Purpose: This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework of the implementation of the contact points (CPs) between Lean Six Sigma practices and Industry 4.0 technologies. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review was carried out based on two samples. A first sample...

The Random Field Ising Model (RFIM) following bimodal and Gaussian distributions for the RF is investigated using a finite connectivity technique. We focused on determining the order of the phase transition as well as the existence of a tricritical point as a function of the connectivity c for...

Sparse-code networks have retrieval abilities which are strongly dependent on the firing threshold for the neurons. If the connections are spatially uniform, the macroscopic properties of the network can be measured by the overlap between neurons and learned patterns, and by the global activity....