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		<title>Learning from Cumulative Volume?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If the result of repeated activities by mankind always results in learning, what is it that causes mankind to adopt a new learned procedure?  Why does it always work no matter what the activity is?  And why does it affect cost of manufacture differently for different products?
The post &#8220;The Geometry of Experience Curves&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2010/02/27/learning-from-cumulative-volume/</link>
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		<title>You tube</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The geometry of experience curves can be seen on youtube.
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		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2010/02/19/you-tube/</link>
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		<title>Economic hydroformylation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Economic hydroformylation with Rhodium
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		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2010/02/14/economic-hydroformylation/</link>
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		<title>Tetrahydro furan ex Dichlorobutane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tetrahydrofuran via dichlorobutane
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		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2010/02/14/tetrahydro-furan-ex-dichlorobutane/</link>
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		<title>What is an Experience Curve?</title>
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Defines what an experience curve really is and why.
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		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2010/01/27/what-is-an-experience-curve/</link>
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		<title>Q:What Law of Nature Determines Price and Volume etc.</title>
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A: For an Economy, like say the U.S. where we have variables Employed Men, Price,Volume,Wages,Investment,Scale of Operation, Production Process Mean Dimensions of Radius R with Number of space dimensions being used = m, Dollars, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2009/11/09/qwhat-law-of-nature-determines-price-and-volume-etc/</link>
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		<title>Garnett&#8217;s Minimization Law of Human Behavior</title>
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In the world of Supply and Demand the money that one group of people are willing to spend for something is equal to the amount of Money another group of  people are willing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2009/08/24/garnetts-law-of-human-behavior/</link>
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		<title>Experience Curve of H1N1 Swine Flu</title>
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The price of the flu is death of a fraction (shown below) of those infected.  The volume is those that have been infected.  The experience curve of the h1n1 flu follows:
recent-us-deaths
Which has slope of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2009/08/03/experience-curve-of-h1n1-swine-flu/</link>
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		<title>WCCE8 Presentation:  Research as Investment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation made on August 24, 2009, in Montreal, Canada.
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Power Point presentation &#8220;with recorded voice&#8221;.  Research as Investment
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		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2009/07/25/wcce8-presentation/</link>
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		<title>Scale up of Investment with Pressure</title>
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Once you accept that the investment for a tank or reactor or container scales up with the 1/3rd power of volume then the scale up with pressure naturally follows.
If the rate of reaction of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://experiencecurves.com/ecblog/2009/07/16/scale-up-of-investment-with-pressure/</link>
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