Application of mobile agents to robust teleoperation of internet robots in nuclear decommissioning

The way of functional coordination of methods of organization adaptive data collection processes and methods of spatial self-organization of mobile agents by parallel execution of the corresponding data collection processes and the process of motion control of a mobile agent using the proposed protocol of their interaction and the algorithm of parallel execution planning is proposed. The method allows to speed up the calculations in the decision block of the mobile agent by an average of 40.6%. Key words: functional coordination, adaptive data collection process, spatial self-organization, mobile agents

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After-Tax Equity Returns for Non-Qualified Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts

Financial Analysts Journal ◽

10.2469/faj.v48.n4.70 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 70-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Douglas S. Rogers

Keyword(s):

Equity Returns ◽

Nuclear Decommissioning

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LDMA: Load Balancing Using Decision Making Decentralized Mobile Agents

i-manager’s Journal on Software Engineering ◽

10.26634/jse.2.2.676 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 89-95

Author(s):

Aramudhan M ◽

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Load Balancing ◽

Mobile Agents

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Regulation of nuclear decommissioning

Kerntechnik ◽

10.3139/124.100220 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 70 (1-2) ◽

pp. 9-13

Author(s):

R. D. Wendling ◽

M. Paul

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Decommissioning

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Adjustable Autonomy for Teleoperated Internet Robots

ACTA AUTOMATICA SINICA ◽

10.3724/sp.j.1004.2010.00982 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 36 (7) ◽

pp. 982-992 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jian-Bo SU ◽

Wei ZHOU

Keyword(s):

Adjustable Autonomy ◽

Internet Robots

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The Economic Implications of Proposed Changes in the Accounting for Nuclear Decommissioning Costs

Accounting Horizons ◽

10.2308/acch.2000.14.2.211 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 211-233 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

James R. Boatsman ◽

Inder K. Khurana ◽

Martha L. Loudder

Keyword(s):

Current Practice ◽

Electric Utility ◽

Economic Effects ◽

Financial Statement ◽

Annual Reports ◽

Accounting Data ◽

Economic Implications ◽

Nuclear Decommissioning ◽

Nuclear Plants ◽

Utility Rate

This paper analyzes the accounting effects of the proposed standard Accounting for Obligations Associated with the Retirement of Long-Lived Assets, and considers the economic effects of accounting data in electric utility rate-making. Specifically, we model the financial statement with respect to nuclear decommissioning costs and posit several likely scenarios for the economic implications for the affected firms, their electric consumers, and the rate regulators. The model reveals that the sign of the equity adjustment at adoption and the change in ongoing expense will depend on (1) the age of the plant, and (2) the ratio of the current cost estimate used to compute depreciation under the current practice and the estimated future decommissioning cost. When the model is applied to firms with nuclear plants, we find that the financial statement effects at adoption will be substantial for many firms, and that the ongoing effects of the standard will be to increase the reported expenses of decommissioning substantially. These findings are of interest for three reasons: first, contrary to our data, many of the firms analyzed have stated in their annual reports that the adoption effects of the proposed standard will be immaterial; second, the standard may have a deleterious effect on established regulatory rate-making relationships by changing the basis for consumer rates; and third, the analysis suggests that some firms will be faced with either requesting rate increases or jeopardizing their eligibility for special regulatory accounting treatment. Any of these outcomes create potentially severe problems in an industry on the brink of monumental economic and structural change, that is, the transition from a regulated monopoly to competition.

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