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Oesterlin, Ulf. "Value creation and value capture of advanced electricity meter information." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65815.
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Advanced or smart metering has been a hot topic in the electricity community for several years. Despite the excitement about the technology, few business cases are actually able to justify the investment cost. One reason for the gap between costs and benefits is that major benefits such as avoided investments have long payback times and are difficult to monetize. However, another aspect which is largely overlooked is the value creation through nonelectricity market related business models. These business models range from advertising over customer profiling up to insurance or juridical usage of data gathered from advanced meters. This paper summarizes the finding of a number of studies on the value of smart meter information on electricity market related benefit and gives an overview of non-electricity market related business models. The paper gives quantitative estimates of the value for electricity related activities such as energy efficiency, avoided investment and dynamic pricing. In additional it provides a qualitative analysis of the value and barriers of nonelectricity market business activities. In addition to this the study also gives a short outlook on how this value might be captured and which players are best positioned to capture significant shares of the total created value.
by Ulf Oesterlin.
S.M.
Sheriff, Mohamed Abdul. "The value of information in organisations : a study of information use situations as contexts of value." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2000. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1577/.
Full textBrennan, Alan. "Efficient Computation of Value of Information." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487609.
Full textWang, Jian. "Assessing information value a normative approach." Ohio : Ohio University, 2000. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1173379125.
Full textFallis, Don. "Epistemic Value Theory and Information Ethics." Springer, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105254.
Full textCisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M. "The value of information for fisheries policy." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51120.
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Sneltvedt, Tommy. "Sequential value information for Markov random field." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for fysikk, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-13500.
Full textBRAZIL, IRAPUAN NOCE. "THE VALUE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ORGANIZATIONS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2004. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=6410@1.
Full textThe digital form of the information is changing individuals relationships, companies competitiveness, and influencing even the form of society organization. This context is object of analysis of diverse authors who is setting the information technology from an asset overpriced, such as the dot.com companies, to a commodity without strategic importance, because it can easily be copied. The present study is about this question of the value. This work examines the contribution of information technology to the organizations. It use enterprise multiple case studies as method to perform analysis of the valuation process. The examination found evidences that the attributed value of information technology has narrow relationship with organizational locus. Is dependent on the position it occupies in the system of work and the space reached for its respective contributions. The information technology, is one of the business process component and, therefore, its value must be set in conjunction with other aspects of the organizational performance analysis. The results indicates that the information technology value becomes more visible and explicit in the primary activities of the company, as a consequence of revenue generation projects from the sales and marketing areas or cost reduction from manufacturing and distribution areas. On the other hand, in the support activities, its evaluation is more complex and less tangible.
Van, Alstyne Marshall W. (Marshall Ware). "Managing information : networks, value, policy, and principles." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9820.
Full textKelepouris, Thomas. "The value of supply chain tracking information." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.611637.
Full textHabberton, Colin Vincer. "Loyalty : the translation of information into value?" Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/15496.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Loyalty programmes have become very popular over the last 10 years and many businesses have chosen to implement such programmes to support their marketing strategies. Fundamental to the functioning and success of such loyalty programmes is the ability to gather, process, analyse and apply information regarding a business' customers. Such information is generated through customers' interactions with the programme and the business to which it is linked, as well as the various services and their providers that make up the programme. The aim of this research project is to investigate the question of whether an information-oriented strategy, based on the principles and paradigm of loyalty manifest in the global phenomenon of loyalty programmes, can deliver value to a business adopting them. In the process of the investigation, the primacy of information as the source of value for any business in the new economy will be discussed. This will be transposed onto the argument that the customer is the source of revenue generation and drives the flow of value in a business system. The results of these two streams of argument will show how the synergy between customers and their information, through the lens of loyalty economics, can be translated into business value with the achievement of core business objectives, i.e. sustainable revenue, growth, profit and competitive advantage. Evidence of these contentions will be provided by presenting and analysing local and international loyalty programmes as case studies manifesting this approach. In conclusion, the various findings of the research will be synthesised in the context of existing, sound business, customer, and information and knowledge management theory to derive an information oriented model of loyalty. This model is intended to be a strategic framework which a business can apply to provide insight into their decision making and assist in the achievement of their objectives. In further research beyond the limits of this paper, the model is intended to be tested. In application, the validated model's purpose will be to introduce to businesses and their leadership the paradigm of loyalty as a strategic tool. Furthermore, the model could be used as a foundation to assist in the creation, evaluation and development of loyalty programmes and their business implications in practice.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In die afgelope 10 jaar het lojaliteitsprogramme baie populer geword en baie besighede het verkies om sulke programme te implementeer om sodoende hulle bemarkingsstrategie te ondersteun. Die grondslag vir die funksionering en sukses van sulke lojaliteitsprogramme is die vermoe om informasie oor klante te versamel, te verwerk, te ontleed en toe te pas. Sulke informasie word gegenereer deur die klante se interaksie met die programme en die besigheid waaraan die program verbind is, asook die verskeie dienste en diensverskaffers waaruit die programme bestaan. Die doel van hierdie navorsingsprojek is om ondersoek in te stel na die vraag of 'n informasie georienteerde benadering, gegrond op die basis van lojaliteit, gemanifesteer in die wereldwye verskynsel van lojaliteitsprogramme, waarde kan toevoeg vir besighede wat hulle aanneem. Die belang van informasie as die bron van waarde vir enige besigheid in die nuwe ekonomie sal as deel van die ondersoek bespreek word. Dit sal saamgevat word in die argument dat die klant die bron is van inkomstegenerasie en dat die klant die vloei van waarde in 'n besigheidsisteem dryf. Die resultate van hierdie twee argumentlyne sal aantoon hoe die sinergie tussen die klante en hulle informasie, deur die lens van lojaliteitsekonomie, bydra to besigheidswaarde deur die bereiking van kern besigheidsdoelwitte, bv. volhoubare inkomste, groei, wins en mededingende voordeel. Bewyse van hierdie stellings sal verskaf word deur plaaslike en internasionale lojaliteits programme te beskryf en ontleed as gevallestudies wat hierdie benadering weerspieel. Ten slotte sal die verskillende bevindings van die navorsing saamgevat word in die konteks van bestaande, goeie besigheids-, klante- en informasie en kennisbestuur ten einde 'n informasie georienteerde lojaliteitsmodel te skep. Hierdie model se doel is om 'n strategiese raamwerk te skep wat 'n besigheid kan toepas om insig te gee in strategiese besluite en om doelwitte te bereik. In verdere ondersoek buite die bestek van hierdie werkstuk sal die model getoets word. In toepassing is die gevalideerde model se doel om besighede en hulle leiers bekend te stel aan die paradigma van lojaliteit as 'n strategiese hulpmiddel. Verder kan die model gebruik word as grondslag vir die skepping, evaluering en uitbreiding van lojaliteitsprogramme en hulle besigheidsimplikasies in die praktyk.
Mishra, Sushma. "DEFINING VALUE BASED INFORMATION SECURITY GOVERNANCE OBJECTIVES." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1755.
Full textMcIntosh, Gary A. "Information superiority and game theory : the value of varying levels of information /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://sirsi.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Mar%5FMcIntosh.pdf.
Full textAskira, Gelman I. "Studies on the informativeness, value, and cost, of information and information systems." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289235.
Full textHäggquist, Elisabeth. "The Economic Value and Use of Geological Information." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Samhällsvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-65731.
Full textBrown, Shaun. "The Value of Information in Multi-Objective Missions." University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3693.
Full textIn many multi-objective missions there are situations when actions based on maximum information gain may not be the `best' given the overall mission objectives. In addition to properties such as entropy, information also has value, which is situationally dependent. This thesis examines the concept of information value in a multi-objective mission from an information theory perspective. A derivation of information value is presented that considers both the context of information, via a fused world belief state, and a system mission. The derived information value is used as part of the objective function for control of autonomous platforms within a framework developed for human robot cooperative control. A simulated security operation in a structured environment is implemented to test both the framework, and information value based control. The simulation involves a system of heterogeneous, sensor equipped Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), tasked with gathering information regarding ground vehicles. The UAVs support an e ort to protect a number of important buildings in the area of operation. Thus, the purpose of the information is to aid the security operation by ensuring that security forces can deploy e ciently to counter any threat. A number of di erent local controllers using information based control are implemented and compared to a task based control scheme. The relative performance of each is examined with respect to a number of performance metrics with conclusions drawn regarding the performance and exibility of information value based control.
Corrigan, Christopher J., and Jayson E. Kielar. "The value of logistics information to the warfighter." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9926.
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This MBA project analyzes the benefit of integrating Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology into the Department of Defense supply chain management infrastructure. The project confirms the existence of an inherent value in logistics information used as a resource in Department of Defense supply chain management applications. Also identified is the value of comprehensive and real time logistics information to the warfighter and what he or she is willing to pay for that information. For example, the average value the warfighter is willing to pay on a deployed aircraft carrier is 2.46% of the carrier's average annual budget, or $8 56,775. To determine these values, the project uses the results of a survey distributed to Naval Supply Corps Officers who were used as survey respondents due to their positioning as a logistics and financial choke point between the man in the foxhole and their commanding officers. Using the value that Supply Officers are willing to pay for comprehensive and real time information, a value added figure is determined for the inclusion of RFID technology in the Department of Defense supply chain management infrastructure. Continuing with the aircraft carrier example, the value added figure is $1 1.28 per requisition.
Frasson, Corinne 1976. "Value of process capability information and supplier selection." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89265.
Full textKhan, Zaid S. (Zaid Saeed). "Value of heterogeneous information in stochastically congestible facilities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113969.
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This thesis studies the effects of heterogeneous information on traffic equilibria and the resulting travel costs (both individual and social) when commuters make departure time choices to cross an unreliable bottleneck link. Increasing adoption and improved predictive abilities of Traveler Information Systems (TIS) enable commuters to plan their trips; however, there are inherent heterogeneities in information access and TIS accuracies, which can significantly affect commuters' choices and the equilibrium level of congestion. Our work addresses the open problem raised in Arnott et al. (1991) about the need to consider asymmetrically informed commuters in the bottleneck model of traffic congestion. We consider a Bayesian game with two heterogeneous commuter populations: one population is privately informed of the realized network state while the other only knows the public information about the distribution of states. We characterize the equilibrium of the game, in which each population chooses a departure rate function over time to minimize its expected cost based on its private belief about the state and the behavior of the other population. We provide a full equilibrium characterization for the complete range of values of link reliability, incident probability, and information penetration. This uncovers a rich structure of population strategies, which can broadly be categorized into two distinct regimes. Specifically, when information penetration is above a certain threshold, the populations' equilibrium strategies are non-unique, and the relative value of information (Vol) is 0, i.e. the two populations face the same cost. However, the aggregate departure rate function is unique and remains unchanged as more commuters gain access to information. On the other hand, when information penetration is below the threshold, equilibrium is unique, and Vol is positive and decreasing in information penetration. Importantly, we find that the lowest social cost is always achieved when a certain fraction of commuters are uninformed. The more unreliable the link, the higher the optimal information penetration that achieves this minimum. We define the Value of Heterogeneity (VoH) as the difference between the optimal social cost and the cost under complete information penetration, and find that it is significant (upto 20%) under practically relevant conditions.
by Zaid S. Khan.
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Rinehart, Michael David. "The value of information in shortest path optimization/." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58452.
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Information about a random event (termed the source) is typically treated as a (possibly noisy) function of that event. Information has a destination, an agent, that uses the information to make a decision. In traditional communication systems design, it is usually assumed that the agent uses the information to produce an estimate of the source, and that estimate is in turn used to make the decision. Consequently, the typical objective of communication-systems design is to construct the communication system so that the joint distribution between the source and the information is "optimal" in the sense that it minimizes the average error of the estimate. Due to resource limitations such as cost, power, or time, estimation quality is constrained in the sense that the set of allowable joint distribution is bounded in mutual information. In the context of an agent using information to make decisions, however, such metrics may not be appropriate. In particular, the true value of information is determined by how it impacts the average payoff of the agent's decisions, not its estimation accuracy. To this end, mutual information may not the most convenient measure of information quantity since its relationship to decision quality may be very complicated, making it difficult to develop algorithms for information optimization. In this thesis, we study the value of information in an instance of an uncertain decision framework: shortest path optimization on a graph with random edge weights.
(cont.) Specifically, we consider an agent that seeks to traverse the shortest path of a graph subject to some side information it receives about the edge weights in advance of and during its travel. In this setting, decision quality is determined by the average length of the paths the agent chooses, not how often the agent decodes the optimal path. For this application, we define and quantify a notion of information that is compatible with this problem, bound the performance of the agent subject to a bound on the amount of information available to it, study the impact of spreading information sequentially over partial decisions, and provide algorithms for information optimization. Meaningful, analytic performance bounds and practical algorithms for information optimization are obtained by leveraging a new type of geometric graph reduction for shortest path optimization as well as an abstraction of the geometry of sequential decision making.
by Michael David Rinehart.
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Mu, Beipeng. "Value of information based distributed inference and planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82487.
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In multi-agent applications it is often the case that not all information is equally valuable to the missions, and agents are typically resource limited. Therefore it is important to ensure that the resources are spent on getting and conveying valuable information. This thesis presents efficient distributed sensing and planning algorithms that improve resource planning efficiently by taking into account the obtainable Value of Information (VoI) and improve distributed sensing efficiency by ensuring agents only broadcast high value measurements. The first result focuses on communication efficient distributed sensing algorithms. In particular, agents broadcast their measurements only when the VoI in their measurements exceeds a pre-defined threshold. The VoI threshold is further adaptively adjusted to better balance between the communication cost incurred and the longterm accuracy of the estimation. Theoretical results are presented establishing almost sure convergence of the communication cost and estimation error for distributions in the exponential family. Moreover, an algorithm that automatically forgets old information is also developed to estimate dynamically changing parameters. Validation through numerical simulations and real datasets show that the new VoI-based algorithms can yield improved parameter estimates than those achieved by previously published hyperparameter consensus algorithms while incurring only a fraction of the communication cost. The second result focuses on efficient distributed planning algorithms. In particular, in a system with heterogeneous agents, a coupled planning framework is presented that evaluates the sensing/exploration activities by the improvement on mission returns. Numerical results shows that the coupling between exploration and tasking agents encourages better cooperation between them, thus leading to better performance than decoupled approaches. A hardware testbed is developed to demonstrate the performance improvements of the coupled approach in context of distributed planning with uncertain target classifications.
by Beipeng Mu.
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Cardoso, Lopes de Almeida Susana Margarida. "The value of regionalised information for hydrological modelling." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28086.
Full textTsetsos, K. "Information integration in perceptual and value-based decisions." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2012. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1348210/.
Full textHidalgo, Dario. "Value of perfect information of transportation forecasting models /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487943341526861.
Full textWickramasinghe, Jayantha. "The value relevance of enterprise resource planning information /." Gold Coast, Qld. : Bond University, 2007. http://epublications.bond.edu.au/theses/wickramasinghe.
Full text"Submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-159). Also available via the World Wide web.
Samyuktha, R. "Nutraceuticals gateway: A value-added electronic information service." School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105500.
Full textShah, Akhtar H. "Examining the perceived value of integration of earned value management with risk management-based performance measurement baseline." Thesis, Capella University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3612243.
Full textMany projects fail despite the use of evidence-based project management practices such as Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), Earned Value Management (EVM) and Risk Management (RM). Although previous researchers have found that integrated project management techniques could be more valuable than the same techniques used by themselves, these findings do not address the benefits of integrated EVM with PMB created from RM-based Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) that could positively influence project results. The success of a project is partly dependent on accurately forecasting the performance of future states of current projects. The focus of this quantitative descriptive study is to improve current project management knowledge by identifying whether the integration of EVM with PMB created from RM-based WBS adds project value in accurately predicting the future performance of current projects. This study was conducted by surveying project leaders who have had some experience in EVM with project management. The results of this research significantly support the belief that integration of EVM with PMB created from RM-based WBS adds value to a project.
Orr, Stephen Robert IV. "A Value-focused Assessment of Knowledge Sharing in a Closed Information Environment." NSUWorks, 2014. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/265.
Full textCrossland, Maria. "How business intelligence is adding business value." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10287.
Full textBusiness Intelligence (BI) continues to top the list of CIO priorities, investment in BI technologies continues to grow and organizations are becoming increasingly reliant on BI to help reduce costs and grow revenues. However, structured measurement and monitoring of the business value that can be attributed to BI investment remain elusive. This study used a multiple case study approach to examine how BI is adding value to organizations, what processes and methods are being followed for the evaluation of the business value that BI delivers as well as what approaches are being used to maximize the potential value that the organization's investment on BI could deliver.
Said, Emanuel. "The value of market research information : how do clients of market research services construct value from their usage of market research information?" Thesis, Cranfield University, 2011. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7096.
Full textJohnson, George Alfred. "The information value of new disaggregated accounting information: the case of voluntary corporate spinoffs." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39804.
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Nilsson, Henrik. "Essays on the value relevance of financial statment information." Doctoral thesis, Umeå University, Business Administration, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-195.
Full textThis thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four self-contained essays on the value relevance of financial statement information.
Essay 1: The purpose of this essay is to examine relevance of environmental information from an investor’s perspective. The study proposes that the market value of companies will reflect both financial and environmental performance. The theoretical foundation of the study is the accounting based valuation theory outlined by Ohlson (1995). This study provides new insights into how environmental performance is reflected in the market value of Swedish companies listed on the Swedish Stock market.
Essay 2: In financial accounting research, much effort has been devoted to study the relation between accounting earnings and stock prices. The primary purpose of the second essay is to investigate the effect of alternative return-earnings model specifications to the estimated returns-earnings relation, that is, the earnings response coefficients. The returns-earnings models investigated include the traditional earnings levels and changes, and models including analysts’ earnings forecasts based on Ohlson’s (1995) extended residual income model.
Essay 3: Fundamental analysis research that focuses on the use of accounting information to estimate equity value, has surfaced as a central theme in market based accounting research of the 1990s (Lee, 1999). The purpose of third essay is to compare two different approaches to valuation based on the theory presented in Ohlson (1995) in terms of explanatory and predictive power of the value estimates. Both approaches are implemented with and without the use of analysts forecasts.
Essay 4: In this essay data from the Swedish stock market is used to investigate the profitability of two different types of investment strategies based on fundamental-to-value ratios and past insider trading activity. The purpose of the research is to explore four related research questions: (i) Do accounting based trading strategies generate abnormal returns on the Swedish stock market?; (ii) Do trading strategies based on insider trading behaviour generate abnormal returns on the Swedish stock market?; (iii) Do insiders who buy stocks tend to favour value stocks and do insiders who sell stocks tend to dispose growth stocks?; and (iv) Are insiders able to discriminate between temporary high/low fundamentals and temporary low/high prices when buying/selling value stocks and growth stocks?
Cheong, Tae Su. "Value of information and supply uncertainty in supply chains." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42725.
Full textBrännhult, Danny, and Gustaf Kapanen. "The Value of Information Sharing in a 3PL-relationship." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18826.
Full textHarris, Gregory M. "Cognitive complexity and the value placed on occupational information." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0019/MQ54623.pdf.
Full textNilsson, Henrik. "Essays on the value relevance of financial statement information /." Umeå : Univ, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-195.
Full textYangki, Tshering. "Cognitive complexity and the value placed on occupational information." Thesis, University of New Brunswick, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1882/688.
Full textPina, Fulano Jasson. "The value of hydrological information in multireservoir systems operation." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/28228.
Full textThe optimal operation of a multireservoir hydroelectric system is a complex, multistage, stochastic decision-making problem involving, among others, (i) a trade-off between immediate and future consequences of a decision, (ii) considerable risks and uncertainties, and (iii) multiple objectives and operational constraints. The reservoir operation problem is often formulated as an optimization problem but not a single optimization approach/algorithm exists. Dynamic programming (DP) has been the most popular optimization technique applied to solve the optimization problem. The stochastic formulation of DP (SDP) can be performed by explicitly considering streamflow uncertainty in the DP recursive equation. Different approaches to incorporate more hydrologic and climatic information have been developed and have revealed the potential to enhance SDP- derived policies. However, all these techniques are limited to small-scale systems due to the so-called curse of dimensionality. Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming (SDDP), an extension of the traditional SDP developed in the 90ies, is one of the few algorithmic solutions used to determine the operating policies of large-scale hydropower systems. In SDDP the hydrologic uncertainty is captured through a multi-site periodic autoregressive model. This analytical linear model is required to derive some of the parameters needed to implement the optimization technique. In practice, reservoir inflows can be affected by other observable variables, such snow water equivalent and/or sea surface temperature. These variables, called exogenous variables, can better describe the hydrologic processes, and therefore enhance reservoir operating policies. The main objective of this PhD is to assess the economic value of SDDP-derived operating policies in large-scale water systems using various hydro-climatic information. The first task focuses on the incorporation of the multi-lag autocorrelation of the hydrologic variables in the SDDP algorithm. Afterwards, the second task is devoted to the incorporation of different exogenous hydrologic variables. The hydroelectric system of Rio Tinto (RT) located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean River Basin is used as case study. Since, RT’s hydropower system is not able to produce the entire amount of energy demanded at the smelters to fully assure the aluminum production, a portfolio of energy contacts with Hydro-Québec is available. Eventually, we end up with a decision support system for the management of a large portfolio of physical and financial assets using various hydro-climatic information. The overall results reveal the extent of the gains in energy production that the operators can expect as more hydrologic variables are included in the state-space vector.
Ari, Venkata Ramana. "Value Stream Mapping of Information Flow in Infrastructure Projects." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1282252085.
Full textMisra, John Satprim. "Considering value of information when using CFD in design." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1473234.
Full textKovats, Keith E. "Assessing the potential value of FORCEnet technologies within the JFMCC planning process using the knowledge value added methodology." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Jun%5FKovats.pdf.
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Angelopoulos, Angelos. "Value allocation under ambiguity." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/value-allocation-under-ambiguity(b55bcab5-a756-41e9-aa8e-f6bc9dc54a3e).html.
Full textGrass, Joshua William. "Value-driven information gathering." 2002. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3039360.
Full textMiao, Chien-Hua, and 苗建華. "Value Investing:Application from Financial Information and Public Information." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xce4fh.
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財務金融系所
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For individual investors in Taiwan stock market, what we learn from Market Observation Post System is the fairest and the most consistent. Therefore, the purpose of this research aims to find a proper investing method on Taiwan stock market by a simple and systematical judgement with easy-to-get public information. This research employs a standard of fundamental analysis as a basis to separate so called good companies as well as bad companies, and also have book-to-market ratio as a measure to take the highest 20% and the lowest 20% as a control group of portfolio, identified F_SCORE. Meanwhile, an experimental group identified as SSCORE, which refers to the measure of financial performance by Mohanram (2005), with more concern of investment masters - Warren Buffet’s and Peter Lynch’s investing philosophy and my personal investing experience as well. Major findings can be summarized as follows: 1. Earnings information and non-earnings information are both value-relevant. The portfolio developed by a systematical valuation can earn 19% of average annual compound excess return. 2. Compared the whole samples, portfolio of being good companies as well as high book-to-market ratio(good price), which is developed by either the methodology of F_SCORE or SSCORE, both shows having advantages of higher return and lower risk. 3. Overall, the methodology of SSCORE applied to Taiwan stock market shows better than F_SCORE. 4. Our research finds when we use SSCORE to divide into good and bad companies, these so called good companies, whose benefits are concentrated in small size firms, companies with low share turnover, firms with median and low share price. Moreover, those bad companies, whose loss are concentrated in large size and high share price companies.
Encantado, David Miguel Lobo. "Adding Value Through Information Management." Master's thesis, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/134981.
Full textTo ensure relevancy in today’s world, companies need to ensure that their focus is on the client and on every experience they provide. The objective of the internship was to be materialize this concept by updating and restructuring an annual report that is given to Médis Corporate clients. This report wasn’t adding any value to its readers, the clients. The objective was to trans-form simple data into knowledge, transforming what was a simple report into a source of knowledge, not only to the client but also to Médis, giving the company new tools to negoti-ate the insurance contracts. Effective changes were made, for example introducing the topic of Covid or even creating a set of clusters, having the possibility to apply them in many ways. Next steps for the project include the creation of a questionnaire to the clients as well as monitoring the level of satis-faction with the report for the next years.
Chen, Wan-Ning, and 陳婉寧. "Information Value Of Capital Decrease." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40239434145074770103.
Full text中國文化大學
國際企業管理學系
100
Recently, domestic enterprises reduced capital a lot. According to Securities and Exchange Law and Company Law, capital decreases are divided into three types (1) treasury stock, (2) compensation of loss, (3) capital reduction by cash. This study used event study that ordinary least squares (OLS) is applied to evaluate the abnormal returns of capital reduction in Taiwan listed companies. Besides, cross-sectional multiple regression is applied to investigate the factors to impact the abnormal returns of capital decreased companies. The empirical results show that when the company to carry out capital decrease, the company’s stock price have significantly positive cumulative abnormal returns during the event periods. It represents that market will response to the events immediately and significantly. The company with treasury stock have significantly positive cumulative abnormal returns. It represents that investors use the message of capital decrease as favorable news for the company's stock price. There will have significantly positive cumulative abnormal returns after the event date of the company with the capital reduction to compensate for loss. The company with the capital reduction by cash will have significantly positive cumulative abnormal returns in the market. The abnormal returns of the companies with capital decrease are related to financial ratios including book-to-market ratio, debt ratio and cash flow ratio.
Harris, Riley. "Normative Uncertainty and Information Value." Thesis, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2440/135295.
Full textThesis (MPhil) -- University of Adelaide, School of Humanities: Philosophy, 2021
Tsang, Kowk-Wah, and 曾國華. "Information Transparency and Value of Conclusion - Analysis in Value Reporting." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89473934726214007871.
Full text國立交通大學
高階主管管理學程碩士班
92
Financial statements have been the most important tools management uses to communicate with the market all the time. But with the change of economics, the importance of intangible assets increase recently. And it seems that traditional financial reporting fails to address the important value drivers in the New Economy. The information of Value Reporting covers financial and non-financial metrics of performance measurements, historical and future data. It provides a better reporting to the users and motivates enterprises to re-evaluate the information they submitted, the revised information is able to show how short-term and long-term value creative and value retain activities that managers perform to enhance the possibility of value achievement in order to improve the transparent problems. Moreover, it also develops a specific report along with industry instead of traditional one. To illustrate and examine the relationship of corporate value and the development of financial reporting, literature review and case study were employed. The results are as following: First, because of the change of economics, companies should provide more forward-looking and non-financial information to help users’ decision making. Second, Value Reporting is extremely related to the investment judgement of investors.
Wang, Ya-xuan, and 王雅萱. "The Association between Fair Value ,Information Transparency and Firm Value." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66133230859159488019.
Full text長榮大學
經營管理研究所
103
Motivated by fair value relevance studies, this study examines weather accounting information based on fair value is more value relevant than accounting information based on historical cost. Using data from Taiwan stock markets during 2005-2013, this study finds that assets measured by fair value are more value relevant than assets measured by historical cost. Furthermore, this study does not find that the value relevance of fair value accounting information increases for companies with the high level of accounting transparency. This study finds that the value relevance of fair value accounting information increases for companies with high level of accounting transparency and companies have more independent directors or with more institution investors or companies audited by Big 4. Finally, this study does not finds that companies with high level of accounting transparency and companies have audit committee increases the value relevance of fair value accounting information.
Shu-Lan, Hsu, and 徐淑蘭. "The Impact of Fair Value Hierarchy Information on Firm Value." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64255664110397794076.
Full text亞洲大學
國際企業學系碩士在職專班
101
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of fair value hierarchy information on firm value and it also analyzes the relation between intellectual capital (IC) and market value. By adopting the Residual Income Valuation Model Of Ohlson(1995) , the sample of this study is collected from the listed banks between 2011 and 2012 in Taiwan as the subjects. The empirical result indicates that the disclosure of the hierarchy information can elevate the value of firm. For the financial holding banks and independent banks, the disclosure of fair value of financial assets instruments has a significant positive effect on market value. The empirical result shows that there is a significant positive association between market value and most of IC elements. However, due to the difference of firm structure, the holding banks should focus on how to improve the customer capital and the process capital of the independent banks in order to increase the firm value.