If I leave my air conditioner off, I get too hot. But if everyone turns on their air conditioner at the same time, electricity demand spikes, which can force power grid operators to activate some ...

In engineering, the Taguchi method of quality control focuses on design and development to create efficient, ... some people may prefer more rigorous methods like ANOVA or regression analysis.

Reprint: R0411J In the classroom, activity-based costing (ABC) looks like a great way to manage a company’s limited resources. But executives who have tried to implement ABC in their ...

Measuring Poverty. The World Bank’s mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. To effectively monitor progress toward this goal, it is critical to measure ...

Syndrome differentiation is an important topic in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).Decision tree, one of the data mining algorithms developed, is a method to induce rules from data. In this paper, ...

Adjustable equipment. My research focuses on batteries, solar panels and electric equipment—such as electric vehicles, water heaters, air conditioners and heat pumps—that can adjust itself to consume ...