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Process output and profitability of the operations are mainly determined by how the equipment is being used. The production planning, operations and machine maintenance influence the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) of the machinery, resulting in more ...

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Machine Learning in High Energy Physics Community White Paper

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Machine learning is an important applied research area in particle physics, beginning with applications to high-level physics analysis in the 1990s and 2000s, followed by an explosion of applications in particle and event identification and reconstruction ...

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A stochastic approach to the modelling of gas transport in bentonite

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In the past years, transport of gases in clay buffer materials for Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) has been deeply investigated by many research programs in the field of nuclear waste disposal. The phenomenological features of gas transport obtained from ...

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Semiconductor-based narrow-line and high-brilliance 193-nm laser system for industrial applications

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We present a novel industrial-grade prototype version of a continuous-wave 193 nm laser system entirely based on solid state pump laser technology. Deep-ultraviolet emission is realized by frequency-quadrupling an amplified diode laser and up to 20 mW of o ...

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Modelling the future secondary resource availability and recycling potential of aluminium in austria

Production of secondary aluminium (Al) currently represents about 70% of total European Al production with a still rising trend and about 50% European final Al demand. The utilization of anthropogenic Al resources as secondary raw materials is therefore a ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS: THE NEED FOR A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMINOLOGY IN POLICY MAKING

Policy makers set out a range of initiatives with the buzzwords ‘natural resources’, ‘raw materials’, ‘resource efficiency’, and ‘sustainable management’ of natural resources and raw materials. An analysis of the practice highlights that there are quite di ...

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Equilibrium analysis in multi-echelon supply chain with multi-dimensional utilities of inertial players

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In a supply chain, the importance of information elicitation from the supply chain players is vital to design supply chain network. The rationality and self-centredness of these players causes the information asymmetry in the supply chain and thus situatio ...

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd2017

The guideline series VDI 4800 resource efficiency: an approach for increasing resource efficiency with the aim of conservation of natural resources in the industrial sector

In 2011, the Association of German Engineers (VDI) started working on a set of guidelines towards increased resource efficiency. These guidelines represent a framework that defines resource efficiency and outlines considerations for the producing industry. ...

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Improving firm performance through sustainable operations

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As concerns over environmental sustainability rise, corporations must extend their efforts to improve their environmental performance while at the same time realizing economic growth. The endeavor represents challenges on both strategic and operational fro ...

EPFL2017

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