One of the classic problems in industrial engineering is the buffer allocation
problem. The objective of the buffer allocation problem is to maximize some line
output, typically throughput, through the allocation of buffers throughout the
production line. Previous work in this area has focused on either determining
general design rules...
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In 2004-2005, 2007 and 2009, three major drought disasters occurred in Guangdong
Province of southern China, which caused serious economic losses. Hence, it has recently become
an important research subject in China to monitor surface soil moisture (SSM) and the drought
disaster quickly and accurately. SSM is an effective indicator...
Individual fishing quota (IFQ) systems are typically expected to increase the profitability of a fishery and improve sustainability by ensuring catches remain within quotas. They can also have important distributional and ecological implications that result from shifts in catch and effort between different gears, regions, and habitats. In multispecies fisheries...
As anthropogenic changes interact with natural climate cycles, the variability of marine ecosystems is likely to increase. This variability influences the behaviour of fishers, which can affect the profitability and sustainability of stocks and may have wider economic and ecological effects. We use data from the US West Coast salmon...
Several new powdered limestone products that are more finely ground (smaller particle size distribution) than products historically used have become commercially available. A major factor influencing the effectiveness of a liming material is its particle size distribution, with smaller particles reacting more quickly. Because lime efficiency estimates for various particle...
Automatic transfer of learned knowledge from one task or domain to another offers great potential to simplify and expedite
the construction and deployment of intelligent systems.
In practice however, there are many barriers to achieving this
goal. In this article, we present a prototype system for the
real-world context of...
In this paper, the description and results of simulation experiments investigating buffer allocation in closed serial production lines are presented. The production lines studied consist of either reliable or unreliable workstations, and have asynchronous movement of jobs. The experimental results are used to demonstrate a buffer allocation decomposition result for...
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