The process of developing appropriate supply chain performance measurement instruments is difficult due to the complexity of supply chains. This paper presents an overview and evaluation of the performance measurement instruments used in supply chain models. As a result it advances a framework for developing an innovative supply chain performance measurement instrument which is generally applic...

The goal of this paper is to develop a collaborative model of a network infrastructure for innovative home care solutions. Based on classification scheme for Living Assistance Domain (LAD) we develop a prototype for elders and people with disabilities which includes Emergency Treatment Services, Autonomy Enhancement Services and Comfort Services for indoor assistance. The model was developed ba...

The aim of this special issue of the Journal of Universal Computer Science is to disseminate the results of innovative research in Conceptual Modelling. Its main focus is on the application and role of conceptual modeling techniques in service-oriented systems. In particular we invited the authors of the best papers presented at the Ninth Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM) ...

Multidimensional (MD) modeling is the basis for Data warehouses (DW), multidimensional databases (MDB) and On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) applications. In this paper, we present how the Unified Modeling Language (UML) can be successfully used to represent both structural and dynamic properties of these systems at the conceptual level. The structure of the system is specified by means of a...

Uncertainty in design and simulation affects the quality of product directly during the process of MDO, which should be considered to help designers to make the design decisions, especially at conceptual design stage. In traditional approaches, this uncertainty is ignored in the hope that it is not significant to the decision making. In this investigation, firstly, three main uncertainties in M...