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Economic statistical design of ARMA control chart through a Modified Fitness-based Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution by Costa, A., Fichera, S.

“…[Display omitted] •We study the ARMA control chart with autocorrelation.•We address the statistical economic design of ARMA control chart.•We compare the…”
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Economic-statistical design of adaptive arma control chart for autocorrelated data by Costa, A., Fichera, S.

“…To the best of our knowledge, no literary contribution addressed the design of adaptive ARMA control charts with autocorrelated data, so far. This paper aims…”
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Towards adaptive drag reduction of a flat-back 3D bluff body in variable pitch and crosswind by flow orientation at the base separation by Fan, Y., Parezanović, V., Fichera, S., Cadot, O.

“…The sensitivity of the drag to the rear design of a flat-back body is investigated under different body attitudes defined by the pitch ( - 1 . 5 ∘ , 0 ∘ , + 1…”
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A parallel tabu search for solving the primal buffer allocation problem in serial production systems by Costa, A., Alfieri, A., Matta, A., Fichera, S.

“…This paper presents a novel parallel tabu search (PTS) algorithm equipped with a proper adaptive neighborhood generation mechanism to solve the primal buffer…”
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Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children by Rosenfeld, Richard M., Schwartz, Seth R., Pynnonen, Melissa A., Tunkel, David E., Hussey, Heather M., Fichera, Jeffrey S., Grimes, Alison M., Hackell, Jesse M., Harrison, Melody F., Haskell, Helen, Haynes, David S., Kim, Tae W., Lafreniere, Denis C., LeBlanc, Katie, Mackey, Wendy L., Netterville, James L., Pipan, Mary E., Raol, Nikhila P., Schellhase, Kenneth G.

“…Objective Insertion of tympanostomy tubes is the most common ambulatory surgery performed on children in the United States. Tympanostomy tubes are most often…”
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Receptance-based robust eigenstructure assignment by Adamson, L.J., Fichera, S., Mottershead, J.E.

“…•Uncertainty in the Receptance Method due to parameter errors in fitted rational transfer functions is considered.•Random pole spreads are quantified by…”
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Nasal cytology: Methodology with application to clinical practice and research by Heffler, E., Landi, M., Caruso, C., Fichera, S., Gani, F., Guida, G., Liuzzo, M. T., Pistorio, M. P., Pizzimenti, S., Riccio, A. M., Seccia, V., Ferrando, M., Malvezzi, L., Passalacqua, G., Gelardi, M.

“…Summary Nasal cytology is an easy, cheap, non‐invasive and point‐of‐care method to assess nasal inflammation and disease‐specific cellular features. By means…”
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Response to Cuckoo optimization algorithm for unit production cost in multi-pass turning operations [Int J AdvManufTechnol (2015) 76(1):647–656] by Costa, A., Fichera, S.

“…In Mellal and Williams ( 2015 ) “Cuckoo optimization algorithm for unit production cost in multi-pass turning operations” published in the International…”
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Aeroelastic stability analysis using stochastic structural modifications by Adamson, L.J., Fichera, S., Mottershead, J.E.

“…An experimental-based approach to flutter speed uncertainty quantification in aeroelastic systems is developed. The proposed technique considers uncertainty…”
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A hybrid genetic algorithm for job sequencing and worker allocation in parallel unrelated machines with sequence-dependent setup times by Costa, A., Cappadonna, F. A., Fichera, S.

“…In this paper, the unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times and limited human resources is addressed with reference to…”
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Pole placement in uncertain dynamic systems by variance minimisation by Adamson, L.J., Fichera, S., Mokrani, B., Mottershead, J.E.

“…•A method for uncertainty minimisation using active control is proposed.•The method does not require knowledge of the system since receptances are used.•Pole…”
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Minimizing the total completion time on a parallel machine system with tool changes by Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S.

“…•We study a parallel-machine tool-change scheduling problem.•We develop a mixed-integer linear programming model.•We develop a hybrid genetic algorithm.•We…”
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The minimum norm multi-input multi-output receptance method for partial pole placement by Mokrani, B., Batou, A., Fichera, S., Adamson, L., Alaluf, D., Mottershead, J.E.

“…A closed-form analytical solution is developed for the first time that fully addresses the problem of choosing feedback gains that minimize the control effort…”
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Latency-aware resource orchestration in SDN-based packet over optical flexi-grid transport networks by Fichera, S., Martinez, R., Martini, B., Gharbaoui, M., Casellas, R., Vilalta, D R., Munoz, R., Castoldi, P.

“…In the upcoming 5G networks and following the emerging software-defined networking/network function virtualization (SDN/NFV) paradigm, demanded services will…”
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Statistical Performance of a Control Chart for Individual Observations Monitoring the Ratio of Two Normal Variables by Celano, G., Castagliola, P., Faraz, A., Fichera, S.

“…Statistical Process Control monitoring of the ratio Z of two normal variables X and Y has received too little attention in quality control literature. Several…”
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A statewide quality improvement collaborative to reduce neonatal central line-associated blood stream infections by Wirtschafter, D D, Pettit, J, Kurtin, P, Dalsey, M, Chance, K, Morrow, H W, Seid, M, Byczkowski, T L, Huber, T P, Milstein, J M, Bowles, S M, Fichera, S, Kloman, S

“…Objective: The objective of this study was to reduce central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) among 13 collaborating regional neonatal…”
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Economic design of inspection strategies to monitor dispersion in short production runs by Trovato, E., Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S.

“…Short-run productions are common in industrial environments where flexibility is required in the manufacturing of parts and several product variants can be…”
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Scheduling of unrelated parallel manufacturing cells with limited human resources by Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S.

“…In this paper the scheduling of batches of parts within a manufacturing system consisting of M unrelated parallel CNC manufacturing cells and employing a…”
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A new CUSUM-S2 control chart for monitoring the process variance by Castagliola, P, Celano, G, Fichera, S

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to introduce and investigate the performances of a new CUSUM-S2 control chart designed to monitor the sample variance of…”
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Multiobjective economic design of an X control chart by Celano, G., Fichera, S.

“…The prevention of defective products is a fundamental principle of total quality management and control charts are a powerful statistical tool to reach this…”
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