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-more, we show that a fuzzy controller can be designed so as to reach desired goals while being cognizant of linguistically stated strategies, scenarios, and decision rules as well as quantitative data types. The approach is applied to the modeling and control of market penetration, a field which has

would be necessary to achieve a certain level of reductions. Rather, the focus is to explore the plausible maximum effect that technology-oriented transportation policies might have on the timing and magnitude of emissions reductions. This effect is highly sensitive to the rate of market penetration

ABSTRACT "Market penetration" is often used as a criterion for microfinance funders, particularly investors, in microfinance asset allocation and portfolio construction. For years, low global market penetration has served as an argument of why investing in microfinance was advisable

-time-period, geographic information system (GIS), and linear programming model, designed to address the principal market issues related to the penetration of renewable energy technologies into the electric sector over the next 50 years. These issues include transmission cost/access and the intermittency of solar and wind

(USDOT) has recently attracted the attention of researchers and given rise to a plethora of studies, each one seeking to enhance the safety and efficiency of transportation networks in one way or another. Moreover, vehicles communicating with each other and with the infrastructure, render their drivers with more information on their surroundings, extending the horizon of drivers and making them more vigilant to face the unexpected. In this study, we provide a mathematical framework which foretells the effect of deploying VII-enabled vehicles, such as VII-assisted and VII-automated, on the overall safety and efficiency. We show that inter-vehicular communications improves the throughput of vehicles by reducing the Perception-Reaction times of drivers. Furthermore, we exhibit that this is obtained without needing to compromise over safety requirements. Our framework can be utilized by decision makers to anticipate the effect of VII on transportation networks prior to their real-life deployment.

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Abstract: In this paper we analyze market penetration of the Mexican Pension System. This market is unique in two respects: it is mandatory and it is private. Very few markets in the world have these two characteristics. In Mexico, the pension system became privatized in July 1997. By the end

The Bass model has been the standard for predicting the market penetration of new products. Recently a new class of non-parametric techniques, Functional Data Analysis (FDA), has shown impressive results within the statistics community. The authors test the predictive performance of FDA versus