Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The Special Issue on Advances in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs) explores four important topics of research in the framework of WDNs, namely simulation and optimization modelling, topology and partitioning, water quality, and service effectiveness. With regard to the first topic, the following aspects are addressed: pressure-driven formulations, algorithms for the optimal location of control valves to minimize leakage, the benefits of water discharge prediction for the remote real time control of valves, and transients generated by pumps operating as turbines. In the context of the second topic, a topological taxonomy of WDNs is presented, and partitioning methods for the creation of district metered areas are compared. In relation to the third topic, the vulnerability to trihalomethane is assessed, and a statistical optimization model to minimize heavy metal releases is presented. Finally, the fourth topic focusses on the estimation of non-revenue water, including leakage and unauthorized consumption, and on the assessment of service under intermittent supply conditions.

water distribution system --- artificial neural network --- 24 --- non-revenue water --- runaway conditions --- water quality (WQ) --- release of heavy metals (HMR) --- water service quality --- district metered areas --- modularity --- water distribution network --- optimization --- multiple source waters blending optimization (MSWBO) --- disinfection by-products --- multiple regression analysis --- snapshot simulation --- blending --- pump --- graph partitioning --- dual response surface optimization (DRSO) --- pressure-driven --- topological analysis --- pressure --- unsteady flow --- vulnerability --- water quality --- water distribution modelling --- real time control --- mathematical model --- water distribution network management --- energy recovery systems --- valve --- water hammer --- intermittent water supply --- leakage --- complex network theory

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The Special Issue on Advances in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs) explores four important topics of research in the framework of WDNs, namely simulation and optimization modelling, topology and partitioning, water quality, and service effectiveness. With regard to the first topic, the following aspects are addressed: pressure-driven formulations, algorithms for the optimal location of control valves to minimize leakage, the benefits of water discharge prediction for the remote real time control of valves, and transients generated by pumps operating as turbines. In the context of the second topic, a topological taxonomy of WDNs is presented, and partitioning methods for the creation of district metered areas are compared. In relation to the third topic, the vulnerability to trihalomethane is assessed, and a statistical optimization model to minimize heavy metal releases is presented. Finally, the fourth topic focusses on the estimation of non-revenue water, including leakage and unauthorized consumption, and on the assessment of service under intermittent supply conditions.

water distribution system --- artificial neural network --- 24 --- non-revenue water --- runaway conditions --- water quality (WQ) --- release of heavy metals (HMR) --- water service quality --- district metered areas --- modularity --- water distribution network --- optimization --- multiple source waters blending optimization (MSWBO) --- disinfection by-products --- multiple regression analysis --- snapshot simulation --- blending --- pump --- graph partitioning --- dual response surface optimization (DRSO) --- pressure-driven --- topological analysis --- pressure --- unsteady flow --- vulnerability --- water quality --- water distribution modelling --- real time control --- mathematical model --- water distribution network management --- energy recovery systems --- valve --- water hammer --- intermittent water supply --- leakage --- complex network theory

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book presents selected entropy-based applications in economics, finance and management research. The high-quality studies included in this book propose and discuss new tools and concepts derived from information theory to investigate various aspects of entropy with an assortment of applications. A wide variety of tools based on entropy confirms that entropy is potentially one of the most intricate scientific concepts. Such tools as Shannon entropy, transfer entropy, sample entropy, structural entropy, maximum entropy, fuzzy classification methods, chaos tools, etc., are utilized, and many topics in the fields of economics, finance and management are investigated. Among others, these topics comprise: market clustering, market microstructure, cryptocurrency market, market efficiency and regularity, risk spillovers, credit cycles, financial networks, income inequality, market relationships, causal inference in time series, group decision making, etc.

Information technology industries --- Computer science --- crowded trading --- tail-risk --- financial stability --- entropy --- market microstructure --- dimensions of market liquidity --- market depth --- high-frequency data --- intra-day seasonality --- bond market --- fixed income security --- risk spillovers --- structural entropy --- generalized variance decomposition --- complex network --- credit-to-GDP gap --- coherence --- similarity --- synchronicity --- Central and Eastern European countries --- cryptocurrencies --- mutual information --- transfer entropy --- dynamic time warping --- interval numbers --- MCGDM --- TOPSIS --- objective weights --- financial markets --- monetary policy --- networks --- fuzzy c-means classification method --- COVID-19 --- epidemic states --- Europe --- stock market --- market connectedness --- crisis --- nonlinear dynamics --- chaos --- butterfly effect --- energy futures --- Mean Logarithmic Deviation --- Shannon entropy --- income inequality --- household income --- decomposition of income inequality --- EU-SILC --- Rényi entropy --- Rényi transfer entropy --- Rössler system --- multivariate time series --- Sample Entropy (SampEn) --- stock market index --- regularity --- predictability --- Global Financial Crisis --- rolling-window --- n/a --- Rényi entropy --- Rényi transfer entropy --- Rössler system

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The goal of this Special Issue is to discuss new challenges in the simulation and management problems of both traditional and innovative bike-sharing systems, to ultimately encourage the competitiveness and attractiveness of BSSs, and contribute to the further promotion of sustainable mobility. We have selected thirteen papers for publication in this Special Issue.

Technology: general issues --- bike sharing --- rebalancing --- clustering --- optimization --- sustainability --- bike-sharing --- public bicycles --- shared use mobility --- cycling --- sustainable transport --- Free-Floating Bike-sharing Systems --- causes of disorderly parking --- factor analysis --- sustainable mode of transportation --- bike-sharing system --- public bicycle --- complex network --- network structure --- e-bike sharing --- transport sustainability --- mobile depot --- cruise tourism --- ordered probit model --- bikeway network design --- selective nodes --- elimination heuristic --- demand coverage --- bike share --- cycling safety --- night-time visibility --- cognitive difference between cyclists and drivers --- free-floating bike-sharing system --- influence factor --- social-psychological variables --- intention --- use frequency --- post-sharing era --- bikesharing --- brand choice --- conditional Logit model --- sustainable development --- public bike sharing --- cluster analysis --- categorization --- data collection --- sharing economy --- stated preference --- discrete choice models --- bike-sharing rebalancing problem --- multi-energy mixed fleets --- traffic restrictions --- simulated annealing --- variable neighborhood structures --- BSS station efficiency --- data envelopment analysis --- spatial analysis in transport --- bike-sharing station --- n/a

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The goal of this Special Issue is to discuss new challenges in the simulation and management problems of both traditional and innovative bike-sharing systems, to ultimately encourage the competitiveness and attractiveness of BSSs, and contribute to the further promotion of sustainable mobility. We have selected thirteen papers for publication in this Special Issue.

Technology: general issues --- bike sharing --- rebalancing --- clustering --- optimization --- sustainability --- bike-sharing --- public bicycles --- shared use mobility --- cycling --- sustainable transport --- Free-Floating Bike-sharing Systems --- causes of disorderly parking --- factor analysis --- sustainable mode of transportation --- bike-sharing system --- public bicycle --- complex network --- network structure --- e-bike sharing --- transport sustainability --- mobile depot --- cruise tourism --- ordered probit model --- bikeway network design --- selective nodes --- elimination heuristic --- demand coverage --- bike share --- cycling safety --- night-time visibility --- cognitive difference between cyclists and drivers --- free-floating bike-sharing system --- influence factor --- social-psychological variables --- intention --- use frequency --- post-sharing era --- bikesharing --- brand choice --- conditional Logit model --- sustainable development --- public bike sharing --- cluster analysis --- categorization --- data collection --- sharing economy --- stated preference --- discrete choice models --- bike-sharing rebalancing problem --- multi-energy mixed fleets --- traffic restrictions --- simulated annealing --- variable neighborhood structures --- BSS station efficiency --- data envelopment analysis --- spatial analysis in transport --- bike-sharing station