This paper presents a formulation of unit commitment for thermal units integrated with wind and solar energy systems and electrical vehicles with emphasizing on Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP). The renewable energy resources are included in this model due to their low electricity cost and positive effect on environment. As well as, coordinated charging strategy of electrical vehicle...

In recent years the demand for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) has increased rapidly across many different industries and they are used for various applications. Such systems have the ability to enter dangerous or inaccessible environments and allow vital information to be collected without human risk. In order to carry out a task, a UAV has to face many different challenges. This has led to t...

This paper employs disaggregated manufacturing data to investigate the causes of the time delay between an increase in oil prices and the following slowdown in economic activity. VAR results show that, unlike aggregate GDP, the effect of an oil price shock on new motor vehicles production shows up immediately and is statistically significantly. After one quarter, similar patterns are observed f...

Athird of United States new cellular subscriptions in Q1 2016 were for cars. There are now more than 112 million vehicles connected around the world. The percentage of new cars shipped with Internet connectivity is expected to rise from 13% in 2015 to 75% in 2020, and 98% of all vehicles are likely to be connected by 2025. Moreover, the news is often reporting about “white hat” hackers intrudin...

The development of high temperature aluminum alloys able to operate up to 400 oC is crucial to replace steel and titanium and decrease the mass of vehicles in the automotive and aerospace industries. This review relates the past two decades of aluminum alloy engineering done at Northwestern University focusing on developing coherent L12 Al3M nanoprecipitates strengthened aluminum alloys that ar...

Workplace drug screening was introduced in the United States in the 1980’s. President Ronald Reagan issued an order stipulating mandatory drug testing for every safety-sensitive (i.e. transportation), civil service and executive level federal employee. In 1988, drug testing legislation was passed to permit private employers to introduce policies concerning drug testing. The primary motivation f...

The growing concerns about the climate change, the characteristics of the transport sector and its future trend, have made this sector be considered relevant in the policy analysis that promote the low carbon economy. The development of alternative fuel vehicles is one of these policies. However, although the diffusion of clean technologies has been studied for the academy community, and is rec...

1. Introduction The automotive industry is one of the most automated manufacturing industries worldwide nevertheless there is still a lot of potential for further improvements. On the given example of an existing production plant at DaimlerChrysler AG a new holonic concept has been developed by HMS partners breaking up rigid transfer line structures and introducing new concepts of flexible reso...

Many industries thrive on their ability to provide rapid and efficient services to customers. Attaining this goal is particularly critical for life sensitive service providers like fire departments and emergency medical services (EMS). This issue is complicated by the possibility that a vehicle may be unavailable when called for service. In this paper we analyze current techniques for locating ...