Dairy production in Ecuador has become an alternative to generate employment in the agricultural sector; However, the per capita consumption in the country for 2015 is 100 liters of milk per inhabitant per year, lower than ...

Technical and scientific literature present different methodologies, tools, studies and developments of the application of expert systems using neural networks and fuzzy logic for risk assessments. Nowadays, there is great ...

Deployable structures are used for temporary or moveable applications. Their high relationship between supported load and their mass, their modularity and their transportable characteristics allow their use in several ...

Risk management in procurement processes is not a new concept, but it was from the late 1970s when the large supply chains were developed and, as a consequence, risk management were developed to avoid supply failures. As ...

The conventional techniques of stakeholder management emphasize their identification and the definition of the relationship between them and the project. Nevertheless, there is a current need for new approaches that take ...

One of the characteristic and key elements of carrying out projects is the inherent uncertainty related to them. The possible events that may produce deviations from the original planning must be analysed in depth in order ...

The generation of macrocells in concrete reinforcements is one of the main factors that strongly influences on the increase of corrosion rates in reinforced concrete structures. Therefore, it is fundamental to study these ...

The aim of this work is to test the implementation of new printing technology or additive manufacturing as a substitute system for traditional manufacturing. This will be implemented through a Start-up company. To achieve ...

There are countless private car parks located in residential buildings equipped with lighting installations which represent an important part of the energy consumption of common facilities. The updating of these facilities ...

The use of agile project management methodologies is increasingly popular among different organizations, due to the possibilities for adaptation to change that they offer. Integration of these methodologies in the traditional ...