Steelplant technological development in Latin America: a comparative study of the selection and upgrading of technology in plants in Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru

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Resolution 654(XXXIII) Activities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals and implementation of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields

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Resolution 639(XXXII) Activities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals and implementation of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields

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Resolution 669(XXXIV) Activities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals and implementation of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields

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Multilayer perceptron neural networks training through charged system search and its Application for non-technical losses detection

The non-technical loss is not a problem with trivial solution or regional character and its minimization represents the guarantee of investments in product quality and maintenance of power systems, introduced by a competitive environment after the period of privatization in the national scene. In this paper, we show how to improve the training phase of a neural network-based classifier using a recently proposed meta-heuristic technique called Charged System Search, which is based on the interactions between electrically charged particles. The experiments were carried out in the context of non-technical loss in power distribution systems in a dataset obtained from a Brazilian electrical power company, and have demonstrated the robustness of the proposed technique against with several others nature-inspired optimization techniques for training neural networks. Thus, it is possible to improve some applications on Smart Grids. © 2013 IEEE.

Economic criteria for the selection and development of power stations and electricity systems

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Considerations governing the selection and design of waterwheel generators with special reference to the conditions in Latin America

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Collection and uses of hydrological and hydrometeorological data for system operation and planning

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Estrategia de exportación: formulación y aplicación = Export strategy: formulation and implementation

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Contributions made by ECLAC to follow-up and implementation of the San José Charter on the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012-2013

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Operational and implementation aspects of population policies

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