The main advantage of a fluidized bed is its capability in excellent gas-fuel mixing. However, due to the lacks of gas radial momentum, its lateral mixing of gas-solid is not adequate. Therefore, this research is focused on fluidized bed hydrodynamics enhancement using the modified gas distributor plate design. For getting an optimum fluidized bed hydrodynamics prediction, three different class...

This work deals with subsidy transfer from a manufacturer to a retailer through the distributor in cooperative advertising. While the retailer engages in local advertising, the manufacturer indirectly participates in retail advertising using advertising subsidy which is given to the distributor, who in turn transfers it to the retailer. The manufacturer is the Stackelberg game leader; the distr...

In the present work, performance/flow characteristics (namely, effect of operating parameters like pressure on flow patterns, drop, and extent uniformity) transport phenomena a manifold (header tube assembly) having an inlet outlet at center are carried out macroscale geometry using CFD simulations. this study, existing design available in published literature (with high non-uniformity) was con...

Task Decomposition with Pattern Distributor (PD) is a new task decomposition method for multilayered feedforward neural networks. Pattern distributor network is proposed that implements this new task decomposition method. We propose a theoretical model to analyze the performance of pattern distributor network. A method named Reduced Pattern Training is also introduced, aiming to improve the per...

In conventional inventory management, the retailers monitor their own inventory levels and place orders at the distributor when they think it is the appropriate time to reorder. The distributor receives these orders from the retailers, prepares the product for delivery. Similarly, the distributor will place an order at the manufacturer at the

This paper considers how to construct nonpower-of-two distributors, which concentrate and rotate, simultaneously, active input packets for an efficient buffer utilization in packet switching environment. As a theoretical background, we first establish that an R×R distributor cannot be constructed out of a conventional N × N distributor for a non-power-of-two number R in N 2 < R < N(= 2n), due t...

This online Appendix has two parts. One contains extensions of the model in the main text. First, we introduce stochastic demand shocks to allow “bad outcomes” to arise despite the actions of distributors. Second, we consider that distributors and producers return to the pool of inactive agents after their partnerships are terminated. The other part of the Appendix has supplementary empirical r...