A set of design variables is used to define balancing market design. Performance criteria are defined and the market designs are evaluated using weights and scores for each performance criterion. It is concluded that solutions based on trading between Balancing Service Providers and Transmission System Operators will reduce socio-economic welfare. Major causes for this result are a reduction of...

The potential educational power of digital games which equip learners with motivation and help them focus has well been studied. However, few applications taking advantage of such findings exist, and even fewer are put into practice. In this thesis we investigate the possibility of building game-like applications in order to demonstrate non-trivial AI concepts to non-expert humans. We do so by ...

In Autonomous Multi Robot Systems (AMRS) tasks are not always predetermined but are often dynamically introduced in the system through one of the robots or exogenously. This raises the question of task planning and distribution of tasks among robots, i.e., which robot will perform what task, and who will be responsible for making this decision. Multi Agent Technology (MAT) provides a paradigm f...

In Autonomous Multi Robot Systems (AMRS) tasks are not always predetermined but are often dynamically introduced in the system through one of the robots or exogenously. This raises the question of task planning and distribution of tasks among robots, i.e., which robot will perform what task, and who will be responsible for making this decision. Multi Agent Technology (MAT) provides a paradigm f...

in recent years, significant research efforts have been devoted to the optimal planning of power systems. substation expansion planning (sep) as a sub-system of power system planning consists of finding the most economical solution with the optimal location and size of future substations and/or feeders to meet the future demand. the large number of design variables, and combination of discrete ...

A key document in the development of thinking concerning town planning strategy. Itbegins from the challenges of changing population and socio-economic shifts inpopulation, changing town centres and the impact of public policies. It concludes byoutlining proposals for a town centre focus involving town centre management,planning proposals, transport considerations and local ...

Business logic is one of the most important logics based on the decision matrix. However, using this logic alone and environmental uncertainty leads to problems such as low accuracy and integrity in strategic planning. In this work, we use an intelligent model based on the neural-fuzzy approach aiming at a desired decision-making and reducing the uncertainty in the strategic planning in mineral...

International Family Planning Perspectives Although governments develop family planning policies to guide program design and implementation, these policies can have both intended and unintended consequences. As a result, policies may need periodic revision to achieve the desired outcomes. Over the last two decades, the government of Peru has instituted a series of laws and policies designed to ...