Geographic and process information for chemical plant layout problems

Abstract. In this work, we investigated individual differences in cognitive reflection effects on delay discounting – a preference for smaller sooner over larger later payoff. People are claimed to prefer more these alternatives they considered first – so-called reference point – over the alternatives they considered later. Cognitive reflection affects the way individuals process information, with less reflective individuals relying predominantly on the first information they consider, thus, being more susceptible to reference points as compared to more reflective individuals. In Experiment 1, we confirmed that individuals who scored high on the Cognitive Reflection Test discount less strongly than less reflective individuals, but we also show that such individuals are less susceptible to imposed reference points. Experiment 2 replicated these findings additionally providing evidence that cognitive reflection predicts discounting strength and (in)dependency to reference points over and above individual difference in numeracy.

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Availability of well-defined internal knowledge and the attitude formation process: Information aggregation versus self-perception.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ◽

10.1037//0022-3514.44.3.474 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 474-491 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Carol A. Scott

Keyword(s):

Formation Process ◽

Information Aggregation ◽

Attitude Formation ◽

Self Perception ◽

Process Information ◽

Internal Knowledge

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Automation of Process Control in Chemical Plant

ACMIT Proceedings ◽

10.33555/acmit.v2i1.3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 6-12

Author(s):

Agus Sugiarta ◽

Houtman P. Siregar ◽

Dedy Loebis

Keyword(s):

Process Control ◽

Pid Control ◽

Control Algorithm ◽

Chemical Engineering ◽

Chemical Plant ◽

Raw Material ◽

Flow Rates ◽

Material Supply ◽

Wide Range ◽

Inherent Problem

Automation of process control in chemical plant is an inspiring application field of mechatronicengineering. In order to understand the complexity of the automation and its application requireknowledges of chemical engineering, mechatronic and other numerous interconnected studies.The background of this paper is an inherent problem of overheating due to lack of level controlsystem. The objective of this research is to control the dynamic process of desired level more tightlywhich is able to stabilize raw material supply into the chemical plant system.The chemical plant is operated within a wide range of feed compositions and flow rates whichmake the process control become difficult. This research uses modelling for efficiency reason andanalyzes the model by PID control algorithm along with its simulations by using Matlab.

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Heat, quantum mechanics and information

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN PHYSICS ◽

10.24297/jap.v10i2.1328 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 2692-2695

Author(s):

Bhekuzulu Khumalo

Keyword(s):

Information Theory ◽

Quantum Mechanics ◽

Energy Transfer ◽

Transfer Process ◽

Energy Transfer Process ◽

Process Information ◽

Double Slit Experiment ◽

Slit Experiment ◽

Double Slit

Heat has often been described as part of the energy transfer process. Information theory says everything is information. If everything is information then what type of information is heat, this question can be settled by the double slit experiment, but we must know what we are looking for.Â

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