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When it comes to image segmentation, there is no single technique that can provide the best possible result for any type of image. Therefore, based on different approaches, numerous algorithms have been developed so far and each has its upsides and downsides, depending on the input data. This...
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Investigations were conducted to explore the feasibility of a prototype charge simulation retina machine vision system to identify shape and size, when different three-dimensional objects were arbitrarily located in the vision field of the retina. The system consisted of a light source, light...
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We introduce a new object detection method which has been obtained as main contribution of this paper and a new feature extraction based on wavelet analysis is presented. Image retrieval based on region is one of the most promising and active research directions in recent years. As literature...
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products remanufacturing. In this paper, we discuss the optimal decision for a joint manufacturing and remanufacturing system … in a multi-period horizon, including manufacturing decision, remanufacturing and disposal decisions of the returned …
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remanufacturing. We first formulate a two-period model to investigate the OEM’s product-design strategy and the remanufacturer …, we show the thresholds that determine whether remanufacturing is constrained by collection, the thresholds for the …
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The profitability of remanufacturing systems for different cost, technology, and logistics structures has been …. The profitability of a remanufacturing system strongly depends on these issues as well as on their interactions. For a … monopolist, we show that there exist thresholds on the remanufacturing cost savings, the green segment size, market growth rate …
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The importance of remanufacturing used products into new ones has been widely recognized in the literature and in …
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This paper is on production planning and inventory control in systems where manufacturing and remanufacturing … output of the remanufacturing process can be used to fulfill customer demands. Here, we consider a relatively simple hybrid … traditional systems without remanufacturing to PUSH and to PULL controlled systems with remanufacturing, and (ii) to derive …
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This paper investigates optimal strategies of a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) with dual recycling channel, within which the manufacturer sells products via the retailer in the forward supply chain, while the retailer and the third party competitively collect used products in the reverse supply...
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We study the disposition decision for product returns in a closed-loop supply chain. Motivated by the asset recovery process at IBM, we consider two disposition alternatives. Returns may be either refurbished for reselling or dismantled for spare parts. Reselling a refurbished unit typically...
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