This paper considers a manufacturer-retailer supply chain for a seasonal product whose demand is weather-sensitive. The retailer orders from the manufacturer (supplier) prior to t...
“Real options” is often viewed as a valuable managerial tool of flexibility and exploration in new technology investment. Real options theory has been criticized, however, due...
We describe a system called Tileworld, which consists of a simulated robot agent and a simulated environment which is both dynamic and unpredictable. Both the agent and the enviro...
We report on a study of procurement processesin a large organization. The purpose of the study was to identify problems in the organization's procurementprocessesand to sugges...
Ernst Ellmer, Wolfgang Emmerich, Anthony Finkelste...
This paper derives a model of diffuse and specular illumination in arbitrarily large dimensions, based on a few characteristics of material and light in 3-space. It then describes...