The task of optimal long-term planning of electricity production capacity considering uncertainty intervals of the base, peak and intermediate loads, and multistage nature of the planning process will be tackled. Theoretical min-max approach to the problem will be given. Model uses dynamic programming and takes into account also constraints on structure of generating capacity and security of su...

Coverage and capacity are important issues in the planning process for cellular Third Generation (3G) mobile networks. The planning process aims to allow the maximum number of users sending and receiving adequate signal strength in a cell. In this paper we present calculations for capacity, coverage for 3G networks.

Under the present European directive concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity, distribution companies are not allowed to own Distributed Generation (DG) but encouraged to include it as a planning option to defer investment in traditional grid reinforcements. Distribution system operators (DSOs) have used the provision of capacity contracted to DG as a viable alternative un...

The delivery of cost-effective and quality hospital-based health care remains an important and ongoing challenge for the American health care industry. Despite numerous advances in medical procedures and technologies, a growing array of outpatient health care options, limits on inpatient reimbursements, and almost two decades of hospital contraction and consolidation, annual inpatient admission...

To analyze the performance of multimedia service systems, which have unreliable resources, and to estimate the capacity requirement of the systems, we have developed a capacity planning model using an open queueing network. By acquisition of utilization, queue length of the resources and packet delay, and reliability of the systems, we have derived the service capacity of the systems along with...

Abstract This paper uses observations from two British Columbia studies to illustrate the shortcomings of widely used ratio-based approaches for residential long-term care capacity planning. It shows that capacity plans based on a fixed ratio of beds per population over age 75 may result in either excess capacity or long wait times for admission. It then investigates the use of linear regressio...

Long term capacity planning involves locating and allocating the production capacities and inventory capacities, and short term capacity planning involves the production allocation and distribution of materials. Most existing literature deals with them individually and also consider only investments in capacities and do not consider disinvestment. Combining the above problems into one would giv...

During the last decade the tremendous success of mobile phone systems has triggered considerable technological advances as well as the investigation of mathematical models and optimization algorithms to support planning and management decisions. In this chapter, we give an overview of some of the most significant optimization problems arising in planning second and third generation cellular net...