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Macro-Financial Aspects of Climate Change
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,

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This paper examines the interaction between macro-financial and climate-related risks. It brings together different strands of the literature on climate-related risks and how these relate to macro-financial management and risks. Physical impacts of climate change as well as the transition toward a resilient low-carbon economy pose significant challenges for macro-financial management, as they can damage the balance sheets of governments, households, firms, and financial institutions due to the adverse and possibly abrupt impacts on investment and economic growth, fiscal revenue and expenditure, debt sustainability, and the valuation of financial assets. In turn, macro-financial risks translate into weakened resilience to physical climate risks and constrained capacity for climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. The paper finds that many countries face the "double jeopardy" of simultaneous elevated climate-related and macro-financial risks. Reducing macro-financial risks in countries under double jeopardy is an important component of international efforts to tackle climate change to complement and support country-specific efforts.


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Challenges and Opportunities for the Renewable Energy Economy
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Renewable energy deployment as an alternative to traditional energy sources is the cornerstone of the emission-reduction energy policies that aim to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. This transition poses risks and opportunities for companies with business models that rely directly or indirectly on renewables, which will be reflected in the revaluation of assets and in the reallocation of private and public financial investments from carbon-intensive to low-carbon energies. In a series of selected articles, this book addresses current challenges and opportunities for renewable energies from technological, economic and financial perspectives.

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Research & information: general --- day-ahead market --- balancing market --- gate closure --- forecast uncertainty --- wind power forecast --- agent-based simulation --- the MATREM system --- drying --- solar energy --- sustainable processing --- energy efficiency --- global heat production --- energy market --- energy conversion --- electricity --- carbon trading --- palm oil producer --- renewable energy --- economy --- sustainable development --- clean development mechanism --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- Malaysia --- energy planning --- Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) --- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) --- low-carbon economy --- renewable energy deployment --- environmental efficiency --- pumped hydro storage --- wind farm --- simulated annealing --- genetic algorithm --- pattern search --- Matlab optimization toolbox --- economic and environment feasibility --- renewables --- low carbon --- interdependence --- copulas --- conditional quantiles --- liquefied natural gas --- cold energy --- regasification --- chilled water --- techno economic --- coevolution --- the fuel ethanol industry --- history-friendly model --- entry regulation --- ethanol mandate --- production subsidy --- R&amp --- D subsidy --- day-ahead market --- balancing market --- gate closure --- forecast uncertainty --- wind power forecast --- agent-based simulation --- the MATREM system --- drying --- solar energy --- sustainable processing --- energy efficiency --- global heat production --- energy market --- energy conversion --- electricity --- carbon trading --- palm oil producer --- renewable energy --- economy --- sustainable development --- clean development mechanism --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- Malaysia --- energy planning --- Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) --- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) --- low-carbon economy --- renewable energy deployment --- environmental efficiency --- pumped hydro storage --- wind farm --- simulated annealing --- genetic algorithm --- pattern search --- Matlab optimization toolbox --- economic and environment feasibility --- renewables --- low carbon --- interdependence --- copulas --- conditional quantiles --- liquefied natural gas --- cold energy --- regasification --- chilled water --- techno economic --- coevolution --- the fuel ethanol industry --- history-friendly model --- entry regulation --- ethanol mandate --- production subsidy --- R&amp --- D subsidy


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Challenges and Opportunities for the Renewable Energy Economy
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Renewable energy deployment as an alternative to traditional energy sources is the cornerstone of the emission-reduction energy policies that aim to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. This transition poses risks and opportunities for companies with business models that rely directly or indirectly on renewables, which will be reflected in the revaluation of assets and in the reallocation of private and public financial investments from carbon-intensive to low-carbon energies. In a series of selected articles, this book addresses current challenges and opportunities for renewable energies from technological, economic and financial perspectives.


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Challenges and Opportunities for the Renewable Energy Economy
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Renewable energy deployment as an alternative to traditional energy sources is the cornerstone of the emission-reduction energy policies that aim to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. This transition poses risks and opportunities for companies with business models that rely directly or indirectly on renewables, which will be reflected in the revaluation of assets and in the reallocation of private and public financial investments from carbon-intensive to low-carbon energies. In a series of selected articles, this book addresses current challenges and opportunities for renewable energies from technological, economic and financial perspectives.


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Sustainable Energy Systems: From Primary to End-Use
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ISBN: 3039210971 3039210963 Year: 2019 Publisher: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This book focuses on sustainable energy systems. While several innovative and alternative concepts are presented, the topics of energy policy, life cycle assessment, thermal energy, and renewable energy also play a major role. Models on various temporal and geographical scales are developed to understand the conditions of technical as well as organizational change. New methods of modeling, which can fulfil technical and physical boundary conditions and nevertheless consider economic environmental and social aspects, are also developed.

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coal-fired power unit --- capacity investment --- energy density --- sensitivity analysis --- fuel --- renewable energy source penetration --- AHP --- torrefaction --- Active Disturbance Rejection Control --- swell effect disturbance --- renewable energy --- resource efficiency --- choice experiment --- pseudo-Huber loss --- integrated model --- Probabilistic Robustness --- sustainable energy --- Energy Life-Cycle Assessment --- hysteresis switching --- areal grey relational analysis --- market power --- photovoltaic with energy storage system --- wind power plants --- power system stability --- alternative energy --- hollow rollers --- efficiency --- generation system scheduling --- energy from biomass --- fuelwood value index --- manufacturing industry --- game theory --- energy modelling --- peach --- grindability --- artificial neural networks control --- sustainability --- large bearings --- levelized cost of energy --- renewable energies --- ash recovery --- thermodynamic cycle concepts --- modified cycle concepts --- HOMER simulation --- low-carbon economy --- energy systems --- fuzzy logic control --- basic plan for long-term electricity supply and demand --- LCOE comparison --- post-harvest --- heating value --- power supply reliability --- Pinus pinaster --- doubly fed induction generator --- willingness to pay --- multilayer perception --- robust optimization --- forecasting model for electricity demand --- transient impact --- uncertainty --- power electronics --- electrostatic devices --- flexibility --- active power harmonics filter --- Monte Carlo --- energy storage systems --- energy costs --- SWOT analysis --- tidal stream generator --- textile industrial sector --- stochastic approach --- deficit --- uncertainty analysis --- rotary reactor --- biomass --- secondary air regulation --- forecasting --- photovoltaic --- electricity --- Internet of Things --- dynamic planning --- fuzzy rough set --- flexible resource --- wind resources --- op-amp --- maximum power point tracking --- nexus concept


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The Pivotal Generation
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ISBN: 9780691226248 0691226245 0691226253 9780691226255 0691220077 0691226261 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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An eminent philosopher explains why we owe it to future generations to take immediate action on global warmingClimate change is the supreme challenge of our time. Yet despite growing international recognition of the unfolding catastrophe, global carbon emissions continue to rise, hitting an all-time high in 2019. Unless humanity rapidly transitions to renewable energy, it may be too late to stop irreversible ecological damage. In The Pivotal Generation, renowned political philosopher Henry Shue makes an impassioned case for taking immediate, radical action to combat global warming.Shue grounds his argument in a rigorous philosophical analysis of climate change’s moral implications. Unlike previous generations, which didn’t fully understand the danger of burning carbon, we have the knowledge to comprehend and control rising carbon dioxide levels. And unlike future generations, we still have time to mitigate the worst effects of global warming. This generation has the power, and thus the responsibility, to save the planet. Shirking that responsibility only leaves the next generation with an even heavier burden—one they may find impossible to bear.Written in direct, accessible language, The Pivotal Generation approaches the latest scientific research with a singular moral clarity. It’s an urgently needed call to action for anyone concerned about the planet’s future.

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Climate change mitigation --- Environmental policy - United States --- Environmental ethics --- Climatic changes - Forecasting --- Climate change mitigation. --- Climate mitigation --- Climatic changes --- Climatic mitigation --- Mitigation of climate change --- Environmental protection --- Mitigation --- Acid rain. --- Alternative energy. --- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. --- Analogy. --- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. --- BNP Paribas. --- Bank. --- Behalf. --- Biofuel. --- Bribery. --- Business plan. --- Carbon Energy. --- Carbon capture and storage. --- Chesapeake Energy. --- China Construction Bank. --- Climate change. --- Climate risk. --- Climate. --- Combustion. --- Competitiveness. --- Contempt. --- Core business. --- Criticism. --- Customer. --- Deep sea. --- Deforestation. --- Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. --- Economic cost. --- Economy and Society. --- Electricity generation. --- Energy development. --- Environmental impact of the coal industry. --- Ethane (data page). --- Every Nation. --- Externality. --- Filing (legal). --- Filing (metalworking). --- Financial Regulator. --- Fossil fuel. --- Frustration. --- Future generation. --- Geological formation. --- Global warming. --- Government. --- Gradualism. --- Grandparent. --- Greenhouse gas. --- Greenland ice sheet. --- Heat flux. --- Hedge fund. --- High-voltage direct current. --- Incentive. --- Infrastructure. --- Intermittency. --- International Energy Agency. --- Low-carbon economy. --- Market mechanism. --- Melting. --- Methane. --- Misinformation. --- National wealth. --- Natural gas. --- Norm (social). --- Occidental Petroleum. --- Occupational safety and health. --- Oil well. --- Ownership (psychology). --- Payment. --- Petroleum industry. --- Pipeline transport. --- Plastic pollution. --- Plastic. --- Political corruption. --- Pollution. --- Positive feedback. --- Requirement. --- Responsiveness. --- Saudi Arabia. --- Saving. --- Scale In. --- Scientist. --- Sea level rise. --- Sea level. --- Shorthand. --- Social disruption. --- Sociotechnical system. --- Soil. --- Sovereign state. --- Standard of living. --- Suggestion. --- Technology. --- Too big to fail. --- Useful Life. --- Vegetation. --- Water supply. --- Wealth. --- Window function. --- World economy. --- Year. --- ethylene. --- Environmental policy --- Environmental ethics. --- Forecasting.


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EU Cohesion policy implementation -- evaluation challenges and opportunities : the 1st International Conference on Evaluating Challenges in the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy (EvEUCoP 2022), Coimbra, 2022
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ISBN: 3031181611 3031181603 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This open access book is the result of the 1st International Conference on Evaluating Challenges in the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy (EvEUCoP 2022). It presents the recent findings, sparks discussion, and reveals new research paths addressing the use of novel methodologies and approaches to tackle the challenges and opportunities that are unveiled with the implementation of the EU cohesion policy. The authors cover a wide range of topics including the monitoring of data; the clearness of indicators in measuring the impact of interventions; novel evaluation methods, addressing the mid-term and terminal assessment; as well as case studies and applications on evaluations of the thematic objectives under the scrutiny of the cohesion policy, namely: Research, technological development, and innovation; Information and communication technologies; Shift toward a low-carbon economy. During the 2014-2020 programmatic period, member states were required to undertake assessments to evaluate the efficacy, efficiency, and impact of each operational program. Such evaluations are generally concerned with the compliance of projects and activities with programmatic priorities, as well as with funds' absorption capacity and refer to ex-ante and ex-post assessments. Hence, this book proposes the use of novel methodologies addressing the mid-term and terminal assessments that enable performing the efficiency appraisal of the operational programs and that can support decision-makers in the selection of projects that should be awarded for funding.

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Political planning. --- Europe—Politics and government. --- Economic development. --- Technological innovations. --- Economic policy. --- Environmental policy. --- Public Policy. --- European Politics. --- Economic Development, Innovation and Growth. --- Innovation and Technology Management. --- Economic Policy. --- Environmental Policy. --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Planning in politics --- Public policy --- Policy sciences --- Politics, Practical --- Public administration --- Government policy --- European Union policy --- European regional development funds --- Small and mid-sized enterprises --- Low-carbon economy --- Information and communication technologies --- Smart specialization --- Research and Innovation --- Energy efficiency --- Data envelopment analysis --- Meta-analysis --- Implementation of EU funds --- Youth --- Eastern Europe --- European structural and investment funds --- Machine learning models --- ERDF --- DEA models --- Structural adjustment (Economic policy) --- European Union countries --- Economic integration


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Environmental Impact Assessment by Green Processes
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ISBN: 3036558969 3036558950 Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Primary energy consumption around the world has been increasing steadily since the Industrial Revolution and shows no signals of slowing down in the coming years. This trend is accompanied by the increasing pollutant concentration on the Earth’s biosystems and the general concerns over the health and environmental impacts that will ensue. Air quality, water purity, atmospheric CO2 concentration, etc., are some examples of environmental parameters that are degrading due to human activities. These ecosystems can be safeguarded without renouncing industrial development, urban and economic development through the use of low environmental impact technologies instead of equivalent pollutant ones or through the use of technologies to mitigate the negative impact of high emissions technologies. Pollutant abatement systems, carbon capture technologies, biobased products, etc. need to be established in order to make environmental parameters more and more similar to the pre-industrialization values of the planet Earth. In 15 papers international scientists addressed such topics, especially combining a high academic standard coupled with a practical focus on green processes and a quantitative approach to environmental impacts.

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Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- environmental compliance --- enterprise innovation --- Chinese manufacturing enterprises --- U-shaped relationship --- anaerobic digestion --- digestate --- liquid-solid separation --- membrane separation --- nutrient recovery --- membrane fouling --- biomass --- syngas scrubber wastewater --- environmental pollution --- pollutant abatement technologies --- biochar --- adsorption --- air quality --- Saharan dust --- mineral dust --- toxicity assessment --- luminescent bacteria --- acute and chronic toxicity --- environmental stringency policies --- human development --- CO2 emissions --- panel cointegration and causality analyses --- hydroelectricity consumption --- economic growth --- urbanization --- China --- crop production --- agricultural carbon emissions --- EKC --- decoupling --- LMDI --- innovative human capital --- CO2 emission --- Chinese provinces --- emissions trading system --- green total factor productivity --- spatial difference-in-difference --- energy efficiency --- green innovation --- industry structure --- spatial heterogeneity --- carbon tax --- low-carbon economy --- double dividend --- CGE model --- tax neutrality --- carbon tax recycling system --- human resource management (HRM) --- green psychological climate (GPC) --- green organizational culture (GOC) --- environmental concerns --- economic performance --- CEO tournament incentive --- tournament theory --- state-owned enterprises --- carbon tax recycling policy --- green economy --- technological progress --- triple dividend --- carbon emissions --- channeled emission --- emission factor --- particulate matter --- abatement technology --- ceramic industry --- PM10, PM2.5, and PM1 --- n/a


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Expanding the Horizons of Manufacturing: Towards Wide Integration, Smart Systems and Tools
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This research topic aims at enterprise-wide modeling and optimization (EWMO) through the development and application of integrated modeling, simulation and optimization methodologies, and computer-aided tools for reliable and sustainable improvement opportunities within the entire manufacturing network (raw materials, production plants, distribution, retailers, and customers) and its components. This integrated approach incorporates information from the local primary control and supervisory modules into the scheduling/planning formulation. That makes it possible to dynamically react to incidents that occur in the network components at the appropriate decision-making level, requiring fewer resources, emitting less waste, and allowing for better responsiveness in changing market requirements and operational variations, reducing cost, waste, energy consumption and environmental impact, and increasing the benefits. More recently, the exploitation of new technology integration, such as through semantic models in formal knowledge models, allows for the capture and utilization of domain knowledge, human knowledge, and expert knowledge toward comprehensive intelligent management. Otherwise, the development of advanced technologies and tools, such as cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things, the Industrial Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Blockchain, etc., have captured the attention of manufacturing enterprises toward intelligent manufacturing systems.

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Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- manufacturing process --- additive manufacturing --- IoT --- computer systems and networks --- 3D printing --- digital twin --- Industry 4.0 --- pharmaceutical manufacturing --- biopharmaceutical manufacturing --- process modeling --- mixed-integer linear programming --- bin-packing problem --- material requirements planning --- agri-supply chain management --- variable production rate --- optimal resources --- imperfect production --- eco-efficient production --- closed-loop scheduling --- scheduling stability --- optimal control and scheduling --- fouling --- heat exchanger networks --- continuous manufacturing --- bioprocessing --- process systems engineering --- single-use technology --- AGV—Automated Guided Vehicles --- DES—Discrete Event Simulation --- FMS—Flexible Manufacturing Systems --- OEE—Overall Equipment Efficiency --- WCLcWorld Class Logistic --- abrasive water jet --- cutting --- surface quality --- quality prediction --- 3D simulation modeling and analysis --- model implementation --- bottleneck analysis --- production costs --- resource conservation --- smart manufacturing --- edge computing --- machine learning --- blockchain --- Industrial Internet of Things --- inventory management --- supply chain --- multi-echelon --- stochastic programming --- reinforcement learning --- digitalisation --- model-based --- computational engineering --- process simulation --- LNG terminal --- operational optimization --- BOG compressor --- MINLP --- enterprise process architecture --- new technologies integration --- process intelligence --- real-time monitoring --- fault detection --- predictive process adjustment --- vacuum gripper --- sensor data --- Tri-X Intelligence --- cyber-physical systems --- human-cyber systems --- intelligent systems --- intelligent manufacturing --- multi-parametric programming --- explicit MPC --- enterprise-wide optimisation --- set-point tracking --- algebraic geometry --- continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing --- model predictive control --- state estimation --- quality-by-control (QbC) --- glidant effects --- plant-model mismatch --- regional logistics --- low-carbon economy --- cloud model --- comprehensive evaluation --- Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region --- pharmaceutical manufacture --- uncertainty --- operational flexibility --- operational envelopes --- modeling --- n/a --- AGV-Automated Guided Vehicles --- DES-Discrete Event Simulation --- FMS-Flexible Manufacturing Systems --- OEE-Overall Equipment Efficiency


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Expanding the Horizons of Manufacturing: Towards Wide Integration, Smart Systems and Tools
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This research topic aims at enterprise-wide modeling and optimization (EWMO) through the development and application of integrated modeling, simulation and optimization methodologies, and computer-aided tools for reliable and sustainable improvement opportunities within the entire manufacturing network (raw materials, production plants, distribution, retailers, and customers) and its components. This integrated approach incorporates information from the local primary control and supervisory modules into the scheduling/planning formulation. That makes it possible to dynamically react to incidents that occur in the network components at the appropriate decision-making level, requiring fewer resources, emitting less waste, and allowing for better responsiveness in changing market requirements and operational variations, reducing cost, waste, energy consumption and environmental impact, and increasing the benefits. More recently, the exploitation of new technology integration, such as through semantic models in formal knowledge models, allows for the capture and utilization of domain knowledge, human knowledge, and expert knowledge toward comprehensive intelligent management. Otherwise, the development of advanced technologies and tools, such as cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things, the Industrial Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Blockchain, etc., have captured the attention of manufacturing enterprises toward intelligent manufacturing systems.

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manufacturing process --- additive manufacturing --- IoT --- computer systems and networks --- 3D printing --- digital twin --- Industry 4.0 --- pharmaceutical manufacturing --- biopharmaceutical manufacturing --- process modeling --- mixed-integer linear programming --- bin-packing problem --- material requirements planning --- agri-supply chain management --- variable production rate --- optimal resources --- imperfect production --- eco-efficient production --- closed-loop scheduling --- scheduling stability --- optimal control and scheduling --- fouling --- heat exchanger networks --- continuous manufacturing --- bioprocessing --- process systems engineering --- single-use technology --- AGV—Automated Guided Vehicles --- DES—Discrete Event Simulation --- FMS—Flexible Manufacturing Systems --- OEE—Overall Equipment Efficiency --- WCLcWorld Class Logistic --- abrasive water jet --- cutting --- surface quality --- quality prediction --- 3D simulation modeling and analysis --- model implementation --- bottleneck analysis --- production costs --- resource conservation --- smart manufacturing --- edge computing --- machine learning --- blockchain --- Industrial Internet of Things --- inventory management --- supply chain --- multi-echelon --- stochastic programming --- reinforcement learning --- digitalisation --- model-based --- computational engineering --- process simulation --- LNG terminal --- operational optimization --- BOG compressor --- MINLP --- enterprise process architecture --- new technologies integration --- process intelligence --- real-time monitoring --- fault detection --- predictive process adjustment --- vacuum gripper --- sensor data --- Tri-X Intelligence --- cyber-physical systems --- human-cyber systems --- intelligent systems --- intelligent manufacturing --- multi-parametric programming --- explicit MPC --- enterprise-wide optimisation --- set-point tracking --- algebraic geometry --- continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing --- model predictive control --- state estimation --- quality-by-control (QbC) --- glidant effects --- plant-model mismatch --- regional logistics --- low-carbon economy --- cloud model --- comprehensive evaluation --- Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region --- pharmaceutical manufacture --- uncertainty --- operational flexibility --- operational envelopes --- modeling --- n/a --- AGV-Automated Guided Vehicles --- DES-Discrete Event Simulation --- FMS-Flexible Manufacturing Systems --- OEE-Overall Equipment Efficiency

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