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Optimal design of hybrid renewable energy systems in buildings with low to high renewable energy ratio
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2015 , Article)
We develop a simulation-based meta-heuristic approach that determines the optimal size of a hybrid renewable energy system for residential buildings. This multi-objective optimization problem requires the advancement of a ...
A hybrid optimization-simulation approach for robust weekly aircraft routing and retiming
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
We address the robust weekly aircraft routing and retiming problem, which requires determining weekly schedules for a heterogeneous fleet that maximizes the aircraft on-time performance, minimizes the total delay, and ...
Dynamic aggregated building electricity load modeling and simulation
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2014 , Article)
In order to support the growing interest in demand response modeling and analysis, there is a need for physical-based building load models. This work presents a new approach for simulating electrical power flow in buildings. ...
Age replacement models: A summary with new perspectives and methods
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article Review)
Age replacement models are fundamental to maintenance theory. This paper summarizes our new perspectives and hods in age replacement models: First, we optimize the expected cost rate for a required availability level and ...
Multi-objective optimal design of hybrid renewable energy systems using PSO-simulation based approach
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2014 , Article)
Recently, the increasing energy demand has caused dramatic consumption of fossil fuels and unavoidable raising energy prices. Moreover, environmental effect of fossil fuel led to the need of using renewable energy (RE) to ...
Morphological and structural properties of VoPcPhO:P3HT composite thin films
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
In this paper, we report the formation of VOPcPhO and P3HT composite nanostructures by spin-coating technique. Novel structural and morphological properties of the composite film have been observed at a specific volumetric ...
On the optimal computing budget allocation problem for large scale simulation optimization
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
Selecting a set that contains the best simulated systems is an important area of research. When the number of alternative systems is large, then it becomes impossible to simulate all alternatives, so one needs to relax the ...
A practical solution approach for the green vehicle routing problem
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Green vehicle routing (GVRP) is an active research area that is concerned with the development and analysis of distribution activities with eco-friendly vehicles. We propose a practical solution approach for the GVRP that ...
Tidal power technology review with potential applications in Gulf Stream
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article Review)
With the increasing concern of global warming, the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been accepted worldwide. Realizing the contribution of conventional energy sources to greenhouse gas emissions and the ...
Elastic properties of chiral, anti-chiral, and hierarchical honeycombs: A simple energy-based approach
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Article)
The effects of two geometric refinement strategies widespread in natural structures, chirality and self-similar hierarchy, on the in-plane elastic response of two-dimensional honeycombs were studied systematically. Simple ...