As a consequence of an increasing share of renewable energies, balancing electricity production and delivery requires efficient electricity markets. At the heart of electricity markets are Information Systems (IS) that coordinate demand and supply in real-time. IS has recently opened up an alternative towards increasing the efficiency of electricity markets by managing demand side resources; i....

We examine the case of items with a limited shelf-life where storing an item (before consumption) may carry a cost to a buyer (or distributor). For example, eggs, milk, or Groupon coupons have a fixed expiry date, and seasonal goods can suffer a decrease in value. We show how this setting contrasts with recent results by Berbeglia et al [4] for items with infinite shelf-life. We prove tight bou...

We analyze the sequential choices of locations in the Hotelling [0, 1] space of variety-differentiated products. n firms locate in sequence, one at a time. In stage n+1, all firms choose prices simultaneously. Firms anticipate correctly the decisions of subsequent entrants, as well as the equilibrium prices, so we analyze subgame-perfect equilibria. We analyze two games. In the first, the numbe...

We explore algorithms for learning classification procedures that attempt to minimize the cost of misclassifying examples. First, we consider inductive learning of classification rules. The Reduced Cost Ordering algorithm, a new method for creating a decision list (i.e., an ordered set of rules) is described and compared to a variety of inductive learning approaches. Next, we describe approache...

We examine the relationship between real exchange rate fluctuations and firm-level investment growth using data for a sample of close to 33,000 firms from 68 advanced emerging market countries over 2000–2014 period. show that depreciations boost profits, investment, asset tradable sector have higher labor shares are relatively more financially constrained. These findings consistent with an “int...

This study aims to implement decision making methodology select raw material suppliers for sea cucumbers in fish cracker Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Bangkalan Districts, Indonesia. Raw materials sourcing is one of the most critical functions MSMEs because its significant effect reducing production costs increasing overall profits. The suppliers’ selection process analysed two ph...

water user associations (wuas) are the main strategy in water resources management, and transferring of irrigation management to these associations is paying attention in different countries. the current study aimed to identify and analyze membership consequences in wuas. the research was descriptive and survey method was used. the population of this study consisted of all farmers in irrigation...