Abstract: A system, method, and server for optimizing deployment of a containerized application. The system includes a machine and a server configured to receive optimization criteria related to the containerized application, the optimization criteria including affecting parameters, effected metrics, and stopping criteria. The server is further configured to transmit at least one value of the affecting parameter to the machine, receive results of a trial of the containerized application performed by the machine according to the transmitted at least one value, the results of the trial including an empirical value of the effected metrics, update an optimization model based on the trial results, compare the results of the trial and the updated optimization model to the one or more stopping criteria, and transmit an optimized one of the at least one value of the affecting parameters to the machine for deployment of the containerized application.

Abstract: A film combination including two plies of tack-free thermoplastic polymer and a hot-tacky vinylidene chloride crystalline polymer is prepared by coextruding the vinylidene chloride polymer outside melts of plies of the thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: A saran laminate film is produced by coextruding saran between outer plys of thermoplastic material.

Abstract: A film combination including two plies of thermoplastic polymer and therebetween a vinylidene chloride crystalline copolymer film which is substantially devoid of pinholes and scratches and has low oxygen permeability is prepared by coextruding the copolymer as a melt between melts of outer plies of thermoplastic polymer. The film combination may be biaxially oriented or substantially unoriented and may be irradiated with high energy electrons. The film combination can be used for many packaging applications.