The main subject of this paper is the theory of financial statement valuations observed in its historical development. More notably, regarding the subject, the research is concerned with some theoretical concepts deve...The main subject of this paper is the theory of financial statement valuations observed in its historical development. More notably, regarding the subject, the research is concerned with some theoretical concepts developed by the Italian doctrine in a very specific age, namely, between the 19th and the 20th century, which in fact, devoid of any accounting regulation. This paper analyzes in particular the shift from the exchange value rule to the historical cost method and tries to explain the reasons of such a development. In the second half of the 19th century, some of the best Italian scholars, who were faced with the need to properly develop the problem of accounting valuations, thought that it was appropriate to rely on concepts that belonged to similar sciences, such as economics and real estate appraisal, by blindly borrowing the theory of value from the former and the theory of valuations from the latter. During that age, everything hinged around the concept of exchange value. At the dawn of the 20th century, the Italian accounting doctrine began to wonder about a subject that was crucial to the financial statement theory: the informative purposes underlying the financial statements. At the same time, the first principle took shape, which might be called as the "finalistic principle of value". It is still the basis of the theory of financial accounting measurements, for which different evaluative criteria must be applied to different informative purposes. Thus, an alternative criterion to that of the exchange value makes its appearance on the scene of the accounting valuations, notably the historical cost. The introduction of the historical cost criteria and above all the relinquishment of the combination of the "economic cost" in favor of that of the "manufacturing cost" allow the Italian accounting to get rid of the theories of economics and real estate appraisal, thus, becoming independent regarding the financial statement valuations.展开更多
This article presents a new method to calculate the composition differences (e) for tar g.etin.g the minimum total annualized cost (TAC) of a mass exchange network (MEN),which is based on the combination of comp...This article presents a new method to calculate the composition differences (e) for tar g.etin.g the minimum total annualized cost (TAC) of a mass exchange network (MEN),which is based on the combination of composition interval diagram (CID) with mathematical programming.The total cost target consists of the capital cost of the process units and the operating cost for mass separating agents (MS.As). The value of total cost varies considerablv with the composition differences, so the values of e should be optimized in order to obtain minimum TAC of a MEN. This articleconsiders ε as a set of unequal variables for each equilibrium equation of a rich-lean stream pair, employing them to build the CID and mathematical model, which optimizes the structure and composition differences simultaneously. Two examples are applied to illustrate the proposed method and the results demonstrate that the approach introduced by this article is simpler and more convenient than the methods in previous literatures.展开更多
This paper presents a two-stage method for the optimal heat exchanger network synthesis.In the firststage based on the study of the pinch point properties,a network minimizing the utility consumption and thenumber of ...This paper presents a two-stage method for the optimal heat exchanger network synthesis.In the firststage based on the study of the pinch point properties,a network minimizing the utility consumption and thenumber of exchangers is developed.Usually,this network is close to the optimal.In the second stage,anonlinear programming formulation is developed,and its solution with features of minimum capital andannual operating costs provides an improvement on the network obtained in the first stage.An integratedsoftware package for heat exchanger network synthesis has been developed.This package consists of a sp-readsheet,a graphics program,a data base management system,a menu program,an application networksynthesis program,a network simulation program and a data base of standard size exchangers.The appli-cation of this method is illustrated with several examples which include a complex crude oil preheating heatexchanger network.展开更多
The purpose of present work is to examine the financial problem of finding the universal reservation prices of a European call option written on exchange rate when there is proportional transaction costs of trading fo...The purpose of present work is to examine the financial problem of finding the universal reservation prices of a European call option written on exchange rate when there is proportional transaction costs of trading foreign currency in the market. An approach is suggested to compute the reservation bid-ask price of foreign currency call option based on maximizing the investor's expected utility. Option prices are determined from the investor's basic portfolio selection problem, without the need to solve a more complex optimization problem involving the insertion of the option payoffs into the terminal value function. Option prices are computed numerically in a Markov chain approximation for the case of exponential utility. Numerical results show that the option price bounds are almost independent of the alternative risk aversion parameter, but the bounds of NT region becomes narrower and the range of values of the initial holding for which the fair price lies within the bid-ask spread is shifted to a lower value when the risk aversion parameter increases.展开更多
Fuel poverty is one of the global concerns affecting not only users’financial capacity or affordability for maintaining housing operation but also the occupants’health and wellbeing.Space heating and cooling require...Fuel poverty is one of the global concerns affecting not only users’financial capacity or affordability for maintaining housing operation but also the occupants’health and wellbeing.Space heating and cooling require a relatively large amount of domestic energy use in housing.Therefore,this study was formed with the aim to propose an innovative approach to utilising free,clean renewable sources of energy applicable to the space heating and cooling of housing in both cold and hot regions.Accordingly,housing test facilities based in Melbourne,Australia,and Kuching,Malaysia,were selected and used for this study that examined the thermal performance of a proposed‘hydronic radiator’(HR)system through simulation and onsite measurements.The geothermal heat capacity of a‘vertical ground heat exchanger’(VGHE)installed in the house in Melbourne was examined previously by the authors and the VGHE measured data was also applied to this HR performance simulation.The water that circulates through the HRs is heated by sunlight and VGHE or cooled by night sky radiation.This study drew conclusions that the sole utilisation of renewable sources through these proposed HR space heating and cooling systems can provide thermally accessible or comfortable indoor living environments in both heating or cooling dominant regions.Thus,fuel poverty issues may be alleviated through HR system application.The HRs can remove a‘sensible’portion of metabolic heat,but they cannot effectively contribute to the‘latent’heat removal.Thus,the future potential use or effect of‘flow-through’HRs,which are integrated into a underfloor air distribution(UFAD)plenum,was also dsicussed in this study.In the test house located in Melbourne,the flow-through HR UFAD system is currently under development.Therefore,the performance will be measured once the system has come into operation for further testing.展开更多
The allocation of transmission cost provides important references and signals for system expansions and investments.This paper proposes a power tracing based equivalent bilateral exchange(PTEBX)method in which network...The allocation of transmission cost provides important references and signals for system expansions and investments.This paper proposes a power tracing based equivalent bilateral exchange(PTEBX)method in which network users are responsible for not only their induced power flows,but also power flows induced by whom they have equivalent bilateral exchanges with.The equivalent bilateral exchanges are recognized based on the power tracing.To evaluate the performance of different methods of allocating transmission cost,seven criteria are put forward that take into consideration characteristics of power systems.Theoretical analysis is then conducted to certify whether the methods satisfy the criteria.The results indicate that only the PTEBX method is able to satisfy all the seven criteria.Numerical examples based on the IEEE-30 system are presented to further demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method.展开更多
文摘The main subject of this paper is the theory of financial statement valuations observed in its historical development. More notably, regarding the subject, the research is concerned with some theoretical concepts developed by the Italian doctrine in a very specific age, namely, between the 19th and the 20th century, which in fact, devoid of any accounting regulation. This paper analyzes in particular the shift from the exchange value rule to the historical cost method and tries to explain the reasons of such a development. In the second half of the 19th century, some of the best Italian scholars, who were faced with the need to properly develop the problem of accounting valuations, thought that it was appropriate to rely on concepts that belonged to similar sciences, such as economics and real estate appraisal, by blindly borrowing the theory of value from the former and the theory of valuations from the latter. During that age, everything hinged around the concept of exchange value. At the dawn of the 20th century, the Italian accounting doctrine began to wonder about a subject that was crucial to the financial statement theory: the informative purposes underlying the financial statements. At the same time, the first principle took shape, which might be called as the "finalistic principle of value". It is still the basis of the theory of financial accounting measurements, for which different evaluative criteria must be applied to different informative purposes. Thus, an alternative criterion to that of the exchange value makes its appearance on the scene of the accounting valuations, notably the historical cost. The introduction of the historical cost criteria and above all the relinquishment of the combination of the "economic cost" in favor of that of the "manufacturing cost" allow the Italian accounting to get rid of the theories of economics and real estate appraisal, thus, becoming independent regarding the financial statement valuations.
文摘This article presents a new method to calculate the composition differences (e) for tar g.etin.g the minimum total annualized cost (TAC) of a mass exchange network (MEN),which is based on the combination of composition interval diagram (CID) with mathematical programming.The total cost target consists of the capital cost of the process units and the operating cost for mass separating agents (MS.As). The value of total cost varies considerablv with the composition differences, so the values of e should be optimized in order to obtain minimum TAC of a MEN. This articleconsiders ε as a set of unequal variables for each equilibrium equation of a rich-lean stream pair, employing them to build the CID and mathematical model, which optimizes the structure and composition differences simultaneously. Two examples are applied to illustrate the proposed method and the results demonstrate that the approach introduced by this article is simpler and more convenient than the methods in previous literatures.
文摘This paper presents a two-stage method for the optimal heat exchanger network synthesis.In the firststage based on the study of the pinch point properties,a network minimizing the utility consumption and thenumber of exchangers is developed.Usually,this network is close to the optimal.In the second stage,anonlinear programming formulation is developed,and its solution with features of minimum capital andannual operating costs provides an improvement on the network obtained in the first stage.An integratedsoftware package for heat exchanger network synthesis has been developed.This package consists of a sp-readsheet,a graphics program,a data base management system,a menu program,an application networksynthesis program,a network simulation program and a data base of standard size exchangers.The appli-cation of this method is illustrated with several examples which include a complex crude oil preheating heatexchanger network.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Y604137) the Altitude College Natural Science Foundation of JiangSu Province (KY205017).
文摘The purpose of present work is to examine the financial problem of finding the universal reservation prices of a European call option written on exchange rate when there is proportional transaction costs of trading foreign currency in the market. An approach is suggested to compute the reservation bid-ask price of foreign currency call option based on maximizing the investor's expected utility. Option prices are determined from the investor's basic portfolio selection problem, without the need to solve a more complex optimization problem involving the insertion of the option payoffs into the terminal value function. Option prices are computed numerically in a Markov chain approximation for the case of exponential utility. Numerical results show that the option price bounds are almost independent of the alternative risk aversion parameter, but the bounds of NT region becomes narrower and the range of values of the initial holding for which the fair price lies within the bid-ask spread is shifted to a lower value when the risk aversion parameter increases.
文摘Fuel poverty is one of the global concerns affecting not only users’financial capacity or affordability for maintaining housing operation but also the occupants’health and wellbeing.Space heating and cooling require a relatively large amount of domestic energy use in housing.Therefore,this study was formed with the aim to propose an innovative approach to utilising free,clean renewable sources of energy applicable to the space heating and cooling of housing in both cold and hot regions.Accordingly,housing test facilities based in Melbourne,Australia,and Kuching,Malaysia,were selected and used for this study that examined the thermal performance of a proposed‘hydronic radiator’(HR)system through simulation and onsite measurements.The geothermal heat capacity of a‘vertical ground heat exchanger’(VGHE)installed in the house in Melbourne was examined previously by the authors and the VGHE measured data was also applied to this HR performance simulation.The water that circulates through the HRs is heated by sunlight and VGHE or cooled by night sky radiation.This study drew conclusions that the sole utilisation of renewable sources through these proposed HR space heating and cooling systems can provide thermally accessible or comfortable indoor living environments in both heating or cooling dominant regions.Thus,fuel poverty issues may be alleviated through HR system application.The HRs can remove a‘sensible’portion of metabolic heat,but they cannot effectively contribute to the‘latent’heat removal.Thus,the future potential use or effect of‘flow-through’HRs,which are integrated into a underfloor air distribution(UFAD)plenum,was also dsicussed in this study.In the test house located in Melbourne,the flow-through HR UFAD system is currently under development.Therefore,the performance will be measured once the system has come into operation for further testing.
基金supported by the Management Consulting Program of the State Grid Corporation of China under Grant SGTYHT/15-WT-218.
文摘The allocation of transmission cost provides important references and signals for system expansions and investments.This paper proposes a power tracing based equivalent bilateral exchange(PTEBX)method in which network users are responsible for not only their induced power flows,but also power flows induced by whom they have equivalent bilateral exchanges with.The equivalent bilateral exchanges are recognized based on the power tracing.To evaluate the performance of different methods of allocating transmission cost,seven criteria are put forward that take into consideration characteristics of power systems.Theoretical analysis is then conducted to certify whether the methods satisfy the criteria.The results indicate that only the PTEBX method is able to satisfy all the seven criteria.Numerical examples based on the IEEE-30 system are presented to further demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method.