abstractaccidents and natural disasters and crises coming out of them indicate the importance of an integrated planning to reduce their effected. therefore, disaster relief logistics is one of the main activities in disaster management. in this paper, we study the response phase of the disaster management cycle and a bi-objective model has been developed for relief chain logistic in uncertainty...

This paper models a key aspect of real estate market uncertainty, i.e. the frequent mismatch between office demand and supply under the impact of the macro economy, macroeconomic policy and the domestic stock market. The dynamic interaction of this aspect of the office sector’s market uncertainty is structured under the demand-side and supply-side aspects. Prices in the form of office rents, to...

Integrated energy systems (IES) can help achieve greater efficiency, and then ultimately promote a climate-neutral economy by utilizing local renewable resources. Demand-side energy-saving measures reduce operational costs associated with usage. Most existing IES models, however, focus on supply-side optimization, while the demand-side potential its impacts whole-system performance are still no...

This paper considers a residential market with real-time electricity pricing and flexible electricity consumption profiles for customers. Such a market raises an optimisation problem for home automation systems where they need to schedule consumption activities to reduce costs, whilst maintaining a base level of comfort and convenience. This optimisation problem faces uncertainty in real-time p...

I evaluate German regulation that requires retail discounters to guarantee the availability of their products in bargain sales. The regulation is meant to prevent loss leaders. Retailers however claim that rationing is due to demand uncertainty and thereby undermine the regulation’s rationale. Indeed, demand uncertainty explains empirical observations better than a theory of loss leaders. This ...

C ONSUMERS are expected to play an increasingly important role in current electricity markets through smart grid systems , where risk and uncertainty are becoming central issues. The availability of an advanced metering infrastructure provides one of the building blocks for bi-directional communications between consumers and suppliers, creating an opportunity for large-scale load control within...

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 360 I. RECENT HISTORY OF SMART GRID ................................... 363 II. CONSUMER-FACING COMPONENTS AND TWO KEY CHALLENGES ......................................................................... 365 A. Physical Components of Consumer-Facing Smart Grid .... 366 B. Demand side benefits enabled b...