Decision models for supplier selection in industry 4.0 era: a systematic literature review

Industry 4.0 comprises the application of different technological solutions so that business processes throughout the production chain are integrated. The supplier’s selection, considering the industry 4.0 requirements, is essential in promoting collaborative strategies between suppliers and manufacturers. In this context, this study presents a systematic literature review about quantitative models to support supplier selection in the industry 4.0 era. Fourteen studies were reviewed and characterized in different perspectives such as modelling, application, and validation of the decision model. The results revealed that most of the decision models were developed combining multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Among the criteria related to the Industry 4.0 environment, the most frequent ones were information sharing, technological capacity, digital collaboration and engagement. The gathered results can be useful to guide researchers and managers in the development of computational tools to assist decision-making processes for supplier selection in Industry 4.0 era.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Coeficiente de erodibilidade em sulcos e entressulcosde Argissolos coesos estimado pela cor do solo

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar o coeficiente de erodibilidade em sulcos e entressulcos, por meio de parâmetros da cor do solo. Foram selecionadas três áreas cultivadas com soja, em Argissolos Amarelos coesos do Leste Maranhense. Em cada área, foram retiradas 121 amostras na profundidade de 0,00-0,20 m. Foram determinados os valores de espectroscopia de reflectância difusa na faixa do visível, para obtenção dos valores de matiz, valor e croma. A partir destes constituintes da cor, foi calculado o índice de avermelhamento para cada amostra. Foram desenvolvidos modelos para avaliar o efeito de cada componente da cor sobre a erodibilidade em sulcos e entressulcos. Esses componentes apresentaram R2 que variou de 0,37 a 0,70. Os modelos gerados obtiveram R2 de 0,70 e 0,73, para entressulcos e sulcos, respectivamente. A cor do solo determinada por espectroscopia de reflectância difusa pode ser utilizada como método alternativo para estimar o coeficiente de erodibilidade de Argissolos Amarelos coesos

Operation and performance of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker

The semiconductor tracker is a silicon microstrip detector forming part of the inner tracking system of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The operation and performance of the semiconductor tracker during the first years of LHC running are described. More than 99% of the detector modules were operational during this period, with an average intrinsic hit efficiency of (99.74±0.04)%. The evolution of the noise occupancy is discussed, and measurements of the Lorentz angle, δ-ray production and energy loss presented. The alignment of the detector is found to be stable at the few-micron level over long periods of time. Radiation damage measurements, which include the evolution of detector leakage currents, are found to be consistent with predictions and are used in the verification of radiation background simulations

Search for supersymmetry at √S=8TeV in final states with jets and two same-sign leptons or three leptons with the ATLAS detector

A search for strongly produced supersymmetric particles is conducted using signatures involving multiple energetic jets and either two isolated leptons (e or μ) with the same electric charge, or at least three isolated leptons. The search also utilises jets originating from b-quarks, missing transverse momentum and other observables to extend its sensitivity. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 of √s = 8 TeV proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. No deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed. New or significantly improved exclusion limits are set on a wide variety of supersymmetric models in which the lightest squark can be of the first, second or third generations, and in which R-parity can be conserved or violated