Browsing by Subject "Environmental impact"
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An analytical framework for estimating TCO and exploring data center design space
(2013)In this paper, we present EETCO: an estimation and exploration tool that provides qualitative assessment of data center design decisions on Total-Cost-of-Ownership (TCO) and environmental impact. It can capture the ...
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Combined Variable Speed Limit and Lane Change Control for Highway Traffic
(2017)Variable speed limit (VSL) control of highway traffic is expected to improve traffic mobility, safety, and environment, especially during incidents. However, most existing VSL controllers show significant benefits in ...
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Combined Variable Speed Limit and Lane Change Control for Truck-Dominant Highway Segment
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)Traffic demand of trucks is rapidly increasing on highway networks, which harms highway traffic mobility, safety and the environment. Variable speed limit (VSL) control is considered to be able to improve the traffic ...
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Environmental aspects of VOCs evolved in the early stages of human decomposition
(2007)In the present study, the time profile, measured as "accumulation", of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced during the early stages of human decomposition was investigated. A human cadaver was placed in a sealed bag ...
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Environmental evaluation of Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) vehicles
(2000)During the last decade considerable research and development efforts have been devoted to automating vehicles in an effort to improve safety and efficiency of vehicle following. Several designs for automatic vehicle following ...
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Environmental Impact of Combined Variable Speed Limit and Lane Change Control: A Comparison of MOVES and CMEM Model
(2016)Highway congestion is detrimental to traffic mobility and has negative impact on the environment. Variable speed limit (VSL) control is an approach that aims to reduce the impact of congestion by controlling the speed of ...
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Evaluation of the environmental effects of intelligent cruise control vehicles
(2001)Intelligent cruise control (ICC) vehicles are already commercially available in Japan and should be ready for the North American market by next year. Although the controllers are local and string stable, it is not clear ...
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Gamma radiation measurements and dose rates in commercially-used natural tiling rocks (granites)
(2003)The gamma radiation in samples of a variety of natural tiling rocks (granites) imported in Cyprus for use in the building industry was measured, employing high-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy. The rock samples were pulverised, ...
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A model for estimating pollution emissions for individual economic activities
(1998)To be effective, environmental policies must be informed by reliable assessments of the impact of economic activities. In turn, such impact assessments require comprehensive information on the pollution profiles of particular ...
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Modelling and control of a medium-duty hybrid electric truck
(2004)The main contributions of this paper are the development of a forward-looking hybrid vehicle simulation tool, and its application to the design of a power management control algorithm, The hybrid electric vehicle simulation ...
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PortSec: A port security risk analysis and resource allocation system
(2010)Ports are important nodal points that stimulate the US economy. This is particularly true of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (POLA/LB). Over 40% of all containers shipped to and out of the US flow through this ...
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Study on the effects of environmental factors for the forecasting of electric power load
(IEEE, 2000)A feedforward multilayer neural network has been used for the estimation of the four-hour-ahead electric load in a Power Plant in the island of Crete. An attempt was made to use few variables for the input vector, while ...