23 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

Download or read online book entitled 23 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering written by Matylda Jabłońska and published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters. This book was released on 10 June 2013 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Get best books that you want by click Get Book Button and Read as many books as you like. Book Excerpt : The increasing costs of research and the decreasing lifetime of products and processes make the decisions on allocation of R&D funds strategically important. Therefore, ability to predict research trends is crucial in minimizing risks of R&D expenditure planning. The purpose of this paper is to propose a model for efficient prediction of research trends in a chosen branch of science. The approach is based on population dynamics with Burgers' type global interaction and selective neighborhood. The model is estimated based on a training set and an out-of-sample forecast is performed. The research trends of filtration processes were analysed in this paper. The simulation results show that the model is able to predict the trends with a considerable accuracy and should, therefore, be tested on a wider range of research fields.