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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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A study of three paradigms for storing geospatial data: distributed-cloud model, relational database, and indexed flat file

Toups, Matthew A 13 May 2016 (has links)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related applications of geospatial data were once a small software niche; today nearly all Internet and mobile users utilize some sort of mapping or location-aware software. This widespread use reaches beyond mere consumption of geodata; projects like OpenStreetMap (OSM) represent a new source of geodata production, sometimes dubbed “Volunteered Geographic Information.” The volume of geodata produced and the user demand for geodata will surely continue to grow, so the storage and query techniques for geospatial data must evolve accordingly. This thesis compares three paradigms for systems that manage vector data. Over the past few decades these methodologies have fallen in and out of favor. Today, some are considered new and experimental (distributed), others nearly forgotten (flat file), and others are the workhorse of present-day GIS (relational database). Each is well-suited to some use cases, and poorly-suited to others. This thesis investigates exemplars of each paradigm.
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THE ROLE OF RENEWABLES ON THE ITALIAN ELECTRICITY MARKET

MASSARO, CONCETTA 12 July 2017 (has links)
Ogni tecnologia produttiva ha un proprio profilo di dispacciamento ottimale che non dovrebbe essere alterato dall’ingresso delle intermittenti tecnologie rinnovabili per mantenere la migliore allocazione di prezzo e quantità. La nostra ricerca si focalizza sul mercato elettrico italiano. Considerando il comportamento di Edison Trading sul mercato, noi analizziamo se l’incremento di energia rinnovabile porta alla riduzione del prezzo e della produzione di energia grazie all’efficienza. I nostri principali risultati suggeriscono che le rinnovabili hanno un impatto negativo sulle quantità offerte. Gli impianti solari e di pompaggio portano ad un consistente incremento del prezzo elettrico; il contrario vale per le altre rinnovabili. La nostra analisi sul mercato italiano aggregato considera il comportamento di tutti gli operatori del mercato elettrico (quelli aventi consistenti e limitate quote di mercato) nel quindicesimo giorno di ogni mese nel periodo gennaio 2013 - giugno 2015. Possiamo aspettarci lo stesso risultato in termini di impatto sul prezzo e quantità, data la crescente potenza lorda eolica e solare? I nostri risultati empirici sottolineano che le tecnologie intermittenti possono solamente portare ad incrementi di prezzo, mentre i più grandi operatori di mercato (Enel, Eni ed Edison) utilizzano la tecnologia CCGT efficientemente, poichè producono quando il prezzo è più alto. / Each power plant has its own optimal dispatchable profile that should not be altered by the entrance of intermittent renewables to maintain the best allocation of price and quantity. Our research focuses on the Italian electricity market. Focusing on the market behaviour of Edison Trading, we investigate if the increase in renewable energy leads to a decrease in energy price and in energy production due to efficiency. Our main results suggest that renewables have a negative impact on the quantity supplied. Solar and pumped-storage technologies lead to a consistent increase in the electricity price, while the reverse is true for the other renewables. Our analysis on the aggregate Italian electricity market considers the behaviour of all electricity market operators (with low and high market shares) on the 15th day of each month in the period January 2013 - June 2015. Can we expect the same results in terms of the impact on price and quantity, given the increase in gross wind and solar power? Our empirical findings point out that the intermittent technologies can only lead to price increases, whereas the biggest market players (Enel, Eni and Edison) use CCGT technology efficiently since they produce when the price is higher.

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