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The field of application of Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) might be limited by the PMU measurements reporting latencies and achievable reporting rates, particularly with respect to power system protection applications that typically require very low laten ...

Ieee2014

On the (Non-)Equivalence of IRR and NPV

Thomas Alois Weber

The internal rate of return (IRR) is generally considered inferior to the net present value (NPV) as a tool for evaluating and ranking projects, despite its inherently useful comparability to the cost of capital and the return of other investment opportuni ...

EPFL CDM MTEI2013

Numerical comparison and calibration of geometrical multiscale models for the simulation of arterial flows

Adelmo Cristiano Innocenza Malossi, Jean Bonnemain

Arterial tree hemodynamics can be simulated by means of several models of different level of complexity, depending on the outputs of interest and the desired degree of accuracy. In this work, several numerical comparisons of geometrical multiscale models a ...

2013

Prédétermination des hauteurs de départ d'avalanches : une approche par extrêmes spatiaux

Johan Alexandre Philippe Gaume

Numerical models of snow avalanches propagation have acquired a central role among decision tools for avalanche protection engineering. Nevertheless, the systematic implementation of these models still faces a number of difficulties including the precise e ...

2013

Passive sampling of perfluorinated chemicals in water: Flow rate effects on chemical uptake

A recently developed modified polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) provides a means for monitoring perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in water. However, changes in external flow rates may alter POCIS sampling behaviour and consequently affect es ...

Elsevier2013

Mapping extreme snowfalls in the French Alps using max-stable processes

Johan Alexandre Philippe Gaume

The evaluation of extreme snowfalls is an important challenge for hazard management in mountainous regions. In this paper, the extreme snowfall data acquired from 40 meteorological stations in the French Alps since 1966 are analyzed using spatial extreme s ...

2013

Colour simplex coding for brillouin distributed sensors

Luc Thévenaz, Marcelo Alfonso Soto Hernandez

The possibility to customize Simplex coding for long range Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis is demonstrated by “colouring” the sequences in the frequency domain. The coding gain is identical to the traditional intensity-modulated Simplex code, though ...

2013

Worst-Case Value at Risk of Nonlinear Portfolios

Daniel Kuhn

Portfolio optimization problems involving value at risk (VaR) are often computationally intractable and require complete information about the return distribution of the portfolio constituents, which is rarely available in practice. These difficulties are ...

2013

Study of Raman amplification in DPP-BOTDA sensing employing Simplex coding for sub-meter scale spatial resolution over long fiber distances

Marcelo Alfonso Soto Hernandez

The impact of Raman amplification and Simplex coding is studied in combination with differential pulse-width pair Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (DPP-BOTDA) to achieve sub-meter spatial resolution over very long sensing distances. An optimization o ...

2013

Extreme action effects in reinforced concrete bridges from monitoring

Eugen Brühwiler, Mark Anthony Treacy

The need to maximise the lifetime of existing road bridges necessitates clear and efficient tools for engineers to perform structural safety verifications based on monitored data. This study develops methodologies for ultimate limit safety (ULS) verificati ...

2013

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