Abstract A separable covariance model can describe the among-row and among-column correlations of a random matrix permits likelihood-based inference with very small sample size. However, if assumption separability is not met, data analysis may misrepresent important dependence patterns in data. As compromise between unstructured estimation, we decompose into component complementary ‘core’ matri...

Supply chain management (SCM) addresses the management of materials and information across the entire chain from suppliers to producers, distributors, retailers, and customer. The theory of supply chain management suggests that lead time reduction is a pioneer to the use of market mediation to reduce transaction uncertainty in the chain, which can be conceptualized as the primary goal of supply...

Following earlier work of Huggins and Nix [Ionics 6, 57 (2000)], several recent theoretical studies have used the shrinking core model to predict intraparticle Li concentration profiles and associated stress fields. A goal of such efforts is to understand and predict particle fracture, which is sometimes observed in degraded electrodes. In this paper we present experimental data on LiCoO2 and g...

Software configuration management (SCM) is the discipline of controlling the evolution of large and complex software systems. Current SCM systems are themselves large and complex. Usually, their underlying models are hard-wired into the program code, which is written manually. In contrast, we present a modular and modeldriven approach to software configuration management which (a) reduces devel...

The new standard for successful burn care encompasses both patient survival and the burn patient's long-term quality of life. To provide optimal long-term recovery from catastrophic injuries, including catastrophic burns, an outcome-based model using a new technology called systematic care management (SCM) has been developed. SCM provides a highly organized system of management throughout the s...

The capacity of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems has received much attention in recent years. In this paper, we analyse the capacity of MIMO systems for the 3GPP-3GPP2 Spatial Channel Model (SCM). We examine the impact of number of antennas, inter-element distance and mutual coupling, assuming both waterfilling and uniform transmit power allocation schemes, for different SCM scenar...

Based on the value system of the supply chain, an analytical procedure which focused on the interactive relationship among the multi-tiered business network is proposed to generate the strategies and the activities for implementing SCM. The proposed methodology begins with analyzing the value system of the three-tiered supply chain and respectively explores the core activities and linkages in b...

Thermo-responsive hydrogels are a promising material for creating controllable actuators use in micro-scale devices, since they expand and contract significantly (absorbing or expelling fluid) response to relatively small temperature changes. Understanding such systems can be difficult because of the spatially- temporally-varying properties gel, complex relationships between fluid dynamics, ela...