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Dr. Antonio Forcina
Department of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 38 - 80133 Naples, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 04 July 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Background: The present work starts from a literature review of the evolution of Integrated Management Systems (IMSs), considering different points of view and standards: quality, environmental, occupational health and safety, sustainability and social issues. Even if the benefits are possible, there is not a common approach and a clear link between the integration of management systems and business performance, in particular considering safety performance. Methods: The present study analyzes the application of Risk Assessment in order to realize the integration of management systems. The main objective is to provide a tool for an integrated evaluation of all company performances, starting from the definition of some Key Performance Indicators—KPIs—proposed for a particular case study, even if their choice is not the core of the paper. The assessment team members on the basis of their knowledge, experience and useful literature, could choose the right KPIs for the specific application, able to take a picture of the current state and to suggest a possible recommended action of improving. The proposed Risk Assessment approach is an integration of modern management techniques: Integrated Management System and Improving Cycle DMAIC. Results: The new method, called the Global Performance Index for Integrated Management System—GPI-IMS, has been applied to a real case study in the logistic field in order to evaluate its goodness and possible generalization. Conclusions: The proposed method allows to define the requirements that any company must have to perform the best. The role of the assessment team is very important to evaluate the global performance of the company and to suggest the corrective actions to be adopted.

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Alessandro Silvestri; Domenico Falcone; Gianpaolo Di Bona; Antonio Forcina; Marco Gemmiti. Global Performance Index for Integrated Management System: GPI-IMS. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 7156 .

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Alessandro Silvestri, Domenico Falcone, Gianpaolo Di Bona, Antonio Forcina, Marco Gemmiti. Global Performance Index for Integrated Management System: GPI-IMS. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (13):7156.

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Alessandro Silvestri; Domenico Falcone; Gianpaolo Di Bona; Antonio Forcina; Marco Gemmiti. 2021. "Global Performance Index for Integrated Management System: GPI-IMS." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13: 7156.

Journal article
Published: 29 March 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Most industrial trucks are equipped with hydraulic systems designed for specific operations, for which the required power is supplied by the internal combustion engine (ICE). The largest share of the power consumption is required by the hydraulic system during idling operations, and, consequently, the current literature focuses on energy saving strategies for the hydraulic system rather than making the vehicle traction more efficient. This study presents the preliminary realization of an electric-powered hydraulic pump system (e-HPS) that drives the lifting of the dumpster and the garbage compaction in a waste compactor truck, rather than traditional ICE-driven hydraulic pump systems (ICE-HPSs). The different components of the e-HPS are described and the battery pack was modelled using the kinetic battery model. The end-of-life of the battery pack was determined to assess the economic feasibility of the proposed e-HPS for the truck lifespan, using numerical simulations. The aim was twofold: to provide an implementation method to retrofit the e-HPS to a conventional waste compactor truck and to assess its economic feasibility, investigating fuel savings during the use phase and the consequent reduction of CO2 emissions. Results show that the total lifespan cost saving achieved a value of 65,000 €. Furthermore, total CO2 emissions for the e-HPS were about 80% lower than those of the ICE-HPS, highlighting that the e-HPS can provide significant environmental benefits in an urban context.

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Michele De Santis; Luca Silvestri; Antonio Forcina; Gianpaolo Di Bona; Anna Di Fazio. Preliminary Realization of an Electric-Powered Hydraulic Pump System for a Waste Compactor Truck and a Techno-Economic Analysis. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 3033 .

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Michele De Santis, Luca Silvestri, Antonio Forcina, Gianpaolo Di Bona, Anna Di Fazio. Preliminary Realization of an Electric-Powered Hydraulic Pump System for a Waste Compactor Truck and a Techno-Economic Analysis. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (7):3033.

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Michele De Santis; Luca Silvestri; Antonio Forcina; Gianpaolo Di Bona; Anna Di Fazio. 2021. "Preliminary Realization of an Electric-Powered Hydraulic Pump System for a Waste Compactor Truck and a Techno-Economic Analysis." Applied Sciences 11, no. 7: 3033.

Journal article
Published: 20 February 2021 in Procedia Computer Science
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Industry 4.0 technologies are transforming the factory in an “intelligent” or “smart” factory. In a such context, a greater efficiency and innovative relationship is basically demanded within the whole production chain, including suppliers, producers, and customers. To be more competitive, companies are becoming increasingly aware that maintenance plays a key role during the digital transformation from the perspective of both technology and management. In this work, we perform a literature review of published cases to investigate how maintenance is changing through technologies of Industry 4.0 currently used in maintenance. We found 34 papers in literature involved in analyzing relations between maintenance and Industry 4.0 technology. The analysis of such studies let us to establish the current technology state-of-art and identify the most suited technology that today is employed in maintenance tasks. In particular Industrial Internet of Things and Cloud Computing are more common in the analyzed studies, confirming how these concepts and technologies are at the basis of Industry 4.0

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Antonio Forcina; Vito Introna; Alessandro Silvestri. Enabling technology for maintenance in a smart factory: A literature review. Procedia Computer Science 2021, 180, 430 -435.

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Antonio Forcina, Vito Introna, Alessandro Silvestri. Enabling technology for maintenance in a smart factory: A literature review. Procedia Computer Science. 2021; 180 ():430-435.

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Antonio Forcina; Vito Introna; Alessandro Silvestri. 2021. "Enabling technology for maintenance in a smart factory: A literature review." Procedia Computer Science 180, no. : 430-435.

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Published: 20 February 2021 in Procedia Computer Science
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Innovations introduced during the Industry 4.0 era consist in the integration of the so called “nine pillars of technologies” in manufacturing, transforming the conventional factory in a smart factory. The aim of this study is to investigate enabling technologies of Industry 4.0, focusing on technologies that have a greater impact on safety management. Main characteristics of such technologies will be identified and described according to their use in an industrial environment. In order to do this, we chose a systematic literature review (SLR) to answer the research question in a comprehensively way. Results show that articles can be grouped according to different criteria. Moreover, we found that Industry 4.0 can increase safety levels in warehouse and logistic, as well as several solutions are available for building sector.

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Antonio Forcina; Domenico Falcone. The role of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies for safety management: A systematic literature review. Procedia Computer Science 2021, 180, 436 -445.

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Antonio Forcina, Domenico Falcone. The role of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies for safety management: A systematic literature review. Procedia Computer Science. 2021; 180 ():436-445.

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Antonio Forcina; Domenico Falcone. 2021. "The role of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies for safety management: A systematic literature review." Procedia Computer Science 180, no. : 436-445.

Journal article
Published: 06 January 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Geosynthetics are extensively utilized to improve the stability of geotechnical structures and slopes in urban areas. Among all existing geosynthetics, geotextiles are widely used to reinforce unstable slopes due to their capabilities in facilitating reinforcement and drainage. To reduce settlement and increase the bearing capacity and slope stability, the classical use of geotextiles in embankments has been suggested. However, several catastrophic events have been reported, including failures in slopes in the absence of geotextiles. Many researchers have studied the stability of geotextile-reinforced slopes (GRSs) by employing different methods (analytical models, numerical simulation, etc.). The presence of source-to-source uncertainty in the gathered data increases the complexity of evaluating the failure risk in GRSs since the uncertainty varies among them. Consequently, developing a sound methodology is necessary to alleviate the risk complexity. Our study sought to develop an advanced risk-based maintenance (RBM) methodology for prioritizing maintenance operations by addressing fluctuations that accompany event data. For this purpose, a hierarchical Bayesian approach (HBA) was applied to estimate the failure probabilities of GRSs. Using Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations of likelihood function and prior distribution, the HBA can incorporate the aforementioned uncertainties. The proposed method can be exploited by urban designers, asset managers, and policymakers to predict the mean time to failures, thus directly avoiding unnecessary maintenance and safety consequences. To demonstrate the application of the proposed methodology, the performance of nine reinforced slopes was considered. The results indicate that the average failure probability of the system in an hour is 2.8×10−5 during its lifespan, which shows that the proposed evaluation method is more realistic than the traditional methods.

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Farshad BahooToroody; Saeed Khalaj; Leonardo Leoni; Filippo De Carlo; Gianpaolo Di Bona; Antonio Forcina. Reliability Estimation of Reinforced Slopes to Prioritize Maintenance Actions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 373 .

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Farshad BahooToroody, Saeed Khalaj, Leonardo Leoni, Filippo De Carlo, Gianpaolo Di Bona, Antonio Forcina. Reliability Estimation of Reinforced Slopes to Prioritize Maintenance Actions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (2):373.

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Farshad BahooToroody; Saeed Khalaj; Leonardo Leoni; Filippo De Carlo; Gianpaolo Di Bona; Antonio Forcina. 2021. "Reliability Estimation of Reinforced Slopes to Prioritize Maintenance Actions." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 2: 373.

Journal article
Published: 29 October 2020 in International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences
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Emergency management in industrial plants is a fundamental issue to ensure the safety of operators. The emergency management analyses two fundamental aspects: the system reliability and the human reliability. System reliability is the capability of ensuring the functional properties within a variability of work conditions, considering the possible deviations due to unexpected events. However, system reliability is strongly related to the reliability of its weakest component. The complexity of the processes could generate incidental situations and the worker appears (human reliability) to be the weakest part of the whole system. The complexity of systems influences operator’s ability to take decisions during emergencies. The aim of the present research is to develop a new approach to evaluate human error probability (HEP), called Systematic Human Reliability Analysis (SHRA). The proposed approach considers internal and external factors that affect operator’s ability. The new approach is based on Nuclear Action Reliability Assessment (NARA), Simplified Plant Analysis Risk Human Reliability (SPAR-H) and on the Performance Shaping Factors (PSFs) relationship. The present paper analysed some shortcomings related to literature approaches, especially the limitations of the working time. We estimated HEP, after 8 hours (work standard) during emergency conditions. The correlations between the advantages of these three methodologies allows proposing a HEP analysis during accident scenarios emergencies. SHRA can be used to estimate human reliability during emergencies. SHRA has been applied in a nuclear accident scenario, considering 24 hours of working time. The SHRA results highlight the most important internal and external factors that affect operator’s ability.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Domenico Falcone; Antonio Forcina; Luca Silvestri. Systematic Human Reliability Analysis (SHRA): A New Approach to Evaluate Human Error Probability (HEP) in a Nuclear Plant. International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences 2020, 6, 345 -362.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona, Domenico Falcone, Antonio Forcina, Luca Silvestri. Systematic Human Reliability Analysis (SHRA): A New Approach to Evaluate Human Error Probability (HEP) in a Nuclear Plant. International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences. 2020; 6 (1):345-362.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Domenico Falcone; Antonio Forcina; Luca Silvestri. 2020. "Systematic Human Reliability Analysis (SHRA): A New Approach to Evaluate Human Error Probability (HEP) in a Nuclear Plant." International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences 6, no. 1: 345-362.

Journal article
Published: 26 October 2020 in Computers in Industry
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Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing manufacturing, increasing flexibility, mass customization, quality and productivity. In today's competitive manufacturing scenario, maintenance is one of the most critical issues and companies are approaching its digital transformation from technological and management perspectives. This article carries out a systematic literature review aimed to investigate how maintenance tasks and maintenance management strategies are changing in Industry 4.0 context, analyzing the state-of-the-art of Industry 4.0 technologies currently employed in maintenance and the resulting potential innovations in maintenance policies and manufacturing management. In addition, the most relevant trends in current maintenance policies have been investigated, such as “remote maintenance” and the attractive possibility of a “self-maintenance”. Also, the importance of human factor has been considered. The results are summarized in a comprehensive database, to provide, through concepts and empirical evidence present in literature, examples and strategies for the implementation of maintenance in Industry 4.0.

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Luca Silvestri; Antonio Forcina; Vito Introna; Annalisa Santolamazza; Vittorio Cesarotti. Maintenance transformation through Industry 4.0 technologies: A systematic literature review. Computers in Industry 2020, 123, 103335 .

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Luca Silvestri, Antonio Forcina, Vito Introna, Annalisa Santolamazza, Vittorio Cesarotti. Maintenance transformation through Industry 4.0 technologies: A systematic literature review. Computers in Industry. 2020; 123 ():103335.

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Luca Silvestri; Antonio Forcina; Vito Introna; Annalisa Santolamazza; Vittorio Cesarotti. 2020. "Maintenance transformation through Industry 4.0 technologies: A systematic literature review." Computers in Industry 123, no. : 103335.

Journal article
Published: 17 June 2020 in Sustainability
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In the current research, a safety allocation technique named the Critical Risks Method (CRM) has been developed. Starting from a literature review, we analyzed the shortcomings of conventional methods. The outcomes show the primary two criticalities of the most important safety allocation approaches: (1) They are developed for series configuration, but not for parallel ones; (2) they ordinarily give only qualitative outputs, but not quantitative ones. Moreover, by applying the conventional methods, an increase in safety of the units to ensure the safety target leads to an increase of the production costs of the units. The proposed strategy can overcome the shortcomings of traditional techniques with a safety approach useful to series–parallel systems in order to obtain quantitative outputs in terms of failures in a year. The CRM considers six factors that are able to ensure its applicability to a great variety of critical infrastructures. In addition, CRM is described by a simply analytic definition. The CRM was applied to a critical infrastructure (Liquid Nitrogen Cooling Installation) in a nuclear plant designed with series–parallel units. By comparing the CRM outputs with databank safety values, the proposed method was validated.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Antonio Forcina; Domenico Falcone; Luca Silvestri. Critical Risks Method (CRM): A New Safety Allocation Approach for a Critical Infrastructure. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4949 .

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Gianpaolo Di Bona, Antonio Forcina, Domenico Falcone, Luca Silvestri. Critical Risks Method (CRM): A New Safety Allocation Approach for a Critical Infrastructure. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (12):4949.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Antonio Forcina; Domenico Falcone; Luca Silvestri. 2020. "Critical Risks Method (CRM): A New Safety Allocation Approach for a Critical Infrastructure." Sustainability 12, no. 12: 4949.

Journal article
Published: 06 September 2018 in IFAC-PapersOnLine
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In recent years, the most common need for companies consists in an increasingly efficient business process management and its continuous improvement. Companies are achieving this goal by implementing innovative approaches targeted on the individual project requirements. In this scenario, the present research aims to investigate, through a real pilot project, the benefits of implementing the agile project management (APM) framework based on a multi tools approach in order to re-engineering a business process (BPR). A real case study concerning a manufacturing plant is analyzed, in order to assess and highlight the effectiveness of the proposed model.

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D. Falcone; G. Di Bona; A. Silvestri; A. Forcina; G. Belfiore; A. Petrillo. An integrated model for an advanced production process - Agile Re-engineering Project Management. IFAC-PapersOnLine 2018, 51, 1630 -1635.

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D. Falcone, G. Di Bona, A. Silvestri, A. Forcina, G. Belfiore, A. Petrillo. An integrated model for an advanced production process - Agile Re-engineering Project Management. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 2018; 51 (11):1630-1635.

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D. Falcone; G. Di Bona; A. Silvestri; A. Forcina; G. Belfiore; A. Petrillo. 2018. "An integrated model for an advanced production process - Agile Re-engineering Project Management." IFAC-PapersOnLine 51, no. 11: 1630-1635.

Journal article
Published: 11 May 2018 in Buildings
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Concrete production causes significant environmental damage during its entire life cycle due to the large consumption of natural aggregate. The aim of this research was to use the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology to conduct a comparative analysis of four different concrete mixtures, i.e., construction and demolition waste (CDW), incinerator ashes, marble sludge, and blast furnace slag. The LCA study was implemented in the Campania Region of Italy. The main contribution of the study was that it proposed the use of “green” recycled aggregates in concrete production in order to assess the reduction of potential adverse impacts, from both environmental and energy perspectives. SimaPro© software was used to conduct the analysis. The main results of the research showed that the recycled aggregates that were analyzed were preferable to traditional concrete. In particular, the recycled aggregate that had the least adverse impact on the environment was blast furnace waste.

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Francesco Colangelo; Antonio Forcina; Ilenia Farina; Antonella Petrillo. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Different Kinds of Concrete Containing Waste for Sustainable Construction. Buildings 2018, 8, 70 .

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Francesco Colangelo, Antonio Forcina, Ilenia Farina, Antonella Petrillo. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Different Kinds of Concrete Containing Waste for Sustainable Construction. Buildings. 2018; 8 (5):70.

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Francesco Colangelo; Antonio Forcina; Ilenia Farina; Antonella Petrillo. 2018. "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Different Kinds of Concrete Containing Waste for Sustainable Construction." Buildings 8, no. 5: 70.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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Concrete industry is responsible of the most significant contribution to the global warming due to the large amount of substances with environmental impacts produced during its entire life cycle (production process, construction, maintenance, dismantlement, and scrapping). The most important issue characterizing the concrete industry is related to the constant growth of consumption of natural aggregates. The purpose of the present research is to apply the standard protocol of life cycle assessment to 3 different concrete mixtures composed by wastes from construction and demolition (C&D), marble sludge and cement kiln dust (CDK) in order to compare the environmental and energy impacts. The main purpose is to analyze the potentials (capabilities/benefits) of recycled aggregate concrete. The proposed model analyses 37 recovery possible scenarios. The results were analyzed with the software SimaPro© and with the life cycle impact assessment method Eco Indicator 99. The results show how it is possible to decide for the optimal solution in order to reduce emissions and impacts due to the concrete production.

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Francesco Colangelo; Antonella Petrillo; Raffaele Cioffi; Claudia Borrelli; Antonio Forcina. Life cycle assessment of recycled concretes: A case study in southern Italy. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 615, 1506 -1517.

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Francesco Colangelo, Antonella Petrillo, Raffaele Cioffi, Claudia Borrelli, Antonio Forcina. Life cycle assessment of recycled concretes: A case study in southern Italy. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 615 ():1506-1517.

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Francesco Colangelo; Antonella Petrillo; Raffaele Cioffi; Claudia Borrelli; Antonio Forcina. 2018. "Life cycle assessment of recycled concretes: A case study in southern Italy." Science of The Total Environment 615, no. : 1506-1517.

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Published: 17 September 2015 in Quality and Reliability Engineering International
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In the present work, starting from well-known methodologies, a new reliability allocation method [critical flow method (CFM)] has been proposed. We focused on the most important conventional methods and discussed their limitations in order to motivate the current research. The results show the main common problem of the most conventional reliability allocation methods: they are developed for complex systems with series configurations but not for series–parallel ones. The consequence is an increase of the required units' reliability (series configuration) in order to guarantee the reliability system target. Actually, the design and manufacturing of a subsystem with an extremely low failure rate would consume a considerable amount of economic resources. The proposed method can solve the shortcomings of the conventional methods with a new reliability approach useful to series–parallel configurations in order to obtain an important cost saving. The CFM has been applied to a liquid nitrogen cooling installation in a thermonuclear system, with many series–parallel configurations in order to guarantee the whole safety system. The proposed technique can be applied to working complex systems, and, in general, in the design phase of new installations. By comparing the CFM application results with real parameters, the new technique has been validated. The computational results clearly demonstrate the advantages of the proposed method. In particular, by applying the method to series–parallel configurations, it allocates failure rates higher than conventional methods, with a component cost reduction. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Antonio Forcina; Alessandro Silvestri. Critical Flow Method: A New Reliability Allocation Approach for a Thermonuclear System. Quality and Reliability Engineering International 2015, 32, 1677 -1691.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona, Antonio Forcina, Alessandro Silvestri. Critical Flow Method: A New Reliability Allocation Approach for a Thermonuclear System. Quality and Reliability Engineering International. 2015; 32 (5):1677-1691.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Antonio Forcina; Alessandro Silvestri. 2015. "Critical Flow Method: A New Reliability Allocation Approach for a Thermonuclear System." Quality and Reliability Engineering International 32, no. 5: 1677-1691.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2015 in Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2020)
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A complex system consists of many subsystems, which are developed concurrently and sometimes independently. It would be too late to validate the system reliability until the final system prototype is ready after months or years of development. From a project management point of view, the reliability of each subsystem or sub-function should be examined as early as possible. Therefore, the allocation of a reasonable reliability requirement to each subsystem and sub-function based on the system reliability target is very important. The present work analyses, in literature, the main reliability allocation techniques. Starting from the known methodologies, a new critical flow method for reliability allocation method has been developed. The proposed method can be used for complex system with serial and parallel configurations.

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A. Silvestri; D. Falcone; G. Di Bona; A. Forcina; C. Cerbaso; Vincenzo Duraccio. A New Method for Reliability Allocation: Critical Flow Method. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2020) 2015, 249 -261.

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A. Silvestri, D. Falcone, G. Di Bona, A. Forcina, C. Cerbaso, Vincenzo Duraccio. A New Method for Reliability Allocation: Critical Flow Method. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2020). 2015; ():249-261.

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A. Silvestri; D. Falcone; G. Di Bona; A. Forcina; C. Cerbaso; Vincenzo Duraccio. 2015. "A New Method for Reliability Allocation: Critical Flow Method." Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2020) , no. : 249-261.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2015 in PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS 2014 (ICNAAM-2014)
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Pallet management, which involves direct and reverse logistic models, is one of the most critical activity in supply chain management. Pallets are needed in order to ship products from the producers/distributors to the retailers. Performances of pallet management could be improved by an advance tracking system based on Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID). RFID systems could increase effectiveness in acquiring data about properties of any entity – such as each pallet – that can be physically easily tagged. In this paper, authors propose an effective model of activity-based costing (ABC) for evaluating RFID investments in pallet management. The purpose is to investigate how different organizational procedures in pallet management could affect total logistic costs aiming to evaluate information technology investment. Therefore, the ABC model proposed has been applied according to different operational scenarios – such as direct management, outsourcing and pallet pooling. Results obtained highlight how an RFID application is economically sustainable to reduce the overall cost of pallet management activities.

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Vincenzo Duraccio; Valerio Elia; Antonio Forcina. An activity based costing model for evaluating effectiveness of RFID technology in pallet reverse logistics system. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS 2014 (ICNAAM-2014) 2015, 1648, 570005 .

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Vincenzo Duraccio, Valerio Elia, Antonio Forcina. An activity based costing model for evaluating effectiveness of RFID technology in pallet reverse logistics system. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS 2014 (ICNAAM-2014). 2015; 1648 ():570005.

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Vincenzo Duraccio; Valerio Elia; Antonio Forcina. 2015. "An activity based costing model for evaluating effectiveness of RFID technology in pallet reverse logistics system." PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS 2014 (ICNAAM-2014) 1648, no. : 570005.

Research article
Published: 01 January 2014 in International Journal of Engineering Business Management
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This work aims to assess the impact of maintenance-oriented design on a production line in the pharmaceutical industry, which includes operations in a clean room. The case study analyses the downtimes of a production line of large volume parental solutions. The results obtained at the end of an appropriate period of observation were used to identify the main problems, in terms of maintenance time. Some of the critical issues were overcome by requiring that part of the production line be redesigned by a company specialized in the design of clean room lines. In this context, the focus of the case study is not on the technical aspects of maintenance-oriented design application, but its consequences in terms of the increase in performance. The performance of the new production line was analysed and compared with that obtained in the first phase of the study. This comparison allowed us to estimate and quantify the achieved improvements referring to system availability and consequently to a production increase quantified at more than 110,000 units per year. The impact of the maintenance-oriented design was also evaluated from an economic point of view. In particular, the production increase obtained and the corresponding economic advantages were evaluated. Through this comparison, it was possible to estimate the payback period for the investment of redesign, quantified in less than six years.

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Vincenzo Duraccio; Antonio Forcina; Alessandro Silvestri; Gianpaolo Di Bona. Assessment of the Effectiveness of Maintenance-Oriented Design. International Journal of Engineering Business Management 2014, 6, 19 .

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Vincenzo Duraccio, Antonio Forcina, Alessandro Silvestri, Gianpaolo Di Bona. Assessment of the Effectiveness of Maintenance-Oriented Design. International Journal of Engineering Business Management. 2014; 6 ():19.

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Vincenzo Duraccio; Antonio Forcina; Alessandro Silvestri; Gianpaolo Di Bona. 2014. "Assessment of the Effectiveness of Maintenance-Oriented Design." International Journal of Engineering Business Management 6, no. : 19.

Proceedings article
Published: 01 January 2014 in Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science
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Domenico Falcone; Fabio De Felice; Gianpaolo Di Bona; Vincenzo Duraccio; Antonio Forcina; Alessandro Silvestri. Validation and Application of a Reliability Allocation Technique (Advanced Integrated Factors Method) to an Industrial System. Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science 2014, 1 .

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Domenico Falcone, Fabio De Felice, Gianpaolo Di Bona, Vincenzo Duraccio, Antonio Forcina, Alessandro Silvestri. Validation and Application of a Reliability Allocation Technique (Advanced Integrated Factors Method) to an Industrial System. Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science. 2014; ():1.

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Domenico Falcone; Fabio De Felice; Gianpaolo Di Bona; Vincenzo Duraccio; Antonio Forcina; Alessandro Silvestri. 2014. "Validation and Application of a Reliability Allocation Technique (Advanced Integrated Factors Method) to an Industrial System." Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science , no. : 1.

Research article
Published: 01 January 2014 in International Journal of Engineering Business Management
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To meet the requirements and specifications coming from the surrounding society, the socio-economic progress involves the development of new products, new technologies, new organizational forms etc. Companies are constantly looking for methods or procedures to improve production and income; but, the enterprise growth is strictly linked to the reliability of its internal processes. Internal failures can often cause loss of image. The goal of the present work is the development of an algorithm able to optimize the production line of a pharmaceutical firm. In particular, the proposed weighing procedure allows both checking missing components in packaging and minimizing false rejects of packages by dynamic scales. The main problem is the presence at the same time, in the same package, of different components with different variable weights. The consequence is uncertainty in recognizing the absence of one or more components.

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Alessandro Silvestri; Domenico Falcone; Cristina Cerbaso; Antonio Forcina. A Weighing Algorithm for Checking Missing Components in a Pharmaceutical Line. International Journal of Engineering Business Management 2014, 6, 18 .

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Alessandro Silvestri, Domenico Falcone, Cristina Cerbaso, Antonio Forcina. A Weighing Algorithm for Checking Missing Components in a Pharmaceutical Line. International Journal of Engineering Business Management. 2014; 6 ():18.

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Alessandro Silvestri; Domenico Falcone; Cristina Cerbaso; Antonio Forcina. 2014. "A Weighing Algorithm for Checking Missing Components in a Pharmaceutical Line." International Journal of Engineering Business Management 6, no. : 18.

Proceedings article
Published: 01 January 2013 in Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science
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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Vincenzo Duraccio; Alessandro Silvestri; Antonio Forcina. Validation and Application of a Safety Allocation Technique (Integrated Hazard Method) to an Aerospace Prototype. Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science 2013, 1 .

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Gianpaolo Di Bona, Vincenzo Duraccio, Alessandro Silvestri, Antonio Forcina. Validation and Application of a Safety Allocation Technique (Integrated Hazard Method) to an Aerospace Prototype. Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science. 2013; ():1.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Vincenzo Duraccio; Alessandro Silvestri; Antonio Forcina. 2013. "Validation and Application of a Safety Allocation Technique (Integrated Hazard Method) to an Aerospace Prototype." Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 January 2013 in Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science
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The present work shows some proposals for the optimisation of the productive flow in a manufacturing company, operating in the glassmaker sector.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Vincenzo Duraccio; Alessandro Silvestri; Antonio Forcina. Productive Line Reengineering through Simulation Techniques. Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science 2013, 1 .

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Gianpaolo Di Bona, Vincenzo Duraccio, Alessandro Silvestri, Antonio Forcina. Productive Line Reengineering through Simulation Techniques. Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science. 2013; ():1.

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Gianpaolo Di Bona; Vincenzo Duraccio; Alessandro Silvestri; Antonio Forcina. 2013. "Productive Line Reengineering through Simulation Techniques." Modelling, Identification and Control / 801: Advances in Computer Science , no. : 1.

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Published: 10 March 2012 in Brain Research Bulletin
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In previous studies, we investigated a group of subjects who had suffered from a severe non missile traumatic brain injury (nmTBI) without macroscopic focal lesions and we found brain atrophy involving the hippocampus, fornix, corpus callosum, optic chiasm, and optic radiations. Memory test scores correlated mainly with fornix volumes [37], [38]. In the present study, we re-examined 11 of these nmTBI subjects approximately 8 yr later. High-spatial resolution T1 weighted magnetic resonance images of the brain (1 mm3) and standardised memory tests were performed once more in order to compare brain morphology and memory performance originally assessed 3–13 months after head injury (first study) and after 8–10 yr (present study). An overall improvement of memory test performance was demonstrated in the latest assessment, indicating that cognitive recovery in severe nmTBI subjects had not been completed within 3–13 months post-injury. It is notable that the volumes of the fornix and the hippocampus were reduced significantly from normal controls, but these volumes do not differ appreciatively between nmTBI subjects at first (after ∼1 yr) and at second (after ∼8 yr) scans. On the contrary, a clear reduction in the volume of the corpus callosus can be observed after ∼1 yr and a further significant reduction is evident after ∼8 yr, indicating that the neural degeneration in severe nmTBI continues long after the head trauma and relates to specific structures and not to the overall brain.

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Francesco Tomaiuolo; Umberto Bivona; Jason P. Lerch; Margherita Di Paola; Giovanni A. Carlesimo; Paola Ciurli; Mariella Matteis; Luca Cecchetti; Antonio Forcina; Daniela Silvestro; Eva Azicnuda; Umberto Sabatini; Dina Di Giacomo; Carlo Caltagirone; Michael Petrides; Rita Formisano. Memory and anatomical change in severe non missile traumatic brain injury: ∼1 vs. ∼8years follow-up. Brain Research Bulletin 2012, 87, 373 -382.

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Francesco Tomaiuolo, Umberto Bivona, Jason P. Lerch, Margherita Di Paola, Giovanni A. Carlesimo, Paola Ciurli, Mariella Matteis, Luca Cecchetti, Antonio Forcina, Daniela Silvestro, Eva Azicnuda, Umberto Sabatini, Dina Di Giacomo, Carlo Caltagirone, Michael Petrides, Rita Formisano. Memory and anatomical change in severe non missile traumatic brain injury: ∼1 vs. ∼8years follow-up. Brain Research Bulletin. 2012; 87 (4-5):373-382.

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Francesco Tomaiuolo; Umberto Bivona; Jason P. Lerch; Margherita Di Paola; Giovanni A. Carlesimo; Paola Ciurli; Mariella Matteis; Luca Cecchetti; Antonio Forcina; Daniela Silvestro; Eva Azicnuda; Umberto Sabatini; Dina Di Giacomo; Carlo Caltagirone; Michael Petrides; Rita Formisano. 2012. "Memory and anatomical change in severe non missile traumatic brain injury: ∼1 vs. ∼8years follow-up." Brain Research Bulletin 87, no. 4-5: 373-382.