a Environment Institute and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, Pearson Building, Gouwer Street, London, UK Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Cami de Vera, s/n. 46022, Valencia, Spain Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State Universi...

A common form of prior knowledge in economic modelling concerns the monotonicity of relations between the dependent and explanatory variables. Monotonicity may also be an important requirement with a view toward explaining and justifying decisions based on such models. We explore the use of monotonicity constraints in classification tree algorithms. We present an application of monotonic classi...

In this paper, we present different applications of finite state mean field games to socio-economic sciences. Examples include paradigm shifts in the scientific community or consumer choice behaviour in the free market. The corresponding finite state mean field game models are hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations, for which we present and validate different numerical methods. We...

This article presents an approach to generalized convex duality theory based on Fenchel-Moreau conjugations; in particular, it discusses quasiconvex conjugation and duality in detail. It also describes the related topic of microeconomics duality and analyzes the monotonicity of demand functions.

This dissertation covers the two major parts of my Ph.D. research: i) developing a theoretical framework of complex networks; and ii) applying statistical physics concepts and methods to quantitatively analyze complex systems. In part I, we focus on developing theories of interdependent networks, which includes two chapters: 1) We develop a mathematical framework to study the percolation of int...

It is rather a pity that we received only three papers especially devoted to subject 2, "applications of methods of operations research and modern economic theory". Maybe the time for real applications of operations research techniques in the insurance field has still to come. However, I am convinhed that sooner or later such techn i q u e s i n connection with the use of the computor--wil l pl...

Pulsed energization of electrostatic precipitator (ESP) may represent one of the most promising solutions to comply with strict environmental regulation in case of high resistivity dust. Performs a parametric cost comparison between conventional and pulsed ESP with reference to four main industrial areas: electric power generation, cement manufacturing, iron and steel production, glass industry...

cinema industry is one of the main elements of cultural development. development of cinema industry requires the identifying the various social, economic and cultural dimensions. this paper studies the economic characteristics of cinema in iran. in this regard, it is necessary to identify the determinants of demand for movies and their demand elasticities. the computed elasticities have useful ...

he water framework directive of the european union has become a milestone in the water policy for this area. this directive aims to achieve a “good ecological status” of bodies of water in the member states of the european union by 2015. the water framework directive calls for the application of economic principles, economic approaches, tools and instruments. the functions of this economic anal...