Essays about: "Utility function"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 91 essays containing the words Utility function.

1. 21. Egnahemsträdgårdar : en jämförelse mellan dåtida och nutida stilideal och växtval

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Cecilia Öberg; [2022]
   Keywords : egnahemsträdgård; stilideal; illustrationsplan; växtmaterial;

   Abstract : I en egnahemsträdgård, i början på 1900-talet i Sverige, skulle de boende kunna odla sin egen mat vid sidan om sin huvudsakliga inkomst som skedde på arbetet. Tanken var att dessa trädgårdar till stor del skulle förse de boende med egenodlad frukt, bär och grönsaker. READ MORE

3. 22. Design of a Future Residential DC Microgrid

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Viktor Andersson; Max Gugolz; [2022]
   Keywords : Grid control; grid converter; DC microgrid; buck-boost; PV; MPPT; P O; ESS; SOC;

   Abstract : In the search for environmentally friendly methods to implement renewable energy in the power system residential microgrids have been proposed and proven. The direct current (DC) microgrid topology is a promising implementation of a microgrid system due to the increasing amount of DC-operated loads and production units expected in the near future. READ MORE

4. 23. Truck Platoon Coordination in a Large-Scale Transportation System

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Guanyu Lin; Robin Ganguly; [2022]
   Keywords : Platoon coordination; model predictive control; hub-based transport system;

   Abstract : Truck platooning is a technology where trucks drive in a formation with each other with a small distance in between trucks in order to save fuel and reduce emissions. In this project,a distributed method for solving the optimal time problem for every truck in a hub-based transport system will be developed. READ MORE

5. 24. Risk Contours for RemoteOperations Centres forMaritime AutonomousSurface Ships

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Andreas Baldhagen; Jonas Lindström; [2022]
   Keywords : Monitoring of autonomous vehicles; Autonomous vessels; Remote operations centers; Maritime autonomous surface ships; Land­based monitoring; Risk contours.; Risk­konturer; Fjärroperationscentraler; Marina autonoma ytfartyg; Övervakning av autonoma fordon; Autonoma fartyg; Landbaserad övervakning.;

   Abstract : To monitor and control maritime autonomous surface ships in a land­based remote operations centre leads to several advantages compared to today when a whole crew is needed on board. For example, less humans would be required to control the same amount of ships, less personnel would be required to live or stay on the ship for a longtime and risk being injured or die in accidents or storms. READ MORE

6. 25. The Debate of Decent Work in Emerging Economies: Minimum Wage Policy in South Africa.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : There exists considerable debate on the utility of ILO’s decent work agenda and its four pillars of full employment, rights at work, social dialogue, and social protection in the context of emerging economies. Whether these pillars be achieved in unison or if there a need to prioritize a pillar over another and whether the notion as a whole is complementary with other development objectives like economic growth is dependant on how an emerging economy understand the issue at hand, which is itself a function of the historical and socioeconomic context in which the labor markets exists within. READ MORE