This chapter reviews emerging optimal control models for interconnected natural gas and electricity networks and discusses economic drivers motivating the development of such models. We also review computational patterns and structures arising in these models and assess the potential and limitations of state-of-the-art optimization solvers.

In recent years, an increasing number of companies and organizations have put in place geographically distributed teams to carry out development of various products – in particular software products. This trend has economic drivers (globalization, outsourcing) and has been facilitated by the IT revolution (better, cheaper communications). However, it has brought new challenges for the organizat...

this study presents a detailed analysis of cost management for intensive cultivation activity in terms of tomato production. the main objective was to provide qualitative and quantitative costs obtained in the intensive cultivation of tomato. this methodology was structured by activity costs (soil preparation and planting, crop monitoring, harvesting, selling, etc.) through a study in greenhous...

impact of supply chain drivers on supply chain performance has no far been studied. in this research we want identifying supply chain drivers, classifying them and examining their relationship with iran's supply chain performance. this research has innovation in identifying and classifying drivers and examining relationship between drivers and supply chain performance we used bsc for assessing ...

Professional drivers, i.e. lorry, truck, bus and taxi drivers, have been identified as a particular health risk group. An intervention to study the efficacy of a series of educational programmes, involving improved nutritional balance in meals served, food preparation routines and carrying out personal health profiles on staff, was implemented at a Swedish truck stop in order to target this spe...

BACKGROUND Understanding cost-drivers and estimating societal costs are important challenges for economic evaluation of health technologies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study assessed community experiences of health resource usage and perceived cost-drivers from a societal perspective to inform the design of an economic model for the Community Level Interventions for Pre-ec...