"Automatic biometrics recognition techniques are becoming increasingly important in corporate and public security systems and have increased in methods due to rapid field development. This book discusses classic behavioral biometrics as well as the latest advances in techniques, theoretical...

"This book evaluates emergent research and theoretical concepts in scanning devices and 3D reconstruction technologies being used to measure their environment, examining the development of utilization of machine vision practices and research, optoelectronic devices, and sensor...

We study the competition between two remanufacturers in the acquisition of used products and the sales of remanufactured products. One firm has a market advantage; we consider two separate cases where either firm could have an acquisition advantage. The problem is formulated as a simultaneous...

Willingness to pay (WTP) is known to be lower for remanufactured products than for comparable new products. Normative work to date has assumed that a consumer's WTP for a remanufactured product is a fraction, called discount factor, of the consumer's WTP for a corresponding new product, and that...

Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...

Introduction -- Chapter 1. History and Future of Manufacturing -- Chapter 2. Developments of Technological Systems -- Chapter 3. Digital Manufacturing -- Chapter 4. Business Models for Additive Manufacturing: A Consulting Services Perspective -- Chapter 5. Servitization in the digital era --...