This paper presents the results of a literature search for publications containing failure rates and repair times, based on operational experience, for distribution system components that are critical to the reliability of a distribution system. Furthermore, component failure rates found are compared with the conclusions drawn from a previously conducted literature search.

The use of distributed development teams is becoming more common and for many good reasons. Some of the advantages are that it makes it possible to outsource parts of the development effort, gives access to a larger pool of talents and specialists, facilitates the integration of mergers and acquisitions, and allows for more flexibility in scaling up and down projects. However, distributed developm

This paper studies the interdependence between R&D resources and standardization performance in development-related standardization settings under strong network effects. Standardization performance is viewed as the firm’s involvement in the change process of standards as a result of the business processes of standardization. We utilize a sample from the 3GPP change request database to study f

The stability properties of a fairly general continuous-time adaptive control scheme are analyzed. Sufficient conditions for $L^\infty $-stability in the presence of disturbances are given. The stability results are used to prove convergence of the process outputs in the disturbance-free case, without requiring any a priori stability assumptions.

My research is about the possibility of understanding and interpreting artworks by Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) in a broader sense than is usually done before: I want to start with some actions, follow different action-tools from these, into the vitrines of the art museums. In my performative analysis there are no fixed boundaries between Beuys himself as an actor in his actions, his artworks, that is

A method is presented for assessing disturbances in SISO loops.The method indicates if the SISO loop under consideration will benefit from an addition of feed forward control from a measured disturbance. The method uses minimal process knowledge and is based on measurement from normal operation.

This report includes a description of a newly developed simulation tool for energy mapping of different paper drying processes. The simulation tool includes models for three different types of paper dryers and for a coating station and various units used for heat recovery. The models were developed in the block oriented simulation program Extend. The Extend software is briefly described and the eq

Call the Dependence Thesis the popular view that values are dependent on emotions. This paper argues that the Dependence Thesis is amenable to different readings and critiques one particular reading. According to the Definitional Dependence Thesis, definitions of evaluative concepts necessarily have to appeal to emotions. By contrast, according to the Epistemic Dependence Thesis, which is the targ