A large number of abandoned mines with sizeable underground space resources were
formed in China. Meanwhile, for an operational mine, the protection and utilization of mine …

The design structure matrix (DSM), also called the dependency structure matrix, has become
a widely used modeling framework across many areas of research and practice. The DSM …

Rapidly decarbonizing the global energy system is critical for addressing climate change,
but concerns about costs have been a barrier to implementation. Most energy-economy …

Lithium-ion technologies are increasingly employed to electrify transportation and provide
stationary energy storage for electrical grids, and as such their development has garnered …

How do technologies develop? This study proposes the theory of technological parasitism
that is based on the idea that parasite-host relationships between technologies and …

Prices of lithium-ion battery technologies have fallen rapidly and substantially, by about
97%, since their commercialization three decades ago. Many efforts have contributed to the …

Accelerating innovation in low-carbon technologies is fundamental in order to achieve
global climate targets. However, only few technologies are currently on track to meet these …

How to measure the evolution of technology in order to predict innovations that grow
rapidly? This study suggests a new perspective based on the theory of technological …

This paper here proposes a theory of classification and evolution of technology based on
taxonomic characteristic of interaction between technologies that is an under-studied field of …

Full battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have become an important policy option to mitigate
climate change, but there are major uncertainties in the scale and timing of market diffusion …