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Estimating carbon emissions from less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Less-than-truckload (LTL) is a $32-billion sector of the trucking industry that focuses on moving smaller shipments, typically with weights between 100 and 10,000 pounds, that do not require a full trailer to be moved. ...
Point-of-sale demand forecasting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Nike Always Available (AA) is a significant global business unit within Nike that allows retail customers to purchase athletic essentials at weekly replenishment intervals and 95% availability. However, demand fluctuations ...
Throughput optimization of multi-agent robotic automated warehouses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
In 2003 Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics) introduced a new type material handling automation to the world. The system is based on the principle that the physical infrastructure that contains inventory should be mobile. ...
Impact of distributed energy resources on locational marginal prices and electricity networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Distributed energy resources (DERs) are projected to be significant components of the modern power grid, active players in electricity markets and salient tools used in the operation of electric grids. The objective of ...
Improving the transparency of government requests for user data from ICT companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
In 1968, the US Congress enacted a detailed list of requirements for transparency reporting of wiretaps but with subsequent surveillance statutes with minimal reporting requirements and rapidly evolving Internet technologies, ...
Unlocking the value of distributed energy resources in electric distribution networks : exploring the role of locational tariffs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The proliferation of distributed energy resources (DERs) in electric distribution networks brings both challenges and opportunities to the management of the electric grid. In the right locations these resources can provide ...
Size curve optimization for replenishment products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Nike replenishment products (make to stock) are forecasted and planned at a style/color level and then disaggregated to a size level forecast through the use of a size curve. This method of forecasting and planning provides ...
On creating cleantech confluences : best practices and partnerships to mobilize multiple sources of private capital into early-stage clean technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
During the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference, world climate scientists and policymakers agreed that global temperatures must not exceed a two degree Celsius increase above pre-industrial levels within the next 30 years. ...
Universal artificial intelligence: evaluation and benchmarks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The fields of artificial intelligence has struggled since it's inception about fundamental question of what intelligence means and how to measure it. The underlying issue of defining intelligence and it's formal measure ...
Carbon dynamics of global land use, land-use change, and forestry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Forest harvest for bioenergy is growing rapidly, spurred by the European Commission's declaration that bioenergy is carbon-neutral. Bioenergy advocates argue that the carbon released upon the combustion of harvested wood ...