Keyword: systems

Found 315 papers in total
Evaluating systems thinking in housing
Evaluating systems thinking in housing
2008,
This paper describes and evaluates work carried out in the social housing context in...
Adaptive control of system entropy
Adaptive control of system entropy
2006,
Controlling entropy of a system with unknown parameters is treated in the paper as an...
A taxing problem: The complementary use of hard and soft OR in the public sector
A taxing problem: The complementary use of hard and soft OR in the public sector
2006,
A review of the UK personal taxation system used a combination of hard and soft OR...
Using system dynamics for collaborative design: A case study
Using system dynamics for collaborative design: A case study
2007,
In order to facilitate the collaborative design, system dynamics (SD) with a group...
Manchester United Football Club: developing a network orchestration model
Manchester United Football Club: developing a network orchestration model
2007,
This paper investigates a particular type of coordination role called ‘network...
Impediments to requirements engineering during global software development
Impediments to requirements engineering during global software development
2007,
Developing software when team members are located in widely distributed geographic...
Modeling water quality management alternatives for a nutrient impaired stream using system dynamics simulation
Modeling water quality management alternatives for a nutrient impaired stream using system dynamics simulation
2005,
A system dynamics (SD) simulation model is developed using an object-oriented modeling...
Implementing large-scale optimization models in Excel using VBA
Implementing large-scale optimization models in Excel using VBA
2007,
We discuss the importance of spreadsheets for optimization modeling, including a...
On the stability of supply chains
On the stability of supply chains
2004,
This paper examines the stability of decentralized, multistage supply chains under...
Anatomy of a group model-building intervention: building dynamic theory from case study research
Anatomy of a group model-building intervention: building dynamic theory from case study research
2006,
The system dynamics group at the Rockefeller College of the University at Albany has...
Maintaining preventive maintenance and maintenance prevention: analysing the dynamic implications of total productive maintenance
Maintaining preventive maintenance and maintenance prevention: analysing the dynamic implications of total productive maintenance
2006,
In this paper, the dynamic implications of Total Productive Maintenance are analysed....
Achieving success in large projects: Implications from a study of enterprise-resource-planning implementations
Achieving success in large projects: Implications from a study of enterprise-resource-planning implementations
2006,
Executives in charge of large projects must decide how to spend their energies, even...
Who is to blame, the operator or the designer? Two stages of human failure in the Chernobyl accident
Who is to blame, the operator or the designer? Two stages of human failure in the Chernobyl accident
2006,
This paper analyzes the causes of the Chernobyl power plant accident on April 26,...
On complex adaptive systems and agent-based modelling for improving decision-making in manufacturing and logistics settings: Experiences from a packaging company
On complex adaptive systems and agent-based modelling for improving decision-making in manufacturing and logistics settings: Experiences from a packaging company
2006,
Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to the tactical and operational decision...
Enterprise integration using the agent paradigm: foundations of multi-agent-based integrative business information systems
Enterprise integration using the agent paradigm: foundations of multi-agent-based integrative business information systems
2006,
Enterprise integration through integrated business information systems (IBIS) is...
Border-collision bifurcations in a dynamic management game
Border-collision bifurcations in a dynamic management game
2006,
Managerial systems often involve piecewise-linear relations associated with...
Men and measures: capturing knowledge requirements in firms through qualitative system modelling
Men and measures: capturing knowledge requirements in firms through qualitative system modelling
2006,
Knowledge Management (KM) is an issue of great and increasing importance in most if...
A bivariate optimal repair–replacement model using geometric processes for a cold standby repairable system
A bivariate optimal repair–replacement model using geometric processes for a cold standby repairable system
2006,
This article studies a cold standby repairable system consisting of two identical...
A note on ‘A bivariate optimal replacement policy for a repairable system’
A note on ‘A bivariate optimal replacement policy for a repairable system’
2006,
An error appearing in equation (3) of Y.L. Zhang (1994) has been pointed out by S.H....
PLATO helps Athens win gold: Olympic Games knowledge modeling for organizational change and resource management
PLATO helps Athens win gold: Olympic Games knowledge modeling for organizational change and resource management
2006,
Planning, designing, and implementing systems to support venue operations at the...
Mitigating hazards through continuing design: The birth and evolution of a pediatric intensive care unit
Mitigating hazards through continuing design: The birth and evolution of a pediatric intensive care unit
2006,
Often, researchers study organizations in which design is largely in place and the...
Supply chain management: borrowing our way to a discipline
Supply chain management: borrowing our way to a discipline
2005,
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is emerging as an important discipline among business...
Proposing a systems vision of knowledge management in emergency care
Proposing a systems vision of knowledge management in emergency care
2005,
This paper makes a case for taking a systems view of knowledge management within...
Dow AgroSciences uses simulation-based optimization to schedule the new-product development process
Dow AgroSciences uses simulation-based optimization to schedule the new-product development process
2004,
Dow AgroSciences has improved its bottom line by using simulation-based optimization...
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