In Grid systems, nontrivial qualities of service have to be provided to users by the resource providers. However, resource management in a decentralized infrastructure is a complex...
In market-driven product development large numbers of requirements threaten to overload the development organization. It is critical for product management to select the requireme...
Due to high demand uncertainty, excess inventory has been a key issue in inventory control. Caterpillar developed the dealers' parts inventory sharing (DPIS) and returns prog...
We shall examine the principles behind contemporary approaches to insurance risk management. Furthermore, we shall consider various methodologies, some successful, that have been ...
Modern software control systems must cope with uncertainty, manage dynamic environments, as well as provide greater flexibility. Distributed agent-based control systems are the id...