ESTIMATING EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE COSTS OF PORT FUNCTIONS

Analysis of liquids and chemicals costs in a sample port

In recent years, the application of Activity-Based Costing in Port industry has been deeply researched in theory and practice, but researchers only concentrate on the bulk and general cargo’s ABC in loading and unloading operations and there is little about the liquids and chemicals’. Based on the liquids and chemicals’ handling process and the particularity of their cost accounting, the paper ...

Estimation of Earthquake Damage Through Radar Interferometry (Case study: Bam 2003 Earthquake)

The estimate of the damage caused by the earthquake and other natural disasters in the first days after the occurrence of these events can provide a quick damages assessment and help to manage the crisis. Several methods are available to investigate the extent of earthquake’s damage. Optical remote sensing, photogrammetric methods (UAVs and LIDARs), radar interferometry (InSAR) and field observ...

Estimating Environmental Costs

Added demands on natural resources and proposed environmental regulations could potentially have a significant impact on the production and operational costs of information technology (IT). In this paper, we utilize an Economic Input-Output Life-Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) framework to model projected changes in the cost structure of a portfolio of IT products due to increased electricity prices...

Estimating Prevalence & Costs

Estimating medical costs

Abstract: Nonparametric estimators of the mean total cost have been proposed in a variety of settings. In clinical trials it is generally impractical to follow up patients until all have responded, and therefore censoring of patient outcomes and total cost will occur in practice. We describe a general longitudinal framework in which costs emanate from two streams, during sojourn in health state...