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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"joint production"”.
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Optimal pricing for peak loads and joint production : theory and applications to diverse conditions.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1978
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Supply chain models for an ethanol and distillers grains producer and a distillers grains-based feed producer
… there have been substantial interests in the joint production of ethanol and distillers grains (E&DG) from corn. At the same time, there have been corresponding increases in the production of animal feed based on distillers grains (DG). Under such circumstances, ethanol and DG are produced by …
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Defining and Measuring "Knowledge Capital" in Health Service
… value to health organisations and systems. The joint production and "public goods" features of inexhaustibility and non-exclusivity, in certain circumstances, make the measurement of "knowledge capital" in health challenging. The management and maintenance of this key resource in health service …
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Essays in group decision-making
… is not precluded from participating in the production process. Furthermore, there are no uncertainties, but moral hazard is caused by joint production which renders the action of each individual in the production process unobservable. A multi-stage extensive game in which only the principal …
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A theoretical model for education production and an empirical test of the relative importance of school and nonschool inputs
… research examines the education process in a production function framework to identify the relationships of education inputs to education output. A theoretical model that combines public l and household decision making into an education production process is used as the basis for the empirical …
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Three Essays on Middlemen in Intermediated Markets
… private information concerning the value of joint production. I focus on the effect of the middlemen on agents' search efforts and on pricing decisions by middlemen. In particular, I show that the middlemen intensify agents' search activities. I also provide an explanation for why middlemen …
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Two Essays on Resource Economics: A Study of the Statistical Evidence for Global Warming and An Analysis of Overcompliance with Effluent Standards Among Wastewater Treatment Plants
… (BOD). The testable hypotheses are: whether jointness in pollution control between nitrogen and BOD can explain overcompliance and whether variation in BOD output can explain BOD overcompliance. These hypotheses are examined by developing a conceptual model of BOD overcompliance and …
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An analysis of the management and economics of salmon aquaculture
… aquaculture is analyzed based on farmed salmon production in the four leading producing countries and the sector as a whole. Analyses indicate that salmon aquaculture is unlikely to continue to grow at its current pace. A joint production function approach is used to estimate pollution abatement …
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Essays on Human Capital Development
… within a unified framework, I formulate the joint production of child and mother mental health while various strategies are employed to address potential econometric issues. Recognising that child mental health is multifaceted, I disaggregate it along three dimensions: behavioural, emotional …
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Modeling, Analysis, and Algorithms for Some Supply Chain Logistics Optimization Problems
… levels. The first problem deals with integrated production and shipping scheduling for a single manufacturer and multiple customers. We develop an optimum-seeking algorithm and a fast heuristic, both of which exploit structural properties of the problem. The second problem is a joint production …
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A discourse analysis of the nature of shared decision-making in general practice consultations
… considered the medical encounter as a process of joint-production and decision-making as an emergent property of the interaction. In contrast this study adopts a discourse analytic approach that allows for a fine-grained examination of what might be described as the minutiae of the interactional …
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Optimizing replenishment order quantities in uncoordinated supply chains
… establishes their individual inventory and production policies on both the input and output sides. In these supply links there is minimal coordination between suppliers, and typically only prices and delivery guarantees are contracted. As a consequence, the inventory behavior and associated …
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Economic implications of intellectual disability in childhood : a trial-based evaluation
… of recall bias, an inability to adjust for joint production or double counting of normal caregiver tasks. This chapter highlighted that the methods chosen to measure informal care can have important implications when considering the relative costs and benefits of competing interventions. …
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Essays in Game Theory and Forest Economics
… market shocks, due to its long-term nature of production and the joint production of interrelated timber and amenity (non-harvesting) benefit streams. The vast literature in stochastic rotation problems simply assumes a known probability distribution for whatever parameter is uncertain, but …
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ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΕΣ ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
… WE USED FLEXIBLE TANSLOG TAYLOR EXPANSION SERIES PRODUCTION AND COST FUNCTIONS. THE MAIN RESULTS OF OUR RESEARCH HAVE AS FOLLOWING: - THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF THE BANK WAS CHARACTERIZED BY JOINTNESS AND NON-SEPARABILITY. - THE COST CURVES PER PRODUCT WERE, IN GENERAL, U-SHAPED, INDICATING BOTH …