A new trend in the telecom industry is shifting where network functions are deployed from hardware-based equipment to software applications running in a virtualized environment on standard high volume servers. Network service providers are beginning to deploy virtualized network elements in order to drive higher resource utilization by sharing hardware across multiple network functions. Additio...

The Department of Defense (DoD) could achieve substantially higher acquisition cost savings by following the lead of industry in applying systems engineering theory to organizational structure, to develop an enterprise architecture for DoD acquisition. [AT&L]), has continually spoken of the need to generate the dollars necessary to modernize forces while continuing to meet the operations and ma...

Better insurance against rainfall risk could improve the security of hundreds of millions of agricultural households around the world. This paper theoretically and experimentally analyzes an innovative financial product called a Weather Insurance Savings Account (WISA), which combines savings and rainfall insurance. We index the insurance share of the WISA by γ ∈ [0, 1] and use a standard model...

This study determines the relationship between increase in size of dry bulk carriers and container ships changes sustainable shipping performance. It measures elasticities costs for ships. Using regression, it derives functions daily unit with respect to The estimated cost models reveal significant but diversified impacts vessel on its components, other operating capital, fuel costs. Findings: ...