This paper applies a microeconomics-based stylized model to identify the optimal modal split of water supply infrastructure in regions Global South against background Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 6. Based on an assumed linear city, we calculate supply. Not all users need be connected centralized, pipeline-based network from economic perspective. We tap density and spatial range househ...

in this article, optimal vat rates have been calculated for the three different levels of consumption tax revenue needed by the government. using the data of 10 income groups of the iranian rural and urban households in the period(1378-1386) and applying panel data approach, the almost ideal demand system(aids) were estimated to derive the price and income elasticities. then, the optimal vat ra...

A utility function is an important tool for representing a DM’s preference. We adjoin utility functions to multi-objective optimization problems. In current studies, usually one utility function is used for each objective function. Situations may arise for a goal to have multiple utility functions. Here, we consider a constrained multi-objective problem with each objective having multiple utili...

BACKGROUND Use of mobile information technology may aid collection of real-time, standardised data to inform and improve decision-making for polio programming and response. We utilised Android-based smartphones to collect data electronically from more than 8,000 households during a national round of polio immunisation in South Sudan. The results of the household surveys are presented here, toge...

High utility itemset mining (HUIM) is a new emerging field in data mining which has gained growing interest due to its various applications. The goal of this problem is to discover all itemsets whose utility exceeds minimum threshold. The basic HUIM problem does not consider length of itemsets in its utility measurement and utility values tend to become higher for itemsets containing more items...

Abstract Despite widespread exposure to substantial medical expenditure risk in low-income populations, health insurance enrollment is typically low. This puzzling from the perspective of expected utility theory. To help explain it, this paper introduces a decomposition stated willingness pay (WTP) for into its fair price and three behavioral deviations that due perception attitude consistent w...

The social cost of carbon is a central metric for optimal prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the carbon, but mostly omits heterogeneity below national level. We present an taxation model accounts between and within countries. find climate distributional policy can generally not be separated. If only one country does compensate low-income households dispro...

The 2010 energy subsidy reform in Iran is a unique case of redistributive policy as the savings from cut have been redirected to households unconditional, universal cash transfer. While theoretically, transfer was large enough keep utility average household at initial level, this study explores practical impacts reform. We analyze panel data on income/expenditure Iranian for period 2010–2012. S...