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Valuing innovative technology R&D as a real option : application to fuel cell vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis aims to elucidate real option thinking and real option valuation techniques for innovative technology investment. Treating the fuel cell R&D investment as a real option for General Motor's light passenger vehicle ...
An interactive, online Geographic Information System (GIS) for stakeholder participation in environmental site selection
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
An interactive, online geographic information system (GIS) was developed to enhance the involvement of stakeholders in the public participation processes of site selection issues in the marine environment. Displaying ...
A taxonomy and analysis of web wrapping technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Web wrapping technologies were developed in the 90s in the middle of the dot com boom to facilitate the extraction of web data. In recent years, the underlying architecture of web wrapping technologies is also been used ...
Introducing basic structural engineering concepts through a web-based interactive learning environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Economic modeling of intermittency in wind power generation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The electricity sector is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global climate change. Over the past decade wind energy has steadily emerged as a potential source for large-scale, low carbon energy. ...
The climate change debate and its implications for megacities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
ISO 14000 : regulatory reform and environmental management systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
An agent-based approach to HIV/AIDS epidemic modeling : a case study of Papua New Guinea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Since AIDS was first discovered, mathematical models of the transmission dynamics of HIV have been developed to determine the drivers of the epidemic. It has become apparent that the most profound factor in the proliferation ...
Quantifying the cost uncertainty of climate stabilization policies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Climate change researchers are often asked to evaluate potential economic effects of climate stabilization policies. Policy costs are particularly important because policymakers use a cost/benefit framework to analyze ...
Using HSPF to evaluate stormwater Best Management Practices in the Charles River Watershed
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
This thesis describes how the hydrologic computer model HSPF was used to model hydrologic and sediment transport in the Charles River Watershed and subsequently to evaluate stormwater management practices in the watershed. ...