SICS in Global Competition

Converting from ECCE to SICS

Introduction Cataract continues to be the cause of almost half the cases of blindness worldwide and the challenge to meet the needs and develop the required resources is as great as ever. Cataract surgery has evolved from couching, first practised several thousand years ago, through intraand extracapsular extraction (ECCE), to phacoemulsification. However, whatever the technique, the most impor...

Membrane Research in a Global Context Requires Collaboration, not Competition!

Trading Agent Competition Classic A Search-based Approach

Every year the Swedish Institute for Computer Science (SICS) holds the Trading Agent Competition (TAC). Although the specifications of the competition vary from year to year, the classic game is continually maintained. In this paper, I present a search-based approach to playing the TAC Classic game. I will show the background of the game and present the rules of TAC classic, review the state of...

A Robust Competitive Global Supply Chain Network Design under Disruption: The Case of Medical Device Industry

In this study, an optimization model is proposed to design a Global Supply Chain (GSC) for a medical device manufacturer under disruption in the presence of pre-existing competitors and price inelasticity of demand. Therefore, static competition between the distributors’ facilities to more efficiently gain a further share in market of Economic Cooperation Organization trade agreement (ECOTA) is...

Power and Politics in the Global Health Landscape: Beliefs, Competition and Negotiation Among Global Advocacy Coalitions in the Policy-Making Process

Background Advocacy coalitions play an increasingly prominent role within the global health landscape, linking actors and institutions to attract political attention and resources. This paper examines how coalitions negotiate among themselves and exercise hidden forms of power to produce policy on the basis of their beliefs and strategic interests.   Methods This paper examines the beliefs and ...