New directions in water economics, finance and statistics

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.P. Tsagarakis
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Feasibility Analysis ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Water Economics ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Tariff Structures ◽  
Regional Water

The IWA conference on water economics, statistics and finance involved multidiscipline participants from academia and industry and decision makers. A number of important issues were considered such as: how utilities are financed, the variety of water tariff structures, measurement of performance and benchmarking, national and regional water industry statistics, water facts, regulation, economic aspects, costs/benefits, feasibility analysis, as well as funding possibilities and practices. This is an overview paper that gives the state of the art on these issues, new directions, which were presented at the conference and the up-to-date literature.

The nanotechnology revolution in Barcelona: innovation & creativity by universities

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteve Juanola-Feliu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
New Directions ◽  
University Industry ◽  
Opening Up

Abstract This paper analyses the state of the art for nanotechnology in Barcelona, focussing on the scientific and economic challenges arising from nanotechnologies and the creative and innovative framework in Barcelona that could be used to meet them. Nanotechnology is an endless source of innovation and creativity at the intersection of medicine, biotechnology, engineering, physical sciences and information technology, and it is opening up new directions in R + D, knowledge management and technology transfer. Given the huge economic investment and cutting-edge research in the field of nanotechnology, a creatively managed and cooperation-based university industry is more in demand than ever before.

The Methodology of Virtual Foundry Developing

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Brzeziński ◽  
A. Stawowy ◽  
R. Wrona
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Production Planning ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Systemic Approach ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Efficient Production ◽  
Economic Aspects

Abstract Systemic approach to design of factories requires that engineering, organisational and economic aspects should be considered concurrently. That prompts the need to develop a solution, based on the state-of-the-art IT technologies, to enable us to solve the problems associated with foundry production planning. The paper outlines a methodology of creating the simulation model of a virtual foundry, as a tool for foundry design. An integrative approach is suggested for development of a complete foundry model, enabling the design of more efficient production systems. The underlying principles of such models are discussed, the basic stages involved in the methodology are outlined and the range of its applicability is defined.

Systematic Model for Decision Support System

2019 ◽  
pp. 62-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramgopal Kashyap
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
The State ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Unstructured Data ◽  
Business Conditions ◽  
Generation Procedure

Decision makers require a versatile framework that responds and adjusts to the always changing business conditions. The personal information handling arrangement of an organization can offer the least help since it identified with exchanges. For this situation, the decision support system (DSS) joins human abilities with the abilities of PCs to give productive administration of information, announcing, investigation, displaying, and arranging issues. DSS provides a refinement between organized, semi-organized, and unstructured data. Specifically, a DSS lessens the amount of data to a ridiculous organized sum; because of this, choices are made to help the assembling procedure. The objective of these frameworks is to prevent issues inside the generation procedure. This chapter gives an outline of the state-of-the-art craftsmanship writing on DSS and portrays current methods of DSS-related applications inside assembling situations.

scholarly journals Consequences of Economic Sanctions: The State of the Art and Paths Forward

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özgür Özdamar ◽  
Evgeniia Shahin
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
The State ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Complex Relationships

Abstract What determines the consequences of economic sanctions? Is there a common explanation for these consequences? This article provides a comprehensive review of the fragmented literature focusing on the consequences of sanctions. We critically discuss the complex relationships between types of sanctions and sanction senders and their targets, as well as the structural factors that account for the specific consequences of different sanction cases. A discussion on the thematic, methodological, and theoretical shortcomings of the existing literature on sanction consequences follows. We argue that a “common approach” to sanction consequences research should be framed within the framework of international interdependence. We also present several nascent trends and propose new directions for sanction researchers and other disciplines.

scholarly journals The Hypothesis of Change from Above in the History of English: State of the Art and Perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (s1) ◽  
pp. 251-266
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Lavidas
Keyword(s):  
Language Change ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Linguistic Ideology ◽  
Anglo Norman ◽  
New Directions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThe present paper presents the state of the art of research related to hypothesized changes from above in the diachrony of English. A main aim of the paper is to show how the cooperation of various perspectives can open new directions in the research of language change. We examine the main aspects of a definition of the change from above. We investigate the various perspectives through which the concept of change from above, as an “importation of elements from other systems” (Labov 2007), has been considered a significant factor for the development of English. We show that any attempt to investigate the presence or role of change from above includes the parameters of prestige, distribution of old and new forms, diffusion, gender, and linguistic ideology. Finally, we discuss typical examples of development of patterns and characteristics of English that have been analyzed as influenced by change from above, as well as the prestige dialects / languages and contexts that have been regarded as facilitating a hypothesized change from above (Latin, Anglo-Norman, standardization, prescriptivism, networks and individuals). We argue that the articles of the present special issue provide stable criteria that are required in any attempt to test the hypothesis of change from above in the development of English.

Systematic Model for Decision Support System

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-106
Author(s):  
Ramgopal Kashyap
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
The State ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Unstructured Data ◽  
Business Conditions ◽  
Generation Procedure

Decision makers require a versatile framework that responds and adjusts to the always changing business conditions. The personal information handling arrangement of an organization can offer the least help since it identified with exchanges. For this situation, the decision support system (DSS) joins human abilities with the abilities of PCs to give productive administration of information, announcing, investigation, displaying, and arranging issues. DSS provides a refinement between organized, semi-organized, and unstructured data. Specifically, a DSS lessens the amount of data to a ridiculous organized sum; because of this, choices are made to help the assembling procedure. The objective of these frameworks is to prevent issues inside the generation procedure. This chapter gives an outline of the state-of-the-art craftsmanship writing on DSS and portrays current methods of DSS-related applications inside assembling situations.

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