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Intermediate microeconomics : A modern approach
01 Jan 2006-
TL;DR: The Varian approach as mentioned in this paper gives students tools they can use on exams, in the rest of their classes, and in their careers after graduation, and is still the most modern presentation of the subject.
Abstract: This best-selling text is still the most modern presentation of the subject. The Varian approach gives students tools they can use on exams, in the rest of their classes, and in their careers after graduation.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the potential economic impacts of climate change and adaptation on forests in six regions of Canada over the 2010-80 period and provided the first (and preliminary) estimates of regional economic impacts from climate change in Canadian forests.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce a set of new estimates of NTM price gaps in a standard simulation model and study the economic effects of their removal, and discuss the economic impact of removing the NTMs on footwear, wearing apparel, and processed foods.
Abstract: This paper introduces a set of new estimates of NTM price gaps in a standard simulation model and studies the economic effects of their removal. The economic impact of removing the NTMs on footwear, wearing apparel, and processed foods are estimated and discussed using three different techniques (tariff equivalent, export tax equivalent and sand-in-the-wheels). For all of the considered sectors, NTM liberalization leads to a large increase in world trade, and an improved global welfare. Most of the gains from the elimination of NTMs accrue to the liberalizing regions.
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01 Dec 2009
TL;DR: Two-types of two-dimensional software reliability growth modeling approaches for feasible software reliability assessment, and goodness-of-fit comparisons of the authors' models with existing one-dimensionalSoftware reliability growth models are discussed.
Abstract: This paper discusses two-dimensional software reliability measurement technologies, which describe a software reliability growth process depending on two-types of software reliability growth factors: Testing-time and testing-effort factors. From the view point of actual software failure-occurrence mechanism, it is natural to consider that a software reliability growth process depends on not only testing-time factor but also other software reliability growth factors, i.e., testing-effort factors, such as test-execution time, testing-skill of test engineers, testing-coverage. From such reason, the two-dimensional software reliability measurement technologies enable us to conduct more feasible software reliability assessment than the one-dimensional (conventional) software reliability measurement approach, in which it is assumed that the software reliability growth process depends only on testing-time. We discuss two-types of two-dimensional software reliability growth modeling approaches for feasible software reliability assessment, and conduct goodness-of-fit comparisons of our models with existing one-dimensional software reliability growth models. Finally, as one of the examples for two-dimensional software reliability analysis, we show examples of the application of our two-dimensional software reliability growth model by using actual data.
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Cites methods from "Intermediate microeconomics : A mod..."
...To incorporate and consider the effect of such two factors on the software reliability growth process simultaneously, we extend the testing-time factor of a one-dimensional SRGM as t ≡ sαu1−α (0 ≤ α ≤ 1), (1) by using the Cobb-Douglas type function [8], [9]....
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01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: HomeBot as discussed by the authors is a system for agent-based energy management services, realized by networked ''smart'' industrial and household equipment communicating over the power line and other media, which is called HomeBot.
Abstract: We present a system called HOMEBOTS for agent-based energy management services, realized by networked `smart' industrial and household equipment communicating over the power line and other media. A ...
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Cites background from "Intermediate microeconomics : A mod..."
...More formally, with a price-oriented approach, each agent computes its net demand[18] (the change in allocation it desires at the going prices), denoted zαi(p), for agent α and commodity i at the prices p = [p1, p2, ....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored its validity as a macroeconomic strong sustainability measure by applying the sustainable value approach to the EU-15 countries and found that several countries manage to adequately delink resource use from GDP growth.
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