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Feasibility evaluation of fired brick technology as a construction material and income-generating industry in Northern Ghana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This work evaluates the potential to develop fired brick production in the Northern Region of Ghana. While several brick factories operate in southern Ghana, no factories are known to exist in northern Ghana, which remains ...
Determining the optimal river gauge location for a flood early warning system in Uganda using HEC-RAS and AHP
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Flooding of the Manafwa River in Eastern Uganda causes significant damage in the district of Butaleja, and often occurs without advance warning. In 2012, the American Red Cross in Uganda requested MIT to develop a flood ...
Ancillary revenues in the airline industry : impacts on revenue management and distribution systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Airlines have increasingly depended on ancillary revenue in response to rising fuel costs, de- creased yields, and an increasingly competitive environment. Estimates indicate that U.S. airlines collected over $8 billion ...
Factors influencing bus network design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Bus network design and frequency setting, the highest level subproblems in the bus planning process, have long-term impacts on bus network performance. Improving network performance not only improves the attractiveness of ...
Probabilistic evaluation of flood damage in buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Because the ocean level keeps rising and because hurricanes and storms become increasingly destructive in terms of damage and economic loss, the built environment has become very vulnerable to floods. Every city is building ...
Experiments in fluid spreading in the partial wetting regime
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The spread of a fluid on a flat surface has been the subject of intense research for a number of decades, having importance in surface treatment technologies, porous media flow, and common naturally ocurring phenomena. In ...
Feasibility analysis and design of a flood barrier concept for the City of New York
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Flooding has always been a major concern for coastal communities. However, many parts of New York City never had to worry about flooding until Hurricane Sandy hit in October 2012. The hurricane brought a record level storm ...
Analysis of the 2012 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority fare increase using automated fare collection data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Transit agencies commonly increase fares to raise revenue, reduce service to lower costs, or combine the two strategies. Fare increases impact specific subsets of transit users in different ways based on their demographics ...