one of the main concerns of the mining industry is to determine ultimate pit limits. final pit is a collection of blocks, which can be removed with maximum profit while following restrictions on the slope of the mine’s walls. the size, location and final shape of an open-pit are very important in designing the location of waste dumps, stockpiles, processing plants, access roads and other surfac...

Cowan’s review shows that a short-term memory limit of four items is consistent with a wide range of phenomena in the field. However he does not explain that limit, whereas an existing theory does offer an explanation for capacity limitations. Furthermore processing capacity limits cannot be reduced to storage limits as Cowan claims. In his excellent review, Cowan concludes that short term memo...

Desde hace décadas los cuidados de salud en el mundo occidental han evolucionado de forma asombrosa, exigiendo la puesta en marcha de importantes recursos materiales y humanos, marcando prioridades en la orientación de los costes. La compleja situación en que nos encontramos actualmente, hace necesario articular estrategias que permitan asegurar los servicios con previsión de futuro, la rentabi...

Two agents sharing the intention to do something are interlocked in a web of individual intentions with special social contents. This individualistic approach to shared intentional activity has been originally proposed by Bratman (1993). I will suggest that Bratman’s ‘shared intentions’ are of little help when interdependency of agents’ reasons can threaten coordination as in common-interest ga...

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In order to achieve the maximum flexibility in adaptation to ever changing customer’s expectations in customer relationship management, appropriate measures of customer behavior should be continually monitored. To this end, control charts adjusted for buyer’s/visitor’s prior intention to repurchase or visit again are suitable means taking into account the heterogeneity across customers. In the ...