Designing large software systems out of reusable components has become increasingly popular. Although liberal composition of reusable components saves time and expense, many exper...
Jing Dong, Paulo S. C. Alencar, Donald D. Cowan, S...
In the search for the primary roots of autonomy (a pivotal concept in Varela's comprehensive understanding of living beings), the theory of autopoiesis provided an explicit cr...
We introduce a distribution center (DC) location model that incorporates working inventory and safety stock inventory costs at the distribution centers. In addition, the model inco...
Mark S. Daskin, Collette R. Coullard, Zuo-Jun Max ...
Supply chain optimisation is now a major research theme in process operations and management. A great deal of research has been undertaken on facility location and design, invento...
The domestic environment is predicted by market analysts to be the major growth area in computing over the next decade, yet it is a poorly understood domain at the current time of...