Purpose: the aim of the study is to compare the performance of different supply chain configurations adopting Additive Manufacturing. Five input factors have been varied with the aim of testing the response of the supply chain to different starting conditions. In order to evaluate the supply...

Purpose – To develop a decision tool that may be used conveniently by motor carriers to answer the questions: “Does my company need to lower the truck driver turnover rate?” and “If so, by how much?” Design/methodology/approach – Combines statistical and mathematical procedures to...

We developed an integrated biophysical and economic modeling framework to assess impact of various groundwater management options on seawater intrusion and waterlogging and ultimate impact on sugarcane profitability in a coastal region of North Queensland, Australia. The modelling framework used...

MFCs (microbial fuel cells) are a promising sustainable technology to meet increasing energy needs, especially using wastewaters as substrates, since they can generate electricity and accomplish wastewater treatment simultaneously. The MFC is a complex system involving bio-electrochemical...

Purpose – Condition‐based maintenance (CBM) has increasingly drawn attention in industry because of its many benefits. The CBM problem is a kind of state‐dependent scheduling problem, and is very hard to solve within the conventional Markov decision process framework. The purpose of this...