The factors that lead to business process re-engineering (BPR) success in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are not clearly understood. This article reviews the main contributing factors to BPR success using a framework that considers culture, structure, technology and resource. Eight Taiwanese case studies are used to explore issues contributing to, or impeding, successful process re-e...

Evolutionary spatial 2 × 2 games between heterogeneous agents are analyzed using different variants of cellular automata (CA). Agents play repeatedly against their nearest neighbors 2 × 2 games specified by a rescaled payoff matrix with two param-eteres. Each agent is governed by a binary Markovian strategy (BMS) specified by 4 conditional probabilities [p R , p S , p T , p P ] that take values...

Results: The overall score of the WHOQOL-26 was significantly lower in the group with the disorder (P<0.001). The patients with BMS also displayed significantly lower scores when compared to controls in relation to the psychological and physical domains of the instrument (P=0.005 and P<0.001, respectively). There was no significant difference between BMS and control patients with respect to sco...

in this paper, optimal design of hybrid solar-wind- diesel energy system with battery storage for reliable load in arsoon village in ardabil is presented. the village has 35 households that mean daily energy consumption is estimated 63.4 kwh. in this design optimization is implemented, considering loss of power supply probability (lpsp) index for reliable load providing, with minimum total cons...

This paper introduces the outline of a bridge management strategy based on the prediction of future bridge reliability using a semi-Markov deterioration model. This approach applies equally well to single bridges and to a whole network, and is expected to be implemented in the Bridge Management System (BMS) of the Autonomous Province of Trento (APT). More in detail, the model assumes the lifesp...

In this paper, a robust local controller has been designed to balance the power for distributed energy resources (DERs) in an islanded microgrid. Three different DER types are considered in this study; photovoltaic systems, battery energy storage systems, and synchronous generators. Since DER dynamics are nonlinear and uncertain, which may destabilize the power system or decrease the performanc...

this paper discusses the control of flexible microgrids, consisting of a redox flow batteries (rfb) and a new power conditioning system (pcs) for the rfb. considering the importance of energy storage, this study is essential in power systems that are developed cautiously. rfb is connected to power system by a dc/dc or dc/ac converter to produce a dc voltage. it is very important that this conve...

the power supply of remote sites and applications at minimal cost and with low emissions is an important issue when discussing future energy concepts. this paper presents modeling and optimization of a photovoltaic (pv)/wind/diesel system with batteries storage for electrification to an off-grid remote area located in rafsanjan, iran. for this location, different hybrid systems are studied and ...

Energy Management in wireless ad hoc networks is a critical issue as energy resources are limited at the electronic devices used. Thus, energy efficient routing protocols are essential in wireless ad hoc networks to improve the life of network. This paper focuses on basic fundamentals and the classification of energy management schemes like, battery management system, transmission power managem...

With Indian Industries suddenly being exposed to Globalization and being made to complete against their Global Counterparts. It has become Ultimate for every industries to follow WTO norms in their Industries. In which Safety and security of Plant Personals and Plant plays a colossal part. This Project PLC Based BMS is concerned with the Implementation of Safety features in industries with the ...