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View article: Adaptive production strategy in vertical farm digital twins with Q-learning algorithms
Adaptive production strategy in vertical farm digital twins with Q-learning algorithms Open
Urban food production can contribute to sustainable development goals by reducing land use and shortening transportation distances. Despite its advantages, the implementation of digital twin (DT) technology for urban food systems has recei…
View article: Twelve principles for transformation-focused evaluation
Twelve principles for transformation-focused evaluation Open
There are growing calls for societies to transform towards regenerative futures that support the flourishing of life and transcend interlinked social and ecological crises. Many actors are now trying to identify whether desired transformat…
View article: Urban Agrifood Circularity: Exploring Consumable and Capital Micro Circular Production Loops
Urban Agrifood Circularity: Exploring Consumable and Capital Micro Circular Production Loops Open
The circular economy concept is typically applied at scale, especially for high value products and materials. The dominant manufacturing model is for large global factories with research and practice independent of agriculture. This paper …
View article: Cost-Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness of XAI in Predictive Maintenance
Cost-Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness of XAI in Predictive Maintenance Open
Predictive maintenance aims to reduce operational costs by anticipating and preventing system failures or inefficiencies. While high-performance AI models such as neural networks offer accurate predictions, their lack of transparency limit…
View article: Leveraging Digital Twins and Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Manufacturing: A Conceptual Framework
Leveraging Digital Twins and Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Manufacturing: A Conceptual Framework Open
The integration of digital twins (DTs) and dynamic life cycle assessment (LCA) offers a transformative approach to enhancing environmental sustainability in manufacturing systems. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to guide the dev…
View article: Transformative action towards regenerative food systems: A large-scale case study
Transformative action towards regenerative food systems: A large-scale case study Open
We urgently need to foster regenerative food systems that mutually reinforce human and ecological health. However, we have limited understanding of the action pathways that could encourage the emergence of such systems. Here we report on a…
View article: 366 A Case Study: Application of Personalised External Aortic Root Support to Overcome a Failing Ross Procedure
366 A Case Study: Application of Personalised External Aortic Root Support to Overcome a Failing Ross Procedure Open
Aortic root aneurysms are traditionally treated by aortic root replacement surgery alone or in combination with aortic valve replacement in a Modified Bentall procedure. We present a novel surgical approach using a Personalised External Ao…
View article: Examining “the Jungle” of Metrics Available to Improve Sustainability Performance of Energy Intensive Industries
Examining “the Jungle” of Metrics Available to Improve Sustainability Performance of Energy Intensive Industries Open
Energy use in manufacturing is under increasing scrutiny given challenges, especially in recent times in Europe, for the cost and security of supply. In addition, the carbon impact of energy must be reduced dramatically in the coming decad…
View article: Expanding the Scope of Manufacturing Digital Twins to Supply Chain
Expanding the Scope of Manufacturing Digital Twins to Supply Chain Open
The rapid emergence of digital technologies is revolutionising the manufacturing industry, with digital twins (DTs) emerging as a transformative innovation. DTs, virtual counterparts of physical entities or systems, hold immense potential …
View article: Deploying hybrid modelling to support the development of a digital twin for supply chain master planning under disruptions
Deploying hybrid modelling to support the development of a digital twin for supply chain master planning under disruptions Open
Supply chains operate in a highly distuptive environment where a SC master plan should be updated in line with disruptions to ensure that a high service level is provided to customers while total cost is minimised. There is an absence of k…
View article: The Regenerative Lens: A conceptual framework for regenerative social-ecological systems
The Regenerative Lens: A conceptual framework for regenerative social-ecological systems Open
Societies must transform their dynamics to support the flourishing of life. There is increasing interest in regeneration and regenerative practice as a solution, but also limited cohered understanding of what constitutes regenerative syste…
View article: Challenges faced by data-driven climate change start-ups
Challenges faced by data-driven climate change start-ups Open
The article discusses the challenges faced by data-driven climate change start-ups in relation to their value offering. The research is based on semi-structured interviews with start-up managers and secondary data. From the preliminary ana…
View article: Using Simulation-Optimization to Integrate Financial and Product Flow Planning in Supply Chains
Using Simulation-Optimization to Integrate Financial and Product Flow Planning in Supply Chains Open
Researchers have increasingly focused on the impact of financial flow on planning decisions in supply chain networks, especially
\ndue to rising costs and concerns about funding and resource allocation in the post-Covid era. This study int…
View article: A simulation-optimization approach for integrating physical and financial flows in a supply chain under economic uncertainty
A simulation-optimization approach for integrating physical and financial flows in a supply chain under economic uncertainty Open
In the last decade, increasing costs and organizational concerns regarding the funding and allocation of financial resources have led to significant attention being given to financial flow and its effects on planning decisions throughout s…
View article: Applying digital twins for inventory and cash management in supply chains under physical and financial disruptions
Applying digital twins for inventory and cash management in supply chains under physical and financial disruptions Open
Supply chains (SCs) operate in a highly disruptive environment, where they face a variety of disruptions in product and cash flows. In such an environment, determining suitable inventory and cash replenishment policies ensures that cash an…
View article: Concomitant use of Sapien 3 transcatheter valve for severe MAC with Intuity Elite rapid deployment valve for aortic stenosis
Concomitant use of Sapien 3 transcatheter valve for severe MAC with Intuity Elite rapid deployment valve for aortic stenosis Open
Background Concomitant double valve pathology in the presence of severe MAC poses significant technical challenges when planning surgical intervention. With continued evolution of valve prosthesis, innovative techniques can be considered w…
View article: Simulating Malicious Attacks on VANETs for Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Cybersecurity: A Machine Learning Dataset
Simulating Malicious Attacks on VANETs for Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Cybersecurity: A Machine Learning Dataset Open
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) rely on Vehicular Adhoc Networks with wireless communication between vehicles and roadside infrastructure to support safe operation. However, cybersecurity attacks pose a threat to VANETs and the sa…
View article: Using digital twins for inventory and cash management in supply chains
Using digital twins for inventory and cash management in supply chains Open
In this paper, we investigate the potential of a supply chain (SC) digital twin framework to help decision makers in managing inventory and cash flows throughout the SCs. The proposed SC digital twin framework integrates machine learning (…
View article: Transformations to regenerative food systems—An outline of the FixOurFood project
Transformations to regenerative food systems—An outline of the FixOurFood project Open
This paper provides an outline of a new interdisciplinary project called FixOurFood , funded through UKRI’s ‘Transforming UK food systems’ programme. FixOurFood aims to transform the Yorkshire food system to a regenerative food system and …
View article: Concomittant use of Sapien 3 Transcatheter Valve for Severe MAC with Intuity Elite Rapid Deployment Valve for Aortic Stenosis
Concomittant use of Sapien 3 Transcatheter Valve for Severe MAC with Intuity Elite Rapid Deployment Valve for Aortic Stenosis Open
Background-Concomitant double valve pathology in the presence of severe MAC poses significant technical challenges when planning surgical intervention. With continued evolution of valve prosthesis, innovative techniques can be considered w…
View article: Supply chain environmental and social sustainability practice diffusion: Bibliometrics, content analysis and conceptual framework
Supply chain environmental and social sustainability practice diffusion: Bibliometrics, content analysis and conceptual framework Open
The purpose of this paper is to uncover how environmental and social sustainability practices are diffused across the supply chain tiers through supplier development initiatives. In particular, the work seeks to uncover the initiatives dev…