Scheduling with Time-Changing Effects and Rate-Modifying Activities / / by Vitaly A. Strusevich, Kabir Rustogi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136021703321
• Autore: Strusevich Vitaly A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
• ISBN: 3-319-39574-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2017.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXV, 455 p. 14 illus.)
• Collana: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, , 0884-8289 ; ; 243
• Disciplina: 658.5
• Soggetti: Business logistics; Operations research; Decision making; Engineering economy; Logistics; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: I Models and Methods of Classical Scheduling -- Models and Concepts of Classical Scheduling -- Pairwise Interchange Argument -- Sequencing under Precedence Constraints -- Relevant Boolean Programming Problems.
• Sommario/riassunto: In scheduling theory, the models that have attracted considerable attention during the last two decades allow the processing times to be variable, i.e., to be subjected to various effects that make the actual processing time of a job dependent on its location in a schedule. The impact of these effects includes, but is not limited to, deterioration and learning. Under the first type of effect, the later a job is scheduled, the longer its actual processing time becomes. In the case of learning, delaying a job will result in shorter processing times. Scheduling with Time-Changing Effects and Rate-Modifying Activities covers and advances the state-of-the-art research in this area. The book focuses on single machine and parallel machine scheduling problems to ; minimize either the maximum completion time or the sum of completion times of all jobs, provided that the processing times are subject to various effects. Models that describe deterioration, learning and general non-monotone effects to be considered include positional, start-time dependent, cumulative and their combinations, which cover most of the traditionally used models. The authors also consider more enhanced models in which the decision-maker may insert certain Rate-Modifying Activities (RMA) on processing machines, such as for example, maintenance or rest periods. In any case, the processing times of jobs are not only dependent on effects mentioned above but also on the place of a job in a schedule relative to an RMA. For most of the enhanced models described in the book, polynomial-time algorithms are presented which are based on similar algorithmic ideas such as reduction to linear assignment problems (in a full form or in a reduced form), discrete convexity, and controlled generation of options.

The carbon dioxide dilemma : promising technologies and policies ; proceedings of a symposium, April 23-24, 2002 / / National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970835303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2003
• ISBN: 9786610209088; 9780309167017; 0309167019; 9781280209086; 1280209089; 9780309508636; 0309508630
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (150 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.738/746
• Soggetti: Atmospheric carbon dioxide; Sequestration (Chemistry)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Global Climate Change and the Anthropogenic Earth--Allenby -- The Century-Scale Problem of Carbon Management--Socolow -- Sequestration in Geologic Formations -- Sequestration via Injection of Carbon Dioxide into the Deep Earth--Orr -- Using Carbon Dioxide to Recover Natural Gas and Oil--Hill -- Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide--Benson -- Sequestration in the Oceans -- Direct Injection of Carbon Dioxide into the Oceans--Brewer -- The Effectiveness and Unintended Consequences of Ocean Fertilization--Caldeira -- Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems -- Using Terrestrial Ecosystems for Carbon Sequestration--Jacobs -- Monitoring Carbon Adsorption in the Terrestrial Ecosphere--Kadyszewski -- Advanced Research and Development and Engineering Processes -- The Forms and Costs of Carbon Sequestration and Capture from Energy Systems--Simbeck -- Public Policy on Carbon Emissions from Fossil Fuels--Hawkins -- Active Climate Stabilization: Practical Physics-Based Approaches to Preventing Climate Change--Hyde, Teller, and Wood -- Nuclear Energy: Large-Scale, Zero-Emissions Technology--Lake -- Economic Issues -- Can Emissions Trading of Carbon Dioxide Bootstrap the Transition?--Walsh -- The Top Ten Things You Should Know about Carbon Sequestration--Herzog -- Appendix -- Biographies -- Color Plates.
• Sommario/riassunto: Growing concerns about climate change partly as a result of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions has prompted the research community to assess technologies and policies for sequestration. This report contains presentations of a symposium held in April of 2002. The sequestration options range form ocean disposal, terrestrial disposal in geologic formations, biomass based approaches and carbon trading schemes. The report also presents current efforts at enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide and demonstrating its utility. The volume is intended only as introduction to the subject and not the final word.