Coevolutionary Algorithms are a kind of evolutionary techniques used to solve complex problems, which can be split up. The unequal area facility layout problem (UA-FLP) is complex because it has many possible solutions ...

3D printing consists in the manufacture of three-dimensional objects from a digital model. 3D printing is a relatively recent technique for part manufacturing. It started in the 80s with commercial machines of high cost, ...

Parametric designs allow to modify the geometry of the designed pieces by changing the values of the considered parameters. Thus, in comparison with traditional CAD models, they open several new work lines, such as the ...

Several factors influence the purchase decision process of a food product, being the packaging one of them. The packaging of a product plays a key role attracting consumer attention and raising expectations. Hence it is ...

Conventional methods (chemical, physical or biological) of cleaning and disinfection of equipment and surfaces are effective for the control of bacteria in free-living state (or planktonic state). However, in many cases ...

Carob is a fruit with multiple uses as a raw material. Due to the high content of antioxidant substances in the pulp, and its water absorption capacity, numerous investigations have been carried out with respect to obtaining ...

Personas is an extended tool in the area of product design and web design. In recent years new disciplines such as service design and strategic design have made the tools of Design Thinking acquire a new character. Thus, ...

Today's society of transparency allows to access to previously unknown product information, generating consumer groups more demanding with the knowledge of the consequences of their purchases. The origin of the products, ...

Industrial designers acquire and put into practice many and diverse techniques to come up with the best solution for a design problem. In some cases, these problems are ill- defined and involve the additional difficulty ...

The generalization of the concept of information transparency and an increasing sensitivity toward green aspects have led to a growing trend toward the incorporation of information related to a product sustainable development ...