Simple criteria are established to maximize the crack arrest ability and to determine the critical crack angle.
A PPP optimization pricing model was established to maximize VER profits when taking into account income, allowances from sponsors, expenditures and customer savings.
To effectively obtain information for predicting the magnitude and frequency of future floods and droughts, an optimal configuration of streamflow stations should be established to maximize the sensing capability with limited resources.
An integrated optimization model for partitioned market segments based on QFD technology is established to maximize the overall customer satisfaction (OCS) for the market considering the weights of importance of different segments.
In particular, to reflect the decision making process in reality, a bi-level programming model is established to maximize the total profit of the liner shipping company in the upper level and meanwhile to minimize the total cost of the shippers in the lower level.
A protocol for recovery of any data and collection of tissue samples in the case that an animal needs to be euthanized prematurely should be established to maximize the benefit from unfortunate animal sacrifice.
After analyzing the methylation levels of the genes that were differentially methylated among the four tumor subtypes, empirical cutoff values were established to maximize the discriminative power of each gene (2.0 for CDH1, 80.0 for PTGS2, and 230.0 for RASSF1A).
Recycled ceramic aggregates content was established to obtain appropriate mechanical and superficial characteristics, besides maximizing re-utilization of recycled materials.
The cut-off value was established to be the point on the ROC curve where sum of sensitivity and specificity was maximized.
