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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Performance Benchmark"”.
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Deep hedging in incomplete markets
… theoretical solutions provide a simulation-based performance benchmark for this comparison. Furthermore, this dissertation implements a financial market generator which allows for a realistic performance analysis based on both real and pseudo-real data; whereby, deep hedging is shown to offer …
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Design and Characterization of Fully Monolithic Millimeter -Wave Oscillators
… factor when attempting to achieve a given performance at a given cost. It must be recognized that once the minimum performance specifications are met, the solution with the lowest cost will be selected. In current MMIC oscillator research, there is little prediction of the phase noise in …
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Collaborative Position Location for Wireless Networks in Harsh Environments
… tasks for improving communication and networking performance for future commercial wireless systems. It is also the enabling technology for many control and sensing applications envisioned by the wireless sensor networks (WSN). Despite its meaningfulness and many algorithms being developed in the …
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Vendor Managed Inventory: A new approach to supply chain management
… The research further uses known inventory performance parameters to performance benchmark the VMI system with traditional push-pull systems, develop a collaborative forecasting spreadsheet solution and a best alternative ordering policy amongst EOQ, Monthly, JIT and VMI policies under known …
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Fused Deposition Modeling of Composite Reinforced by Continuous Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber
… the strength of the Dyneema/PCL represents a new performance benchmark for compliant composites produced by FDM. This new material system can support applications where strength and toughness are key performance metrics in addition to flexibility.
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Performance Measurement and Analysis of Transactional Web Archiving
… content. This study measures and analyzes the performance of transactional Web archiving systems. To conduct a detailed analysis, we construct a meaningful design space defined by the system specifications that determine the performance of these systems. SiteStory, a state-of-the-art …
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Empirical evaluation of South African share analysts’ performance
… the effectiveness of the SATRIX Top 40 as a performance benchmark by comparing it to a portfolio for shares of family-controlled or owner-managed companies listed on the JSE. The study utilises analyst consensus recommendations, with focus on buy and sell recommendations, to create a buy and …
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Minimum Variance Benchmark and Performance Assessment for PID Controllers
… parameters. After this stage, the closed-loop performance may deteriorate due to uncertain dynamics and changing operating conditions. Regardless where the controllers have been applied, automatic online performance monitoring is essential to check the controllers to detect significant …
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Performance of gold catalysts for low temperature water gas shift
… objective of the study was to investigate the performance of suitably prepared gold catalysts for low temperature water gas shift (LTS) - and more specifically to investigate the performance of these catalysts at temperatures below those traditionally utilised. As opposed to the research …
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FT-IR spectroscopy technology, market evolution and future strategies of Bruker Optics Inc.
… an industry-leading firm, Bruker Optics. As a benchmark, a universal performance metric was developed that combined key specifications applicable to all FT-IR spectrometers. By researching a selected set of Bruker Optics' spectrometer systems, this performance benchmark was calculated along …
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Forecasting international movements of Returnable Transport Items
… The naive forecasting method served as a performance benchmark to the developed models. The performances of the 36 models were then compared using multiplicative and mean composite scores, both of which were based on three accuracy metrics: MAPE, MASE and MAD. Our research found that out …
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Optimization of a Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Airfoils Using Machine Learning, Numerical and Experimental Methodologies
<p>This study aimed to enhance the aerodynamic performance of a Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) airfoil through a multidisciplinary approach that combines Machine Learning (ML), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and experimental validation. The focus was on enhancing the lift-to-drag …
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Direction of arrival estimation for spinning antenna based electronic intelligence systems
… error (MSE) limit specified by the popular performance benchmark, the Cramer Rao lower bound (CRLB); the proposed Bayesian DOA estimators are capable of improving the DOA estimation accuracy by merging the information contained in several snapshots (antenna scans). This thus supports the …
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Saturation Effects in 3p3L Power Transformers due to Geomagnetically Induced Currents
… steel. This was to closely resemble the performance of a normal power transformer. The source supply for the test circuit was carefully designed and tested to ensure that it was sufficiently robust that it would not affect the results of the transformer under test (TuT). The initial …
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Scenario-based uncertainty quantification for deep space optical communications
… 100x improvement over current data rates as the performance benchmark for proposed designs. Five architectures, including arrayed ground stations, a relay at the Earth-Sun L4 Lagrange point, and a space-based receiver array in Earth orbit, are evaluated using data rate, availability, data volume, …
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Coping Uncertainty in Wireless Network Optimization
… for some constraints and thus offers much better performance in resource utilization compared to worst-case optimization. The only drawback of CCP is that it may lead to intractability due to its probabilistic formulation and limited knowledge of the underlying random variables. To date, CCP has …