Browsing Mechanical & Industrial Engineering by Subject "optimization"

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    • Optimal design of a district cooling grid: structure, technology integration, and operation 

      Al-Noaimi, Fadi; Khir, Reem; Haouari, Mohamed ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)
      The concept of a district cooling grid that allows the integration of several cooling technologies with different availability and supply patterns is introduced. An integrated multi-period optimization model for a district ...

    • Parcel delivery by vehicle and drone 

      El-Adle, Amro M.; Ghoniem, Ahmed; Haouari, Mohamed ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)
      We investigate a single-vehicle parcel delivery problem in which customers may be served either by the vehicle or by a portable companion drone launched from the vehicle. The problem may be viewed as a Traveling Salesman ...

    • Prescriptive analytics for FIFA World Cup lodging capacity planning 

      Ghoniem, Ahmed; Ali, Agha Iqbal; Al-Salem, Mohammed; Khallouli, Wael ( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2017 , Article)
      The FIFA World Cup, comprising sixty-four matches spanning an entire month, has, in recent years, been attended by about three million spectators of which over half a million are visitors requiring lodging. Planning lodging ...