined in terms of the model …
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Multivariate quality control: statistical performance and economic feasibility
… is aimed at quantifying the statistical and economic consequences of utilizing the Hotelling’s T2 multivariate control chart as an alternative to the traditional Shewhart chart. Consequently, there were two main objectives of this research. The first objective was to identify the levels of …
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Preparing for Power: Margaret Thatcher as Leader of the Opposition
… during the mid-late 1970s. The impact of economic declinism will also be assessed: post-1945 Britain enjoyed relative prosperity up until the late sixties, but then stalled during the seventies under the leadership of Edward Heath. Thus, this research seeks to uncover how ‘real’ declinism …
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Butterfly / urbanism
… economy, as well as through strategic urban design. In order to integrate Monarch butterfly habitat with a new type of urbanism, three aspects are involved: ecological design, unconventional agriculture, and socio-economic design. Monarch butterfly migration is a dynamic flow that can elicit …
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Quality control charts under random fuzzy measurements
… life cycles and diversification (in product designs, raw material supply etc) has compelled researchers to invoke quality control methodologies in their search for high customer satisfaction and better market shares (Guo et al 2006). We herein focus our attention on small sample sizes and …
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Study of the effect of molten CuCl immersion test on alloys with high Ni-content with and without surface coatings
… molten CuCl is an important parameter for an economic design of a commercial thermochemical Cu-Cl hydrogen plant. This research is an examination of candidate materials following an immersion test in molten CuCl at 500 °C for 100 h. Two alloys, Ni based super-alloy (Inconel 625) and super …
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Modelling of crowd-induced vibrations in stadium terraces
… becoming an issue of great concern in the design of civil engineering structures. In this research work, three major trends that contribute to the prevalence of human-induced vibrations in public structures were identified. While the focus has been mainly on sports stadia, the known effects …
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Evaluation of mass transfer correlations for packed column air stripping of volatile organic contaminants from water supplies
… was investigated. The crucial element for the design of such systems exists in obtaining accurate predictions of mass transfer rates. The first phase of this study evaluated three semi-empirical correlations available for predicting packed column mass transfer rates. From this initial …
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Effect of palm oil waste and quarry dust on the properties of hybrid blocks
… pollution problem and the problem of buildings' economic design. Therefore, this research is the first attempt to produce hybrid interlocking blocks from palm oil waste and quarry dust. Hybrid interlocking blocks (HIB) were produced by mixing palm oil fuel ash, palm oil clinker, palm oil clinker …
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Development of a Framework for Sustainable Social Housing Provision (SSHP) in England
… and recommendations for improving SSHP from economic, environmental and social perspectives. The methodology adopted for this research comprises a combination of the review of the extant literature, a qualitative content analysis and a quantitative questionnaire survey. The contents of the …
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Decision support system for risk-based inspection and maintenance planning for ship hull structures
… or unanticipated out of service time and economic costs. For an economic design to be achieved, the ship structures need to be maintained during their life. Building a ship with enough safety margins so that repairs would not be required during its life would be uneconomical and not …
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The use of daylight in the design of a controlled environment for food production in the Caribbean and other equatorial climates
This thesis addresses the use of daylight in the design of a controlled environment for food production in the Caribbean and other Equatorial climates. An expanding population has put a tremendous burden on the food production industry in these climates. The increasing population in these climates …
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Einfluss der Bodenreaktionskraft beim Durchstanzen von Einzelfundamenten
… present investigation is to derive an advanced design model for the punching behaviour of footings taking into account the soil-structure-interaction. The results of five punching tests on reinforced concrete footings supported on soil are presented. The experimental results indicate that the …
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Computer-aided design of tension structures
… to the conclusion of a need for an interactive design procedure for tension structures which is the subject under consideration in Part II (chapters 5-7). In the design of tension structures, an area which requires special attention is the dynamic response often initiated by the action of a …