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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"expected cost"”.
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Expected-Cost - Minimizing Search and Expected-Utility - Maximizing Search
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An economic evaluation of variable sampling interval Shewhart control charts for means
A model is developed to describe the total expected cost per unit time of monitoring the mean of a production process with a Variable Sampling Interval control chart. This chart has the feature that the time delay between successive samples is not constant but depends on the result of the most …
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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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A tool to support the planning of ground delay programs subject to uncertain arrival capacities
… reduces their efficacy in defraying the high cost of airborne delays. The tool addresses this uncertainty by using a set of different possible arrival capacity profile forecasts and modeling the outcome of the program under each forecast. A variety of different metrics are developed based on …
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Quantitative Framework to Evaluate Alternative Dispute Resolution Investments in Architecture Engineering and Construction Projects Using Option and Real Option Theory
… concept correlates the effect of CCO's on the expected cost savings in a project from a given DRL implementation with exogenous competitive entry and its effect on the gross value of a capital project being evaluated using real option theory. In this case, the occurrence of a CCO during the …
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The allocation of non-identical machines among non-identical servers
… to operators with the objective of minimizing an expected cost model of the queuing system. Different classes of machines have different service rates and, for a given class of machines, the service rates are different among servers. Both dynamic programming and pattern search are used to solve …
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Linear search problem with low sensing on two rays
… a search plan that approximates the minimum expected cost up to any desired accuracy for any probability density distribution. In Chapter 5, for specific distributions, properties of the underlying dynamics are used to numerically find optimal search plans.
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Head & base production optimization : setup time reduction
… has been reduced by up to 40 percent and the expected cost saving is about 50,000 USD.
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Reliability diagnostic strategies for series systems under imperfect testing
An expected cost model was developed for failure detection in series systems under imperfect testing. Type I and type II error probabilities are included and single-pass sample paths are required. The model accounts for the expected costs of testing components, false positive termination, and …
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Failure Finding Interval Optimization for Periodically Inspected Repairable Systems
… systems to maximize availability and/or minimize expected cost. Research also focuses on important system parameters such as unavailability. Most research in this area considers non-negligible downtime due to repair/replacement but ignores the downtime caused by inspections. In many situations, …
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Understanding Correlated Threats to Department of Defense Energy Systems
… This imputation method successfully predicted expected cost for the missing installation data. We ran simulations using our quantified trends and data set on existing software to predict the effects of those trends on certain U.S. military bases. Ultimately, we identified threats that could …
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Cost-Risk Analysis of the ERCOT Region Using Modern Portfolio Theory
… we study the use of modern portfolio theory in a cost-risk analysis of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Based upon the risk-return concepts of modern portfolio theory, we develop an n-asset minimization problem to create a risk-cost frontier of portfolios of technologies within …
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Long Term Power Generation Planning Under Uncertainty
… a robust generation expansion plan with low cost and risk over all possible future scenarios. In a multi-year numerical case study, we present a procedure to deal with the long term uncertainties by first modeling them as a multidimensional stochastic process and then generating a scenario …
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Identifying A Statistical Model For North Dakota K-12 Public School Transportation Funding By Comparing Fifteen State Transportation Funding Formulas
… structures that promote efficiency and actual costs, the system remains in its current block grant format. </p> <p> Each of the 50 states in the United States possess a K-12 transportation structure that coexists with the general state funding formula or is part of the general state budget …
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Resource allocation and load-shedding policies based on Markov decision processes for renewable energy generation and storage
… the best load-shedding path that minimizes the expected total cost to ensure no power failure. We compare our results with two control policies, a load-balancing policy and a less-load shedding policy. It is shown that the proposed MDP policy outperforms the other control policies and achieves …
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A computerized methodology for balancing and sequencing mixed model stochastic assembly lines
… elements within stations, calculation of total expected cost for each combination, and selection of the one with the least cost. For generating feasible balances, an exhaustive search procedure with a number of heuristic rules was used to ensure searching the whole feasible region in limited …
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Agreement Webs
… a general decision-theoretic framework including costs for false negatives and false positives, we show that there is an optimal value for the rater bias parameter and that when this value is chosen optimally the total expected cost is a decreasing function of diagnostic skill. Assuming complete …
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Power system planning: an integrated techno-economic and portfolio approach
… tools used in power planning apply a minimum cost approach to it in order to find an appropriate electricity matrix. These tend to ignore risk what could lead to miscalculations on the expected cost of electricity production. In this work we implemented two methods, economic dispatch and CVaR …
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Systems Engineering Analysis and Digital Communication Bus Design for the Cal Poly SuPER Project
With an expected lifetime of 20 years and an expected cost of $500, the Cal Poly Sustainable Power for Electrical Resources (SuPER) project needed a strong central design. This thesis looks at the work completed by students over the previous 5 years, with an eye on the future, to create the phase 2 …
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Selection of the best security controls for rapid development of enterprise-level cyber security
… entailed consideration of both the likely/expected security benefits of each candidate security control (the R numerator), and the likely/expected cost associated with each security control (the I denominator). The primary references for security controls and their specifications are NIST …
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