Data-driven analytics—in areas ranging from consumer marketing to public policy—often allow behavior prediction at the level of individuals rather than population segments, offering the opportunity to improve decisions that impact large populations. Modeling such (generalized) assignment problems as linear programs, we propose a general value-directed compression technique for solving such prob...

4 The purpose of this article is to show how the multivariate structure (the ”shape” of the dis5 tribution) can be separated from the marginal distributions when generating scenarios. To do 6 this we use the copula. As a result, we can define combined approaches that capture shape with 7 one method and handle margins with another. In some cases the combined approach is exact, in 8 other cases, ...

escalating development of tourism and petroleum industries in small islands such as lavan-iranrequires sound solid waste management. in the present investigation, three scenarios which consist of thecombination of landfill, recycling, incineration and composting and their environmental impacts have beenevaluated for 7514 kg/day of waste generation in lavan island. for this purpose, life cycle a...

The next generation mobile communication system will be a service-driven developed system capable to realize the human-centric mobile convergence services. In this paper, we propose the next generation mobile convergence service business model creation methodology based on our previous research results (e.g., the 2SAP framework) on the next generation mobile services [1], [2]. To achieve this g...

Connections of distributed generation (DG) in distribution networks are increasing. These connections of distributed generation cause voltage rise in the distribution network. This paper presents a detail analysis of how does voltage rise on distribution network due to the penetration of distributed generation. This paper also presents how does the voltage rise affect the connection of distribu...

We introduce our tool-suite that facilitates automated testing of applications for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). WSNs are highly distributed systems and therefore require a testing infrastructure. We present a general-purpose testing framework which enables component, integration, and system testing. When using our testing framework, test cases have to be implemented by several modules. To c...

We argue how pseudo-Dirac scenario for neutrinos leads to rich neutrino oscillation phenomena, including oscillation inside each generation. The pseudo-Dirac scenario is generalized by incorporating generation mixings and formulae for the various neutrino oscillations are derived. As the application we compare the formulae with the corresponding data. We find that observed pattern of mixings, s...

The impact of different energy storages on power systems has become more important due to the development of energy storage technologies. This paper optimizes the stochastic scheduling of a wind-based multiple energy system (MES) and evaluates the operation of the proposed system in combination with electrical and thermal demand-response programs and the three-mode CAES (TM-CAES) unit. The prop...