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(ISO-NE) for providing review comments on a draft of this report. We also thank the utility program managers who were willing to be interviewed and who provided valuable information on the RTP tariffs included in this study. The authors are solely responsible for any errors or omissions contained in this report.

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In tensor products of a left-right symmetric CFT, one can define permutation orientifolds by combining orientation reversal with involutive permutation symmetries. We construct the corresponding crosscap states in general rational CFTs and their orbifolds, and study in detail those in products of affine U(1)2 models or N = 2 minimal models. The results are used to construct permutation orientif...

Since the late eighties generative manufacturing methods have been established as manufacturing systems for the product development in various sectors of industries. After only used for the production of demonstration models (Rapid Prototyping) is the rapid tooling and manufacturing now able to service a steady increasing range of applications. In order to achieve this status the range of usabl...

Der Beitrag beschreibt das Rapid Prototyping ereignisdiskreter Steuerungen. Während des Entwurfsprozesses wird mit dem Petrinetz-Zustandsraum-Modell (PNZRM) eine auf S/T-Netzen beruhende hybride Modellform genutzt. Mit Netlab steht ein Aufsatz für Matlab/Simulink zur Verfügung, der die Beschreibung ausführbarer ereignisdiskreter Modelle unterstützt und so innerhalb der Entwurfsumgebung die Mode...

The development of a model for subsystem reuse and the evaluation of currently available rapid prototyping platforms has prompted the development of a GEneric Reusable Module (GERM). The GERM is a low-cost, stand-alone, reprogrammable development tool designed for prototyping reusable subsystems. The GERM, and associated templates, aid the designer in rapidly prototyping and reusing subsystem d...

Rapid prototypes will gain acceptance in business only to the extent that they provide bottom-line business value. Thus, this paper guides engineers wishing to “sell” rapid prototyping in helping them to operate from a business perspective. Presuming that the relative value of rapid prototypes is in their speed, I show how to identify, quantify and exploit timesaving opportunities by using rapi...