One of the main reported problems in petrochemical applications of Linear Programming-Dynamic Matrix Control (LP-DMC) type controllers is their global performance assessment. Since the stationary optimization and dynamic ...

The reverse logistics (RL) seeks to facilitate the return of consumer goods, or its constituent materials, in the production cycle. The main motivators of RL are economic factors, customer service, legal, corporate citizenship ...

This article presents a literature review on performance measurement and indicators, addressing the general aspects of this area of knowledge and contextualizing it for the water supply sector, including international ...

To analyze the performance of a vertical tube reactor involving a gas-slurry reacting system in dispersed bubble flow and upflow, downflow, and upflow-downflow (alternating) configurations, several performance indicators ...

The Quality Management System (QMS), when efficient, is an important mean for controlling and help to achieve the company goals. To make the QMS efficient, there must be a way to measure, correct and improve the QMS. That ...

Software development process requires judicious quality control, using performance indicators to support decision-making in the different processes chains. This paper recommends the use of machine learning with the semi ...