Aim to minimize the combined fixed and transportation costs by deciding which of five plants to keep open or what have to close.

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We consider the optimal scheduling of hydropower plants in a hydrothermal interconnected system. This problem, of outmost importance for large-scale power systems with a high proportion of hydraulic ...

The global optimization of integer and mixed integer non-linear problems has a lot of applications in engineering. In this paper a heuristic algorithm is developed using line-up competition and ...

Introduction: Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) is a crucial afforestation and timber species in southern China. Accurate estimation of its stand biomass is vital for forest resource assessment, ...

Abstract: Significant research is currently being conducted to explore renewable energy sources, such as biomass fuel, in response to recent fluctuations in fossil fuel prices and environmental ...

ABSTRACT: Beam is one of the common structures in engineering, with the development of technology, homogeneous beams no longer meet the needs of engineering structural design, for this reason, people ...

ABSTRACT: With the development of the domestic economy and the increase in household income, the demand for investment has been growing, and funds are widely favored for their safety and flexibility.