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Our actual internet landscape is dominated by a handful of private actors we use on a daily basis: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, amongst others. These actors, in constant search of an optimization of their data transmission processes and user experiences, ...

2023

Optimizing the operating profit of young highways using updated bridge structural capacity

Ian Smith

As more private firms participate in public projects aiming to increase their profits by adjusting operational strategies, there has been an increasing demand for structural identification in the operational phase. In this paper, we propose a framework for ...

2020

In recent years, an increasing number of private firms are involved in public works using the funding strategy of public-private partnerships (PPPs), especially for civil infrastructure projects such as highways and bridges. In this paper, a framework is p ...

IABSE2019

Seven challenges for neuroscience

Henry Markram

Although twenty-first century neuroscience is a major scientific enterprise, advances in basic research have not yet translated into benefits for society. In this paper, I outline seven fundamental challenges that need to be overcome. First, neuroscience h ...

2013

An Extensive Group Decision Methodology for Alliance Partner Selection Problem in Collaborative Networked Organisations

Naoufel Cheikhrouhou, Omar Ayadi

More and more companies address collaborations and cooperation as strategic topics to build competitive networks and broaden the global competences provided by the community thus created. These companies can cooperate with partners to share resources, comp ...

2012

What works and what doesn't with BOT contracts? The case of thermal and hydraulic plants

Matthias Finger, Nicolas Crettenand

Private financing and operations of public infrastructures – often also called Public-Private Partnerships or PPPs – are becoming increasingly important, especially in the case of developing countries. Different types of PPP instruments – among which in pa ...

EPFL-CDM-MIR2005

Optimalisation des formes d'organisation dans l'industrie de la construction

Philippe Pot

A piece of work carried out by the construction industry, whether a building or a civil engineering project, is not a mass-produced item. It is always a unique piece of work, by dint of its response to the specific needs of the owner and its potential user ...

EPFL2005

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