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Stochastic Benchmarking

Author : Alireza Amirteimoori
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030898695
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Stochastic Benchmarking by : Alireza Amirteimoori

Download or read book Stochastic Benchmarking written by Alireza Amirteimoori and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-11 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces readers to benchmarking techniques in the stochastic environment, primarily stochastic data envelopment analysis (DEA), and provides stochastic models in DEA for the possibility of variations in inputs and outputs. It focuses on the application of theories and interpretations of the mathematical programs, which are combined with economic and organizational thinking. The book’s main purpose is to shed light on the advantages of the different methods in deterministic and stochastic environments and thoroughly prepare readers to properly use these methods in various cases. Simple examples, along with graphical illustrations and real-world applications in industry, are provided for a better understanding. The models introduced here can be easily used in both theoretical and real-world evaluations. This book is intended for graduate and PhD students, advanced consultants, and practitioners with an interest in quantitative performance evaluation.

Formal Methods and Stochastic Models for Performance Evaluation

Author : András Horváth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540353623
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Formal Methods and Stochastic Models for Performance Evaluation by : András Horváth

Download or read book Formal Methods and Stochastic Models for Performance Evaluation written by András Horváth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2006, held in Budapest, Hungary in June 2006. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on stochastic process algebra, workloads and benchmarks, theory of stochastic processes, formal dependability and performance evaluation, as well as queues, theory and practice.

Benchmarking with DEA, SFA, and R

Author : Peter Bogetoft
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441979611
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Benchmarking with DEA, SFA, and R by : Peter Bogetoft

Download or read book Benchmarking with DEA, SFA, and R written by Peter Bogetoft and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers recent advances in efficiency evaluations, most notably Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) methods. It introduces the underlying theories, shows how to make the relevant calculations and discusses applications. The aim is to make the reader aware of the pros and cons of the different methods and to show how to use these methods in both standard and non-standard cases. Several software packages have been developed to solve some of the most common DEA and SFA models. This book relies on R, a free, open source software environment for statistical computing and graphics. This enables the reader to solve not only standard problems, but also many other problem variants. Using R, one can focus on understanding the context and developing a good model. One is not restricted to predefined model variants and to a one-size-fits-all approach. To facilitate the use of R, the authors have developed an R package called Benchmarking, which implements the main methods within both DEA and SFA. The book uses mathematical formulations of models and assumptions, but it de-emphasizes the formal proofs - in part by placing them in appendices -- or by referring to the original sources. Moreover, the book emphasizes the usage of the theories and the interpretations of the mathematical formulations. It includes a series of small examples, graphical illustrations, simple extensions and questions to think about. Also, it combines the formal models with less formal economic and organizational thinking. Last but not least it discusses some larger applications with significant practical impacts, including the design of benchmarking-based regulations of energy companies in different European countries, and the development of merger control programs for competition authorities.

Performance Benchmarking

Author : Peter Bogetoft
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461460433
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Book Synopsis Performance Benchmarking by : Peter Bogetoft

Download or read book Performance Benchmarking written by Peter Bogetoft and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book, Peter Bogetoft - THE expert on the theory and practice of benchmarking - provides an in–depth yet very accessible and readable explanation of the best way to do benchmarking, starting from the ground up." Rick Antle William S. Beinecke Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Management CFO, Compensation Valuation, Inc. "I highly recommend this well-written and comprehensive book on measuring and managing performance. Dr. Bogetoft summarizes the fundamental mathematical concepts in an elegant, intuitive, and understandable way." Jon A. Chilingerian Professor, Brandeis University and INSEAD "Bogetoft gives in his book Performance Benchmarking an excellent introduction to the methodological basis of benchmarking." Christian Parbøl Director, DONG Energy "This book is the primer on benchmarking for performance management." Albert Birck Business Performance Manager, Maersk Oil "This excellent book provides a non technical introduction for performance management." Misja Mikkers, Director, Dutch Health Care Authority "With this very well written and comprehensive introduction to the many facets of benchmarking in hand, organizations have no excuse for not applying the best and cost effective benchmarking methods in their performance assessments." Stig P. Christensen Senior R&D Director, COWI

Deep Statistical Comparison for Meta-heuristic Stochastic Optimization Algorithms

Author : Tome Eftimov
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030969177
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Deep Statistical Comparison for Meta-heuristic Stochastic Optimization Algorithms by : Tome Eftimov

Download or read book Deep Statistical Comparison for Meta-heuristic Stochastic Optimization Algorithms written by Tome Eftimov and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-11 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on comprehensive comparisons of the performance of stochastic optimization algorithms, this book provides an overview of the current approaches used to analyze algorithm performance in a range of common scenarios, while also addressing issues that are often overlooked. In turn, it shows how these issues can be easily avoided by applying the principles that have produced Deep Statistical Comparison and its variants. The focus is on statistical analyses performed using single-objective and multi-objective optimization data. At the end of the book, examples from a recently developed web-service-based e-learning tool (DSCTool) are presented. The tool provides users with all the functionalities needed to make robust statistical comparison analyses in various statistical scenarios. The book is intended for newcomers to the field and experienced researchers alike. For newcomers, it covers the basics of optimization and statistical analysis, familiarizing them with the subject matter before introducing the Deep Statistical Comparison approach. Experienced researchers can quickly move on to the content on new statistical approaches. The book is divided into three parts: Part I: Introduction to optimization, benchmarking, and statistical analysis – Chapters 2-4. Part II: Deep Statistical Comparison of meta-heuristic stochastic optimization algorithms – Chapters 5-7. Part III: Implementation and application of Deep Statistical Comparison – Chapter 8.

Benchmarking for Performance Evaluation

Author : Subhash C. Ray
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 8132222539
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Benchmarking for Performance Evaluation written by Subhash C. Ray and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed introduction to the theoretical and methodological foundations of production efficiency analysis using benchmarking. Two of the more popular methods of efficiency evaluation are Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), both of which are based on the concept of a production possibility set and its frontier. Depending on the assumed objectives of the decision-making unit, a Production, Cost, or Profit Frontier is constructed from observed data on input and output quantities and prices. While SFA uses different maximum likelihood estimation techniques to estimate a parametric frontier, DEA relies on mathematical programming to create a nonparametric frontier. Yet another alternative is the Convex Nonparametric Frontier, which is based on the assumed convexity of the production possibility set and creates a piecewise linear frontier consisting of a number of tangent hyper planes. Three of the papers in this volume provide a detailed and relatively easy to follow exposition of the underlying theory from neoclassical production economics and offer step-by-step instructions on the appropriate model to apply in different contexts and how to implement them. Of particular appeal are the instructions on (i) how to write the codes for different SFA models on STATA, (ii) how to write a VBA Macro for repetitive solution of the DEA problem for each production unit on Excel Solver, and (iii) how to write the codes for the Nonparametric Convex Frontier estimation. The three other papers in the volume are primarily theoretical and will be of interest to PhD students and researchers hoping to make methodological and conceptual contributions to the field of nonparametric efficiency analysis.

Stochastic Optimization

Author : Johannes Schneider
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540345604
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Stochastic Optimization by : Johannes Schneider

Download or read book Stochastic Optimization written by Johannes Schneider and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-06 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses stochastic optimization procedures in a broad manner. The first part offers an overview of relevant optimization philosophies; the second deals with benchmark problems in depth, by applying a selection of optimization procedures. Written primarily with scientists and students from the physical and engineering sciences in mind, this book addresses a larger community of all who wish to learn about stochastic optimization techniques and how to use them.

A Benchmark Approach to Quantitative Finance

Author : Eckhard Platen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540478566
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis A Benchmark Approach to Quantitative Finance by : Eckhard Platen

Download or read book A Benchmark Approach to Quantitative Finance written by Eckhard Platen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-28 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A framework for financial market modeling, the benchmark approach extends beyond standard risk neutral pricing theory. It permits a unified treatment of portfolio optimization, derivative pricing, integrated risk management and insurance risk modeling. This book presents the necessary mathematical tools, followed by a thorough introduction to financial modeling under the benchmark approach, explaining various quantitative methods for the fair pricing and hedging of derivatives.

Transport Benchmarking Methodologies, Applications and Data Needs

Author : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264187839
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Book Synopsis Transport Benchmarking Methodologies, Applications and Data Needs by : European Conference of Ministers of Transport

Download or read book Transport Benchmarking Methodologies, Applications and Data Needs written by European Conference of Ministers of Transport and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This conference proceedings defines transport benchmarking, analyzes its usefulness to policy makers and discusses what lessons can be drawn at the national and international level for policy makers.

Benchmarks and Models for 1-D Radiation Transport in Stochastic Participating Media

Author : David Scott Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Benchmarks and Models for 1-D Radiation Transport in Stochastic Participating Media written by David Scott Miller and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Formal Methods and Stochastic Models for Performance Evaluation

Author : Katinka Wolter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540752110
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Formal Methods and Stochastic Models for Performance Evaluation by : Katinka Wolter

Download or read book Formal Methods and Stochastic Models for Performance Evaluation written by Katinka Wolter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-09-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2007, held in Berlin, Germany, September 27-28, 2007. The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Markov Chains, Process Algebra, Wireless Networks, Queueing Theory and Applications of Queueing, Benchmarking and Bounding, Grid and Peer-to-Peer Systems.

Stochastic Local Search

Author : Holger H. Hoos
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN 13 : 1558608729
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)

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Book Synopsis Stochastic Local Search by : Holger H. Hoos

Download or read book Stochastic Local Search written by Holger H. Hoos and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2005 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stochastic local search (SLS) algorithms are among the most prominent and successful techniques for solving computationally difficult problems. Offering a systematic treatment of SLS algorithms, this book examines the general concepts and specific instances of SLS algorithms and considers their development, analysis and application.

The Economics of Benchmarking

Author : Thijs ten Raa
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis The Economics of Benchmarking by : Thijs ten Raa

Download or read book The Economics of Benchmarking written by Thijs ten Raa and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents the techniques and theory of benchmarking to explain how performance indices and rankings are developed and used to improve efficiency, productivity and profitability. The only software required is Microsoft Excel.

Stochastic Local Search - Methods, Models, Applications

Author : Holger Hoos
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 9781586031169
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Book Synopsis Stochastic Local Search - Methods, Models, Applications by : Holger Hoos

Download or read book Stochastic Local Search - Methods, Models, Applications written by Holger Hoos and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, stochastic local search (SLS) algorithms are among the standard methods for solving hard combinatorial problems from various areas of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research. Some of the most successful and powerful algorithms for prominent problems like SAT, CSP, or TSP are based on stochastic local search. This work investigates various aspects of SLS algorithms; in particular, it focusses on modelling these algorithms, empirically evaluating their performance, characterising and improving their behaviour, and understanding the factors which influence their efficiency. These issues are studied for the SAT problem in propositional logic as a primary application domain. SAT has the advantage of being conceptually very simple, which facilitates the design, implementation, and presentation of algorithms as well as their analysis. However, most of the methodology generalises easily to other combinatorial problems like CSP. This Ph.D. thesis won the Best Dissertation Award 1999 (Dissertationspreis) of the German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft fur Informatik).

Stochastic Optimization Methods in Finance and Energy

Author : Marida Bertocchi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441995862
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Stochastic Optimization Methods in Finance and Energy by : Marida Bertocchi

Download or read book Stochastic Optimization Methods in Finance and Energy written by Marida Bertocchi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a collection of contributions dedicated to applied problems in the financial and energy sectors that have been formulated and solved in a stochastic optimization framework. The invited authors represent a group of scientists and practitioners, who cooperated in recent years to facilitate the growing penetration of stochastic programming techniques in real-world applications, inducing a significant advance over a large spectrum of complex decision problems. After the recent widespread liberalization of the energy sector in Europe and the unprecedented growth of energy prices in international commodity markets, we have witnessed a significant convergence of strategic decision problems in the energy and financial sectors. This has often resulted in common open issues and has induced a remarkable effort by the industrial and scientific communities to facilitate the adoption of advanced analytical and decision tools. The main concerns of the financial community over the last decade have suddenly penetrated the energy sector inducing a remarkable scientific and practical effort to address previously unforeseeable management problems. Stochastic Optimization Methods in Finance and Energy: New Financial Products and Energy Markets Strategies aims to include in a unified framework for the first time an extensive set of contributions related to real-world applied problems in finance and energy, leading to a common methodological approach and in many cases having similar underlying economic and financial implications. Part 1 of the book presents 6 chapters related to financial applications; Part 2 presents 7 chapters on energy applications; and Part 3 presents 5 chapters devoted to specific theoretical and computational issues.

Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization

Author : Heike Trautmann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319541579
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization written by Heike Trautmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization, EMO 2017 held in Münster, Germany in March 2017. The 33 revised full papers presented together with 13 poster presentations were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The EMO 2017 aims to discuss all aspects of EMO development and deployment, including theoretical foundations; constraint handling techniques; preference handling techniques; handling of continuous, combinatorial or mixed-integer problems; local search techniques; hybrid approaches; stopping criteria; parallel EMO models; performance evaluation; test functions and benchmark problems; algorithm selection approaches; many-objective optimization; large scale optimization; real-world applications; EMO algorithm implementations.

Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants

Author : Krist V. Gernaey
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843391465
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (433 download)

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Book Synopsis Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants by : Krist V. Gernaey

Download or read book Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants written by Krist V. Gernaey and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wastewater treatment plants are large non-linear systems subject to large perturbations in wastewater flow rate, load and composition. Nevertheless these plants have to be operated continuously, meeting stricter and stricter regulations. Many control strategies have been proposed in the literature for improved and more efficient operation of wastewater treatment plants. Unfortunately, their evaluation and comparison – either practical or based on simulation – is difficult. This is partly due to the variability of the influent, to the complexity of the biological and biochemical phenomena and to the large range of time constants (from a few minutes to several days). The lack of standard evaluation criteria is also a tremendous disadvantage. To really enhance the acceptance of innovative control strategies, such an evaluation needs to be based on a rigorous methodology including a simulation model, plant layout, controllers, sensors, performance criteria and test procedures, i.e. a complete benchmarking protocol. This book is a Scientific and Technical Report produced by the IWA Task Group on Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants. The goal of the Task Group includes developing models and simulation tools that encompass the most typical unit processes within a wastewater treatment system (primary treatment, activated sludge, sludge treatment, etc.), as well as tools that will enable the evaluation of long-term control strategies and monitoring tasks (i.e. automatic detection of sensor and process faults). Work on these extensions has been carried out by the Task Group during the past five years, and the main results are summarized in Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants. Besides a description of the final version of the already well-known Benchmark Simulation Model no. 1 (BSM1), the book includes the Benchmark Simulation Model no. 1 Long-Term (BSM1_LT) – with focus on benchmarking of process monitoring tasks – and the plant-wide Benchmark Simulation Model no. 2 (BSM2). Authors: Krist V. Gernaey, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, Ulf Jeppsson, Lund University, Sweden, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada and John B. Copp, Primodal Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada