AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT UNRELATED PARALLEL MACHINE SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH BATCH PROCESSING AND TIME-OF-USE ELECTRICITY PRICES

An Energy-Efficient Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Batch Processing and Time-of-Use Electricity Prices

The extensive consumption of energy in manufacturing has led to a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions that have caused an enormous effect on the environment.Therefore, investigating how to reduce energy consumption in manufacturing is of great significance to cleaner production.This paper considers an energy-conscious unrelated parallel batch

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Attracting Backyard Birds: Bird Feeder Selection

Today, more than 50 million Americans put out a billion pounds of bird food each year.Bird feeders can be used to supplement the food provided Toys Rubber by native plantings.They also provide a way to observe birds at close range.This revised 7-page fact sheet suggests useful guidelines for selecting feeders, food, feeder location, cleaning feeder

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