The article consists of two parts. Part I examines the Chinese Annual Survey of Industrial Firms database (CASIF). We start with a brief description of the coverage and key variables, followed by a review of recent applications of the data set in empirical studies. We then discuss the quality and the limitations of the dataset and propose a data cleaning procedure that identifies the key inform...

we show that the category of convergence approach spaces is a simultaneously reective and coreective subcategory of the category of latticevalued limit spaces. further we study the preservation of diagonal conditions, which characterize approach spaces. it is shown that the category of preapproach spaces is a simultaneously reective and coreective subcategory of the category of lattice-valued p...

Nowadays, software must be developed at an everincreasing rate and, at the same time, a low defect count has to be accomplished. To improve in both aspects, an objective and fair benchmark for the productivity of software development projects is inevitably needed. Lines of Code was one of the first widely used metrics for the size of software systems and the productivity of programmers. Due to ...

This paper deals with a predictive model of kinematical performance in 5-axis milling within the context of High Speed Machining. Indeed, 5-axis high speed milling makes it possible to improve quality and productivity thanks to the degrees of freedom brought by the tool axis orientation. The tool axis orientation can be set efficiently in terms of productivity by considering kinematical constra...

Getting the most productivity per square foot of clean room space is a common goal for today’s semiconductor fabs. Cluster tool throughput is an important factor in a tool’s productivity index. Maximizing and accurately predicting throughput is a high priority in the cluster tool market. This paper presents a flexible and sufficiently accurate cluster tool simulation model. The simulation model...

SoC design methodologies show up as a natural and productive method to implement embedded and/or ubiquitous systems. The authors explore the possibilities of the free LEON2 processor core, originally developed by the European Space Agency, and the Xilinx FPGA family to develop a complete SoC design methodology for both hardware and software. Advantages of the platform and productivity of the pr...

This paper deals with a predictive model of kinematical performance in 5-axis milling within the context of High Speed Machining. Indeed, 5-axis high speed milling makes it possible to improve quality and productivity thanks to the degrees of freedom brought by the tool axis orientation. The tool axis orientation can be set efficiently in terms of productivity by considering kinematical constra...

Several recent advances in coexistence theory emphasize the importance of space and dispersal, but focus on average dispersal rates and require spatial heterogeneity, spatio-temporal variability or dispersal-competition tradeoffs to allow coexistence. We analyse a model with stochastic juvenile dispersal (driven by turbulent flow in the coastal ocean) and show that a low-productivity species ca...