As everybody knows, utility coordination is essential in the success of most state and local highway construction projects. You didn’t know that? OK, so not everybody knows that, and I guess that’s ...

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Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2016), pp. 146-173 (28 pages) This paper investigates the problem of maximizing expected terminal utility in a (generically incomplete) ...

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Electric utilities have the reputation of being too conservative when it comes to adopting new technology. Changing business drivers, such as increasing demand, electric vehicles (EVs), sustainability ...

RYE BROOK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xylem (NYSE:XYL) empowers utilities across the electric, gas and water industries to pave the way for future infrastructure through the adoption of smart technologies ...

Elementary economics tells us that a good decision is to maximize utility. Utility refers to how desirable a task or choice is for an individual. Maximizers are people who strive to get the very best ...