This paper provides guidance for operating an assemble-to-order system to maximize expected discounted profit, assuming that a high volume of prospective customers arrive per unit...
This paper documents an experiment designed to show the value of simulation in understanding the relationship between production run lengths and overall supply chain performance. ...
David J. Parsons, Robin J. Clark, Kevin L. Payette
In this paper, we present a fair-exchange electronic commerce (e-commerce) protocol, based on using an online trusted third party, that ensures fairness and prevents any party fro...
When will we be secure? Nobody knows for sure – but it cannot happen before commercial security products and services possess not only enough functionality to satisfy customersâ...
The mobile phone industry has reached a saturation point. With low growth rates and fewer new customers available to acquire, competition among mobile operators is now focused on ...
Giovanni Giuffrida, Catarina Sismeiro, Giuseppe Tr...