An upcoming industrial IoT revolution, supposedly led by the introduction of embedded sensing and computing, seamless communication and massive data analytics within industrial processes [1], seems unquestionable today. Multiple technologies are being developed, and huge marketing efforts are being made to position solutions in this industrial landscape. However, we have observed that industria...

Nowadays, electricity is one of the most significant infrastructures required for economic development of countries. Hence, predicting electricity demand is very important especially in industry as a major electricity-consuming sector. The majority of studies under the subject of electricity demand have been performed by econometrics and it is not possible to investigate the effect of different...

An industrial sector uses more energy than any other end-use sectors and currently this sector is consuming about 37% of the world’s total delivered energy. Energy is consumed in the industrial sector by a diverse group of industries includingmanufacturing, agriculture, mining, and construction and for a wide range of activities, such as processing and assembly, space conditioning, and lighting...

Title of dissertation: COMPETING OR COLLABORATING SIBLINGS? AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE POLICIES Gunjan Sharma, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Dissertation directed by: Professor Roger Betancourt Department of Economics This dissertation investigates the relationship between industrial and trade policies and their impact on firm-level incentives to become more ...