Joao Carlos E. Ferreira

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Can anyone quantify the reduction in consumption of plastics resulting from the use of disposable and edible (e.g. wheat bran) tableware?

There are companies that are manufacturing disposable and edible (e.g. wheat bran) products such as plates, cups, forks, etc., and I wonder if anyone could quantify the contribution of such...

10 April 2019 4,854 0 View

Can it be estimated the year in which fossil fuels will correspond to a low amount (for example, 20%) of the world’s energy consumption?

Given the current increase in the use of sources of clean renewable energy (for example, solar, wind, hydro, biomass, etc.), I wonder if it can be estimated the year in which fossil fuels will...

14 May 2018 5,130 6 View

Does anyone know of an algorithm to determine the lower bound for the makespan for scheduling a flow shop line?

Given the processing times for parts to be manufactured in different machines in a flow shop line, depending on the sequence in which the parts are manufactured, the makespan (i.e. the total time...

11 May 2018 5,673 13 View

Is it true that the very first Industrial Revolution (e.g. manufacturing of woolens and cloths) actually occurred in England in the 11th century?

I am reading the book entitled “The Victory of Reason”, by Rodney Stark, and he points out that “The First Industrial Revolution was not a revolution at all but an evolution of invention and...

01 January 1970 3,228 5 View