Sustainability has gained tremendous importance and has been an important issue both for policy makers and practitioners. Realizing that the resources on the earth are limited, renewable energy alternatives have flourished and started to replace the conventional energy alternatives. Energy planning using different energy alternatives, for the long term becomes a vital decision. In this study, f...

One of the most important tasks in robust design is to select an appropriate system output response in the study. The quality of this selection will greatly affect the effectiveness of the robust design project. Currently, this selection process is more like art than science. By using TRIZ and Axiomatic Design principle, several new approaches to enhance robust design are developed. These appro...

Clinical guidelines developed at a national level are often difficult to use in specific-settings because of contextual factors. We have created a model for guideline representation that enables local adaptation of nationally developed guidelines. Guidelines are specified in a setting-independent manner and are then locally adapted by each practice. A guideline is represented hierarchically wit...