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Shedding light on the environmental efficiency of the public light service: minimising light pollution through the global Malmquist–Luenberger index

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract The search for evidence in public management and the implementation of good management by public bodies is becoming increasingly important, and the principles of effectiveness and efficiency should be reinforced. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the change in efficiency in the provision of public lighting services by local governments ...
Pablo Povedano‐Fernández, Gemma Pérez‐López, José Luis Zafra‐Gómez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A methodology for the design of office cells using axiomatic design principles

Office operations play a significant role in organizational performance; however, their contribution to competitive advantage has not adequately been addressed in the literature.
Kulak, Osman, Durmusoglu, M. Bulent
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Use of axiomatic design principles to develop vehicle suspension controls for variable stiffness and ride height [PDF]

, 2005
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 23).Axiomatic Design principles are used to design a vehicle suspension system.
Luu, Way
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A Different Consideration on Information and Complexity in Axiomatic Design

, 2016
from the article : To gain competitive power, product designs and their production means have become more and more complex over the past decennia. Product designers are faced with the increasingly difficult task to guarantee steady behavior of the ...
Ceglarek, Darek, Puik, Erik, Erik Puik, Darek Ceglarek   +3 more
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Reconfiguring biofortification strategies to transform food systems and address micronutrient deficiency of the 21st century

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
This review explores how to make staple foods and horticultural crops more nutritious, including how artificial intelligence‐based screening of gene banks helps deploy nutritionally rich germplasm into breeding. Genome editing can help develop crops richer in minerals, vitamins, and health‐promoting compounds, supporting healthier diets and more ...
Rhowell Jr. N. Tiozon, Alisdair R. Fernie, Nese Sreenivasulu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Banking with Inside Money: An Efficiency Analysis

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract We show that banks do not decentralize the first best in a nominal Diamond–Dybvig economy with inside money. Furthermore, state‐contingent deposit contracts do not expand the consumption possibility set to include the first best either. Central banks can improve welfare but only for savers and only with unconventional monetary policy. Finally,
DAVID RIVERO, HUGO RODRÍGUEZ MENDIZÁBAL   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-domain product modelling: from requirements to cad and simulation tools. [PDF]

, 2009
Today, in a very competitive industrial context, different companies have difficulties to respect delays in design and manufacturing of multi-domain product.
OSTROSI, Egon, GOMES, Samuel, ROUCOULES, Lionel, FREY, Estelle   +3 more
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The Last Line

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Beci Carver
wiley   +1 more source

Mixing It Up: Inflation at Risk

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding how risk factors shape the economic outlook is essential for guiding policy decisions. This paper develops a flexible framework that decomposes distributional risk forecasts of macro‐economic variables into underlying contributions and supports the construction of interpretable risk measures.
MAXIMILIAN SCHRÖDER
wiley   +1 more source

The Rhythmic and the Metronomic: On Charlie Chaplin's Gait

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Matthew Beaumont
wiley   +1 more source