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Optimal investment decisions in lice-fighting technologies: A case study in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The Norwegian salmon farming industry is currently facing significant obstacles to future growth. The major challenge is posed by the high level of sea lice in the sea nets at the salmon farms. At the moment both salmon ... -
Optimal investment in hydrogen production from wind power under uncertainty: A Norwegian case study
(Master thesis, 2017)Hydrogen produced from renewable energy can help reduce emissions, especially in the transportation sector. In Norway, an increased political promotion over the last years has started the development of a hydrogen ... -
Optimal Investment in Research and Development: A Real Option Approach
(Master thesis, 2019)Denne oppgaven ser på det optimale investeringsnivået i forskning og utvikling for et firma som har muligheten til å gjennomføre et teknologibytte. Oppgaven modellerer investeringen i forskning og utvikling ved å påvirke ... -
Optimal Investment Strategies in Offshore Salmon Farming using Real Options Valuation Methods - A case study of SalMar ASA's investment in the Ocean Farming Facility
(Master thesis, 2017)The Norwegian salmon farming industry is struggling with growth due to governmental regulations imposed to solve biological and area challenges. In 2015, the Norwegian government introduced development concessions to fuel ... -
Optimal Investment Strategies under Decision-Dependent Stochastic Environments
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis investigates the optimal investment decisions of a firm, when the characteristics of the firm's stochastic environment are dependent on these decisions. We model situations where the market the firm operates ... -
Optimal Investment Strategy in Lice-Fighting Technologies
(Master thesis, 2017)Salmon lice is a parasite feeding off the flesh and skin of the fish, and is currently one of the largest challenges for the aquaculture industry, prohibiting growth in the industry. In order to allow for growth in an ... -
Optimal Investment Strategy in Pharmaceutical Research & Development
(Master thesis, 2018)Managers in the pharmaceutical industry must constantly make decisions regarding development of new drugs. They are exposed to high expectations and demands from both the government and the society with respect to battling ... -
Optimal investment timing and capacity choice for pumped hydropower storage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Pumped hydropower storage can smooth output from intermittent renewable electricity generators and facilitate their large-scale use in energy systems. Germany has aggressive plans for wind power expansion, and pumped storage ... -
Optimal lagerstyring av kontanter i minibanker med usikker etterspørsel
(Master thesis, 2014)Lønnsomheten av norske bankers drift av minibanker er redusert de siste årene. Dette som en konsekvens av blant annet en kraftig økning av korttransaksjoner og dertil nedgang i kontantuttak fra minibanker. Redusert lønnsomhet ... -
Optimal management of green certificates in the Swedish-Norwegian market
(Journal article, 2017)We propose and investigate a valuation model for the income of selling tradeable green certificates (TGCs) in the Swedish–Norwegian market, formulated as a singular stochastic control problem. Our model takes into account ... -
Optimal maritime fleet composition under future greenhouse gas emissions restrictions and uncertain fuel prices
(Master thesis, 2023)Shippingindustrien er en stor bidragsyter til globale klimagassutslipp. En viktig faktor for industrien sine store utslipp er dens avhengighet av tung fyringsolje med høyt karboninnhold. For å redusere utslippene, bør ... -
Optimal planlegging av asfaltproduksjon
(Bachelor thesis, 2019)Bedriften Veidekke har ingen systemstøtte for planlegging av asfaltproduksjon. De ulike arbeidsoppgavene krever ulike systemer. Dette fører til suboptimale prosesser som ikke er transparente og som har asymmetrisk informasjon. ... -
Optimal planning of an urban ferry service operated with zero emission technology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)While passenger-only ferries can be an effective instrument in mitigating road congestion in urban areas, they are among the most polluting modes of transportation. This paper studies technical and economic feasibilities ... -
Optimal Power Flow Analysis in Power Dispatch for Distribution Networks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper presents two applications of Optimal Power Flow analysis for active and reactive power redispatch in medium-voltage distribution networks and shows how this tool can be used to efficiently manage the selection ... -
Optimal Repositioning in Bike Sharing Systems
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis examines the static bicycle repositioning problem (SBRP) and the dynamic bicycle repositioning problem (DBRP) which deal with optimal re-balancing of bike sharing systems (BSSs) during the night and during the ... -
Optimal Risk Adoption and Capacity Investment in Technological Innovations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Technological innovations often formulate new market regimes and create incentives to abandon existing, less attractive ones. However, this decision depends not only on market forces, such as economic and technological ... -
Optimal Salmon Production: Producing Smolt Under Uncertainty
(Master thesis, 2013)The salmon farming industry is shifting from an entrepreneurial spirit towards industrialization and cost efficiency. Large players are purchasing the small players,and the industry is consolidating. Optimization is therefore ... -
Optimal Scheduling of Maintenance Tasks and Routing of a Joint Vessel Fleet for Multiple Offshore Wind Farms
(Master thesis, 2015)Wind energy is among the fastest growing electricity generation systems in the world. However, the offshore wind industry is challenged with still being far more costly than conventional energy sources. Operation and ... -
Optimal ship lifetime fuel and power system selection
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Optimal ship speed and routing when considering ECA regulations
(Master thesis, 2014)Abstract Annex VI of the MARPOL convention under the International Maritime Organization considers air pollution from ships and defines four Emission Control Areas (ECAs) with more stringent control of sulphur emissions. ...