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In an ageing electricity distribution infrastructure as found in many countries, measuring the impact of maintenance is becoming increasingly important. A realistic maintenance impact model will permit to improve existing maintenance strategies. This paper addresses this issue from a risk management perspective. The first part gives a short review of some of the existing mathematical models that are...
The paper considers contemporary physical landscape visualisation and simulation models that are used for impact analysis and decision making for geographical location studies. For this purpose a generic framework is presented that provides professionals with a tool to facilitate decision making. The main reasons for the framework construction are to provide a rigorous approach to the task of studying...
Model and truth: By thinking in terms of and with the help of models, we consciously give up a language, which implies that we might be the only ones, who are able to know the only truth. We do not say that ldquothese are the facts, and only the facts matterrdquo. A more appropriate language says: ldquoBy assuming this and that, and adopting the set of these rules, we may imply this and thatrdquo...
Developing sustainable urban environments is complex as it requires consideration of interacting social, economic and environmental sustain ability factors. The task is made even more difficult by the wide variety of stakeholders (e.g. planners, architects, businesses and the public) that may be involved in the process and the lack of a common language for all to understand. This paper describes a...
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