{
  "id": "2209.15051",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2022-09-29T18:52:09.000Z",
  "updated": "2022-09-29T18:52:09.000Z",
  "title": "Circularity of Thermodynamical Material Networks: Indicators, Examples and Algorithms",
  "authors": [
    "Federico Zocco",
    "Beatrice Smyth",
    "Pantelis Sopasakis"
  ],
  "comment": "To be added one more example",
  "categories": [
    "math.DS",
    "cs.CE"
  ],
  "abstract": "The transition towards a circular economy has gained importance over the last years since the traditional linear take-make-dispose paradigm is not sustainable in the long term. Recently, thermodynamical material networks (TMNs) [1] have been proposed as an approach to re-design material flows based on the idea that any supply chain can be seen as a set of thermodynamic compartments that can be added, removed, modified or connected differently. In this paper, we develop several circularity indicators of TMNs using a graph-based formalism and demonstrate their calculation through examples. The paper source code is publicly available.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2022-09-29T18:52:09.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "thermodynamical material networks",
      "indicators",
      "circularity",
      "algorithms",
      "traditional linear take-make-dispose paradigm"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}