In fact, the problem of Unit Commitment is a complicated decision making operation on account of various operational constraints affecting the economical scheduling of units in an electrical power system. These constraints could not be violated while determining the optimal or near optimal commitment schedule. This paper presents a detailed study of various operational constraints which directl...

Multiple Doppler radar analysis has been widely used to retrieve three-dimensional wind fields within thunderstorms and meso-scale convective systems (MCS) since the late 1960s. A number of countries have constructed dense operational radar networks, such as the Operational Programme for the Exchange of Weather Radar Information (OPERA; Köck et al., 2000), to monitor and forecast severe weather...

Addressing an integrated decision-making structure for planting and harvesting scheduling may lead to more realistic, accurate, and efficient decision in fresh product supply chain. This study aims to develop an integrated bi-objective tactical and operational planning model for producing and distributing fresh crops. The first objective of the model is to maximize total revenue of supply chain...

The operational model for large Internet service providers is moving to a multi-layer architecture consisting of IP/MPLS coupled with OTN/DWDM. While there has been significant work on multi-layer networks, the explicit modeling in IP/MPLS over OTN/DWDM has not been addressed before. In this paper, we present a detailed network optimization model for the operational planning of such an environm...

The management of head injured patients has recently been reviewed with the development of civilian guidelines for best practice. These are common injuries which often have significant sequelae for patients and costs for health care providers. Evolving civilian standards of care have implications for military medicine which is often practised in challenging environments. Considerable planning a...

In this paper, we report on an operational procedure for use by the Corps of Engineers to acquire land use information for hydrologic planning purposes. The operational constraints preclude the use of dedicated, interactive image processing facilities. The procedure, which is summarized in detail, combines manual interpretation techniques and the batch-mode computer analysis of Landsat digital ...