Accurate demand forecasting remains difficult and challenging in today’s competitive and dynamic business environment, but even a little improvement in demand prediction may result in significant saving for retailers and manufactures. This paper aims to improve the accuracy of demand forecasting by implementing multirelational data mining process on the large data sets of stores, products, and ...

Increased levels of electrification of home appliances, heating and transportation are bringing new challenges for the smart grid, as energy supply sources need to be managed more efficiently. In order to minimize production costs, reduce the impact on the environment, and optimize electricity pricing, producers need to be able to accurately estimate their customers’ demand. As a result, foreca...

one of the main disadvantages of anaerobic wastewater treatment at a low ph is the significantoperational cost due to the addition of necessary alkali. to reduce alkali supplement and thus the cost, thisstudy proposes a sequential multi-feed (sqmf) mode (distributed feeding) and effluent recycle (er) mode.experiments were conducted with a pilot-scale (2.5 m3) thermophilic (55°c) multi-staged up...

one of the main disadvantages of anaerobic wastewater treatment at a low ph is the significantoperational cost due to the addition of necessary alkali. to reduce alkali supplement and thus the cost, thisstudy proposes a sequential multi-feed (sqmf) mode (distributed feeding) and effluent recycle (er) mode.experiments were conducted with a pilot-scale (2.5 m3) thermophilic (55°c) multi-staged up...

: In this paper, the operation of a future distribution network is discussed under the assumption of a multi-carrier microgrid (MCMG) concept. The new model considers a modern energy management technique in electricity and natural gas networks based on a novel demand side management (DSM) which the energy tariff for responsive loads are correlated to the energy input of the network and changes ...

The future distribution network comprising different energy carriers will include small-scale energy resources (SSERs) and loads, known as a Networked multi-carrier microgrid (NMCMG). This concept not only leads to an efficient reduction in operation costs, but also encompasses the energy transformation between gas and electric networks at combined nodes, as well as district heating networks. I...

one of the most important challenges in nonlinear, multi-input multi-output (mimo) and time variant systems (e.g., robot manipulator) is designing a controller with acceptable performance. this paper focused on design a new artificial non linear controller with on line tunable gain applied in the robot manipulator. the sliding mode fuzzy controller (smfc) was designed as 7 rules mamdani’s infer...

The modal split model is one of the steps of the classical four-step travel demand planning. Predictive, descriptive, and prescriptive modal split models are essential to make a balance between travel demand and supply. To calibrate these models, it is necessary to detect and employ influential independent variables that are related to characteristics of travel modes, individual and family attr...

local bus network is the most popular transit mode and the only available transit mode in the majority of cities of the world. increasing the utility of this mode which increases its share from urban trips is an important goal for city planners. timetable setting as the second component of bus network design problem (network route design timetable setting vehicle assignment crew assignment) hav...