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Electric utility storm restoration : crew work allocation optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Storms damage Atlantic Electric's electric distribution network, resulting in power outages and expensive repairs. After severe storms Atlantic Electric hires external contractor crews to perform the majority of the ...
Enhanced techniques to plan rural electrical networks using the Reference Electrification Model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Although there have recently been many significant digital and technical advances in the electric power industry, rural electrification remains a pressing issue in the developing countries around the world. The International ...
Translating international commitments to domestic action : Mercury co-benefits, sustainable development, and climate policy in China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
National commitments on the Paris Agreement on climate change interact with other global environment and sustainability objectives, such as the Minamata Convention on Mercury and the global Sustainable Development Goals. ...
Dead reckoning : where we stand on privacy and security controls for the Internet of Things
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
This thesis provides an analysis of privacy and security controls for internet-connected data-driven systems, known as the Internet of Things (IoT). The grounding theory is that numerous pre-existing privacy and security ...
Designing networked objects to achieve reasonable security
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
To maximize the value of the Internet of Things (IoT), developers need to build devices that balance security with features, cost, and usability, relative to the threats that their particular devices will face. However, ...
Assessing financial well-being of merchants by analyzing behavioral patterns in historical transactions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This study focuses on new approach to estimate financial wellbeing indicators for merchants, by looking at behavioral patterns of their customers in historical transactions. The transaction data for about 10,000 merchants ...
Drivers of photovoltaics cost evolution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Photovoltaics (PV) have experienced notable development over the last forty years. PV module costs have declined 20% on average with every doubling of cumulative capacity, while global PV installations have increased at ...
Combining tradespace exploration with system dynamics to explore future space architectures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This work proposes a merger of Tradespace Exploration with System Dynamics modeling techniques in a complementary approach. It tests the value of this mixed method for modeling the multiplicity of inputs and complexity of ...
Modeling of material recovery facility performance with applications for life cycle assessment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Single stream recycling programs improve participation rates and divert more end-of-life products from landfill to recycling. The resulting mixture of waste must be sorted, however, before individual materials can be ...
Public health impacts of excess NOx̳ emissions from Volkswagen diesel passenger vehicles in Germany
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
In September 2015, the Volkswagen Group (VW) admitted the use of "defeat devices" designed to lower emissions measured during VW vehicle testing for regulatory purposes. Globally, 11 million cars sold between 2008 and 2015 ...