This paper describes multi-objective evolutionary optimization of process planning in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). FMS can be described as an integrated manufacturing system consisting of machines, computers, robots, and automated guided vehicles (AGVs). While FMSs give great advantages through the flexibility, FMSs pose complex problems on multi-objective process planning. An evoluti...

This paper describes multi-objective evolutionary optimization of process planning in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). FMS can be described as an integrated manufacturing system consisting of machines, computers, robots, and automated guided vehicles (AGVs). While FMSs give great advantages through the flexibility, FMSs pose complex problems on multi-objective process planning. An evoluti...

In an environment of Over-The-Counter trading with asymmetric information about the quality of the counterparty, we study traders’ incentives to screen their counterparties under different clearing arrangements. When traders can choose the clearing arrangement, they decide which types of transactions to clear under each arrangement, with significant consequences for transparency and collateral ...

This article introduces actuaries to the concept of "copulas," a tool for understanding relationships among multivariate outcomes. A copula is a function that links univariate marginals to their full multivariate distribution. Copulas were introduced in 1959 in the context of probabilistic metric spaces. Recently, there has been a rapidly developing literature on the statistical properties and ...

introduction: the aim of the present in vitro study was to compare the accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) in determining root canal morphology of mandibular first molars in comparison with staining and clearing technique. methods and materials: cbct images were taken from 96 extracted human mandibular first molars and the teeth were then evaluated based on vertucci’s classificatio...

We give a representation of the solution for a stochastic linear equation of the form Xt = Yt+ ∫ (0,t] Xs−dZs where Z is a càdlàg semimartingale and Y is a càdlàg adapted process with bounded variation on finite intervals. As an application we study the case where Y and −Z are nondecreasing, jointly have stationary increments and the jumps of −Z are bounded by 1. Special cases of this process a...

Chylomicrons were separated by low and high speed ultracentrifugation from lipemic sera of human subjects in the absorptive phase. The final chylomicron preparation was free from other serum components and contained a small constant amount of protein, approximately 2 per cent of the chylomicron fraction. Electrophoresis, immunochemical analysis, and absorption experiments identified the protein...